Chuga chuga chuga chuga CHOOOO CHOOOOOO!

Of course.

Wow Roshi's got a lot of good moments.

Just now, mochi said:

that counting joke was longer than it needed to be

Fact: when it's late in production and they discover the episodes seconds under hte network broadcast schedule, directors find cheats to fill that time with needless, cheap moments hoping no one will notice.

Just now, CorbeauKarasu said:

1. almost didn't make it home in time!!

2. is tonight this infamous SAO episode, apparently?

3. yes, i had fun at the porn convention.

Porn convention!?

Yes we get TWO SAO episodes and one of them is The Episode.

I have Sugarfina bourbon bears!

HERE WE GO!!!­­­

Obviously this episode won't be as bad as the SAO one because Roshi has already been sworn off perverted action in real life due to Japan's changing television rules.

Nice. Even bad guys have their values.

... honestly, I don't know why I keep following this anime every week. It tune out for half of the time since everything is just so predictable and boring. I rarely feel like I am too old for it when I watch most of the TOonami shows, but Fairy Tail DEFINITELY turned into that a long time ago.

Fairy Tail 303

13 hours ago, Hachiman said:

Valkyria no Seimitsu - Vol 1

ffffffffuck that sexiness is so strong!

9 hours ago, ben0119 said:

Trust me, you really don't want to see the unedited version.  I mean, there's something to be said for keeping and respecting art in its original form, but that episode is fucking disturbing.  And yes, it's better to air both episodes back to back and get it out of the way.

I was going to wait to post this until during or after the episode aired, but since people be misquoting and fake news-ing up in this thread (some spoilers) -

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-12-11/reki-kawahara-apologizes-to-voice-actors-for-latest-sword-art-online-episode/.140635

Sword Art Online author Reki Kawahara took to Twitter to apologize to the anime's voice actors after the latest episode of Sword Art Online: Alicization aired on Saturday night. The episode is widely considered the most graphic and violent of the series to date. The episode streamed on Crunchyroll opens with a content warning for "violence and sexual assault."

Kawahara said: "Ms. Ishihara, who plays Tiese, and Ms. Kondo, who plays Ronye, both performed a painful scene with aplomb. Thank you so much! And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

Reina Kondo responded to Kawahara's tweet, saying, "Thank you! I think that everyone became stronger because of the experience! I will continue to work hard alongside Ronye. I'm looking forward to what happens next."

In a later tweet, Kawahara expressed further ambivalence about the episode's content and offered an explanation for why the series contains multiple instances of sexual assault. "This may be a bit late, but if you're wondering why SAO has so many of those scenes, a considerable number of light novels (although they weren't called light novels back then), epic sagas, and adventure stories I read back in middle school contained those plot elements. I would cite Ōgun Hakusha (Gold Spur) as a representative title. My writing was bound to that as if it were under a spell.

"These days, the spell has finally worn off. Nowadays I would prefer to express catharsis through other means. If it was an absolutely necessary scene for the story, I would write it, but I would prefer to do that in a book that isn't a light novel."

Kawahara also indicated his surprise at the anime adaptation, which he believes made the content in his novels even more extreme. "I believe that the level of grittiness in SAO is extremely average for light novels. The directing, animation, and voice acting in the anime are too powerful, which has absolutely boosted the impact [of the scenes]. Who would have thought Raios would make such an exaggerated jump...!"

 

So, Reki apologized for the scene, and said he isn't going to put rape in his stories anymore.  He said he was influenced by light novels he read in middle school that had rape in them.  I would say that someone shouldn't be reading stories with rape in them at that age, but I can't remember what grade we read To Kill a Mocking Bird in.  I think it may have been before high school.  Either way, I doubt the books Reki read were trying to impart any such wisdom on these issues the way To Kill a Mocking Bird was.  And apparently the anime made it even worse and more over-the-top?!  Why?!  Are the SAO anime staff known for making stuff so over-the-top?  Is that why some of the villains act like they came out of Deadman Wonderland?

 

Indeed. Those who don't want to get too angry should definitely read Reki's quotes beforehand.

I missed making these thread.

1 minute ago, PokeNirvash said:

Hunter x Hunter (2011)

Episode 137: "Twelve Zodiac x In x Discussion"

"Jyunishin de Giron "

ジュウニシン × デ × ギロン

Original airdate: July 9th, 2014

Toonami airdate: April 6th, 2019

Grab your ballot sheets, fake news sites, and whiny political rants about why your party is better than the other party, because it's time for THE ELECTION ARC, the last arc in this adaptation!  For once it's no longer Narrator X Narrator! Will get see returning characters from earlier in the show we almost forget existed?  Will Ging finally stop being a fuckin pig-ass father for once?? Is Gon really gone??  Did Ging call him Gon because that's what he's been for the majority of his life?? Find out on

Toonami, at 2:30 AM EST!!! ... the last time it will air now until next week when it's degrated to 3 AM...

39 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said:

[ADULT SWIM] ANIME PROTAGONIST ROSTER: ERICA MENDEZ

• Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
• Gon Freecss (Hunter x Hunter)
• Emma (The Promised Neverland)

Also Laura Post is once again playing the bitchy mother of Erica's character (Kill La Kill), and also this makes Jennie Tirado's third consecutive Toonami role this year!  Trends...

Already posted the dub trailer in a new thread.

Let it be known that it isn't Toonami that released the first glimpse of the English version online, but Aniplex, who went to BangZoom! to record it.

Erica Mendez is Emma, Laura Post is Isabella, and others are announced.  Steve Staley is the ADR Director. The English script is written by Erica Mendez and Tyson Rinehart, who I had assumed was still working at Funimation in Texas.  The voice of Sister Krone is an apparent newcomer to dub acting.

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu 1

37 minutes ago, Blatch said:

This is hilarious. It makes me wonder why the first schedule was even necessary. Did DeMarco dislike it but not waggle his finger hard enough at programming, or is the block being run this poorly?

I mean what the hell.  We got no explanation for why the first schedule was made in the  first place. That excuse of "performance metrics" sounded like complete bull!