PokeNirvash

Cinderella Boy 9

Well, I still liked it, and that's all that matters to me. 9.5/10.

Gleipnir 13 Who knew trashy anime could be this good in a sense beyond entertainment value? 9.5/10.

I admittedly have nostalgia for Negima (which my sister used to pronounce as if it were spelled Nejima), owing to the fact that it was one of the first anime I watched that wasn't broadcast on basic cable stateside, but I don't have any interest in re-exploring it beyond the XEBEC series or Shaft's OVA DVDs I have yet to touch. The Shaft sequel series does its own different thing from the manga, and the rest of the OVAs require reading the manga which I don't have the patience for right now, so both of those are no-gos. I'm not even gonna think about touching UQ Holder. As for Love Hina, let's just say any interest I have in that is rooted in morbid curiosity. Even then, I'm gonna stick with Mayo Chiki as my current "harem anime where the harem beats up the MC" series for the time being.

As awesome as DBZA!Popo is, I never really liked the "pecking order" gag, at least at first. In fact, I'm kind of glad they got rid of it in favor of more original "Popo is stupidly overpowered" jokes.

[as] originals work best when they make sense like Venture Bros., or are secretly genius behind all the whacked-out shit like Xavier: Renegade Angel. [what doth life, life, life]

I see you left the emoji out so you wouldn't wind up proving my point. Good on you.

If anything, DB should be cancelled because it's fucking done. Seriously, Demarco, you couldn't even give it a full year to rest?

MY HERO ACADEMIA - Oh hey, it's the rest of Todoroki's family. You Japanese and your tendency to apologize for everything. "Hey, Endeavor, I didn't know you could fly!" "No, jump good." Oh no it's capable of human speech. There's always little to say when there's action about. SPLIT-SECOND QUALITY SPOTTED. I'd definitely put my life in Hawks' hands, err, feathers. It's a cool phrase, but it ain't no "slice and dice". They're really taking advantage of that extra budget this week. OH GOD THEY'RE MULTIPLYING. Eyes, eyes everywhere. I can't tell if this "overheating" he's talking about is literal or metaphorical. Probably both. Why are you just standing there saying that-oh you're a reporter, never mind then. OOOOOOH HIS EYE. 👁️❌ All Might can feel that in his own scar. I just found out that monkey-looking production runner from this week's PA is 24 years old. Not only is that way off-base from how old I thought he was (late 30's), but I'm actually older than him now. Holy shit. You'd be a fool to think losing an eye would be enough to stop Endeavor. Now's not the time to act like a dick, All Icy-No Hot. I agree with Todd, the media needs to quit this fearmongering bullshit right the fuck now. LOOK AT HIM! Note how he said "eye" singularly. "Gotta go fast!" I hate that that made me laugh. Asshole he may be, there's no denying Endeavor's got his fans, even if they're completely cool guys like Hawks. I'm guessing he's gonna rip the Nomu's head off and just burn it directly. Or maybe he's gonna freeze its ass in the vacuum of space. "Go Beyond Plus Ultra", I think you mean. THAT'S OUR NEW #1. These episode titles popping up at the tail end of certain episodes never fail to surprise/please me. We AFO flashback in the post-credits sequence? Oh hi there All Might's mentor. We AFO flashback in the post-credits sequence. And OFA too, it appears. 5th season confirmed, but will Toonami last long enough to air it? PARANOIA AGENT - Yep, this sure looks like a kodomo anime. And because having a visit from Lil' Slugger wouldn't mesh well with that age group, here's Maromi instead. I always liked these little rundowns on the various roles of anime production. Sound directors are also the most likely staff members to take advantage of the supposedly mythical "casting couch". I forgot that this whole mess started because the director had a breakdown a la Yasuchika Nagaoka on Engage Planet Kiss Dum. Even after seven years of driving, I'm still not ready for going down the interstate in the rain yet. Is this dude narcoleptic or what? This week's between-episode anchor: Miss Kamohara's husband was the writer for Mellow Maromi. At least he managed to survive his wife bugging him for answers in favor of dialing 119. It's true what s/he's saying about cinematography being the backbone of anime production, the photography director for SAO said so himself. THE HEALER DOG. Hatomura is still way chubbier than I remember him being. Gee, Oda, why do you get two Maromi pillows? Oh shit it's Lil' Slugger. Yeah, I have a tendency to hit myself for reasons too. If only his office had wall sockets and surge protectors, we wouldn't be in this particular mess. And there goes your guys' funding. Careful with those key frames there, buddy. Now he knows how Lil' Slugger feels. MAGGOT COUNT: 1. Oh shit he knows it's Lil' Slugger. "2020's been a really bad one, so here's a marathon to remind you that it could always be way worse." Makes sense they'd go for an NTV knockoff instead of just using WOWOW, no one watches kids' shows on satellite TV unless it's an otaku watching AT-X. And then he was the anime. Maromi, you're too small to ride that bike believably. So are we assuming Oda's taking up the role of director now that both of the actual directors are out of commission? Crazy how Batou was allowed to say "shit" and "prick" back in 2005 while everyone else got bleeped out. Maromi describing the animation director's duties after she got killed is my favorite bit of black comedy out of this episode. "If only this car had automatic windows!" HE COMIN'. Background art is really an underrated division of the anime process. For the longest time, I thought he freaked out about him folding it because it wasn't dry yet, but now I think it might be because creases in the backgrounds are a bad look. TACKLE! I love it when theme songs play outside of their designation animation sequences, especially as incidental music. The art director's going to Aokigahara. SURPRISE MOTHAFUCKA. I can totally understand Saruta being at fault now that I've actually been in the workforce for a year (and hoping to return sometime this summer), but I still think Oda's an asshole. That shot of Lil' Slugger in the backseat is another one of my favorite shots of him. And then he was Lil' Slugger. To be fair, Oda kinda deserved it. That's our story, Saruta's dead, and nobody cared. The anime production industry is very interesting and fun to learn about, but I wouldn't want to get involved in it for myself. I'm better off just writing my own hypothetical anime, staffing it out the way I want to, and then coming up with production problems for the headcanon where it exists as an anime. (Example: Kinky Kunoichi episode 7 was originally outsourced to a studio that wound up going bankrupt three months before the premiere date, so Pierrot had to complete it in-house and delay the broadcast by a week so it could meet the director's standards.) A decade later, Hiroyuki Yoshino would go on to play an equally incompetent production runner in another anime about the industry. In two weeks, the "Lil'" in Lil' Slugger finally reaches full irony. MOB PSYCHO 100 - Oh hey, someone who's an esper and has a ridiculous hairstyle. Dimple's too old for this shit. Mob is so pure. He's also way too good for this medium full of protagonists who look just as bland as him but somehow have way less personality. Right surname, wrong brother. I love how that one delinquent is the tallest person in the room, like Gamagoori before him. Keith Silverstein is my favorite black VA - barring Beau Billingslea, natch - in case anyone was curious. Well his emotions sure are rising faster than normal. "Shiggy..." No one really wants to die, except Top_Gun whenever the newest SAO waifu simulator comes out. SHIT COUNT: 1. FUCK YEAH MOB. Welp, it was fun while it lasted. WE 100% RAGE NOW. I was expecting some sort of extended promo for a new [adult swim] show, only to get another goddamn anti-tobacco ad in disguise. Why do you even try, Truth? Why do you even fucking try? It's a shame I don't know who's doing this sakuga off the top of my head, because it is great. 😄 TRUMP CARD COUNT: 1. Oh hey Dimple's back... only to run away again. "He's not White T Poison's older brother, he's White T Poison himself!" HE'S GOT A KNIFE. Turns out it was knock-out mace all along. I love the whole "standing while unconscious" trope, especially when they move to a standing position while unconscious. Meanwhile, Reigen's taking advantage of the whole "Himalayan pink salt" craze. Tags: cheese_grater. This sounds more like Food Wars than I remember, I actually feel kind of uncomfortable watching this with other people in the house. ABD: Always blame Dimple. CLAWWWWW. "I think I can win." Badass. Misunderstandings all over the place. Hey, is that GIGANTOR in the corner? That's some way of introducing yourself/someone else. I found an abandoned car in the nearby woods one time. Reduced to just the frame, with the springs for the seat backing and everything exposed. I think the graffiti on it called it the "Poon Machine", or something similar. BLACK CLOVER - Oh hey, new opening animation. It's weird to think the world of Black Clover has American deserts. "You and I... we're like brothers." So Licht really did come to his house and fuck his sister. The back-and-forth between these scenes kind of makes the inevitable massacre of the elves seem less awkward in the moment. And then he made like Dimple and ran off. SECRE GRAB MY PECS. Funny how this literal death of a species managed to get away without some type of violence subrating just because no one's bleeding in the moment. THREATENED BY A RUTHLESS DEMON. Is that the Sword of Damocles? Hoi, joso, ketsu, metsu, tenketsu. (Boo yah.) I'm not entirely sure what he even did there. If by "forever" you mean 500 years, then yes. I too remember the days when Asta was just a whiny infant and not a nun fetishist. Strange that they credit Patry's mom but not Patry himself. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - MMM WHATCHA SAYYYYY. It was sand the whole time. Gaara really came into his own once he dialed down the edge from his earlier days. Nice pyramid. Clearly there's a face in that steam. First up on the radar, hail the size of minivans! This imp really does look like the Mizukage's kid, if he were fat. THERE, BEHIND THAT GIANT ROCK! And then grand theft sealing tags. I'm gonna miss this guy when he's inevitably defeated. "If you can't beat me, you don't stand a chance against Madara!" Finally, the main character's on his way. Thank you, Gaara's mother. It's kind of strange watching him control green stead instead of the usual yellow/brown. KA-KA-KA-KABOOM. And now he's a statue. Tear it down! Nice to see him taking up his father's techiques. "LEAVE. THE. LIBRARY!" FUCK. YOU. ASSHOLE! Sucks to be you, Kabuto. Oh hey, Mummy Guy's still around. How is Kabuto able to tell all those different pebbles apart from one another? WE SOUND FOUR SOON. Oh Naruto, you and your crazy misunderstandings. Still more tags than I think are necessary, but hey, whatever gets the job done. He's fine, all he needs is a chiropractor, that's all. Huh, so that Naruto was a clone the whole time, I'd never have guessed. Meanwhile, everyone's trying to find a solution that there's already an answer to. Tenten really likes that fan, makes her feel important. That one guy's Suigetsu's brother, right? Hope you like cliffhangers 'cause we're in for 18 weeks of filler once the show comes back.

Considering Camie hasn't had as much screentime as Midnight, on top of being presented as both her regular self and Toga disguised as her, my thoughts on her aren't quite as developed yet. Plus her dominatrix aesthetic isn't nearly as obvious. Also, burlap sacks are normally brown, while Midnight's anime outfit is white, so I don't know where you're getting that comparison from.

Well, being a catsuit fetishist (and preferring the anime colors to the fleshtone color from the manga that makes it look like she has no nipples), that would explain why I think different than you in that regard.

>Midnight not in S tier Sorry but you lose.

I dunno, it being the most popular of its simuldubs seems like a pretty earthly reason to me.

Yeah, as far as Trigger shows go, KLK and the original LWA short are the only ones I've seen. I planned on watching Inou Battle in 2014/2015 but never got around to it, stuck both it and Ninja Slayer in a tournament to see what I'd watch out of sixty-four shows in 2016 - both lost in the first round - and everything else has been more or less, "eh, not interested right now".

This is probably the only example of an anime I've seen to have a full run on TV but an incomplete home video release here in the states. Hopefully Discotek or someone else eventually pulls through with a full re-release.

And hey, what about Ninja Slayer and its god tier budget-saving techniques?

Fair warning to everyone in this thread - which at this point is just Angel, holy shit we've lost a lotta people - but we're in for two weeks of Black Clover recap, plus a week in-between for a marathon no one's gonna watch. So yeah, precautions and all that jazz. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #88 - His Story - TV-14V - SEASON FINALE 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #10 - Mellow Maromi - TV-14LV 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #8 - The Older Brother Bows ~Destructive Intent~ - TV-14LV 1:30 - Black Clover #123 - Nero Reminisces... Part 1 - TV-PG - RECAP 1/2 2:00 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #7 - Leather Passions! 2 Hearts, 2 Wheelz, Infinite Roadz. Ride Now! - TV-14DLV 2:15 - Ballmastrz: 9009 #8 - Hunger Cramps on the Playing Field of Friendship - TV-14DLV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #302 - Terror! The Steam Imp - TV-PGL

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 6

Eh, it's another slot I can use for watching another non-Toonami anime (or J-drama), so I'm fine with it, even if it's non-preferable to actual new stuff.

I'm central OH. And before anyone asks, I'm suburban, not downtown.

Oh no way, you live in Ohio too? I'm more likely to go without, but if I'm out, I have mine on hand just in case it's required.

I see. In that case, just quote their message and give them one of these angry emojis (😡👿😠) until the mods give you what you want.

Eh, it's more of a "meh" reaction, the way I see it.

Only one "z", JMan, but I get your point. At least I'm coping with the lack of new shows (PA rerun notwithstanding) by pulling my greatest autist move yet and pretending Kinky Kunoichi (my hypothetical anime idea) is on the block instead of Mob reruns, even though I'm watching the latter like I'm acknowledging their existence, which I am. (The fact that both are 12 episodes long helps.)