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Toonami |Mar15| the smartest anime is back!
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? It's aired so late that those ratings are fine. It's also legitimately the best show on the block every week, give or take a few weeks.
Yep, tons of great fights coming up including one of my favorite fights in the series to date.
Unspeakable Evil
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Happy bday! Hope you, Tom, and Sara enjoy that cake.!
No no, here's what they should do
April 1st:
Pilot Candidate and Tenchi Muyo GXP marathon
UltraGunner
Banned
no no no. What they need for April 1st is
the Dub version of Bible Black. Censor the sex parts like in the Room
Imperial Bishop
Banned
How does it drag down the block when it's near the tail end?
I'm fairly certain One Piece cost them a pretty penny since Toei Animation wants to get the most out these broadcast airings. It explains why Kai and OP are being encored so early.
It'll start off as a joke, but then people will start hash-tagging and begging for Toonami on weeknights.
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2:57 mark "...yea I was just jerking off..."
this vid has made the dub v sub fight tip heavily into the dub side favor, I can't see how you could hate any of this
"go on bitch, I wanna cum now"
2:57 mark "...yea I was just jerking off..."
this vid has made the dub v sub fight tip heavily into the dub side favor, I can't see how you could hate any of this
Imperial Bishop
Banned
"You're so mean. My feelings are not a fake."
There's a good reason...
... hentai dubs don't exist anymore
I'm guessing anyway. Oh and both videos are NSFWish.
... hentai dubs don't exist anymore
I'm guessing anyway. Oh and both videos are NSFWish.
Nothing boss! Just talking about Shonen Jump!
I'd say the second videos (NSFL)
"Why did you rape and sodomize me..."
Part of me wishes I could watch this with all the hentai stuff taken out just to hear all the terrible dialogue. It is like the perfect trainwreck of terrible. Porn acting, poor 90's anime acting, and the general sense nobody gave a fuck.
Talking about reading the bible
black
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Crap! Seda's here. Scatter, guys.
"CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN"
You wanna know something that'll make you go "wait, SERIOUSLY?!"
The voice of Melona from Queen's Blade is Lisa Ortiz, AKA AMY ROSE FROM SONIC AND CHOPPER IN SOME OF THE ONE PIECE GAMES. She used a fake name, "Darla Chaney".
So, High School DxD is that really pervy show, right.
Is it even decent for other reasons, or nope.
Oh, I've seen that name before. Yeah, it had to be her at San Japan last summer. There was a female VA panel and I asked her a joke question whether or not Serenity Wheeler lives in New York, haha. She's THAT character? Dayum, son. I've never seen this show, as it's part of my backlog.
From what I understand, it sounds like it's decent for other reasons. I mean, there's a lot of fighting and stuff, so I guess it would fall under Toonami guidelines of "Action." Plus, the 3rd season starts airing next month. Sometimes you wonder about Funimation licensing and marketing, then they say at conventions that those shows sell the most.
[Shrugs]
3 am having a weird bounce on a somewhat regular-ish basis is something that has always been around even in the ASA days.
I always figured it must have something to do with the fact that that's midnight for the West Coast (like West Coasters joining in at the normal time but for some reason watching the East Coast feed?), but how exactly I have no idea. It's been too common a pattern for far too many years to be a coincidence, though.
grandjedi6
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Last call is 2AM
Gucci Messiah
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Ratings were consistent, why are you guys freaking out?
Schadenfreude
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I remember I told my friend about this and it blew his mind.
And then I had to explain what hentai was. >.>
It's all happening again, guys
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012552
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012552
Oh cool, Japan got some awesome clothing based on anime or what characters actually wOH MY GOD IT'S THAT GENERIC HOT TOPIC CRAP
Gucci Messiah
Banned
confession: i buy 90% of my clothes from h&m or goodwill
It's 4 am around here.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
NYC must be nice
It has its moments.
I havent bought new clothes in a while other then some jeans
most of my clothes ive been rocking since high school
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Oh
My
Gawwwwd.
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AH! Here's the SAO 2 promo from the Pre-Flight stream if anyone wants to see it.
I'd say more than moments
Shoot I visited the tourists traps in NYC and still loved it. I see why people love the city.
Wish I got some Halaal Guys.
BTW, or am I crazy thinking MLP was all over GAF until they were contained in community. I remember it being bad but people keep telling me differently. I may need to apologize.
Wish I got some Halaal Guys.
BTW, or am I crazy thinking MLP was all over GAF until they were contained in community. I remember it being bad but people keep telling me differently. I may need to apologize.
Doctor Decimate
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Dragon Ball Z Kai - Vegeta in his Great Ape form has always been my least favorite part of this fight because it results in the whole thing feeling a little stretched. We've gone through this whole thing for it to amount to...mostly nothing. I mean, sure, he stomped Goku, but did we really need to go through another transformation to get to that point? It's not better than what came before, either, so I don't really see the point. Yajirobe feels like he's only here to cut off Vegeta's tail, too, and that's kind of lazy. It's not a huge deal because I don't beileve Toriyama wrote himself into a corner since it would be easy to just have Krillin cut off the tail, but it's still annoying. The fight in general is fine and there's a decent bit of tension when it's Gohan and Krillin alone with Vegeta, though.
Kill la Kill - For an episode focused on Sanageyama, the guy should at least be interesting. And he really...isn't. We get his backstory, and throughout that whole flashback I'm just left wondering why we need to be shown this. He feels very much like a character to be beaten early in the series, and it doesn't help that even characters before this episode have had decent personality. Maybe I'm spoiled by last episode, but the mediocre animation and direction in this one felt like they legitimately detracted from the action to the point where it just took me out of the experience. It has the potential to be a good fight because it's conceptually good, but the execution prevents it from being one. I also think this happens a little too quickly; Sanageyama's "redemption" should be an episode to itself. He pretty much picks himself back up immediately.
Naruto Shippuden - Wow, what a downgrade from last week. The animation has gone from great to laughable in a fight that would be a downgrade even if it had the same level of quality; it just feels like a retread. "HE'S JUST LIKE NARUTO" feels like a shortcut instead of actual character development, too. The backstory could be interesting, but it's so flatly and boringly staged that it isn't.
InuYasha: The Final Act - There's a lot of exposition here for something that isn't terribly complicated, though it's still easy enough to understand, as opposed to last week which made the reason for Sesshomaru's rekindled jealousy seem needlessly complex. I did largely enjoy the confrontation between Sesshomaru and Totosai in spite of this, and the action scenes were decent, though they dragged a bit. It's kind of disappointing that Naraku just chose to appear when Sesshomaru is away, but the result was that Sango actually did stuff! The show seems newly obssessed with giving speeches that amount to very little, however, and Sango's is one of these.
Gurren Lagann - I try my best to not be that guy complaining about all the hype because I feel like I'm largely immune to it and that other people should try to be as well, but I feel like I need to address it here: the hype Gurren Lagann receives is kind of detrimental to the show itself. My expectations, even after I make it through the first two segments of the show, are for things to be explosive. And they are sometimes. But what doesn't get mentioned about Gurren Lagann in general is how much downtime there is, and there is a LOT of downtime. This is the second episode in a row where our characters have just been stuck in something. Sure, there are these great moments like Kittan's death or Kamina reappearing to talk to Simon in this very episode, but they make up a comparatively small amount of screentime. But while I am kind of mad that I feel like I was sold something I didn't get, I do feel the huge amount of downtime is just a problem even outside of the expectations I've had because that downtime just isn't very interesting. There are shows that do downtime well, but I don't think Gurren Lagann is one of them. It feelsl ike the show is waiting around for its big moments to happen more than anything else.
One Piece - This episode tried to get me emotional about this filler nonsense. It is not happening. Especially when the voice actors clearly aren't trying, either.
Deadman Wonderland - Rather mediocre animation at times, and though the training is the worst offender here, I do like it. It feels like real progress is being made without coming off as monotonous. Nagi's freak-out is a particular high point, both in animation and in storytelling. He's not the most developed character, but we do have enough attachment to him that seeing him lose his mind is pretty great. The attemped sexual assault here is problematic. it fits the tone of the show as opposed to some other shows on this block that have brought up the subject, but it feels thrown in for no particular reason here. Well, actually there is a reason, because it fetishizes the position these girls are put in, which is really gross on quite a few diffferent levels.
Kill la Kill - For an episode focused on Sanageyama, the guy should at least be interesting. And he really...isn't. We get his backstory, and throughout that whole flashback I'm just left wondering why we need to be shown this. He feels very much like a character to be beaten early in the series, and it doesn't help that even characters before this episode have had decent personality. Maybe I'm spoiled by last episode, but the mediocre animation and direction in this one felt like they legitimately detracted from the action to the point where it just took me out of the experience. It has the potential to be a good fight because it's conceptually good, but the execution prevents it from being one. I also think this happens a little too quickly; Sanageyama's "redemption" should be an episode to itself. He pretty much picks himself back up immediately.
Naruto Shippuden - Wow, what a downgrade from last week. The animation has gone from great to laughable in a fight that would be a downgrade even if it had the same level of quality; it just feels like a retread. "HE'S JUST LIKE NARUTO" feels like a shortcut instead of actual character development, too. The backstory could be interesting, but it's so flatly and boringly staged that it isn't.
InuYasha: The Final Act - There's a lot of exposition here for something that isn't terribly complicated, though it's still easy enough to understand, as opposed to last week which made the reason for Sesshomaru's rekindled jealousy seem needlessly complex. I did largely enjoy the confrontation between Sesshomaru and Totosai in spite of this, and the action scenes were decent, though they dragged a bit. It's kind of disappointing that Naraku just chose to appear when Sesshomaru is away, but the result was that Sango actually did stuff! The show seems newly obssessed with giving speeches that amount to very little, however, and Sango's is one of these.
Gurren Lagann - I try my best to not be that guy complaining about all the hype because I feel like I'm largely immune to it and that other people should try to be as well, but I feel like I need to address it here: the hype Gurren Lagann receives is kind of detrimental to the show itself. My expectations, even after I make it through the first two segments of the show, are for things to be explosive. And they are sometimes. But what doesn't get mentioned about Gurren Lagann in general is how much downtime there is, and there is a LOT of downtime. This is the second episode in a row where our characters have just been stuck in something. Sure, there are these great moments like Kittan's death or Kamina reappearing to talk to Simon in this very episode, but they make up a comparatively small amount of screentime. But while I am kind of mad that I feel like I was sold something I didn't get, I do feel the huge amount of downtime is just a problem even outside of the expectations I've had because that downtime just isn't very interesting. There are shows that do downtime well, but I don't think Gurren Lagann is one of them. It feelsl ike the show is waiting around for its big moments to happen more than anything else.
One Piece - This episode tried to get me emotional about this filler nonsense. It is not happening. Especially when the voice actors clearly aren't trying, either.
Deadman Wonderland - Rather mediocre animation at times, and though the training is the worst offender here, I do like it. It feels like real progress is being made without coming off as monotonous. Nagi's freak-out is a particular high point, both in animation and in storytelling. He's not the most developed character, but we do have enough attachment to him that seeing him lose his mind is pretty great. The attemped sexual assault here is problematic. it fits the tone of the show as opposed to some other shows on this block that have brought up the subject, but it feels thrown in for no particular reason here. Well, actually there is a reason, because it fetishizes the position these girls are put in, which is really gross on quite a few diffferent levels.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
They weren't joking about putting less narration in promos. This is probably one of their best.
RadioHeadAche
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Are the Gurren Lagann films worth my time if I liked the series, but didn't love it?
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