Top Gun

Oh, I think it's pretty clear-cut in the case of Franz, and you might be able to make a case for Albert being romantically attracted to the Count. Fun story too: in the original Count of Monte Cristo, Eugenie apparently runs away with a woman by the end. (Peppo is best trap though.)

And/or ka-kow.

boooooo

At the very least, Ivankov himself comes across as very positive all things considered. He's quite literally genderfluid, but that aspect is played as a positive strength, and overall he's a total badass. Bon Kurei is a bit more iffy, but I think he winds up being a net positive too. The minor characters there...not so much.

TINY MINISKIRTS!!!

ASMB had decent individual mods but a godawful fundamental modding ruleset. Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as an IP ban! Use it!

An entire island's worth of characters in One Piece, though they do sort of straddle the "man Japan this is kind of blatantly offensive" line.

That is...very cheap as far as anime goes, and I'm not even counting Aniplex's supreme horseshit or Japan's domestic insanity. Like at one point the domestic anime industry ran on $30 single volumes with 3-4 episodes each. If you shop during a RightStuf sale and/or wait until a later bundled re-release, you're not paying any more than you would for a domestically-produced TV series.

Fuck this fucking motherfucker of a year.

I hope Paul McCartney wakes up every day on his giant pile of money in a state of existential horror over the fact that he released "Wonderful Christmastime."

We don't even have local providers around here. It's a Comcast/Verizon duopoly.

Ooh, that'll work.

Sword of the Stranger is fucking amazing. It's BONES going all-in on classic samurai action. Also this.

I'll stick to the Philly parade, thanks.

Wait, they've been showing fairly high-profile music videos on those marathon nights that I've completely ignored? Well that just seems silly.

The Pirates of Dark Water. Just barely remember watching it when I was a young thing.

...oh man. I've been trying for ages to think of what you sound like whenever you do one of these ridiculous little screeds, and I've finally got it: you're literally the lawyer Jackie Chiles from Seinfeld. You are a TV character, ben.

Foley you must be an absolute joy to watch Looney Tunes shorts with.

No I freely acknowledge that there a metric shit-ton of bad critics out there. :3 Seriously though ben, your ability to put entirely too much effort into reading people while being totally off-base with your conclusions is commendable, but at the end of the day you still don't really get what I'm going for here. Hell, maybe the communication error is on my end. But do yourself the favor of not getting worked up over a caricature that only exists in your own mind.

"First of all, nobody fucks Yamcha but life."

Heh, you think this is slow? Just wait.

A lot of these ads must be local-market things, because I can't remember seeing many lower-budget sorts recently.

It's funny how you still can't tell the difference between personal enjoyment and critical analysis.

Why not both? Watch the Japanese premieres during the week, and then keep up with the dubbed episodes on Toonami. (And people still watch current Shippuuden? It already finished the story and is literally just making shit up at this point.)