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Toonami |Feb16| Dimension Dub-For-You
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skLaFarebear
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LATER
This is super good!
ramoisdead
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SAB CA is my hero. There I said it. I bid you adieu, ToonamiGAF.
Slamtastic
Member
AgK review:
it was the most mediocre anime i've ever seen and i've already forgotten i watched it
it was the most mediocre anime i've ever seen and i've already forgotten i watched it
ramoisdead
Member
FINALLY. A Fire Emblem Fates commercial on Toonami (okay not really, after the block. Still...). Unless it aired previously.
Now I can sleep comfortably.
The end of the Sentai Power Hour. From here on in, I think it's going to be okay. It's going to be okay.
Now I can sleep comfortably.
The end of the Sentai Power Hour. From here on in, I think it's going to be okay. It's going to be okay.
In pixels, I can get things here on time! Haha. I'm quite glad you like it! Been a few months since I've done a pixel dump!
*guitar* I.T.Y!
Tekken still goes that "Main game made for arcade, console release with almost another games worth of content!" path. Certain game releases are trying to make you miss that by releasing on console for console prices with slightly better than Arcade content day 1...
Anywho, wohoo! XD
Chou-Arigatou! Or something like that.
Forgot what?! *blanks*
Jarate: You missed Goku and Krillin with shades!! And Reiko speaking in a cute voice with a splithead! Samurai Beatbox! Other than that, it's mostly a blank...
Last time on Days of Our Edge
Akame and Esdeath fought. Akame revels her generic trump card with even more generic voice acting. Esdeath gets cut, then freezes both herself and Tatsumi and shatters into pieces. Leone kills the Honest minister, but not before losing her Imperial Arms to an Anti Imperial Arms and got shot 6006 times. She later dies in an alley because seeking help was a venture beyond comprehension.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Fuck. I fell asleep after Parasyte. -_-
Oh well. Here's some Esdeath & Akame cosplay to celebrate its edgy conclusion.
Oh well. Here's some Esdeath & Akame cosplay to celebrate its edgy conclusion.
http://bcy.net/coser/detail/65102/449045
LATER
Bottom three on the right look great pixelated! Well done!
OTP all iced up, maybe it could've been better with Reiko Tamura's maniacal laughter running before passing by that random drunk couple, and of course you would have Fuu taking a bath, you!
I'm having my fill watching tourney streams and learning a lot of different changes. At least I'm glad no one is talking about how potentially OP Lucky Chloe is and more focus is on the new characters and the system changes.
I tried to capture in pixels well, just for you! ^_^
... IT WAS ALL WORTH IT!
Thanks, thanks!
I did think about going with running Takura, but empty head was just so good, ha. I totally planned to do a 2nd things with Champloo, but playing around with steamy transparency and underwater nudity was just too fun! I don't think I've gotten to do something like that since one of the Inuyasha pixel dumps...
People aren't whining about balance issues? BRILLIANT! I have the bad habit of paying no attention to Tekken until it's like a month away from me being able to play, heh.
And now we reach The Final Edge.
It's been a pleasure, ladies and gentlemen.
Chris Sabat Hype!Let's get the Dimension W hype train started!
You're missing out.
He's buuurrrning uuuuuuup!
Stick with niche Japanese titles like I have since the Xbox fiasco of 2013.
Let alone TekkenXStreetFighter.
Morning everyone. The EDGE finally ended (for now, who knows what other edgy shit will appear)
Dragon Ball Z Kai:
Training! 3 years in one episode. This really shows me the difference in training arcs between Dragon Ball and later series like Naruto and Bleach. DB training is just "lots of punching and energy, with extreme conditions in some cases". Later series is a lot of talking and exposition...
Parayste:
Pretty good episode. Tamura shows how badass she's become by easily disposing three Parasytes easily. Then she realizes she's been infected with "humanity" thanks to her baby. Willing to kill the Detective when he was about to kill him. This feels like another series that tends to improve when the protagonist isn't around. Weird...
Samurai Champloo:
Anachronistic beatboxing all up in this place. Surprise Jin backstory too.
Naruto Shippuden:
The 100th episode is mostly still images and a lot of boring talking. I still don't understand why this arc needs to be 24 episodes long. Fuck.
One Piece:
Luffy finally goes Second Gear after wasting time not doing it. This arc is dumb and boring. So glad it ends next week.
Akame ga Kill:
And thus Edge ga Edge finally ends, in the most boring way possible. How do you make a final fight so boring? Oh right, not giving a shit about either of the characters. Akame's Trump Card makes no sense since she established early on that she can die even when cleaning her sword, but then she can just resist the poison and that somehow gives her a power boost.
Esdeath goes out still thirsty. Shattering herself with Tatsumi instead of dying to poison. Pah.
Then they kill Leone for no reason, revealing that the Minister has an Imperial Arm that can nullify other Imperial Arms so they can remove her healing factor, and then she pulls a Gai Yuki and goes to visit old friends and bleed out instead of going to the hospital. What kind of death is that?!
Akame ga Kill is not a good show. It's written like a terrible fanfic by an edgy-as-fuck teenager that doesn't understand gravitas and tone (often going from grisly murder to comedy in a way that provides whiplash). Characters come and go with little development and you're left not really caring when they die (Sheele being the worst example). The animation really isn't special, at times it's boring as hell. A lot of this isn't helped by the awful 90's-level voice acting that I'm stunned Sentai Filmworks gets away with. They need severely better directors and some better voice actors.
The manga isn't much better, especially when the manga has Wild Hunt, the group of rapists that has a member that targets specific people. I have no fucking clue what Takahiro was thinking, but at least they were taken out fairly quickly. Plus, the series is in the final arc, let's see if it goes the same stupid places as the anime.
Dragon Ball Z Kai:
Training! 3 years in one episode. This really shows me the difference in training arcs between Dragon Ball and later series like Naruto and Bleach. DB training is just "lots of punching and energy, with extreme conditions in some cases". Later series is a lot of talking and exposition...
Parayste:
Pretty good episode. Tamura shows how badass she's become by easily disposing three Parasytes easily. Then she realizes she's been infected with "humanity" thanks to her baby. Willing to kill the Detective when he was about to kill him. This feels like another series that tends to improve when the protagonist isn't around. Weird...
Samurai Champloo:
Anachronistic beatboxing all up in this place. Surprise Jin backstory too.
Naruto Shippuden:
The 100th episode is mostly still images and a lot of boring talking. I still don't understand why this arc needs to be 24 episodes long. Fuck.
One Piece:
Luffy finally goes Second Gear after wasting time not doing it. This arc is dumb and boring. So glad it ends next week.
Akame ga Kill:
And thus Edge ga Edge finally ends, in the most boring way possible. How do you make a final fight so boring? Oh right, not giving a shit about either of the characters. Akame's Trump Card makes no sense since she established early on that she can die even when cleaning her sword, but then she can just resist the poison and that somehow gives her a power boost.
Esdeath goes out still thirsty. Shattering herself with Tatsumi instead of dying to poison. Pah.
Then they kill Leone for no reason, revealing that the Minister has an Imperial Arm that can nullify other Imperial Arms so they can remove her healing factor, and then she pulls a Gai Yuki and goes to visit old friends and bleed out instead of going to the hospital. What kind of death is that?!
Akame ga Kill is not a good show. It's written like a terrible fanfic by an edgy-as-fuck teenager that doesn't understand gravitas and tone (often going from grisly murder to comedy in a way that provides whiplash). Characters come and go with little development and you're left not really caring when they die (Sheele being the worst example). The animation really isn't special, at times it's boring as hell. A lot of this isn't helped by the awful 90's-level voice acting that I'm stunned Sentai Filmworks gets away with. They need severely better directors and some better voice actors.
The manga isn't much better, especially when the manga has Wild Hunt, the group of rapists that has a member that targets specific people. I have no fucking clue what Takahiro was thinking, but at least they were taken out fairly quickly. Plus, the series is in the final arc, let's see if it goes the same stupid places as the anime.
Did you people never play JSRF or something.
It's really just a pop-ier version of something you'ld find on there.
I liked the final fight in AgK for its better music and fantastic animation. Like with one punch man, I don't need the stakes to be geniune for the fight to be fun to watch. It was leagues better than anything SAO put out, and for that alone it's a better show.
As exciting as this may sound I am betting it just hast to relate to Dimension W.
Some good news. Apart from (2?) episodes. Guess where the focus is from here on out.
Minor spoilers for Parasyte:
Next episode is my personal high point for the series. The rest is pretty solid IIRC as the detective arc ends and shifts to the final arc.
Doctor Decimate
Member
Uhhhh
That song isn't really like Jet Set Radio stuff just because it's in Japanese and it's kinda dance-y.
And, like, if nothing else, SAO had some fantastic fight scenes that blew this Akame ga Kill one out of the water in terms of music and animation, especially animation (which honestly wasn't much to write home about in this AGK episode and I kinda suspect they put most of their effort into Tatsumi's last stand).
Definitely. For such "logical" creatures, they're interesting in their unpredictability (which may intentional or due to shoddy writing, w/e), which is a good source of drama and anticipation.
I didn't like any of the fight scenes in SAO at all. I think AgK has better use of movement and dynamic situations thanks to the characters power set (note: this doesn't inherently mean I think non-power fights can't be good: Champloo making use of its backdrop items to change the flow of its fights is a good example).
On the animation standpoint, the fight was best right before akame used the curse mark with the aerial components. I have a weakness for good ground slams.
And if nothing else, SAO relied too much on time skips to its "interesting" fights, which kills a lot of buildup.
Hellwarden
Member
I'm legit angry about how AgK did Leone dirty at the ending
Fuck that show
But if you don't kill off characters in super brutal fashions, how will the audience connect to them?
Been a while but I wanted to bring back REVIEW TIME!
Let's start with a retrospective on Akame ga Kill!
Let me preface this by saying I like to be positive about things. It is an inward decision that I hope (usually) comes across so if I am hating on something it is because I have a hell of a good reason in my back pocket for hating on something. In the case of Akame ga Kill! is it took a disposable, but serviceable, anime and screwed everything up.
Let's start with some background, Akame ga Kill! (AgK) was written by Takahiro (Taka) and for the first half of the series the content is basically page for page faithful to the content of the manga. The point where it differs (for better and for so much worse, YMMV) is when the Wild Hunt, a second group of big bads, shows up along with the Jaegars (team Esdeath) to fight Night Raid. So yes it basically read like a trashy novel but gosh darn it if there wasn't some value in the cheesy edge including a budding relationship between Tatsumi and Mine and some really cool fights. All of which were cut out. The Mine stuff REALLY sticks out when she decides she will save Tatsumi by herself if necessary. I am not calling the material a guilty pleasure even but it was definitely already hurt in the adaptation which led the anime to go in with one massive strike against it when we get to....
The anime. At this point I want to talk about the sub and dub. Particularly how much the dub fucked this show of having any semblance of being any good. Let's start with comedic timing. Sure it was trite anime jokes but at least the sub VA's tried to sell it. With the horrific direction and casting for the characters in AgK a bunch of punch lines are screwed up and with comedy being all about timing it led to humor being ACTIVELY painful to watch. Namely CUT IT OFF being a front runner for encapsulating everything that went wrong here.
Hopefully you are beginning to see the seams of where this all fell apart. You already had an anime without much of a strong premise and you heap on horrific acting, script and direction both for the actors and the anime and I began to see why everyone became so vehement about this show. It makes me regret Sentai didn't premiere with Log Horizon since even with its bad voice acting, the writing is much stronger as to not collapse so hard as it did with AgK. Ever since episode 1 of the dub your heart just sinks when you hear each of the dub cast introduced. With a handful of exceptions they come off as cardboard to a plank of wood to outright awful with few exceptions. It is impossible to source what exactly went wrong since it feels like nearly everything went wrong in very different ways. Akame's monotone made an already 2D character even flatter, they really overplayed the gay stereotype with Stylish, I have NO FUCKING CLUE what they were thinking with Syura (Scar wannabe with an X on his face).
This leads the the cardinal sin of Akame ga Kill! and, in particular, its dub. It's worthless. I don't say that lightly either especially considering what has aired before it. SAO was so baffling in its stupidity it was almost fascinating and it had a production budget to back things up. GXP is like everything wrong with harems and comedy wrapped into one little anime. Thundercats showed some competence and then proceeded to shit the bed. AgK showed none of these things and everything was so middle of the road from production to voice acting that it was difficult to remain positive about it when it aired. There was a decent fight or two sprinkled here and there and justice girl but overall it was an unending torrent of BLEH that refused to justify its existence on the block. I, sadly, could see where the hatred came from.
Overall, the best thing that can be said is that it is over and anything that replaces it will be looked upon MUCH more favorably as a result. I joke about it getting the rerun slot but the sad fact of the matter is I am 99% sure nobody would even give a shit to stick around. This is by far the darkest I remember Toonami ever being due to hitting never ending filler and having to put up with this show. Thankfully things are looking bright for the future. Rest in piece Akame ga Kill!, you will not be missed sadly. May your death not be in vein and reign in a period of more positivity on ToonamiGAF to start enjoying anime again.
Without further ado let's review the rest of the block.
Dragonball Z
Parasyte
Samurai Champloo
Naruto
One Piece
Cat Video the Music Video.
Kill la Kill
RANKINGS!
Awesome Tier
Parasyte
Samurai Champloo
Mediocre Tier
DBZ
Cat video the music video
Bad Tier
One Piece
Fuck you too Tier
Naruto
Watch Broad City Tier
Kill la Kill
Watch Broad City
Dead and Buried and Grave Site Paved Over With Concrete to Make Way for a Highway for Better Anime to Cross...Tier
Akame ga Killed!
Let's start with a retrospective on Akame ga Kill!
Let me preface this by saying I like to be positive about things. It is an inward decision that I hope (usually) comes across so if I am hating on something it is because I have a hell of a good reason in my back pocket for hating on something. In the case of Akame ga Kill! is it took a disposable, but serviceable, anime and screwed everything up.
Let's start with some background, Akame ga Kill! (AgK) was written by Takahiro (Taka) and for the first half of the series the content is basically page for page faithful to the content of the manga. The point where it differs (for better and for so much worse, YMMV) is when the Wild Hunt, a second group of big bads, shows up along with the Jaegars (team Esdeath) to fight Night Raid. So yes it basically read like a trashy novel but gosh darn it if there wasn't some value in the cheesy edge including a budding relationship between Tatsumi and Mine and some really cool fights. All of which were cut out. The Mine stuff REALLY sticks out when she decides she will save Tatsumi by herself if necessary. I am not calling the material a guilty pleasure even but it was definitely already hurt in the adaptation which led the anime to go in with one massive strike against it when we get to....
The anime. At this point I want to talk about the sub and dub. Particularly how much the dub fucked this show of having any semblance of being any good. Let's start with comedic timing. Sure it was trite anime jokes but at least the sub VA's tried to sell it. With the horrific direction and casting for the characters in AgK a bunch of punch lines are screwed up and with comedy being all about timing it led to humor being ACTIVELY painful to watch. Namely CUT IT OFF being a front runner for encapsulating everything that went wrong here.
Hopefully you are beginning to see the seams of where this all fell apart. You already had an anime without much of a strong premise and you heap on horrific acting, script and direction both for the actors and the anime and I began to see why everyone became so vehement about this show. It makes me regret Sentai didn't premiere with Log Horizon since even with its bad voice acting, the writing is much stronger as to not collapse so hard as it did with AgK. Ever since episode 1 of the dub your heart just sinks when you hear each of the dub cast introduced. With a handful of exceptions they come off as cardboard to a plank of wood to outright awful with few exceptions. It is impossible to source what exactly went wrong since it feels like nearly everything went wrong in very different ways. Akame's monotone made an already 2D character even flatter, they really overplayed the gay stereotype with Stylish, I have NO FUCKING CLUE what they were thinking with Syura (Scar wannabe with an X on his face).
This leads the the cardinal sin of Akame ga Kill! and, in particular, its dub. It's worthless. I don't say that lightly either especially considering what has aired before it. SAO was so baffling in its stupidity it was almost fascinating and it had a production budget to back things up. GXP is like everything wrong with harems and comedy wrapped into one little anime. Thundercats showed some competence and then proceeded to shit the bed. AgK showed none of these things and everything was so middle of the road from production to voice acting that it was difficult to remain positive about it when it aired. There was a decent fight or two sprinkled here and there and justice girl but overall it was an unending torrent of BLEH that refused to justify its existence on the block. I, sadly, could see where the hatred came from.
Overall, the best thing that can be said is that it is over and anything that replaces it will be looked upon MUCH more favorably as a result. I joke about it getting the rerun slot but the sad fact of the matter is I am 99% sure nobody would even give a shit to stick around. This is by far the darkest I remember Toonami ever being due to hitting never ending filler and having to put up with this show. Thankfully things are looking bright for the future. Rest in piece Akame ga Kill!, you will not be missed sadly. May your death not be in vein and reign in a period of more positivity on ToonamiGAF to start enjoying anime again.
Without further ado let's review the rest of the block.
Dragonball Z
Parasyte
Samurai Champloo
Naruto
One Piece
Cat Video the Music Video.
Kill la Kill
Watch Broad City.
RANKINGS!
Awesome Tier
Parasyte
Samurai Champloo
Mediocre Tier
DBZ
Cat video the music video
Bad Tier
One Piece
Fuck you too Tier
Naruto
Watch Broad City Tier
Kill la Kill
Watch Broad City
Dead and Buried and Grave Site Paved Over With Concrete to Make Way for a Highway for Better Anime to Cross...Tier
Akame ga Killed!
RadioHeadAche
Member
AgK ended as well as expected. The whole thing felt hollow. I suppose the most positive thing I can say is that those 24 episodes went by fast.
Esdeath and Twatsumi can finally chill out.
Esdeath and Twatsumi can finally chill out.
Hellwarden
Member
BOOOOOOOO! Booo, that's terrible!
RadioHeadAche
Member
Esdeath could have used more ice puns.
skLaFarebear
Member
That's ice cold hellwarden
Hellwarden
Member
We need to put these terrible puns on ice guys.
As I said a few times, the fights in AGK were Bleach to me. While there was some motion/dynamics to the combat as such, the dialogue/banter (in addition to the dub) was incredibly off-putting. Trump cards, keikakus, and the like. It also felt similar in a way that the cast of characters, both protagonists and (especially) antagonists, was probably just too large, diluting both empathy and significance to several of the episodes.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Esdeath is.....Es-dead.
ramoisdead
Member
Good riddance to that bad show. I can't even mention its name because like a boogeyman, it might just come back to haunt us. The characters were dumb, the VA was absolutely pathetic, fight scenes were just lackluster. The only redeeming thing about it was how it killed each character I hated however only to be reminded that the horrible ride wasn't over just yet.
Just good riddance. I hope it never shows its face ever again on the block and if it does, I definitely am not rewatching a second of it.
Just good riddance. I hope it never shows its face ever again on the block and if it does, I definitely am not rewatching a second of it.
Could be Parasyte.
Ends at the exact same time right?
chicagocubsfan
Member
Man the pace of DBZ Kai is great.
Can't remember how long the gap between Trunks showing up and the actual Androids fight was in the original show.
Can't remember how long the gap between Trunks showing up and the actual Androids fight was in the original show.
UltraGunner
Banned
I know I said this before but getting broadcast dubs really opens the door to how many shows can air on Toonami. Guessing which shows will air just became harder.
It's not a big gap actually.
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