Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Look up animechannel. That's Bandai's official channel. Whole show's on there, dubbed. Whole show's on crunchyroll, too, once you get your i-thingy working.

I've tried watching what animechannel has put up, but everytime I try to watch one of their videos it says "sorry, but this video can't be played at this time", so I don't know what's going on (I don't imagine that the 360 would have trouble with videos, but who knows).

As for crunchyroll, I actually had it on my iPod for a short while, but as it's 2nd gen, it never did run well (even when it was working).

Thanks for your help though.

Funny, I have a 2nd Gen iPod and it always seemed to work for me. Watched all of the original Gundam with few if any hitches. :/

It was probably just whatever problem mine was having then. My internet was having problems then (although not nearly as bad as now), but I wasn't experiencing any sort of problems with online enabled apps yet (at least I thought), so I just figured it was because of the device's age (to be fair, many apps won't even install for that very reason).

Finally got a chance to check out the Manga app for xbox live. While the selection is currently slim and they are adding new content t I like it as it has a lot of anime I haven't watched in a while or at all. Started watching rovotech today and going to through all of the macross saga this week.

Toonami starts any minute now. But it starts off with Bleach. Joy. I'm mainly looking forward to Deadman Wonderland.

I tuned in, saw the "opening" (if you can call it that) and then Bleach came on. I watched for about 1 and 1/2 minutes before it was too much for me to take.

I hate Bleach.

Also, it's midnight here and I need SLEEEP.

Hate Bleach too. I was just listening to Megaman 9's OST while it was on. XD

....oh god.

I knew this series was dark but wow. My mouth is literally agape at this series and I'm blown away already.

Commercial.
Holy crud. This thing is friggin' depressing so far. That poor main character.
Edit: So just finished watching episode 1 of deadman wonderland. That was pretty crazy. Really violent, that's for sure. Not sure what I can say about it right now. Seems like something that has potential. I'll keep watching it.
Edit 2: First Cashern Sins impressions. Ringo is so cute!!! Cashern looks like Megaman X with his armor pieces.
Well, I don't think I'll follow Cashern Sins. Worried it may just be one big depressing journey and that doesn't interest me. Rather finish Gurren Laggan before I start yet another anime anyways.

Out of the two new shows, I think Casshern Sins fits the Toonami brand better, but Deadman Wonderland seems like the more interesting series. Both series seem really dark though, even by anime standards (Deadman Wonderland in the content sense, and Casshern Sins pallet wise. seriously, that show's dark). I'll continue to tune into both for now.

Also, what's with the Bleach hate? Sure, it's not nearly as good as it was when it started, but it's still a "fun" watch, and it fits the Toonami brand like a glove, unlike Ghost in the Shell (GitS is an amazing show BTW, it just doesn't seem very Toonami).

It amuses me that half (well presumably half, Ghost in the Shell 2nd...whatever...implies not being the beginning) of the shows on the new Toonami start in the middle of a series. Of course I remember when near the end of Yu Yu Hakusho on Toonami it suddenly restarted from the beginning near the end of an arc, so I'm complaining.

Also of course people hate Bleach. It's Nickelback syndrome, mediocrity + over-exposure + nothing in the same genre being mainstream anymore (dubbed shonen anime and rock music) = hatred. Mostly justified, although the hatred should go partially elsewhere of course (I just found out a GUNDAM OVA was the 2nd highest ratings Cartoon Network ever got, yeah anime doesn't get ratings you stupid higher ups.)

Yeah, besides for the two new shows, everything else is in the middle of it's run. Of course, that makes sense, because they were already on AS's line up, and are simply at that point in their run, but it still would be confusing for those of you who weren't already watching AS.

Out of their shows that they're keeping on though, GitS seems like the oddest one to keep on the lineup. Other shows that they still have the rights to, but aren't showing, like Kekkaishi, InuYasha, Big O (season 2), and FLCL seem like they'd fit Toonami better (heck, season 1 of Big O used to be on Toonami). Again, I want to point out that GitS is an amazing series, but IMO it doesn't feel like a Toonami show.

I think after Deadman Wonderland any opinion of a "Toonami show" can just be thrown out the window. The only thing it would have in common is some over-the-top...ness and that's largely thrown away by Casshern Sins.

Yeah, Deadman Wonderland is something else, that's for sure. It's not something you'd imagine Toonami having (even an Adult Swim incarnation), but here it is, and boy is it interesting! For now DW will be the reason I tune in to the block.

Casshern Sins falls right into that classic Toonami feel though. Although it has a darker feel and look to it, it's still an action show with androids and robots beating the crap out of each other. It's not as interesting as DW, but I'll still watch it at least once through.

My friend speaks Japanese, and has been watching Deadman Wonderland for a while now.
she showed me some subtitled episodes she made a while back, and it was GORY.
It really gets ridiculous, too.

Hah, I remember that. That was my first time watching through Yu Yu Hakashu. You should have seen how mad/upset that made me.

I went into the night more interested in Deadman Wonderland, and came out of it more intrigued by Casshern Sins (although I'm stilled quite interested in Deadman Wonderland). I really dug the setting and set-up a lot more than I thought I was going to.

And holy cow at how sudden the jump into gore was in Deadman Wonderland. That was Deer Hunter-esque.

Sorry I missed the party, but I had to go to bed by 11 o' clock. I just can't stay up late anymore. Glad everyone had a good time, though.

This made my year. Was it 08th MS Team?