Blatch

Considering the addition of some longtime ASMB users to Unevenedge this week, as well as the general fervor regarding a particular classic show, I think I'll go back to the past myself in the only way I know how: By ranking my favorite shows of the week! Drumroll please... [*]Samurai Jack: An utterly epic return to form for one of the all-time great American action cartoons. This episode pretty much affirmed what I thought the new season would be like: There are some more adult themes (like evil prostitution) and they can show blood now, but other than that it's the same Jack we came to know and love. And goddamnit, the visuals, cinematography, and general show composition were all-around great. And I mostly love all the new weapons Jack has to kill the bad guys with. I can't wait for the next episode where he whips out a fucking machine gun and goes all ham on those evil lady warriors. [*]JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: A pretty good episode with some top notch fighting techniques. Also, the Narrator felt extra smarmy in this one, almost making him feel like a character all his own. I wasn't really sad about Caesar's death, but I heard some people say it was too over the top to be effective. But I don't usually cry at TV shows, so I have no opinion on that. [*]Ghost in the Shell: I didn't have to watch the last episode to follow the story for this one, which is always nice. A good one overall with great animation, brutal salaryman fisticuffs, and invisible Tachikomas. And one thing I find interesting about the Laughing Man plot is that parts of it resemble today's fake news. I mean, there's this baseless message about how an important dude will be assassinated, and yet people see it, decide Pizzagate-style that it's somehow a good idea, and end up turning it into real life. Not a bad prescient message for a medium tailor-made to be escapist entertainment. [*]One Piece: Its penultimate episode of the Toonami Swim run was decent. Like GiTS, I got acquainted to the story pretty quickly despite skipping last week's affair... though I feel like this was just an excuse to have the Straw Hats do awesome shit and occasionally show pretty rainbows. [*]Hunter x Hunter: I feel like a lot of this show is having the canon material be like filler in other shows. This episode felt like it especially. Aside from Leorio returning, we got a dull but rather amusing subplot of Gon arm-wrestling people for money. Sadly, I zoned out of this one within the last five minutes (because I was thinking about the anime listed down below) so I didn't catch Melody's monologue. But I did hear that she apparently knows an evil song... so I guess it wasn't just one fellow shonen which ripped this one off, because Fairy Tail used it as a plot device. [*]Gundam Unicorn: Great fighting and animation in the first five minutes, but the rest of it lost me. All I remember is that the girl was apparently in an evil simulation. [*]Dragon Ball Z Kai: Meh. Just meh. [*]Dragon Ball Super: Not good at all. This BoG-copy opening arc has been going horrendously slow, with only minor moments of fun. But it's what I own the Blu-ray of that movie for. Instead of watching Naruto: Shippuden, I tuned in to Kemono Friends, the anime which has somehow taken up the mantle Yuri!!! On ICE had of being Japan's most talked about anime. After two episodes, I think I know why that is... but it ain't for any unique reasons. Basically, it's after the apocalypse with animal girls, and Serval is very cute. Moving on. And for a stray observation, did anyone notice that the Bob Eubanks anti-tax commercial aired at the same spot of every hour, at around :29 of the hour, even coming after Samurai Jack? It would often be followed by a Gerber Life commercial. One can only wonder how high the advertising rates they paid for were.

Funny you should mention that... my family got a DVR just this week and I used it to record yesterday's episode of GiTS. I'm saving the copy of it on there for an indefinite period of time; maybe I could upload it to MySpleen if somebody wants an HD version of the show without audio issues.

The "One Piece should be more popular" thing is something I don't really understand. I get that people love a series and want to see it go that way, but what is their endgame? So the show becomes popular and people love it, but then what? There are so many works of pop culture that have become well respected within the mainstream, so you can always rally around one that becomes that way. It's a nihilistic end goal, that's what I'm saying. And while I have no problem with one doing it, don't utilize trolling to see your vision become a reality.

Good jorb on that one, Poke. ::spin:: I've only gotten by on watching the first eight episodes through [as] proper, but I hope to be just as pumped for the new ones.

Birdy the Mighty: Decode #5 Space Ghost Coast to Coast: E3 2006 Interviews BanG Dream! #8 [but will Subaru dance for a dollar?]

I can neither confirm nor deny that statement. ::]::

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For what it's worth, OP itself managed to last for two years (well, with some moments at 2:00) down there.

I mean, now that One Piece is leaving Toonami, he basically has no reason to keep posting on these boards. His mission has been completed, and it was done in relative style.

Yeah... but we still have new Samurai Jack and two new seasons of FLCL on the way, which should cover us until at least the middle of next year. And there might be even more new Toonami projects in the pipeline for later on. Not to mention, when did you ever get the idea that Shippuden was "on the chopping block"?

Your fatalism is too much for me, bro.

It's pretty unfortunate that the new season of Samurai Jack airing tonight has been dethroned by our collective sadness (except for Jman's) of One Piece leaving.

I don't get it... is this a trial balloon? I've never heard of someone changing the show a thread will discuss like this.

You can't be vulnerable to this if you've always been a troll about it.

You really think Tokyo Ghoul is still a big enough deal to air in the second hour?

Saying that you think HxH is a show that belongs on PBS Kids (an institution which might not exist by the end of the year) does nothing but show how ignorant you are about it. Zeni is either a troll or just wants to start shit like a bitch. :fap:

How about you go outside and get some fresh air?

Michiko & Hatchin plz.

Especially since it'll air before "Jungle Cruise". I will probably feel lots of different emotions on that particular night. ::spin::

The thing that surprises me about Tokyo Ghoul is that I figured it was a show they'd get when it was popular. I thought the ship had sailed for it after... eh, about the end of 2015, so I guess airing a little over a year later in the back half of the night is a fitting treatment. But yeah, if it's as good of a hatewatch as SAO, I suppose I don't mind it.

I wouldn't say close to four years' worth of One Piece airing on Toonami is bad luck. DeMarco and company made this show last for as long as they could, and we should all be grateful for it.

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid #9

I'm thinking closer to Samurai Jack. I saw your posts on the old Lithium boards from when it was being added to Toonami, and while you weren't too happy about it, the trademark venomous rage espoused didn't come until after RanIsa came in and started annoyingly praising the series at every available opportunity. Basically, that situation, but with Moose.

Don't worry. If Moose ever leaves the boards, you'll probably start to praise the show again a year or two later without knowing it. :fap:

So KanColle got licensed (or it will be, in an announcement) and Tokyo Ghoul was announced for Toonami. That's two things I never thought would happen which did within hours of each other. But at least one thing is certain... I still suck at Calculus. [that's a sad]