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Indeed it didn't. Doing this week's thoughts internship-style, to account for the fact that I didn't want to spoil myself on anything before going into it, like I did for the 2012 April Fools' stunt. TOONAMICON - As a fan of the works of I.G and one of the few people who actually enjoyed B: The Beginning (even if I can't remember half of what went on in it), I'm looking forward to Fena: Pirate Princess. (Not too crazy about the name, tho.) Blade Runner anime is kinda meh on my end, and a little disappointed that the Uzumaki preview was the one that's been online forever now. All three interviews were good though. Steve Blum and Dana Swanson sharing how they first got to be TOM and SARA too. (I bet you anything Demarco was wearing his "Fuck Racism" shirt during those interviews.) The Pillows performances were fun, though they just prove that I prefer the studio versions of their songs to the live covers, excluding their amazing acoustic rendition of "Ice Pick". Yes, everything was fun and all, but honestly, I'm just pissed that they didn't bother to tell us what the hell's replacing Paranoia Agent next week or what's replacing Mob the week after. You'd think that would be higher priority than three shows that won't see airtime until next year, but when it comes to Demarco, always lower your expectations. RICK & MORTY ANIME SHORT - Not bad, though I could've done with something else. The fact that TOM namedropped Tower of God when introducing the director is just making me think all the more that we're gonna be getting it soon. PARANOIA AGENT - Fifteen years later, and Ikari breaking out of his dream world is still an amazing sequence. Lot of emotion too, between Ikari's dead wife and Tsukiko's dead dog. I still find it odd that Kawazu's the only minor recurring character we see to have survived... whatever you wanna call the giant black blob Lil' Slugger turned into swallowing up everything. The post-credits scene with Maniwa sharing the cryptic message was a nice bonus inclusion, didn't expect that at all. It was really great watching this again, and I think it might actually be in my top 10 now. 11/10, would recommend to even non-anime fans. MOB PSYCHO 100 - Ah yes, the episode that really cemented Reigen as my second husbando. Even with all the psychic battling going on, he stole the show. I feel kinda dirty about making him out to be the bad guy in this outdated political photoshop job. BLACK CLOVER - I just had a dumb smile on my face during the entirety of Charlotte's screaming running freakout. Also pleasantly surprised that most of the Blue Rose Knights are actually all about hetero relations, Sol's annoying gayness combined with their lacking character before now just made them look the same. Asta may have a terminal nun fetish, but he knows a tsundere when he sees one. (And considering their VAs are married IRL, seeing Asta justify Noelle's more tsun-tsun moments in his own way was kinda cute.) BALLMASTRZ - I fast-forwarded through this to get to the con-related stuff, and I'm kind of interested in checking it out in earnest now? Not yet, anyways - I still have the rest of the confirmed final season of Mike Tyson Mysteries to get through, plus the new season of Shivering Truth, and before all that getting caught up on 12 oz. Mouse - but eventually. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - Orochimaru taking advantage of the fact that even his own subordinates want a piece of him was a creative way of justifying the Sound Four's single-minded vengeful characterizations, but still, thank god this mini-arc is over. And so the wait continues for that damn "fatty fatso" kid.

When two trash cartoons collide.

So far off the mark that he gets rioters at his door.

LAST TIME ON PARANOIA AGENT MOST MOE ANIME OF THE ACTN ERA, I TELLS YA.

On the positive side of things, I'm expecting some actual show announcements to make up for the practical dearth of them as of recent (for understandable reasons, natch). On the negative, if the special short tonight is another damn Rick & Morty plug... 12:00 - Dragon Ball Super #79 - The 9th Universe's Kicking Basil vs. The 7th Universe's Majin Buu!! - TV-14LV 12:30 - Rick and Morty in: Genocider - TV-MAL 12:45 - Paranoia Agent #13 - The Final Episode - TV-14LSV - END 1:20 - Mob Psycho 100 #11 - Master ~Leader~ - TV-14LV 1:50 - Black Clover #126 - The Blue Rose's Confession - TV-PG 2:30 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #13 - Big Boy Body, Bigger Baby Boy Heart! Can You Endure the Pain of Love? Babyball, Discover It Now! - TV-14DLV 2:45 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #14 - Children of the Night Serenade Wet Nurse of Reprisal; Scream, Bloodsucker, Scream! - TV-14DLSV 3:00 - Naruto Shippuden #305 - The Vengeful - TV-PGV

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 10 Gungrave 24 What a duo of heartbreakers, these two.

Appare-Ranman! 4

It's gonna be another goddamn Rick & Morty short they spent a year's worth of budget on.

Endless Eight is much more palatable when it's A. after the fact, and B. watched with somebody you can poke fun at all the repetition with.

In due time.

12 oz. Mouse 6-7

Now Arvintel Media? They made some bad dubs. They also made Bryce Papenbrook a harem protagonist before Kirito was even (officially) published.

12 oz. Mouse 1-5

The Qwaser of Stigmata 6

FUN FACT: The studio the above two animators belong to is actually a subcontractor who's only ever worked primary production on two anime, both of which were co-pros. (eps 4-6 only)

Part II, IV and V, you mean. Part III was never dubbed, outside of that one Pink Jacket movie.

Because Toonami picked it up, at least that's the theory.

You know it.

I'd be up for that power hour. Let's not forget Williams Street getting off on the wrong foot with ADV after Giant Robot Week, and the only licenses they got from them were the inferior dubs they made/had on hand for Super Milk-chan and Eva.

If that's what it is, then I'll allow it.

Ikebukuro West Gate Park (J-Drama) 3 I enjoy seeing Makoto and Chief Yokoyama onscreen together. They have such great chemistry.

That means we won!

PARANOIA AGENT - Maniwa narrating over this tracking shot over various roads and a single boardwalk is very likely the moment that sold me on this show. Demonic Slugger still freaks me the fuck out a little. You never thought he'd be able to grew this big? Really? And so Maniwa escaped... but the worst was yet to come. Odd choice of last words. I actually sorta prefer what Maniwa's hero outfit actually looks like to what he thinks it looks like. (That extreme closeup on his face is a little much tho.) You heard it here first, Maromi is bigger than Jesus and the Beatles combined (in Japan). Truly this is Maromi Mania. Nice to see the Hirukawas are still completely out of it. Oh shit, I almost forgot the old man had family. Meanwhile Ikari doesn't even know what's going on outside of the Showa Era. It's no surprise by now that I love when anime production companies are referenced in-series; even though it's technically a "bland name product" example, the "WOOOW" in place of "WOWOW" on that placard hits that button right. Everyone's so focused on the cute mascot characters that the vague sketch of an angry bat-wielder might as well not even be there. FUCK YEAH BUNNY GIRLS. And more anime figurines. He can't even have sex without you watching him, he's just that pathetic. When you have all of the Figmas, the next natural step is to start making your own. "This is a computer geek's wet dream!" That explains the D subrating. Oh damn, so this isn't the first (or second) time Tsukiko got attacked. "Time for your booster shot~." Check it out, it's Batman. I expect to be disappointed! Apparently no amount of breakout popularity for Maromi can make up for continued delays on his follow-up. Hmm, so the old lady's still at it. The old man reincarnated into the one medium where he could legibly get his message across: the radio. All that stress finally caught up to him. Another anime cliche I actually kinda like: characters going through subtle voice changes or none at all when they uncharacteristically get mad. Thank god he snapped out of it before went into SAO villain territory. And to no one's surprise, it was Lil' Slugger all along. Meanwhile, in picturesque rural Japan... I love it when Doug Stone voices minor characters, nowadays when it's somebody's dad. "That man ain't right." Even his most serious image is sassy. Even in Japan, bitches don't know that funerals are neither the time nor the place for gossip. That was bear-y rude. And then Maniwa was phone. Angry Maromi is what really freaks me out. SHINJI HASHIMOTO SAKUGA SPOTTED. That door's able to take a lotta damage, but not enough for FlexTape to fix it. BAT VS. BAT. Okay, him flipping the glasses around to "transform" is kinda cool. Even the bat isn't a real bat! Yes, let's go through the doorway that just showed up out of nowhere. "I really should've pocketed this thing by now..." High school nostalgia's a real thing ain't it. "Gasp! A male ally!" Grand Theft Maromi: the greatest of all crimes. Everybody's getting stressed out again. Who needs anime girl dolls when you have one in your own image? MY HIDEOUS CHEST! Guess the operation didn't go according to plan. Huh, turns out he reincarnated as the doorman to the other world this whole time. Next time, Ikari finally gets sick of Maniwa's bullshit after learning what chuunibyou has done to him. At least it's not the full commercial with the yodeling children. MOB PSYCHO 100 - Hired henchmen never stand a chance when it comes down to it. I like you, wise old drunkard henchman. Congratulations, Dimple, you found where the treasure's buried! Never thought he'd actually give out recommendations to join the Body Improvement Club. Teru's still got some of that juvenile delinquent spirit. YARE YARE DAZE. Now this is pyrokinesis. Reverse card, activated. Yeahhhh that dude's dead for sure. JUDO CHOP. I heard "Kill Don Lemon", who else heard him say "Kill Don Lemon"? TRIPLE-DOUBLE KNOCKOUT. Unimportant yet interesting fact, that red-headed kid over there is voiced by a transsexual; none of us really knew that until they replaced Spike Spencer as the voice of Shinji. Muscle girls are underrated when they're done right. I'd pick that up, it could be Reigen. I wonder if Niosi thought of that line when he decided to come clean about his sordid past and then went on a self-imposed exile from the voice acting industry. Tsuchiya is a truly underrated Mob waifu. NIGERUNDAYOOOOO. In the end, Dimple was the truest fool of all. OH NO HE'S HOT. Oh yeah, I almost forgot that red-headed kid was the one who knocked him out. Mob, welcome to the mindfuck. Not sure if reverse card, but it's super effective so who cares? No nutritional value = all you can eat! Waiting until the absolute last second to show up... LIKE A BOSS. BLACK CLOVER - I miss THREATENED BY A RUTHLESS DEMON already, but I can get used to this. Wait, so they've just been on a destination-less road trip this whole time? Guess that explains why they were barreling across the desert during the recap episode. Oh hey, it's Yami's pet beasts. If only they had the initial floor plans for this hideout, then we wouldn't be in this mess. Is it wrong that I like Asta's sparkly eyes, but think Grey's squiggly open mouth looks completely stupid? I do like Finral's restraint in bringing up his attraction to the opposite sex, he got pretty bad with that in the 3rd and 4th cours. Of all the people to somehow not have a restraining order filed against them... I like the open bar idea, it has a nice ring to it. Secre's easily the least obnoxious of these idiots. You care because you're tsundere, it's in your nature. He gave you the hat and net as a joke, but unlucky for you he's not in a laughing mood right now. You're weird, Gauche, stop being weird. Zora just doesn't give a shit, and that's just another reason I like him more than you. I recently read a theory that the reason Yami spends so much time in the bathroom is because he's lactose-intolerant (like many actual Asians) so his gut isn't accustomed to all the milk-based products the Clover Kingdom has for their cuisine. It's easy to forget how terrible Black Clover's comedy is, even on the "Noelle hits Asta for no good reason" front. I can't believe Secre's a better love interest. I should make a Black Bulls ranking one of these days. YOUR MOUTH IS STUPID GREY. It's amazing how tolerable Gauche is when he isn't going on about his imouto. Okay, Gordon feeling hurt at Grey insulting his face got me there. I still can't believe Finral hasn't done his obligatory "hitting on women of varying levels of existence" gag yet. RAGGLE FRAGGLE. This is the strangest reinterpretation of Little Red Riding Hood I've ever seen, Aku's version included. No matter how obnoxious he gets, I just can't bring myself to hate Magna. "Captain Yami... He's in trouble..." What, he's out of toilet paper already? I can understand the misinterpretation, I'm a damn coward when it comes to dogs trying to show me love the way they do with everyone else. Not even Yami can resist that much cuteness. "Aww... you ruined it." "You're such a troublesome group." That's putting it lightly, Secre. They love him so much, they bring him in super close for licking, hence the attempted consumption. JYB does as JYB does. And then their home was a Hard Rock Cafe. I'm highly disturbed by this, but still, a doll that does weather forecasts is extremely progressive for this show's setting. It's only "a step above friends" if you're sharing the same bed. Ah, the status quo. I get the whole "true friendship" message, but still, there is such a thing as too much exposure to the Black Bulls in one sitting. Oh well, at least they've all got more character than the Sound Four. Holy shit, that's what Phineas sounds like? NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - First off, allow me to say thank god we aren't starting with a recap of that forced simultaneous evil laughter. "White Guys in Disguise" would be a good band name in these tumultuous Caucasian-hating times. "There, now you're boyfriend and boyfriend." That's one of the minor joys of filler: normally useless characters can be useful, or at least make an attempt. But why does it look like a giant eyeball though? YOU SUCK, SOUND FOUR. Oh yeah, I forgot Tayuya cursing up a storm was her thing in the original Japanese. But what about genjutsu? Damn, I was hoping he'd go up to 128 Palms that time. Why's Jirobo the only one that went red? (Not that I'm complaining, since his and Tayuya's look better than the others'...) Whoops, spoke too soon. You'd think that a four-on-four match would make victory over them easier since they aren't being paired off in one-on-ones like before. I keep forgetting about those summons of theirs. "I hate this channel." *crash!* BELIEVE IT COUNT: 1. He punched that dude so hard he grew a tree. I never thought of Shino as the kind who'd dramatically sweat. A giant water sphere can only do so much! If only we had some type of shaman on hand. As I feared, they're pairing themselves off again. Well, except for Kiba and Shikamaru switching opponents, that's a pleasant surprise. SPLOOSH. Not only are they the true insults to lines in terms of character dimensionality, but they're stupidly overpowered too. Man, the Sound Four are the worst villains.

You can tell this is forced as all fuck because the show she brought up is one that airs at 4 in the fucking morning on the regular. Good thing the rest of Twitter is calling her out on this bullshit, so no matter how murderously angry I get just thinking about it, I know we're safe.

Season 3 when, Netflix?