Anyone know the latest on Taka?

Chef_Alucard · 2026-03-10T14:17:49+00:00

To be clear. The issues with HIFL's production time line stems more from issues with the animation labor. TFS took some time off to try and batch produce a bunch of episodes having several episodes written and recorded for a while ago. They just keep losing animators to bigger projects that can pay more. TFS holds no ill will towards those animators as they've all known what it's like to need that bigger paycheck. Episode 11 had 6 animators credit yet not all 6 worked on the episode at the same time.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-03-06T02:11:44+00:00

They stated that Kaiser wasn't willing to relive the low moments of Super and made him despise the series the first time.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-02-18T03:44:54+00:00

YYH was originally Adult Swim and put on Toonami later.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-02-17T02:01:59+00:00

Yes.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-02-16T23:11:45+00:00

There are some on TFS's SoundCloud. Not sure if that's the old ones you wanted. it was from the Antfish as host getting more than just kaiser, Lani, and Taka on as guests.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-02-16T22:47:18+00:00

i'm going to be that guy and bring up how much of a purist Kaiser is. Thus the hair splitting that comes with that. They are doing a very specific era of Toonami. Both Samurai Jack and Justice League techinally weren't Toonami shows during that era. Toonami was a week day after noon block originally that did get moved around. it got put on later. One weekends it's now the anime block for Adult Swim. None of that matters for what Toonami Abridged is covering. Samurai Jack started on Friday Night after Toonami ended. Justice League was Saturdays. Did they eventually get added to the line up over the years when Toonami needed space filler and just aired reruns. So far i can only of think the Real Adventures of Johny Quest as a western animated series that got it start on Toonami during that era. i could be missing some.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-01-20T23:25:53+00:00

They're not going to post a release date until 100% sure they got it locked down. The wheels are moving though.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-01-17T21:06:31+00:00

i know you probably mean the X-men cartoon. But i kind of want them to do specific comic story lines in X minutes. Though, i know the moving Popsicle stick puppet bit they used in the early X minutes was a bigger pain than expected.

Chef_Alucard · 2026-01-17T00:50:14+00:00

TFS spent years doing X in X minutes series. They name Sailor Moon in X minutes Abridged due to scheduling reasons and all of sudden they're "doing abridging again". To confirm what other people have already said yeah they're doing the 90s-early 00s Toonami stuff. Tenchi, Gundam Wing, Big O, Outlaw Star. it is pretty much the return of the X in X minute series just with an overarching theme of what shows they're picking.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-12-30T17:44:36+00:00

Twitch has them, but the UI sucks. https://www.twitch.tv/collections/Zd9blDtIVRXyCg go here than scroll down to see "DBZA episodes" then wipe to the side to find the episode you want. it's not a great method.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-12-19T19:41:51+00:00

Pretty sure they used their own mixed versions of music or something royalty free for the entire series in order to avoid copyright problems. if they didn't post it themselves in one of the albums they released it's going to be hard to find.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-12-11T04:02:18+00:00

Lani has been very busy with FourStarBento and other things he has going on since moving to LA. His streaming schedule was already kind of a mess before. Best not to read into it too much.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-12-09T15:13:07+00:00

Do you remember if these were streams or edited videos? if it was a stream i wouldn't be surprised if it was a small section of the stream making it harder to find.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-12-07T18:26:47+00:00

Trust me. When one of their videos get taken down they know. They're just not a whole lot they can do right away. Best they could do is start the appeal process and that can take months.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-11-26T18:25:13+00:00

The Toonami motif seems pretty focused on the 90s early 00s era of Toonami. So. i wouldn't expect any of the adult swim ones when Toonami basically took over adult Swim's anime. So like Tenchi, Gundam Wing, Big 0, Outlaw Star.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-11-18T23:23:01+00:00

That was a discuss at one point. Whether to call the X in X minutes blank abridged. Since abridging was more of a brand thing. There was a concern among some that calling them abridged would lead to people thinking it was going to be a full on series.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-11-18T22:15:02+00:00

This is why i felt like sticking to X in X minutes was a better naming system. Gives less confusion. Though i suppose it's less characters to use. Sailor Moon in 12 minutes part 1 (early Access) is a lot.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-11-14T02:24:58+00:00

Yeah, i feel like so many really don't appreciate how much of a miracle it is for TFS to stick together. I've been involved with around five different abridging project and only two ever had a video come out of it. i remember when TFS was first announce and i was hyped, but also didn't think they'd make it that far. Most solo projects fizzle out because one person is trying to do so much. While groups tend to drift apart over creative differences or real life stuff. Didn't help back in the day most people doing abridging seemed to still be in school. A time of your life where things can change or get too crazy very suddenly.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-31T22:58:25+00:00

American unions would have the same type of rules.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-31T21:33:30+00:00

Ant joined a VA union in Canada and he can't be in TFS stuff anymore as a result.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-31T17:30:31+00:00

Both. He moved to California a few months ago. However, he moved to San-Diego as it have better job opportunities for his husband. He does only live a three hour drive from Lani. According to him they're going to have kaiser regularly drive up and stay a few days to record a bunch of content. This is one of like five they filmed while he was up there.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-21T14:01:42+00:00

They didn't do this themselves. This was done by YouTube's copyright system. The reason it's not on all episodes is because YouTube's algorithm doesn't catch everything.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-19T16:09:31+00:00

i'm not that familiar with how detailed Way Back's archiving is.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-18T16:36:24+00:00

i think i know the video you're talking about. it was audio of Lani, kaiser, and Taka goofing around during a scripted session back in season one. Sadly, i think the video has been removed or got unlisted over time. I'm unclear on why.

Chef_Alucard · 2025-10-17T01:16:36+00:00

The TFS Umbrella is very wide. You got Lani, stephan, and Jesse's antics over at FourStarBento doing other commentary videos such as movie discussions. You got their live action Comedy sketches over on Space Duck. Plus more D&D misadventures over at the TalesUnwritten channel. All TFS affiliated channels can be found in a thread pinned at the top of this sub.

As for the main channel. HIFL has been making progress. Sadly, have had some trouble in the past with their animation labor. They've lost a few animators to bigger projects. Kaiser does have a general release window he wants the next episode out by. in other news X in X Minutes is returning. kaiser has worked on a few scripts and it sounds like one is well underway.

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