Episode 551 - The Fighter Comes to Roost

·1 hr 19 min·5 clips

Toonami drops a Monday schedule change, replacing Lazarus with Ninja Kamui at 3 a.m., puzzling hosts Kuro and Steven.

The episode begins with hosts Kuro and Steven noting a strange schedule update: Ninja Kamui will replace Lazarus in the 3 a.m. slot on March 28th, announced on a Monday instead of the usual Friday. They express confusion over the change and speculate on Toonami's reasoning. The main discussion covers three shows: Tokyo Revengers, Blue Lock, and Rooster Fighter. For Tokyo Revengers episode six, they recap Takamichi trailing Draken, who has a flashback to his childhood in a brothel and gets a tattoo in fifth grade. The hosts critique the absurdity of a child receiving a head tattoo. The episode features Mikey delivering a flying kick to a gang leader, and Takamichi trying to warn the Tokyo Manji gang about a trap set by Mobius. Fabian and Paul join the conversation, analyzing the tension between Mikey and Draken and the time travel paradox caused by Takamichi's interference. For Blue Lock, they discuss Team Z's match against Team W, where Kuon betrays his team by making a deal with the Wanima brothers to score goals and then throw the game. The hosts debate Kuon's short-sighted strategy and Ego's decision not to intervene. Finally, they review the premiere of Rooster Fighter, describing its plot about a rooster named Keiji who fights demons using a Koke Koko attack, reminiscent of a Kamehameha. The hosts find the show hilarious and adult swim-appropriate, noting its over-the-top elements and Patrick Seitz's voice acting. They also comment on the lack of female characters in the current Toonami block.

As heard by us

A loose anime panel turns Ego's challenge into a smart rules debate, with room for one very memorable eyebrow tangent.

The Toonami Faithful Podcast finds its footing in a pair of small uncertainties: Toonami's odd schedule update, which places the Ninja Kamui dub at 3 a.m. on the 28th instead of Lazarus, and the slippery reasoning behind Ego's latest anime challenge.

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You want a sharp Blue Lock argument about Ego's rules, with a detour into truly aggressive alligator-scorpion eyebrows.

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