Episode 516 - Always Trust the User Reviews
Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven are joined by prodigal son: CJ Maffris to discuss the final episode of Lazarus and how divisive the show has been among anime fandom.
Jul 19, 2025•3 hr 2 min
Toonami Faithful Podcast
The Toonami Faithful Podcast is a weekly podcast that talks about the action cartoon block Toonami on Adult Swim.
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Episode 515 - AX and Blue Ex
Sketch, Kuro and Steven are joined by returning guest LumRanmaYasha who just happened go to Anime Expo. After Lum tells the other's about their experience at Anime Expo including some thoughts on Rooster Fighter it's onto a recap of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga episode 7. 0:00:00 - Schedule Update and Lum's experience at Anime Expo 1:00:23 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 7 Recap
Jul 13, 2025•1 hr 47 min
Episode 514 - Haschwalth! ...Gesundheit
Sketch, Paul, Laser and Steven are joined by returning guest JP Reckless to recap Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and the first three episodes of Dragon Ball Daima. Then Paul and JP share their thoughts on Lazarus before the conversation turns to HBO Max, Adult Swim and the impending division between the cable networks and studios of Warner Bros. Discovery. 0:00:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Wars Ep 7 Recap 0:30:17 - Dragon Ball Daima Eps 1-3 Recap 1:05:00 - Some thoughts on Lazarus 1:19:33 -...
Jul 07, 2025•2 hr 15 min
Episode 513 - Kuro Was Right! Sort of...
Kuro, Paul, Laser and Steven discuss the penultimate episode of Lazarus and things are really heating up on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga! And with Lazurus nearly over they take a moment to speculate what Toonami might add in July. 0:00:00 - Lazarus Ep 12 0:37:31 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 6 1:04:21 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 6 1:27:42 - Speculating Toonami's Next Acquisition
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Episode 512 - Sketch Spoils Everything!
Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss this week's episodes of Lazarus, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga and give their first impressions of Dragon Ball Daima!
Jun 19, 2025•2 hr 13 min
Exclusive 61 - Catching up with Jason DeMarco
Sketch and Kuro sit down with Jason DeMarco to discuss producing anime for Warner Bros. Discovery: namely Lazarus with the legendary Shinichiro Watanabe, Sunghoo Park sneaking Jason into Ninja Kamui and notably bringing an animated Lord of the Rings film to theaters alongside Kenji Kamiyama and Peter Jackson.
Jun 17, 2025•57 min
Episode 511 - Thick Plots and Even Thicker Heads
Kuro, Sketch and Steven are joined by LumRanmaYasha and (eventually) JP Reckless to discuss this week's Toonami block and a whole bunch of Toonami related news! 00:00:00 - It was a very busy news day... 00:26:57 - Lazarus Ep 10 00:52:00 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 4 01:17:30 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 4 01:49:00 - A Lil More of Dragon Ball Daima Discussion 01:59:25 - Special Podcast Announcement!!!
Jun 14, 2025•2 hr 15 min
Episode 510 - Yuhabahahahaha or... Putting His Hapna Where His Mouth Is
Sketch, Kuro, Laser and Steven discuss Lazarus, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga and then just when you think the podcast is over... Kuro swaps out for Paul because Dragon Ball Daima just got announced for Toonami!
Jun 06, 2025•2 hr 49 min
Episode 509 - Family Matters
Sketch, Paul, Kuro, Steven and our returning guest Sam 1 from Toonami Squad discuss Lazarus, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga.
May 30, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Episode 508 - The Time of Reaping is Upon Us
Sketch, Kuro, LaserKid and Steven discuss Lazarus Ep 7 and the first episodes of both Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War! 0:00:00 - Lazarus Ep 7 0:33:38 - Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Ep 1 1:09:00 - A Very Brief Bleach Refresher 1:14:42 - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep 1
May 24, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Episode 507 - Common Opinions and Cult Perspectives
Sketch, Kuro, LaserKid and Steven are joined by returning guest Jesse Betteridge: creator of the Zannen Canada Podcast to discuss the two-part season finale of Common Side Effects and our opinons on the show overall. After that we recap episode 6 of Lazarus and share what we think of the series thus far. Sorry for the audio drop outs in the last hour of the recording. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:20 - Common Side Effects Eps 9 and 10 (Season 1 Finale) Discussion 1:48:51 - Lazarus Ep 6 Recap Music credit...
May 17, 2025•3 hr 12 min
Episode 506 - Sympathy for the Devil
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
May 10, 2025•2 hr 31 min
Episode 505 - Toonami Stonks are Going Up!
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 La...
May 03, 2025•2 hr 58 min
Episode 504 - Up From the Grave Like Lazarus
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
Apr 25, 2025•2 hr 15 min
Exclusive 60 - Interview with Stephanie Nadolny
Sketch and Paul sat down with voice actress Stephanie Nadolny. She voices young Goku in Dragon Ball, GT and Daima. She also voices young Gohan in the Funimation dub of DBZ.
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Episode 503 - Hunting Doctors and Demons
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.
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr 22 min
Episode 502 - The Toonami Big Pharma Hour Sponsored by Pfizer: Brought to you by The Real Cost
Sketch, Steven and our guests Duelist and Samster299 from Toonami Squad discuss the first episode of Toonami's latest original series: Lazarus and recap episodes 5 and 6 of Common Side Effects. Music credits for this episode: "Dark Will Fall (from "LAZARUS" Soundtrack) [feat. Jacob Lusk]" as performed by Bonobo
Apr 12, 2025•2 hr 28 min
Episode 501 - Oops! All Blues
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
Mar 29, 2025•2 hr 33 min
Episode 500 LIVE
This week, we celebrated our 500th regular episode of the podcast live on Twitch. Hosts from the present join with Darrell Maddox and Junior as they reminisce about our podcast and what it meant to them. Special Guest Dana Swanson, the voice of SARA on Toonami also joins us to talk Toonami and what they have been up to lately.
Mar 25, 2025•3 hr 7 min
Episode 499 - Blue Flames and Blue Mushrooms
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
Mar 14, 2025•2 hr 45 min
Episode 498 - Don't Toy With Me, Mr. Doflamingo
Sketch, LaserKid and Umeko finally discuss the Dressrosa arc of One Piece at length, roughly 77 episodes from 629-706 (about 70% of the massive arc). Before that though, there's some more Toonami related news including a schedule update that we won't be griping about. Music credits for this episode: "Wake Up!" as performed by AAA (featuring Colleen Clinkenbeard and Chris Rager)
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 58 min
Toonami Faithful Presents the Toonami Fan Community Summit (Podcast Edition)
Members of the Toonami community joined together to discuss the current state of the block and what changes should be made to help revitalize Toonami. Panelists include members from Toonami Faithful, Toonami Squad and the Toonami Escape Podcast.
Mar 04, 2025•3 hr 18 min
Episode 497 - Kuro's Not Here Because Kuro Would Solve the Problem
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
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 46 min
Episode 496 - They All Need Therapy (and Jesus)
Sketch, Paul, Kuro, LaserKid and our returning guest Arcangel recap the final three episodes of Mashle: Magic and Muscles season 1 but before that there's some Toonami related news and a new anime block on AXS TV to discuss. 00:00 - Intro and Toonami related news 27:44 - AXS TV Anime.com Hour First Impressions 37:50 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles Eps 10-12 Recap Music credits for this episode: "Knock Out" as performed by Taiiku Okazaki
Feb 21, 2025•2 hr 19 min
The Absolute State of Toonami - February 2025
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.
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Episode 495 - Kuro's Back!!
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
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 43 min
Episode 494 - The Most Apologetic Hero
Sketch and LaserKid are joined by our returning guests: Arcangel from Simuldub Saints and Josh the Cajun Samurai from Beneath the Tangles to recap Mashle: Magic and Muscles episodes 7-9 and discuss a bit of news. Toonami will be breathing life back into their schedule this April with Lazarus! 00:00 - Intro and Lazarus Discussion 15:33 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles eps 7-9 Recap
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Episode 493 - The Megas XLR of Wrestling Shows
Sketch, Paul, Kuro, LaserKid and our returning guest Archangel from Simuldub Saints finally recap the 2 part season finale of Invincible Fight Girl. 00:00 - Intro and Musings 12:46 - Invincible Fight Girl Recap and Discussion Music credits for this episode: "Ladies and Gentlemen" (Instrumental) as performed by Saliva Ending Theme to Invincible Fight Girl as composed by Mike Reagan
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Episode 492 - Mathle: Math and Muscle
Sketch, Kuro, LaserKid and our returning guest Archangel discuss episodes 4-6 of Mashle: Magic and Muscle and then the conversation shifts to ranting about the anemic state of Toonami
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Episode 491 - Getting Nuttin' For Christmas... or New Years
Sketch, Paul, Colt and Sam chat about Toonami Rewind's retirement and Toonami's dry schedule starting in January.
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 55 min
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