Imperial Bishop
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This opening perfectly represents the heterosexual, platonic relationship between Naruto and Sasuke.
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This opening perfectly represents the heterosexual, platonic relationship between Naruto and Sasuke.
BassForever
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Schadenfreude
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I've seen enough DTL posts to know this isn't true
THAT'S THE JOKE.JPG
Imperial Bishop
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Schadenfreude
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Dude what? They totally want to fuck.
Nope, don't see it.
That's cause you only see the non-canon. Naruto and Sasuke totally want to get up in each other's ninjutsu.
Schadenfreude
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Are we watching the same anime? Naruto and Sasuke's obsession with each other is beyond that of normal best friends.
That OP is way too good for the show we've been watching.
Remember that they are both friendless dorks though. People get obsessive over their first true friends and the fights between two can be painful.
(Ignores Naruto having friends, one father figure who is ignored after the first episode, then another much cooler father figure.)
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UltraGunner
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Yup just a couple of bros looking longingly at each others eyes.
yes
(This is the point where I DON'T ADMIT that there's a giant chuck of Shippuden I haven't seen and might have only watched the opening in threads like these over the years so I have no clue what any of these names are. Hell the only two I know the name of are Hero's Come Back and distance, aka YOU ARE MY FRIEND AAAH AAH)
Have you heard the AmaLee version?
Imperial Bishop
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That's not how you spell Sign.
Funny thing is...I've quit on this arc twice before. Right in the middle of it. Before the filler started. It's like my brain knew I wasn't ready for it.
My main issue with the filler here is how much of a lead time the manga had over the anime at the time. In my mind I was thinking that because of that massive lead time, there shouldn't be any need for filler arcs for good long while. The first one that popped up was my limit and I was out. That was even after forgiving the insanely poor pacing of the first two arcs just because Naruto was back on the air and it was actual canon episodes.
Yep, and this is exactly why people think the Naruto Non-Canon material is so awful, they were all fired up by the manga for the first two arcs. Then the anime ruins it with the worst pacing ever (above and beyond the awful animation) and heads into filler barely a year into its run anyways! Luckily it all works out in the end and Shippuden apparently has even better Non-Canon material than OG Naruto.
Doctor Decimate
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Previously:
episode 62
episode 63
Last time on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the team’s ticket home was destroyed. Now, in episode 64, they are informed of a new extraction point: an isolated, volcanic island. They make their way to the island, fighting off droid attacks along the way. R2 decides to tell his droids that they need to stay behind to
Christopher Walken decides to release the hounds with some creatures called anoobas. They look about how you’d expect an alien wolf/dog/thing to look, though they have one massive goofy tooth on their lower jaws that looks like it would make attacking anything extremely difficult. Tarkin whines about the possibility that the gunships won’t be at the extraction point, which prompts Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan to rehash the conversation last episode about how the Jedi are simply peacekeepers with a code that sometimes prevents them from doing crazy wartime stuff. Anakin mentions to Tarkin that arguing with Piell is not the greatest career move, to which Tarkin replies that he doesn’t have to worry too much since he’s “fallen into favor with the Chancellor.” They have a weird bonding moment over this in case you didn't get the idea yet.
The team hears the anoobas howl in the distance and decides to ambush them. When the creatures arrive, Anakin and Obi-Wan (who were out front as bait) start outright slaughtering them. The remaining members of the team, who hid as the anoobas passed, are ambushed by droids, which Ahoska and Piell stay behind to fight. The battle commences, and Piell is soon mauled by an anooba and forced to pass on his half of the MacGuffin to Ahsoka. In the aftermath, the team wraps Piell’s body and lowers it into the lava as a funeral. Christopher Walken hops onto a flying Segway with another droid squad and heads off to find the escapees.
The Republic ships arrive as the team nears the island and are attacked by the flying Segways. Christopher Walken is shot down and nearly kills Tarkin before Ahsoka sticks a lightsaber through his chest. Tarkin thanks her and tells Anakin that he has trained her well, but because he’s a future villain he does this like it’s no big deal and he’s been saying it all along. The team manages to board a gunship and escape. Back on Coruscant, Tarkin remarks that he’s been ordered to tell his half of the MacGuffin not to the Jedi Council, but to Palpatine. Ahsoka promised Piell that she’d only talk to the Council. Anakin asks Plo Koon if Ahsoka if he assigned her to the mission (which should be obvious at this point), to which he gives the cheestastic answer, “It appears I did.” Tarkin shakes hands with Anakin as faint echoes of the Darth Vader theme play, and he says that he wishes more Jedi had Anakin’s “military sensibilities” and offers to put in a good word with Palpatine. Anakin says to Obi-Wan that he thinks they need people like Tarkin. Get it? Get it? Do you? Do you? Obi-Wan says honor is the most important in a war, and that sacrificing their code can make them lose that.
The short length of the recap here sort of speaks to the quality of the episode. There's a ton of action, but it's not really noteworthy enough for me to give a play by play. It's good, don't get me wrong, but after three episodes the novelty has worn off to the point where I think the only notable thing is how brutal the killing of the anoobas can be. The maddeningly obvious foreshadowing with Tarkin continues to be an issue, as do the contrivances that result in Ahsoka being important. The Citadel arc is fine and a vast improvement over how shitty the Mortis arc eventually became, but it feels a little drawn-out and its two main subplots are annoying. Piell was a bit of a fun character, though mostly because I just pictured him as Yoda if Yoda was a hardass Russian.
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RIP dragon dicks.
I'd like to add I am loving your reviews GMN. Just throwing that out there.
Doctor Decimate
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hooray somebody reads them!
true. Christopher Walken With Strep Throat sounds kind of cool, and this guy is....not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsIECBDNBkQ
also, searching for him on youtube is hard. for some reason he's the subject of rap battles and music videos.
zedreamcast
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I dont get what toonami has against openings that arent Attack on Titan...
So I finished up Bleach and One Piece.
Bleach: A lot happened which was cool. That Giriko fight was too funny. Dude turned into Hulk and get rekt. Can't wait for this fight.
One Piece: Glad to see they finally finished up that Luffy/Blueno from the bar fight. Looks like Luffy's other trick might be turning into a Titan.
Bleach: A lot happened which was cool. That Giriko fight was too funny. Dude turned into Hulk and get rekt. Can't wait for this fight.
One Piece: Glad to see they finally finished up that Luffy/Blueno from the bar fight. Looks like Luffy's other trick might be turning into a Titan.
Doctor Decimate
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also, I just realized that Ahsoka basically destroyed Alderaan by saving Tarkin.
good job.
good job.
Doctor Decimate
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Only two episodes left in season 3. I'm probably gonna take a break between seasons next week (also because I have like three papers due.)
I'll probably do the movie and the fucking horrible Jar Jar episode that Toonami skipped that weekend, though.
I'll probably do the movie and the fucking horrible Jar Jar episode that Toonami skipped that weekend, though.
Imperial Bishop
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The anime opening to end ALL anime openings. (slightly NSFW-ish)
What the hell did they do to the Sora no Otoshimono opening?
God i remember that show i was a lot younger but i saw like two episodes before i said f this im done
Oh yeah, ik why i remembered that so well. I have ring my bell on my ipod. It grows on you really fast and i see it linked around a decent bit.
That's something someone like Coop would do in Megas XLR.
UltraGunner
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You laugh but it totally makes sense to have toilets in the cockpit. That time in 00 where Celestial Being sortied for more than 12 hours straight makes a whole lot more sense now.
Imperial Bishop
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I've already bought every season of Heaven's Lost Property on Amazon today.
It affected me that much.
I could not stop laughing at the angel shooting beams to the kids crouch
I cant even imagine the pitch for something like this
It's a family friendly romp for all ages!
UltraGunner
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I thought this would be a Geneon dub since they used to dub practically everything regardless of quality or subject matter. Wouldn't ya know it, this was a Funimation Joint.
That gave me a bigger chuckle then it should.
Wait, he's aware he's a knucklehead?
So, they're just going to exploit it like any other franchise then actually try making Sword Art Online itself.
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