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Pokemon Extravaganza | Movie 13 (Sub) Diamond and Pearl the Movie - Supreme Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark Review

Plot: A young Zorua and his mother, Zoroark, are held captive by a psychotic man named Kodai. He wants to abuse Zoroark’s powers of illusion in a scheme to reinvigorate his ability to see into the future by finding the Time Ripple. These Time Ripples are only meant to be used by Celebi for time travel purposes, but the power within them can be absorbed by other beings to obtain the power to see…

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Xiaolin Showdown S1 Ep8: Night of the Sapphire Dragon Review

Plot: The Xiaolin Warriors battle Jack Spicer in a volcano for a strange black dragon Shen Gong Wu. Omi and Jack enter into a Xiaolin Showdown, and Omi emerges the victor. Back at the temple, they can’t find any black dragon Shen Gong Wu in their scrolls, leaving them stumped as to what it could be. When Kimiko accidentally chips some black off of the statue, revealing blue underneath, she’s…

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Space-Time Detective Genshi-Kun/Flint the Time Detective (Saban) SDC Wrap-Up and Full Series Review

Plot: A mysterious Masked Man attacks the Land of Time. The powerful Space-Time Monsters who live there with Toki G wind up lost in the time stream as a result. The super strong and big-hearted caveboy, Genshi, winds up in the center of the conflict when the Masked Man’s cohort, TP Lady, confronts him to capture a Space-Time Monster who wound up in his time period. Genshi, his father, Ototan, and…

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Space-Time Detective Genshi-Kun/Flint the Time Detective (Saban) Episode 39 (38 for the Dub) The Decisive Battle for the Land of Time (FINALE) | Sub/Dub Comparison

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Space-Time Detective Genshi-Kun/Flint the Time Detective (Saban) Episode 38 (37 for the Dub) The Decisive Battle for the Land of Time | Sub/Dub Comparison

Plot: With Genshi, Kyoichiro and the others trapped by the Masked Man, Yamato, Sora, Tokio, Love-Love and Unita rush off to save them. However, the Masked Man has laid a trap. He’s bad transformed all the Space-Time Monsters that have been collected so far, barring Love-Love and Ammon, and trapped Genshi and the others in a web of spiky stone vines. Can they escape and defeat the Masked Man once…

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Yu-Gi-Oh Capsule Monsters Full Series Review (Episode by Episode) + TV Series vs. Movie Version Comparison + Full Wrap Up Archive

Episode 1: Getting Played Episode 2: Divide and Conquer Episode 3: Reunited At Last Episode 4: Fortress of Fear Episode 5: Eye of the Storm Episode 6: Trial of Light and Shadow Episode 7: Red-Eyes Black Curse Episode 8: The Fruit of Evolution Episode 9: The Fiendish Five Part 1 Episode 10: The Fiendish Five Part 2 Episode 11: The True King Part 1 Episode 12: The True King Part 2 FINALE TV Series…

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CSBS - Rugrats | S01 EP07: Grandpa's Teeth/Momma Trauma Review

Plot: 7A – Grandpa’s Teeth: Lou is partaking in an important veteran concert where he will be playing the trumpet. He has new dentures that allow him to play to the best of his abilities, but everyone starts to panic when they vanish after he removes them to eat some food. It’s up to Tommy and Chuckie to track them down and get them back in time for Lou’s concert. 7B – Momma Trauma: Didi brings…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters TV Series vs. The Movies: What Got Cut, and Which is Better? Part 2 (+Wrap Up)

Part two starts with a recap of part one…. And yeah, it’s fine if you just refer to these movies as parts one and two. Part one doesn’t work at all unless you watch the second one, soooo….. Episode 7 — This recap in the movie causes a visual error. In the series, Joey was standing with his back facing Tristan talking to Téa, which means the hand in the background belonged to Tristan. In the…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters TV Series vs. The Movies: What Got Cut, and Which is Better? Part 1

As I mentioned in my 4Kids retrospective, 4Kids didn’t technically release Capsule Monsters on DVD. They never released the full series on a home video format, but they did recut the 12 episode long series into two movies – each an hour and a half long — and released those on DVD. As expected, a lot of cuts were required, but what exactly got cut, and how badly did it affect the series? Episode…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero/Classic Manga Grand Finale Wrap-Up

Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero and the classic manga are truly a trip, especially for people who were introduced to the Duel Monsters/2000 anime series first. It’s surreal to see so many beloved characters from a mostly harmless kids’ anime about teenagers obsessed with a children’s card game and magical Egyptian relics be shown around or participating in murder, serial killers, terrorism, attempted rape,…

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My Poke-Pinions #95 and 208: The Rock Snake Line

Onix Name: Onix is based on, well, “onyx” which ranks pretty highly on my list of favorite words. I’ll never not look at this rock snake and not instantly think “Onix” but it is a somewhat unfitting name when you think about it. Onyx is not just one of my favorite words, it’s also one of my favorite stones. It’s an absolutely gorgeous smooth black stone. Smooth and black – two things Onix is…

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CSBS - Rocket Power S1 Ep6: Powergirl Surfers/Twisted Cinema Review

Plot: 7A – Powergirl Surfers: After being snubbed by a sexist reporter from a famous surfing magazine, Reggie rallies together all the great girl surfers she can find to prove that girl surfers are just as good as guy surfers. 7B – Twisted Cinema: Otto drops Twister as his best friend after he embarrasses him in his newest video. Breakdown: 7A – Powergirl Surfers: If there’s one thing I’ll always…

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Cyborg 009 Full Review Project | Manga (1964) Volume 18 (15 for the Shotaro World (Media Factory) Edition)

Today, we start the Undersea Pyramid arc – intended to be the penultimate arc before finishing off with a new version of Battle with the Gods. That didn’t happen due to conflicts with the new anime running alongside it. They didn’t want the manga to end while the anime was airing, so Ishinomori had to put off writing the Battle with the Gods arc in lieu of new stories that could tie into the…

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91 Days + OVA Review

Plot: In the midst of the prohibition era, the mafia reigns supreme. Testa Lagusa is wrapped up with a powerful mafia family, the Vanettis, and he and his family get mowed down as a result – all except his son, Angelo, who is able to escape the massacre. Angelo dedicates the rest of his life and being to getting revenge on the Vanettis, particularly the group of people who came to his house that…

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Pokemon Episode 79 Analysis: Friend and Foe Alike

CotD: None. Plot: Ash laments over having to battle his new friend, Ritchie, in his fifth Pokemon League match. Misty shows him Ritchie’s stats from the Pokemon League database, and they’re quite impressive. He’s gotten through all four prelim rounds not only without having a single Pokemon on his side KO’d but also by using only three Pokemon – Pikachu, Charmander, and Butterfree. The next…

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Ojamajo Doremi/Magical DoReMi (4Kids) Episode 10: Pinch! The Teacher Found Out!! | Sub/Dub Comparison

Plot: The girls are caught working at the magic shop when it’s against school rules. Their teacher and the vice principal insist on visiting the shop when the girls lie and say they’re helping out the elderly owner who is a relative of Aiko. They have to scramble to keep up their lie to ensure that they can continue working at the magic shop and stay as witches. ————————————— As always, the…

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Tokyo Mew Mew New S2 Ep6: His Hidden Resolve – The Birth of the Mew Project Review

Alto’s true identity as Shirogane has been revealed, to Ichigo anyway, so it’s backstory time. They went into a bit more detail with Shirogane’s backstory in the reboot than they did in the original anime or the manga, but not too much. Just peppered in a few more details here and there. They’re welcome details, but nothing really to add substance to much. They did, thankfully, not include the…