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Why do you need to sign out on one to switch to the other? I can be logged in on laptop and phone at the same time..

They even minimized it during regular "credits" time to show a R&M ad, while the show was still running (since I presume it's an hour long program?). I'm still not entirely convinced that "Very Scary People" isn't exactly something [as] would come up with to make up stupid fake serial killer stories for spooky month. Aaaand, we're back. R&M up as scheduled. Just a full 30 minutes of the wrong program that doesn't even fit the time slot (I assume).

Why tf is there a shitty serial killer documentary on [as]? Are there supposed to be April Fools' fart sounds or something? Gave this a few minutes waiting for a Too Many Cooks situation, something stupid to happen, anything absurd, before looking this up and it's just an actual regular Discovery ID show? With a name like "Very Scary People" I was at least expecting a dumb parody of the genre.

Definitely agree on the Amarao assessment. There was honestly zero reason to include him except to rehash original gags. Idk.. I can at least give it credit that, in the end, it did feel like it held to the maturation motif, as all three characters did grow out of their childhood ennui or whatever. Granted, really didn't give any characters room to breathe and really feel worthwhile. Kinda just "presented as still being kids, Haruko happens, inciting character growth." No real depth to it.

Looks like they're maybe dropping the Friday marathons for normal scheduling.

Every time I watch that music video, it gets stuck in my head for days. Word is Kung Fury 2 is finally set for release later this year.

When you want to form a metal band, but nobody knows how to play guitar. "Mama said I could be anything when I grow up, so I became a guitar."

Didn't think this episode was too bad, tbh. Some slight exposition. The "eyebrows" was again a needless callback trying to capture the same magic of the original.. I think one of the major failings of the show is just how it never really established very well what the world is. We know Haruko's some space pirate of ill repute, if the tales are to be believed. Unsurprising that MM is spread through the galaxy as well. But this just didn't seem to establish the setting very well. Future Earth? Alien world with humans? And maybe some of that is a result of a 3 episode series, little enough time to set up a "classic zany FLCL plot." And obviously that's kinda rushing said plot along as well. But, all the rush aside, this one felt like it came closer to the mood it's striving for. Did not like the pronunciation of "Samueda" through this, tho. Why the heavy accent on the last syllable? That's a fairly simple read right there..

The only version that fits in my head

Y'know, fair. I thiink I sorta got around that by positioning everyone defensively so I could just pass the ball around periodically and return to hugging the goalie. But I can't remember if there's any bonus exp for shots/tackles etc. And obviously not learning any techs. There's a lot I love about FFX. I've done the whole "rewrite the sphere grid for best stats" before. But, there's still parts I'll completely neglect "perfecting."

I mean.. the whole premise here is that you don't like playing.. being able to afc it and also spend less time in it sounded like the more favorable choice. At least you're not one of the crazies that goes for getting everyone to level 99. I don't think I even want to meet anyone willing to suffer that much.

You say that like it's a difficult challenge. Nah, at some point I say stomping just isn't worth all the extra time wasted compared to just running out the clock. If you don't like goalie camping you can always just find someone with high speed and simply kite everyone around without doing anything.

Because ultimate weapons demand a sacrifice? At least you can cheese it by hanging with your goalie and nobody will bother you, if you've already got a point lead.

I mean, I ain't even mentioning rights or anything. Just, movie, OVA, "extended episode," call it whatever you want, it still ate up three episodes-worth of air time, which always seemed to be the more important sticking point when considering airing movies. Rights aside, movies just take up a lot of space and rarely justify knocking other shows off the block. (evidently we don't have any other shows for the block right now, so I guess it's a non-issue, lolololol) Maybe personal bias, but I kinda hope these "extended episodes" came in cheaper than picking up rights for a whole season or whatever. Kinda doesn't matter how big the draw is (and it's certainly not what it was), they really just can't get a ton of drawn out value from a one-and-done.

Pfft. And yet we couldn't get Dawn of the Deep Soul. Bah!

Ohhhh. See, I assumed by "season" there would be an actual season of at least some amount of normal 30 minute episodes. I honestly had no idea about it taking a while to make it here or whatever. Honestly, again, kinda genuinely surprised Toonami even decided to go for this given previous stance of No Movies. And, again turns this whole "ending" mess into something even more ridiculous that it already seemed. But hey, if it means AoT gets one-and-done'd instead of having to see it every week, all the better.

I'm pretty much always out before Billy & Mandy, so marathon is about all I've seen of it. Have they already aired the Little Rock of Horrors episode in previous weeks? Would maybe be kinda cool if Voltaire (who wrote/sang the Brains! song) knew one of his early creations was back on the air.

Wait, so.. wait, what? What was even the point of airing that "premier" if that was literally all there is so far? I thought we were against playing movies on Toonami? I don't follow any AoT stuff, so I just assumed last week was a big "our season opener is extra long and extra spectacular but leads into normal episodes afterwards" presumably until the end. Are they really just chopping all of this up into movie segments releasing sparsely?

Less for the opening, but I'll always remember the starting song frorm Ecco 2.

Y'know, watching ep 1 again, paying it a little more attention, it's honestly not so bad, when it's not trying to rehash the same big beats from the original. When it's sorta doing its own thing, building the world and all, it's passable. It doesn't quite have the punch to really make a big mark, the writing is honestly pretty weak, the localization of some moments really flops. Initial impression: It's not really bad, but it is pretty meh.

I'm just going to say this now, while I struggle to get through this whiny twat's opening monologue, the only reason I'm gonna begrudgingly stomach through this is because I know how it ends and I just want to see my vindication at long last. I will never understand how this one got popular enough to make it big.

This man makes.. techno house remixes of.. folk/rock songs? I guess? (lot of this stuff seems a bit heavy/noise for me.. but I respect the premise)

"That's enough youtube for one day" moment.

Personally, I'm willing to let the animation slide. I agree it's not great, but I'm ok with letting aesthetics be an artistic choice. The whole point is to be charming, in its own way. Like those super ugly dogs that some people weirdly think are cute.