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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you. From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Yesterday31 min
60-3 - Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
A gentleman thief, a princess in a wedding dress, a count with a secret, and a clock tower chase that people still talk about.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Hayao Miyazaki’s feature directorial debut, made at Tokyo Movie Shinsha before Studio Ghibli existed.Lupin and Jigen rob the Monte Carlo casino and then notice the money is counterfeit, the legendary “goat bills.” Lupin throws it away and decides to track down the source in the tiny nation of Cagliostro.On the road, they run into a car chase and rescue a young woman in a wedding dress, Clarisse, who is the princess of Cagliostro and is being forced to marry the regent, Count Cagliostro because her ring is the key to a lost treasure, and the Count wants it. However, Lupin won’t let that stand and decides to rescue the princess. Goemon and Jigen hold off the Count’s assassins, Fujiko works her own angle, and the story ends in a chase up the castle clock tower and the draining of the castle’s lake.We discuss how Miyazaki’s Lupin differs from the series’ usual rogue, what the film does for Zenigata, why Clarisse is such a well-drawn princess, and the “goat bills” versus “Goth bills” translation issue, which early English versions handled as goats.🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing watch-through of Toonami and Adult Swim’s most iconic anime films.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) recap & review – English release and translation discussion****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 days ago34 min
60-2 - Samurai Champloo - Episodes 21-22
The cliffhanger from last time pays off in a fight, and then the show detours into zombie treasure hunters and mushrooms.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Episodes 21 and 22 of Samurai Champloo: “Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)” and “Cosmic Collisions.”“Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)” picks up with Jin ambushed on the rope bridge by Sara, the blind musician the group befriended. While Mugen has his own run-in with her, Fuu and Jin start to sense that someone is manipulating Sara, and Mugen and Jin end up fighting her back to back. Leading to one of the show’s more violent and sad episodes.“Cosmic Collisions” opens with narration about comets as bad omens. The group spots a matsutake mushroom on the road, chases after it, and falls through the ground into an excavation site where a man named Shige hoped to dig up the buried treasure of the Heike clan. They end up among a horde of rotting zombie treasure hunters. It’s a complete tonal swerve from the episode before.We discuss how the Sara two-parter handles its villain and what it adds to Mugen and Jin’s rivalry. We also cover how “Cosmic Collisions” might have more meaning than it first seems.🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing episode-by-episode watch-through of Samurai Champloo.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Samurai Champloo Episode 21 “Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)” recap & review – Samurai Champloo Episode 22 “Cosmic Collisions” recap & review****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 5 days ago29 min
60-1 - Space Ghost: Coast To Coast - Season 3 Episodes 13-15
Three episodes of Space Ghost that are all weird in their own way. What a way to end a season!This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover the last three episodes of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Season 3: “Cookout,” “Art Show,” and “Woody Allen’s Fall Project.”In “Cookout,” Space Ghost stages a cook-off between three celebrity chefs, Emeril Lagasse, Nathalie Dupree, and Martin Yan, and recruits the Council of Doom (Lokar, Metallus, Tansut, Brak, and Black Widow) to judge. Though the stand out part of this is Martin Yan, who is somehow weirder than all of the cartoon characters.In “Art Show,” performance artist Laurie Anderson irritates Space Ghost by saying she never watches television, then wanders into conspiracy theories about cyberspace while he disengages and misses much of the conversation. The group Stomp also appears, seemingly against their will.Then “Woody Allen’s Fall Project” drops the usual format entirely. It’s a live-action special hosted by self-described “Space Ghost Expert” James Kirkconnell, who presents five re-enactments of scenes from earlier episodes performed by the Ghost Planet Dinner Theater Ensemble of Doraville, Georgia. It’s a parody of E!’s well-publicised re-enactments of the O.J. Simpson hearings, and it’s oddly high-effort for a bizarre joke.We discuss why “Cookout” works as a talk-show send-up, why we’re all scared of Martin Yan, if Stomp need an intervention, and how Season 3 holds up now that we’ve watched all of it.🔔 Subscribe to follow every episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast in order.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E13 “Cookout” (feat. Emeril Lagasse, Nathalie Dupree & Martin Yan) recap & review – Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E14 “Art Show” (feat. Laurie Anderson & Stomp) recap & review – Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E15 “Woody Allen’s Fall Project” (feat. James Kirkconnell) recap & review – Season 3 retrospective****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago32 min
59-3 - Kiki's Delivery Service
A 13-year-old witch moves to a new city, starts a delivery business, and then loses the thing that makes her a witch. It’s gentler than that sounds, but not as simple.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Hayao Miyazaki’s adaptation of Eiko Kadono’s 1985 novel and the first Studio Ghibli film to do well on its initial release.Kiki leaves home on the night of a full moon, as young witches traditionally do at 13, to spend a year on her own. She flies to the port city of Koriko with her black cat Jiji and settles above a bakery run by the kind-hearted Osono. She starts a broomstick delivery service and befriends Tombo, a boy obsessed with aviation who admires her flying. After she misses a party he invites her to and falls ill from a delivery in the rain, Osono quietly arranges for the two to meet again. A flight on Tombo’s bicycle-powered flying machine goes well, but Kiki is intimidated by his friends and her confidence collapses. She loses her ability to fly and to understand Jiji. When an airship accident leaves Tombo hanging from a drifting mooring line, she has to find her way back to her powers fast.We cover the Disney English dub, with Kirsten Dunst as Kiki, Phil Hartman as Jiji, and Janeane Garofalo as the painter Ursula. We also talk about the earlier Streamline Pictures dub made for Japan Airlines flights, how the film depicts creative burnout, and why the dub’s wisecracking Jiji differs from the original.🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing watch-through of Toonami and Adult Swim’s film catalogue.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) recap & review – English dub discussion: Disney (1998) and Streamline (1989)****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago33 min
59-2 - Samurai Champloo - Episodes 19-20
Guns, God, and a blind musician with a very bad secret.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Episodes 19 and 20 of Samurai Champloo: “Unholy Union” and “Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1).”In “Unholy Union,” Fuu shelters a female fugitive who’s on the run from a bogus gun-slinging missionary. He’s been fleecing a community of hidden Christians, and Mugen and Jin help expose him. The episode also brings Fuu a step closer to the sunflower samurai and finally reveals an important truth that will change the story’s trajectory.Then “Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1)” opens on a rainy night in a restaurant, where the group watches Sara, a blind travelling musician called a goze, perform with a shamisen. Two thugs start harassing her and Mugen chases them off. Sara joins the group, and Mugen is smitten. Fuu bonds with her, and Sara says she hasn’t seen her son in a very long time. When the group splits at a fork in the road, Fuu picks Jin to escort Sara. The episode ends in the middle of a fight on a rope bridge.We discuss how the show plays with Edo-period religious history, why Sara is one of the series’ best (and most hateable) one-off characters, and that cliffhanger.🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing episode-by-episode watch-through of Samurai Champloo.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Samurai Champloo Episode 19 “Unholy Union” recap & review – Samurai Champloo Episode 20 “Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1)” recap & review****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago32 min
59-1 - Space Ghost: Coast To Coast - Season 3 Episodes 11-12
One episode wraps up the runaway-director storyline with a visit from Metallica. The other was written by two former Late Show with David Letterman writers and turns Space Ghost’s show into a conventional talk show.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Episodes 11 and 12 of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Season 3: “Jacksonville” and “Late Show.”“Jacksonville” (October 16, 1996) picks up right where “Glen Campbell” left off. Moltar is still on the run, so Space Ghost recruits Tansut as a stand-in director while he searches. Tansut sets up the Metallica interview, and James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett appear (though they don’t seem to be aware of it). Lokar, Brak, Commander Andy, and the Council of Doom also turn up, and the episode closes out the Moltar storyline by resetting the status quo.“Late Show” (October 23, 1996) was written by Spike Feresten and Steve O’Donnell, and Space Ghost tries to turn his show into a proper talk show. Janeane Garofalo reveals her secret power, hypnotist Flip Orley joins the desk, before Zorak’s incantation turns him into Dave Grohl. John Popper sits in on harmonica. The Original Way Outs and Mom Ghostal also appear, and the series switches to a new CGI opening, all while skewering every late night talkshow knowing.We discuss why Metallica seemed out of their depth, what the Letterman writers bring to a parody of late-night TV, how the new opening changes the show’s look, and where these two episodes sit in Season 3.🔔 Subscribe to follow every episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast in order.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E11 “Jacksonville” (feat. James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett of Metallica) recap & review – Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E12 “Late Show” (feat. Janeane Garofalo, Dave Grohl, Flip Orley & John Popper) recap & review****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago33 min
58-3 - Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ New/Transformation - The Road to Become the Super Sailor Guardian - Overture of Last Dracul
Vampire Week finishes with a Sailor Moon stage musical about vampires. It’s real, its official and it’s two hours long.Yes, this was Jon’s pick.This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon – New/Transformation – The Path to Become the Super Warrior – Overture of Last Dracul (2000). It’s the 17th Sailor Moon stage musical overall, Miyuki Kanbe’s debut as Sailor Moon, and the first show of the Dracul arc. A Sailor Moon story arc with original characters and a whole new story: one featuring vampires.Usagi has a nightmare that tells her that each time she transforms, a calamity will follow. On a date with Mamoru the next morning, the dream seems to be coming true.Death Lamia and Undead Berserk want to create a Homunculus, a piece of artificial life made from the Senshi’s Star Seeds, and they strike a deal with the vampire Count Dracul to help them. Dracul bites Michiru and Mamoru, turning them evil, forcing Usagi to fight her friends and get to the bottom of the weird situation she’s found herself.We discuss how stage Sailor Moon differs from the anime, the odd history of the Dracul arc, and if Sailor Moon really needed biblical references.🔔 Subscribe for more Toonami, anime, and the strange corners around them.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Sailor Moon Musical: New/Transformation – The Path to Become the Super Warrior – Overture of Last Dracul recap & review – Part of Toonami Absolution’s Vampire Week****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago33 min
58-2 - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
A dhampir bounty hunter, a rival crew of hunters, and a vampire who may not be the villain. Vampire Week continues with one of the best-looking anime films of its era.Today on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also directed Ninja Scroll. It’s a standalone sequel to the 1985 film, adapted from the third novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi’s series (though with numerous changes and a whole new character).In the year 12,090 AD, a young woman named Charlotte Elbourne is taken from her home by the vampire noble Baron Meier Link. Her family hires D, the half-human, half-vampire “dhampir” bounty hunter, to bring her back. Her brother hires the Marcus Brothers, a rival family of hunters, for the same job.Both crews chase Meier’s carriage across a desert, fighting through the mutant mercenaries he’s hired as bodyguards. As they go, D begins to suspect that Charlotte may have gone willingly. The chase ends at the Castle of Chaythe, where the vampire countess Carmilla has her own plans for the couple.We discuss the gothic sci-fi western design, how this film compares to the book, how Carmilla changes the story, and which vampire is the cutest.🔔 Subscribe for our ongoing watch-through of Toonami’s anime film catalogue.📌 Topics covered this episode: – Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) recap & review – Part of Toonami Absolution’s Vampire Week****Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.****See more Toonami Absolution stuff (including the video version of the podcast) by checking out our Linktree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you. From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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