PokeNirvash

I wouldn't say "suddenly". When Toonami picked up Food Wars, the first two seasons were the only ones dubbed by Sentai. They dubbed the third while the Toonami broadcast was going on, so naturally that would be a separate contract. The whole "owned by Crunchyroll" thing just makes licensing it too more difficult on Demarco.

I have never seen either show referred to by either of those nicknames. I have heard "Vulvarape" for Valvrave, though.

Says you, I find it very interesting.

Patrick Huge, this one-off character in episode 5 who's known around /a/ for epitomizing the hilarious badness of the new season. I swear, people, use ANN if you don't know who's voicing who.

What? No, Epcar's supposed to voice Batou, just as he always has (barring Arise).

Finally, we can have context for this scene.

IIRC, I think it was for that "Ladies of ADV" article they had in Anime Insider way back.

Considering there's six shows on the block now and I'm a week away from technically graduating and going full NEET until the engineering firms start interviewing again, I'm going back to the "write-as-I-watch" reviews I used to do in the past full-time. How fitting that I suspended them with Food Wars and they're back after it finished. MY HERO ACADEMIA - Neat, they opened the episode up with a "recorded from home" disclaimer. I wonder if Iida knows how awkward and off-key his moves look. If anyone knows about Mina's dance skills, it's the guy whose flashback half-episode featured her breakdancing. KILLING THEM SOFTLY WITH OUR SONG. I thought she was talking to Bakugo moreso than Kaminari. Wheeeeeee All these times watching the full OP, and it's only now I noticed Jiro was wearing a literal chain-link choker. Really, my biggest fear for them is how many students are gonna boo them before they even start playing their song(s). Correction: unashamedly perverted men get no respect. Oh shit, I recognize that hardware store! 😮 You're facing the wrong way, Aoyama. SUDDENLY HATSUME. What is it with the Japanese and random moai? You have acquired ROPE. What an appropriately pandemic-ready disguise you have there, Gentle. I love how the two of them are gradually realizing who they're talking to at the same time. Hiiiii flashback Midnight. "La Brava... get the camera." I have no idea who Ori is - even if the name of the first game sounds familiar - and I really don't care. Deku's gonna be an accidental YouTube star at this rate. MIME CURTAIN, GO. The air's made of rubber, how did that happen? SUPER RUNAWAY. Okay, so we know what Gentle's quirk is now, but what's La Brava's? I can't hear the phrase "get excited" anymore without thinking of Senku. Dammit Bakugo those drumsticks cost money. 20 bucks says his wind blast deflects off one of their rubberized air launch pads. OH FUCK RIGHT IN THE BACK. And a tackle too! Fighting in a construction site with the structure already up, just like in my GKA-verse anime concepts. Maybe he just wants to break into UA just to prove he could, you ever thought of that? WHAT CHANNEL? As I thought. Deku's a little too far on the white side of "white vs. gray morality" this week. This is the craziest Shigotoba Game I've ever seen. Yeah, I can only hope that beam's strong enough to take whatever load equivalent Gentle's imposing on it. And then Deku was Atlas. Exit stage crane. Bakugo has no need for your dress codes. Those are some cute-ass dance dresses. Okay, you've got me with that cliffhanger. 69 minutes remain until Mahoro shuts down the performance begins. DEMON SLAYER - It never occurred to me how tiny those girls' eyes are on the regular. Any dominatrix could do that sort of thing for $50 an hour, but they'll do it for free. BEAT THE SNORING OUT. It always bothers me that Nezuko stands around and does nothing during the whole "main characters do cool moves" part of the OP, and that only further supports my claim that she's a plot device first and a meme second. Cool, her name has the "wo" character in it. The tsundere in this one is strong. Fuck, I hate the rope-climb challenge. Kanao's aversion to even making the slightest noises creeps me out. There we go, much better. "Almost grazed me that time." Good, Zenitsu doesn't deserve your help, and it's not like Inosuke needs it. That's some serious air pressure coming out of his lungs there. Either he's training or he's out buying rope. I like how Zenitsu sucks so hard his Kasugai crow's actually a sparrow. Looks like green tea, tastes like raw sewage. Inosuke has risen, and in more ways than one. Does anyone else feel the urge to start breathing manually after hearing all this? "Calm State of Mind" is right. Zenitsu's girl-craziness is best when he isn't speaking like a child with a minor speech impediment. FOR FUCK'S SAKE, SAY SOMETHING! Toss a coin to your demon slayer. Minimalist tragic backstory time! Fuck I love cuts to black followed by dialogue snippets. The "turning into your parents" series of Progressive commercials needs to be brought out back and shot in the face like Old Yeller before it. Oh wow, Shinobu looks surprisingly tomboyish and bratty. Punch this dude in the face already. Or slap his hand away, that works too. Grand theft child, successful. She's like a basic computer algorithm, she only does things if you provide input. (That sounded wrong.) Is that Bridget Hoffman voicing the sister? I'd assume she's just incapable of speech, but that wouldn't explain why she spoke to Tanjiro that one time at the end of the Rui arc. "What a bunch of idiots." LET'S GO LET'S GO (Kattobashite). Apparently with this guy, the worst case scenario reaction is the only reaction. At least he's more justified in his attempted murder than those cunts in Infinite Stratos. "Haganezuka is very passionate." "Yeah, a little too passionate..." Kanamori, you say? Like master, like disciple. PROGRESS! Three balls. The difference between "flame" and "fire" is as distinct and miniscule as 1 and .9 repeating. I guess that explains part of why fire-hair guy's the focus of the sequel movie. Was that a telepathic conversation? Nezuko is at her best when she actually has lines. Fuuuuuuuck that's an ugly demon. I was right, it was Bridget Hoffman. PARANOIA AGENT - I miss the old Geneon USA logo that used to come on at the start of both this and Champloo. This opening is my personal top pick for the Winter 2004 anime season in pretty much all respects (though GITS 2nd Gig is a worthy challenger with the coolness of its OP animation). I could go into an entire paragraph about how great it is, but for now, I'll just say that I'm pleasantly surprised that they're using the Japanese-language credits for this one. That gives me hope they'll play it in full every week. 🙃 It's an endless cycle of apologies and complaints about said apologies. This is some schizophrenic-level mathematics we're witnessing here. I absolutely love how they manage to integrate the episode titles into the setting; that, combined with GITS's interchangeable titles and Eureka seveN's all-katakana titles were major influences I may have ripped off back when I used to assign episode titles to NIBAI MUGENDAI. Maromi's the cutest-looking out of all those mascots, but that blue capybara-thing's my personal runner-up. DELETE DELETE DELETE. Weird, I remember Hatomura being much less pudgy. "Hey Maromi, can you make a miracle?" "Don't ask me, I'm just a toy dog." Homeless old lady don't trust nobody. Shit, I almost forgot how cute Tsukiko could look during some of these scenes. (Paranoia Agent is [as]'s most moe anime, indeed.) NANANANA NANANANA SHONEN BATMAN. Is this broadcast a 720p upscale? Looks like it might be. Ikari's my favorite character, in case you didn't know already. PTSD comes faster and faster these days. SHIT COUNT: 1. Even the slimier characters voiced by Doug Stone are enjoyable in their own weird way. I can't believe I missed that bit of innuendo the first couple times I watched it; at least, back before I could appreciate such things. It's time to get excited. Whoa, a little too much excitement there. (Small asides: I can understand why they rated this one MAS, even with the pixellation they aren't even trying to hide her nipples; and I remember for the original [as] broadcast, they actually redrew part of the image so her outfit was covering her breasts.) Smoke effects + dangerous looking objects = obvious anti-smoking commercial. Bitchy high school girls are the worst. [points at Infinite Stratos again] That Di Gi Charat knock-off poster looks so out-of-place compared to the rest of this show, and I'm not even getting to what lies in the rest of that otaku's apartment. (That comes later.) I don't think citizen policing is a thing in Japan, at least it wasn't in 2004. Sweet, she has her own text message board. I always found it strange that Tsukiko looks like a brunette in this scene but has black hair the rest of the time. Bleeping trolls, and flamers too. She looks oddly calm for someone having a panic attack. MAROMI LIVES! I love that tune that plays at Japanese crosswalks, and I still don't know what the name of it is. That parfait looks so over-the-top, it fits his character perfectly. Oh, so he thinks the homeless woman did it. No pantyshot for you, viewers. Those impressions freaked me out way back when, especially with his face changing to match each one. Oh hey, I can see her bra through her shirt. How people are able to tie cherry stems into knots, I'll never know. And so the legend grows. Lil' Slugger, like the baseball bat manufacturer. Friendly reminder not to speedwalk while using a crutch for your permanent severe limp. HE'S BAAAAAACK. Great, now I'm in the mood for Korean BBQ too, it's a shame Bibibop's closed to even delivery. FUN FACT: I thought Maniwa's VA for the first four episodes wasn't Liam O'Brien because he was still using an alias for some strange reason. Also, Lil' Slugger and Hatomura are miscredited in the English, something Geneon failed to rectify by the time the first DVD went out. Next week, young JYB bullies fat kids. That ad with "Once in the Lifetime" playing in the background is kinda funny, since I saw a Paranoia Agent AMV with that same song way back when. BLACK CLOVER - Check it out, radioactive sperms. You gotta love the elder Vermillion siblings. QUOTE TO MY DAD: "Yeah, that's Black Clover in a nutshell, just a bunch of screaming." We return you to Noelle's battle, already in progress and lazily animated to boot. Control is good, but yes, go crazy. "Shit, I didn't mean to go that far!" It's amazing how this show can get away with pseudo-topless scenes and still come out as PG, no subratings. Meanwhile, THEY'RE GONNA COMBINE!!! Meanwhile still, Luck's fighting a Titan, apparently. Yuno's back, and with reinforcements too! Even the narcissist is in love with him. He's a Gary Stu, that's how. That beef and vegetable bowl actually looks like something I could have. Now she can die happy. I'm not too surprised that Yuno made his own entrance. "I'll be his dessert!" Exqueeze me? 🤨 "Hell" is this show, this room is more "Shadow Shadow Bo Badow". ...Was that a fucking Wilhelm Scream? Even as an elf, Rill is still super autistic about his art. This looks like a bold and insane move, let's see how it plays out. WASTE FOOD, GET WASTED. A literal wolf in sheep's clothing, ya get it? There, now she looks as legal as her age (19) suggests. Even she had no idea she was a hafu. Okay, so are dwarves still around but in secret, or did they die out like the elves before them? He'll disappear you like the government. WTF I like Charmy's one-note character quirk now. (Still a tough sell next to Luck and Gauche, tho.) You were expecting Asta, but it was I, Jack the Ripper! [presses Easy Button] That one guy has hentai protagonist hair, I'd be careful around him. "He's dodging our attacks with the least frames of animation possible!" And so Yuno's necklace finally sees importance. (My uncle actually predicted that would be important.) Patry has no idea what's going on. Whoops, looks like you're gonna need a new stomach. Damn, girl, if anyone was reading a script, that was it! VENTO AUREO - READING THE CABLE DESCRIPTION: "Squalo and Tiziano double-team the gang..." Wait say what? 😆 NECK SHARK! These two are so gay for each other. It's official, Golden Wind has the best shortened-for-Toonami TV sizes. For being this season's JoJo, Giorno's acting surprisingly useless this episode. Or maybe not, as to be expected from the guy whose STAND can do whatever it damn well pleases. "My arm, my STAND power!" Even the smart things Narancia does are all thanks to somebody else. Quick, retreat to the kitchen! Oof, right through the chest this time. Ah yes, the silent killer. Thank god for bladed weapons am i rite? If only there was four of something in that room, only then would Mista think to hesitate. Silent killer no more. Yes, take the mute route, it's done wonders for Kanao. BACKGROUND CHARACTER OF THE MOMENT: Little boy with the T-rex plushie whose mom is apparently friends with a secret prostitute. Those watermelon gummies may taste intense, but they ain't nothing compared to Sour Watermelon Peeps. [shudder] I dunno guy, your breath sounds pretty traceable to me. And you look like you don't have any faith in what you're trying to reassure yourselves with. Cut out his own tongue, now that's true gangsta. Thanks for the spare tongue, GioGio. "That guy's a maniac!" Well he is mafia, same as you. Okay, I'll be honest, that sacrifice was bold as hell. Yes, fuck the Boss (but not in that way). SHIT COUNT: 5. VOLA VOLA VOLA VOLA. I can only imagine what context the people watching this aftermath are trying to come up with, if any at all. Abbacchio's just jealous that Giorno's more useful in battle than he is. Next stop, the birthplace of the sardine. POWER - DYNAMIC ENTRY TIMES TWO! Nice of you to join us, Team Guy. And the rest of the former Rookie 11, too. God this show's action sequences really draw you in when they're done well. So what number of open gates is this? KENICHI FUJISAWA SAKUGA SPOTTED? UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRR. Good thing the scene cut before their house got destroyed, so there's a chance it might've survived. It's amazing the noises that can be produced when you throw stuff really hard. It's a better looking Tailed Beast Bomb than what we get in the actual show, that's for sure. Welp, those two are casu-never mind, thanks Kakashi. At this point, evacuation efforts are all that can be done. She's still a little sour about being slapped last episode. SURPRISE SAVE VIA SNAKE. (Or so we think...) I bet you anything Kabuto killed the chief. But hey, at least the civilians minding their own business are all right! 😁 Oh hey, I think I remember this room. Sure does suck, getting eaten by a bad CG snake. Careful, you'll get worms too! As I thought, the house is safe. More crying kids, easily my biggest nitpick with Tsuru's works. He's not in a good place right now, it's best to leave him alone. Vaping's all a matter of nipples and dimes... Uh, I mean nickels and boobs... Money. Sometimes a firm hand helps, but this wasn't one of those times, in hindsight. Dude, I think she's into you. NOW KISS. Wow, that got heavier than I expected it to. Getting rendered infertile due to a fall really sucks, more than being infertile for no reason at all like Robin Scherbatsky. Ignore that, it's just his dark half speaking. We're going to... THE HOLE. [dun dun] And, of course, Sasuke's the most important one. Thanks for the quick fix, Minato. I'm expecting the fat kid to die first. Ohhhhh that's gonna trigger some PTSD in most of them. The chief's on Kabuto's side, close enough to my earlier guess. The mystery summon... will be revealed next week! [pokenirvash out]

Maybe, but the credits for the English are out despite the delay, so I'm gonna trust them for now.

He's lucky I'm already drinking.

Naked CGI character designer self-insert voiced by Steve Blum doing multiple backflips up the stairs and down the hall. What a time to be alive.

Maybe he's trying to emphasize a certain word or words like so and forgets to switch back to regular formatting?

Why the fuck are you italicizing half of what you're writing? If it's an attempt at grabbing attention, I'm sorry to say that you're failing.

Anyone who thinks Toonami won't pick up Mob 2 because of Niosi's scandal - which came and went really fast, even when not compared to #KickVic - is completely mental. In fact, you should be ashamed for even considering that a recast costing time and money is ever in the cards.

At least he doesn't explain the joke after almost every punchline like the real John Oliver. [wakka wakka]

Appare-Ranman! 3 My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 4 Relevant rating schedule iteration screencap below.

Almost 15 years after the start of its original broadcast, the greatest classic to ever grace ACTN that didn't fit either the block's motif or audience in the slightest has finally returned. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #84 - Deku vs. Gentle Criminal - TV-PGL 12:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #25 - Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri - TV-14LV 1:00 - Paranoia Agent #1 - Enter Lil' Slugger - TV-MAS 1:30 - Black Clover #114 - The Final Invaders - TV-PG 2:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind #23 - Clash Crush and Talking Head Mouth - TV-MALV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #293 - Power: Episode 4 - TV-PG

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That and Demarco said Toonami's probably kinda definitely gonna last 'til 2023.

I'm still gonna rewatch it (even though I own it on home fucking video).

You'd think Mob airing ahead of PA would make more sense... Either way, HYYYYYYYYYPE. 😁

All praises to Astolfo! And to a lesser extent Minamoto no Raikou. Also, while we're on the topic of Fate, Bright Burning Shout (from Fate/Extra Last Encore) is best OP out of the entire animated franchise, fight me.

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Sure is Bullhorn in here.

Yeah, if you call nine months later "immediately", but that's true, there was a turnaround there.