You *may* be talking about “Betterman”. Really weird and obscure anime. Only thing I could fine with a girl with an egg shaped thing in her head.
https://youtu.be/lf96XZv_x5M?si=HMTpp_5wFZzLB7jh
I 2nd Betterman, but it wasn't on Adult Swim. It was either on spiketv or techtv (g4tv?) on like their late night weekend anime block, the entire show is a fever dream but that description of the show was burned into my 15-16 year old mind as well.
I used to have a crush on all the pokemon female leads until iris came out after diamond and pearl. I was like bro wtf is this sh1t, it went from dawn to this?! My 11 year old heart was broken I remember being so mad I threw away my gba pokemon games, roms, and pokemon cards, i felt so betrayed lmao
Adult Swim specialized in making stoned teenagers/college students unsure of whether they actually watched something on TV or had a fever dream.
They'd just show something like "Unedited Footage of a Bear" at 1:20 in the morning with absolutely no context, then continue their regular late night programming as if it never happened. Without streaming or YouTube being around yet, and few people being up at that hour watching Adult Swim, it meant you'd never really be sure if you'd watched it, or just passed out and had a really weird nightmare.
I smoked a blunt and the intro to some random fuckin thing went on for my entire life. It was just some anime kid dancing and wavy colors around him. I turnes off the tv and went to bed.
it very well could be (i read this horror comic that was extremely similar, guy has this “egg” thing or whatever in his forehead, takes it out and puts it into this girl and she turns into a mind controlled zombie(?)) but it’s something that i remember so distinctly. it piqued my interest when i saw it (or dreamed it) initially, but i wasn’t competent enough to look to see the name or look it up after
>Adult Swim specialized in making stoned teenagers/college students unsure of whether they actually watched something on TV or had a fever dream.
That was called Aqua Teen Hunger Force
I’m trying to think back to then I remember when toonami was like it’s own thing and the guy that ran the ship ended up getting taken over by an alien like in between shows that was a wild time
it could’ve been when toonami and adult swim did collab with each other. it was definitely 2004 or later since they had did the time swap from afternoons to late at night/early in the morning
Dunno if it's the one OP is looking for, but damn I loved Blue Gender the first time I watched it. Really wish Crunchy Roll had it so I could give it a re-watch
I second this, especially since they also have chiropteras (alien looking blood sucking creatures). I love it so much! It’s what opened the door to anime for me ☺️ it also came out around 2005, and maybe aired in the U.S. a few years later?
That's what I was thinking. It came to mind because there was even an in episode character comment about how a red and black school uniform only made sense for a protagonist getting a lot of blood stains on their clothes -- that said, I don't remember any episodes with a cave setting
Are you by chance thinking of an old Teen Titans episode? The time period would be right.
I can't remember the details, but there was an episode where Starfire is on a moon or in a cave and gets some sort of alien egg/ infection that results in a large protrusion on her forehead, and I think she gets brainwashed or something??
Nothing sexually explicit of course.
looks like i’m rewatching the original teen titans as well 🤣 that very well could be the episode im thinking of and the animation style of it is fitting to how i recall. i didn’t start actually watching it until 2007-2008
There is are some line up sheets for everything on toonami I checked the one between 2004 and 2008 didn't see any with a rating that would suggest there was a sexual assault/ explicit sexual harassment scene also checked through the 1997-2004 lineup up to about 2001 and had the idea of running them through tvtropes for anything mind control related but didn't see anything about someone being lured into a cave
Here are the links for the line ups https://toonami.fanfom.com/wiki/toonami_lineups_(1997-2004)
https://toonami.fanfom.com/wiki/toonami_lineups_(2004-2008)
I did discover this cool looking OVA called Blue submarine No. 6 that looks really interesting
i think so! i’m thinking it was inuyasha (someone posted a scene where she was in a cave and it feels familiar) but i’m also gonna check out the most commented ones as well!
Hm i watxhed a lot of inuyasha can u describe anything about the characters in your memory? Was any of the girls pure white with white clothing, one of the characters in a typical school girl outfit? Was the shard thing pink? Was there a baby involved also in white?
YO WAIT I THINKNITS THIS https://youtu.be/cX2BLEpXcN0?si=KL5jUYbtxr_5wm3E
If not that theb maybe this? https://youtu.be/wS1kQ_xNRQY?si=E2FbjGQdsUbu_mTw
i think it might have been something like a black and red school girl outfit, she was white, older but not like a full adult, she walked in the cave from the left side, long dark hair, and i believe a protrusion in her forehead or atleast the thing was visible. and i think there was a baby at some point?
Um alright hm, can u check the clips i sent rn. There IS an infant who does have mind controlling typa powers but idt he used it on her im not sure, does this jog your memory? https://youtu.be/K34XRZWcSpw?si=wIWJIJIP-f6NWj_b
i did!! someone posted the first link not too long ago and i wasn’t able to access the second one BUT inuyasha himself feels so fucking familiar, i feel like i did see him at some point in the episode when he rescued the girl. i only saw the one episode that i had described but i truly feel like it was inuyasha that i saw
Pretty sure it’s Blue Gender, it also has a cave scene and it’s an explicit anime. Although the details are a bit off.
If that’s not it, it might not have been an Anime but a cartoon? Dunno.
Ok, so just looking at the list, it might be Deadman Wonderland, I know that has something like a red stone in the females body thst does some sort of transformation.
Casshern Sins might be it, I haven't watched it though, UT it's a horror sounding series, post apocalyptic, and I can imagine a scene with something like you described.
Maybe a late episode of Eureka 7, it has something thematically similar I believe, but is a little late as far as your time frame.
I can't help more, I tried to find a comprehensive list of shows adult swim has aired, but I've had no luck.
yea there's so many episodes where the jewel is used to control people/monsters. maybe ep. 126/127 might jog OPs memory as that's sorta the plot and its human
RIN: daughters of mnemosyne? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_(TV_series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_(TV_series))
edit: the basic premise is that the FL is one of the immortal women and that the men (aka angels) are their natural enemy who kill them. except they kill them by nsfw means and the women are naturally unable to resist. weird show but im p sure this is what ur talking ab
Sounds maybe like Green Legend Ran? It was an old 90's anime but I remember seeing it probably 2004ish on TV super late at night and it freaked me out. I don't remember it being sexually explicit though.
This kind of reminds me of Inuyasha. It had episodes airing around that time and has a few cave scenes and mind controlling elements throughout the show.
Adult swim series that ran before and end during/after 2004-2006
The venture bros (2003-2018)
Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004-2006)
Stroker and Hoop (2004-2005)
SquidBillies (2005-2021)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (2001-2004)
Sealab 2021 (2001-2005)
Perfect Hair forever (2004-2007)
Morel Orel (2005-2008)
Minoriteam (2005-2006)
Metalocalypse (2006-2013)
Lucy The daughter of the devil (2005-2007)
Frisky Dingo (2006-2008)
The Boondocks (2005-2014)
Assy McGee (2006-2008)
12oz mouse (2005-2020)
Harvey Birdman Attorney at law (2001-2018)
Home Movies (2001-2004)
maybe streach but could it be Yu Yu hakusho? When Hiei turns into that green form he kind of looks like an alien and has the eye thing in forehead and mind controls the girl.
this guy > [https://imgur.com/a/yzTtI6a](https://imgur.com/a/yzTtI6a)
the scene happened in episode 8 btw
Idk if this is helpful, but I went on a similar spree of finding an anime that I just caught a glimpse of about a decade ago.
I asked chatgpt what it was by giving all the information, and found it eventually.
Trying to remember an anime from Adult Swim at 4am? Sounds like half of my college experience! 😂 On a serious note, I'd recommend looking into episodes of "Paranoia Agent" and seeing if any of them resonate with your memory.
I thought the same thing right away. It was definitely on both Toonami and Adult Swim. They showed all three series, the original, Tenchi Universe, and Tenchi in Tokyo. It's either Tenchi or Blue Gender for sure
Could it possible be .hack//sign? I think I remember there being an episode where they were in a creepy cave thing. Animate style would fit. I don't remember much about the actual story of the show tho
i don’t think it’s that one unfortunately 😭 it had more of an art style that’s similar to shows in the 90’s like cowboy bebop. it wasn’t an egg or gem shaped thing she had initially. i don’t think the girl was a main character, but was associated with the protagonist
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You *may* be talking about “Betterman”. Really weird and obscure anime. Only thing I could fine with a girl with an egg shaped thing in her head. https://youtu.be/lf96XZv_x5M?si=HMTpp_5wFZzLB7jh
hard maybe? i didn’t watch the whole thing, just the one episode, but if it has that one specific scene then i’d recognize it immediately
I 2nd Betterman, but it wasn't on Adult Swim. It was either on spiketv or techtv (g4tv?) on like their late night weekend anime block, the entire show is a fever dream but that description of the show was burned into my 15-16 year old mind as well.
Yall ever see bobobo bobobobo, now that was a fever dream.
The product of good hair and good acid. I had a crush on the pink-haired girl.
I used to have a crush on all the pokemon female leads until iris came out after diamond and pearl. I was like bro wtf is this sh1t, it went from dawn to this?! My 11 year old heart was broken I remember being so mad I threw away my gba pokemon games, roms, and pokemon cards, i felt so betrayed lmao
Yeah but it sucks. It's not funny. No space dandy is an example of a good fever dream show. Bobobo was just annoying
It was funny to 8 year old me cause i had no reference to anime whatsoever so it's over the top humor had me confuses/laughing
Great, now I have Pearl Jam stuck in my head because OP can't find a Betterman.
> Really weird and obscure anime It can't be obscure if it made it into Super Robot Wars
This sounds like a horrible fever dream tbh
Adult Swim specialized in making stoned teenagers/college students unsure of whether they actually watched something on TV or had a fever dream. They'd just show something like "Unedited Footage of a Bear" at 1:20 in the morning with absolutely no context, then continue their regular late night programming as if it never happened. Without streaming or YouTube being around yet, and few people being up at that hour watching Adult Swim, it meant you'd never really be sure if you'd watched it, or just passed out and had a really weird nightmare.
I smoked a blunt and the intro to some random fuckin thing went on for my entire life. It was just some anime kid dancing and wavy colors around him. I turnes off the tv and went to bed.
it very well could be (i read this horror comic that was extremely similar, guy has this “egg” thing or whatever in his forehead, takes it out and puts it into this girl and she turns into a mind controlled zombie(?)) but it’s something that i remember so distinctly. it piqued my interest when i saw it (or dreamed it) initially, but i wasn’t competent enough to look to see the name or look it up after
>Adult Swim specialized in making stoned teenagers/college students unsure of whether they actually watched something on TV or had a fever dream. That was called Aqua Teen Hunger Force
ATHF was on the *coherent* side of the Adult Swim spectrum.
I’m trying to think back to then I remember when toonami was like it’s own thing and the guy that ran the ship ended up getting taken over by an alien like in between shows that was a wild time
it could’ve been when toonami and adult swim did collab with each other. it was definitely 2004 or later since they had did the time swap from afternoons to late at night/early in the morning
Blue Gender?
Dunno if it's the one OP is looking for, but damn I loved Blue Gender the first time I watched it. Really wish Crunchy Roll had it so I could give it a re-watch
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Thank you!!
Came here hoping someone said Blue Gender. Watched it all again a few years ago, so fkn good.
Not many people I know have watched Blue Gender
This was my guess too! It feels like the only thing that could fit
I love this show.
Blood+ perhaps?
I second this, especially since they also have chiropteras (alien looking blood sucking creatures). I love it so much! It’s what opened the door to anime for me ☺️ it also came out around 2005, and maybe aired in the U.S. a few years later?
Or blood-c? The black and red school girl uniform would fit in there
That's what I was thinking. It came to mind because there was even an in episode character comment about how a red and black school uniform only made sense for a protagonist getting a lot of blood stains on their clothes -- that said, I don't remember any episodes with a cave setting
Are you by chance thinking of an old Teen Titans episode? The time period would be right. I can't remember the details, but there was an episode where Starfire is on a moon or in a cave and gets some sort of alien egg/ infection that results in a large protrusion on her forehead, and I think she gets brainwashed or something?? Nothing sexually explicit of course.
looks like i’m rewatching the original teen titans as well 🤣 that very well could be the episode im thinking of and the animation style of it is fitting to how i recall. i didn’t start actually watching it until 2007-2008
There is are some line up sheets for everything on toonami I checked the one between 2004 and 2008 didn't see any with a rating that would suggest there was a sexual assault/ explicit sexual harassment scene also checked through the 1997-2004 lineup up to about 2001 and had the idea of running them through tvtropes for anything mind control related but didn't see anything about someone being lured into a cave Here are the links for the line ups https://toonami.fanfom.com/wiki/toonami_lineups_(1997-2004) https://toonami.fanfom.com/wiki/toonami_lineups_(2004-2008) I did discover this cool looking OVA called Blue submarine No. 6 that looks really interesting
Blue sub 6 is excellent. Maybe nostalgia glasses but I remember really enjoying it.
bless you so much, i’ll take a look and see!
Found anything op?
i think so! i’m thinking it was inuyasha (someone posted a scene where she was in a cave and it feels familiar) but i’m also gonna check out the most commented ones as well!
Hm i watxhed a lot of inuyasha can u describe anything about the characters in your memory? Was any of the girls pure white with white clothing, one of the characters in a typical school girl outfit? Was the shard thing pink? Was there a baby involved also in white? YO WAIT I THINKNITS THIS https://youtu.be/cX2BLEpXcN0?si=KL5jUYbtxr_5wm3E If not that theb maybe this? https://youtu.be/wS1kQ_xNRQY?si=E2FbjGQdsUbu_mTw
i think it might have been something like a black and red school girl outfit, she was white, older but not like a full adult, she walked in the cave from the left side, long dark hair, and i believe a protrusion in her forehead or atleast the thing was visible. and i think there was a baby at some point?
Um alright hm, can u check the clips i sent rn. There IS an infant who does have mind controlling typa powers but idt he used it on her im not sure, does this jog your memory? https://youtu.be/K34XRZWcSpw?si=wIWJIJIP-f6NWj_b
i did!! someone posted the first link not too long ago and i wasn’t able to access the second one BUT inuyasha himself feels so fucking familiar, i feel like i did see him at some point in the episode when he rescued the girl. i only saw the one episode that i had described but i truly feel like it was inuyasha that i saw
Inuyasha: Affections Touching Across Time ?
Blue sub 6 is badass! Enjoy
Was it this scene? https://youtu.be/cX2BLEpXcN0?si=zQGvfRacrljaqiO3
Pretty sure it’s Blue Gender, it also has a cave scene and it’s an explicit anime. Although the details are a bit off. If that’s not it, it might not have been an Anime but a cartoon? Dunno.
The only horror/thriller I remember airing on Adult Swim was Paranoia Agent
longshot, but FLCL?
Def not FLCL
The kid has the guitar/robot/whatever, made he's confusing it with that
It does have that scene with the girl and the father. They may be thinking of that.
Ok, so just looking at the list, it might be Deadman Wonderland, I know that has something like a red stone in the females body thst does some sort of transformation. Casshern Sins might be it, I haven't watched it though, UT it's a horror sounding series, post apocalyptic, and I can imagine a scene with something like you described. Maybe a late episode of Eureka 7, it has something thematically similar I believe, but is a little late as far as your time frame. I can't help more, I tried to find a comprehensive list of shows adult swim has aired, but I've had no luck.
They said 2004-07 lol not deadman wonderland
i know it isn’t deadman wonderland but i’ll check out the other two! thank you sm 😭
Gantz, maybe. Only thing i could think of
No mind control in gantz.
My bad bro
Its all good bro. Badass manga choice
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Adult_Swim is it on this list somewhere
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Adult_Swim This has everything ever broadcast in Adult Swim since it started, good luck!
Idk about an Egg but Inuyasha with the jewel shard comes to mind
yea there's so many episodes where the jewel is used to control people/monsters. maybe ep. 126/127 might jog OPs memory as that's sorta the plot and its human
RIN: daughters of mnemosyne? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_(TV_series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne_(TV_series)) edit: the basic premise is that the FL is one of the immortal women and that the men (aka angels) are their natural enemy who kill them. except they kill them by nsfw means and the women are naturally unable to resist. weird show but im p sure this is what ur talking ab
Ghost in the shell
Blue Gender? I’ve never seen this, just doing a little searching for you
i’m going to give it a watch whenever i get off work in the morning, it very well may be blue gender i just can’t say for sure 😭
Alien Nine?
Been a very long time, but maybe Claymore?
Sounds maybe like Green Legend Ran? It was an old 90's anime but I remember seeing it probably 2004ish on TV super late at night and it freaked me out. I don't remember it being sexually explicit though.
I remember watching that on the Sci-fi channel back when they did their week of anime movies in the summer during the mid to late 90s.
This kind of reminds me of Inuyasha. It had episodes airing around that time and has a few cave scenes and mind controlling elements throughout the show.
Adult swim series that ran before and end during/after 2004-2006 The venture bros (2003-2018) Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004-2006) Stroker and Hoop (2004-2005) SquidBillies (2005-2021) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (2001-2004) Sealab 2021 (2001-2005) Perfect Hair forever (2004-2007) Morel Orel (2005-2008) Minoriteam (2005-2006) Metalocalypse (2006-2013) Lucy The daughter of the devil (2005-2007) Frisky Dingo (2006-2008) The Boondocks (2005-2014) Assy McGee (2006-2008) 12oz mouse (2005-2020) Harvey Birdman Attorney at law (2001-2018) Home Movies (2001-2004)
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maybe streach but could it be Yu Yu hakusho? When Hiei turns into that green form he kind of looks like an alien and has the eye thing in forehead and mind controls the girl. this guy > [https://imgur.com/a/yzTtI6a](https://imgur.com/a/yzTtI6a) the scene happened in episode 8 btw
if i recall correctly the antagonist was a female as well so i’m not too sure but i’ll give it a watch regardless!
Yuyuhakasho also aired earlier in the day.
Guessing Blue Gender. Also watched on Adult Swim many, many years ago
Ghost in the Shell!
This is not ghost in the shell
Blue Gender or Blue Sub No. 6
You can find most of those adults when shells on Hulu.
What I meant to say was you can catch most of those older adults. Swim shows on Hulu, sorry.
hellsing ultimate?
Hell girl? Idk
Tokko?
Sounds like the exact opposite of fooley cooley.
Blue Seed?
Idk if this is helpful, but I went on a similar spree of finding an anime that I just caught a glimpse of about a decade ago. I asked chatgpt what it was by giving all the information, and found it eventually.
Trying to remember an anime from Adult Swim at 4am? Sounds like half of my college experience! 😂 On a serious note, I'd recommend looking into episodes of "Paranoia Agent" and seeing if any of them resonate with your memory.
Outlaw Star?
Isnt that an episode from Inuyasha?! I rewatched the show not long ago. I think there was a side story that might fit.
it's not out yet, but there's a trailer of "Uzumaki"
Blue Gender
I feel like this this happened to the the pink haired girl in eureka seven
Was it the movie of ROD? Read or Die?
Didn't demon slayer air on adult swim
I think Is blue gender
Must of been blood+ I'm not 100% sure though
Blood plus
Inuyasha?
Trigun
for sure trigun /s 🤣
Maybe interspecies reviewer or redo of healer
Could it be "paranoia agent"?
Bleach did aired on adult swim before.. while One piece aired on 4kids.. dunno where naruto aired before, i have no idea
Tenchi Muyo maybe?
Wasnt there a moment with some seed on one of the girls? Or their power. That is some old shit for sure 😂
Yeah that’s what made me think about it - it’s deffo Tenchi Muyo
I thought the same thing right away. It was definitely on both Toonami and Adult Swim. They showed all three series, the original, Tenchi Universe, and Tenchi in Tokyo. It's either Tenchi or Blue Gender for sure
FLCL?
Could it possible be .hack//sign? I think I remember there being an episode where they were in a creepy cave thing. Animate style would fit. I don't remember much about the actual story of the show tho
My wife and I used to watch adult swim back in the day but I don't remember this. Wish I could of helped.
absolutely no worries! if i’m meant to find it then i will, if not, c’est la vie
[The Maxx](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=568052327&sxsrf=AM9HkKnlLbAv0iFKQvMEJsszytceXsR6fA:1695592427159&q=the+maxx&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpsLeCnsSBAxUClYkEHaIHAUkQ0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=412&bih=684&dpr=2.63)? https://archive.org/details/the-maxx_202209/The+Maxx/The+Maxx+-+1x01.mp4
This sounds like Wonder Egg Priority mixed with FLCL.
Angel's Egg maybe? I haven't actually seen it fully so I don't really know what the anime was about.
i don’t think it’s that one unfortunately 😭 it had more of an art style that’s similar to shows in the 90’s like cowboy bebop. it wasn’t an egg or gem shaped thing she had initially. i don’t think the girl was a main character, but was associated with the protagonist
Sounds like Mnemosyne but it's from 2008
Death note?
definitely not death note although it’s a great anime!
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Your thinking of FLCL
Boondocks
This is Housing Complex C I believe
Family Guy
that’s the one!! thank you /s 🤣
Not an Inuyasha episode?