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(There's now officially both an Animation for Adults thread and an Adult Swim Megathread in TVIV since a lot of people wanted to discuss Adult Swim stuff without drowning in anime chat. If you wanna talk about other Adult Swim shows here, then that's still perfectly cool, just know that you won't get as many replies/interest as you may want) Spoiler policy (for ADTRW regulars): please don't post spoilers for shows just in case we have people going in blind watching them. Well, unless you want to spoil one of the never-ending shonen shows like Naruto, 'cause no one gives a poo poo. Welcome to the Toonami thread for 2023 everyone! Toonami was America's premiere action block from '97 until '08. They showed a whole bunch of anime and are most notable for bringing Dragon Ball Z to the US (for better or for worse). Adult Swim brought it back as their April Fool's Day prank in 2012 and after nostalgia-fueled fan outcry, it's back. And hell if cable television lasts past April it will have lasted longer than the original Toonami! ...like there's a big asterisk there kinda since original Toonami was on every weekday instead of the revival's once-a-week schedule but whatever who cares... Currently airing: 12:00 - My Hero Academia  In a world where superpowers are the norm, all the kids want to train and be the next big superhero (a viable career option in this world), none more so than protagonist Izuku Midoriya. The catch though, is that Izuku has no power (called a quirk in this world because reasons), making him a freak outcast with little chance. Until one day he meets the most powerful and popular hero in the world (and his own personal idol) All Might and things suddenly change... In case you need a quick refresher on the plot since last season, the new and improved League of Villains (massively grown in size since absorbing another organization) is about to start a revolution that may threaten to upend society as the world knows it. Multiple characters, some not even Deku, have been getting literal power ups to their quirks, and poo poo's about to get real real, real fast in MHA as we're basically moving into open war between Japan's hero association and the LoV. 12:30-1:00 - Made In Abyss season 2  The story of MiA follows a plucky teenage spelunker named Riko who spends her days exploring the massive, seemingly bottomless, hole in the earth called the Abyss. One day she finds an amnesiac android named Reg and decides she's gonna utilize his nifty robot powers to take the literal and metaphorical plunge to go all the way and find the bottom, where supposedly her mother is waiting. Can it be done? Find out.... ...but don't talk about it here! Made in Abyss is... controversial for multiple reasons (though most can be boiled down to "hosed up poo poo happening to kids and the art style makes them look like even younger kids"), so much so that it is apparently a banworthy offense to talk about it. I don't know that for a fact, but honestly I do not care enough about MiA to contact a mod and/or die on the hill finding out. All I'll say is that I feel the weird thing about MiA is that it's not like, all trash. Normally a truly bad show is just irredeemable but I feel like with every episode (and the movie) you could edit like 5 minutes (prob like 15 for the movie) out and have a perfectly acceptable show with some occasionally hosed up stuff but not like so controversial as to start rules about it. 1:00-1:30 - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon   Hey, do you remember Inuyasha? It started on Adult Swim in 2002 and ran in reruns in some form or another for over a decade (I ain't making that poo poo up, it was on at like 5:30 AM in 2014, crazy, huh?). So even if you never watched Inuyasha, if you're posting here, I'm betting you have a passing familiarity with Inuyasha. Do you think back on it and say "Man, I wish I could see a sequel to Inuyasha"? If you answered no then do not watch Yashahime. If you answered yes then really do not watch Yashahime. alright I'll do my due diligence... Yashahime is a sequel series following the twin daughters of Sesshomaru... also Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter is there too, but who cares about her am I right? It's about them having adventures after the lead, Towa, comes back from the future (after getting non-consensually sent to our present). The overarching plot doesn't really kick in for a while and... poo poo look okay, I'm loving done. I could go on a rant for hours about how this is the worst anime I've seen not because it's actually bad but because it's just so disappointing in every respect. Like Made In Abyss might be this thread's Voldemort, but loving Yashahime is the one that makes me maddest because it takes a show that I really liked when I was young and just like ruins it in every way. I know Inuyasha wasn't high art, I doubt it's anyone's actual favorite anime, but goddamn it deserves better than this. It has bad heroes*, no compelling antagonists, bad contrivances to remove old characters from the plot, hell it hardly has any semblance of an actual plot AT ALL, and yet I'm gripped to it weekly the same way Dragon Ball fans probably were back in the day when GT was on. ...  Okay look I'm done okay, I'm not gonna post my thesis here I'll move on*(except for Moroha who is a perfect goblin angel and deserves better than this show.) 1:30-2:00 - One Piece   Oh hey, One Piece is back. One Piece is about a bunch of pirates searching for... wait a minute, I know a much faster way to explain the plot of One Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSe8D2wfGKI Anyway as of this edit (1/1/23), we're on the Punk Hazard arc. You want to catch up, go to Crunchyroll or somewhere or read wikipedia. One Piece will never end. I know this because it still hasn't ended, even in Japan. The manga hasn't ended. It is safe to say that there is a whole generation out there that grew up on One Piece, gave up, and then their kids have picked up One Piece. It's mind blowing. poo poo say what you want about My Hero Academia aping Western superheroes, One Piece is the real closest thing to Western comics in Japan because it's never gonna end, like Batman. Frankly if Oda dies today I will not be shocked if his skeleton rises up like Brooke to keep drawing. 2:00-2:30 - Naruto Shippuden   Naruto is a ninja kid from the Hidden Leaf Village who wants to be the very best, like no one ever was. Hey, at this point did you know that technically Toonami's airing premiere episodes now? (of the dub at least) Yeah, it never got far enough here or when it was airing on other networks to go this far. wait a second *checks notes* ...it'll actually end soon? I mean, not this year but there's less than a hundred episodes left. Not accounting for holiday weeks, 2023 may be the last year where Naruto's on (all year)! 2:30-3:00 CLOSING TIME - Primal  Primal is the latest project from legendary animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexter's Lab, Star Wars The Clone Wars (the 2D shorts not the 3D one)). It follows the adventures of caveman Spear and t-rex Fang who bond after a tragedy and then go on adventures. Features For fun, here's stats on when these shows will end: fit em all up in there posted:Toonami end show dates: (Assuming no marathons or preemptions) So what can we expect this year? well let's drag this one out again.... Uzumaki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDEQyK5ZH-E Uzumaki, by horror master Junji Ito, based on the legendary manga of the same name! gently caress it I've given up trying to guess when this will air, I think it was supposed to be 2020 and then it wasn't (understandably), then they've sworn it'll be in 2021, and then again said it would be out in 2022. MAYBE THIS TIME? If I had to guess, again I'd it'd air around Halloween because it's a horror show but who the ever-loving gently caress knows? Anyway supposedly it'll air here before Japan, if it ever loving COMES OUT. There's not much in the way of previews you can watch, but you can watch an interview with the director here FLCL again Did you like FLCL? Did you like FLCL Progressive or FLCL Alternative? Depending on how many times you said yes, you will either be excited or horrified to hear that Adult Swim is going back to the FLCL well to make two more seasons! (if you said no to all 3 I imagine you'll be just nonplussed by the whole thing) FLCL: Grunge is coming from MontBlanc Pictures, and FLCL: Shoegaze is coming from Production I.G and NUT. the pillows will be back on music duty though, if nothing else. So if you like them there'll be something to watch for even if the shows suck. Here's the only thing released about either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-HHpPws-c Anything else? Not gonna lie, the state of the block is looking shaky. You're probably aware that CN/AS are under new management, and Warner Bros/Discovery CEO David Zaslav is kind of a madman and no one can predict what insane thing he'll do next in the name of a tax write-off. Cancel Uzumaki? Cancel the whole goddamn channel? Who knows?! Combine that with the (as usual) slow death of cable television as a whole, and the brand ain't strong, fam. BUT I HAVE FAITH THAT WE'LL PUSH THROUGH  okay, that scary prospect aside, Toonami really doesn't announce too much ahead of time. What they do do however, is basically never leave a show unfinished, so if there's a show that's aired here, and there's a new season in Japan, you can almost always bet that it will air here eventually. So while they may not air here this year, the current list of former Toonami shows with sequels/more seasons includes but is not limited to:
some things you should not bet on returning are JoJo's Bizarre Adventure which Netflix bought and apparently the odds of Demon Slayer returning are unfortunately very low because after the movie did loving gangbusters it suddenly became way more expensive to license (funny how that happened). ALSO Every Saturday night while the more boring shonen shows are on TV, Arist (and others) are building you a better cartoon(/sentai/tokusatsu/whatever) show. They call it Goonami. They just post on Fri/Sat night when they're gonna stream poo poo on Cytube and you can watch. It involves a few browser plugins but it's real easy to do and you should check it out! More info: MEANWHILE EVERY OTHER DAY OF THE WEEK...  Adult Swim is a block on Cartoon Network that's been running since 2001. It's their late-night offering for grown-ups such as ourselves. This high class stuff includes a show where a guy hosts a parody talk show and pukes on himself and a bunch of Fox reruns. Like I mentioned up top, there is a TVIV catch-all thread for non-kid animation if you want to talk about it there, and there's probably TVIV threads for a bunch of their other live-action stuff, though I'm not gonna check each and every show. If you want to talk about it here though, that's okay, just don't get annoyed when it gets buried under pages upon pages of anime chat. What's on right now? The Fox shows like Bob's Burgers and American Dad of course. They got back King of the Hill and Futurama so that's neat. Also since AS knows where their bread and butter is, Rick & Morty is on basically every night. And AS always has some new cheap show that looks like it cost about a grand to make hoping it'll be the next Aqua Teen and every now and then they're good. Okay, yeah, but what else? Adult Swim has eschewed any semblance of scheduling like any other TV network and also any semblance of actually canceling TV shows (like, if you look at the list of shows they've aired on Wikipedia, there's a ton that haven't aired in years that still aren't "officially" canceled). What I'm saying is that if you've seen a show on Adult Swim ever, there's a nonzero chance that it could come up with a new season at any given point in time. Or hell, maybe it won't come back here, it'll be on HBO Max or something. Or hell, given the aforementioned business at WBD that's gutting HBO Max, maybe it'll be shoved into a memory hole and you'll have to torrent everything like it's the 90s again! Anyway get ready for 2023! TwoPair fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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Level Seven posted:Didn't stop them from airing Promised Neverland 2 and Yashahime is still going. Oooo I haven't thought about DRRR for years but now that you mention it I really wanna watch it.
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Sounds like it's time for some motherfucking revelry in the dark
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Polygynous posted:I forget, is Fat Guy's power not actually Being Fat He tanks attacks and eventually if he takes enough damage he gets skinny and mad powerful
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Wait he's the one following Stain? Not the dude cosplaying Stain?
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The Shame Boy posted:Don't worry Mirko you're too much of a favorite to die right now Yeah I got a good feeling about her about to attack the series main villain.
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Level Seven posted:What the gently caress is with the One Piece fanarts Clearly someone took that "Must be 18+" thing at the end the wrong way. On both the artist side and the "whoever decides what goes on screen" side e:f,b
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Well it would've been nice to see a Shigaraki v. Deku fight but I guess Mirko's definitely gonna end it all here.
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I think Xless has got this guys
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Jan 8, 2023 06:22
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Delphisage posted:Yo Cyclops, try double-tapping. It's a drat shame that it looks like these superheroes are good "no-kill" heroes
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Jan 8, 2023 06:24
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Rhonne posted:He's technically already dead. Look man I've seen enough anime (and superhero comics) to know that no one's really dead unless they get irrevocably physically damaged. and sometimes not even then depending on how important they are to the plot
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Argus Zant posted:how is this motherfucker supposed to be the villain? Writers: "uhhh... shut the gently caress up, okay?"
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Jan 8, 2023 07:04
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"Wow Towa you smell like you haven't had a proper shower in months!"
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Jan 8, 2023 07:09
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"I love this modern world. Have you seen this internet poo poo? It's loving rad"
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"Look girls, we can't do important things now, we need to do some antics first"
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Polygynous posted:mama moe? srsly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsAk-f-p6qc
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"Mama Moe, can you not open your eyes?"
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"Fear not, we are but humble vocaloids, ignore us!"
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Argus Zant posted:gently caress, i'm too stoned to remember what it is that this thing withthe fighting during the performance and poo poo reminded me of It's probably been in other places too but I'm pretty sure it was like the finale of the SAO movie
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Jan 8, 2023 07:31
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dungeon cousin posted:Shoulda had a baseball episode before the comet came just so the girls would know what to do in this situation. Setsuna puts away her naginata and readies her violin like a baseball bat...
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The Shame Boy posted:Chopper Gear Solid "Commencing Operation Reindeer Eater... now."
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Oh gooood job X-less
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Rhonne posted:We can all agree that this is all X-less' fault, right? Most definitely
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Funky Valentine posted:Dabi shut up no one likes you.
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Jan 15, 2023 06:11
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Funky Valentine posted:Twice and Dabi could very easily be read as parodies of "sympathetic villains". I think Twice is a sympathetic villain, he's just an idiot who joined the wrong side and is unfortunately fiercely loyal.
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Rhonne posted:Yeah, that guy is never getting his manuscript back. most definitely
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I mean technically we still captured you, Doc, so it's a partial win
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Jan 15, 2023 06:23
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We've extended your quirk's range and also put a phone in your head!
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Argus Zant posted:Like I think it's a neat quirk but I think it's bad for a main villain. Like it's cool when it was just dissolving what he touches and it was even okay when it was ramped up a little like it was at the end of the ReDestro fight, but loving "decay a hospital" is a little much imo TwoPair fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Jan 15, 2023 |
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The gang's all here!
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"Not this again" says Moroha, speaking for us all
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And the day was saved, thanks to... a middle school teacher!
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Good job girls, you saved the day, kinda
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The continuing use of the phrase "degenerate age" brings me no end of joy
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Delphisage posted:I would ask that Shonen Jump writers learn to stop making invincible villains like this, but they clearly draw in big ratings and sales, so there's no hope of that ever happening. To be fair, Horikoshi already kind of forced it when he went "uh Deku isn't just strong but he's also Spider-Man too!"
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Delphisage posted:To recap: X-Less died because he was too dumb to double-tap, Also Hawks lived because Dabi was too much of an edgelord to double-tap and tried to squeeze in a villain monologue instead of just doing the job.
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Level Seven posted:He had to literally wait for his quirk's cooldown timer iirc he stood there with at least his hands on fire for a while with Hawks dead to rights.
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Deku: "Oh gently caress I just remembered I'm the main character"
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