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Fuck yes.

This makes RWBY look like Pixar.

One of the worst things I've ever seen on [as], and historically I've liked a lot of their more out-there series. I didn't even understand what the hell it was trying to do. Like, is it meant to be an anime parody? Because it's not. At all. Ballmastrz had many explicit anime references (including some deep cuts) and captured the overall shounen anime tone very well. Perfect Hair Forever was more of a broader anime parody, and honestly poked just as much fun at Williams Street themselves. But this...this is incoherent nonsense. I tried giving it my honest attention for a few minutes but just couldn't do it. Even the voicework was painful.

I've watched and laughed at a lot of the absurdist stuff [as] has aired over the years. I thought OzMo was genius and Perfect Hair Forever was hilarious. I got a kick out of Ballmastrz, which oozed style. This...what the fuck was this? It was painful. I struggled through the first few minutes and had to bail. It looks horrendous, and the voicework was atrocious.

Her IMDB page shows her not doing any anime roles since 2006, and her only voice work of any kind since then is an Italian-made children's series that was released in Canada in the early 2010s. Even then it looks like her role was recast some way into the series. It's hardly a stretch to assume she isn't acting anymore.

STOP COUNTING!

As if I wasn't chugging enough Tums right now...

Moneca Stori retired from VA work years ago, which is why she wasn't in Final Act and isn't in this.

Australia is in many ways just as conservative and reactionary as the United States, and in certain ways even more so. Hell, we even managed to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide before they did.

You could not be more incorrect if you actively tried.

BONES did Soul Eater, and mercifully cut out most of the fanservicey bullshit that the author is apparently infamous for.

Real talk though, it had a super-strong first few episodes, then descended into some absolute cringe for an arc or two, but it started to pick itself back up around the not-feudal-Japan arc, and the big Nether battle was pretty damn solid. (The choreography of Shinra's fight against Sho was fantastic.) They set up some good hooks for the next season, and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here. Just...fuck off with Tamaki.

Get out.

It would be a hundred times better without motherfucking Tamaki.

Shinji Will (Not) Fap

In which people post a bunch of still frames in a debate about animation studios.

I will say that the only one that's remotely interested me is Ascendance of a Bookworm, because the premise feels far different than anything else I've heard of, and it seems like there's actual legit world-building going on.

I like fun, but this shit ain't it. The vast majority of it is just...nothing. No attention given to crafting a believable world populated with engaging characters, just Truck-kun and then either random comedy lolz or "no we didn't rip these mechanics straight from a generic JRPG why would you say that." I've yet to read a premise for any of these series that's instilled a desire for me to give them a try. You know what were fantastic, though? The older girl-in-another-world series that came out long before the term "isekai" was a gleam in anyone's eye. Escaflowne, Magic Knight Rayearth, Twelve Kingdoms. Shows that actually gave a damn about world-building.

The isekai fad needs to die in a goddamn fire.

I'm not sure I could make it through this marathon. Damn show made me shit bricks constantly.

Well that's fucking cursed.

If a girl turns into a babbling idiot and/or a generic violent tsundere at the mere thought of spending time alone with a boy, yes, that makes her poorly-written. I'd be fine with the author having Noelle show interest in Asta if it was well done, but her ham-fisted "romantic" moments are just cringeworthy. Naruto's relationships were a total clusterfuck, but hell, even it managed to do a better job at portraying something resembling actual human emotions than Black Clover has. And no, just because a male character helps a female character out at some point does not mean she should automatically fall head-over-heels for him, nor should she be obnoxiously jealous when another female character shows interest. That does nothing but cheapen the female characters for the sake of asinine harem hijinks. Mimosa would be a fine character if she wasn't constantly fawning over Asta and shooting daggers at her cousin. The barmaid is even worse, because she's a bit character introduced primarily for a single arc, so there's absolutely no story reason for her to fall for Asta other than creating cheap drama with Noelle. Just have Asta help people, have them be grateful to him, and leave the bullshit out of it.