PokeNirvash

You really think I'd be so petty that I'd damage your reputation on a site that has nothing to do with what's being discussed here in the slightest? Come now, I'm not like @Distinct Lunatic. I may get pissed off at the things you say or how you say them, but I don't despise you.

THAT WAS BACK WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SYSTEM DOWN PAT YET YOU BLUBBERING MORON.

I'm now convinced the second "DC Fandome" interruption is a tactic to give FUNimation enough time to dub more Black Clovers so Toonami won't have to put it on hiatus like they did MHA.

Either that or someone's drunk at the wheel.

I originally watched this one back in 2008 when it aired on Cartoon Network... sort of. I watched the first three shorts, barely paid attention to the fourth, and skipped the last two. I have a DVD of the movie that I intended to watch, so I could finally put those last two to bed, but as with several of my home video gifts and purchases, that never came to pass. I'm lucky Toonami's finally airing it after they missed out (due to being cancelled), because now I can finally close the book on yet another unfinished anime on my list. TOONAMI - "Tonight, we kick things off with Batman: Gotham City." Goddammit TOM, you made me literally facepalm with that poorly researched comment. HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU - I've always been a fan of Studio 4C's sketchy art styles and lovingly detailed background art, ever since their Animatrix shorts. HARD ROCK MUSIC. Hitting drunks in this game scores you 10 points. Watch out, it's one of those Tom Clancy ninjas. "Nice skateboard cuz it's mine now." Shadow Sabbath Batman: the most unbeatable superhero there is, even without preptime. My breakfast bars! Flashbangs are a bitch on the eyes. Oh, you kids and your late '00s slang. Leave it to the more corrupt of the GCPD to racially profile someone for skateboarding without a license. Thank you, random jetpack Tom Clancy ninja. HUMAN SHIELD, GO! Now here's Man-Bat Batman; a freak of nature, that guy. Jetpacks are sacrilege! 😮 Took his head clean off. Even dumb skater kids know about Batman's no-kill rule. "Flurb?" "Dayum, man, comic book sounds don't always hafta make sense!" I have a feeling the third story's also gonna have the obligatory villain escape into the river. Oh hey, I think I actually remember that "I saw him first" comment. Don't robberies normally involve things that can be swiped from beyond someone's pockets, 'cause the only things of worth up here are those observational binocular things. Fuck yeah, osprey tilt-rotors. Our third interpretation: Robo-Batman! Or rather, Bat-Bot. Now that's what I call breaking the fourth wall without actually breaking it. FREE FALLIN'. And now we resume the action, live and up close. SMOKESCREEN. Death... by skateboard. "See you when I'm in need of a new Robin." I don't like this ugly bitch who thinks she has authority over friggin' Batman. At least this is looking to be a better Batman v. Superman movie than what Snyder pumped out. CROSSFIRE - Ah yeah, late '00s I.G. Last I saw this guy, he helped Jim Gordon escape from Victor Zsasz, his partner slept with Jim's ex-girlfriend, and the both of them were never seen again for the remainder of Gotham's run. Off to Arkham we go, apparently. Damn that's a lotta bats. Whatever Batman is, he's good at what he does. So what you're saying is, it's literally Inmate City over there. Yeah, it's obvious enough they're inmates, based on their striped outfits. Damn, they're toothy. It's so weird watching a continuity that's fundamentally different from Gotham. Speaking of, is this Haven? With all the villains crawling around, it's easy to forget that good ol' gang warfare's a thing. ROCKET LAUNCHER! YASUNORI MIYAZAWA SAKUGA SPOTTED. Nice of you to join us, Batman. Yes, his cape is bulletproof. "Those were my favorite CDs..." Only in Gotham are the mob bosses also prone to bouts of insanity. But the question is, who will make the first move? Of course, the answer is Batman. And away he goes, and that's the end of it. (Seriously, I feel it could've gone an extra minute or two in wrapping things up.) Koro-sensei is so OP it hurts, but lucky for us he's looking to be the fun kind. Choke on that, Kirito. FIELD TEST - I've seen 23 episodes of one of their anime, 14 episodes of another, almost all but the first and last of a third, and maybe one episode of a fourth, and they were all forgettably bland. Let's hope this one turns out better for the late, not-so-great studio Bee Train. We Bishounen Batman now. 😏 That was a lame sorta-pun. Not sure if the same satellite from the previous short or something completely different. EMPs, [shudder sound]. Now this is the power of zero gravity. "My Rolex!" I love me some dense anime technobabble. Lucius Fox is the last guy I would've pegged for being an excellent shot using only one hand. Literal bulletproof armor. Because if there's one thing the homeless love, it's golfing. That one golf ball is probably the most obvious CGI asset in this entire anthology. That is a flavor of irony I'm expecting to crop up in today's violent climate, if it hasn't already. That ball belongs to the Sandman now. IRON'S WILD! Oh Bishounen Bruce Wayne, your sexual innuendos are priceless. Maroni vs. the Russian has the makings of its own series. WHO WAS BOAT? "I kill you dead!" BISHOUNEN BATMAAAAAAN! Roger Smith's not the only black-suited negotiator in the world of anime. Those two are too normal for Arkham, come to think of it. Ah yes, the key drawback of bullet deflection. To the Batmobile (also on autopilot)! "You killed me..." Don't be so dramatic, you're still alive, it's just an arm wound, and you underestimate just how fast the Batmobile can go. "Give me the gun." [throws gun into sewer] "That works too." And that's how Batman got his bulletproof cape. IN DARKNESS DWELLS - So many spotlights, but only one Batsignal. In other words it was a mass drugging. Welcome to real Killer Croc hours. "This hole doesn't look like it was made for me, but I'm going down it anyways." GRATUITOUS ASS SHOT, GO! "Batman, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Oh yeah, it's Scarecrow who deals in all those fear drugs. Freaks him the fuck out, that living shadow of a Batman. The grain effect for this short is weird and kind of dated, but I like it. "We're all monsters here." "A literal monster, to be exact." Coffin transport tunnels, only in Gotham. Batgasmask, activate! You a fucked up sumbitch, Scarecrow. Ooh, we biological technobabble now. THE IRONY. He's here, he's fear, get used to it! Fuh-reaky. "I work through pain." Foreshadowing for the next segment? KILLER CROCOGOMADILE BWAAAAHHHHHH! He sees bats, and also chanting homeless people. I imagined the Cardinal having whiter hair and facial hair that wasn't an Amish beard. MAGGOT COUNT: 15, I think? Even when drugged up, Batman still kicks ass. CARDINAL GRAB MY PECS. It only takes a single explosion to collapse the entire structure. THROWING SCYTHE BULLET TIME. Fresh air at last! Ain't got no time for bat sex, he's gotta fly. What is it about Australia that makes their giant parties so ridiculously fatal without the involvement of the local fauna? WORKING THROUGH PAIN - You fool, you're no match for even a gravely injured Batman! And gravely injured he is. Thank god for the Batutility belt, am I right? Ah yes, the unseen arc where Bruce Wayne was a street doctor. They're too poor for anesthesia. I'm guessing this was a time before the Batgrappling hook. Elsewhere in memoryland, Bruce Wayne in India. 1500 rupees say they won't train him 'cause he's white. Hmm, so it's a matter of facetiousness, then. "What made them change their minds?" "My skin color, probably." ALFRED CAN YOU HEAR MEEEE. He's managing it, yeah, but are you doing it the right way. The virgin walking on hot coals vs. the chad standing on them. Become apathetic to pain, Bruce. Here I was expecting commentary on race, only to get a backstory rooted in sexism instead. If someone threw a stone at me, I'd throw it back; they'd never see it coming. You gotta love the contrast between reds and blues. Guns, guns everywhere. Never bring a knife to a fistfight against the Bruce Wayne. This departure was coming way sooner than he was hoping it would. "You shouldn't thank me, Bruce." But he's thanking you anyway, so there. PARAPHRASED QUOTE FROM MY DAD: "I was being sarcastic, you stupid bitch." TOO MANY GUNS. Nice of you to join us, Alfred. This ending is a little too sudden and obtuse for my liking. DEADSHOT - You can't have a real piece of Batman media without a flashback to his parents getting shot. Only the fanciest of workout rooms will do for Master Wayne. "The guns you ordered, sir." When it comes to guns, it's all about the aesthetic. He who has all the guns rules the world, which is why the Democrats are so gung-ho about gun control. Okay, that was a masterfully executed assassination scene. Wait so that kill didn't take place in Gotham? Always take the time to appreciate a woman in a bikini, just don't touch. I remember seeing Deadshot once in a "guess the character" thread on ANN; I hadn't watched this short then, so I didn't recognize him without the facial decorations. Take that, wasp. I do like the little cross-references between each short. His head's too big for their standard issue protective helmets. Snipers can be anywhere, even the places you wouldn't expect them to be. And if the target ain't moving, he's more than happy to do the moving himself. "Hard to believe he'd try to fire from a 60 mile an hour train." And yet he would, because he's Deadshot, beeotch. Whoa, spoilers! Oh shit, decoy train! Batman's gloves are also bulletproof. The kid guns are comin' off now. "My Batarangs!" Damn, Batman's having poor luck when it comes to not getting injured this movie. "No suit is bulletproof at close range." I like that quote, I'm keepin' it. Whup, there goes your fancy arm-mounted gun. Batman won't kill you - goes against his code of conduct - but he will punch you out hard enough that you wish he killed you instead. Just as Lucius suspected, that Marshall guy is shady as hell. I like the pictures of his parents over the fireplace. This may very well be the closest he's come to defeating guns as a concept. The Batsignal calls once again, and with that, it's over. All in all, great anthology, though I think Crossfire could've been longer and Working Through Pain could've had a more straightforward conclusion. 9.5/10, finally glad I could wrap this one up like a present from the Joker. [happy batday, birthman]

When will they learn? Pitch the show based on its own intrinsic merits, save the "look at how diverse we are" bullshit for after it goes into production.

Time to put another one of the several anime I've left unfinished for years in the history books. 12:00 - Batman: Gotham Knight - TV-14V 1:45 - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 - TV-14V And by "history books", I mean my completed list on MAL.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 12 Gungrave 25

You ever think Space Ghost eventually found out Moltar was broadcasting Toonami behind his back (likely as vengeance for not being included on Cartoon Planet) and that's why he ultimately transferred operations of the block to TOM?

I completed one season of my hypothetical anime and am currently pre-scripting the second, all while trying to find a job that'll make good use of my two civil engineering degrees, one planning degree, and engineer-in-training certification.

Appare-Ranman! 8

Did you not see the OP post?

Long story short, he's trans now.

No kidding... Even with it being Shounen Jump (and therefore on Demarco's radar), I never would've anticipated this to get a Toonami run.

Write him off like they wrote off Chef after Isaac Hayes got booted, only with the option of letting him live on the table? I can deal with that too.

Yeah, that whole thing was what convinced me to approach the show with the caution I did. Jiro's mom moreso than his sister - it's no surprise for anime siblings to beat on one another, but for his mother to do the same is just crossing a line without bothering to cross it again - but with her essentially being a non-character with only a single flashback where she did any on-screen abusing (which I wound up Tweeting about as a means of coping), it wasn't long before I came to terms with that, on top of the nine years of baiting my time between your watch and my official following suit.

Mayo Chiki! 4 Huh, this one was way better than @Chapinator-800 made it out to be years ago. Probably my favorite episode of what I've seen thus far.

Which'll make it all the more hilarious if and when Warner's unable to sell it and they're stuck with it forever.

The Qwaser of Stigmata Picture Drama 4

Ikebukuro West Gate Park (J-Drama) 5

Because they love ragging on Demarco for every little thing, and also maybe because he's the one in charge of the block that's airing the shows.

I dunno, considering Luci Christian has been voice acting for well over a decade and Kellen Goff has only been in the game for a couple of years, it makes sense that their perspectives on the emotional toll or lack theoreof of voice acting in anime are vastly different. And seriously? "Liar pants on fire"? What are you, the 4Kids dub of One Piece?

The worst thing about the edited-down rape scene was the forced meme on /co/ where the viewers scream at Demarco to "apologize to the voice actress" whenever something sexy/uncomfortable happens in one of the shows on the block. All because the voice director reassured Tiese and Ronie's VAs that it was all fiction.

Flowers of Evil 12 Making good on summa those Crunchyroll streams before Animelog makes them mostly irrelevant.

I remember there being a disclaimer for the episode on Crunchyroll, but not on Toonami. I think the fact that it was SAO's first TV-MA episode was discretionary enough. Technically there were two, not that it matters. [none of this matters]