Anime

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

• Nina the Starry Bride @ 7:00 AM PT (Same Day Simuldub)
• Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions Season 2 @ 7:30 AM PT
• Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii @ 7:45 AM PT
• Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 @ 10:00 AM PT
• Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Season 2 @ 10:30 AM PT
• After-school Hanako-kun @ 11:00 AM PT
• Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3 @ 6:00 PM PT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

• A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! @ 7:30 AM PT

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

• The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor @ 6:30 AM PT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

• Dragon Ball DAIMA @ Time TBA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

• DEMON LORD 2099 @ 9:30 AM PT

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13

• Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 @ 2:30 AM PT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

• Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 @ Time TBA

In what will likely go down in history as one of the saddest developments in anime, Adult Swim‘s long-delayed anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki went from critical acclaim to utter disappointment in two episodes because of a staggering drop in animation quality. Although io9 reached out to Adult Swim to inquire about why the show experienced such a perplexing dip in quality as reactions emerged yesterday, the anime’s executive producer has broken his silence on the whole ordeal in a now-deleted social media post.

In a BlueSky post (first spotted by Comic Book Resources) that was later screenshotted and spread online, Uzumaki producer Jason DeMarco revealed that Adult Swim was, to put it mildly, "screwed over" with the Ito anime.

"It’s fine, we knew this would happen. I can’t talk about what went down, but we were screwed over, and the options were A) not finish and air nothing and call it a loss, B) Just finish and air Episode 1 and leave it incomplete or C) run all four, warts and all. Out of respect for the hard work we chose C," DeMarco wrote in the first of a series of posts. "After waiting so long, it makes sense people would be mad. Unfortunately, I can’t tell them who to blame it on… but someone is definitely at fault here, and we all just had to do our best when things imploded. Maybe others would have made different choices. We did the best we could with what we had."

He continued: "But again, a lot of people worked very hard on this show, and I didn’t think the actions of just one or two people should be the reason it never saw the light of day. Maybe that’s the wrong choice. I truly don’t know. But those people have a right to be annoyed and disappointed. I’m glad you are digging it."

Voice actor Doc Harris (birth name Gilbert Auchinleck) died at Vancouver General Hospital on Saturday morning. Harris had minor surgery last month. He was 76.

Harris began his career in radio broadcasting in Canada in 1966. He was known by names such as "Gil Harris" and "Doc Holiday" before he took on the moniker of Doc Harris.

One of his most iconic roles was as the narrator for the original Ocean Studios English dub for the Dragon Ball Z anime and the first few movies. He voiced other characters as well for the Canadian-produced dub. He was also the voice of Grogar in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic animated series. Harris had roles in other anime, shows, and games such as Monster Rancher, Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, Aegis Defenders, Hulk: The Video Game, and Captain N The Game Master.

• IGN: Uzumaki Premiere Review - A classic horror manga comes to frightening life. 8/10 "Uzumaki does the seemingly impossible: Adapts a Junji Ito story into motion and makes it fun, silly, and horrifying."
• Comicbook .com: Uzumaki Review: The Perfect Junji Ito Adaptation 4.5/5 "Adult Swim's Uzumaki does the impossible in creating a worthy anime adaptation of Junji Ito's work."
• Gizmodo: The Uzumaki Anime Was Well Worth Its Endless Spiral of Delays - "Production I.G pushed animation to new heights to successfully adapt horror auteur Junji Ito's magnum opus."
• Paste: Adult Swim’s Uzumaki Adaptation Is Pure Spiraling Dread
• Otaku Magazine: Uzumaki Finally Delivers an Anime Worthy of Junji Ito’s Name

Uzumaki: The Animated Series premieres September 28 on Adult Swim, next day on Max.

Enter the spiral Sept 28th @ 12:30 - next day ‪on Max‬

Three years ago, mutant demons began appearing in Japan. While some are harmless or helpful towards humans, others are troublesome. Created from humans suffering from extreme emotional distress or unresolved trauma, these mutant demons began to wreak havoc as they began to evolve to be more intelligent and dangerous.

A lone rooster named Keiji wanders around various cities of Japan while defeating mutant demons he encounters. His ultimate goal is to find and kill the mutant dubbed "The White Demon" who killed his sister in order to avenge her death.

• Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer) as Kirie Goshima
• Robbie Daymond (Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen) as Shuichi Saito
• Cristina Vee (Killua in Hunter x Hunter) as Azami Kurotani
• Doug Stone (Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid) as Kirie’s father
• Aaron LaPlante (Duke in Resident Evil: Village) as Shuichi’s father
• Mona Marshall (Izzy Izumi in Digimon) as Shuichi’s mother
• Max Mittelman (Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) as Katayama

I went hands-on with Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero during Summer Game Fest, and I think it’s going to be the perfect sandbox tool for hardcore Dragon Ball fans. It’s got a story mode that covers the manga’s iconic narrative, a vast cast of characters to use in satisfyingly bombastic brawls, and a Custom Battle mode that will let players create the battle scenarios of their dreams.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero launches on October 11 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

After more than 20 years off the air, Sailor Moon will return to Cartoon Network under Adult Swim.

Adult Swim is launching a new Friday block of programming called Toonami Rewind this month, per an announcement on their Facebook page. The two-hour block will feature classic shōnen anime shows, including Dragon Ball Z Kai and Naruto.

However, the real highlight of the announcement is the grand return of Sailor Moon and, for the first time, being aired uncensored with its new English dub from Viz Media.

https://youtu.be/ahgcrOO9Jdg

As explained by Popverse, the original English dub of Sailor Moon, which was produced by the now-defunct DiC Entertainment and then Cloverway for later seasons, was heavily censored and edited objectionable content to be more suitable for children back when it aired on Cartoon Network’s original Toonami after-school programming block between 1998 to 2002.

Sailor Moon’s original English dub altered character names, removed cultural Japanese references, and cut entire episodes. The 90’s dub also altered LGBTQ+ storylines with Sailor Neptune and Uranus, originally written as lovers, to be depicted as cousins.

Adult Swim is "going back in time" as it is set to launch a new Toonami Rewind block on May 31, 2024, that will feature such classic anime as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Naruto.

Toonami shared the news on Facebook with a video and the schedule of when fans can expect to enjoy this new programming.

"We are happy to announce that every Friday, starting May 31st, Toonami is going back in time," Toonami wrote. "Say hello to Toonami Rewind, Friday 5-7p on Adult Swim."

The VIZ English Dub version of Sailor Moon will kick off Toonami Rewind at 5pm and it will be followed by two episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. Naruto will then close things out at 6:30pm.

While the tweet has since been deleted, Anime News Network reported that Toonami co-creator Jason DeMarco confirmed that Rewind is really leaning into the nostalgic vibes as it will also feature "classic older Toonami music and some older packaging."