PokeNirvash

I was personally done with Jingai the moment he wrote off JoJo just because it wasn't pulling in the ratings other shows had at the time.

Jeez, that thumbnail. And people wonder why I and others avoid this supposedly amazing show like the plague...

I was never too huge on the Sound Four even at the peak of my being a non-Narutard Naruto fan, so I'm not looking forward to a whole mini filler arc of them continuing to be one-dimensional "LOL I'm so evil" pricks. Oh well, at least tonight we have the episode of PA that convinced younger me that it was the most moe anime on [as] at the time. 12:00 - Dragon Ball Super #78 - Even the Universes' Gods Are Appalled?! The Lose-and-Perish Tournament of Power - TV-14V 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #12 - Radar Man - TV-14DLV 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #10 - The Heinous Aura ~Mastermind~ - TV-14LV 1:30 - Black Clover #125 - Return - TV-PGL 2:00 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #11 - Infinite Hugs: Cold Embrace of the Bloodless Progenitors! - TV-14DLSV 2:15 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #12 - Shameful Disease of Yackety Yack! Don't Talk Back! Be Silenced Forever! - TV-14DLSV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #304 - The Underworld Transfer Jutsu - TV-PGL 3:00 - Samurai Jack #54 - XCIII - TV-14V Figmas are a hell of a drug.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 9 Gungrave 23

Appare-Ranman! 1-3 (rewatch)

Mayo Chiki! 2

The correct answer for the current era is Tenchi Muyo GXP. Demarco bought it thinking it'd be as action-packed as the Tenchi they aired on Toonami, it wasn't announced until a week before its premiere - and on-air in a lineup promo at that! - and it got shunted off to 3AM after five weeks in an earlier slot where it nearly torpedoed the ratings. You could probably even blame it for them grabbing the rights to uncut Naruto as a form of damage control.

Their Superbowl commercial was... bad in a subtly bizarre sort of way. [see you in a quibi]

That dude floating in mid-air looks a little like Oma Tokita, at least from how I'm seeing it.

I don't know whether to be offended by your assumptions towards my knowledge/lack thereof of sexual activity, confused over whether you're being genuine or sarcastic about it, slightly amused by the dig at my masking fetish, or just disbelieving that you responded to a three week-old post just to express your disdain for me as a person. I may have Asperger's, but I also have two Master's degrees and enough understanding of social cues to know what's acceptable and what isn't. Fuck off with this "Poke is stupid and a creepy pervert" bullshit.

I apologize for Jingai. He is an idiot. So we taught him wrong. As a joke. [if you've got an ass, he'll kick it]

It'd be something I'd watch, for sure. And I'm not just saying that because I'm literally the only one here who would defend IGPX no matter its countless flaws.

PARANOIA AGENT - "Due to unfortunate circumstances at the animation studio, the rest of Mellow Maromi has been outsourced to-" holy shit is that Maniwa? (The things you pick up on rewatches...) These emotional cornerings are coming faster by the episode. Lil' Slugger's one weakness: someone changing their mind about "wanting out". Aw yeah it's an Ikari episode. 😎 Even as a young teen, this in-episode title reveal always seemed a little off, probably because it isn't actually pasted on anything like the rest. If you're considerate enough to leave your skates at the door, surely it's not difficult for you to sit down and listen. Goddammit Ikari. And that's where the surrogate mother from the Fetus Slugger story comes in. Don't you just hate bosses who are younger than you and also total dicks? Seriously though, this backstory recitation and emotional self-analysis is very captivating, especially since it's the only one of its kind in this show. WE SWOLE SLUGGER NOW. Come now, tests are bad, but they're not that bad, at least in America. "Kids these days..." This tiny old dude's Tumblr nose is easily less awkward to look at than those on the characters of God of High School. Lil' Slugger ruins everything, be it through his own merits or pure tangent. What makes the Shaq-a-roni different from your standard pepperoni pizza? Does it come with a free bottle of Gold Bond, or even free insurance from the General? I was always under the impression that a drunk came with a tie wrapped around his head. Oh hey, those were the same words he said back in the RPG episode. Didn't know that was practically his catchphrase back in the day. Sometimes the best partnerships are done at a distance, as laughable as that sounds. "Apparently abusing suspects is looked down upon now, what with all these non-violent ways to coerce confessions outta people." Okay, he definitely hit her out of spite there. "What good was it to just wallow forever in disappointment?" True that. Are ya winnin', Maromi? Oh hey there Tsukiko. I completely forgot about this interaction they had. Even off-screen, Ikari is the best character. I don't exactly know what it's supposed to mean and I think it could use a better name, but if anything was a "Shut Up Hannibal" speech, that was it to a tee. 🏆 And here's all the previous characters watching the show. Even the Hirukawas, who apparently found a new place. Turns out Maromi was the real Lil' Slugger all along. How is it that I can understand Kon's symbolism as symbolism, but Ikuhara's comes off as literal to me, at least in Penguindrum? Meanwhile, at that bar with the Rising Sun matches... Predetermined gender roles are tiring, even for the traditional. So what you're saying is... he should take a rest. Sometimes motivations for entering a career path are very simple, and I would know that. WELCOME TO KAMISHIBAI WORLD. Somehow one of my biggest takeaways rewatching this episode is that the similarities between Ikari and Naokuu (my MC from Kinky Kunoichi) run deeper than I thought. They became cops for similar reasons, favor field work over paperwork, became disillusioned with their positions, got discharged, smoke a cigarette brand that rhymes with "nope", are chasing after a target/group of targets only their partner truly believes exists, refuse to ultimately give up in the face of despair, get more than a little aggressive with opponents but would never so much as hit a defenseless woman, and act like they're the only sane men in a world who doesn't understand them on the large. I think they'd get along well, despite being eighty years apart in their respective settings. Next week, Maniwa channels his own inner Naokuu and dishes out some good ol' fashioned vigilante justice that he isn't as cut out for as he thinks. MOB PSYCHO 100 - I completely forgot that the "Scars" were a thing. I love these maze-shaped reaction faces. What the fuck is that guy's chin. There ain't no mood whiplash like going from torturing children to death to a flying car. I didn't even realize he had to flip the bird in order to use his air whips. LOGGED! On one hand, TOM's acting awfully misandric this week, on the other, was that Spongebob's house I saw back there? Sometimes names are hard to remember, I'm lucky I'm able to keep track of many of them as I do. "So do you just carry that around everywhere?" Knowing Ritsu, he probably does. Being dragged into the bushes never constitutes a good time. You can't not love good dramatic irony. Children are always in the basement. Lesson is, don't fuck with Mob twice in one day. Oh wow, I had nothing to say this week. BLACK CLOVER - Oh neat, it gets its own home recording message too. I still count episode 2 as "anime original" more than "filler", even if it is Pierrot animating the series as a whole. "Oh wow, I grew up hot." It's still strange to think all these different bits and pieces of the world were existing simultaneously before they each got their own bits of plot relevance. Her hair's looking kinda blue up there. Oh good, we're skipping the failed nun-boning attempts, that's a relief. Damn geese! I don't remember those scenes from before. This recap is the closest we'll get to a faithful adaptation of the "Yuno gets elfed" reveal from the manga. Goddammit, I read "Furies" as "Furries", I really am too fargone. I'm a little disappointed that this episode's mostly just recapping the last arc instead of going through the whole of the series like I thought it would. Your character design still sucks, Ryuk's metrosexual cousin. At least he's too Saturday morning cartoon villainous to be behind Kellen Goff's burnout on voicing bad guys. And then Patry knew how it feels to have your entire career based on a lie. Who thinks with their dick more often: Asta around nuns, or Finral in general? ADVENTURE! That's our Yami, securing the kill as always. The true downside about Asta's constant screaming is that Yuno's sounds weak in comparison. "Who are you?" "I'm you but smugger." His one regret was that he was made of poorly mixed concrete. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - Damn, that White Zetsu disguised as Darui actually spooked me there for a second. Yeah, everybody's looking even more paranoid than they usually do. The plan is, wait for Naruto to show up. Funny how Naruto was one of my biggest anime back then yet I don't remember all that much about the Sound Four. Outside of Tayuya looking pretty attractive, that was. What's the significance of these "gates" in their titles? Neat, they accidentally let a frame from the end of the OP slip in. Heh, one of them turned into a Zetsu. Probably three years, that seems to be the constant difference between the first show and this one. I do remember Choji managing to beat Jirobo without anyone else's assistance, that was pretty cool. (IIRC, Neji probably did the same against Kidomaru, but who cares about that fight.) Nope, still don't remember shit about this one. Kiba vs. Sakon/Ukon, I remember a little, if only in that Kankuro came in to help at the last moment. No need to question why Tayuya's demon-looking Curse Mark form is the least freaky-looking of the four. (Kinda makes her even more attractive, now that I think of it.) And of course I remember Shikamaru vs. Tayuya the best, because they were the best characters of their respective groups, even though Tayuya didn't really have a character outside of "evil underling of Orochimaru". For what it's worth, her flute-playing is good. Okay, so it's just Kidomaru and Sakon/Ukon who look like freaks who escaped from the ninth layer of Jigoku in their cursed forms, then. Huh, I expected that pigeon crash to be bloodier than it was. Always watch out for land mines. HAAHHHHHHH? No surprise that the protagonists mature just as the antagonists do. LOGGED! I... barely remember those demon guys that Tayuya could summon. Shit, I'm a real sucker for this sakuga. That was too easy, as to be expected of anime original filler. Now seal them up before they get the chance to recover. Well fuck, guess it's harder than even we thought it'd be. There's a one syllable difference between a transmutation circle and a transportation circle. I want to murder all these fuckers just for their stereotypical evil laughter alone. (Except Tayuya, for vaguely sexist reasons.) Still, now we've got ourselves a real filler arc, instead of just random disconnects like the last several ventures into filler hell. [minus power]

He meant to say "ahem".

You do realize Shinichiro Watanabe throws a lot of Western influences into his works, right? High School Musical's sales numbers mean jack shit when it comes to what he or his crew want to envision.

Ikebukuro West Gate Park (J-Drama) 2

Easy: something woke.

After a recent purchase and the decision to move all of my downstairs anime upstairs, I thought I'd finally share all I've amassed, excluding what I've since sold. 8 Man After Perfect Collection DVD from Image Entertainment (gag gift from my uncle) Afro Samurai Director's Cut DVD from FUNimation Afro Samurai: Resurrection 2-Disc Special Edition Director's Cut DVD from FUNimation Ah! My Goddess Volumes 1-6 (plus Premium Box) DVD from AnimeWorks (hand-me-down from my sister) Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Complete Series DVD from FUNimation (hand-me-down from my sister) Akira DVD from Pioneer Baccano! Complete Series DVD from FUNimation Batman: Gotham Knight DVD from Warner Premiere BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad Viridian Collection DVD from FUNimation The Big O Collection DVD Bootleg (it's the actual show, but an unofficial release) Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail DVD+BD from FUNimation Blade Volumes 1-2 DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blue Submarine No. 6 Anime Legends Complete Collection DVD from Bandai Entertainment Casshan: Robot Hunter DVD from ADV Films Chaika: The Coffin Princess Complete Collection BD from Sentai Filmworks (gag gift from my uncle) Chaika: The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle Complete Collection BD from Sentai Filmworks Cinderella Boy Complete TV Series DVD from Discotek (second online purchase) CLAMP Double Feature: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE The Movie & xxxHOLiC The Movie DVD from FUNimation (hand-me-down from my sister) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (my other uncle also got me a copy, but it was a bootleg from the same company as my Big O set, so I sold it) Cyber City Oedo 808 The Final Collection from U.S. Manga Corps (gag gift from my uncle) Dimension W Complete Series DVD+BD from FUNimation (first online purchase) Eden of the East Complete Series DVD from FUNimation Eden of the East Movie 1: The King of Eden DVD+BD from FUNimation Eden of the East Movie 2: Paradise Lost DVD+BD from FUNimation Ergo Proxy Complete Collection DVD from Geneon Entertainment (discs stored separately after the terrible disc-holders led to disc 2's center portion cracking) The Familiar of Zero Series One DVD from FUNimation Fruits Basket Complete Series DVD from FUNimation (hand-me-down from my sister) Full Metal Panic! Complete Collection DVD from ADV Films Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! Complete Collection DVD from ADV Films Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Volume 1 DVD from FUNimation (I'm thinking about selling this one) Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: The Conqueror of Shamballa DVD from FUNimation (somehow a hand-me-down from my sister) Ghost Hound Complete Collection DVD from Sentai Filmworks (discs stored separately so I won't have to stack them like they did in the case) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence DVD from Bandai Entertainment Girls und Panzer TV Collection BD from Sentai Filmworks (gag gift from my uncle) Girls und Panzer OVA DVD+BD from Sentai Filmworks Girls und Panzer der Film DVD+BD from Sentai Filmworks Goku: Midnight Eye Collection DVD from Discotek (graduation gift from my uncle) Gurren Lagann Sets 1-3 DVD from Bandai Entertainment Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor S.A.V.E. Collection DVD from FUNimation (sold for $30, purchased for $20) Hells DVD from Discotek Hellsing Complete Series DVD from FUNimation High School DxD Complete Series DVD+BD from FUNimation Howl's Moving Castle DVD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix Volumes 1-5, 7 DVD from Bandai Entertainment (thinking about selling these too; trust me when I say volume 6 is impossible to buy on the cheap) IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix Complete Stage DVD from Discotek (the reason why I'm selling my IGPX singles) Inuyasha Season Box Sets 1-4 DVD from VIZ Media Inuyasha Movies Box Set DVD from VIZ Media Iria: Zeiram the Animation Master Collection DVD from Discotek (gag gift from my uncle) Is This a Zombie? Anime Classics DVD+BD from FUNimation (sort of a gag gift from my uncle) Is This a Zombie? Of the Dead Anime Classics DVD+BD from FUNimation JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Complete First Season DVD from Warner Bros. Entertainment KARAS Complete Collection DVD from Manga Entertainment L/R: Licensed by Royalty Limited Edition Collection DVD from Pioneer/Geneon Entertainment Loups=Garous: The Motion Picture DVD from Sentai Filmworks Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro DVD from Manga Entertainment Mad Bull 34 Complete Collection DVD from Discotek (gag gift from my uncle) Magical Meow Meow Taruto Complete Collection DVD from Bandai Entertainment (hand-me-down from my sister, I swear to god!) Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi Complete Collection DVD from ADV Films The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Complete Collection DVD from Bandai Entertainment The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Second Season DVD from Bandai Entertainment The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD from Bandai Entertainment Metropolis DVD from Columbia Tristar Entertainment Mob Psycho 100 Season 1 DVD+BD from FUNimation Moonlight Mile Complete First Season DVD from FUNimation Mushi-Shi Volumes 1-6 DVD from FUNimation Naruto Uncut Box Sets 1-4 DVD from VIZ Media Naruto the Movie 1: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow DVD from VIZ Media Negima! Volumes 1-6 DVD from FUNimation (hand-me-downs from my sister) Negima!? Spring & Summer Specials DVD from FUNimation (hand-me-down from my sister) Neon Genesis Evangelion Perfect Collection DVD from ADV Films New Dominion Tank Police DVD from Maiden Japan (gag gift from my uncle) NieA_7 Collection DVD from Pioneer Ninja Scroll DVD from Sentai Filmworks (I bought this with the intention of gifting it to my uncle for Christmas, then I found out he already owned it on BD) Outlaw Star Classics BD+Digital from FUNimation Paprika DVD from Sony Pictures Classics The Place Promised in Our Early Days DVD from ADV Films Please Teacher! Collection DVD from Nozomi Entertainment Please Twins! Collection DVD from Nozomi Entertainment Project A-Ko DVD from U.S. Manga Corps (hand-me-down from my sister, who got it as a gag gift from my uncle) REDLINE BD from Manga Entertainment REIDEEN Collections 1-2 DVD from Sentai Filmworks Reign: The Conqueror Volumes 1-4 DVD from Tokyopop Riding Bean DVD from AnimEigo (gag gift from my uncle) Robot Carnival DVD Bootleg (gag gift from my uncle) Samurai Champloo Limited Complete Box Set DVD from Geneon Entertainment s-CRY-ed Anime Legends Complete Collection DVD from Bandai Entertainment Shakugan no Shana Collection DVD from Geneon Entertainment (hand-me-down from my sister, even though I bought it for her) Shuffle! Complete Series DVD from FUNimation The Sky Crawlers DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (gag gift from my uncle) Space Adventure Cobra Movie DVD from Discotek (gag gift from my uncle) Steins;Gate Collections 1-2 DVD+BD from FUNimation The Tatami Galaxy Complete Series DVD+BD+Digital from FUNimation Tenchi Muyo! OVA Collection DVD from FUNimation Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki Complete Series DVD from FUNimation Trigun Complete Series DVD from FUNimation (disc 3 doesn't work for shit) Trigun Remix Volume 4 from Geneon Entertainment (a godsent replacement for 2/3 of the aforementioned disc 3) Vampire Hunter D Special Edition DVD from Urban Vision (gag gift from my uncle) Venus Wars DVD from Discotek (gag gift from my uncle) Violence Jack Complete OVA Collection DVD from Discotek (gag gift from my uncle) Voices of a Distant Star DVD from ADV Films Wild 7 Another Complete TV Series DVD from Discotek (so rare, not even the illegal streaming sites have it!) Witch Hunter Robin Anime Legends Complete Collection DVD from Bandai Entertainment Wolf's Rain Anime Legends Complete Collections 1-2 DVD from Bandai Entertainment xxxHOLiC Volume 1 DVD from FUNimation (gonna sell this if I ever get around to it) Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files Complete Seasons 1-2 DVD from FUNimation Yusibu: I couldn't become a hero, so I reluctantly decided to get a job. Complete Collection DVD from Sentai Filmworks (gag gift from my uncle) There's also two of the BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo DVDs from Illumitoon and a Lupin the 3rd Part II single from Pioneer/Geneon, but they're too hard for me to get to right now, so I'm excluding them from the current listing.

Earlier today, I paid a visit to the nearby Half Price Books, and in their paltry anime section, they had all four singles for Reign: The Conqueror's DVD release. In what's easily my most questionable purchasing decision to date, I bought and now own those four singles.

More Black Clover clip shows, more Ballmastrz where it doesn't belong (as much), and Shippuden's back in filler hell. Just another week of Toonami in the COVID age. 12:00 - Dragon Ball Super #77 - Let's Do It, Grand Zeno! The Universes' Best Tournament!! - TV-14LV 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #11 - No Entry - TV-14LV 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #9 - Claw ~7th Division~ - TV-14LV 1:30 - Black Clover #124 - Nero Reminisces... Part 2 - TV-PGV - RECAP 2/2 2:00 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #9 - Chaste Wing of the Cold Turkey vs. Flaming Fist of Indulgence! - TV-14LV 2:15 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #10 - Strength Through Song; Brotherhood Through Blood; Redemption Through Rage. Sing, Fallen Angel! - TV-14DLV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #303 - Ghosts from the Past - TV-PGLV 3:00 - Samurai Jack #53 - XCII - TV-14V The new show announcements can't come soon enough...

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 8

"Sir... This is a Wendy's."

AWOL: Absent WithOut Leave 6

Still waiting for Appare-Ranman to start airing new episodes. May test-watch the first episode of God of High School to see if it's less obnoxious than the webtoon, but the Tumblr noses aren't giving me hope on that front. Regarding non-seasonals for this season, I started watching Mayo Chiki in earnest. As I remember from 2011, it's better than Zac Bertschy said it was, but still awkward enough to make me approach it with caution regardless.