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They need a better animation studio, all the gore came off as weak or it was shadowed in Season 1. I want some real body horror shit that makes you wince and get phantom pains.
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While I've seen the usual anime growing up (Pokemon, Yu-gi oh, Dragonball Z), what really got me into the hobby was Shakugan no Sahana (due to my brother downloading a psp theme with her, and me getting curious about what show it's from). A great show with an actual nice and somewhat original conclusion.
God I miss the Light Novel days, they were cringy as shit but still far better than Isekai. Actually I don't think I remember an anime parodying LN's the same way Konosuba does.
God I miss the Light Novel days, they were cringy as shit but still far better than Isekai. Actually I don't think I remember an anime parodying LN's the same way Konosuba does.
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Sailor Moon is the first anime I remember watching, but my most nostalgic anime remains Inuyasha, which is part of why I've been enjoying Yashahime a lot. After not watching Toonami regularly for a few years at that point, I stayed up past the usual Adult Swim cartoons and ended up catching my first episode of Inuyasha, and I got hooked immediately. I began staying up later on a regular basis, watching Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell, and even older anime that AS picked up, like the old Lupin series. It's still a shame that they killed off weeknight anime.
More recently, I've been watching older series with a group of friends since modern Toonami leans pretty damn heavily on airing only shows that have come out in the last few years at most (aside from still airing Naruto like anyone actually cares at this point). Some of my favorites include Revolutionary Girl Utena; Now and Then, Here and There; Kino's Journey; Jubei-chan; Escaflowne; and Hell Teacher Nube. There's so many good series out there, so I'll really never be lacking for new things to watch.
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Amen to that.
Honestly, I think the only reason why modern Toonami is still airing Naruto Shippuden is out of contractual obligations or something.
IIRC, Jason DeMarco isn't even a fan of the series all that much and he got rid of Boruto the moment he had an excuse. I actually kind of like Boruto but that's neither here nor there.
I'm assuming the revived Toonami only picked up the OG Naruto at the end of 2012 for both the nostalgia boost it'd get in the ratings and because they got a good deal on it.
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you like commie subs?
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My brother admitted to me that had I not insisted on us watching that in one sitting, he wouldn't have returned to that series after episode three or four, not willingly. I even can't believe I managed to make it through that rewatch, it's just... so hard. Like I'm surprised I made myself get through that the first time around with breaks, guess that's just the completionist in me.
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I never really paid attention to them honestly. I thought they were like the umpteenth abridged series edits.
You want boring and hard to watch, go watch Gasaraki.
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I have, and I don't remember much of it except that the OP was a bit unique.
A friend liked it, though. We were watching Evangelion-knockoffs/inspirations and of the ones we saw, he believed that one was the best one, and he explained himself quite well. One of these days I'll try it (and Otogizoushi since I'm thinking about it) again when I feel like I can be much more wide awake and be a bit more well-versed on political commentary that Gasaraki was making.
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I love how not a single character in that show is even remotely likeable. They're all either straight up assholes or just bland and dull characters like the MC the show expects you to give a fuck about because they're the designated heroes.
I also love how fucking redpilled the show is about immigration and how the globalists (and in particular the US) are screwing over the Japanese. Like holy shit, you have a guy talking about how Tokyo is overran by "immigrant scum" and he feels like he isn't even in Japan. Even if it's the designated villains saying it, the show makes no effort to show why their ideology is bad (just that they aren't good people in their personal lives or something) or criticize it which is even more amazing.
I think the director was basically told "make a psychological mecha show like Eva" and from there he had zilch editing. It's the same guy who did VOTOMS and all of his shows have lots of politics in them so it's isn't surprising. I'm amazed a show so dense and politically charged was even allowed to air.
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Viz is pozzed and crawling with sex pests, no surprises here. I'd like to stop buying new Viz releases after Urusei Yatsura finishes up, but One Piece is still going.
This kind of shit just makes me wish for the death of the western anime scene ala the anime crash in the 2000s. Everything is so pozzed and filled with SJWisms that it makes it impossible to read "official" sources without it coming off as altered.
FUNImation being owned by Sony and now having purchased Crunchyroll has become an unkillable juggernaut that has a defacto monopoly on the western market for blu-rays and streaming. The only company that could likely compete, for streaming anyway, would be Netflix but they were proud of running that pedo trash Cuties and are no better.
This is why you should just pirate everything and rely on fan translations, or just learn weebspeak yourself.
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Wake up, fellow weeb. We’ve got a new season of Love Live! to watch! Come 2/3/21 theres going to be a brand new performance at 6 P.M. on YT.
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Since we were discussing Black Clover recently, it was recently confirmed that BC's returning to Toonami next Saturday, replacing Sword Art Online: Alicization: War of Unnecessarily Long Titles. Thankfully it didn't get dropped permanently, it was just coof delays, and there's now a decent backlog to provide a buffer in case there are further issues.
On a side note, how is it that SAO continues to be so popular? I only watch it at this point out of morbid curiosity, like a slow-motion train wreck I can't tear my eyes from; it's not really sunk cost fallacy or anything because I'm not expecting it to get good at any point. But damn, this latest season was such a goddamn chore to get through, just a bunch of pointless battles and asspulls until Kirito finally wakes up to one-shot the boss like he always does, interspersed with countless scenes of people in the real world just standing around talking for a good five minutes at a time. Doesn't help that literally the only interesting dynamic the anime's had in a long time (Kirito and Eugeo's bromance) was removed at the end of the previous season. Are people just so easily distracted by flashing lights that they don't realize how boring the actual story is, or is it just the continued escapist fantasy that people enjoy?
On a side note, how is it that SAO continues to be so popular? I only watch it at this point out of morbid curiosity, like a slow-motion train wreck I can't tear my eyes from; it's not really sunk cost fallacy or anything because I'm not expecting it to get good at any point. But damn, this latest season was such a goddamn chore to get through, just a bunch of pointless battles and asspulls until Kirito finally wakes up to one-shot the boss like he always does, interspersed with countless scenes of people in the real world just standing around talking for a good five minutes at a time. Doesn't help that literally the only interesting dynamic the anime's had in a long time (Kirito and Eugeo's bromance) was removed at the end of the previous season. Are people just so easily distracted by flashing lights that they don't realize how boring the actual story is, or is it just the continued escapist fantasy that people enjoy?
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I think it was just the first one that really took off, so its kind of a habit. Its also predictable, just sort of turn your brain off.
I do think SAO Season 1 needed way more detail and could have been a lot more interesting, and I know they're sort of doing this.
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Back on the subject of old school anime, me and the wife have begun watching the Ranma 1/2 anime. I had precious experience with the manga, having read it when I was younger, and remembered that I liked it. So I yar-harred the entire series (Viz ain't getting my money) and am currently at episode 13. A long way to go, but I'm enjoying it so far.
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There's always the comics. ribbon warrior has managed to keep up the tempo so far.
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I think the oldest series I've watched aside from Eva is Martian Successor Nadesico. I watched it because one of my friends, who's big into Macross and Eva, recommended it. It was fairly enjoyable despite my general disinterest in mecha anime as a whole. Other than that my earliest titles I've enjoyed have been stuff like Haruhi and Lucky Star, which is right around your cut-off date.
I haven't followed too much of the manga yet, I've only read the OG manga and Little Army. Do you have a preferred source for them? I think AK-Submarines might have them and they're the fansubs I use for Das Finale.
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/ak/ is my go to since they do the major gup comics, they officially release their scans on https://mangadex.org/title/6470/girls-und-panzer and their wikia. mangadex has a whole page of gup stuff.
erika change is a worthwhile read, its gup where miho stays at black forest and erika gets sent to oorai instead.
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I liked Ranma 1/2 as a whole, but I noticed it began to drop off around season five, and that might be because of DEEN being DEEN and recycling older episode scripts. The show being half-filler I don't think helps, either, but earlier filler episodes were still good, I thought.
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And in case you wanted more Black Clover news (it keeps happening), they put out an announcement today that the anime will wrap up with episode 170 on March 30th, with a special announcement immediately following (a movie?). I don't know exactly where the anime's at since I haven't read the manga, but I'm guessing it'll be wrapping up the current arc. Presumably the anime's going on hiatus so they don't have to keep putting out filler, even if the filler's still pretty entertaining overall. Still, if it ends up going seasonal, that probably won't be a bad thing; they can use their budget more effectively and reduce the QUALITY moments, and the pacing should improve. If you're watching the dub, then assuming no further coof delays, it should run through October or November.