Toonami |Feb14| We Kick Ass for the LORD!

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kayos90 said:
Prepare yourself for next week guys. It's THE worst SAO episode by far. Think of the episode you hated most and amplify the bullshit times a hundred.
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Rankings for this weeks shows

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
One Piece
Soul Eater
Samurai Jack
Space Dandy
InuYasha
GitS
Naruto
Clone Wars
SAO
IGPX
Bleach
Naruto Shippuden

One Piece through InuYasha were all very enjoyable. GitS was just okay we need to get back to C episodes though SA largely don't cut it for me. Second half of Naruro is one of my favorite moments in part 1 thanks to Trollkashi and now we're at a point where rewarching Naruto will be enjoyable.

Clone Wars despite the fact I fell asleep during the last 10 minutes was decent if slow. After that things get ugh, SAO despite its "decent" action scene continues to make me hate humanity. IGPX enters its super angst and infighting episodes which really make me groan on a rewatch, but they are still better then Bleach and Shippudens borderline FUCKING NOTHING.

Jesus christ Bleach I can slight forgive for being in filler, but damn Shippuden you're on episode *bleep*ing 5 how the fuck do you have worse god damn pacing then Bleach filler? This might be the worst pacing I've ever seen in any shonen anime ever, and I remember enjoying this part in the manga even if I thought it was a step back from the Sause Retrieval arc. I can forgive a series for starting a bit slow after a time skip because you have to reestablish the world and characters and build up back to the crazy hype you were at when you skipped. Still though Shippuden is taking this way too far, were I an anime only watcher who'd just sat through the filler hell I'd probably be thinking "jeebus how does this have even worse pacing then the massive block of filler".
 
kayos90 said:
Prepare yourself for next week guys. It's THE worst SAO episode by far. Think of the episode you hated most and amplify the bullshit times a hundred.
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Yeah, it seemed like there was some confusion this week, when everyone was saying SAO gets worse, we meant next week's episode, not this one. This week's episode was pretty mild, though I always enjoy seeing Recon pull a Chaozu for absolutely no benefit.

But yeah, next week. You'll need all the adults. Please be excited.

Dandy was great this week, although that song from the preview wasn't in the episode, meaning it was indeed some obscure thing from an Atlanta indie band and not part of the OST. I'm never gonna find it...:(
 
RedBoot said:
Dandy was great this week, although that song from the preview wasn't in the episode, meaning it was indeed some obscure thing from an Atlanta indie band and not part of the OST. I'm never gonna find it...:(
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You can always ask DeMarco on twitter he's usually pretty cool about that.

Also I got called out on Twitter by some guy whos says we either need to stop watching SAO or quit bitching about it every single week lol. People can't handle our desire to support the block and express our opinions good or bad about each show
 
BassForever said:
I think Redboot was looking for the song from the US adult swim commercial not the actual episode
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Yup, those are the insert songs. There was some confusion over the week whether or not the Super X-13 song from the preview was the insert or not.

The insert was pretty good too, but it should be in the OST (hopefully).
 
You know theres something I forgot and thats that I consider FMA:B to be one of the best animes of all time.
 
I fell asleep during FMA so I had to miss Jack but I'm glad that first time viewers seemed to have enjoyed the premiere. Jack was a great show cut in its prime. They don't make shows like it on either side of the Pacific anymore very often.

Gucci Messiah said:
I feel like people have been saying this every week since episode 4.
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The show has only gotten worse as its gone along. Were they wrong? :P
 
Alright, watching SAO now on CR. Will be live posting my impressions

3 mins in, and your talking about how there is no difference between the real world and a virtual world. You sound like an serial killer, Kirito!
 
Good going, Recon. Your pickup lines were -sure- to work on her

And Crunchyroll is now not loading. I guess fate is telling me i've seen enough of the episode
 
Rankings time.

1. FMA Brotherhood

Every week doubt creeps into my mind and I'm left thinking that FMA couldn't possible come close to topping the greatness of its previous episode. However, every Sunday I am left writing about how my expectations were blown out of the water which is a testament to just how good this show is.

Seeing Greed sacrifice himself to turn father into weak carbon was pulled off excellently and actually quite a twist for me, I never really expected him to do something so selfless since his name is, well, GREED. I guess the power of NAKAMA overwhelmed his survival instincts.

Watching Edward sacrifice his alchemy for his brother was another high point, it was great to finally see Alphonse with a body in the real world. The ending was perfect too, when the music kicked in I just sat back and soaked it all in...

One more episode to go!

2. Soul Eater

Maka predictably came in with the save last week but Soul Eater punched us all in the collective gut yesterday by nearly killing of Crona. I kind of wish he/she had actually died though, it would have been more impactful but what do ya know, he/she barely survived...I felt like that was a cheap cop out but shonen gonna shonen I guess.

Stein breaking out of the madness and teaming up with Maka to pull off the genie hunter was very cool, you know shit is going down when that guitar rift starts. Medusa is the best villain on the block and it's sad to see her go in a way but watching Maka kill the shit out of this evil woman was very satisfying.

Next week Based Star takes on Mifune in round III, that preview has me hyped!

3. Naruto

I LOVE this training arc, it introduces the element of teamwork which is a real world concept we all use every day. It's not often that anime on this block dip into the realm of reality which is why I enjoy watching team 7 learn a useful lesson that has real world use.

We got to see just how advanced Sasuke is for an academy ninja this episode, unfortunately for him Kakashi is light years ahead in every way. Speaking of Kakashi, it was nice to see his softer side and backstory (no, not THAT kind) touched upon a little bit.

This show does a lot of things well early on. Well, except for Sakura, she's so damn insufferable. I legit hate her at this point, what a waste of a character.

4. One Piece

Guilty before proven innocent. Comic book-esque vigilantism. Mob violence. Lack of common law. No due process. The death penalty.

Water 7 sure is a weird place, it's practically Afghanistan this point. Instead of hearing Luffy out and finding evidence that a member of his crew attempted to murder Ice pops, they decide to rely on heresay and adopt a 'Lol fuck it lets kill em all' attitude. That makes absolutely no damn sense. At least we got to see Franky be a badass, that alone bumps this into the top 5.

5. Ghost in the Shell

I usually tend to agree that the SA episodes are better than the complex ones but these last two have been pedestrian. The plot was easy enough to follow: Section 9 is tasked with defending a rich dude from a fringe Chinese terrorist group who sends an assassin out to murder him. The Major and arm cannon girl get to his residence at the same time and race to get to the target first. Simple enough.

What I don't get is why the assassin didn't just shoot her target when the major told her to freeze. What an idiot.

Also, how could nobody tell he was dead? The dude had been rotting in a bed for 4 months, I'm sure the smell should have tipped them off.

It was an entertaining episode overall though.

6. Samurai Jack

Never watched Jack as a child but now that I'm older I can really appreciate the water color painting asthetics and minimalist story telling elements, it worked out nicely the first episode. I was skeptical about how this show would fit in at 4AM but it was a nice change of pace and made for a more relaxed viewing experience. We'll see if I feel the same a month from now though.

7. Space Dandy

I disliked this episode of Dandy, it didn't really 'fit' to me. The show pulled a 180 and tried to go into serious mode while keeping the cringe worthy, unfunny boob jokes intact. I don't get why people talk about 'feels' (I'm starting to hate that term btw) in this episode, I had absolutely no emotional attachment to this little girl Dandy was forced to help out. We got the classic 'GROWN UPS R BAKAS' speech and from then on I knew exactly where this was going, the writing was extremely predictable. The ending action sequence was cool but nearly ruined for me when Dandy basically told loli girl he'd fuck her brains out when she turned 18. I actually face palmed when she was all like 'I'll grow boobies and a nice butt so we can go on more adventures' at the end, it was pretty bad. Now obviously she didn't say those words exactly but it was implied.

The music was excellent as always and I really enjoyed the art direction. However, I feel like this episode should have been a two parter, I didn't have enough time to get invested in the little girl which soured the whole experience for me. This was probably my least liked episode of Dandy yet, hopefully next week is better, it looks promising.

8. SAO

Kirito finally figured out that trying to solo the world tree was a mistake. Simplord confessing his feelings for Sugu/Leefa and then proceeding to pull a Chaitzou was hilarious; if you die in the game I hope you die in real life. Outside of that and Yui being an annoying little bitch nothing was particularly bad or offensive about this episode. I'm sure we'll be back on track next week when pedo rape guy makes an appearance.

9. IGPX

Cool music, chill vibes. I dig it. Nothing exciting happened but nothing was particularly bad.

10. Shippuden

I've been told to be patient because the pacing is awful but Christ, this was terrible. The amount of content we've seen in Shippuden so far should have been squeezed into 2 episodes but instead was stretched out to 5 for some unknown reason. The Gaara fight was so freaking BORING outside of birdo getting his arm crushed. When does the good stuff start dammit!?

11. Bleach

I am the biggest Bleach Stan in this thread by far and generally tend to be leinient on the show. Last night however was without a doubt the absolute WORST episode of anything to ever air on toonami. Not just since the block was brought back either, I'm talking EVER. I was tempted to change the channel multiple times but managed to stick through this giant smelly log of gorilla shit, that in itself is more impressive than completing the whole 6.5 hour challenge.

Slice of life Bleach hasn't worked since season 1, why the HELL are you going to center an entire episode around Kon being annoying? It's like the writers are sadists taking bets on how many viewers they can get to commit seppuku after watching this abomination, fuck you dirtbags for exposing us to this pile of filth.

Remember when hollows were a threat? You know, way back in season 1? Welp, they're a thing again!!! Don't try to insult our intelligence Bleach, there's like 15 capable fighters in town who have survived the Espada and Aizen, am I really supposed to believe hollows pose any real danger? While I'm at it, fuck you Nozomi for pulling a Zanpaktou out of thin air to save your meaningless life. If you died Kageroza's plans would be ruined since he already stated he needs you. You're a mod soul too, nobody will care about you anymore than they care about a gum wrapper they just tossed in the trash.

So. Much. RAGE.
 
Gucci Messiah said:
7. Space Dandy

I disliked this episode of Dandy, it didn't really 'fit' to me. The show pulled a 180 and tried to go into serious mode while keeping the cringe worthy, unfunny boob jokes intact. I don't get why people talk about 'feels' (I'
m starting to hate that term btw) in this episode, I had absolutely no emotional attachment to this little girl Dandy was forced to help out. We got the classic 'GROWN UPS R BAKAS' speech and from then on I knew exactly where this was going, the writing was extremely predictable. The ending action sequence was cool but nearly ruined for me when Dandy basically told loli girl he'd fuck her brains out when she turned 18. I actually face palmed when she was all like 'I'll grow boobies and a nice butt so we can go on more adventures' at the end, it was pretty bad. Now obviously she didn't say those words exactly but it was implied.

The music was excellent as always and I really enjoyed the art direction. However, I feel like this episode should have been a two parter, I didn't have enough time to get invested in the little girl which soured the whole experience for me. This was probably my least liked episode of Dandy yet, hopefully next week is better, it looks promising.
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Going into serious mode is fine to me especially because of the nature of the show jumping from one crises to another but I agree that introducing the seriousness and leaving the sexual jokes was a really odd choice, especially because it included the girl. That last scene with Dandy and the girl was particularly bad. It was cringey. Definitely should have been a 2-parter to give us more time to get invested in the character. I don't think its impossible to feel for her though. I think many can relate to the feeling detachment from parents and relatives so people having feels was still not out of place. It would have been better still if we knew the girl longer.
 
Gucci Messiah said:
Rankings time.
11. Bleach

I am the biggest Bleach Stan in this thread by far and generally tend to be leinient on the show. Last night however was without a doubt the absolute WORST episode of anything to ever air on toonami. Not just since the block was brought back either, I'm talking EVER. I was tempted to change the channel multiple times but managed to stick through this giant smelly log of gorilla shit, that in itself is more impressive than completing the whole 6.5 hour challenge.

Slice of life Bleach hasn't worked since season 1, why the HELL are you going to center an entire episode around Kon being annoying? It's like the writers are sadists taking bets on how many viewers they can get to commit seppuku after watching this abomination, fuck you dirtbags for exposing us to this pile of filth.

Remember when hollows were a threat? You know, way back in season 1? Welp, they're a thing again!!! Don't try to insult our intelligence Bleach, there's like 15 capable fighters in town who have survived the Espada and Aizen, am I really supposed to believe hollows pose any real danger? While I'm at it, fuck you Nozomi for pulling a Zanpaktou out of thin air to save your meaningless life. If you died Kageroza's plans would be ruined since he already stated he needs you. You're a mod soul too, nobody will care about you anymore than they care about a gum wrapper they just tossed in the trash.

So. Much. RAGE.
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This reaction killed me. Why am I laughing so much ? XD
Edit: The hollow thing is pretty interesting reaction, because I was thinking the same thing during this scene:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NlMNExgewc&app=desktop
 
I know this will sound canned at this point but I'm not really upset. My emotional pendulum doesn't swing with much amplitude. You've just got me on a mild backswing.
 
Samurai Jack
One Piece
Space Dandy
Soul Eater
Clone Wars
Ghost in the Shell
IGPX
Sword Art Online
Naruto Shippuden
Bleach

i've ranked both of them fairly high, so it's kind of telling for how meh of a week it was when Space Dandy and Soul Eater were probably the big disappointments. Space Dandy did what it set out to do well enough; the story was effective and it did develop our main hero a little more, but the only thing really special about it was that hilarious action scene at the end. it seemed a bit generic. as for Soul Eater, i'm in Seda's camp here that the resolution is unsatisfying. everything seems to happen because the writers need to get it over with, not because it seems like the natural way to end it. Marie cures Stein by touching him. Maka pulls out Genie Hunter to little fanfare and only about a half episode of development prior to this to avenge Crona's "death". it just seems rushed, and i really think Crona should have been the one to kill Medusa
 
Levyne said:
How many "the episode" 's have we had, jesus christ give it a rest.
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This is SAO. Every episode is that episode because every one of them is especially bad.


Surprisingly, one of my biggest gripes this week, not including SAO, was with Soul Eater. While I enjoyed it, the resolution was weak imo. Stein was brought back conveniently and Medusa went down, all very quickly after Maka showed up. Marie and Crona might as well had stayed at the academy. Looks like all Stein needed was a well-placed genie hunter himself. I don't feel like Crona really resolved much of anything with Medusa before she was taken out and he/she should have done a bit more before being stabbed. He looked very weak and defenseless when we all know Crona has been able to overpower Maka. I know part of the conflict was that Medusa was his/her Mother but helping to take her down would have been a more effective show of how far Crona has come rather than having him/her skittishly fight her and get stabbed saving Maka.
 
Even that is more of an exasperated sigh with an expletive thrown in only if I don't make it back to my corpse.

Wat at the Jack pictures
 
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