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Oh yeah, of COURSE Part 1 was an ode to Dracula, despite the fact that JJBA vampires can suck blood through their claws and not just their fangs, which makes them even more terrifying! And of course I caught the similarities to Nightmare on Elm Street in Death 13's mini-arc!

Wait, we've seen this before... Boy, if Toonami does get this, their rageboner for not picking up Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga is hard as diamond!

Really now?? Black Clover AGAIN!?! They're really trying to shove this series down our throats! And it's just Pages 1-5 again. I get that the first time it was supposed to play got screwed on Monday, but why spam it AGAIN just 2 weeks later?! But I did just notice that in Pages 4 & 5, Sekke gets whacked in the nuts pretty good!

It's a stretch, but then again, this IS the same company who handed out exactly 1,337 piracy lawsuits a while back. So don't put anything past them. Besides, you can't deny it wouldn't be bad paired with Black Clover!

Since Black Clover Pages 1-5 have for some ungodly reason found their way back to the Toonami stream, this week might also be a great chance to rewatch episodes 6-10. Also, I have a strange feeling that Toonami will opt for a marathon on St. Patrick's Day and the show they marathon will be Black Clover, but I kinda hope I'm wrong. But I digress. Here's the review of Page 10: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-10/.124882 TL,DR: Rating - B+

After all, he ended up with Android 18, whom we're PRETTY sure has a vagina, right?

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but a summer debut for Part 1 on home video just seems to scream dub premiere on Toonami! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-17/funimation-announces-re-zero-home-video-release/.127900 What's even more interesting is the time this story was posted: Exactly 22:00 EST on a Saturday night, which of course corresponds to 23:00 EDT, as Daylight Savings Time would be in effect this summer. Could we be talking about DBZ Kai's replacement here?? Some are saying it might be FLCL but I'm "fully-cooly" expecting that to be a 10 PM expansion show! As for Re:Zero, could make a great pairing with Black Clover for a "Dark Fantasy" hour at 11 PM Saturday nights!

Oh yeah, I never even considered all the Stephen King references! But they seem to be something that's limited mainly to Part 3 and perhaps going forward. I didn't notice them as pronouncedly in Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, for instance. But it could also be a nod to horror-centered literature from those time frames as well? Consider that Part 3 and so forth are modern, whereas Part 1 contained references to 19th Century literature, and Part 2 contained references to World War II era literature and film (such as Ben Hur). But maybe I'm reading into this too much; after all, not a peep from Edgar Allan Poe in Phantom Blood...

I think the Major is like late 30's in the main timeframe of the show, which means she's early 20's at this point.

It's centered around Saito!

"Rise" still holds up today!

Holy crap, check out the Tumblr: http://www.toonami.tumblr.com/

"Man, I really hate theme parks." One show left: GITS!

*Splat*

Yeah, they handled that badly!

The sole exception is Black Clover. There was disturbing stuff in every other show: DBSuper: Mai blown away by Black DBZKai: Gotenks/Piccolo absorbed JoJo: Iggy; Kakyoin badly injured Gundam IBO: Lafter murdered Hunter x Hunter: "Picking" Pokkle's brain Shippuden: Kakashi's doomed relationship with the kunoichi he possibly euthanaized Outlaw Star: Jail scenes Space Dandy: Zombies!! And now in Bebop, more insane human experimentation...

Oh yeah, this IS one of Toonami's darkest nights in a while!

"Get the tissues," huh...? WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT TONIGHT!! Gotenks, Piccolo, Lafter, Kunoichi, ENOUGH!!!

Yeah, it's been a pretty rough night! But Meow eats it again already! Let's recap: #1 - Meow destroyed along with Dandy & QT #2 - Meow survives but doesn't get to eat the ramen #3 - Meow eaten by Deathbringian #4 - Meow first to go zombie Meow is the "brunt character" of this show for sure!

Ohhh yes, next weekend, IT'S ON! ON to Space Dandy for now!!

Damn, this really worked!

It was good for the time though!

You know what they say about Mr. Wong in Outlaw Star? He's so money...

Outtake: "You're only some dummy who only knows how to shoot off his ass and make a mouth out of himself!" Gene: "What!?"

I think you can use it without it but some content, such as simulcasts, is still locked.