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[Schadenfreude]

We introspection now.

This story is so sad. T_T

Dude is a creeper. Fuck Saint Hakushin.

 

[Dr.Palutena]

That was a cool magic trick.

 

[Man God]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJPhSapqRtw

 

[BassForever]

Here come the demons!

 

[Schadenfreude]

And then all hell broke loose.

 

[foxuzamaki]

band of 7 posed a real threat to team inuyasha, the thing is the band of 7 were humans strong enough to fight on the level of demons like inuyasha and koga, but the thing is they were still humans, so in the end they wouldnt have been able to actually win in the long run unless they planned things out like renkotsu did and basically killed everyone but inuyasha that wouldnt have been revived if it wasent for miyoga
edit: fail kagome!

 

[MikeMyers]

Well at least the Band of Seven arc makes Koga look component for once.

 

[Dr.Palutena]

"The barrier...has been dissolved?!" well shit what did you think you were DOING when you purified the dude making the barrier?

 

[lazybones18]

oh great, Koga made it in the nick of time

 

[BassForever]

Kagome you had one job!

 

[Seda]

"The barrier...has been dissolved?!" well shit what did you think you were DOING when you purified the dude making the barrier?

She was just winging it.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I cant deal with only one inuyasha episode

 

[Man God]

ATHRUN!!!

 

[Schadenfreude]

Aww shit. Bankotsu vs Inuyasha once again. Shit is about to go down.

 

[MikeMyers]

Aww shit. Bankotsu vs Inuyasha once again. Shit is about to go down.

Fight is INTENSE.

 

[lazybones18]

I cant deal with only one inuyasha episode

none of us can. We're all Cronas

 

[BassForever]

Time for the final battle of the Band of 7 arc! 6.5 challenge done!

 

[MikeMyers]

Time for the final battle of the Band of 7 arc! 6.5 challenge done!

Don't worry challenge has a

Spoiler

SECRET FINAL BOSS NARAKU

 

[ThatObviousUser]

We introspection now.



Dude is a creeper. Fuck Saint Hakushin.

He feared death. I can't blame the dude.

 

[Schadenfreude]

See ya next week, ToonamiGAF.

 

[Dr.Palutena]

Later

 

[foxuzamaki]

band of 7 posed a real threat to team inuyasha, the thing is the band of 7 were humans strong enough to fight on the level of demons like inuyasha and koga, but the thing is they were still humans, so in the end they wouldnt have been able to actually win in the long run unless they planned things out like renkotsu did and basically killed everyone but inuyasha that wouldnt have been revived if it wasent for miyoga
edit: fail kagome!

quoting my final thoughts on the band of 7
edit: later I guess tho I was hoping to get some discussion going D:

 

[Levyne]

I'm tired

 

[MikeMyers]

I'm tired

Sketch dump still to come....right?

 

[SAB CA]

LATER.

 

[Levyne]

As usual I will point out my favorite.

I like this one, excellent

 

[BassForever]

LATER.

Shippuden and GitS might be in your top 10 best ever, fantastic stuff all around. Now sleep

 

[Seda]

Best one.

time to collapse

 

[Schadenfreude]

LATER.

Amazing, SAB. So. Many. Jokes! I especially loved the Shippuden one and the Gits one. So good.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Night y'all.

 

[lazybones18]

Based Jiraiya knows good material when he sees it

Batou pls

Jakotsu ;_;7

 

[MikeMyers]

#fallensoldier.

 

[foxuzamaki]

LATER.

that shippuden one :bow

 

[ThatObviousUser]

 

[MikeMyers]

So sad of a story we need the alcohol.

Edit: The hell I just noticed the alcohol is coming from her boob. O_O

 

[Schadenfreude]

Seriously, SAB. You have no idea how much I love that Gits one. Just the thought of Togusa showing off his Toonami sketch dump so excitedly is making me giggly,

 

[Jintor]

Edit: The hell I just noticed the alcohol is coming from her boob. O_O

deviantart

 

[MikeMyers]

deviantart

I gotta keep track what sites appear where I google stuff.

 

[SAB CA]

So glad you guys likes! (^_^) Kaka-sensei's was too good to pass up, and I always felt so bad for Togusa, lol. He was SO PROUD of himself. *TrueFEELS*

Schadenfreude, I know how you feel, I get that way over some of these too at times, though I feel a bit odd enjoying my own joke like that!

So sad of a story we need the alcohol.

Edit: The hell I just noticed the alcohol is coming from her boob. O_O

Hehe, I wondered if you noticed that XD - Preferred Toonami Bartender:

 

[MikeMyers]

I'm convinced lazybone or an associate of him drew that Kikyo picture.

 

[GaimeGuy]

In FMA, I love how Father's entire plan is spelled out by Arakawa in the Xerxes ruins Ed sees in the desert and in gluttony. Which was 4-5 years prior in terms of chapter releases.

I also love how he pulls off the EXACT SAME TRICK with Greed as he did with King Xerxes.

 

[BatDan]

Good morning everyone

Space Dandy 2 was really damn good. Beautiful animation, funny scenes, and a story that made me pretty hungry (I should look up nearby ramen restaurants). This episode established that all three crew members are assholes in their own way. Dandy gets angry pretty easily, Meow is obsessed with his smartphone and social media, and QT just doesn't care.
Fun fact: This is the second time Colleen Clinkenbeard has played a character named Scarlett. The first time is Erza Scarlet on Fairy Tail.

One Piece... still hits hard. The series is loaded with scenes like that. Brace thyselves.

Are we sure that SAO creator Reki Kawahara isn't a 13 old boy? If not, then he has the mind of one.
And yet, I know we're not even at the lowest points. I read what happens in 24... I don't think we're going to make it.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Fell asleep during OG Naruto, I'll catch up on FMA and GitS today

 

[kayos90]

I'm surprised Kayos isnt here

I have to drive early in the morning so I went to bed earlier. Having said that I just read the impressions. It's what I expected. The first half is literally the high point of the show. So.... yeah. It's all a down hill from here. Actually, you can't even really call the show just dropping the ball. The blip on the graph just shows up on the other side of the x-axis and beyond so... lol.

I really wish they focused more on aerial fights because the fight looked really cool. The way they choreographed the movement and the camera-direction was pretty spot on. Not to mention the particle effects such as the smoke and stuff was nice looking. Too bad we'll NEVER get this.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Space Dandy improved this week but I still had some major problems with the writing. Alright, we get that Dandy and Meow are incompetent, there's no need to shove that down our throats with scene after scene of them being stupid. Same thing goes for the guy chasing them, I GET IT WATANABE; HE'S DUMB LOLOMGROFL.

The social media gag was funny at first but that joke got run into the ground pretty quickly. I feel like the 'comedy' writing for this show is overly juvenile and that just doesn't appeal to me in large doses. Duckroll said it best over in Space Dandy OT:

Well, the comedy still isn't really working for me. A lot of the humor feels a bit too try-hard, and instead of being scripted to be funny in the writing, it feels like they're hoping the hectic animation and direction carries it instead. The animation is really, really good, but while it's well animated (and the action actually pretty exciting), the physical comedy doesn't seem very effective. It feels like a lot of the jokes here are targeted at an internet meme generation, which I can't really relate to when it comes to comedy. Twitter jokes, Google Maps jokes, Oh Look At How Stupid This Guy Is jokes. Zzzzz.

The animation continues to be top notch, the scene where Scarlett fought almost made my eyeballs melt. I'm sure we'll see more of her going forward, I just hope she doesn't become marginalized eye candy that's only there to look hot and beat up dudes the idiotic main characters come across.

While Meow is proving to be more likeable than the star of the show, I can't help but wonder why there's been so little character development with him. We got a whole sob story from some random ramen making space roach but I still barely know anything about Meow. Why did he decide to follow Dandy? Where is he from? What's his story? What are his motivations? All these things should have been laid out or at least hinted at by now.

I like how this week had some actual structure although we still have no idea how the crew survived an exploding planet last episode. The Bebop nod was cool and 'boobies' was minimalized. I also appreciated the more serious tone of the episode at the end; Ramen pops truly was the highlight. Next weeks billing as a fanservice episode might bring the cringe back up a notch though.

Overall this episode was an improvement over the last but I have to agree with Seda's statement:

I can laugh at Dandy's and Meow's ineptitude, but probably not for 26 episodes.

Scale back on the joke overkill, write for an audience over the age of 12, pepper in some more cool action scenes, focus on character development, and have more cool character like Ramen pops. Dandy has potential but I'm not in love with it anything about it outside of the animation and music.

 

[Man God]

I can laugh at their ineptitude for 78 episodes.

 

[BassForever]

My hope is later episodes will have a larger focus on action/comedy scenes like the one on the planet in episode 1 and less try to be carries all by the dialogue. That or the dialogue is gonna really need to step it up.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

My hope is later episodes will have a larger focus on action/comedy scenes like the one on the planet in episode 1 and less try to be carries all by the dialogue. That or the dialogue is gonna really need to step it up.

Yeah, that sequence was sublime. However, the comedy writing is pretty darn bad most of the time in my opinion. It's like they're trying to appeal to preteens and manchildren who spend half their day looking up lolcats. No offense to anyone here who enjoys that type of stuff, it just doesn't appeal to me in large doses. Even the good gags like the social media thing and meow broadcasting their location get run into the ground which just dampens the experience.

The best part of last week was when Dandy went in a serious direction with its writing. The ramen pops scene was very well executed and clearly the highlight of the entire episode. I know Dandy is a comedy and I can appreciate some of the humor but I think it needs to stop relying on T&A and repetition to get the 'funny' across. That's going to get old quick.

 

[bigkrev]

Impressions
Space Dandy- better than last week, but it's already wearing thin on me. Next weeks fanservice episode is not going to help matters
Bleach- lol who watches this crap SKIP
Naruto Shippuden- best Ninja came back, but still paced like molasses.
One Piece- great battle and breaking of bonds, but the 5 mins of recap at the beginning of each episode is getting lame.
Soul Eater- LETS ALL TAKE DRUGS! Also, we learned a bit more about Andrex than we wanted to last night, so that's cool
Sword Art Online- Kirito with fairy ears looks like the dorkiest 10 year old ever. Glad he took time out of his pointless bottle to tap his sister's ass like that. Fuck this show.
FLCL- Man, it's kinda creepy that all those girls got bloody noses from watching what technically is child pornography. Fun!
Old Spice Commercial- they really need to stop airing that damn thing its horrific

 

[Doctor Decimate]

My hope is later episodes will have a larger focus on action/comedy scenes like the one on the planet in episode 1 and less try to be carries all by the dialogue. That or the dialogue is gonna really need to step it up.

What fell flat the most for me was probably the physical comedy in this one. It was just sort of "haha, they're hitting each other and stuff."