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Is he really? Didn't even know he was the main character. From what I saw/heard/read (again didn't look deeply into it all) came off as a minor side character. That was another reason I didn't want to watch this show. I think I somehow never managed to watch a show with a trap before. To say the least I am not a fan of the concept. I also thought traps were considered a transphobic concept. Well, at least I won't be fooled since I already found out about this from clips etc.

Alright. Time to find out if this show is as disturbing, depraved, and fucked up as I was concerned about.

"Son of a... porch!" "The word are you looking for is... bitch." "What are you, some kind of language expert?!"

YABBA-DABBA-DABBA-DABBA-DABBA-DABBA-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH! LMAO

Ah interesting. But it wasn't even Pikachu who caused the seizures but another Pokemon? It was never used again after that episode. I cant remember what it was called.

Isn't that phone a bit advanced for the 90s?

Wow I did not think of the wood turning back to bullets. WAS WINNING THE WHOLE TIME.

The Paul brothers would be proud of this camcording psycho. He was ahead of his time!

All because of that Pokemon incident lol. I think was before Pokemon came over? The Late Show played a short clip for the lulz, and Letterman called Pikachu a dog.

WHAT?! HE'S BEEN DISMEMBERED?! You can survive like that just by sealing your veins?! Ok, dude. Even Mayuri would call bullshit on this.

Is Number 6 played by the Shinra VA? The last one we heard in the helicopter. But surely all bullets are the same VA?

Old shows are no cheaper but the old shows won't run out of dubbed episodes. That is the whole point. I don't know much about the Index franchise or if it is good at all. Hopefully it is more accessible than than Fate or Monogatari which seem confusing and impenetrable. It's not a good sign to me when I see "how to watch" guides. 86 episodes with just the spin-offs or including the 74 along with the spin-offs? Either way that is a lot! It would give Demarco a lot of content for a while, basically a ready-made long-runner which are a dying breed, at this point, but Demarco still loves to have them. We can see how he has struggled to program the block without long-runners to build around anymore. That of course is assuming the series would go over well with Toonami viewers, which I have no idea. Though the movie will probably never be aired so I hope it's not something that's integral to the overall story, like the Demon Slayer movie covering a fucking manga arc. Seriously what the hell made them decide to do that? Ah, fair enough.

There's more?! Holy hell I just checked the Weather Channel app and you're right! https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/us-landfalling-hurricanes-have-been-above-average-recently https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/what-fujiwhara-effect-could-mean-for-tropical-storms-laura-and-marco https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/15-years-after-katrina-marco-laura-hit-could-challenge-covid-strained-gulf https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/storm-surge-outlook-marco https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/louisiana-may-see-impacts-from-both-laura-and-marco https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/back-to-back-landfalls-possible-this-week https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/marco-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-ahead-of-gulf-coast-strike-on-monday Well, if Inuyasha were here, he could use the Backlash Wave to send those storms right back where they came from! Wait, that wouldn't help, since the Caribbean islands to the south aren't unpopulated! Well, Miroku could use his Wind Tunnel to suck up those storms on the spot! But, that would permanently remove a large amount of water and air from the Earth. Maybe not a good idea. I got nuthin'! I'm just glad that even though I live in Texas, I don't live on the coast or an island! Never live on coasts or islands! Never live near fault lines or volcanoes! And don't live in California at all since it is natural disaster city, full of fires, earthquakes, and mudslides! I don't live near any of what I mentioned and I am on HIGH GROUND so I have nothing to fear from floods from rain. Maybe the only thing I would have to worry about would be a tornado, but this isn't exactly tornado alley, either. I think I am pretty good...

Yeah wasn't sure if maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention or what. You never know with the media these days what they will choose to cover and not cover. Or maybe just too much stuff going on. Or maybe it was because it hit New Jersey and not New York, so the media didn't care? 😧 That sucks, man.

I don't know about One Punch Man but yeah Inuyasha was pretty powerful heh-heh. They are going to have to write Inuyasha out of the story, and also Sesshomaru, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango, or weaken them somehow. Given the vague information we have been given so far, it seems Towa, Setsuna, and Moraha have all been separated from their parents. I hope they aren't all just dead because that would be fucking stupid and piss me the hell off and I'm sure most other fans. It can simply be a case that they got lost/separated from their parents somehow and their parents don't know where they are. Inuyasha has good sense of smell but even the best bloodhound couldn't track someone across an entire country. On the other hand, Sesshomaru can fly and has as good or better sense of smell than Inuyasha and he never seems to have any trouble finding Inuyasha. Then there is the fact that Setsuna, and possibly Moroha too, since she seems to be training with rather than fighting with Setsuna in the trailer, are being raised and trained by Kohaku, along with Miroku and Sango's son. This concerns me because why is Sango not involved in training the new demon slayers? And would Miroku not want to teach them some of his own abilities as well? They could be "retired" I guess but it is not like they would be frail and weak being in their 30s, they should be even stronger and more experienced by then, if anything. Of course Miroku wouldn't have his Wind Tunnel, so there is that. The same would go for Kagome and Inuyasha, and especially Sesshomaru since demons age slowly. But besides that, why would Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sesshomaru not think to look for their kids where their friend's brother is training demon slayers? From the poster, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are placed distantly, Sesshomaru looking up at the sky and Inuyasha's back is turned. It implies they are not able to be involved, for whatever the reason might be. But what worries me is Kagome is not shown at all! Neither are Sango and Miroku, but they are potentially on rocking chairs watching over Kohaku's training of the slayers lmao. Oh and Kaede is still alive somehow and looks exactly the same lmao.

I remember that whole fiasco. I was lul-ing because I hated Geass, although I liked Moribito. Good thing I am good at staying up late. But I don't remember that it lead to anime being relegated to Saturdays or that the two situations were connected at all.

Demarco has claimed that getting older shows or reruns are no cheaper than getting new shows. That's why he said Toonami couldn't maintain a library like ASA did and many of the shows would have to be one and done, if people wanted to have more premieres. I think they got Casshern Sins because it was DARK to show how mature and grown up the new Toonami was. Same thing with Deadman Wonderland which was DARK and EDGY, but at least it was over-the-top, silly, and funny at times. Casshern was depressing and a whole lot of build up for not just a rushed and clumsy ending, but the BAD END. Regardless of all that, ASA was mainly just dumb with their show picks a lot of the times, which is why we got some of the shows we got. In AVGN voice - If Demarco has shit taste, ASA had diarrhea taste!

Demarco was not running or involved with ASA... Either way I am glad they aired those shows, even if I thought Blue Gender was meh and forgettable, with a few hilariously bad moments like this - And I thought Evangelion was overhyped, overrated, and horrible, and full of annoying and unlikable characters. Bebop and Trigun were great though and complemented each other well when they ran back to back!

There weren't quite that few, but yeah, we didn't get nearly as many new shows back then, haha. (And Al laid out for us just how barren things were at the time!) So yeah that was part of it too. But I am glad they ended up airing it since I ended up loving the series, and the story improves exponentially beyond the point the anime covers. I wish it had all gotten animated! But people should check that manga out regardless. At least we finally got Soul Eater eventually!

It sure looks like one. SAO isn't a harem series. To start off, Kirito and Sachi were not a couple. https://www.quora.com/Was-Kirito-in-love-with-Sachi-before-Asuna-in-Sword-Art-Online-Boyfriend-and-I-are-arguing-this-point-we-need-a-tie-breaker "No, in the official source material, Kirito and Sachi were never in love. Their relationship is described very explicitly by Kirito in the Light Novels as a non-romance relationship. Kirito even goes ahead and compares their situation to “two cats licking each others’ wounds”. We already know Kirito had plenty of personal issues in Aincrad and the reason he got close to Moonlit Black Cats in the first place was that he felt broken. Sachi was his healer. Similarly, Sachi had her own set of problems and Kirito was her healer. The duo never shared any romantic emotions towards each other and this is very explicitly stated in the source material. Many people who claim they are in love either go off of their head canon or mistakenly think the original Web Novel long before the series’ official publication is canon. Or like the other answer, they thought Manga was canon." It did not come off as a romantic relationship for me in the anime, either. In any case, Sachi is dead anyway and cannot be a potential romantic partner. Kirito meets Asuna and they are the destined couple from day one. There was no "who will he pick!?/who will get together?!" here. They even become boyfriend and girlfriend relatively early on in the series and get married in-game. A harem series wouldn't have the couple get together until at the end. Hell a lot of non-harem series are like this. SAO is actually refreshing in the sense that it doesn't wait til the end to put Kirito and Asuna together. Besides that, Kirito didn't have romantic interest in the other girls he met after he met Asuna. Silica I did not take seriously and was like a puppy love crush, we have seen this plenty of times in real life and fiction. Kirito talks about how Silica reminds him of his sister and she is little sister-zoned. Come to think of it makes more sense that Kirito would say that since Suguha was originally meant to be flat-chested until Reki's wise editor suggested to make her busty. Lisbeth professes her love for Kirito but she gets friend-zoned. She also doesn't try to keep pursuing Kirito once she realizes the budding relationship her good friend Asuna has with him. Suguha falling for Kirito is ridiculous. But in her defense, she did not know Kirito the player was Kazuto her brother. I could be wrong on this, but according to the books, inside the games, besides SAO after Kayaba had everyone look at those mirrors that makes their avatar their real selves (and in the process revealing a lot of Guy In Real Life players and people not being as good looking as their avatars ,) players did not have the same voice as their real selves. Maybe they didn't do this in the anime because they didn't want to have 2 voice actors for each character, I'm not sure. Or it's one of those things where they sound different in-universe, but not to viewers, sort of like how in Gladiator the characters speak English instead of Greek, it is "translated" for the viewers. Either way, in both the anime and books, Kirito does not exactly resemble his ALO avatar, and Suguha looks much different from Leafa. If only Kirito had walked into his sister's room and looked up at the Leafa poster on her ceiling. Of course, once the truth was found out it couldn't go any further! At the time I had actually advocated for Suguha to be kicked out of the house. But someone rebutted and said Kirito did not have the moral authority to do that since Kirito killed people in SAO. He said Suguha would probably have to go to counseling. But honestly I really prefer to just think of that Fairy Dance Arc as a filler arc that never happened, just like Bleach's Bount Arc! The Arc(s) which shall not be named! I did not see Sinon as being romantically interested in Kirito so I don't know why people say that. Obviously Kirito was not romantically interested in her. They were friends who bonded over their past of PTSD. Aside from Kirito's actual relationship to the other girls, he does not live in a house with all of them or travel together with them. The other girls have their own lives and do their own thing and aren't always spending it with Kirito. There is exactly one arc where Kirito has an adventure with all the girls, and it lasts for 3 whole episodes. Plus Klein is along. Anyway, their relationships are all long-since well-defined as platonic by that point. Finally, besides Kirito settling down early, he seems to actually have an interest in being with women romantically and has a sex drive. Many harem protagonists seem asexual or gay, either having little or no interest in any of the girls surrounding them, or being so clueless and moronic to either not notice a girl's attraction to them, or fuck up their chances with them if they do pick up on it. Though in Tenchi's case I maybe can't blame him given how annoying the women are. The things I described that SAO doesn't have are what makes it not a harem, and also are why I abhor harem series. They are are a ridiculous premise and setup, usually very contrived, full of obnoxious tropes, and annoying characters and situations. Edit - Whoops, I got on such a tangent on SAO, I forgot about the other 2 parts of the post! Sure for currently running, but it doesn't make much sense to make a thread for a long-finished series, does it? I think Fairy Tail had enough dark and mature stuff to warrant it on Adult Swim Toonami. Rave Master possibly as well. It had to be edited and so would Fairy Tail. And yes the dreaded TnA lmao. Anyway, Demarco, even if he was bullshitting, mentioned it as a possibility, meaning it could technically qualify. Hey I don't agree Mashima gave up on the story. 😧 But I don't want to have a debate about another show. But I think a bigger concern would be the bad animation in the first anime, and the beyond horrible and nonexistent at times animation in the final season anime! At least the second anime had good animation...

Well that would be a nice thing to hope for. I hope you're right!

Yeah it wasn't made public. In fact no one has gone on record to say it is happening. It is anonymous sources. But, I didn't realize Variety had reported on it as well. That lends more credence to it. https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/warnermedia-selling-crunchyroll-anime-sony-1234733441/ I still don't understand how the hell a company can exist on 150 billion in dept. It makes no sense. And a link in that article... https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/sony-anime-funimation-aniplex-joint-venture-1203346579/ I didn't realize Funimimation was now a joint venture with Sony and Aniplex. I thought Funimation made a deal with Aniplex and that's how SAO and other Aniplex shows got on Funimation Now. And Aniplex is also owned by Sony? But owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan? Why does a music company own an anime company? When did all this happen? Stop merging everything and buying everything, damn it! It makes me nervous!

I could have sworn there were some other OVAs that aired. Was there a Kill la Kill one they aired? Maybe I am thinking of ASA. Wasn't part of Kikaider an OVA? Huh, just looked it up. I didn't realize it aired all the way back in 03! And I thought ASA aired the OVA, and a good thing they did, since it very much completes the story. Oh, it turns out those U.S. airdates aren't wrong or a typo. Ahh, the days when new episodes aired every day. https://kikaider.fandom.com/wiki/Android_Kikaider:_The_Animation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Kikaider:_The_Animation I had always thought it was a darker remake of an old 70s anime, but it's actually the only anime of Kikaider, and the dark tone is apparently closer to its manga. The live action show apparently was more light-hearted. It can also get tricky, if you go and watch an OVA on your own after a series finishes airing, you might misremember it as the block airing it.

Why not?

WHOOSH! The whole point was to get a show that has already been dubbed in full so they don't have to keep pulling it or rerunning it. Preferably something from the past few years that people wanted to see on the block that never made it on for whatever reason. Which is what many of us have been suggesting repeatedly!