We talk A Place Further than the Universe, Pokémon Soul Silver, Christmas gifts and allllll the anime we are excited for this coming winter season. There aren't many we're pumped about...

Episode 301: Winter 2025 Preview

Kuro, Sketch and Steven recap episodes 8-11 of Blue Exorcist and Sketch added an itty bitty schedule update at the start. Both Kuro's are back and it's gonna be cat-a-clsymic!

Music credits for this episode:
"Without Me" (Instrumental) as performed by Eminem

Toonami Faithful Podcast

Episode 495 - Kuro's Back!!

Sketch, Paul, Colt and our returning guest LumRanmaYasha from Manga Mavericks discuss Toonami's February 2025 schedule and the larger concerns they have with what's going on with the block lately.

The Absolute State of Toonami - February 2025

Kuro, Sketch, LaserKid and Steven recap episodes 12-15 of Blue Exorcist but before that they have another lackluster schedule update to share.

Music credits for this episode:
"In My World" as performed by ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D

Episode 497 - Kuro's Not Here Because Kuro Would Solve the Problem

Kuro, Sketch, LaserKid and Steven recap episodes 16 and 17 of Blue Exorcist and episodes 1 and 2 of Common Side Effects. Before that we take a moment to honor beloved actors George Lowe and Dave Mallow and discuss some Toonami adjacent news.

Tune in live for our 500th episode on March 23rd at 9pm EST on twitch.tv/toonamifaithfulchannel

00:00:00 - Intro, Memoriums, Toonami Adjacent News
00:37:02 - Blue Exorcist Eps 16 and 17 Recap
01:36:13 - Common Side Effects Eps 1 and 2 Recap

Episode 499 - Blue Flames and Blue Mushrooms

Kuro, Sketch and our returning guest LumRanmaYasha from Manga Mavericks recap episodes 3 and 4 of Common Side Effects and episodes 18 and 19 of Blue Exorcist.

00:00:00 - Intro and Schedule Update and Other News
00:22:44 - Blue Exorcist eps 18 and 19 Recap
01:17:20 - Common Side Effects eps 3 and 4 Recap

Music credits for this episode:
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" as performed by Eiffel 65

Episode 501 - Oops! All Blues

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, LaserKid, Steven and our guest Sam from Toonami Squad discuss episode 2 of Lazarus and a little bit of schedule news. Then we bid farewall to Paul and recap episodes 20-22 of Blue Exorcist.

Episode 503 - Hunting Doctors and Demons

Sketch, Paul, Kuro, LaserKid and Steven are joined by our long-time listener and contributor Jefferies Herrera to talk about Lazarus episode 3 and recap episodes 7 and 8 of Common Side Effects.

Music credits for this episode:
"Number One - Bankai" as performed by Shiro SAGISU featuring Hazel Fernandez

Episode 504 - Up From the Grave Like Lazarus

Sketch, Kuro, LaserKid and Steven are joined by LumRanmaYasha from Manga Mavericks and Toonami Faithful graphic designer: JP Reckless to recap Lazarus episode 4, discuss Ginger Root's Shinbangumi and get very excited about the latest schedule update. Bleach is back, Blue Exorcist continues and Head Samurai: Darrell Maddox makes a cameo! And if that wasn't enough schedule discussion for you, then stick around for a second round with Sketch, Paul and Data Monkey: Colt Buhr!

00:00:00 - Intro and Lazarus Ep 4 Recap
00:30:05 - Thoughts on Ginger Root's Shinbangumi
00:49:00 - Schedule Discussion
01:59:00 - Even More Schedule Discussion!

Episode 505 - Toonami Stonks are Going Up!

Sketch, Kuro, LaserKid and Steven are joined by returning guests Fabian and LumRanmaYasha to discuss the season finale of Blue Exorcist and the 5th episode of Lazarus.

00:00 - Intro and News
12:37 - Lazarus Ep 5 Recap
58:11 - Blue Exorcist Season 1 Finale Discussion

Music credits for this episode:
"Core Pride" as performed by UVERworld

Episode 506 - Sympathy for the Devil

The Toonami Faithful Podcast is a weekly podcast that talks about the action cartoon block Toonami on Adult Swim.

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