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Well that's convenient the robot can do all that.

So is he actually hearing it, or just PTSD? So I was right. Tracking via Chase. Can't believe the doc didn't think of that though.

Could they be tracking via Chase, since they have a copy of him?

Jesus that was a terrible edit of the OP. Let's just start it in a random spot in the middle of the song LOL.

Haha yes they played the frozen Boy Band video again!

Yeah it was a joke. And I don't think making that, albeit bad, and insensitive, joke, makes Sean Schemmel a homophobe.

Really feeling these impacts. Vegeta is out. Well hell. Hopefully his sacrifice was not in vain. I was hoping to see him last to the end. Oh well. Ultra Instinct! Goku finally was able to pull it off again!

Eh I wouldn't say that clip makes Schemmel a homophobe. I don't think he said that out of malice. But even with the clip out of context, seemed like a bad joke. Doesn't make what he said okay, of course. Lots of people used to talk like that years ago, but we know better now, of course. Back when I was in high school in the late 90s/early 2000s, I would describe the definition as... cowardly douche? Like, if someone called someone out to a fight and then didn't show up, that person would get called the f-word, or bitch, etc. I can't remember it being used on actual gay people, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen. I also recall Eminem's popularity at the time. He wasn't using it in the anti-gay sense either, I don't think. Of course, like I said, people have learned in the years since then to remove it from their vocabulary. That Schemmel clip was about that old, right? Again not saying it excuses it, but it's way different than if he were talking like that in 2019. Also good to remember this stuff was leaked by Nick Rekieta... to somehow help Vic? Though not sure how making the other Funimation VAs look bad (for other reasons) is somehow supposed to make Vic less of a creep. As for Super's quality. I will say that though GT doesn't have the highs that Super has, it certainly doesn't have its lows, and not nearly the padding, it was overall a pretty solid "what-if" sequel series. And at least GT didn't fuck up Goku's personality. But yeah, sequels...be careful what you wish for.

No transformation? Yup Vegeta is done.

The person who tormented Jiren in his youth was Farmer with Shotgun.

It should be possible to find the numbers for manga volume sales, reader popularity polls, and ratings for the anime. That would tell us about popularity in Japan, at least. For the U.S., yeah, hard to tell. The fact I can barely find any fan art doesn't seem like a good sign. But maybe that's the fact it's so new, and has been called like three different things so far, I dunno. Well like I said Fire Force is new. Of course some shows are smash hits right off the bat. If this show still isn't, it could gain a following. Oof yea that doesn't sound good haha. Ah, well fair enough, heh.

I just saw that Crunchyroll has a behind-the-scenes making-of documentary. I was wondering if making the girls' faces look normal was part of it lmao. I didn't check it out because I thought there might be spoilers, though. Here it is, in case anyone is interested. Not sure if it has spoilers or not. I'd imagine there probably are, since it's release date was probably in consideration of where the sub is and not the dub. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/09/13/discover-how-dr-stone-got-made-in-crunchyrolls-new-documentary

So, I thought the show was going to be about Dr. Stone, this scientist fighter who uses different potions to make his body have stone or other properties and use them in fights... I was way off, lol. Well, hopefully this will still be interesting.

Well Black Clover is an affectionate semi-parody. There are still legit moments. There's been some great story arcs and great character arcs, stuff I've seen pulled off a lot better than in some other shows. Noelle, and Vanessa are good examples. Also the fact they are women, and women haven't done much in MHA, and are incompetent in Naruto, for a couple examples. There have been some things out of the box, like making the leader of the enemy faction beaten before some of his minions, and not be the strongest of his group. And I think characters Yami and Zora makes the parody aspect pretty obvious. There a was a whole episode where Yami just sits there and takes the piss out of all the other Magic Knight Captains. Then Zora comes in (complete with JYB troll voice) this last arc and makes fun of all the happy-go-lucky characters and doesn't give a fuck. Later we learn he's out to go after corrupt Magic Knights. Lots of other stuff that's good about Black Clover, so I wouldn't say the praise is underserved, no. Don't know if I would call it bad writing, but there have been some... questionable things. Hibana's sudden about face which was a bit much even for shonen (this is talk no jutsu on steroids!) made me think THIS show might be semi-parody! Then there is the whole shift to investigating other companies which is not what I expected. Though an unexpected story direction is not necessarily a bad thing. I wouldn't expect the show to be about fighting mindless Infernals forever, sort of how like Bleach couldn't be about fighting Hollows forever, even though that was one of my favorite parts of the show. But I think they could have focused on fighting Infernals a bit longer. I will say this much, though, it certainly doesn't feel like Fire Force is off to as much of a strong start as Soul Eater was. That's what I said about Hunter x Hunter, lol. I loved Yu Yu Hakusho, but could not stand HxH. But I follow what Poke said. Good at first, Company 5 arc kind of eh, this arc is looking better and hopefully the show improves and can catch some kind of stride.

It might be popular in Japan. Anybody know the numbers for it there? I mean the manga is still going. Usually if a manga doesn't do well, it will get cancelled. Animes have predetermined seasons so if the show did bad they just wouldn't make more after the initial set of episodes. Maybe it is just too new in the U.S.? Hasn't caught on enough yet? I mean I thought this show was supposed to be a big deal, though. Even more frustrating, is the search engines didn't seem to know the difference between Maki and Tamaki at first!

No, oversaturated. As in, there's a whole bunch of Tamaki fan art and barely any of Maki. And I saw the one Daos posted and didn't post it, since I thought it was ugly.

Ep 325 - Ep 326 -

Not just that he has the best suit, but he's obviously far more skilled and talented than any of those jokers that were jealous of him. He could probably do better than them in the worst suit available!

See, that was never explained before now. Especially given the earlier engagement, the Zeon ships easily destroyed the Federation ships and then blew up a colony. It made it seem like Zeon had better ships, too. Better everything.

I think Demarco and co. like Gundam more than it's an actual viable property. Can't say I have paid too close attention to ratings in a while, but if it is doing that well, that surprises me. Well IBO S2 was crap, so that probably didn't help. I suppose you're right, especially if it's only 4 episodes. I thought Gundam peaked with Wing and G and the other stuff on Toonami, back then, then crashed, then the Sunrise embargo which did not help things. I remember back in the early days when it first came over, Toyfare was doing lots of features on the action figures and model kits. In later years Gundam more or less evaporated here, is what I thought. But I mean, Hollywood makes movies of obscure stuff all the time. Just because a Gundam movie is being made doesn't prove Gundam is still a big deal in the States. And just personally speaking, I have not liked most of the shows. I remember having the TV on Gundam Wing long enough to hear "deploy the mobile dolls!" and then switched it off. There was one series with a cliche storyline about characters on opposite sides of the war falling in love. I tried to watch the series that was on Syfy but couldn't stand more than a few minutes of it because it was so annoying. I remember Amuro being an annoying crybaby in the original series, but Banagher was that on steroids, plus the storyline of Unicorn was just needlessly convoluted and dumb. So far the only shows I have liked were G Gundam, and the first season of IBO. IBO S2 shat the bed. It doesn't get much more compelling than every character getting randomly gunned down by goons! At least Origin seems pretty decent so far, probably because Amuro is barely in it. And just the general things I don't like about Gundam - annoying and/or unlikable characters, ham-fisted overly preachy with its messages. I never really liked the mobile suit designs that much, either. It's a shame, since I like robots/mecha, and spaceships, sci-fi, space operas, etc, so I wish I liked Gundam more, but ehh, it's got so many things in it that just grate on my nerves.

Finally, another marathon? Are you serious? We'd like to have as little as possible! FFFFFF--Serenity now!

Boooo! Yeah, the show is ending, but to do this with no relation to any holiday seems foolish and will derail the block! Also, what about how they are so close behind Japan with some of their shows? They want to screw that up and put themselves a week behind? FOOLS!

Wait, I thought the marathon was for the finale? So they're actually doing a marathon the week before? What?

AND SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED!

Huh. Interesting. So that can't be one of the shows that fell through, then. You think the show is probably highly requested, right? But do we know what Demarco and co. think of it?