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[lazybones18]

Baccano without the train or accents.

and no jumping between different time periods

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Can someone give me the back of the box blurb for what DRRR is about?

It's really quite hard, the series is kind of abstract. The Wiki blurb probably gives the best overview:

Mikado Ryūgamine, a young boy who longs for the exciting life of the big city moves to Ikebukuro at the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi Kida, who he has not seen since he was young to attend Raira Academy with him. After meeting Masaomi at the train station, they both set out at night to the streets of Ikebukuro. Masaomi warns him about people he doesn't want to cross in the city: like a violent and superhumanly strong man, Shizuo Heiwajima, an information broker named Izaya Orihara, and a mysterious gang known as "The Dollars." After running into some of the side characters, Mikado witnesses a local legend called the "Black Rider", who rides around Ikebukuro on a black bike that occasionally brays like a horse and also rumored to have no head under its helmet. The "Black Rider" is Celty Sturluson, an Irish dullahan who is in Ikebukuro looking for her stolen head. The narrative follows all of the characters equally, showing how their lives intersect, creating a greater plot-line from what each character knows about a common incident.

And it really is true that each character is given about equal treatment. Side characters get whole eps dedicated to them, etc. It's a very compelling series with great animation and music.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Baccano without the train or accents.

then what's the point?

 

[B-Dubs]

and no jumping between different time periods

Also only a small Issac and Miria cameo

 

[lazybones18]

then what's the point?

but the

Spoiler

Isaac and Miria cameos....with the wrong VAs (fucking dub)

 

[Man God]

but the

Spoiler

Isaac and Miria cameos....with the wrong VAs (fucking dub)

The dub is incredible despite messing this up.

And if I haven't seen Baccano lol?

Well that's on you bub. Go watch Baccano. It's like DRRR, only with accents and a train. Also time skipping and it's a lot better.

 

[Moaradin]

but the

Spoiler

Isaac and Miria cameos....with the wrong VAs (fucking dub)

Not gonna lie, that's pretty much the reason that made me not want to watch DRRR after I finished Baccano!

 

[BassForever]

Okay sounds confusing but worth it for a long investment. How many episodes?

 

[Schadenfreude]

then what's the point?

 

[Doctor Decimate]

i see no accents in this gif

 

[BassForever]

What on earth?

 

[Man God]

DRRR isn't that confusing. Just pay attention.

Baccano is more confusing, but just pay attention and you'll get it.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Durarara!! GIFs? Durarara!! GIFs.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

What on earth?

Dude gets punched so hard that he flies out his clothes. Seems possible.

 

[Schadenfreude]

What on earth?

Just some of the crazy shit that awaits you in Durarara.

i see no accents in this gif

Yu-huh. He does too have an accent. It's all about your point of view.

 

[lazybones18]

Who's up for some Russian sushi?

 

[Seda]

 

[lazybones18]

Not bad, especially on a night where there was UFC PPV and late night college football

 

[Doctor Decimate]

yikes

 

[B-Dubs]

We've seen far worse numbers.

 

[Schadenfreude]

That's pretty decent, imo. Does anyone have the numbers for 1.11? Sidenote: People left when Big O came on and came back for Kick Heart. :___________;

 

[mightynine]

That's in line with what I was expecting, with the combo of holiday weekend and college football.

I would note that's a damn good household share number for Eva.

 

[B-Dubs]

That's pretty decent, imo. Does anyone have the numbers for 1.11? Sidenote: People left when Big O came on and came back for Kick Heart. :___________;

That ain't right...what a bunch of louses

 

[lazybones18]

That's pretty decent, imo. Does anyone have the numbers for 1.11? Sidenote: People left when Big O came on and came back for Kick Heart. :___________;

I guess people wanted to get off on Lady S for a second time

 

[Doctor Decimate]

i'm really curious as to how The Boondocks did now

 

[Gucci Messiah]

This might be the best gif I've ever seen

 

[BassForever]

We've seen far worse numbers.

Does it count as a quint million is the first five slots were all the one film with 1 million viewers?

 

[B-Dubs]

Does it count as a quint million is the first five slots were all the one film with 1 million viewers?

I suppose so, the last eva didn't hit 1 mill from what I remember.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

This might be the best gif I've ever seen

DRRR is probably in my top 5 favorite anime, along with Ouran of course.

 

[Zonic]

That's pretty decent, imo. Does anyone have the numbers for 1.11? Sidenote: People left when Big O came on and came back for Kick Heart. :___________;

It was around 959,000, so there was a bit more viewers that watched the sequel.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Inuyasha's second episode has the third biggest ratings of the night. Uh ok

 

[MetatronM]

Those are excellent numbers for Evangelion if it managed to average over a million across 5 time slots. Especially if you look at where Kick-Heart was and figure that the end of Eva probably wasn't too much higher, probably 100k or so. Which means the opening hour was likely doing full on Bleach numbers.

Very very good numbers for a Labor Day weekend.

 

[B-Dubs]

Inuyasha's second episode has the third biggest ratings of the night. Uh ok

Which episode was that, Miroku perving out on that little girl? That'd make sense since it would have been a shipping episode.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Durarara!! Episode 5: "False Advertising"

All dis foreshadowing and symbolism.

 

[Moaradin]

1 million average for EVA is actually really good. Remember that the movie took 5 slots.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

EVA 1.11 got like 900something and Funimation said they were a little disappointed in that, so i'm kinda worried about this.

 

[BassForever]

EVA 1.11 got like 900something and Funimation said they were a little disappointed in that, so i'm kinda worried about this.

I'm not sure how they could be disappointed by 2.22's performance considering it averaged over 1 million every hour. That's pretty normal for Toonami's first 5 blocks expecting more then that is crazy

 

[Schadenfreude]

EVA 1.11 got like 900something and Funimation said they were a little disappointed in that, so i'm kinda worried about this.

Funimation is full-on crazy if they think these ratings are bad. Either that or they severely overestimate how popular their movies are.

 

[BassForever]

Funimation is full-on crazy if they think these ratings are bad. Either that or they severely overestimate how popular their movies are.

I mean Eva is a pretty big series, but 1am saturday night/sunday morning I'm not sure what ratings Funi was expecting. Anyone have a link to them saying the numbers for 1.11 were disappointing?

 

[Doctor Decimate]

I mean Eva is a pretty big series, but 1am saturday night/sunday morning I'm not sure what ratings Funi was expecting. Anyone have a link to them saying the numbers for 1.11 were disappointing?

it's what a Funimation representative at a convention said, so i guess take it with a grain of salt, but i find it hard to imagine she would be speaking for herself personally.

 

[B-Dubs]

I mean Eva is a pretty big series, but 1am saturday night/sunday morning I'm not sure what ratings Funi was expecting. Anyone have a link to them saying the numbers for 1.11 were disappointing?

It could be they expected a million plus and were disappointed they only hit 900k.

 

[BassForever]

It could be they expected a million plus and were disappointed they only hit 900k.

Maybe that's why 2.22 premiered at 12 instead of 1?

 

[B-Dubs]

Maybe that's why 2.22 premiered at 12 instead of 1?

Could be, also probably has to do with Bleach coming to an end soon. I doubt they're looking forward to that considering the numbers it does, anything to delay the inevitable.

 

[BassForever]

Could be, also probably has to do with Bleach coming to an end soon. I doubt they're looking forward to that considering the numbers it does, anything to delay the inevitable.

No way they'll be able to delay it long enough for Blood War anime to be dubbed. We're currently 67 chapters in and we've still not heard a peep about a final season anime and the ending of war isn't anywhere in sight.

 

[B-Dubs]

No way they'll be able to delay it long enough for Blood War anime to be dubbed. We're currently 67 chapters in and we've still not heard a peep about a final season anime and the ending of war isn't anywhere in sight.

Yep, but it makes you wonder what they'll do. Maybe they'll get lucky and get Shippuden to replace it when the time comes.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Maybe that's why 2.22 premiered at 12 instead of 1?

i just figured that since they have to pay per episode of a show, getting Bleach/Naruto/One Piece off the lineup was the only way they could afford the movie.

 

[BassForever]

Yep, but it makes you wonder what they'll do. Maybe they'll get lucky and get Shippuden to replace it when the time comes.

My guess is move Bleach to 2:30 or 3:00 and just let it repeat, maybe even do an hour block like they're doing with Inuyasha. I also can't see them running Naruto Shippuden and Naruto at the same time and we know they won't be skipping the filler <.< Hopefully someone will have come though in the clutch and finally released a dub of HxH, or maybe Attack on Titan will be ready by then. It's only 26 episodes but it'll probably do gang busters at the 12 slot

 

[Man God]

One Piece is the obvious choice for the 12 am slot as it will literally run fresh episodes for the next ten years or so.

 

[Jintor]

In the absence of a general DC Animated thread I will post this and say KEVIN CONROY IS BATMAN AGAINNNNNN*

*may be region blocked, use a chrome extension or something to unblock dat shit

 

[Shard]

In the absence of a general DC Animated thread I will post this and say KEVIN CONROY IS BATMAN AGAINNNNNN*

*may be region blocked, use a chrome extension or something to unblock dat shit

I really liked that short; god damn I wish Beware the Batman would get better.