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I also recommend the dub because 3 people voice like half the cast
I think that's hilarious, but I'm also curious as to why that is. I don't think GTO was Tokyopop's first dub, especially since Initial D was their favorite, so what was the reason behind only hiring a handful of people? (Also Wendee's voice for Azusa sounds so similar to Michelle Ruff's Fujiko lol.)
 
I’m waiting for the SpyxFamily movie to get ripped this weekend. Supposedly it’s okay and honestly all I want is something mildly entertaining.

I liked the Detective Conan homage that was done a month ago in the series that amounted to “Yeah, this is a Comedy-Action series, Anya trivializes a lot of stuff”.
 
^ The fact that the Berserk BD still hasn't been uploaded to the 7 seas.

I liked the Detective Conan homage that was done a month ago in the series that amounted to “Yeah, this is a Comedy-Action series, Anya trivializes a lot of stuff”.
It can handle darker things quite well, like in episode 1 when Anya sees a guy get shot in the head at point blank range. A bit much for a 5-year old in a "comedy" show. I like that it isn't afraid of showing blood.
 
Which disgusts me more, that it's a Hollywood live-action version of an anime, which have such a track record for quality, or that it's from the creator of Rick & Morty and one of that shows writers. As other people have noted, among Heather Anne Campbell's credits is an episode of that Twilight Zone reboot entitled "Not All Men" where a fallen meteor was supposedly making men act like violent fiends and the reveal was "the meteor didn't do anything, men are just inherently violent rapists and wanted an excuse".

Hollywood execs refuse to hire people who actually like the source material of the things they adapt, so they choose the same aging millennials to handle these properties instead only to put jokes like “haha piggy poop balls” in them rather than write actual humor.
It will be shit because modern western writers will just explain the joke over and over rather than let it play out. Plus it will probably lack any of the more sincere moments and will just be mean hearted and cynical.
 
I think that's hilarious, but I'm also curious as to why that is. I don't think GTO was Tokyopop's first dub, especially since Initial D was their favorite, so what was the reason behind only hiring a handful of people? (Also Wendee's voice for Azusa sounds so similar to Michelle Ruff's Fujiko lol.)
If I had to speculate, they probably just thought it'd be funny and more acceptable since it's a comedy. It's not like the voice actors they chose to voice multiple roles don't have range either, a casual audience might not even notice. I also just found out that the vice principal was voiced by Bryce Papenbrook's dad lmao
 
^ The fact that the Berserk BD still hasn't been uploaded to the 7 seas.


It can handle darker things quite well, like in episode 1 when Anya sees a guy get shot in the head at point blank range. A bit much for a 5-year old in a "comedy" show. I like that it isn't afraid of showing blood.
I’d argue each protagonist has their own genre they focus on when it’s their chapters. Anya is slice of life and sci-fi, Loid is more spy action-drama, and Yor is… hard to place.
 
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But question is will it stay relevant,
I'm sure a few users got in to anime during the late 90s early 2000s peak when Toonami aired every weekday, shonen jump had a US magazine they would print and sell at supermarkets, borders was 50% tokyopop and viz, western companies started trying to squeeze on to production committees of anime (IGPX, 2nd season of Big O, first YugiOh movie, etc.) and spirted away got an Oscar and I swear was aired on cable tv a few times (and off course it "ruined" a certain web artists life). Everything kinda fell apart after 2007-2008 and really didn't start slowly gaining momentum again until 2012 or 2013.

I think US manga sales just passed the old 2007 peak a year or two ago, boy and the heron is now the second anime film to get some western recognition and companies are starting to force themselves on to production committees with stupid bullshit Only things that didn't comeback where the old print magazines which isn't that surprising and Toonami while back is kinda an empty shell again. They had a few years of goodwill when they first came back and had a decent line up of uncut/remastered versions of old shows and a few new action series, but its pretty much a dumping ground for series that where popular 2 seasons ago and reruns of naruto, OP, and DBZ kai
It will if no one else can produce anything to compete against it, and so far as I'm concerned, that is the case.
 
Which disgusts me more, that it's a Hollywood live-action version of an anime, which have such a track record for quality, or that it's from the creator of Rick & Morty and one of that shows writers. As other people have noted, among Heather Anne Campbell's credits is an episode of that Twilight Zone reboot entitled "Not All Men" where a fallen meteor was supposedly making men act like violent fiends and the reveal was "the meteor didn't do anything, men are just inherently violent rapists and wanted an excuse".

Hollywood execs refuse to hire people who actually like the source material of the things they adapt, so they choose the same aging millennials to handle these properties instead only to put jokes like “haha piggy poop balls” in them rather than write actual humor.
Harmon has done other things (none of which has the tone of R&M: that's more the other guy) and he's famously a huge story structure autist with at least some background comic book stuff so I don't think that's the worst thing. Although I can't attest to his comics work; I know I've read one of them but it was a long-ass time ago before I'd ever heard his name.

Obviously I'm expecting the worst from a hollywood adaptation but I don't think poop jokes will be the issue.
 
What's the stupidest, politically tone deaf story in manga ever done?
Accidentally or on purpose?
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I suppose ones where there's suddenly a mass immigration of aliens or exotic species but everyone gets along perfectly and the culture is solid
Or that there are "rebels" who fight for the rights of these so-called migrants.

In a story done by Japanese.

Who live in a country with one of the strictest immigration laws around.

I still remember Naoki Urusawa's Pluto being a commentary of the Iraq War. The idiot didn't even understand that "hatred" wasn't the root cause of it.

Or that Gundam 00 movie. Apparently, "misunderstandings" are also the root causes of war.

Are the Japanese all autistic? They're good at one thing, but horrifically terrible at another?
 
Are the Japanese all autistic? They're good at one thing, but horrifically terrible at another?
They're probably just sheltered. When you have a stable society with ridged rules, it's not easy to fathom that there are many people who will not abide by those rules. That's partly why Paris Syndrome is a thing.
 
They're probably just sheltered. When you have a stable society with ridged rules, it's not easy to fathom that there are many people who will not abide by those rules. That's partly why Paris Syndrome is a thing.
I remember a panel in HxH depicting a man being shot in the head (you might be familiar with the reference). Some context could have been nice. The guy being shot was a murderer/serial killer.
 
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