ben0119

They may be in the same building, and Adult Swim may be Demarco's "day job", but his passion, the thing that makes him happy, is Toonami. Perhaps that is possible. My question is why the hell wouldn't Toei shop Super to a kid's network like Disney or Nick? Air it to kids and slurp up those awesome toy and merch sales. I mean, surely they didn't already try that and get told to fuck off? Disney did take Pokemon off CN's hands, after all. Maybe I could leave it on the background on low volume. I'd rather my first viewing be on Toonami with my fellow Faithful. This totally screws up my whole routine of watching the shows with everyone on Toonami. They've thrown a massive wrench into things with this move! And I'm concerned the 8pm airing could take the knees out of the 11:30 airing and in turn Toonami.

Nobody watches DBZ for the plot. I'd think that should be obvious. I agree there isn't much of a world in DBZ. We barely see the regular people or the various towns, etc. but we did get a lot of that in Dragonball, at least. There was more of a story there, as well. A big part of why I prefer it over DBZ. But, I still enjoy DBZ. It's good for what it is, which is enjoyable character interactions, character growth and development, good fights, just fun. Nobody goes there for earth-shattering writing or plot. Hunter x Hunter's world is boring and nonsensical. Naruto's "world" is a forest and a bunch of villages that look exactly the same, with a handful of exceptions. Bleach's world and lore is awesome, though. And I'll grant you One Piece's world is neat. To me, One Piece is like an RPG in anime/manga form. Just a big, fun adventure, and awesome places and people the characters encounter on the way.

I didn't put anything in. Was just going off what CountFrylock said. Like I said, I probably won't go see it anyway, since I'm not current.

Which means adults want to watch you reenact The Aristocrats Joke with anime characters? Because being grossed out by "tentacle urethra rape" clearly makes me homophobic and transphobic. : Don't act like the shit you draw is the garden variety "gay erotica." (which still doesn't need to be capitalized)

True. How far would the dub be on TV now if it had never gotten cancelled? Hell, the dub in general would probably be much further along One Piece isn't in the ideal situation here. But, it could be off much worse! Like Detective Conan.

BUT JUST THINK OF WHAT ONE PIECE'S TRUE POWER COULD BE MOOSE!!!! Also, I find it funny that you're on other other side of the argument with this now. Used to be you were always emo-ly kicking the can down the road, bemoaning One Piece's lack of greatness in America. But yeah, I'm glad it's doing as well as it is. I won't have to worry about the rest of the episodes being dubbed, at least. The voice actors living to finish voicing their roles, on the other hand... ;D

San Angelo, really? Austin would be closest for me. I probably couldn't even see it if even if I wanted to!

You still described it in detail, which grosses people out. Saying "my art is fucked up" or something would have sufficed.

They really need to get an intern or at least appoint someone on the team to just watch these shows, and more than 3-5 episodes. JoJo wasn't a predictable pick-up at all, given it was in limbo forever and got a bargain bin release on disc by Warner Brothers. And who gives a shit whether a pick-up is "predictable" or not? The shows should actually be good. That's what matters.

She's even more abominable than Lola.

Did they make that corn fucker bump because of IBO? ;D

That is cool. I probably won't go see it though... cuz spoilers. D:

Unless we go right to Kuma? He seems pretty cool. Straw Hats probably won't fight him now, though, since they're going to need to recover. Of course, Blackbeard and plenty of other ne'er-do-wells in the One Piece universe are still floating around. Mihawk and Aokiji are still out there, but I'm unsure of if I would consider them "evil", per se. Definitely antagonists, though.

Well, like I said, it is true that One Piece only has limited appeal in America, just because of how the show is. So you could be right.

You're right, that is disgusting. And I don't think we can post full-on xxx stuff here.

Don't suppose there's any chance that was Moria's Shadow Doppelganger again? Moria can't free all the shadows if he's unconscious, either. So, Luffy would either have to slap him back awake, or kill him? Luffy already passed out, though! And yeah obviously Kuma will be a factor. The Straw Hats are going to have to get out of dodge, regardless. But it sure was nice of Perona to bring all the food (some of which was the Straw Hats!) and treasure to the Sunny!

Sketchor seems to think the early dubbed episodes would be subpar and we'd be stuck with lame terms for things under early Funimation that would stick 'til now. Meh, Funi even back then was miles beyond what we'd get from 4Kids just in terms of dub quality, and they were already doing their uncut DBZ tapes with edgier language and all the violence and sexual content still in. I personally never had a problem with early Funimation. I know they were complained about quite a bit back then, but I've always supported them. And you're right, the show would've been handled much better by them. So I'm not sure the argument of the shitty dub by 4Kids forced a better one later is much of an argument or consolation. Maybe One Piece would still have a ceiling on its popularity, simply because it's silliness and light-heartedness doesn't appeal to a good portion of the audience, but it'd certainly better off than it is now?

Moria was beaten and he never even fought anyone directly. x_x

Wait, is it really over?! Oars and Moria both defeated! But Moria never even fought! I thought for sure the entire arc was building up that moment!

Oars down and Moria finally forced to fight himself? NOPE, of course he wants to run away! Whoa?! These are some awesome new Gum Gum abilities Luffy is using! THIS IS AWESOME! DESTROY HIM LUFFY!

It's Frankenstein Monster vs. Frankenstein Monster! Hahaha whipping Oars back and forth by his hair! Why are these pirates so hideous?! Be human again?! You don't even look human! Sunlight is minutes away. I imagine now is when we go into anime time. Namek in 5 minutes, the bomb in Alabasta, Ichigo's 11 second mask, heh. Luffy with a sword! This is epic! 8)

Yeah. And some food is pretty much inedible without salt! People got paid with salt in Roman times, after all, and for good reason! Maybe not human. Moria does look like a vampire. But with those stitches... I'm betting he was modified by Hogback.

That comic promo... Wait, did... TOM just take off his "helmet"? That's not his head?! He has a face under there?! DEMARCO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

She did things earlier.

Maybe he and other non-zombie residents of the island just can't stand eating food without salt?