Blatch

So I've heard a rumor that the FLCL Progressive promo played during tonight's NBA playoff game, since... you know, TNT broadcasted it. I thought I heard someone say they should've done this for Attack on Titan. Either way, it's pretty cool if true.

Definitely; the original ASMB (with the Lithium software) was by all means a shithole. Then we had the NodeBB boards, which were arguably even worse. Mmhmm. I should have really got to work on my own light novel/anime idea by now.

The biggest problem for me is the idea of a Halloween marathon. We absolutely don't need one, at least with the changing circumstances. At the same time, I'm also a little surprised that Toonami has never done an Easter marathon. It's like Thanksgiving in that some people travel very far to meet up with their families. I feel like it wouldn't be a bad idea to do that if only so there can be a marathon in the first five months of the year. Also, they don't need to do a 4th of July marathon if the actual date falls in the middle of the week. But we'll see how they handle that a little while from now...

Here's how I see this playing out: Viewer: "Aww, why do not get the regular shows this week? I'm disappointed." DeMarco: "This is like a gift to you. Don't you understand that you don't have to watch the shows every week?" Viewer: "But, that's what I want..." DeMarco: "You don't understand. Honestly, you're too obsessed with Toonami. Please sto-..." Viewer: "BUT I REALLY WANT MY ANIME. GAAAAAAH..." DeMarco: "No. Screw you, asshole. You will do something else productive instead of watching your anime, and you will like it." Viewer: "Uh... okay, I guess."

When the apple blossoms bloom in the garden of your mind, I'll be... your biggest fan. The iDOLM@STER Episode 25: "Everyone, Together!" And that is... not the end of this show. Yes, Virginia, there is one episode left. Episode 26: "A Story Called 765pro" (plus some clean-up work) And with that, I end coverage of this series. It was an extremely fun ride, to the point where I'd say it's the best idol show I've ever seen, and in my top 10 anime I've ever seen... maybe even top 5. Would that be giving idols in general too much credit? I'll save any other opinions on this series for a later date, so as not to spoil potential blogging opportunities. The next show begins fairly soon. See you all in the database.

Megalo Box #8 Mr. Osomatsu #20

Maybe all the holiday marathons are just virtue signaling. It's like DeMarco doesn't want us to take these stupid Korean cartoons too seriously.

I've seen tremendous praise given to the show in just about all publicity I've seen of it. The original Infomercial special this was based on probably got good reviews as well. On top of that, it's something I genuinely want to see, which speaks a lot to my current viewing situation when I've only watched two episodes of the most recent Rick and Morty season. Maybe you should stop blindly hating all live-action shows this network makes.

I was extremely mad about nothing in particular and basically took a mulligan on the whole block. I only missed JoJo's and HxH, but the two shows I did watch (My Hero and the last FLCL) are probably worthy of another one because of how not into it I was.

It's really not about that, but [adult swim]'s nihilistic desire for a new installment. They don't care about everyone else's opinions, because they discovered the show first, aired it, and it's basically their pride and joy after so many years. And if [as] thinks they can make a new FLCL series that isn't just a rehash of the original, and in fact it will be two of them will improve the world as we know it with their presence, then let them take a stab at things. It helps that I'm not as emotionally invested in the original show as other people.

I understand.

They did start the panel at 7. Maybe they skipped a repeat to avoid redundancy?

Magical Girl Ore #7 and #8 The Eccentric Family #7 and #8

Well, now you know why Turner hates these blasted Nielsen ratings, and why they think these should be abolished. It's a bit like trying to get rid of the Electoral College, except this time, the object of your hatred isn't directly screwing you over.

Yeah, because I made the mistake of posting while angry. At least the mods deleted it, but then again, I basically begged them to. And being political on social media isn't really a bad thing to do at this point, if only because the current political climate basically requires it. Just look at DeMarco's feed; you might also see his likes if you follow him, which only makes it stronger.

In another situation, I feel like this would be whiny complaining against the system. At least Turner is apparently doing well enough to warrant not needing good TV ratings... although I am somewhat skeptical.

What do they think of Flint, MI still not having clean water? Hey... this belongs in the thread somewhere.

Okay then... Megalo Box #7. This show is so good, I might as well break from my normal formatting to say this outside of a spoiler. That cliffhanger was also extremely mean, so I want more immediately. Also, Mr. Osomatsu #19.

If we're courting other past Toonami shows to rerun later on, my money's on Samurai Champloo. I also had that mind to replace Ghost in the Shell. You know, between that, a possible Gundam Unicorn rerun, and the fact that they'll always have GiTS and Samurai Jack at the ready, I think Toonami could expand all the way to 6:00 a.m. if they really wanted to. At least, I would consider that more plausible than it becoming a four-/five-hour repeating block of premieres.

Well, I guess I was just mad because this project basically forced a mass shooting at a high school out of the news cycle. But I definitely shouldn't bother with relating things to politics in here. I also don't happen to give a shit about Cartoon Network nowadays. I have no nostalgia for what used to air, because I'm not really nostalgic about anything. If I cared about the network and the shows airing on it, I would at least want to know if this is halfway decent. It would be nice for today's kids to have their own ThunderCats show, even if it's inherently inferior to the 2011 reboot. There's been a lot of chatter about "teh CalArts style" making this one ruined, but at the same time, shows like Gravity Falls have that character design style, but their actual animation style can be much different, and that apparently isn't bad. That's just one example I remember from my Twitter feed. It just feels like every constructive point to be made about this already has, and now we're just pissing all over each other in the basement as a way to pass the time.

I was halfway expecting GiTS to start over from the first season, and I wouldn't have minded that either way. If [adult swim] were to make the 3:00A hour just that and Bebop indefinitely, that's just another hour of reruns I can safely ignore.

Well, this is the last show I would've guessed. It's nice to have another situation like with Parasyte where a more recent premiere gets reran at the bottom. This also seems to suggest they're not done with Lupin in general; Part V's dub is probably still a while off, but it could premiere whenever Toonami wants it ready.

There's so much soul-crushing negativity in this thread. When are you people going to understand that you can just ignore things that you don't like? And yeah, what happened with the 2011 TC show is a tragedy, but there's little that can be done to fix what happened.

And so comes the episode where Naraku (err, one of them) began to hate this show. Personally, I will remain ambivalent. Also, it's now two weeks out and we still don't know what's filling the empty slot on June 2... but I don't think it'll be anything major. Either they rerun Samurai Jack S5, or it's just GiTS from the first episode again.

I don't even know about what you watch.