TORIKO EPISODE 1
The episode starts off with a guy…. Eating food. Kinda not surprising considering that this anime is all about food, but still, this guy has some serious food obsession.
Cut to a scene where the guy (I’m guessing he’s our titular character) is fishing… with a giant cricket as bait. The line goes taut, and wait… WHAAAAAT? Is that a fish or a lobster or both?!?!?
Hey look! A giant eagle...and it’s trying to eat the fish…lobster thingy.
Cue an short-lived but epic fight for the crayfish…fish, and yeah, you can guess who wins. Bonus delicious eagle for the winner!
And suddenly, another guy in a business suit pops in outta nowhere
, identifying himself as Chef Komatsu, and turns out he has a request for Toriko, to catch an exclusive ‘Galala crocodile (Galala Wani)’. Toriko accepts and Komatsu joins his party.
So, off on their hunt for delicious crocodile, our heroes are… cruising on a speedboat…eating food... Komatsu starts talking about his dream of becoming head chef, and Toriko gives him some life advice. “If you have a dream, you should act on it as soon as you can”. He then proceeds to follow his own advice by munching down on an almond cabbage. OMNOMNOM. Delicious cabbage.
We arrive at the ‘Baron Archipelago’ home of the notorious ‘Galala crocodile’, and the speedboat, controlled by a buff guy with a hat (Tomu) begins to speed up dangerously, weaving in and out of the rocks, sending Komatsu rolling across the deck while wondering how on earth our titular character manages to stand up admist the jolting and shaking of the boat. Don’t worry Komatsu, it comes with the job.
Hey look! Green monkeys (Friday Monkeys) … I hope they’re friendly! Toriko wonders why the monkeys aren’t in their natural habitat, (the caves), is this foreshadowing of what is to come? Our moment is interrupted, as the buff guy decides to land the boat by speeding up and doing an epic vertical jump off a nearby rock…. into a pool of randomly calm water in a mangrove grove. A totally normal way to land a boat. ಠ_ಠ
Toriko smells trouble… Ominous foreshadowing anyone? Toriko and his party of two eventually arrive in the shore, where they are greeted by a variety of creepy crawlies. A giant purple leech promptly latches itself onto Komatsu’s arm, causing him to scream bloody murder. Toriko tells him to man up, squeezing salt water onto the leech and prompting it to fall off The leech then begins to squirm and contract, a bit ick, but then, it’s kinda funny in it’s own sadistic way. And w00t! A free biology lesson on mangrove leaves.
The two men then venture further into the forest, and meet a Baron tiger, Toriko speculates on why it is there and not further inland. More foreshadowing? Here, we get a brief glimpse of the much-acclaimed crocodile. The crocodile is said to be more than 300 years old, double the normal maximum age of it’s species, and apparently, according to Komatsu, twice as strong and also twice as tasty. Yum. Any one sense some awesome action scenes in the near future? This doesn’t faze Toriko at all, but causes him to drool in anticipation of the taste. 300 year old crocodile anyone?
Toriko then reveals that every Bishokuya’s (gourmet food provider) dream is to complete a ‘full course menu’ and we see a breif glimpse of his attack moves ‘Fork’ and ‘Knife’.
After more walking and many more strangely bizarre flying animals. Toriko and co. set up camp for the night, roasting the remains of a previously killed serpent frog. Kind of looks like roasted intestines, but your mileage may vary.
We are then given a thorough insight into the food chain on the island. Which is basically Everything>Galala Crocodile. Oh yeah, did we mention there’s 200,000 species living on that island? That crocodile must live like a king. And apparently, it can swim long distances too. Feeling like being eaten anytime soon?
Then suddenly, out of the ominous black bubbling swamp water located conveniently nearby, pops out a Swamp Snake (Numa Hebi)… classic case of snake in the bushes... or rather weird black swamp goo. Komatsu duly informs us that it’s a capture level 5 and it’s very very strong. Strangely enough, this reminds the blogger of a pokemon battle: Wild Swamp Snake uses roar and drool like a madman. But it doesn’t do anything.. Wild swamp snake has fainted. Oh wait… it’s dead. And there’s a giant chunk missing out of it’s neck. Oh yeah, and there’s giant purple leeches sucking away at it’s freshly dead corpse. Mmmm…. Freshly killed swamp snake. Delicious.
This definitely isn’t foreshadowing anything ominous, like, oh you know, maybe the fact that there’s a FREAKING GIANT CROCODILE BEHIND YOU!?!?!
Yeah, Komatsu, we’re pretty sure that’s not a crocodile either. Suddenly, a giant T-rex appears within Toriko’s battle aura. Now there’s two giant dinosaurs… well, one dinosaur and a crocodile…dinosaur thingy… a crocodino… bah whatever.
And Toriko’s super happy that a giant crocosaur is picking a fight with him. Just what goes on in the minds of shounen heroes these days? Apart from food of course.
Dodge dodge dodge dodge SUPER PUNCHHHHHHHH. And a nice tail whip from Mr. Crocosaur there. Toriko grabs onto it and executes a perfectly timed throw. That thing’s got to weigh at least four tons! Mr crocosaur uses creepy blue-eyed glare of doom, causing Toriko to look down at his muscly leech-covered arms. Toriko takes a moment to remember that the Galala crocodile is always well prepared and keeps (baron leeches) leeches in his mouth to suck the blood of his prey so he can track them by the smell of their bodily fluids seeping out of their bodies. He does this all while ignoring the leeches that are steadily sucking away at his lifeblood. You gotta give this guy some credit.
Toriko asks if he’s allowed to kill the crocodile. Komatsu gives his consent, it’s not as if you can refuse a guy looking like he’d be able to kill your pet dog, cat and run over a few kittens while he’s at it.
Cue the ominous purple battle aura, it’s transformation time bby~ Komatsu looks like he’s seen a demon, or in this case a kishin (demonic god), which he has of course. Toriko addresses the crocodile, and tells it that it’s worthy of being called a king, promising that he’ll give him respect and go all out and show him his ‘human weaponry’, He then proceeds to pull out a knife and a fork. Call me stupid, but I’m pretty sure you’re not meant to eat kings, even if they’re like 50 foot tall and weigh like… four tons. Actually, that’s all the more reason NOT to.
Poor Komatsu, no-one remembered to remind him to bring his brown pants. …oh well, he’ll have to do with these purple ones instead. Back to the fight, and the tension’s getting so thick you can cut it with a knife. The crocodile lunges at him, jaws wide, and Toriko slashes his weapons together, readying for the final blow… and then starts praying. Way to break the tension. Remember kids, ALWAYS say grace before eating, or else a giant crocodile’s gunna come out of the bath and eat you. Itadakimasu. Time to dig in. Stab stabbity stab. Geez Mr Toriko, didn’t your mother tell you not to play with your food, especially when it’s a freaking 4 ton crocodile? Chop, there goes it’s tail. And Mr crocodile gets flung 50 feet in the air and lands on it’s feet. Pretty impressive considering it’s been stabbed in the guts and had it’s tail lopped off. Galala crocodile counterattacks with a hail of leeches. Toriko’s upper body kinda looks like sakura mochi, non-delicious, squirming leech-flavoured sakura mochi. Toriko responds by breaking out of the leech-ball, running over and punching the crocodile in the face. And it doesn’t stop there. Kicking the crocodile in the air, Toriko readies for the final attack. SAN REN KUGI PUNCHHHHHHH. Holy shit, did that punch just chop that crocodile into sashimi? Remind me never to mess with this guy. Gochisousame (it’s been a feast). Indeed it has.
And so the fight ends. But what about the aftermath? We’ve got piles of crocodile meat just lying around, what are we waiting for? I mean, a good chef always samples their food after cooking it, why shouldn’t bishokuya?
Give it 30 mins over the fire and it’s done. And apparently it’s so yummy that it causes people to randomly scream DELICIOUS at the top of their voices so that aliens from other dimensions can hear the deliciousness of it. NOMNOMNOM oh crap… we ate it all. What about the party of 5000 guests that I promised to serve crocodile to next week? Yeah...Oh well, it was delicious and that’s all that matters. So delicious in fact, that it fails to pass Toriko’s full course menu standards. Just how high is this guy’s expectations!?! The episode then ends on a light note with a random shout out to another series. This is totally not advertising for another series, the author just thought it’d be funny to put a face on a bird that’s all. ¬_¬
End note:
The visuals were pretty standard, the plot style typical of shounen anime. Gags weren’t really all that funny, but the whole idea of the show was pretty creative. The battle animations were pretty standard and overall the animation was pretty fluid. I’d give the episode a 6.5/10 overall. If you have some time to kill, this anime would make a great time filler, you might even like to stick around for a few more episodes, there’s a good chance the gags will get funnier and as the plot develops, you might find you’ll like it.
The episode starts off with a guy…. Eating food. Kinda not surprising considering that this anime is all about food, but still, this guy has some serious food obsession.
Cut to a scene where the guy (I’m guessing he’s our titular character) is fishing… with a giant cricket as bait. The line goes taut, and wait… WHAAAAAT? Is that a fish or a lobster or both?!?!?
Hey look! A giant eagle...and it’s trying to eat the fish…lobster thingy.
Cue an short-lived but epic fight for the crayfish…fish, and yeah, you can guess who wins. Bonus delicious eagle for the winner!
Look what I caught mommy!
And suddenly, another guy in a business suit pops in outta nowhere
, identifying himself as Chef Komatsu, and turns out he has a request for Toriko, to catch an exclusive ‘Galala crocodile (Galala Wani)’. Toriko accepts and Komatsu joins his party.
So, off on their hunt for delicious crocodile, our heroes are… cruising on a speedboat…eating food... Komatsu starts talking about his dream of becoming head chef, and Toriko gives him some life advice. “If you have a dream, you should act on it as soon as you can”. He then proceeds to follow his own advice by munching down on an almond cabbage. OMNOMNOM. Delicious cabbage.
We arrive at the ‘Baron Archipelago’ home of the notorious ‘Galala crocodile’, and the speedboat, controlled by a buff guy with a hat (Tomu) begins to speed up dangerously, weaving in and out of the rocks, sending Komatsu rolling across the deck while wondering how on earth our titular character manages to stand up admist the jolting and shaking of the boat. Don’t worry Komatsu, it comes with the job.
Hey look! Green monkeys (Friday Monkeys) … I hope they’re friendly! Toriko wonders why the monkeys aren’t in their natural habitat, (the caves), is this foreshadowing of what is to come? Our moment is interrupted, as the buff guy decides to land the boat by speeding up and doing an epic vertical jump off a nearby rock…. into a pool of randomly calm water in a mangrove grove. A totally normal way to land a boat. ಠ_ಠ
HAI THAR.
Toriko smells trouble… Ominous foreshadowing anyone? Toriko and his party of two eventually arrive in the shore, where they are greeted by a variety of creepy crawlies. A giant purple leech promptly latches itself onto Komatsu’s arm, causing him to scream bloody murder. Toriko tells him to man up, squeezing salt water onto the leech and prompting it to fall off The leech then begins to squirm and contract, a bit ick, but then, it’s kinda funny in it’s own sadistic way. And w00t! A free biology lesson on mangrove leaves.
It’s only a leech. Man up.
The two men then venture further into the forest, and meet a Baron tiger, Toriko speculates on why it is there and not further inland. More foreshadowing? Here, we get a brief glimpse of the much-acclaimed crocodile. The crocodile is said to be more than 300 years old, double the normal maximum age of it’s species, and apparently, according to Komatsu, twice as strong and also twice as tasty. Yum. Any one sense some awesome action scenes in the near future? This doesn’t faze Toriko at all, but causes him to drool in anticipation of the taste. 300 year old crocodile anyone?
Toriko then reveals that every Bishokuya’s (gourmet food provider) dream is to complete a ‘full course menu’ and we see a breif glimpse of his attack moves ‘Fork’ and ‘Knife’.
After more walking and many more strangely bizarre flying animals. Toriko and co. set up camp for the night, roasting the remains of a previously killed serpent frog. Kind of looks like roasted intestines, but your mileage may vary.
We are then given a thorough insight into the food chain on the island. Which is basically Everything>Galala Crocodile. Oh yeah, did we mention there’s 200,000 species living on that island? That crocodile must live like a king. And apparently, it can swim long distances too. Feeling like being eaten anytime soon?
Then suddenly, out of the ominous black bubbling swamp water located conveniently nearby, pops out a Swamp Snake (Numa Hebi)… classic case of snake in the bushes... or rather weird black swamp goo. Komatsu duly informs us that it’s a capture level 5 and it’s very very strong. Strangely enough, this reminds the blogger of a pokemon battle: Wild Swamp Snake uses roar and drool like a madman. But it doesn’t do anything.. Wild swamp snake has fainted. Oh wait… it’s dead. And there’s a giant chunk missing out of it’s neck. Oh yeah, and there’s giant purple leeches sucking away at it’s freshly dead corpse. Mmmm…. Freshly killed swamp snake. Delicious.
This definitely isn’t foreshadowing anything ominous, like, oh you know, maybe the fact that there’s a FREAKING GIANT CROCODILE BEHIND YOU!?!?!
<3
Yeah, Komatsu, we’re pretty sure that’s not a crocodile either. Suddenly, a giant T-rex appears within Toriko’s battle aura. Now there’s two giant dinosaurs… well, one dinosaur and a crocodile…dinosaur thingy… a crocodino… bah whatever.
And Toriko’s super happy that a giant crocosaur is picking a fight with him. Just what goes on in the minds of shounen heroes these days? Apart from food of course.
Dodge dodge dodge dodge SUPER PUNCHHHHHHHH. And a nice tail whip from Mr. Crocosaur there. Toriko grabs onto it and executes a perfectly timed throw. That thing’s got to weigh at least four tons! Mr crocosaur uses creepy blue-eyed glare of doom, causing Toriko to look down at his muscly leech-covered arms. Toriko takes a moment to remember that the Galala crocodile is always well prepared and keeps (baron leeches) leeches in his mouth to suck the blood of his prey so he can track them by the smell of their bodily fluids seeping out of their bodies. He does this all while ignoring the leeches that are steadily sucking away at his lifeblood. You gotta give this guy some credit.
Toriko asks if he’s allowed to kill the crocodile. Komatsu gives his consent, it’s not as if you can refuse a guy looking like he’d be able to kill your pet dog, cat and run over a few kittens while he’s at it.
Sure thing bro.
Cue the ominous purple battle aura, it’s transformation time bby~ Komatsu looks like he’s seen a demon, or in this case a kishin (demonic god), which he has of course. Toriko addresses the crocodile, and tells it that it’s worthy of being called a king, promising that he’ll give him respect and go all out and show him his ‘human weaponry’, He then proceeds to pull out a knife and a fork. Call me stupid, but I’m pretty sure you’re not meant to eat kings, even if they’re like 50 foot tall and weigh like… four tons. Actually, that’s all the more reason NOT to.
Poor Komatsu, no-one remembered to remind him to bring his brown pants. …oh well, he’ll have to do with these purple ones instead. Back to the fight, and the tension’s getting so thick you can cut it with a knife. The crocodile lunges at him, jaws wide, and Toriko slashes his weapons together, readying for the final blow… and then starts praying. Way to break the tension. Remember kids, ALWAYS say grace before eating, or else a giant crocodile’s gunna come out of the bath and eat you. Itadakimasu. Time to dig in. Stab stabbity stab. Geez Mr Toriko, didn’t your mother tell you not to play with your food, especially when it’s a freaking 4 ton crocodile? Chop, there goes it’s tail. And Mr crocodile gets flung 50 feet in the air and lands on it’s feet. Pretty impressive considering it’s been stabbed in the guts and had it’s tail lopped off. Galala crocodile counterattacks with a hail of leeches. Toriko’s upper body kinda looks like sakura mochi, non-delicious, squirming leech-flavoured sakura mochi. Toriko responds by breaking out of the leech-ball, running over and punching the crocodile in the face. And it doesn’t stop there. Kicking the crocodile in the air, Toriko readies for the final attack. SAN REN KUGI PUNCHHHHHHH. Holy shit, did that punch just chop that crocodile into sashimi? Remind me never to mess with this guy. Gochisousame (it’s been a feast). Indeed it has.
And so the fight ends. But what about the aftermath? We’ve got piles of crocodile meat just lying around, what are we waiting for? I mean, a good chef always samples their food after cooking it, why shouldn’t bishokuya?
Step 1. Acquire magnet and crocodile meat
Step 2. Use magnet to acquire fat from meat
(fat is sparkly, jewels are sparkly, therefore fat = jewels)
Step 3. Sell fat
Step 4. ???
Step 5. PROFIT!!!!
Give it 30 mins over the fire and it’s done. And apparently it’s so yummy that it causes people to randomly scream DELICIOUS at the top of their voices so that aliens from other dimensions can hear the deliciousness of it. NOMNOMNOM oh crap… we ate it all. What about the party of 5000 guests that I promised to serve crocodile to next week? Yeah...Oh well, it was delicious and that’s all that matters. So delicious in fact, that it fails to pass Toriko’s full course menu standards. Just how high is this guy’s expectations!?! The episode then ends on a light note with a random shout out to another series. This is totally not advertising for another series, the author just thought it’d be funny to put a face on a bird that’s all. ¬_¬
End note:
The visuals were pretty standard, the plot style typical of shounen anime. Gags weren’t really all that funny, but the whole idea of the show was pretty creative. The battle animations were pretty standard and overall the animation was pretty fluid. I’d give the episode a 6.5/10 overall. If you have some time to kill, this anime would make a great time filler, you might even like to stick around for a few more episodes, there’s a good chance the gags will get funnier and as the plot develops, you might find you’ll like it.
-Your pants.
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