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Toonami [Apr14] Pray while you shit
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New 52 Batman has been consistently good.
BassForever
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Is Beware the Batman bad because it doesn't compare to previous animated Batman shows or what?
Good. I never saw it either and wanted to watch it with you guys.
lazybones18
Banned
That's the one book everyone says is still good. While I'm glad there's good Batman stories, I'm disappointed that DC is all about Batman again. It's kind of tiresome.
It's... well...
The early parts are kind of boring, it does eventually comes into its own.
The writers made the interesting decision of only including obscure characters as villains (and sidekicks). There's no Robin or Batgirl (though teenage Barbara Gordon does show up), rather Bats teams up with Katana. There's no Joker, Two-Face, Riddler, or Scarecrow, rather you see villains like Professor Pyg, Anarky, Lady Shiva, and Magpie (admittedly, she was the best part of the show).
BassForever
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But is the show good or not? You can have obscure characters and still tell good stories or bad stories with them. I know I'm gonna dislike the cg-i style already but if the action/story is good I'll be able to enjoy it
Hmmm
*tries to remember the stories* ...... Damn.
In that case, I can't say the stories are any good. I can barely remember them.
Oh, Batman.
I thought the title was a reference to Rancid's "Otherside", a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkVYktHw6GA
I thought the title was a reference to Rancid's "Otherside", a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkVYktHw6GA
nah it's pretty trash. i'm not sure why Toonami even wants to bother with it.
lazybones18
Banned
cause it's the show Toonami deserves, but not the one it need rights now? Wait, that didn't come out right
ThatObviousUser
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Would much rather have Young Justice. =/
I own Beware on Amazon actually but still haven't gotten around to watching any of it...
I own Beware on Amazon actually but still haven't gotten around to watching any of it...
ThatObviousUser
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Kuze? Bro was legit.
Seriously, Cassandra needs some love, as does Stephanie Brown. It's such a crime that DC is completely shoving these characters into the horrid abyss of lim-
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DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner, is better off not having those two, and to remind you that Barbara Gordon is and was the only Batgirl. I am saying this of my own volition, and certainly not pressured by DC's ninja.
BassForever
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Well at least the show is short and probably free, 18 episodes will go by in a snap, it should end before AoT and Dandy S2 ends speaking of let me go update that end date list
Toonami End Dates
IGPX: April 26th, 2014
GitS (1st GIG only): May 3rd, 2014
Blue Exorcist: August 9th, 2014
Black Lagoon: August 30th, 2014
Beware The Batman: September 6th, 2014
Space Dandy: September 27th, 2014 (assuming S2 premiers when S1 finishes it's rerun and S2 is 13 episodes)
Bleach: October 11th 2014
Attack on Titan: October 18th, 2014
Naruto (1st 52 episodes): December 28th, 2014
Samurai Jack: January 24th, 2015
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: May 16th, 2015
Clone Wars: September 12th, 2015
Naruto Shippuden: AHAHAHA....
One Piece: ....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Toonami End Dates
IGPX: April 26th, 2014
GitS (1st GIG only): May 3rd, 2014
Blue Exorcist: August 9th, 2014
Black Lagoon: August 30th, 2014
Beware The Batman: September 6th, 2014
Space Dandy: September 27th, 2014 (assuming S2 premiers when S1 finishes it's rerun and S2 is 13 episodes)
Bleach: October 11th 2014
Attack on Titan: October 18th, 2014
Naruto (1st 52 episodes): December 28th, 2014
Samurai Jack: January 24th, 2015
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: May 16th, 2015
Clone Wars: September 12th, 2015
Naruto Shippuden: AHAHAHA....
One Piece: ....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Maybe they REALLY wanted a Batman show, but this is all they could afford/all DC would let them air on Adult Swim since they DC doesn't care about Beware the Batman.
Razgriz-Specter
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It got very good near episode 13, much better already than I remember The Batman being at least.
lazybones18
Banned
Goda
The Batman gets a lot better as it goes along, though it never fixes some of the design issues.
When AoT was announced I almost posted that gee, GITS and 2nd Gig are technically different shows and I wondered if something was coming but dismissed it.
The first episode(s) of 2nd Gig are some of my favorite. BtB was awful though I only watched half of the first episode and more new stuff is always good.
When AoT was announced I almost posted that gee, GITS and 2nd Gig are technically different shows and I wondered if something was coming but dismissed it.
The first episode(s) of 2nd Gig are some of my favorite. BtB was awful though I only watched half of the first episode and more new stuff is always good.
Beware the Batman is a 26 episode series.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
OK...but I wanted Young Justice. 
TheAbsolution
Member
BtB replaces GITS? I'm surprisingly OK with that.
BassForever
Member
Wait so CN just decided to not air episodes to a show that were already made? LOL what the heck
IGPX: April 26th, 2014
GitS (1st GIG only): May 3rd, 2014
Blue Exorcist: August 9th, 2014
Black Lagoon: August 30th, 2014
Space Dandy: September 27th, 2014 (assuming S2 premiers when S1 finishes it's rerun and S2 is 13 episodes)
Bleach: October 11th 2014
Attack on Titan: October 18th, 2014
Beware The Batman: November 1st, 2014
Naruto (1st 52 episodes): December 28th, 2014
Samurai Jack: January 24th, 2015
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: May 16th, 2015
Clone Wars: September 12th, 2015
Naruto Shippuden: AHAHAHA....
One Piece: ....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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BassForever
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You new to Cartoon Network or something?
I did live in a place where i didn't have the network from like 2000 ~ 2008 and at that point I was in college, it's only recently that I've begun to pay attention to their stuff more.
Also I'm gonna call it now, this fall when Attack on Titan, Blue Exorcist, Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, and Bleach all end Fairy Tail will be one of the replacement shows.
Fuckin' make BATGIRLS you fuckers
fuckin' BARBARA GORDON. Fuckin' CASS CAIN. STEPH BROWN. Throw in some fuckin' BIRDS OF PREY. Toss a little MISFIT in there. BLACK ALICE. RENEE MONTOYA. CAPS FOR EMPHASIS. Corner that fuckin' market! Sell fuckin nedronoids, i dunno!
Being good and being popular/marketable are two completely different things.
Bleach WAS good for what it was at one point, though. Unfortunately that was about 300 episodes ago.
BassForever
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Bleach is really popular one of the big 3 with Naruto and One Piece
Bleach manga and anime suffers from pacing problems which hurts it for a lot of people, the anime has a lot of really bad filler arcs often in the middle of canon story lines and then it has to go back and adapt poorly paced manga chapters IE a well paced episode of Bleach can adapt 5-7 chapters of the manga without rushing anything.
The beginning arcs of Bleach are really damn good, the bigger problem pops up during the Arracar arc where Kubo's (Bleach's author) biggest writing flaw gets exposed, Kubo to get over writing blocks introduces new groups of characters leading to the series feeling really bloated. It's not just that he has a lot of characters but he gives them all screen time which drags the story to a crawl during the big war scenes. Combine this with by the numbers shonen fights and it creates a problem where you're average person will say something like "I used to really enjoy Bleach until the Arracar arc then blah blah blah".
Honestly it's problems are not as bad if you watch or read it in a marathon, but watching it weekly can be very draining. I still enjoy the series though it is flawed.
You can also expect the rest of the responses to this question to be far more negative or positive then mine as Bleach can lead to very divided opinions lol
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Bleach is DBZ with swords so you tell me
Schadenfreude
Member
Saw the thread title, got excited. Saw the show, got sad. BtB fucking sucks. DeMarco pls.
And a better protagonist than DBZ!
I dunno about that, we see more of Goku than we do Ichigo.
UltraGunner
Banned
I hated what I saw of BtB so I stopped watching it. While I'm glad that I was able to sleep in on Saturdays, I'm sadden that my actions directly led to the death of DC Nation.
I dunno about that.
Does Ichigo allow Dr. Gero to create Androids that have been proven to take over the world, refuse to take medicine even with the knowledge he'll die from the disease, allow Buu to be released and then force his 7 year old kid with no experience to fight him despite having the ability to defeat Buu himself, or be called a hopeless case of a human being by his creator himself?
Fuck you Saiyans.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Huh? We see Ichigo in pretty much every episode that isn't a random one-off filler. Goku spends half of DBZ dead.
I dunno, there were times we didn't see Ichigo for weeks at a time. Not recently, but it is a trend. Especially while all the captains are fighting. Goku may be dead half the time but at least we see him every other episode.
Despite being "dead" or missing he only misses what, 4 episodes before Trunks and maybe 6 or so with Gohan as Saiyaman? His longest stretch of not being on the show is after the heart attack and even then they show him every other episode.
Garlic Junior might actually be the longest single segment with no Goku.
Garlic Junior might actually be the longest single segment with no Goku.
He has the entire arc before Saiyaman to himself and during the Cell arc they show him in bed yelling and whatnot a lot. Outside of the Garlic Junior filler we see quite a bit of him, even if all he's doing is training or being sick.
Yup.
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