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My personal belief is humans eat to live, but in the world of Toriko, people live to eat.The first episode was a crossover with One Piece. It was a pretty entertaining episode and I'm so happy to see Zoro, Chopper and the others in the anime after such a long time. Sadly, they won't be back in the anime anytime soon. Anyway, One Piece also have a crossover with Toriko in the manga. The story is different and I personally like the manga one better.As for the second episode, it follows the first chapter of the manga.What's Hot?- Great fight!What's Not?- Too much muscles!~ =X
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Toriko is a Gourmet Hunter - in a world where the serach for the ultimate meal has led to ever more rare and dangerous creatures being added to the menu, if there's something you absolutely need, Toriko is the man who'll hunt it down for you. Which is why timid chef Komatsu has hired him, to track down the legendary Gararagator for a very special meal for the International Gourmet Association. The Gararagator is a crocodile of immense proportions - and one that seems to be rather hungry at the moment... Oh good god, where to start. Toriko is destined to be a long-runner, and the "storyline" is structured accordingly - creatures of different levels, and Full Course Menu of his own for Toriko to work his way through, shadowy groups operating in the background, and so on. The the core of it all - the Main Course, if you like - is Toriko catching dinner, usually in the form of something very large and very dangerous. Now, maybe I'm taking all this a little seriously, but: - how the hell did the world get to a state where even politics is dominated by food? - how do they know that creature x is so goddamned tasty when it's just been pointed out that no-one's ever caught one before? - how's the food chain supporting all these monsters anyway? - isn't this sending a rather poor message about sustainability and preservation? - why do I care about all this when the show's so crap anyway!? You get the picture. The whole premise is bloody stupid, and while there's an educational aspect to it (cooking techniques and some jungle lore - why leech bites don't heal, that sort of thing), the underlying "Kill everything! Then EAT IT!!" message seems a tad irresponsible to me. And I'm a confirmed carnivore - I can see the vegetarian crowd having a complete conniption at this one. THE GOOD: Nope. I got nothin'. THE BAD: Just about everything. Fight scenes are just daft, premise is beyond silly, not funny... I could go on, but I won't. Toriko: Killed by Dropzilla, lightly roasted while basted in peppercorn sauce. And then eaten.
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What would I give to live in a world where everything is about food? Maybe, everything I have. On second thought, no. I don’t want Kyubey appearing and offering to grant me that wish. But you get the point. I would love to live in the world of Toriko. I decided not to write about [...]
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Everyone, get your stomachs ready because this show is all about FOOD!!! To start off, let me say this: I. DEEPLY. Hate. the. Opening. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. It reminds me of One Piece’s “We Are” that they repeated 3 times and that I completely despised as well -_-’. But apart from that, let’s forget [...]
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  This anime is supppppeeer fun! it has manliness, badass animals, and cool chars! im surprised (but glad) that no one else called dibs on this in CSW lol. also the OP is way awesome! WOW WOW...
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Action, Adventure, Comedy, Shounen Category: TV Date Aired: Apr 3, 2011 Studio: Toei Animation Episodes: Currently Airing *Screenies are from Ep. 2 Summary: In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important, there exist individuals known as Gourmet Hunters who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of these hunters and it is his dream to find the most precious foods in the world and create the ultimate dinner course. As one of the most skilled hunters in the world, he is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek out new ingredients and rare animals. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his ultimate goal. He is accompanied by a weak and timid chef who, inspired by Toriko’s ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. An organization that seeks to take control of the world’s entire food supply increases the struggle.  [Wikipedia] show Gomen… the second half of the episode had the most action and the funniest parts! 
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Funimation and Toei Animation announce the Thursday premiere of the Toriko anime adaptation. The series will be streamed on a four day delay.
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With the short intro out of the way with the One Piece Crossover episode we dive into the show but the only problem is that we've seen this already! At least those that have seen the ova. The ova covered Toriko's journey to capture the Galara Crocodile so yet again we don't get much new [...] Related posts:Toriko x One Piece Crossover 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 300/365 Toriko ~A Look at Anime to Come~ Spring 2011
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Alright, let’s get this started. In order to promote the show Toriko that just came out this season, Toei Animation had the amazing idea of making a crossover with One Piece, since both shows are pretty similar and they wanted all the One Piece fans to start liking Toriko as well I totally fell into [...]
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Do not read or watch while hungry! Say what now? One Piece in my Toriko and Toriko in my One Piece? To celebrate Toriko becoming an anime, the ever popular One Piece decided to do a 50 minute crossover special as the first episode. You don’t need to know much about One Piece or Toriko [...]
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Finally Toriko arrives and I couldn't be happier! But he's not on his own quite yet. The famous pirate crew from the anime One Piece makes a special appearance for the first collaboration episode between the two series and might I say it turned out wonderful. It is one of the best special episodes I've [...] Related posts:365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 300/365 Toriko 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 4/365 Monkey D. Luffy Manly/Mecha MAY-HEM! May 20-23 Anime-Planet: Monthly Marathon
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Toriko/One Piece Crossover Special Plot Summary: The Straw Hat Pirates have gotten lost at sea and run out of food when they happen upon an island. They land there hoping to find a town where they can resupply, but discover that it is deserted. Upon further exploration they realize that much of the plant life [...]
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The first episode of Toriko was a 50 minute long cross over 50 special with One Piece. Originally I thought [...]
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  Time to use the power of… SOME OTHER SHOW!. Impressions: Don’t mind me. Just going through the motions making sure that this Sunday morning Jump adaptation is another Sunday morning Jump adaptation instead of something potentially vaguely interesting. Have I mentioned that I still miss ZKC? Now that was Sunday morning TV I could [...]
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[scanlation by Hi Wa Mata Noboru] Musings from Melk II on the brilliance and dedication shown by Komatsu’s knife are quickly interrupted by Komatsu’s other other knife (if you know what I mean), [...]
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Day 300/365 From the anime Toriko, Toriko is one of the very best Gourmet Hunter's in the land. He specializes in capturing the rarest of the rare creatures to cook up for a delicious meal. He is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" because he is so good at what he does and only [...] Related posts:365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 233/365 Motoko Kusanagi 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 165/365 Birdy Cephon Altera 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 30/365 Guin
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Enter a world where gourmet food is quite prized, and if you can eat the most unique foods, then what is all worth living for is the satisfaction of fulfilling your taste buds.  Since the world is suppose to be about foods, and gourmet, notice all the unique animals and fruits that there is. Hunters [...]
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Toriko is a story about a guy who travels all around the world in order to murder all kinds of exotic animals. Yeah, that’s a premise you don’t get to see every day… In any case, this series reminds me a bit of hte Legend of Koizumi, in the way that it also tries to push [...]
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Toriko, vol. 1 By Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Rated T, for Teen Viz, $9.99 There is something very primal about Toriko: It’s a story about hunting for food, and although there is a veneer of gourmet sensibility over some of the quests, it always comes down to the massive, overmuscled Toriko having a showdown with some enormous animal over who is [...]
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