PokeNirvash

Tonight on Toonami, preparations for the Universe 6 tournament begin as Goku and company ask for Bulma's help in finding the last Super Dragon Ball, Vegeta's sacrifice was a noble one but was it enough to put down Majin Buu for good? (you know the answer to this already), Jotaro learns more about Dio's treacherous abilities through two completely different means, Amon and Mado Jr. go on a sorta-date because who cares about the actual plot anymore, Gon and Killua participate in an online rock-paper-scissors tournament, Nyx goes full Liam Neeson after his daughter is abducted by human traffickers, Naruto sets his sights on Nagato as his fight against Deva Pain concludes, Togusa finds himself having to come to terms with Section 9's supposed fate three months after their disbandment, and don't look at me with those big ol' hyperrealistic eyes. 8:00 - Dragonball Super #28 - The 6th Universe's Destroyer! His Name is Champa! - TV-14L 8:30 - Dragonball Super #29 - The Combat Matches Are a Go! The Captain is Someone Stronger Than Goku - TV-PGL ... 11:00 - Dragonball Super #29 - The Combat Matches Are a Go! The Captain is Someone Stronger Than Goku - TV-PGL 11:30 - Dragonball Z Kai #128 - A Nightmare Revisited: The Immortal Monster Majin Buu! - TV-PGLV 12:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders #3 - The Curse of DIO - TV-14LSV 12:30 - Tokyo Ghoul Root A #6 - Thousand Paths - TV-MAV 1:00 - Hunter x Hunter #62 - Reality and Raw - TV-14L 1:30 - Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure #8 - The Zapping Operation - TV-14V 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #169 - The Two Students - TV-14V 2:30 - Ghost in the Shell: STAND ALONE COMPLEX #26 - STAND ALONE COMPLEX - TV-14V - END 3:00 - Attack on Titan #28 - Southwestward - TV-14V Yes, Dio spells his name in all caps now.

When I binge, I go for the Toonami method and watch multiple shows back-to-back in one sitting. For example, I managed to get through CHAOS;HEAD by sandwiching it in-between Eden of the East and Air Master, with the former following up Fight Ippatsu! Juden-chan for good measure. [those were the days]

No matter how it turns out, this redub will never recapture the beauty of knowing that Matt "Buttered Toast" Hill asked the ADR director to kick him in the nuts so Kira's crying wouldn't be as painful to listen to as in the original Japanese.

Did you even see the emphasis I put on "some"?

Well maybe some people don't want to binge. Hell, my system for watching Kuromukuro consisted of me watching it one episode at a time with several days in-between.

Your Lie in April 1 Konbini Kareshi 2

Okay, spoiler-marked panic aside, I'm finally ready to announce what series will be replacing To Love-Ru in this thread until such time that I'm ready to start watching it again.

I'm afraid to ask why that Asian-American kid is wearing a Dolly Parton wig like it's hip to be nonbinary.

Hunter x Hunter 1999 11-12

Yona of the Dawn 10

As a mediocre series (or so I hear), Smartphone can afford a rush job simuldub. DanMachi, on the other hand, is the kind of show that needs time to cultivate a dub that's actually serviceable to the show it's being produced for.

If not for Netflix, I would lobby to get Kuromukuro on Toonami so hard. That show deserves to be seen by people too cheap to afford its service and too morally upright to stoop to less than legal means.

I'm just about to start on episode 3 of my personal anime writing project, so in correlation with the assigned storyboard artist and episode director (Satoshi Saga and Hiroshi Tamada, respectively), I decided to watch two anime episodes I watched in the past to get a basic first idea of their styles. The episodes in question are listed below: Is This a Zombie? 5 Ghost Hound 6 [maggot count: 4]

Eh, not nearly as important as the fact that Anime News Network supposedly got hacked, meaning you had to bring that news straight from Crunchyroll.

[dislikes]

Just marathoned the entirety of Vision of Escaflowne: The Abridged Series. Really makes more sense, now that I've rewatched it.

Hunter x Hunter 1999 9-10

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

Made in Abyss 5 Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita. 5

One day I'll be able to sit through all of 2nd Gig without zoning out or falling asleep in the middle of a dialogue between characters. Two weeks from now will not be that day.

Okay, I get it, you hate this show, but I seriously think it's time for you to fucking chill. DRAGONBALL SUPER Since the Resurrection F arc’s finally done, does that mean the animation’s gonna be halfway decent now? That’s a lotta sweat. Not surprising, given their poses and clothing. “Oh dear, not another ICBM.” Screw you, Beerus. :catmad Oh hey, it’s Fat Beerus and Female Whis. I love these two. Those limbo skills sure came in handy, didn’t they, FB? And yet it’s hilarious when he gets attacked. So apparently soot on the face is enough to trick Beerus into thinking you’re someone else. That’s a big-ass parfait soda thing. “Like if Lord Beerus ate another Lord Beerus.” You do realize you’re speaking to Goku, right? WHAT’S INSIDE THE MYSTERY BOX??? I rewatched a bunch of old Toonami music videos last night for whatever reason. (Mad Rhetoric was the best, Ladies of Toonami was more cringey than I remembered, and I can’t believe I was disappointed that GXP didn’t show up that much during its run.) Using the Dreams intro to promote the return of Outlaw Star was just perfect. INSIDE THE MYSTERY BOX IS… Eggs. For some reason, I thought they looked like gumdrops. Of course Goku loves it, he loves pretty much all kinds of food. And now it’s ramen time. I am forever jealous that there’s at least one ingredient in instant ramen that I can’t eat under threat of… mood swings. WHAT SORCERY IS THIS? The difference between Universe 6 and 7 is that the results of coin flips are opposing. Now this is some interesting exposition. Oh Vegeta, you and your Saiyan pride. “It would seem that the 6th Universe’s Earth was plunged into a foolish conflict which wiped out its entire population.” Oh god don’t tell me we’re in the 6th Universe right now. And here comes the plot. Ohhhhhhh now he’s getting serious. Now that’s an anger strong enough to span multiverses. Goku, you idiot. Ooh, another set of Dragon Balls? Super Dragon Balls, I like the ring of that. Not to mention they give the show’s title actual meaning. “I can only hope nothing terrible comes of this.” I’d say you jinxed it, Vegeta, but because you thought it, I’ll give you benefit of the doubt. And thus begins Goku’s desire to fight despite any potential consequences. Yep, he just fightgasmed right there. TOP BILLING: Goku, apparently, followed by Champa. I nominate PICKLE RIIIIIIIIIIIIICK for Meme of the Year. DRAGONBALL Z KAI And they say HD doesn’t have pixellation problems. Geez, how hard did Vegeta hit Goku to knock him out that hard? Meanwhile, Gohan’s dead but not really. WHAT DID I JUST SAY PICCOLO. Like bubblegum. Wait, so it’s able to fire off shots? How’s that even possible? Now that’s an iconic pose. Or maybe it’s just a remote-controlled bondage mechanism, sure let’s go with that. And then Atomic Butt-Drop. WHAT DID PICCOLO JUST SAY I. I forgot Babidi was still there. If they’re gonna claim Vegeta’s dead too without checking his pulse I’m gonna throw something. THE PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS. That’s not how you pronounce “imbecile”. A two-bit warlock in a skirt. Fuck yeah Piccolo. Well that’s one way to take care of a minor major villain. He’s gonna die now isn’t he. As annoying as that baby bears rap is, at least next week’s schedule isn’t just Teen Titans Go. R-Right? Yeah, I think him getting killed is supposed to be the point. Who are you and what have you done with Vegeta. owo Theeeeeere’s our Vegeta. Dear god Goten shut up. Vegeta, knock him out too for me, wouldja? [stomachpunch] Thank you. Hear that? That’s the tune of your doom. Huh, so that’s how it works. Good people go to Heaven, bad people go to Hell, and the really bad people get reincarnated. I’m down with that. HERE WE GOOOOO. Now that is the face of a man willing to face his ultimate destiny. And there he goes. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS OH SHIT A RECAP I CAN’T BELIEVE I ONLY BARELY REMEMBER THIS FROM THE TEST DUB THREE YEARS AGO. Huh, his house is more traditional than I expected. “Annoying” and “bitch” mean the same thing to Jotaro, apparently. Is this what harem anime is like, you ask? The answer is… yes. Exactly. Meanwhile, a mysterious painter standing in the middle of the forest. And he looks important too. MY LEG! Thank you, strategically placed tree branches. The mystery painter knows about STANDs too? FUCK YEAH FULL OPENING. > They’re staring at her because in Japan, holding hands is even lewder than exhibitionism. Well this guy looks positively suspicious. Personally, I think that white cloth wrapped over your shoulders would be a better tourniquet than that measly hankerchief. Ooh, a mysterious transfer student. Oh, you wacky lawlharems. Meanwhile, Dio acting creepy. CEREMONY SCHMEREMONY. Even after 50 years, Joseph is still hilarious. “No one touches the hat or the pants.” Turns out the hankerchief was actually a cryptic message. And then things got super-spooky. SWEET ZOMBIE JEEBUS. “Christ, why the ear, man?” SUDDENLY KAKYOIN. The STAND is controlling her through her vagina. Such a romantic. >_> Shiny melon~. At this point I’m not sure who to believe. You gotta love attack names as unabashedly cheesy-awesome as “Emerald Splash”. Welp, she’s dead. So… your STAND’s an emo? You’re forgetting that she stabbed someone in the eye with a pen she kept insisting was a thermometer. FUCK YEAH BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC. He’s evil? ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!!! “Should be fine once her wounds are treated. How ironic, considering she’s the nurse…” And then he played hooky. “My Jotaro senses are tingling!” To the tea room, then! Aww, he cares after all. Wow, that’s one serious case of head-herpes. TOKYO GHOUL ROOT A Welcome… to college. Give it up for Amon, everybody! That girl clearly had the hots for Amon. And look where that got her. I never really considered the idea of Suzuya knowing the One-Eyed Ghoul Twins, but this actually adequately explains that. Is he poking at a dead animal or something? That seems like something he’d do. Or maybe he was crushing ants with his bare hands. Close enough. So is tonight Eye Scream night or something? Well, the animation here’s slightly better than last week’s embarrassment. Hmm, so this is what not caring feels like. Not bad, not bad at all. “That was easier than I expected.” Huh, I was expecting him to cut through her body, not just her arm. And then it was The Price is Right. ::]:: SUPER RUN AWAY. I feel your frustration at being held out on these important plot facets too, Suzuya. “They’ve wiped out every guard in the facility.” ALL OF THEM!? Tell me about Tatara; why doesn’t he take off the mask? Well, on the plus side, at least we haven’t gotten back to Kaneki yet. Ayato, you a punk bitch. [awkward silence] REPLY TO ANGEL 1: “This show makes me aware of every minute of my life that I spend inching closer to death.” The same could be said for me about the case of wandering pain I’ve been suffering for the past month and a half. “Who’s Alexa?” Bitch you don’t know shit about technology you gotta get your cable back from those cutters. This week on Story Time with the Kirishimas, the unofficial prequel to Waiting for Godot. He went out for cigarettes and never came back. And look where he is now. OH GODDAMMIT KANEKI NOW’S NOT THE TIME. Meanwhile, best couple is making their slow-speed escape. Oh hey, flashback relevance. “Dammit, this always happens when I run into people I recognize!” Even Amon’s getting frustrated by the lack of clarity here. I bet you anything the centipede Kaneki got put in his ear gave him that second kagune. FUCK YEAH SHINOHARA. Because even when he’s gone completely crazy, Kaneki is still the punkest bitch in this show. Okay, maybe my little joke prediction was a little too on the nose. Welp, guess that means I hate Kaneki now. SAUNA MODE ACTIVATED. Wait, he’s eating… Shinohara’s armor. Okay, that’s pretty fucking weird. And now, catharsis. Don’t cry, Kaneki, that’s not gonna help your case, whatever it is. It’s raining men! (Hallelujah!) Okay what the actual fuck. He’s taking them back to headquarters for punishment. NEXT WEEK: The Thousand Paths of Pain, which isn’t nearly enough for this show. They say “Hint of Jalapeno”, but you know they’re gonna stick sour cream flavoring in it. I swear, it’s like most creators of flavored chips want me to have… mood swings. HUNTER x HUNTER Welcome to Greed Island: if you die here, you die in real life. Oh hey, I recognize that guy from the OP. And that guy too! I’m not sure how easy it is to know that you’re being watched. Random bagpipes. There might not have been any cards in it when he first summoned it, but maybe they were included once all the save data was loaded. [KRAKOW!] And there’s your first opponent: some squatting dude with dreadlocks and headphones. Probably a lover of hip-hop music. The subs say “Cling”, but the furigana says “Adhesion”. Which is it, show? Which is it? HEAT SEEKING MISSILE NO JUTSU! Too bad for you Killua’s immune to those paltry attacks of yours. What a pussy, that guy was. Meanwhile, at the Phantom Troupe’s hideout… Any excuse to give my wife screentime is a good one. Isn’t Nen practically magic in its own right? Ooh, a village of prizes. JAN KEN PON. But first, food. CAVE AUDE BIQUF WIHB. That’s what the sign says, at least. That chef sounds just like Lupin. Unplayable, yes, but hey, free food! Well that dude sure died fast and hard, just like James Dean. Welcome to the world of Sword Art Online, Gon. And your father, sad to say, is Akihiko Kayaba. I too would like to know the point of Pickle Rick. Woohoo, alliances and exposition! Oh hey, I recognize a couple of those guys! Puhat, kung fu loli, and the black dude, specifically. Did someone say small bombs? [pauses commenting to listen to exposition] The loli’s been awfully quiet so far. Even the token Todd Haberkorn character who just showed up had lines before she did. So you’re gonna steal them when the others’ back is turned? Dammit Gon what led you to that conclusion? That snaggletooth. :3 And now the loli’s existence is finally acknowledged. I can’t help but feel somewhat suspicious about this alliance… Turns out Gon just panicked. Kid’s gonna have to realize sooner or later that his dad’s kind of a dick. So in a way, it’s actually better than SAO? “Killing is badong”, says the assassin child. Now kiss. So the loli left to spy on them, and boy is she nasty. I doubt her plans are gonna work, considering how friendly she is with them in the ED animation. LUPIN THE 3RD: THE ITALIAN ADVENTURE List of TV-14SV anime episodes on [as]: Trigun 17, Bleach 41, Code Geass 9, Code Geass 11, Casshern Sins 18, Kick-Heart, Space Dandy 3, GITS:SAC 1 (HD version), and now… this. Not thirty seconds in, and I can tell that detective wants to do her. SUDDENLY LUPIN… AND ZENIGATA? Oh hey, Zenigata was born on Christmas. A truth he has a better time accepting than the protagonist of Itsudatte My Santa does. A secret fortune? Ooh, scandalous~. No one would think to build a mansion on the side of the cliff, that’s genius! Checking for Lupin in the toilet. “Weird, all these pictures have you two in the same general position.” I was gonna make a Shadman joke as soon as I saw her freckles and jailbait appearance, but I backed off as soon as the prostitution part of her backstory came into play. [insert anti-sexism comments here] That dude sounds way too weary to be threatening, let alone believable. And then Zenigata became a househusband. (Huh, that’s an actual word.) Was that a waterfall I saw back there? “Come back, I just want to talk to you in a civil manner!” You really screwed up this time, Pops. Fujiko’s disguises are just too good. The fusion of the promo music and the actual BGM for that DB Super promo was magical. It all began two hours ago… Okay, some slight convolution here, but I think I get the gist of it. Fujiko has experience playing the role of others, that I know from watching her own show. HELICOPTER CRASH! Oh shit, the suave detective who wants to do her is a villain too! MEGA-SHOCK. Jiiiiiiiiiiiiii. SUDDENLY ZENIGATA. AGAIN. “You’re right. You’re not like Lupin.” That’s because he is Lupin, right? R-Right? Don’t fuck with Zenigata. Huh, so that’s what he noticed in the photographs. And then what appeared to be a release from a Shadman picture turned out to be the set of an Insex video. Branding women is not okay unless they’re either into it or the proper anesthesia is used, and also if it’s limited to works of fiction. I have a feeling that the fortune actually does exist and not even Gotti knew about it. Nice, a tomboy reporter. Oh, Lupin. “Even bad guys can be good guys, given the opportunity.” And in a way, Lupin straddles the line between both roles. The 12AM hour was Eye Scream week, the 1AM hour is Evilly Smirking Blondes week. (Central Standard Time.) I don’t care if he’s on his deathbed, he still sounds like a terrible abridgement. Guess I was right about the fortune being truth after all. SUDDENLY LUPIN. AGAIN. And Zenigata’s there too! Didn’t expect that. Now that, ladies and germs, is how you play 4D chess. These reporters sound so phony. Zenigata episodes are also pretty top tier, you gotta admit. The whole “men are pigs” deal Elena had was kind of heavy-handed, though. Is this the real life? Or is it just Fanta Sea? NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Dang, the Fourth really planned ahead, didn’t he. “Well, if that’s the case, then I think I’ll just remain over here.” Burrrrrrrrrrrrn. And then Naruto learned the obvious truth. INSTANT TRANSMISSION NO JUTSU. What a beautiful catharsis. T_T “16 already?” I’ll say, I’d have assumed he was 15. How many months had passed in Shippuden so far anyways? And then he learned the not-so-obvious truth. I’m not too surprised that Tobi summoned the Nine-Tails, considering we previously heard him tell Sasuke about it. Welcome to the concept of power creep: that there’s always a stronger opponent than the one you think to be the upper limit. I love that they flashbacked to the episode that looked different from most of the others. Sad the same couldn’t be said for the one that followed. “The answer’s there in one place, and now you just have to find it.” Thank you for your wise words, Ghost Dad. Fun story about Outlaw Star. I never actually saw it on Toonami because I started watching it too late to catch it (plus I don’t think I was watching Cartoon Network then, so…), but I watched the first episode twice a few years ago. Once as a test, and again alongside the first episodes of these other shows. Don’t ask me why, it’s just something I did for the fun of it. Meanwhile, this isn’t nearly as visually interesting as it was last episode. Nagato sure looks unhealthy, doesn’t he? It’s raining boulders! Huh, Katsuyu was in there this entire time. “I can sense Hinata’s chakra! How did I even do that?” Whatever medic you find, don’t bring Sakura over. Say, when was the last time Sasuke was even mentioned? That commercial break from before really could’ve been better placed. ACTION TIME. And now it’s self-mutilation time. Crazy, but it worked, and that’s what matters. Like a freakin’ boomerang. HOLY SHIT THAT’S A LOTTA SHADOW CLONES. Naruto, you ingenious fool. Say what you will, I am enjoying the hell out of this arc conclusion. GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX While it’s nice to see that Aramaki got off more or less scot-free, it still sucks that the Umibozu were total bastards to the other Section 9 members. (I’m probably the only one who appreciates the irony in Ishikawa leaking information seeds at a pachinko parlor with the same name as him.) Batou giving a good number of them the what for and the remaining Tachikomas sacrificing themselves to help him out were all-around cool, though. (Can’t get over the Major stashing extra weapons under her panty drawer. ) And for whatever reason, the mention of the Major getting her head blown off made my mom laugh for some reason. (It really isn’t a laughing matter.) Now say it with me (and Batou): MOTOKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh, and a little fun fact: the Japanese version of the Major in her pre-teen tomboy body is the same seiyuu she had in the Arise OVAs. Probably the only consistency between that and Stand Alone Complex, besides Mary Elizabeth McGlynn showing up in the dub. [funny how things like that work]

Does it really matter that you're ignoring Jman, Elfie?

At this point, JMan's claims that One Piece ruined the block are mostly sustained by his personal dislike for the show.