OwlChemist81

Reiner is a meathead moron! Christa isn't the least bit interested in him!!

What? You DO realize the original SD version would ALSO be pillarboxed, right?? Might as well have better resolution, but unless you want the show stretched or for the top and bottom to be cut off, there IS no other option besides drawing new animation for the pillarboxes, which may be possible for older shows but was NOT done for Outlaw Star! So keeping it SD would fix none of that. TVs were largely still square in the late '90s and have just recently been wider, and rectangular, mainly because theatrical movies were forced to lose the sides when they aired on TV, and because of that, it evolved that TVs be elongated just as theatrical movies are. Of course, the unfortunate side-effect is that older shows don't quite fit the new TV width, which is why we have pillarboxing.

Let's finish the night with a dose of horror!!!

THANK YOU, Funimation!! THANK YOU, Toonami!! Uhhh, I already am home! I wouldn't trust me to drive right now...because I'm tired!

They HAVE to do that if it wasn't originally in widescreen! There's nothing wrong with pillarboxing. The only viable alternatives are a zoomed-in screen, which cuts off the top and bottom, and "Stretch-O-Vision". Other than somehow creating new animation outside the original frame, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!!! >

Believe it or not, his real name was J. Crow! ohno

I can hardly believe this is really happening!!! Yes, we've got the old "space" pillarboxes, but it still looks great!!!

Naruto is a DUMB ASS! But he got rid of that summoned spider...

So this isn't actually Naruto Shippuden, but episode 221 of Naruto?? Interesting...

ANOTHER character figured out the "Sexy Jutsu!?"

It was more or less implied since they showed her tombstone right next to Adela/Adele's!

Wow, it turned out Carla was a ghost!! I didn't see that coming!!

This reminds me of the Yasogami arc of Dimension W...

Boy, he REALLY got his ass kicked!

SHE'S 57!!! ::spin:: Deceptively old woman vs. bargain bin Hisoka, takin' all bets...

Ready for "Hunter x .hack?"

That wouldn't involve a new timeslot, just moving shows around.

Yeah, say what you want about Gundams, but they do a much better job of developing their characters! And now up next, episode 8 is "Old 9's"--that's not confusing or anything...

Accurate, like her aim:

I think Kaneki may actually be LESS likable than Banagher! Don't remember who he is? He's the Shinji-like protagonist of Gundam Unicorn. And cue the heartfelt music, one of this series' surprising strengths!

So we go from the awesomeness of Stardust Crusaders to talking about flowers. Yup, seems about right.

I didn't realize Hong Kong was that fucked up...

Hey, they made Roundabout happen, so I'm not THAT surprised they made this happen. Now "Roundabout" HAS been used in a Toonami promo, but "Walk Like An Egyptian" has NOT--so far. I'm picking Stardust Crusaders episodes 4-12 to be the pre-Halloween marathon, and for that promo to use "Walk Like An Egyptian"...