Oda doesn't like killing off characters. I'm fine with that. I actually like it more, as when he does kill off a character, it makes it drastically more significant.
Oda doesn't like killing off characters. I'm fine with that. I actually like it more, as when he does kill off a character, it makes it drastically more significant.
That I can agree with, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more characters die in the second half.
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I mean, even when the Kicking Claw Force in Alabasta died, I was a bit upset, even though they were only there for a few seconds. Just their death made me care, as it was quite rare in One Piece.
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In the newest chapter, when Brownbeard "dies" (unconfirmed if he lives or not) I got upset. It made me care more about his character.
I watched the Hetalia movie, 'Hetalia: Axis powers: Paint it, white' today and it was a great movie and it was very funny. Although, some parts felt like they were just put in to lengthen it as if this wasn't done, it might have been too short to be called a movie as it was 1 hour, 21 minutes and there were various intervals that just had funny skits between the characters and some of these were reused from earlier in the series but they did pick some of the funniest moments. Overall, despite its flaws, I still really enjoyed the film.
Anyone else getting ready for another Toonami Saturday night? I'm ready!
Finally something I actually care for is on TV and my cable gets cut. That's just unfair. So yeah, I missed it. Sucks. I'm gonna have to watch that episode of Dead,an Wonderland I missed online though, 'cause I actually kind of want to keep up with that one.
Also, I just watched up to episode 20 of Gurren Lagann. (So 4 episodes straight.) Holy crud.
Bleach is, well Bleach, but at least it's new, so it should still help ratings (and it can still be a mindless, fun watch for me sometimes).
Deadman Wonderland continues to be gory, yet really interesting. The best way to describe it is that it's practically anime Superjail (but unlike Superjail, DW is actually good).
I'll continue watching Casshern Sins, but it hasn't really grabbed me yet.
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Hah, I actually kind of enjoy super jail. Just 'cause the warden is such a stretchy joyful character. But yeah, it's nothing special.
I didn't care for Casshern Sins. Don't care for how depressing the color scheme is.
I think the color scheme was the one thing that wasn't depressing. At least for the characters.
Deadman Wonderland is still better so far, but I find Casshern Sins to be much more clever with the dark themes. I mean using the end of the world as a happy justification that robots are alive because THEY CAN DIE. I will say, while I get what they were going with...I think, Casshern screaming at the end was just...silly.
I'm surprised no one has made fun of how silly the villians so far are "I AM A ROBOT, IF I EAT THE OTHER ROBOT I WILL BE IMMORTAL!" What?! That's so absurd. I mean, I get the series is trying to show how messed up humanity (or robots with AI in this case) is or how desperate they can be to not die, but while Deadman Wonderland just did some classic (and admittedly hypocritical) "humans cheer on violence because they are jerks" scenes and obvious roman colloseum comparisons you can make, it still worked better in an intentionally shocking series sort of way.
I mean, none of that actually affects my opinion of either series much (good story/characters and fun are more important to me...probably), just some things I noticed.
I think the color scheme was the one thing that wasn't depressing. At least for the characters.
Deadman Wonderland is still better so far, but I find Casshern Sins to be much more clever with the dark themes. I mean using the end of the world as a happy justification that robots are alive because THEY CAN DIE. I will say, while I get what they were going with...I think, Casshern screaming at the end was just...silly.
I'm surprised no one has made fun of how silly the villians so far are "I AM A ROBOT, IF I EAT THE OTHER ROBOT I WILL BE IMMORTAL!" What?! That's so absurd. I mean, I get the series is trying to show how messed up humanity (or robots with AI in this case) is or how desperate they can be to not die, but while Deadman Wonderland just did some classic (and admittedly hypocritical) "humans cheer on violence because they are jerks" scenes and obvious roman colloseum comparisons you can make, it still worked better in an intentionally shocking series sort of way.
I mean, none of that actually affects my opinion of either series much (good story/characters and fun are more important to me...probably), just some things I noticed.
Yeah, I kind of feel the same way about Casshern Sins. I understand they want to paint a bleak world, but I have a hard time caring when they're ALL robots.
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yeah but seriously, good characters are good characters. And that's the point, robots are left in this post-apocalyptic after the humans probably all died, but then find out even they are mortal. That's already pretty obviously the point of the series. If you don't want to see these characters in this scenerio and you aren't interested in the mysteries, there's probably nothing for you. Considering all the games I've played with post-apocalyptic setting, it's nice to see a series that does something interesting with it.
But who knows, maybe in a few episodes everything I've said about the series will be wrong and dumb. I mean, it took me at least 2/3 the first season before I realized Haruhi wasn't all comedy (yeah I thought that long speech from Yuki and other similar events were some bizarre, genius and way too subtle parody/satire of something Japanese I didn't know about).
Another week, another awesome (albeit gruesome) episode of Deadman Wonderland.
A little off topic, during the week, AS used to show the ratings numbers for the weekends, but ever since they relaunched Toonami, they haven't been doing it (at least for Saturdays). Anyone have any idea how Toonami has been doing ratings wise?
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Man when some of these anime are over and done with I hope they show Mirai Nikki on adult swim that anime is awesome love the craziness.
Once Deadman Wonderland or Casshern Sins is over, I just hope they get around to showing InuYasha: the Final Act. I mean, they're way overdue when it comes to showing it (considering how brilliantly the original did for AS in it's time, this seems like a no brainer). I know I sound like I'm beating a dead horse on the issue, but it completely baffles me as to why they haven't picked it up yet (unless the license is really that expensive).
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Well deadman wonderland has less episodes so that'll probably end first. I've also been wondering about Inuyasha hope they finish it and don't just leave us hanging. The way toonami is on Adult Swim odds are they probably wouldn't show Ben-To or Madoka Magica but at least I hope they show Mirai Nikki since it seems to fit the AS toonami criteria.
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@RR529 - I have no clue about Toonami's ratings, but if you're ever in the mood for more Japanese-period piece anime, check out Sword of the Stranger. I just watched it the other night and, other than the boy character being kind of annoying, it was excellent. Especially the action sequences.
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