#bartender 2006

Toon Time Theater U-PICK

Salutations, anime fans. I am Gabriel Ramos, DJ and broadcaster for Toon Time Theater on the New Gabe Order Twitch channel. Now that NINJA KAMUI and IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix have ended, it's about time for another U-PICK poll. This time, I'm not playing around. You have until May 18 at 7 AM PDT to make your choices. When that time comes, I will end the Spotify peepshow and review your votes on both Tumblr and X. After I collect your votes and sum them up, I will reveal the next lineups for May 2024 before broadcasting Part 2 of the FRUITS BASKET (2019) Marathon.

Turns out MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN is getting a second season, but unlike the previous season, there will be Saturday/Sunday premieres, meaning that I am unable to live-stream the newest episodes when I return to Saturday morning cartoon blocks. You have two options:

A. Live-stream MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN on Saturday mornings only to be one episode behind the Toonami broadcasts

B. Live-stream MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN on Sunday mornings following the Toonami broadcasts, ensuring I live-stream the latest episodes possible

If you don't want me to live-stream that cartoon, I have Bartender (2006), Hell's Paradise (Jigokuraku), Kannazuki no Miko, SMILING FRIENDS Season 2 and FRUITS BASKET (2019): The Final Season as options. There is also Season 2 of HI SCORE GIRL, but if most of you vote for it, then it will be placed at the end of the lineup before HAIKYU!! as a Hall of Fame* program. I still want to sign off after HAIKYU!! to encourage viewers to get off their couches and play outside when a broadcast day concludes.

* The Toon Time Theater Hall of Fame is a sub-block dedicated to re-broadcasts of familiar cartoons previously shown on T3, as well as some classic cartoons from the Millennial generation to Gen Z.

Bartender (2006)

Aired: 2006

Here are the lineups:

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Toon Time Theater Spotlight Show

E/I: Educational & Informational

7.0P - HAIKYU!! (Season 1, Episode 1, E/I)

7.5P - Dr.STONE (Episode 1, E/I)

"The Best"

8.0P - "Pokémon: I Choose You!" (subtitled)

8.5P - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Episode 1)

Supernatural

9.0P - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Episode 2)

9.5P - Fruits Basket (2001 series, Episode 1)

"CAPTAIN'S VOYAGE"

10.0P - TSUBASA: Reservoir Chronicle (Season 1, Episode 1)

10.5P - ONE PIECE (Episode 1)

"FLY HIGH"

11.0P - NARUTO (Episode 1)

11.5P - Captain TSUBASA (2018 series, Episode 1)

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12.0A - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Season 1, Episode 10, Season Finale)

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All Times Pacific

E/I: Educational and Informational

6.0A - Bartender* (2006 series, Episode 7, rerun, E/I)

6.5A - Laid-Back Camp (Season 1, Episode 8, E/I)

Gotta Catch 'em All!

7.0A - Pokémon Master Journeys

7.5A - BLUE EXORCIST** (Season 1, Episode 5)

Trails of Cold Steel

8.0A - SONIC X (Season 2, Episode 35)

8.5A - KEY THE METAL IDOL (Ver.5)

Amazing Fantasy

9.0A – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES** (Episode 4)

9.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

Hall of Fame

10.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI**

10.5A - HI SCORE GIRL (Season 1, "ROUND 1", rerun, Series Premiere)

Oh yeah. Here We Go! SPORTS TIME!!

11.0A - Rent-A-Girlfriend (Season 1, Episode 5, rerun)

11.5A - HAIKYU!! (Season 2, Episode 50, E/I)

Season Finale

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All Times Pacific

E/I: Educational and Informational

6.0A - Bartender* (2006 series, Episode 8, rerun, E/I)

6.5A - Laid-Back Camp (Season 1, Episode 9, E/I)

Gotta Catch 'em All!

7.0A - Pokémon Master Journeys

7.5A - BLUE EXORCIST** (Season 1, Episode 6)

Trails of Cold Steel

8.0A - SONIC X (Season 2, Episode 36)

8.5A - KEY THE METAL IDOL (Ver.6)

Amazing Fantasy

9.0A – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES** (Episode 5)

9.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

Hall of Fame

10.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI**

10.5A - HI SCORE GIRL (Season 1, "ROUND 2", rerun)

Oh yeah. Here We Go! SPORTS TIME!!

11.0A - Rent-A-Girlfriend (Season 1, Episode 6, rerun)

11.5A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 1, rerun, Series Premiere)

Runs alongside INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL on Toonami

** Also on Toonami

On November 28, the New Gabe Order will host a special lineup dedicated to the launch lineup of Toon Time Theater, but with their first episodes being played to celebrate Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I had to make modifications to the Toon Time Theater Spotlight Show so the 2001 Fruits Basket series gets used, and the original 2002 NARUTO series will be showcased, complete with a rerun of "Enter: Naruto Uzumaki!" None of T3 Express will be given a special launch lineup Spotlight Show, unless you count the NARUTO episode. That's the best you can get T3 Express-wise.

Salutations, anime fans. I am Gabriel Ramos, DJ and broadcaster of Toon Time Theater. October 19 will be a special day, because KQED Plus (KQEH) will turn 60 this year, and I wanted to showcase the programs of the Science Fiction Night that aired between 1996 and 2003. When I was born in Hayward, California, I had access to the network back when they were known as KTEH. However, I didn't know they aired science fiction anime on Sunday nights until I read about how Tenchi Universe aired on American TV networks for the first time. My brother got into Neon Genesis Evangelion because of KTEH, and since then, he watched the series from time to time.

On October 19 at 9 PM PDT, join me for a 7-series Spotlight Show showcasing select animated programs that aired on the KQED Plus Science Fiction Night back in the day. Plus, there will be a sneak peek of the New Gabe Order's special Toon Time Theater edition of Key the Metal Idol, which will reach the 30 year milestone this year.

Anyways, here are the lineups that will be played on October 19, but you don't have to take my word for it.

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E/I: Educational and Informational

6.0A - Bartender (2006 series, Episode 2, rerun. E/I)

6.5A - HAIKYU!! (Season 2, Episode 41, E/I)

"Journey To Your Heart"

7.0A - Pokémon Master Journeys

7.5A - Laid-Back Camp (Season 1, Episode 3)

Loved By Americans

8.0A - Rick And Morty: The Anime (2024 series, Episode 10)

Series Finale

8.5A - SONIC X (Season 2, Episode 29)

Killed By The Architects

9.0A – TSUBASA: Reservoir Chronicle (Season 2, Episode 52)

Series Finale

9.5A - PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA (Episode 12)

Series Finale

Vampire Killers and Ninjas

10.0A - CASTLEVANIA (Season 1, Episode 4)

Season Finale

10.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS (Episode 5)

SHONEN JUMP

11.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI

11.5A - HAIKYU!! (Season 2, Episode 42, E/I)

KQED Plus Spotlight Show (All Times Pacific)

Peepshow: Sat 8.5 PM PDT / Sat 11.5 PM EDT / Sun 0.5 PM JST

Spotlight Show: Sat 9.0 PM PDT / Sun 12.0 AM EDT / Sun 1.0 PM JST

9.0P - ROBOTECH: THE MACROSS SAGA (Season 1, Episode 1)

9.5P - Generator Gawl (Episode 1)

10.0P - SAKURA WARS: The Animated Series (2000 series, Episode 1)

10.5P - All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku: The Series (Episode 1)

11.0P - CITY HUNTER (Episode 1, subtitled)

11.5P - KEY THE METAL IDOL (Episode 1, edited)

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12.0A - Neon Genesis EVANGELION (Episode 1)

Lately, I've been thinking of my Japanese audience for Toon Time Theater. Usually I treat it as a late-night anime option for the Japanese viewers out there, but I decided to give them an easier chance to check out my anime live streams just in case select viewers are unavailable due to strict curfews. I'm happy Toonami Rewind will give American people a piece of the Toonami pie at a more reasonable time, and the same can be said for my attempt to live-stream a Saturday morning cartoon block for the Japanese people. As a result, I am going to commit myself to live-stream on (American and Canadian) Friday afternoons for a few select cartoons for 3 hours, counting educational and informational (E/I) programming. SAILOR MOON (1992) will be one of the few chosen E/I programs, and joining T3 Express are NARUTO (2002) and TeamFourStar's DRAGON BALL Z ABRIDGED. T3 Express will be mainly a dumping ground for U-PICK Nominees, reruns of earlier episodes for select series, and programs that wouldn't "fit" in my Saturday morning animation cram sessions due to insufficient timeslots. I will still use the 5-hour length for American and Canadian Saturday morning blocks as intended.

Here are the lineups for T3 Express starting on May 31 at 2 PM PDT. However, you don't have to take my word for it.

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E/I: Educational & Informational

2:00P - Bartender (Episode 1, Series Premiere, E/I)

2:30P - SAILOR MOON ("A Moon Star Is Born", Series Premiere, E/I)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles

3:00P - SAILOR MOON ("The House of Fortuna")

3:30P - NARUTO (2002 series, Episode 1)

U-PICK Nominees

4:00P - Hell's Paradise (Episode 1, Series Premiere)

4:30P - SMILING FRIENDS (Episode 1, rerun)

4:45P - DRAGON BALL Z ABRIDGED (Episode 1)

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E/I: Educational & Informational

2:00P - Bartender (Episode 2, E/I)

2:30P - SAILOR MOON ("Talk Radio", E/I)

COMIC PARTY

3:00P - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Season 2, Episode 11, Season Premiere)

3:30P - NARUTO (2002 series, Episode 2)

U-PICK Nominees

4:00P - Hell's Paradise (Episode 2)

4:30P - SMILING FRIENDS (Season 1, Episode 2)

4:45P - DRAGON BALL Z ABRIDGED (Episode 2)

I am not a drinker. Most times I've had an alcoholic beverage the sharp, bitter taste of the alcohol always soured the drink for me. As a result, I have not tried too many drinks. Especially not some of the fancy ones in these two anime.

Yet, I still found myself intrigued by both the original anime from 2006, and its reboot from 2024. I've also read some of the manga, but not enough to give my full thoughts.

Bartender, for those that don't know, is about Ryu Sasakura, a bartender that is capable of making many drinks to help the people that come into Eden Hall, looking for 'something'. Whatever that may be, and Sasakura mixing a drink for their troubles.

It was episode 1 of Bartender Glass of God that got me interested, and the first few chapters of the manga that got me wanting to watch. I probably shouldn't have been surprised by there being an older anime.

To be clear, I liked both anime very much. They were great to watch after a day at work or just a stressful day in general as both have relaxed vibes. However, 2006 is more episodic, choosing to focus on the individual stories of the patrons more heavily than any overarching narrative. While 2024 does have an overall plot, but is still fairly light with it while trying to focus on the patrons at the same time. It sounds messy, but it does work with some episodes being more plot heavy than others. I personally preferred 2024 over 2006, but both were a joy to watch for their own reasons.

Apologies for the long post, but I just want to share my love for these adaptations and hopefully, if you're willing, you'll hear me out. I also apologize if I don't remember as everything clearly, but I'll do my best.

Minor Spoilers below cut-