So...that new Berserk anime is starting in two days....
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I don't know what's going to be worse for the eyes. The CGI or the arguments about Berserk's content whenever a Berserk Musou thread pops up in Gaming.
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I don't know what's going to be worse for the eyes. The CGI or the arguments about Berserk's content whenever a Berserk Musou thread pops up in Gaming.
So...that new Berserk anime is starting in two days....
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I'm sure the anime will be alright.
...Right?
BassForever
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I mean having a buddy who's only experience in Berserk is the first 10 chapters and the 3 films he found that the story and characters made him forgive them inconsistent CGI animation. I imagine the same will be true for this series die hard manga fans will be upset at the arcs that are skipped or other minor details the anime doesn't include, anime gaf will hate it because of the CGI animation and frame rate, people who just enjoy a good dark story with a lot of action will be blown away by it and look past the animation and not know about the cut content.
Yo, what, they're showing Digimon Tri's dub in theaters this September. My friend will probably be interested & I'd totally be up for seeing it.
............can't wait to find out my theater isn't showing it....
............can't wait to find out my theater isn't showing it....
Hmm...I wonder who's gonna voice Tai since Joshua Seth retired years ago. Same with Joe and Micheal Lindsay.
Dangansona
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So two questions about the state of Toonami as someone just coming back:
1) Are these numbers bad?
2) And more importantly, what has been the story of Toonami when it shut down and since it's return? Wikipedia tells me the ratings weren't good enough, but doesn't really go into much detail about what convinced CN execs to bring it back and all it says about the years since is what shows have come in and out. Are things going well?
Numbers always suck in the summer.
The guys in charge of CN at the time were trying to transition away from cartoons and such and into live-action. No that's not a joke. Many good shows died as a result.
Don't worry about it, is what DeMarco's line on numbers is. It's the middle of the night, so long as Toonami keeps beating everything else easily there's no issue.
Those numbers aren't too bad actually, better than last weeks but just a little lower than the typical over the last several weeks (months even) and moving up a half hour hasn't really seems to be beneficial ratings-wise. That drop from HxH to Champloo isn't great.
Truthfully, ever since DBZ came back a year and a half ago, ratings have been generally the best they've been for the revived block.
Here's the thing, while I totally blame the management for attempting to get rid of all but the cheapest Canadian cartoons and Ben Ten back during the dark ages I can't blame them for canning TOONAMI as an afternoon block. There just plain wasn't enough good action cartoons in the pipeline to run that stuff 5 days a week, especially on the anime side of things, trying to hit a preteen/teen audience. Naruto was the last best hope in that regard but even that needs a decent amount of edits to get on afternoons.
TOONAMI as a nostalgia reboot assimilating the Adult Swim Action block however is a genius move. TOONAMI already had history there targeting an older audience with the Midnight Run Uncut versions/exclusives like 08th MS.
TOONAMI as a nostalgia reboot assimilating the Adult Swim Action block however is a genius move. TOONAMI already had history there targeting an older audience with the Midnight Run Uncut versions/exclusives like 08th MS.
Doctor Decimate
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I'm not a fan of the CGI in the Berserk movies but I never considered it a total dealbreaker; it's jarring as hell, but I found it more or less passable. That said, there's one flashback in the second movie (might be the first) that is completely unwatchable and actually gave me a headache.
I blame them for killing off the Saturday night block though. There was enough there that could get by edits to justify that. Plus they had some really cool shows in the pipeline at the time.
Hellwarden
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CN Real wasn't all bad.
Andrew W.K. got some work out it.
That's it tho.
Andrew W.K. got some work out it.
That's it tho.
Schadenfreude
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I genuinely enjoyed Destroy, Build, Destroy. The stuff they built was cool. Of course, I was 17 at the time so some might question what I was doing watching a tv show intended for preteens and to those people I say "Your mom".
Pretty much the reason it failed.
Doctor Decimate
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remember those CN city bumps
those were cool
those were cool
Yup. Good times.
Hellwarden
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Wouldn't that be a super-quick turn-around for the dub?
grandjedi6
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Soul Eater is never coming back because the manga is over.
Bleach continues to be a very real, very terrible, possibility.
Hellwarden
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I have a feeling
Aizen is gonna fight Yhwach, and it's gonna be the dumbest thing ever.
"Oh you thought you could alter my future? But you see, Yhwach, the past me is my illusion, so we're actually fighting on an entirely different reality from the actual illusion of future past self.
Oh, and I made another Hogyoku, but even I can't remember what this thing is supposed to do now."
"Oh you thought you could alter my future? But you see, Yhwach, the past me is my illusion, so we're actually fighting on an entirely different reality from the actual illusion of future past self.
Oh, and I made another Hogyoku, but even I can't remember what this thing is supposed to do now."
My money. Shut up and take it!
When you're drenched in Bleach, things don't gotta make any sense.
That sounds trolltastic. I love it.
ShinRPGamer
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I recall Joshua Seth saying that he would love to return to voice Tai if presented the opportunity. Question is if they attempt to reach out to him.
Schadenfreude
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Welp, Togashi is going on hiatus again. I want to die. Wish that man would hire assistants or get someone else to do the drawing for him.
But that dragon quest though
Pretty sure his wife animated the last chapters.
At least we got a killer fight. See you what, next year for 7 more chapters?
Edit1: Artist interpretation of Togashi:
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Funniest thing about all of this?
We just took off on a fucking BOAT in the manga. RIP HxH manga fans.
BassForever
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I mean we just had Dimension W airing only 6 weeks after it aired in Japan and Space Dandy airing before it aired in Japan so it's not unheard of. The issue is Blue Exorcist is an aniplex show most likely and they've never done the simuldub thing before.
Despite what Shard says the show has a pretty strong chance to air on the block. It and OPM are both incredibly popular and dubbed it's more a matter of when not if they air IMO. I don't think Shard's argument that it won't be a dub premier holds water since we've had shows like M&H and InuYasha TFA act years after their dub premiers.
Broadcast dub already happened and they hype and urgency have died down quite a bit. If it shows up I wouldn't expect it soon, like not this year kind of deal. Also, Aniplex did a simuldub of DURARARA!! Seasons 2 and 3.
Go back a year. If memory serves we hit a doldrums the previous year too. We are entering peak vacation period for many.
BassForever
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Oh yeah I forgot about Aniplex doing a simuldub so I guess we could see Blue Exorcist sooner then expected guess it depends upon how much Toonami/Aniplex made off it's tv airing and if there's interesting in airing more of it.
I'm also not saying MHA will happen sooner then later, just that it'll happen eventually. I know you think MHA is over rated and anime gaf certainly feeds into the narrative that hype is dying down since they never cared for it, but it's getting enough buzz to warrant a second season being announced asap unlike other series like Shokugeki no Soma where there was uncertainty if season 2 would happen.
Just for giggles, perhaps Funi was planning to have Toonami premier the simuldub for MHA after Dimension W ended, but Toonami already had plans for Gundam IBO so Funi premiered the simuldub on their website and it'll be the replacement for Samurai Champloo announced next week. That is just as likely a scenario as "the boat has passed" or almost any other show being announced. Until Toonami specifically comments on MHA like they have for JoJo or Sailor Moon Crystal it can't be written off in any meaningful way.
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