Jman

SSSS Gridman 9-10.

Americans are no longer allowed to do giant robot shows. Not without passing some sort of test first. We should have known.

Owl, this thread has already gone off the rails. Like into a chasm.

Once I would get as a (bad) attempt to make someone look depraved. But over and over and over and over again and it’s clearly nothing more than the author’s fetish. And that’s worse.

It’s because Sword Fart keeps going back to the rape gags again and again and again like it’s clearly the author’s fetish, which he kinda admitted it was!

These are definitely the salad days when it comes to pure, raw content. It’s available everywhere, and it’s legal. Ideally, the cream rises to the top when it’s publicized and has material to bounce off of. The question is does dedicating a lot of time to EVA but putting it on a smaller outlet attract more or less attention than bringing some attention and airing it next to Friends?

...I’m gonna assume everyone knows why what Reki said was stupid and move on.

No, I’m saying he’s a hypocrite going on about how anime can’t stand out on a service like Netflix RIGHT AFTER THE INK DRIED ON A DEAL WITH THEIR RIVALS.

Not the main character, just the most feminine man, which many view as having its own set of problems. Oops.

Big words from the guy who just inked exclusivity with Hulu. Or does standing out among Brooklyn 99 and The Handmaid’s tale not count?

There was boxing and a UFC PPV on that night, coupled with the series having finished its run earlier in the year. The continued decline of linear television for non-sports.

It’s still incredibly stupid. How did this franchise become so popular, right, Gary Stu all the girls want to fuck because he’s good at the vidya.

This is what happens when someone, despite all evidence to the contrary needs to prove they’re right for no other reason than to be right.

Bonus comment from the author of the piece. https://nyti.ms/2G5CH6h#permid=29613188 Dissed the FLCL remake while he was at it, which deserved the diss.

I'm more interested if that Netflix adaptation keeps the rape scene. Just because they could, but do they want to?

At this point all the anime is flowing like a damn waterfall.

I’m presuming yes since a lot of these first run deals - 1. Won’t apply to stuff Toonami is already airing. 2. Won’t affect the shows when DeMarco gets them since they usually air them well after their premiere (case in point - My Hero Academia). First run exclusivity means they air it first, not only they get to have it. This is really a question of the delivery again. Is it worth getting shows the other guys air first?

Yeah, that’s why I’m more optimistic than pessimistic on this one.

Netflix owns the world.

It’s Christmas weekend. Do ratings even count that week?

I feel like calling this disingenuous is putting it mildly. Toonami hasn’t aired too many isekai besides SAO, and there’s probably a good reason for that. I figured if Knights and Magic didn’t air most of these other shows didn’t have a chance.

I bought up Soul Train because it and Toonami, surprisingly enough do feel like they have a lot in common. Both were the premiere source of a niche medium at one point but were cast aside because new ways of getting the medium appeared (Yo! MTV Raps, Rap Attack, compared to Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll) and the biases of the man in charge (Soul Train’s executive producer and host Don Cornelius told Ice Cube straight to his face on national TV he didn’t like hip hop or understand why anyone else did, which led a lot of rap artists to tell Don to go shove an Afro pick up his ass). But like I said, at least Toonami is moving forward. It’s interesting to see what’s happened in the past and if those mistakes are being repeated.

Considering the money Netflix spent to renew the license to Friends, they just oughta have the cast of that redub Evangelion.

Technically until 2008, but 2006 is when they closed up the studio and just aired reruns (the creatively titled The Best of Soul Train). The train was decommissioned in 2008 for good and the show was cancelled. And you gotta give that to Toonami. They could very easily just play nothing but old crap from back in the day and look back fondly on when Toonami was where you went for new anime, same as Soul Train for new tracks from soul, funk, R&B and the like. But they’re pushing forward regardless.

At least we’re not seeing an intro that essentially goes “remember when we were the only game in town?” This was 2006 and their intro has James Brown and the Jackson 5, reminding you of when they mattered. They stopped making new episodes that year. Toonami hasn’t gone there...yet. Wistfully remembering the good old days.