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Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

Barudak posted:

So ok, Ive been out of the loop a bit here but seriously, is the only qualification for being a Gundam writer "Has no understanding whatsoever of how social and political systems work?"

The writers of G Gundam and the first Build Fighters seemed to understand that the best political and social systems are ones where cool giant robots beat the poo poo out of each other in flashy ways.

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TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

Argus Zant posted:

No, you also need to be just straight-up incompetent and a bad writer in general

otherwise we wouldn't get such franchise staples as "scene where characters have extended monologues about loving beliefs and politics to the entertainment of absofuckinglutely nobody," or "episode of a Mech show where nobody touches a loving Mech," or "character is a whiny poo poo who won't shut the gently caress up and pull their head out of their rear end"

Hey I thought we were talking about Gundam, not Evangelion!

Rudoku
Jun 15, 2003

Damn I need a drink...


JT Jag posted:

Fuuuuuuck you Adult Swim for continually burying HxH like this

Are you trying to get it cancelled? It's actually good poo poo!

edit: just straight up get rid of both Kai and Gundam, replace Gundam with some random filler that runs behind HxH, and this is a much better and probably higher-rating bloc

Kai just doesn't have any draw when Super is already running on the same bloc

Nah I'd they were trying to get it cancelled, they'd put it after Naruto.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

TwoPair posted:

Hey I thought we were talking about Gundam, not Evangelion!

Evangelion didn't have many of those oddly enough.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
Also I happened on a review of IBO II and I can't believe they are doing that for real so season 2 is gonna be something when it gets brought over.

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr

CasinoV posted:

Worst part is, the action for this arc starts in the next episode. :/

I'd actually be fine with HXH at 2 but gently caress if that Gundam Unicorn isn't a high hurdle to jump.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
I am actually liking Unicorn as it is so loving hard to keep all the events straight but it's kind of fun to try.

Where I had no idea what was going on in IBO because I just couldn't make myself care.

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

I was actually fine with IBO season 1 but I lost all interest in season 2 about halfway because they went into the season with a number of stupid loving decisions that actively worked to disengage me.

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT4kGgPeivA

http://toonamifaithful.com/press-release-toonami-celebrates-20-years-of-action/

quote:

Adult Swim’s Toonami Celebrates 20 Years of Action

Ghost in the Shell’s Mamoru Oshii to Premiere New Micro-Series on Anniversary Weekend

Adult Swim’s dedicated weekend block, Toonami, celebrates 20 years with live streams, never-before-seen animated shorts and giveaways. The weekend celebration will kick-off Friday, March 17 with a Toonami Pre-Flight live-stream on Toonami.com/PreFlight and will feature Jason DeMarco and Gill Austin, the iconic voices of T.O.M and SARA, and classic footage from the past and an interview with co-creator Sean Akins.

Toonami first appeared on Cartoon Network’s afternoon programming block on March 17, 1997 and returned as a Saturday-night block on Adult Swim in 2012. Part lifestyle brand, part programming block, Toonami helped usher in the wave of anime in the late 90s. Toonami has recently welcomed back new episodes of Samurai Jack, and has extended its broadcast a half-hour earlier to 11 p.m. ET/PT.

“It’s hard to believe Toonami is celebrating its 20 year anniversary. Much has changed since Toonami’s premiere in 1997, but our strategy remains the same: to air the best anime and action cartoons, packaged and presented in a way that respects and welcomes fans” says DeMarco, senior vice president and creative director, on-air for Adult Swim. “Those fans are the reason Toonami still exists in 2017, and we couldn’t be more thankful for their years of support. Here’s hoping we’re still around for another 20 years.”

Viewers across the country are invited to join the festivities with a special, live edition of Toonami Pre-Flight starting at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. Steve Blum, voice of T.O.M will be live in the studio to help celebrate and answer fan questions along with DeMarco and Austin. Blum’s otherworldly counterpart, Dana Swanson (SARA), will also present an exclusive reflections piece. There will be favorite Toonami memories, throwbacks and more.

The celebration will continue into the March 18 broadcast of Toonami, with the help of Arby’s®. Fans of the block voted on their favorite graphics look of Toonami throughout the years and starting that Saturday, The premiere of legendary director Mamoru Oshii’s (Ghost in the Shell) five-episode micro-series, “Sand Whale and Me,” is also scheduled for Midnight. Each 5-minute episode will run throughout the next five consecutive weeks. For on-air eyes only, fans will have the limited chance to participate in an anniversary-themed giveaway to win T-shirts, T.O.M action figures, a limited run, printed comic from Intruder 3, and more. Details on how to register will be revealed during that night’s broadcast.

Toonami airs Saturday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT and Toonami Pre-Flight airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on AdultSwim.com.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Guess what's finally coming to Blu-ray in June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AJA82rTJmM

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyO6hdw6IzU

NEW DEVILMAN

MASAAKI YUASA

NETFLIX FUNDING

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Dred Cosmonaut
Jan 6, 2010

There once was a tiger-striped cat.
yo what toonami is premiering some oshii poo poo? cool,

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr

Dred Cosmonaut posted:

yo what toonami is premiering some oshii poo poo? cool,

Live action/CGI though, so don't get your hopes up.

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr

livingfruitvirus posted:

New schedule effective March 25th:

11:00 PM - Samurai Jack
11:30 PM - Dragon Ball Super
12:00 AM - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
12:30 AM - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
1:00 AM - Tokyo Ghoul
1:30 AM - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
2:00 AM - Hunter X Hunter
2:30 AM - Naruto: Shippuden
3:00 AM - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex


HXH at 2 AM. Groan.

^^^^^^ DISREGARD THIS!!! There has been an update as of this morning. It'll now be this:

11:00 PM - Samurai Jack
11:30 PM - Dragon Ball Super
12:00 AM - Sand Whale and Me (5 week microseries)
12:05 AM - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
12:30 AM - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
1:00 AM - Tokyo Ghoul
1:30 AM - Hunter X Hunter
2:00 AM - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
2:30 AM - Naruto: Shippuden
3:00 AM - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

livingfruitvirus fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Mar 16, 2017

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

livingfruitvirus posted:

^^^^^^ DISREGARD THIS!!! There has been an update as of this morning. It'll now be this:

11:00 PM - Samurai Jack
11:30 PM - Dragon Ball Super
12:00 AM - Sand Whale and Me (5 week microseries)
12:05 AM - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
12:30 AM - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
1:00 AM - Tokyo Ghoul
1:30 AM - Hunter X Hunter
2:00 AM - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
2:30 AM - Naruto: Shippuden
3:00 AM - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

hahah wow I wonder if they got some noteworthy backlash.

Really though, whatever the cause, glad to see the change.

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod


livingfruitvirus posted:

^^^^^^ DISREGARD THIS!!! There has been an update as of this morning. It'll now be this:

11:00 PM - Samurai Jack
11:30 PM - Dragon Ball Super
12:00 AM - Sand Whale and Me (5 week microseries)
12:05 AM - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
12:30 AM - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
1:00 AM - Tokyo Ghoul
1:30 AM - Hunter X Hunter
2:00 AM - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
2:30 AM - Naruto: Shippuden
3:00 AM - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Lol unicorn. Can't wait for it to be shuffled behind gits

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

livingfruitvirus posted:

^^^^^^ DISREGARD THIS!!! There has been an update as of this morning. It'll now be this:

11:00 PM - Samurai Jack
11:30 PM - Dragon Ball Super
12:00 AM - Sand Whale and Me (5 week microseries)
12:05 AM - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
12:30 AM - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
1:00 AM - Tokyo Ghoul
1:30 AM - Hunter X Hunter
2:00 AM - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
2:30 AM - Naruto: Shippuden
3:00 AM - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Oh wow I didn't know that Sand Whale & Me thing was only gonna be 5 minutes. I figured it was a full length show and that they'd just dump GitS or Naruto for 5 weeks.

Actually I didn't know poo poo about Sand Whale and thought it was a movie :sweatdrop:

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

CasinoV posted:

Worst part is, the action for this arc starts in the next episode. :/
The entire arc from next episode on is real good, I'm super mad

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

JT Jag posted:

The entire arc from next episode on is real good, I'm super mad
I don't want to be "that guy" who overhypes things: I've hyped HxH enough. But I can say that the Phantom Troupe is the most well realized "team of antagonists" I personally have ever seen in any medium, please keep watching.

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Lol okay

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Arist posted:

Lol okay
It is entirely my opinion, one I do not expect most to share, and to go into any detail as to why I hold it would constitute major spoilers. That said, I believe it is valid enough that people that are borderline on the show should stick with it and judge for themselves.

Related, there are some really sick fights coming up.

JT Jag fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Mar 16, 2017

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

JT Jag posted:

I don't want to be "that guy" who overhypes things: I've hyped HxH enough. But I can say that the Phantom Troupe is the most well realized "team of antagonists" I personally have ever seen in any medium, please keep watching.

What does well realized mean, as most don't even have much of a character.

Cool powers tho.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

CharlestheHammer posted:

What does well realized mean, as most don't even have much of a character.

Cool powers tho.
I really can't go into detail yet, though I'll definitely post about what I like about them and what I think makes them unique when the time comes.

I Am Fowl
Mar 8, 2008

nononononono

JT Jag posted:

I don't want to be "that guy" who overhypes things: I've hyped HxH enough. But I can say that the Phantom Troupe is the most well realized "team of antagonists" I personally have ever seen in any medium, please keep watching.

I don't like Hunter x Hunter, but I think the Yorknew City stuff is probably the best part of the series.

I also don't understand why people like the Chimera Ant Arc.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Mr. Fowl posted:



I also don't understand why people like the Chimera Ant Arc.

It owns. It's my favorite arc and it isn't even close

Dred Cosmonaut
Jan 6, 2010

There once was a tiger-striped cat.

JT Jag posted:

I don't want to be "that guy" who overhypes things: I've hyped HxH enough. But I can say that the Phantom Troupe is the most well realized "team of antagonists" I personally have ever seen in any medium, please keep watching.

you need to watch more stuff dude lol

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Dred Cosmonaut posted:

you need to watch more stuff dude lol

Yeah I like the PT but I have read the manga and their backstory and character dynamics are the most generic anime thing possible.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
PT is when I started liking the show more, but it is not some massively unique group of nerds. Hisoka is the only antagonist in the show with any real character to himself, the rest are okay, but not spectacular.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

Captain Baal posted:

PT is when I started liking the show more, but it is not some massively unique group of nerds. Hisoka is the only antagonist in the show with any real character to himself, the rest are okay, but not spectacular.

Ok that is a lie due to the Chimera Ant arc. We can go into more detail once we actully get there in 30 episodes or so.

Momomo
Dec 26, 2009

Dont judge me, I design your manhole
Without saying too much I really hated how the Phantom Troupe ended up at the end of Yorknew, but I hated the Chimera Ants so much that they're a breath of fresh air.

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr
https://twitter.com/RichardEpcar/status/842511677526495232

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Are they seriously just now recording that, wow

livingfruitvirus
Nov 20, 2002

Grrr

Arist posted:

Are they seriously just now recording that, wow

Either that or they're very very deep into it.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

Arist posted:

Are they seriously just now recording that, wow

If any screens of it are being shown by people working on it, it's probably almost done or done.

Condiv
May 7, 2008

Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod


it'd be cool if you guys just went straight into part 3 on toonami. i think part 2 has about a month and a half left

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Condiv posted:

it'd be cool if you guys just went straight into part 3 on toonami. i think part 2 has about a month and a half left

They are either going straight to or not at all.

I can't see them doing anything in between

bondster
May 6, 2007

Condiv posted:

it'd be cool if you guys just went straight into part 3 on toonami. i think part 2 has about a month and a half left

Didn't they say this would happen if the ratings of Part 1/2 were good?

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


JoJo's getting replaced by AoT, I'm pretty sure

Captain Baal posted:

If any screens of it are being shown by people working on it, it's probably almost done or done.

Oh okay, wasn't sure. Nearest I can tell that screen is from pretty early, though.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

bondster posted:

Didn't they say this would happen if the ratings of Part 1/2 were good?

Yeah DeMarco said they want to go straight through if it caught on.

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Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

Richard Epcar should do an over the top Japanese accent when saying OH MY GOOOOOOD and HOLY SHEEEEET and SANNADA BEETCH

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