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Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54076: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:30:12 PM

Oh yeah, this almost slipped my mind. ^_^;; Which one would be worse to deal with: Asta or Asuka?

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#54077: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:32:25 PM

Asta. As if that even needed to be said. [lol]

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#54078: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:33:36 PM

Asta, Full Stop. Asuka at least behaves like a human being. A severely dysfunctional human being to be certain, but a human being nonetheless.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#54079: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:34:45 PM

Asuka actually went through character development in around 24 episodes & as said is a general well-defined character & human being despite her immense neurosis.

Asta....... (checking the recent manga chapter) after chapter 168 is still Asta.

Edited by slimcoder on Aug 4th 2018 at 11:34:50 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#54080: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:38:15 PM

Asta....... (checking the recent manga chapter) after chapter 168 is still Asta.

Jeebus.

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#54081: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:44:46 PM

[up] If he has gotten any character development in that frame of time then its some subtle ass barely noticeable character development.

And on that account the anime is currently on chapters 45-46 whatever. Next 3 episodes are gonna be major slogs as mentioned.

Edited by slimcoder on Aug 4th 2018 at 11:47:36 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#54082: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:44:53 PM

No contest: Asta.

Also, I second that.[up][up]

Edited by BearyScary on Aug 4th 2018 at 10:44:33 AM

Do not obey in advance.
Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54083: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:45:14 PM

Asta....... (checking the recent manga chapter) after chapter 168 is still Asta.

Well that's just prime.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#54084: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:51:19 PM

Dat. Ass.

Mr. Dandy, I don't feel so good...

Edited by Rojixus on Aug 4th 2018 at 1:52:08 PM

X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#54085: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:55:30 PM

@ Rojixus: Avengers: Pyonium War.

And Here We Go Again!

Edited by X2X on Aug 4th 2018 at 2:58:09 PM

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54086: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:56:04 PM

And thus ends a cool and funny show. :)

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#54087: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:57:34 PM

Rather sad Space Dandy just kinda fell into obscurity.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#54088: Aug 4th 2018 at 11:58:57 PM

Eh, it was all right. Not on the same level as Bebop (of course) or Samurai Champloo

Do not obey in advance.
X2X You'll never see it coming... from the Darkness Beyond Time Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
You'll never see it coming...
#54089: Aug 5th 2018 at 12:08:59 AM

This retrospective I've linked to at least once before goes more in-depth, but what Beary said accounts for a lot of it. You have Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo fame with a new show, and though it's a Genre Buster like those two, the frequent tonal shifts and heavier focus on comedy probably turned off those who were expecting more. And that's to say nothing of the immense hype Space Dandy likely would've never lived up to as the "successor" to what might just be the toughest act to follow in anime history. It certainly has its strengths, but the deck was sort of stacked against Dandy from the word "Go."

At any rate, now's as good a time as any for me to call it a night, so I'll see you all in a week. smile

Edited by X2X on Aug 5th 2018 at 3:18:38 PM

"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar
Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54090: Aug 5th 2018 at 12:31:43 AM

I'm going to turn in for the night as well. Have a good night, everybody. :) You stay classy.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
The Last Nineties Anti-Hero
#54091: Aug 5th 2018 at 12:57:05 AM

And that's it for Toonami. See you all next week!

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#54092: Aug 5th 2018 at 1:07:45 AM

Indeed stay classy space cowboys. cool [tup]

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Chris Tenacious D time! from Deth Starr Since: Mar, 2013
Tenacious D time!
#54093: Aug 5th 2018 at 2:18:49 AM

Thoughts this week...

  • Dragon Ball Super - A fun couple of episodes, and it's nice to see Gohan and Great Saiyaman back.
  • My Hero Academia - Nomu cooperating with the police was weird and a little funny. Apparently he's exceptionally well behaved when there's no villains ordering him around.
  • Pop Team Epic
    • The Hikaru no Go parody makes me wonder what if Toonami tried getting an anime like Yu-Gi-Oh! again (it would help if said anime inexplicably turned into Dragon Ball Z). Also, Cyber-Heihachi needs to be a thing in Tekken.
    • I think my favorite Bob Epic Team skits are the ones that are just crazy recreations of other skits.
    • The You Tube subscription skit was legit creepy during the repeat, if only because of how Todd Haberkorn delivered the dialogue differently.
    • Unrelated to the episode, I hope Season 2 of this show features a Toonami parody.
  • Stardust Crusaders - I was afraid they were gonna shorten the version of the intro with Dio. So glad they went with the full version, and they even dubbed in the english voices!

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Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54094: Aug 5th 2018 at 10:28:13 AM

what if Toonami tried getting an anime like Yu-Gi-Oh! again (it would help if said anime inexplicably turned into Dragon Ball Z)

What do you mean?

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Chris Tenacious D time! from Deth Starr Since: Mar, 2013
Tenacious D time!
#54095: Aug 5th 2018 at 1:51:52 PM

[up] I mean, what if Toonami tried airing another anime like Yu-Gi-Oh! that was centered around a card game or board game?

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Demetrios Making darkness adorable since 1999 from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Making darkness adorable since 1999
#54096: Aug 5th 2018 at 2:17:08 PM

Oh yeah. It would be nice to see that one again. :)

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Chris Tenacious D time! from Deth Starr Since: Mar, 2013
Tenacious D time!
#54097: Aug 5th 2018 at 3:08:39 PM

In case anyone here hasn't seen them yet, here's the promos for Attack on Titan Season 3 and Diamond is Unbreakable...

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Chris Tenacious D time! from Deth Starr Since: Mar, 2013
Tenacious D time!
#54098: Aug 7th 2018 at 8:04:43 PM

AT&T, not long after acquiring Time Warner, have also fully acquired Otter Media and will merge it into the new Warner Media.

What does this mean for Toonami? Otter Media owns Crunchyroll, and this acquisition basically means that Toonami and Crunchyroll will be under the same roof now.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#54099: Aug 8th 2018 at 6:40:33 AM

[up] Best case scenario is that shows that Crunchyroll has the master licenses to, and that Funimation distributes, have a large chance of airing on TV. So stuff like Re Zero, Mob Psycho 100, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Bungo Stray Dogs would all potentially be on the table.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#54100: Aug 8th 2018 at 7:59:30 AM

When Funi dubs those, r those dubs only under Crunchyroll?


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