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Okay, so that's what the deal is with Dark Guilds. They're outside of the official guild structure and don't follow the law. The army will confront them as will Legal Guilds. They aren't arrested because this seems to be less of a law and order issue and more of a war situation, given what the Council talked about with tons of Dark Guilds popping up. Well it makes sense that Eisenwald would be angry at the Guild Masters and want to take them out. So it wasn't just mass slaughter for the sake of being evil, then. Why don't they take turns driving the magicmobile? Okay this Kage guy has to be a reference to Shikamaru. He has the same power and similar appearance. Doesn't seem to have the same personality though. I did like how a henchman was the last one standing instead of the boss, though, and I liked how he had a change of heart, which I wasn't sure was going to happen after he turned on them the first time. Characters have magic energy that they have to recharge, just like MP, heh. Didn't expect the Virgo character to come back. The sarcastic use of the cheesecake "wow" for ugly Virgo was funny. But she can change appearance to look nice! Yay. I do enjoy how she treats Lucy, haha. Using her to dig under the wind barrier was a clever solution to that problem. But what is the deal with Virgo's eyes? "Fairy Tail flies" is not a good insult! I thought wind would just make fire stronger? I suppose it would smother it if it was too much wind. I did like the scientific and logical explanation for Natsu's fire drawing away Eragor's wind. He never really used that scythe though. Then again Natsu never really gave him a chance. Is Makarov a dwarf? Why is he so short? He seems to have some sort of giant magic, able to grow his body or parts of it to giant size. Was kinda surprised most of the other Guild Masters didn't have very cool designs. They didn't try to help fight, either. Thought they would be old wise badasses, but I guess not. At least Makarov knew what the flute was. I'm sure our resident activist went into convulsions over Bob. But, at least he's a flamboyant pervy bi guy instead of just being gay? That's different, right? Why does the Lullaby have a cute girl's voice interlaced with a man's voice and the monster effect? It's not often that there are repercussions for destruction caused by anime heroes. So that was a nice bit of unexpected realism, even if it was just a show trial. Natsu showing up as "Erza" was funny, too. We're already seeing signs of corruption in the government, as well. That Natsu vs. Erza fight was a total tease, though. Hope we see more.

Giving the population of the country doesn't seem very medieval/fantasy. So, the first OP is alright. You will die from diabetes from the ED, though. I wonder if all these people in the OP are actually important. This show looks very digital. It looks very flat. It kinda' doesn't look all that great. D: Hopefully the show's visuals will improve as it goes along. I like Lucy. She's fun, sweet, and cute. I suppose she is the main character. Or at least, the story is being told from her point of view, like Kagome. She's the greenhorn Wizard and as Lucy learns more about the world, so does the audience. Lucy is a summoner, basically, so that's pretty cool. Plue was introduced. Summoned from another dimension? Well played, Mashima. And he still doesn't look like a dog! I always thought he was kind of creepy and cute at the same time. Natsu's fire magic is pretty cool. I like how he can eat the flames and also uses flaming strikes instead of just breathing fire and throwing fireballs. Natsu is a s***ky little shit. I like him. His stunt stealing the S Class quest was an example of that. Natsu's fire-based one-liners and catchphrases are cheesy but they have their charm. His backstory of being raised by a dragon is a little like Ryu's from Breath of Fire II, so I appreciated that. Not sure if it was a reference or not and I'm sure that's been done before but I just always liked that. The Magic Council is pretty cool. Running the world atop that magic circle. That one guy looks like Sieg Hart. Evil? I'm not so sure. The Council is like the Dean from an 80s movie getting mad at those troublemaking Fairy Tail hooligans, hahaha. I actually like the world that's been created here in general, with the Council, guilds, and all the magic powered devices, like the car and the pen. It's pretty creative. Erza? I thought it was Ezra this whole time. Have I really been reading it wrong this entire time? She's a right badass. I like her. Her requip magic is pretty creative. Of course her alternate outfits put her in scantily clad rpg female battle armor, haha. That first one though. Her boobs aren't even that big, come on! See, in another anime, Erza would mash people against her boobs to console them, resulting in a fan service moment that freaks out the character, but she's wearing armor, so it hurts them. That's funny! Eh, is Erza really Queen of the Fairies? Or wait, is that some kind of title? Tatiana Erza... Erza Scarlett. Natsu is called Salamander. Gray has a boring character design. Most of the other characters look cool, though. He hasn't seemed that interesting so far, but I'm liking his backstory we're getting in this Cursed Island Arc. Surely something less Engrishy than Ice Make could've been come up with? Hell, ice users often form their ice into shapes. Not sure why that needs to be specified or considered a different type of magic. His necklace looks just like the Rave Stone. Not sure what the story is there. Unsure if intentional but one of the notes on the bulletin board has what looks just like the Moon and Death Academy from Soul Eater. Could be a shoutout! Mirajane seems nice, and she's cute. Her hair is weird, though. And I hope she does more than serve drinks. The show has some stock animation sequences a la Sailor Moon and Digimon. That's fine for transformations but I hope it doesn't continue for attacks. This series definitely has Mashima's odd sense of humor, as exemplified by the ugly maids, haha. Daybreak = Dear Kaby was pretty well done. Mashima does emotional stuff like that well and it reminded me of something that might happen in Rave Master. Of course, kinda cheating on the anagram since he made up a nonsense name to make it work, heh. I thought the "wow" thing was just for cheesecake and fan service moments and whenever one of the guys was stripped down (why does Gray do that by the way?), but it's also been used for random comedy moments. I guess Mashima is having way too much fun with that sound effect, heh. Unsure what true use the clock man has but the joke where Lucy sits inside it and he repeats what she says and describes her tone, like in a book, is hilarious. Was pretty great when Natsu was doing the same thing back, heh. Most of Lucy's summons, like the crab man and cow man, seem pretty lame. I assume she'll get better ones as she goes along. Virgo at least seems to be a good start and the mermaid was powerful, though only useful in aquatic situations. Plue had some power in Rave Master, so we'll see if that carries through here. Happy is an asshole! He seems to have it out for Lucy, too! >=[ That cat needs to learn some respect! And man, if you thought Chopper had a cutesy voice, Happy takes the cake! What is that noise Happy keeps making? Any explanation as to what he is? He can talk and grow wings. Guess this world is just full of mystical creatures. Unsure why the show is called Fairy Tail, aside from what we see in the OP. Do fairies have tails in this world and will any ever appear? Obviously it's the name of the guild and a play on Fairy Tale, this show being in the fantasy genre, but the guild has to have a namesake, right? Not sure about Todd Haberkorn playing Natsu. He has a very distinctive voice and it can get annoying. Not the voice I would've imagined for Natsu. We'll see how it goes. I love Cherami Leigh as Lucy, though. She surprised me with her range when Lucy was trying to decide how to introduce herself to Fairy Tail. Lucy in general seems to be a more colorful character than Asuna so I'm sure she'll get to show off more in this role. I'm looking forward to it. The other VAs I don't have any issues with. I like these previews or whatever they are with the cute Final Fantasy-style versions of the characters. Why do Gray and Natsu always fight? I suppose they just have clashing personalities. Oh, aww, they're tsundere for each other. I loved how they were fighting and would stop as soon as Erza glanced at them, haha.

Fairy Tail Anime Discussion I noticed that the anime is currently on break right now, so I suppose this won't be usable for weekly discussion at the moment, but at the very least, it will be up for when the anime does come back. I just started watching the series, so I wanted to have a place to talk about it, as there doesn't seem to be a general anime discussion thread of sorts or anything like that, and the What Are You Watching Thread is mainly just used as a log with little actual discussion. So, I'll just be watching through the show at my own pace and posting my thoughts here as I progress through it. Anybody else is welcome to talk about old episodes or the show in general, and as I said, the thread can be used for weekly discussion when the anime returns. Seems kind of silly for me to ask people to mark spoilers, since there's no TV airing and most people will be current, and not having to do that is one of the reasons I made a dedicated thread. Marking spoilers for multi-paragraph posts is a pain. I wouldn't mind if you give a heads up if you want to discuss some spoilery content, though, and I can just scroll past those posts until I'm caught up. Can't really think of any rules that need to be given besides the general board rules, which everyone already knows. Without further ado...

I liked that Toonami played something not super-well-known, too.

It did sound familiar. Who else has Hilary Haag played?

So anyway I have decided I will be rejoining the thread, if that's okay with everyone else. New board seems as good a time as any to jump back in! Plus you guys are the last of the O.G. ADer's.

Good news is it did very well for them and everyone is very happy, Demarco said. So, we might see a movie or two once in a blue moon down the road...

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Thread is still up. Reactions were good and interesting, to say the least. Yes, they played it for Daylight Savings Time. Just omitted the One Punch Man rerun last week. Is still on On-Demand, yeah. The director is heavily inspired by Miyazaki. Movie was great but very emotional. Ultimately not a "sad" movie, though, in my opinion. You should have seen how Meilag reacted...

Well I am pro equality for women, gay, and trans people so... Also some of those people are trolls, just fyi. Had to quit the dev boards today, and therefore the original ASMB, permanently, due to things getting out of hand. The downvote trolls revealed themselves, Killjoy and Sawdimizer of Babbling, (Inception downvote trolled Elfie off the boards and reported him on Deviantart for underage sexual artwork, saying Elfie is a pedophile and almost got him perma-banned from Deviantart, by the way) and Sawdimizer decided to hunt down my accounts across the internet to stalk, harass, and gain more information about me. I told him I would be forced to notify law enforcement if he continued doing what he was doing. Funny thing is he claimed I have an OKC account... I don't have any dating site accounts whatsoever. :

This whole arc has been good.

You should read the Children Who Chase Lost Voices thread on the old Uneven Edge, Mochi.

Any chance of us doing some things to bring in new blood, Luuv? Recruit from social media, MAL, etc?

More like a Hillary un-supporter and kind of annoyed now that I got this email from Fight for the Future. Why would I do that? You realize conservatives aren't evil mustache twirling villains, right? Plus I am not even conservative on all things. I'm pro-life, anti-death penalty, pro-environment, pro-constitution, pro-conservationism, pro-environmentalism, pro all drugs legalization, etc. And I was a patriot and a conservationist before it was cool I believe we should protect the planet and all its life forms as best we can, keep it clean, on principle. It's just logical and common sense. It doesn't matter whether manmade global warming is real. I don't own or drive a car due to my temperament, sense of direction worse than Zoro's, nervousness, and temper. I also prefer to not contribute to polluting the planet, so I ride a bike or walk wherever I need to go. Of course my other family members have cars and give me rides. I recycle, donated to UNICEF, Brown Santa, help people I meet and know as best I can. I'm a very generous and kind-hearted person, believe it or not.

Boards are looking NICE! Very good user interface and thanks for making the font smaller lol. Did you remove PM feature?

Nice graphics in that game, wow. ;D

I'm going to start going for threads again, to put a stop to this half-assed crap.

Oh yeah. 8)

It's okay, that board will be permanently archived for reference purposes. Also the dev boards of ASMB are still up, but it's basically The Purge over there. Not a good place for Toonami discussion. But it's Babbler Heaven. And Luuv these boards are looking nice, now! So much more convenient, easier to use, and better looking than Lithium and NodeBB ever were!

Dude, stop making these lazy-ass shitty threads. Let someone else get it if you're just going to keep doing this crap.

You missed some awesome episodes, man. Catch-up online!

You missed nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6txbQTyIqnw