Awesome work SAB! I love these in particular. I knew you were going to draw the Female Titan in a sexy pose. Lol.
Bravo on keeping up with the counts. Great work. No doubt the most bleeping-ist show ever to grace Toonami.
REVIEWS TIME
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Attack on Titan - Fantastic episode. Action, action, and a mysterious new foe to boot! This is what the show should be 100% of the time. Humans fighting badass titans! I loved the scene where the Female Titan peeked under Armin’s hood and spared his life. That expression on her face was super creepy. I think you guys will enjoy this arc (it’s the only one I’ve seen prior to Toonami).
Bleach - It started out bad with more dumb training but when that turn happened... oh boy... soooo good. Great episode. This villain has finally become interesting. It looks like it’s now up to just Ichigo and Ginjo to fight everybody? Should be interesting.
Space Dandy - Wonderful episode. This is the perfect balance between typical Dandy humor and some serious, emotional feels. The narrator was epic and that ending was wonderfully bittersweet. The music (while much we’d heard before) was all excellent. If I had any complaint, it was that Meow and QT didn’t get to have a side adventure or something.
Naruto: Shippuden - Pretty dull but I’ll give it a pass since this is just a “let’s get going” episode of what looks to be a new adventure. If that albino ninja kid doesn’t eventually get his face punched in, I’ll be upset. Too bad the animation can’t be this good for every episode. There were a ton of lovely little subtle movements, facial expressions and an overall clean, well drawn look to everything this episode compared to the average Shippuden episode which looks like dog poop.
One Piece - Spandam continues to be a jerk but the real threat is clearly his henchmen. Overall, a decent episode but it felt a bit like padding. Hopefully this battle with the Doorway-fruit guy will be as epic as people were hinting. Also, where was the GOAT that is Sniper King?!
Gurren Lagann - Enter Viral, a captain in the Human Eradication Forces and a badass warrior beastman. He may have lost this time due to the formation of the titular Gurren Lagann but he’ll be back. While not completely cured of his fear, Simon now has courage enough to fight along side the one-true-bro that is Kamina. Team Gurren is on their way!
Beware the DentMan - Maybe a bit better than the average BtB episode but it’s still bad. What was good? The voice acting on Metamorpho was decent and it was nice to see a heel turned good guy. That’s about it. The rest sucked. The most insulting part was watching the District Attorney of the city (Harvey Dent) riding around with police in the middle of the night! just for a chance to smear Batman’s reputation. Seriously? Bad guys gotta bad, I guess.
Black Lagoon - I’ll be honest, I was completely underwhelmed by this finale.
I never cared about Yukio and her bad decisions. Not once. Her committing seppuku felt completely deserved and I’m glad she died. The final showdown didn’t even feel necessary and just felt like the show was going through the motions. The only scene I liked was watching Balalaika get creepy flirty with Rock. The after credits scene made up for things a bit but overall this was probably one of my least favorite episodes in what was otherwise a fantastic series filled with some of the best reaction moments ever to occur on Toonami. Wonderful series with a lackluster ending.Naruto - Nothing really to say here. Ninja Info Cards guy shows up and mysteriously helps. The consequences don’t matter because the show is leaving the block and it was a rerun 5 times already. The show is decent but at this point I say good riddance to old news.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Great episode (as usual) with most of the characters meeting the Big Bad for the first time. I love when May’s dream of Al came crashing down. Hehe. Scar was a pure badass and Todd Haberkorn’s performance was awesome. He kills it as Ling. Sometimes I think this show could have aired on prime-time US television and been successful.
Star Wars: The Cone Wars - Politics are boring but I will give this show credit for dealing with serious and complex issues like war and greed in what is essentially a kids show. It certainly treats its audience with more respect and intelligence than that joke that is Beware the BabyMan.
