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Replies to Angel from last week: Friendly reminder that Matt Hill (Ed from EEnE) once asked the voice director for Gundam SEED to kick him in the testicles before doing a "Jesus Yamato cries" scene to make the sobbing sound more natural than Soichiro Hoshi's impression of a dying horse. 1. I felt Fist of the North Star vibes from that scene myself. 2. Megumi's really come into her own in the past few episodes, hasn't she. 3. I don't think anyone's supposed to like Erina. I'm even convinced her own VA doesn't like her, otherwise she'd have gone for something besides a valley girl accent. 4. I beg to differ, salad is fucking amazing if you really dress it up. I have to agree there, either give Gordon subtitles or don't, and if you're gonna go for both, don't switch off the subtitles halfway through the episode, it just makes you look more inconsistent than you already are.

ONE PUNCH MAN - It's disappointing that Madhouse didn't come back for round two, but at this point in the game, I'm just glad we have a second season of OPM at all. King being in the right place at the wrong time is the best possible explanation for Saitama's heroics having gone unnoticed until now. DR. STONE - I love these idiot geniuses so damn much. Suika is continued proof that Sarah Wiedenheft is one of the best new voice actresses in the stateside anime industry. But why the melon tho? FIRE FORCE - The answer was option 2, with the bonus of Tamaki having zero lines! Fire Force is at its best when it's about Obi, Hinawa and Benimaru, there's no disagreement about that. FOOD WARS! - Soma made it to passing grade at the literal last second, that's a real shounen bullshit move right there. Erina's sister-cousin is easily the better girl between the two relatives. Two-thirds passing is better than I would've expected for a purported training camp from the depths of Hell's kitchen. DEMON SLAYER - The animation is different but in a good way. The named characters we've met so far are all likeable despite their varied strength and initial intentions. Yuki Kajiura does the whole post-feudal Japanese folk music genre justice. So far, this show lives up to the stellar reputation it's set for itself these past six months. BLACK CLOVER - I like it whenever a show introduces a new character we've never met, only for it to turn out that the main character met them already. One of my anime concepts actually utilizes this in the second cour, so it was a pleasure to see Black Clover beat me to it in action first. BORUTO - OTN masks save lives, children. That's why Zabuza didn't kick the bucket until he took his off. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - I have a feeling Tenten grabbing that special fan after Kinkaku's defeat isn't gonna amount to anything. After all, the world just isn't right unless Tenten is being useless. LUPIN THE 3RD - I haven't seen a solo Lupin episode since episode 10 of Fujiko's anime. Still, that was a fun murder-mystery with a good twist here and a red herring or two there. I'd watch the spinoff where he's solving mysteries with the cute meido (superior fetish to nuns, BTW).

You say that like I haven't seen my fair share of what you would consider "shitty" shows. But yeah, I've never had any interest in Fairy Tail. Too many characters with too many annoying designs, and surprisingly, the blatant Shanks expy is one of the ones I can actually tolerate looking at for long periods of time.

Well, the 221 is clearly a reference to Kabukicho's 221st Avenue, where Bar Pipecat and the detectives tenement are located, but even I can't explain what possessed them to trade out a standard O for a degree sign in the "number" abbreviation.

Based on the critical semi-backlash I've seen regarding this show so far - between the drag queen supporting character, the less-than-flattering treatment of what few female characters there are, and Sherlock being almost as quirky as New Girl (which is still too much) - Kabukicho Sherlock definitely looks like it's going to be one of those shows that I enjoy despite any and all arguments that I shouldn't, and let me tell you, I really loved watching the first episode and I would (and plan on) watching it again. By the end of the year, it'll join W'z and Fire Force in my "Fuck You, I Liked It" trifecta for 2019. Assuming it isn't there already, that is. 😏

Ohhhhh. Spoiler. I think too hard about things.

To begin, a show from this season that had decent hype, and was met in various corners with indifference or disdain for relevant reasons, but in spite of all that managed to be enjoyable enough for me to consider it good. In other words, it's the Kinky Kunoichi of this season. Case No. 221: Kabukicho Sherlock #1: Hello Detectives So that's the format. Feel free to tweak it for yourself as you will.

Natural causes at life expectancy. If that's not an option, then reenacting one of Jam-Orbital's pieces with the giant gags that could dislocate a regular person's jaw.

Kabukicho Sherlock 1

I don't even know what that logo's supposed to be, so how can I be spoiled on it? 🤔

Greetings, all who bothered to click this link, be it out of either preplanned intent or mere curiosity. I, alongside a couple of others from the old Adult Swim Message boards - some of whom are still around, others of which have settled for Twitter and other sites - shared a common interest: giving individual anime episodes TV content ratings in the same way Turner Standards & Practices does to the shows that air on [as] and Toonami. I've been doing this ultra-autistic hobby since 2007 or whereabouts, but in 2014, I made it even weirder by using Photoshop to edit the TV ratings I enjoyed so much into screenshots of anime episodes, to demonstrate how they would appear were they being broadcast on one of the Turner networks. Some of my fellow content rating connoisseurs at the time joined in, and while the number of screenshots has decreased with time, I still express interest in the hobby, both in general and specific to the screencaps. There was a thread set up a while back that was designed with the purpose of discussing content ratings for shows we were watching at the time, but it wound up being more like those anime blogs where they talk the episode's plot through while praising and/or criticizing it. (And with ridiculously long lag times between episodes too...) After a year of inactivity, I decided to revive the thread, but with a twist: instead of merely describing the episodes and what happens as an intro to the ratings and screencaps, this time we'll focus just on the ratings and screencaps, with references to anything else beyond that being relegated to the general Anime Watching thread. In other words: thoughts go there, ratings and screencaps go here. My inaugural inclusion to this revival of sorts will come later today (or tonight, assuming it takes me more time than usual to get it together). Until then, rate away, my fellow aficionados. [because stan is a stupid term]

Likely, yes.

Tonight, one of three things will happen: Tamaki will not show up in this week's Fire Force. Tamaki will show up in this week's Fire Force, but the Lucky Lecher Lure won't. Both Tamaki and the Lucky Lecher Lure will show up, but the latter will be censored a la episode 3. 11:00 - Dragonball Super #128 - To the Noble, Proud End! Vegeta Falls! - TV-14L 11:30 - One Punch Man #13 - Return of the Hero - TV-14LV 12:00 - Dr. Stone #8 - Stone Road - TV-14L 12:30 - Fire Force #11 - The Formation of Special Company Fire Force 8: Mightiest Hikeshi - TV-14V 1:00 - Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma #14 - Metamorphose - TV-MAS 1:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #1 - Cruelty - TV-14V 2:00 - Black Clover #90 - Crazy Magic Battle - TV-14 2:30 - Boruto: Naruto Next Generations #51 - Boruto's Birthday - TV-PG 3:00 - Naruto Shippuden #270 - Golden Bonds - TV-14V 3:30 - Lupin the 3rd: Part 5 #17 - Introducing Detective Jim Barnett III - TV-14LSV 4:00 - My Hero Academia #60 - A Talk About Your Quirk - TV-14 The answer may surprise you! Myself included.

Kikyo dies, Naraku gets his ass beat, everyone else lives happily ever after.

So I was on a day trip to Chillicothe with my parents today, celebrating my birthday week, and we stopped at a winery in east Ross County. Not only were they playing "Last Train Home" as background music, but they even had the image of the Stardust Crusaders photo on the TV as it was playing. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, LET ME TELL YOU. Also, thanks to their impeccable taste in music, I'm now interested in this artist called Plini.

"That other guy", how thoughtful of you. Well, thanks anyway.

REIDEEN. Clearly I jest, since it doesn't have a dub, but I doubt Demarco could resist trying to get it on upon realizing it shares a lot of IGPX's animation staff.

Well, that's one for four of my predictions right.

If Boruto hadn't aired already, your question would make way more sense.

I have a feeling you don't like slice-of-life stories, and/or the first three parts spoiled you a little too hard.

>still hates Part 4 You are a disgrace to anime fans everywhere.

Personally, I think gratuitous fanservice of the degree Fire Force has shown is more "sexist" than "misogynistic". (People acting like they're synonymous is one of my bigger and more logical pet peeves.) If you want an anime that looks like it/actually does hate women, try digging up a little unknown show from 2004 called Samurai Gun, or at least the entry for it on this page. But even then, it ain't all bad, not with its kickass theme song. DRAGON BALL SUPER - For as long and boring the road to the finale was, the finale itself was actually pretty dang fun. Good on 17 for bringing back the eliminated universes, it's not as if a private cruise for his family is outside of Bulma's seemingly unlimited budget. And of course, you've gotta end it with the obligatory Goku vs. Vegeta sparring match. 7.75/10. DR. STONE DOUBLE HEADER - Aaron Dismuke talking about equivalent exchange should make us all happy for the same reason. Ah, so that explains why Taiju and Yuzuriha suddenly disappeared from the plot while Senku met up with another cast of characters. Even before the gorilla comparison, I think "lioness" was actually a flattering term for Kohaku. Chrome is equal parts smart and stupid, and we can all relate to that in various degrees. FIRE FORCE - Contention between the captains? Shinra's little brother hanging with the bad guys? Tamaki in a hadaka apron? And people say I should be on the hate bandwagon with the rest of them... 😏 Though I am a little annoyed we never found out what the deal was with Arthur getting lost at the end of last episode. FOOD WARS! - Say what you will about the show itself, but Isshiki's nightmare was one of its best sequences so far, from Kenshiro!Soma to Sukeban!Megumi to Zenji getting himself killed. (Also, we just saw a teenager's pubes for the first time on Toonami! What a world we live in...) That pale-looking girl with her ball-fondling Sasuke lookalike companion is very interesting, both in her apparent connection to Erina and her curiosity towards Soma, and that goes without mentioning her minimalist breakfast. I actually wanna try making Takumi's frittata salad. Megumi believing in herself and improving as a result makes me very glad for her. Now to wait and see how Soma wound up screwing up for once... BLACK CLOVER - You know things are bad when Gauche is the only sane man in a group of three. And his attraction to making his own Figmas is only putting him further down the path to full-blown lolicon. And I've made my decision: I'm no longer sexually interested in Sally. Talks about dissecting people alive too much. 😒 BORUTO - I have faith Toonami will pick up more Boruto eventually. They paused premieres for Bleach after 52 episodes and no one claimed it was never coming back then. Then again, Boruto is less well-regarded than Soul Society-arc Bleach... NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - Darui's a pretty cool guy, thinks his way out of harrowing situations and doesn't afraid of anything. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: THE ORIGIN - And now I have my excuse to start watching OG Gundam. But the time to actually do that will have to wait. 9/10. LUPIN THE 3RD PART 5 - I'm glad Dolma got a generally good end. I wish it didn't involve demonizing us Americans in the process tho.

Let's keep going and see what happens, indeed.

UNOFFICIAL ONE-NOTE GAG POWER RANKING Shinra wanting to be a hero Karim's redundant redundancies Hinawa's bizarre hats Maki the ogress Obi's exercise mania POWER GAP Arthur's knight shtick Tamaki can't stop getting molested (my personal feelings on the matter) "My stars!" Hibana calling those whose respect she lacks gravel or dung Tamaki can't stop getting molested (literally everyone else)