Gucci Messiah
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You could plug numerous anime into this formula and come to the same conclusion. There's only so many character types, people shouldn't be surprised to find some overlap between action series.
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Toonami |OT2| Time to Push the Button
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KuwabaraTheMan
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Ichigo vs Ulquiorra Round 3 was so blatant Kubo might as well have just written "there's no chapter this week, just go read this chapter of Yu Yu Hakusho. Yusuke is Ichigo, Sensui is Ulquiorra, and pretend that Kurama has boobs". All it was missing was Yammy showing up at the end to say it was okay because Ulquiorra had a fatal disease.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Never watched past the dark tournament arc, cn switched hakusho to an early morning time slot if I remember correctly and I just couldn't stay up that late.
Don't forget:
Sensui: Former Spirit Detective, went insane and evil.
Ginjou: Former Substitute Shinigami, went insane and evil.
Ginjou: Former Substitute Shinigami, went insane and evil.
Aizen was the big bad of two arcs and created both the vaizards and arrancars. He is the antagonist for bleach
None of them are similar. The closest analog is the ichigo/yusuke, and only due to them being protagonists
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Except Younger Toguro was an amazing character, and Elder Toguro was a great villain, while Aizen is a shitty character who exists solely to troll readers and be a subpar knockoff of Naraku.
Oh come on, there's some pretty strong similarities there.
But yeah, Bleach/Yu Yu Hakusho comparisons make no sense. One series stars a teenage school going protagonist who frequently gets into fights, and then meets an otherworldly girl who enlists his help as a spiritual protector of a town, and draws him into fighting some sort of demons and dealing with spirits of dead people, before he and his friends eventually get involved in the politics coming from these other worlds, fend off a proposed invasion from higher forms of those demons, and eventually go to the world where those demons live and get involved with the happenings there.
Wait, which one was that describing again?
Unspeakable Evil
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I miss YYH 
I miss YYH
It will come back to Toonami eventually. It's inevitable.
Maybe when Bleach finally dies?
Oh come on, now. Aizen is line with naraku, the bowser of end bosses? As for the description, when simplified, many series can be similar, like pokemon and the last air bender. I'm not going to pretend there aren't any similarities between the series, but a ripoff is quite a strong word
i don't mind that they're starting from square 1 but only showing one episode per week? fuck outta here AS.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Hopefully. Also, Eureka needs to be replace with G or Wing Gundam.
G Gundam would be AMAZING, sadly neither will likely happen. After Eureka is over of course.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
No. Eureka Seven is great.
I would love to see G Gundam return, though. But no reason both can't are. there's plenty of dead time right now.
I remember watching bleach, the arc in the anime where the mysterious invaders with special powers appear, and I'm usually not one to take notice of these things but this was so blatant.
Almost all of the major plot concepts from that arc were taken from the chapter black saga or third yu yu arc, maybe with some switching around. It is absolutely nuts how no one seems to see that.
I wouldn't say it is better than any of those, maybe better than seed which I've just briefly watched.
I think the hype around Eureka seven has to do with it being refreshing as it harkens back to earlier animes where characters were more fleshed out, but it was done in such a philosophical way that I couldn't find the weight of anything. It just seemed to present an idea and a mood, at first it was fine, then it dragged on, more wacky shit happened, they rallied, fought, repeat until end.
I just look back on it like that shit sucked, something I liked before, but with age, I realize it was cool just because I was starved for something more old school. Besides that, my point stands that the love story, battle, pain shit all didn't mesh, it was just there, it fundamentally sucked because it failed at everything it set out to do.
Almost all of the major plot concepts from that arc were taken from the chapter black saga or third yu yu arc, maybe with some switching around. It is absolutely nuts how no one seems to see that.
I wouldn't say it is better than any of those, maybe better than seed which I've just briefly watched.
I think the hype around Eureka seven has to do with it being refreshing as it harkens back to earlier animes where characters were more fleshed out, but it was done in such a philosophical way that I couldn't find the weight of anything. It just seemed to present an idea and a mood, at first it was fine, then it dragged on, more wacky shit happened, they rallied, fought, repeat until end.
I just look back on it like that shit sucked, something I liked before, but with age, I realize it was cool just because I was starved for something more old school. Besides that, my point stands that the love story, battle, pain shit all didn't mesh, it was just there, it fundamentally sucked because it failed at everything it set out to do.
ThatObviousUser
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I just realized InuYasha is "only" 167 episodes, crazy. I always remember it being so much longer than that, I could have sworn it was Bleach/Naruto/One Piece levels.
It's a nice surprise. At the current rate and if they have it queued up in time, we might be watching The Final Act in only a year and a half.
Required Viewing:
The Downfall of Bleach, Part 1
The Downfall of Bleach, Part 2
It's a nice surprise. At the current rate and if they have it queued up in time, we might be watching The Final Act in only a year and a half.
Required Viewing:
The Downfall of Bleach, Part 1
The Downfall of Bleach, Part 2
Gucci Messiah
Banned
G is my favorite Gundam series but I remember people shitting on it back in 2002 because it was so different from Wing.
And those people were fools. G Gundam is the original Gurren Laggan.
wow i should not have watched those Bleach critique videos lol. Bleach is my favorite of the Big 3 and I just kinda rolled w/ all the shit that happened despite it being kinda stupid...but he took it to another level w/ the critiques. damn.
G was the only one I liked because it was so different from Wing. I dunno, I just never took to Wing. Now that I think about it I've never enjoyed any Gundam besides G.
G was the only one I liked because it was so different from Wing. I dunno, I just never took to Wing. Now that I think about it I've never enjoyed any Gundam besides G.
Dominican Power
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YYH is a thousand times better than Bleach. Bleach is more like DBZ on steroids.
Toonami does need some Gundam.
Toonami does need some Gundam.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/17/nielsen-takes-to-twitter
Good news for people without Nielsen boxes. Better news for Toonami fans that take it to Twitter.
Good news for people without Nielsen boxes. Better news for Toonami fans that take it to Twitter.
So long as it's a GOOD Gundam. None of this 00 stuff.
ThatObviousUser
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I liked 00 but more for its style, I know it's a bad series and it annoys me because it could have been fantastic.
Pretty much. The problem is I don't think they can get anything from before Seed.
ThatObviousUser
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Well, AGE is a perfectly serviceable anime and I still don't understand the hate it got. Very lean series (considering all the happens in it) with good character arcs and motivations.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
08th MS Team was good but toonami shouldn't touch SEED with a ten foot pole
Just to rewind a little bit...
The bolded all either contain at least some kind of plot elements or are otherwise somewhat worth watching for one reason or another (the stuff highlighted in red is stuff you should just flat out NOT skip at all). Everything else is pretty skippable, though there is some decent/watchable stuff mixed in here and there too.
The bolded all either contain at least some kind of plot elements or are otherwise somewhat worth watching for one reason or another (the stuff highlighted in red is stuff you should just flat out NOT skip at all). Everything else is pretty skippable, though there is some decent/watchable stuff mixed in here and there too.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Alright fellas I need a new anime series to sink my teeth into. I would go to anime-gaf, but I like the environment here more so I'll seek your counsel.
Here is a list of my favorite series to give you an idea of what I like:
G Gundam
Gundam Wing
Yu Yu Hakusho
Bleach
Samurai Champloo
Soul Eater
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Already tried One Piece but stopped watching during the skypeia arc and never had any interest in continuing the series. Same thing for Naruto, got bored once the fillers hit and stopped watching.
Any suggestions would be welcome, feel free to ask questions.
Here is a list of my favorite series to give you an idea of what I like:
G Gundam
Gundam Wing
Yu Yu Hakusho
Bleach
Samurai Champloo
Soul Eater
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Already tried One Piece but stopped watching during the skypeia arc and never had any interest in continuing the series. Same thing for Naruto, got bored once the fillers hit and stopped watching.
Any suggestions would be welcome, feel free to ask questions.
Doctor Decimate
Member
i'm going to leave these here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeds3ws8ZFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSosI0rdUTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB-P1qSClHE
Gundam Seed had the BEST music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeds3ws8ZFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSosI0rdUTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB-P1qSClHE
Gundam Seed had the BEST music
Schadenfreude
Member
Bah. Gonna have to skip Toonami this week. Stupid real life responsibilities.
mightynine
Member
Last week pretty big for Toonami numbers:
Bleach - 1,114,000
Naruto - 961,000
ThunderCats - 1,020,000
Samurai 7 - 889,000
Sym-Bionic Titan - 841,000
Eureka 7 - 788,000
Tenchi GXP - 776,000
Fullmetal - 798,000
Cowboy Bebop - 690,000
Cowboy Bebop - 664,000
InuYasha - 640,000
InuYasha - 628,000
Bleach - 1,114,000
Naruto - 961,000
ThunderCats - 1,020,000
Samurai 7 - 889,000
Sym-Bionic Titan - 841,000
Eureka 7 - 788,000
Tenchi GXP - 776,000
Fullmetal - 798,000
Cowboy Bebop - 690,000
Cowboy Bebop - 664,000
InuYasha - 640,000
InuYasha - 628,000
T'cats over a million, even the graveyard shift over 600k. Impressive. Poor Tenchi still falling in a bit of a pit even at 3 am. Big drop off after Fullmetal, though. Kind of odd, but I guess 4 am is the wall.
Clearly this is a MUCH more favorable schedule.
yankeeforever2
Member
I really hope Toonami can get the 1AM-2AM weekday spot next year sometime with ratings like that. Even if it is just Bleach and Naruto in that spot it would be good for more exposure.
You guys are great. I thought I was alone in my G love.
Aha, very nice numbers.
ThatObviousUser
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Woooow.
LOL @ the dip for Tenchi. People just tuning out.
http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/38303582525/important-but-fun-message
Looks like the Toonami crew is puttin together a special Tooami mixtape for Christmas. They just need the fans to do a few things.
1. Get 3500 followers for the tumblr page
2. Try to get all Toonami shows to trend on Twitter this Saturday.
Looks like the Toonami crew is puttin together a special Tooami mixtape for Christmas. They just need the fans to do a few things.
1. Get 3500 followers for the tumblr page
2. Try to get all Toonami shows to trend on Twitter this Saturday.
Woo! Way to go ThunderCats.
Oh, wow. Something tells me fans are going to go nuts trying to get this.
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