Blatch
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Relevant to multiple things, including something I hope to finally finish this week.
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17 hours ago, viperxmns said:
I catch it when I can, it has its funny moments but I guess it's fair to say it doesn't quite have that "it" factor that a show like Smiling Friends has
I've seen more discussion on my Twitter TL about the new episode that aired off-the-cuff for April Fool's than for this entire series, and I think that says it all.
[bring me my gwimbly gun]
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Well damn, they remade the S1 episodes in different styles. I actually wondered if they were going to do this only with new episodes, but I guess this isn't as convoluted.
Cute gag. It's not going to rank very high in the history of [as]'s April Fool's, but it's probably better than last year.
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Lycoris Recoil 10 and 11 (live)
Dragon Ball Z Kai 4
Ninja Kamui 8 (live)
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 1 (live)Now that my livetweeting game is back on point, I'll have to pop in here next week during Kamui.
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Ninja Kamui 5/6 and 7 (live)
Lycoris Recoil 6-9 (nice)
Spy×Family S1E25 (end)
Onimai: I'm Your Sister Now! 4
Dragon Ball Z Kai 1-3That's a lot, and I like that it's a lot.
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Spy×Family S1E24
So happy to finally knock another one of these off. And the first scene of the episode, which had Yor feeling out of it and crashing into a pole, felt timely. I thought it was the flu, but I went to the doctor today and tested positive for strep throat. Really weird considering my throat is one of the few things that hasn't ached over the past week.
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On 3/12/2024 at 8:15 PM, PokeNirvash said:
Sure would've. D.A. sure does suck, don't they.
I don't think they're that bad, because at least some of them consider Chisato and Takina more as friendly rivals. Also, I like how the tallest student at the main campus, tall enough to pass for a professor in my eyes, looks like Alice Touhou. And I think she was in the first episode, given the flashback to that scene with Takina at the start of the most recent one I watched.
Lycoris Recoil 4/5
[iiiiiiii'd catapult downtown]
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Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyu-bu 144-151
It looks like this series is ending soon. I've been reading the MangaDex discussion threads, am intrigued by future plot developments (not that this series has much of an overarching one), and hope Anbe sticks the landing... or does some galaxy-brain shit that messes with everyone. It's the least he can do after Squid Girl seemingly stayed inside for its entire run.
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Onimai: I'm Your Sister Now! 1/2 and 3
Ninja Kamuy 3/4
Lycoris Recoil 3Finally making progress. Kind of glad I didn't watch this LycoReco episode the first time around, as it would've harshed my buzz.
Also, shout-out to Andrew Love as the "Exiled Instructor" in Kamuy #3. Picked his voice out right away.
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On 3/11/2024 at 2:44 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:
For the very small group of people watching Kai, it’s pretty knuckleheaded to rerun the first 3 episodes on a marathon that already starts really late. Would 4-11 really been a budget buster?
I'm actually going to tape these episodes and watch 'em over time, so I'm thankful they're starting from the first episode. After this I guess I'll try to catch up on the rest via streaming. I figure it's the least I can do for a show from a franchise I respect and probably should've watched in its entirety when Toonami first aired it (I trailed off early in the Android saga).
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This week is going to be the first time in a long time I'm genuinely interested in the ratings... albeit for the wrong reason. Do we think Toriyama's death helped boost turnout at least for Kai?
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Wow, what a great birthday present. And I'll be able to watch Zom 100 live because my store is closed on Easter.
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Don't worry, he got better.
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Eh, what if it was a good run until gen:LOCK came out? That's what I've been led to believe.
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Doing anything at all at this point would be commendable. Feels like companies have laid off April Fools' gags in the pandemic era... except for the ones in Japan.
This is just a random idea I've been kicking around in my head: what if this year's gag involves The Amazing Digital Circus? Maybe you could air the pilot episode (because the only thing that could make this series better is a TV deal) and then have other programming be themed to it like the Pibby gag from two years ago.
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I'm assuming people will be disappointed it's J.C. Staff again, even though studios don't always correlate with production values for a show. Meanwhile, I'm just happy the MAPPA rumor didn't come true.
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Touhou Fantasy Kaleidoscope ~The Memories of Phantasm~ 13-15
Ninja Kamui 1/2[eiki lolibaba maid doujin when?]
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Touhou Fantasy Kaleidoscope: The Memories of Phantasm
Episode 11: "The Eternal Night Incident" [ending: part two] a.k.a. "The Night the Earth Stood Still"
and Episodes 12 and 13: "The Courage Test Incident" a.k.a. "The Only NEET Thing to Do"SpoilerIcebreaker:
Eh, I don't really have anything. So just some quick updates: the new non-mobile version of Danmaku Kagura came out, but I guess people don't think the game is that fun anymore. Makes sense, given that it's being held to a higher standard now. And there are still lots of Fumos coming out, including the first-ever Fumo of a dude, him being Rinnosuke. I have that made-to-order preorder on lock.
Main review:
Now that that PC-98 intrusion is over with, we're going three wide on this one. But don't worry, because this won't be too convoluted.
The fake moon incident has been resolved, but its perpetrator has been in relative seclusion this whole time. So Kaguya comes out to play, and for the rest of the imperishable night it's her versus everyone else in a battle of bullets. The sun eventually rises once more, and things get back to normal. After the eyecatch, Yukari takes Sanae to the top of Youkai Mountain (pay no attention to the injured wolf tengu) and terraforms it with a gap, finally bringing Moriya Shrine into Gensokyo. Then, in a stinger, Tewi visits the residents of Gensokyo to give out invitations to a festival at Eientei. It'll feature a test of courage, a typical rite of passage among Japanese youth.
Turns out there are actually two tests, or Trials of Guts as Reisen puts it. The first one merely involves the residents of Gensokyo traveling into the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, placing a talisman on an old wooden shack, and then running out. But beware, because not only is the Bamboo Forest filled with youkai, its unique layout means you might never escape! And Reimu might exterminate you, which she finds embarrassing. So the second test of courage is to defeat the Ancient Undead Youkai, after which you will be able to obtain immortality by taking its guts. Remilia really wants this, though it's more for Sakuya's sake. Marisa also goes into the Bamboo Forest, but it's more in the interest of a fight rather than immortality. (This is a sore spot for her throughout the series; she has no interest in using her magic to at least become a youkai.)
After making her way through the forest, Remilia finds Mokou, the immortal phoenix non-youkai we last saw in Memory of Stars. The two then fight each other in a vicious battle of final boss vs. EX boss. Marisa is further back on the trail, and she soon runs into Keine by the wooden shack. Since it's a full moon, her were-hakutaku powers activate: her hair turns green and she grows a tail and horns. Sadly, not much comes from this. In the midst of Remilia and Mokou's fight, Sakuya barges in and tells Remilia that Kaguya's promise of immortality was a lie. Turns out this was all a way for Kaguya to bait Mokou into fighting her; as Mokou is a fellow immortal, they have some angst to take out on each other. But we don't really see this part, as it is instead represented through fireworks everyone else at the festival watches, which Flandre thinks is particularly cool. Also, Yuyuko ate a lot and has a balloon belly again.
Another MoP arc endeth, although this was technically two of them, with the latter two episodes being based on Imperishable Night's extra stage. Weird how this part got its own arc name, even though it feels more like a finale than the previous two do. Episode 11 is the least-consequential of the series so far, but even this one is still a decent excuse to hang out with a bunch of cool girls. I like how the next two re-imagined IN's extra stage—to the point where I wondered if it was more anime-original than an adaptation at first—with a more celebratory festival environment, even if it's more of the same when it comes to cameos. Mokou and Remilia's sort-of fight scene was cool, although it is a cop-out when Sakuya stops time right as they make contact with each other. The aftermath is at least unique for including a shot of Mokou's immortality-based healing powers.
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- Meme: Dipping back into Hifuu Club for this one. All the fanime combine... they melt into a midsummer day's dream.
- Cameogeddon II: The Prismrivers show up again and their animation isn't recycled, though granted, they're being shown from much farther away. Rumia's T-posin', Eirin's doctorin' (I mean, she has a speaking role, but..., and Komachi shows up but Eiki is nowhere to be found. I guess they thought repeating the gag of her scolding her shinigami would be ripping off their cameo in Episode 2, but then again, this show does have a tendency to repeat things.
- Merely eating the flash of someone who drank the Hourai Elixir isn't enough to gain immortality, but you can achieve it if you remove the suspect's liver, as the elixir is stored there rather than being digested. Tasty!
- This week in subtitle jank: Okay, maybe jank is being too harsh, but Episode 11's subs are... weird. It's clear English is not Dioxaz's first language. A lot of stuff is legible, but there are some A+ moments of Engrish, my favorite being when Yukari says "Let's somehow next time" before leaving in a gap. The other really egregious example is when Kaguya tells Eirin, "Compared to eternity our lives, Even a thousand years ago doesn't go into comparison." The next two episodes return to the usual standard of translation, which is smoother.
- So that scene with Mokou carrying Cirno on her shoulders is in an actual episode. Neat.
- I did enjoy the cameos in this one, particularly of Komachi, but one thing I was thinking about at work today is that, by this point in the series, this sort of thing is a little overdone. Does every incident this show covers have to feature a big party at the end, or start with a big party where the characters remember the preceding incident? The reason I bring this up is because it couldn't have been good for the series' budget, something I'll get into detail about and cover blow-by-blow during the next arc of the series. If nothing else, A Summer Day's Dream proves that you can make a good Touhou fanime without jingling a bunch of shiny objects in the audience's faces.
- The EDs for this show are really good, man. It's just panning over static objects to go with the music, but the music and visuals are different in each episode and I love the woodblock-esque art they use. Bonus points for #11 using the Watatsuki sisters to go with all the characters actually appearing in this show.
- For the next arc, I also plan on giving this show's complete soundtrack a good luck. Because, after all, that's the official way to enjoy it.
- I actually didn't know what the alternate title of the Trial of Guts arc was referencing until I looked it up. Turns out it's a sci-fi short story called The Only Neat Thing to Do, and Wikipedia claims it's a popular reference in anime. Go figure.
- Episode 11: TV-14S. Episode 12: TV-PGV. Episode 13: TV-14L.
- Bonus meme (to make up for the Trial of Guts arc not getting its own post):
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Touhou Fantasy Kaleidoscope ~The Memories of Phantasm~ 11/12
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On 2/9/2024 at 1:43 AM, OwlChemist81 said:
Does this affect Fire Force Season 3? The two Toonami staples by David Productions are so wildly different in style it might be a different crew...
I wouldn't expect it to, but that's more a matter of principle. You know they'd pull out all the stops for JoJo's, but not so much a small-potatoes shonen property.
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16 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:
All the more proof of my theory it was part of a package deal with Demon Slayer.
Or they paid to air it.
6 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:Mr. Idea Box: [as] has the tapes for season 2, it's simply a matter now of whether they air them and when they do. Could be this year, could be two to three from now like they did with HD Bebop post-block truncation.
Or seemingly never, in the case of that one Ghost in the Shell episode. Given how many shows Toonami has they can air for free, it's surprising the rerun rotation isn't bigger. And now they're bringing back Kai? Yeesh. Definitely agree with the idea that this would be a better idea for the first few hours of [as] on weekdays, though maybe don't want to mess with Checkered Past.
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Touhou Sangetsusei ~ Eastern and Little Nature Deity 4
Delicious in Dungeon 11-15You're probably thinking, "wait, why'd he switch to a different Touhou manga?" It's because I wanted to do them in chronological/release order. Doesn't hurt that Forbidden Scrollery is the only one with physical releases around here.
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Devil Girl Memumemu
Lycoris Recoil 2
Birdie Wing -Golf Girls Story- 21/22[creature on a beach / with a megaphone preaching]
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20 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:
So David's finally got the manpower and technical skill to animate horses in 2D, finally?
There's been talk about how if it happens, it won't be by David, since apparently a lot of the staff that worked on JoJo's has left. Personally, I could see it being in CG by a different studio, if only because that'd make animating those horsies easier. I mean, that's not what the average fan would want, but I think being in an alternate universe gives you another valid reason to do it.
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Ninja Kamui Episode 9 Sub & Dub Discussion!!
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Eh, I'm okay with Emma's death. I was more surprised that she bit it in this episode as opposed to Mike. Nice bait-and-switch from the next-episode preview.
I'm just hoping Mike survives at this point, and maybe Jason too. Joe's going to get his revenge on AUZA, and I think there's a good chance he ends up sacrificing himself to make it happen. Besides, he's already got a big target on his back by directly challenging them, which is why I assume Emma was at peace with dying since Joe told her she'd have to go on the run once this was all over.
Also, pour one out for Big D. Dude thought he was Henry Henderson back there. He wasn't as notable as the gay midget, but I'll remember him and his exquisitely-maintained fade.