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Toonami |OT6| Where there's no such thing as filler
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Schadenfreude
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My friend will be quite happy about this news.
BassForever
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It'll get canceled just when it starts to get good
Doctor Decimate
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I think we should try to keep it to shows we're pretty certain will never be on the block, whether that's due to their age or their genre or their licensing issues or just the content. I probably wouldn't have chosen Darker Than Black, honestly.
I think you've got a point. I don't mind one show falling under the "this could totally fit Toonami" idea, but it'd be nice to expand our selections. Just go with shows that're enjoyable and would be fun to discuss with others while watching it. Plus it kind of takes away from the "oh cool, this is gonna be on Toonami, can't wait to see what other people think" factor when we already saw it as a group.
Don't get me wrong, I like the selection we're watching now, just an idea for the future once we finish up one of the shows.
BassForever
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We have a ton of users who watch toonami weekly through the premiers and don't want the pre-show block so I wouldn't be too worried about it. Being someone who's already seen SAO hasn't impacted my "enjoyment" of it being on Toonami
FMA fans, Funimation is making it so The Sacred Star of Milos (dub) is free to watch over the weekend in honor of today being Oct. 3rd.
This is actually a pretty decent movie for those who haven't seen it. Much better than Conqueror of Shamballa anyway.
(Needs more Mustang though)
Schadenfreude
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We should totally do a community watch of that. It's perfect.
mightynine
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I'm down for a FMA movie watch.
Gucci Messiah
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I'm still watching Brotherhood for the first time via toonami, is this going to spoil anything for me?
I'm pretty sure it won't. I recall there's barely any references made to Brotherhood or the original series, since it focuses on a set of characters that appear only in the movie and the plot is separate from the anime/manga. It's a stand-alone film, unlike the previous one which pretty much picks up RIGHT after the original anime's final episode.
Nah, it's a standalone story, and I don't recall it referencing anything in late Brotherhood episodes.
Gucci Messiah
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Nice, I'd be down for a community watch. Apparently the movie becomes available at noon CT and will be on the website through the weekend
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Schadenfreude
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Iirc, the entire series is on Youtube. Sub only, but at least it's official.
The dub is on Hulu as well. It isn't ideal but at least it is something.
Schadenfreude
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I know that feel. I dread watching any series on Hulu.
mightynine
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Glad I picked up those blu-rays then.
The most annoying thing about Hulu is that I was going to catch up this weekend/next week while I'm away from my PC. Got about twenty devices there that can watch Netflix, sure, but none that can do free Hulu and none that do Hulu Plus well at all, because Hulu Plus sucks ass.
That being said I can probably still catch up in two weeks as I have plenty of free time after my work trip.
That being said I can probably still catch up in two weeks as I have plenty of free time after my work trip.
BassForever
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What's the point of paying for Hulu Plus when you still get bombarded with adds? Nothing I've ever wanted to watch on Hulu required Plus and my one friend who paid for it had access to all the same shows I had watched on there.
foxuzamaki
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Kill la Kill for ̶s̶m̶a̶s̶h̶ toonami.
Schadenfreude
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Yes. Kill la Kill definitely has to come to Toonami.
Reading the impressions from the thread & hearing good first impressions. Hopefully will catch it tonight.
& yeah, tried Hulu Plus for a month for free and I HATED that I couldn't choose the quality and it had to stream instead of just load all of it at once. Plus the ads suck as well. Breaks the flow of the show.
BassForever
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I'll 3rd the motion that Kill La Kill needs to be on Toonami in the future
My man! First episode was amazing. If Toonami doesn't get it then I will be forever confused.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
I just watched the first episode of kill la kill and while I enjoyed it, I do have some problems with the show. I know we're only one episode in but if this didn't have a cool artstyle and soundtrack would people in here still praise it? It does some things just as poorly as SAO.
Dude the art style, soundtrack, and stupidity is the whole point of the show have you not seen Gurren Lagann?
It would be saying the same thing as, if you took the whole pirate thing out of one piece......would it still be good?
foxuzamaki
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Kill La Kill is a show that obviously doesnt take itself as seriously as SAO
probably even less so then gurren lagann.
"have you seen gurren lagann?"
BassForever
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It's all in execution, Kill La Kill moves at a break neck speed, but it's zany off the wall art compliments this. The biggest concern I had going in was the main characters battle outfit which the show thankfully played it in such a way that I ended up cuming around to it. KLK also isn't held back by a manga/LN so the creators are free to move the story in any way they see fit. The creative teams last work Gurren Lagann also had (from what I've seen of it) crazy fast pacing and a zany style that complimented each other.
foxuzamaki
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I see.
Obviously they're just making room for the Soul Eater remake right? Right guys?
santeesioux
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I've never understood why they don't get rid of ads when you pay for it, makes no sense. It's a shame too because they have a lot of anime on there.
mightynine
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Hold up on those FMA watch plans:
Funimation said:
BassForever
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So instead of getting the stand alone movie we're getting the film that's the finale to the original filler ending?
Looks like it. I remember that one being...okay. Like, nice to have some closure, but wasn't exactly great.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
I've never seen GL and I thought the whole point of the show was to tell a good story, not focus purely on aesthetics.
And the One Piece analogy is a poor one in my opinion.
booooooo
BassForever
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I think a better example would be watching something like Pineapple Express or Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and complaining because all the humor was stoner jokes. It's kind of the point of those films to be stoner comedy, kill la kill and gurren lagann are meant to be incredibly high speed hot blooded action.
It is but my mind was kind of boggled at that statement it stopped working. You were asking if you took two VERY BIG aspects of a show away would it still be good. The answer would be hell no it would not, taking a very distinctive art style away that fits the story the best then it would not be near as good but why would you do that? It is about a story but a show needs more than a story it needs good art that fits it and music that fits the mood perfect. If you took a good art style and music away from any show no matter how good the story is it would be good at best but not amazing.
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