Jman

He’s not Moose. Besides, every single Avatar knockoff or spiritual successor, including Korra, has been a flop.

A day later...it still looks like dogshit. Also Avatar clones are never successful. Avatar’s own sequel wasn’t successful. Stop it Western animators. No one wants this shit.

It is utterly insane and wonderful for that reason.

The coffers are empty, the budget is bone dry, and the industry is in major, major flux. Put simply, I don’t think they had a choice. When you’re reduced to airing Ballmasterz episodes because you don’t have the time, the budget, or the inclination to get materials from even the cousins in the same media family (and even that’s a major question mark as sale rumors for Crunchyroll ramp up) you grit your teeth and deal with it. DB Super is not ideal until a new season is inevitably made. It is infinitely preferable to Ballmasterz or more license rescues from the Dark Ages. Otherwise why not just re-air Pilot Candidate? This is the best of a really bad hand.

For all my ragging on One Piece, it looks like gold compared to the legions of shitty Avatar clones, like Voltron Legendary Disappointment, like this Onyx Equinox horseshit, etc. I get it completely.

That fake anime vibe pisses me the hell off as well from all these Avatar knockoffs, so I get it.

Well Onyx Equinox looks like shit so there’s that. Of course this goes right back to the money problem. Toonami doesn’t have any.

Well Poke, it shows you how memorable the show is if I keep spelling it wrong. Don’t suppose DeMarco wants to re-consider his reluctance to grab CR stuff, eh? Knowing our luck while everyone wants God of High School he picks up Onyx Equinox.

That’s a big if. Remember the budget is so bone dry they had to air Ballzmasterz. BALLZMASTERZ.

It looks like total dogshit, Avatar clones continue to be poison, because “we’re inclusive!” No one cares. Animate Cannon God Exaxxion or stick to importing. But it is interesting in light of the sale rumors, Crunchyroll wasting money on non anime no one wants.

Behold, the latest Crunchyroll original following Tower of God and God of High School. And laugh. Meanwhile, rumors of a sale to Sony are spreading as AT&T, up to their eyeballs in debt, hacks to the bone to save money. They’ve already put Warner Interactive up for sale, and it’s profitable. https://expertheadlines.com/att-in-advances-talks-with-sonys-funimation-to-sell-out-its-anime-streaming-services-crunchyroll/

No word on Keanu Reeves involvement.

Did the author really think it was a good idea to name a major arc villain Destro? How did that happen in universe? Was there a Cobra and GI Joe in this world’s past? Did Destro break off from Cobra Commander?

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/6/23/21299977/eric-andre-interview-legalize-everything Let’s just get Andre’s first article quote out of the way - “Every time I drop acid I jerk off to anime,”

Ellis’ is accused (and apparently confessed to) forcing women to enter relationships with him in exchange for jobs. Said relationships included sex. That’s coercion 101. And the man deserves to have his stupid little vampire show cancelled.

I didn’t call you an idiot. You’re not an idiot as far as I’m concerned, at all, but you can get jumpy.

I didn’t even mention it here. I figured it was newsworthy to go “Hey, this guy who made the Castlevania show was outed as a sex pest, so don’t be surprised when his projects are cancelled.”

No, I’m not actually. Ellis was getting an adaption of a comic he made called FreakAngels to be a Crunchyroll exclusive. https://www.cbr.com/freakangels-warren-ellis-comic-joins-crunchyroll-original-anime-lineup/ Key word is probably “was.”

They didn’t censor a thing. Mochi’s just mad the translation is less gay. What they did do was make the translation ultra literal. Hilariously so. Studio Khara ensured that every line was translated with the accuracy and stiltedness of an Internet Japanese to English translation. That included getting rid of certain lines English dubbers translated to make them seem homoerotic (but vague) to eliminate all that ambiguity. Nothing was edited or censored, the dialogue was just translated in the most rote, literal way possible.

Ellis is the executive producer and he’s credited for concept creation. The show has to die to deny him royalties.

As much as I dislike Leth, Ellis apparently copped to being a coercing sex pest. That’s significantly worse in the eyes of society and the law. Not like Castlevania was ever going to get to the good stuff anyway.

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/warren-ellis-response/ Castlevania is probably cancelled, and it’s a question mark if the Crunchyroll anime sees the light of day.

Don’t people do that to me already when I get hot under the collar? In any event, it’s fine. Just relax.

Mochi left details out. It happens.