PokeNirvash

Look, I get it. You never know what you're gonna get with those shows. But really, I don't care if what they get does good like Deadman or does shitty like GXP, I just want something that isn't predictable for once!

"Don't examine this too closely." - Donald P. Bellisario

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Now would be as good a time as any to go back to airing obscure stuff that deserves a wider audience. Say what you will about their quality, but the "unpredictables", as I like to call them, were never boring when revealed.

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Because we care way too much about arbitrary numbers to appreciate what he's trying to accomplish.

Here's what Boomy the Cat has to say about that:

"Protect the environment, or I'll fucking kill you! CAPTAAAAAAAIN PLANET!" - Ted Turner

Yeah, I probably should've also clarified that my annoyance isn't with politics in anime in general, but political buzzwords being used to subtly change characters, a la Maid Dragon episode 12. So yeah, unless politics are part of the plot in both languages or if they're inserted as part of a gag dub like Ghost Stories, it's probably not okay to use your characters as mouthpieces for yourselves.

...I just keep digging this hole deeper for myself, don't I?

Eh, it's more most of the people replying ignoring the fact that real-world politics have no place in anime. Maybe a better comparison would've been that time the Prison School dub used the phrase "Gamergate creepshow". Still, it's somewhat relevant, considering someone apparently doxxed FUNimation in response to this.

Welp, turns out making this thread was a terrible mistake. shithead

This is why Bang Zoom! is my favorite dub studio. https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/09/hajimete-no-gal-english-dub-lambasts-visual-novel-fans-as-misogynistic-creeps/40324/ Well, that and forcing Bryce Papenbrook to speak with a hokey Italian accent.

I'm pretty sure FUNimation is keeping an iron grip on it for as long as they can.

IIRC, Araki has dogs get brutally killed in the show often to show how assholish the villains are. They did it with Dio all the way back in season 1, and they did it with Yellow Temperance now. It’s also worth mentioning that while Kars actually saved a dog from getting killed, he was still enough of a dick towards humanity to prove himself incorrigible. DRAGONBALL SUPER In a way, that exchange was Greg Ayres’ way of responding to all his haters. You can’t not love Vegeta when he’s dubbed like this. Fuck yeah, unique camera angles. WAN PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCH! And then it turned out Monaka wasn’t that strong after all. Whis, you’re a cheeky bastard and I love you for it. That was clearly over 100 ties, why hasn’t the Quartz-Parchment-Shears god from Regular Show shown up yet? Meanwhile, Frost is still a conniving bastard. You’ve pissed Jotaro Kujo off, now you die. Automagetta? That robot man’s voice and dialogue makes it very hard for me to hate him. LAVASALIVA. I heard an F-bomb, who else heard an F-bomb? And then Vegeta fell victim to smoke inhalation. CHUGGA CHUGGA FUCK. TOP BILLING: Bullshit this time, because it’s Goku then Goten at the top. Also, Magetta has no voice actor. DRAGONBALL Z KAI We TV-14 again. Holy shit, SSJ3 Goku does have no eyebrows! Was that a dinosaur back there? And, of course, they’re super-nonchalant about their possible doom. Goku looks like a practicing boxer, punching Buu like that. I blame Goku for that specific piece of property damage. GUM GUM ZOOM PUNCH. Buu knows a good opponent when he sees one. Now’s not the time for snack breaks, Mrs. Briefs! Such nonchalance. Your cheering sucks, Babidi. And then Buu was a Paper Mario character. This fight’s starting to bore me, and yet I can’t look away. Bulma, you fool! Videl, meanwhile, is a lifesaver if there ever was one in a situation this medial. So Roshi poking Videl’s chest is more objectionable than him directly groping 18? Sure, why not. Meanwhile, more boring action shit. Buu sounds like a monkey. Nothing’s more powerful than the Kamehameha. Or maybe it was Roshi’s breast-poke and that massive hole in Buu that pushed it over. Whoop, there goes [iNSERT TOTALITARIAN COUNTRY HERE]. Nice, Gohan’s getting better at handling the Z Sword. What’s with the Pinocchio nose. At least I can somewhat understand her intentions, as foolish as they may be in hindsight. “Oh, and say hi to Frieza for me, too.” That’s the power of Instant Transmission, baby. Okay, so it’s Roshi’s breast-poke, the hole in Buu, and Babidi getting strangled and later having his head blown off. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS Make that coconut milk instead of coconut water and you make a very solid point. Holy shit, Kakyoin really hates pickpockets. This guy’s gone full Seryu Ubiquitous, so much so that even Jotaro is disturbed. Was that a freaking Beatles reference? If anyone’s had a bad day today, it’s Polnareff. Dude got tortured by a killer doll and spent at least an hour in holding, that’s way worse than getting your wallet stolen. MFW Kakyoin ate the Beatles. Only idiots with no taste don’t love coconut. Huh, so Jotaro went for the ice cream after all. No, not the ice cream! It ain’t RERO RERO, but it’s good enough. 30-second rule! Not even Jotaro was expecting his jaw to get all fucked like that. GAZE UPON MY HANDSOME MANLY FEATURES. These JoJo villains sure love their vulgarity. She could see all of that? Turns out the real Kakyoin was sunbathing (while dressed) this whole time. “Good freakin’ grief.” NO WEAKNESS. Is that kid’s mother a prostitute? “That’s certainly a bizarre entrance.” “Yeah, well, this is a bizarre anime.” It’s not the kid’s mother, and it’s not a prostitute either. Damn, what’s wrong with me today? SHIT COUNT: 2. Welp, so much for the dog. Twenty bucks says he only said the wrong surname to match the lip flaps. JOESTAR SECRET TECHNIQUE: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! > Smart thinking there, Jotaro. GAH MY SEXY NOSE. I’m surprised he hasn’t gotten Jotaro to lower his guard yet. FUN FACT #1: Centerfold’s original name is J. Geil. The latter name suits him better, actually. These assassins are somehow less likeable than DIO. “DO I FEEL LUCKY!? DO I, PUNK!?” WATER PUNCH. It’s nice that Yellow Temperance got his comeuppance and all, but what happened to the single dad and his kid? Turns out Kakyoin actually does lick cherries like that. FUN FACT #2: Yellow Temperance’s STAND user was named Rubber Soul, which probably explains the Beatles reference earlier. Huh, I just realized there was no narrator this episode. TOKYO GHOUL ROOT A Meanwhile, in Kaneki’s happy place… Heh, “space cadet”. Welp, so much for the happy place. You think Hide knows that Kaneki’s part-Ghoul now? He knows, and he’s actually okay with it. Hide confirmed for best character. “I’m warning you, it might not taste very good.” “Hey, even if it’s bad, it’s still better than actual food.” Ah yes, I remember that time Nishio was a total prick. Hmm, so Shinohara isn’t dead yet. Well, at least Marude’s alive, and that’s what truly matters. Oh yeah, Sera’s voice is alive too, that’s just as good. As for Amon… yeah, I’m not sure what happened to him either. This is actually quite a nice scene. And then the mood got ruined. (To be honest, I thought Kaneki was the one bleeding real bad, not Hide.) Weird, the sky got all red and shit. Kaneki torched the franchise, and yet, he isn’t running! Red tears are the edgiest. Okay I forgave this show for a lot of crap but I call shenanigans on his hair going back to black like that. Oh hey, a flashback to slightly younger Touka. Because nothing brings in customers like attractive tomboys. We funeral marching now. I would’ve been so mad if that rubble had crushed Touka, but thank god it didn’t. The burning Anteiku is an extended metaphor for what this show has become. SUDDENLY YOMO. Cool, a piano cover of the OP with subtitled lyrics. Oh, so the hair color change was symbolic. Okay, regardless of whether or not I like or hate this, that Unravel remix was 10/10, I actually teared up a little listening to it. And so the white-hairs finally meet, their altercation cut due to budgetary reasons. “…That was my favorite teacup.” REPLY TO ANGEL 1: “This show was bad and my life is objectively worse for having watched it.” Maybe, but at least you’re finally free from it. As for me, as far as the Pierrot series I’ve watched (even the incomplete ones) go… the Toshiyuki Tsuru episodes of Naruto and Shippuden > Bleach canon > Yu Yu Hakusho > Yona of the Dawn > Naruto Shippuden > Naruto canon > Level E > Tokyo Ghoul > Bleach movies > Bleach filler > Neo Ranga > Naruto movies > Convenience Store Boyfriends > Mew Mew Power > Tokyo Ghoul Root A > Naruto filler > Bleach episodes 358 and 359. That’s right, Root A is worse than a 4Kids dub, but still better than Naruto peeing on Ino, and way better than that time Tsukishima supposedly used Book of the End on MILFboss. 7.9/10, might watch the manga tie-in OVAs. HUNTER x HUNTER We all four subratings now, this gonna be good. Unlike those pirates’ stupid hats. Man, not even two minutes onscreen and I want this guy to die from indigestion. Stone cold, Killua. Sweet, their headquarters is a community gym. GRATUITOUS MAN-ASS SHOT. Dat female pirate. <3 NEN BOXING. Regardless of who won or lost, that was pretty cool regardless. Wait, so they’re losing on purpose? Hey, if it’s for the good of the mission. Bitch move, boobs lady. At least Goreinu’s a cool guy. Oh, if only you knew how many Troupe members were on the island already… These kids are so tsundere for each other. A WILD NAKED HISOKA SPOTTED! He still looks surprisingly more attractive with his hair down. Oh, Biscuit, you’re incorrigible. “…But I don’t wanna delay my fight with Chrollo any longer than I have to.” Welcome to the wonderful world of hiatus, Hisoka. That sure is a legitimate-sounding lie. I love it when Hisoka gets all comically reactive alongside everyone else. WE SHOUJO MANGA NOW. To the City of Brotherly Love! BAD STARE BAD STARE. If Hisoka collects enough Spell cards, he’ll be a Magician for real! I don’t trust that background noise. “My glasses! I can’t see without my glasses!” Oh hey, a magical girl anime protagonist. MEANWHILE, RAPE. And then Killua had a/n Eureka moment. I bet you anything he hid the Troupe’s names with his Texture Surprise. EXACTLY AS I THOUGHT. Hisoka’s stance varies, depending on what side of his you’re on. LUPIN THE 3RD: THE ITALIAN ADVENTURE Cool, new opening quote. Italy really does look like a hooker boot from several thousand feet above. Now that is a remote prison. Damn, Lupin looks like hell. Cool, new Italian opening theme. REPLY TO ANGEL 2: “Wait did that song just say "I'm searching for someone I can satisfy on my knees" or am I going crazy.” I think they were actually singing “I’m searching for someone who can satisfy all my needs,” but I wouldn’t blame you for guessing that. Don’t you think the death penalty’s a little harsh for a serial thief? “How will Lupin escape from this maximum security prison?” You ever see The Shawshank Redemption? Well, it’s kinda like that. Okay, it ain’t exactly Shawshank, but it’s close enough. Zenigata’s standing in the bucket of a construction vehicle, now I’ve seen everything. Lemme guess, he escapes through the toilet this time. Literally makin’ love to the camera. I love how Zenigata’s taken all possibilities of escape into consideration. That’s a lotta chains. Maximum security where the security is a single man with a lot to prove. Oh crap, he put surveillance on the others. You can’t not love Fujiko’s rack. <3 Mmm, beef stew. Or maybe it’s curry rice. What a waste of perfectly good food. I assume this is some sort of hunger strike. Sometimes I feel like Zenigata is a little too prepared. And then he learned that chasing after Lupin was more worth his time than actually succeeding. For a second there, I thought he was shaving with snow. Even Rebecca’s busy doing her own shit. OR MAYBE NOT. As for everyone else, they were expecting he’d be out by now. I don’t know about Lupin, but I’d eat Zenigata’s cooking. CRAAAAAAAAAAAP. Hm, so he was actually worried about losing his own personal reputation, the moment he no longer had an opponent as worthy as Lupin. Could this possibly be the end? The answer: no. No it is not. The possibility was touching while it lasted, but HOLY SHIT ZENI GOT PLAYED. There’s no pussyfooting around it, that plan was genius. So much so, that even Zenigata has to admit how impressive it was, even if it wasn’t to Lupin’s face directly. Oh good, Nyx is still alive. The universe may end, but Lupin’s legacy won’t. Meanwhile, sudden plot developments at MI6? It’s Rip Van Winkle, only without any clothes. REPLY TO ANGEL 3: “This ED sounds like a discarded Backstreet Boy track.” Hey, if you’re looking for legitimate Backstreet Boys anime themes, try looking up the OP and ED for this show called Hanada Shonen-shi. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Meanwhile, in Kakashi’s afterlife… Man, the Leaf Village were real dicks, it’s kinda fitting in a weird way that Kakashi became Naruto’s sensei. Kakashi is a good son. And then the dead started coming back to life. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. “I can’t believe it.” It’s a shame that lines like that are the only time we’ll ever hear “Believe it” in this show. Reminder that Konohamaru was actually useful for once. And then Nagato pulled a Kaneki and randomly lost all the pigment in his hair. “What, more and more?” Clearly, he died and came back to life. What more needs to be said? REPLY TO ANGEL 4: “Really, one lecture from an obnoxious teenager and this guy gives up decades of vengeance in twenty seconds flat?” The Talk no Jutsu is too complicated to properly comprehend. He makes a very fair point. So does that mean Jiraiya’s God? That tree was made from six billion individual pieces of paper. Weird question: you think all the other Pains’ hair colors were orange as part of some tribute to Yahiko, since he had that same hair color? And then Konan became a wanderer. Nice paper bouquet. That’s a nice-looking memoriam, it’d be a shame if someone stole that book and flowers. Naruto’s had a rough day. SUDDENLY KAKASHI. Cool, a victory party. The only people who thought positively of that punch were the NaruSaku shippers. Thank you for your wise words, Guy. “You know, I could almost fall for him.” Three paragraphs up, near the end, and you’d be having second thoughts like that. Shino, that was a hilariously terrible pun. I regret not rewatching Neji getting an uppercut from below with all of you. Definitely a step up from how Naruto got the one-up on Kiba, that’s for sure. ::]:: The Hyuga bloodline will be unstoppable with his spawn. And then there was that time he headbutted Gaara into submission. Oh god, Sasuke’s got yaoi hands. The irony is, his failure to rescue Sasuke actually made Sasuke look bad. And that’s how Naruto went from being a pariah to a hero, in a nice concise series of flashbacks. It’s amazing how Iruka feels like a main character in spite of having so little screentime. You know, the Toonami run could’ve ended with this episode and I’d have been 100% fine with it. OUTLAW STAR Check it out, another hot woman. DAT ASS. B} SHIT COUNT: 1. Well, at least the landing was successful, even if it was that close to failure. Did he just say “West Virginia”? Damn, Sunrise’s HD masters sure have a nice quality to them. Sometimes I feel like Jim’s eyebrows are too thick. Not even a minute onscreen and I already love Fred, no homo. Good, so Earth still exists in this timeline. I wouldn’t blame him for assuming it wasn’t a joke, or maybe that’s just Japan’s natural tendency for accidental homophobia. Clearly that means Fred really is gay for Gene. Oh hey, it’s that lady from the opening. Man, these minutes keep getting shorter and shorter. Well that was a fun fight sequence. Gene really knows how to reverse haggle. Poor Fred. Damn, she certainly showed up fast. And damn, is she really good with that sword. I love that shot of her slicing the truck in half. :-D Those rock formations look an awful lot like a forest from a distance. FEUDAL DISROBING MANEUVER. Wait, Gene has a sash collection? Now that’s… suspect. YOU’RE DEAD BECAUSE I SAY SO. Well that settled itself quite nicely. I’m good at math but sometimes all this money talk gets super-confusing. SO SUE ME. In the end, Melfina’s still the cutest. :catsmile COWBOY BEBOP Do that morphin’ for my endorphin. So were Spike and Jet the only survivors of that shootout or what? It’s a good thing I’m rewatching this, because I’m enjoying all these English signs. Rabid monkeys are scary m-effers. I do like that one brother messing around with the sea rat squeaky toy. It’s gotta be more than coincidence that they ran into Faye like they did. Amazing how nipple-less nudie pics count as explicit sexual content, but then again, it is a children’s network by day… TRUMP CARD COUNT: 1. Even after ten years, I still don’t like her teeth. You say “wasteland area”, but I say “shoal zone”. WE WANT NO DIRTY UNIVERSE. Huh, Spike’s voice came out delayed there for a second. “Aw, shit! It split!” BULLHORN. I love that little lesson on hyperspace logic. Spike just screwed all of them over. Looks like Faye’s part of the crew now. “I don’t know and I have no opinion.” Another good line. It always gets me that Ranlsa complained about shows like GXP being disrespectful towards women, and yet she insisted that Spike was the one that shot at Faye while she was in the shower instead of it being the other way around. COMMERCIALS AND BUMPERS AND SHIT I have a feeling IBO season 2 is gonna be a little more convoluted than season 1. The new Colonel sure loves slapping that guy’s ass. Apparently I’ve reached that point in life where humorously terrible things happening to people in my age group come off as less funny and more mean-spirited. The disappointment in knowing the season finale (at first glance) isn’t about Evil Morty is only slight less than Summer calling Jerry a “racist sexist beta male” for literally no reason. The world isn’t ready for Tim & Eric playing a lesbian couple. I don’t watch Walking Dead, so this means nothing to me. Because it ain’t Dragonball Pooper without at least one fart joke. You know what would make horror movies more watchable? A kickass soundtrack that you just wanna dance to. Do not attempt, because like any sane person would do any of that shit. AN UGLY DAYYYYYYYY~. On a more positive note, I love me a taco party. (That sounded gross, didn’t it? ) Nobody expects random queso that doesn’t look like proper melted cheese! That Asian kid’s full name is “Mongo Wrestling Alliance”. MUSIC VIDEO OF THE MOMENT: Unless they pull another miracle like Out of the Black, I’m gonna start valuing Naruto over these weird terrible promotionals to apologize for the fallout with DOOM. Hell, this specific music video looks and sounds worse than Tokyo Ghoul. R.I.P. Hideyoshi Nagachika. At least you died from a bleeding wound in the last episode instead of getting eaten by a not-yet-developed Nishio in the second. :catsad

I'll save SAO3 for when Toonami inevitably airs it. The GGO spin-off, they probably won't even touch, so I'll watch that on my own.

Well the Internet's not a movie theater. You have the option of not paying attention.

Can we please not talk about that? It finally got out of the news, I don't want to be reminded of it again here of all places.

Don't forget the Yuki Kajiura soundtrack.

We did not need to know that. :-X

Well, it is the last episode. Might as well rush into it headlong.

Tonight on Toonami, it's Vegeta's time to shine as he gives Frost the beatdown he deserves, Goku shows Buu (and everyone else) the power that comes with Super Saiyan 3, RERORERORERORERORERORERO, the 15-man party goes up against Razor and his pirate crew in a sports competition (we Davy Back Fight now?), it turns out not even getting arrested will stop Lupin from a good challenge, Nagato seeks to set right what wrongs he made in the Pain Arc's anticlimactic finale, the Outlaw Star crew return to Sentinel III to get weapons from Gene's fabulous supply guy, a family of eco-terrorists threaten to wreak havoc on Ganymede after Spike and Jet capture their matriarch, and Ymir's backstory spoils the manga for everybody still in the dark. But most importantly, Tokyo Ghoul finally ends tonight. It's been a long, hard 24+ weeks, but we finally made it through the other piece of moldy bread sandwiching in the delicious contents of One Piece's four-year run. (For those of you not keeping track, the other moldy bread slice was Tenchi Muyo! GXP.) Next week marks the return of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Some say it's worse than season 1, but after Ghoul, anything is a welcome respite. 8:00 - Dragonball Super #34 - Piccolo vs. Frost: Stake it All on the Special Beam Cannon! - TV-14 8:30 - Dragonball Super #35 - Turn Your Anger Into Strength! Vegeta's Full-Bore Battle - TV-14L ... 11:00 - Dragonball Super #35 - Turn Your Anger Into Strength! Vegeta's Full-Bore Battle - TV-14L 11:30 - Dragonball Z Kai #134 - True Worth Beginning to Show: The Treacherous Buu! - TV-14 12:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders #9 - Yellow Temperance - TV-MAV 12:30 - Tokyo Ghoul Root A #12 - Ken___ - TV-MA - END 1:00 - Hunter x Hunter #68 - Pirates and Guesses - TV-14DLSV :painfap: 1:30 - Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure #14 - The End of Lupin III - TV-PGLS 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #175 - Hero of the Hidden Leaf - TV-14V 2:30 - Outlaw Star #6 - The Beautiful Assassin - TV-14L 3:00 - Cowboy Bebop #4 - Gateway Shuffle - TV-MALS 3:30 - Attack on Titan #35 - Children - TV-14LV

It's those people's opinions, and no one should be forced to conform to them. Watch it whichever way you want.

At this point, I think they're just gonna cover the Aincrad arc, so no rape slugs.

I'm indifferent towards Hollywood adaptations of anime, so this means absolutely nothing to me. That said, it's either gonna be pretty damn good or a bigger piece of shit than DB Evolution.