Top Gun

The thing is, I actually enjoyed the previous episode. Sure, it was a bog-standard shounen fight I've seen countless times before, but at least they executed it well. But this was just...pointless. The creators were only given so many guaranteed episodes, and it feels like they've spent a lot of that time just spinning their wheels. And yeah, I don't know what's up with the focus on punching. Like, I've never willingly sat through a single minute of a pro wrestling match, but even I know that's not a thing there.

Well rats.

Our heater broke 9 days ago and we just got the new system put in today so I'm incredibly thankful that I can do literally anything in the house without freezing my nuts off.

That'd be interesting at least.

Speak for yourself, I was hoping he caught the 'vid and got turned into toaster oven pork chops.

Heh, that was an all-time Toei title for episode 45. Nice to know some things never change.

They...they do know that Helm didn't use an actual hammer, right? ...right?

I really hope there are blatant Harry Potter character ripoffs all over this thing. It would make me very happy.

He won something at least.

Regardless of what happens, I'm seriously grateful to Rewind for finally motivating me to sit through this. If they aren't able to air R, I'm going straight into it on my own.

Our boy is burning like a million calories per workout. I don't think those things are going to his thighs.

I love this idiot already.

I'm glad you are, but I...can't really say the same. Like Jman said, there's not really anything here, other than a handful of beaten-to-death shonen tropes. It's completely paint-by-numbers.

I'd assume because nearly everyone in Japan gets cremated.

Heh, figured no one would bother with a new thread. Well at least this one had Clancy Brown and...uh...Clancy Brown?

That fucking background.

I don't want to crap all over this, because I didn't think it was actively bad or anything. It's clear from both the content itself and Sketch's interview that the creative team is enthusiastic about it and put effort into it. And obviously they didn't make the call on where it's airing, because even amongst the "crossover" series that have aired on the block in the past, this one above all others feels like it's much better suited for CN proper. But all of that being said, this isn't doing a whole lot for me so far. I won't go quite as far as Jman, but this feels for all the world like it was made by someone who saw a few super-popular shounen series when they were younger and wanted to make one themselves really badly. It's a checklist of tropes I've seen used a hundred times before, and at least so far there isn't much setting it apart. And while I don't claim to have much of a grasp on what The Youth are into these days, I have to wonder how much its target audience even cares about professional wrestling. And I'm sorry, but you chose to have your main character escape her ordained future on...Accounting Island? Really?

I feel like the majority of people out there are dogpiling on this far more than it reasonably deserved, mostly by jumping on the "lol episode 2 looked like ass, this whole thing is shit" bandwagon. Do I think it was great overall? Absolutely not, but at the very least I think it was decent, with some truly fantastic moments sprinkled throughout. It certainly wasn't the irredeemable garbage that some have made it out to be.

I really need to watch Dynazenon. Gridman kicked total ass.

Honestly I thought that was a really solid last episode. They finally let things breathe a bit and moved at a reasonable pace. The visuals weren't quite up to episode 1, but they looked pretty good overall. Putting the production issues aside, if they either had twice as much runtime or didn't try to cram in what I'd assume was every single bit of the original manga, I think it would have been much better off. Still managed to freak me the fuck out on numerous occasions, so overall it was a good time.

Well that was...certainly a finale. Out of all the shows I've watched, this was surely one of them.

I'd assume they're rerunning Blue Exorcist there with the expectation they'll air some of the new seasons next year. Unexpected pick-ups, but I've heard good stuff about Mashle.

Probably less than 1000 right now.

"Have no fear, we've got stories for years!"

...where are you finding that list of "animation directors"? It doesn't even make sense, there are several company names on there.