Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Toonami Saturday night!

Space Dandy - This episode was the cat's pajamas! Pretty funny riff on the whole "Groundhog Day" routine.

Bleach - I couldn't really understand what kind of BS they were trying to use in order to Justify giving Ichigo his powers back, and I don't really care, lol.

Naruto Shippuden - This was par for the course I guess. Not bad in any way, but not really remarkable either.

One Piece - And before I had realized it, One Piece had me in it's grasp. I didn't even know I was all anxious for Luffy & the gang to crash the party, but when they did, I had a huge smile I couldn't wipe off my face. If this keeps up, it might become my favorite show on the block (currently held by Soul Eater, now that InuYasha is gone).

Blue Exorcist - There's just so many things that go through my head when I watch this. There's no doubt it'll be a good show, and when it comes down to detailed, quality animation & art style, it bests all the other premiering programs, but due to my upbringing, the theme of this is just so hard to swallow...

Soul Eater - Wow! Kid & Black Star had some amazing moments tonight! Big fight is still rockin'.

Oh, and they showed a show montage promo that still included InuYasha, lol (I wonder if this gives credit to the rumours that even AS themselves didn't know they were losing it until the last second).

Well, I might try to see if I can't find the next episode of InuYasha on YouTube (will try to continue making it part of my Saturday night routine, at least until I finish it).

Oh man, maybe Dandy will get a Figma! I'd buy that!

What do you think about kids on the slope?

I think they were spoofing the "All you need is Kill" Novel in Dandy. Specially when that robot guy(forgot his name) sayd "Do you think I would wake up tomorrow if i just kill myself"

Viz Media are going to release the 2nd One Piece manga box set this November!
http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2013

I already bought the first box set last year, and now after this I'll have volumes 1-46 in only two purchases while making a butt-load of savings too (as opposed to buying the volumes separately)!

@Hunter-D I buy them separately,I usually average 4 bucks a book. I got volumes 1-20 atm but myne have the gold trim around the logo. I think they stopped doing that after the alabasta volumes.

That link also mention that Assanination Classroom is coming out! Oh man thats a huge shocker.

That was a nice Space Dandy. Maybe it's just 'cause I got lucky and got to see it in HD but it was really beautiful. I loved the setting. I'm guessing Meow's planet is this universe's equivalent of Earth. Wish Toonami got the rights to the ending song instead of the opening song. I miss the jazzy intro.

I got a good joke

Why did the dragon have 7 balls?

Damn, and that was the one episode I did miss

@RR529 - Don't worry, it kinda drops that theme after only a few episodes. Just wait until the kid goes to Hogwarts Exorcist school.

It's excellent! Even better if you like the 60's, dramas and Jazz, although I've talked to people who don't like any of those things and still loved the series.

Hey, @RR529 - Did you know Kenichi was having an OVA series starting in April? http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/04/kenichi-the-...

I guess I'm going to rewatch Mawaru Penguidrum don't remember much about it, don't even remember if I liked it.

Nice. Now I do feel a bit stupid buying the first couple of volumes separately... Where do you buy these box sets?

^You can get it off Amazon for about $120 + $4 shipping.

Yeah, they mentioned that at the end of the last chapter.

Not sure if I'd be excited for it though. Funimation had the first few episodes of the original anime up on YouTube awhile ago, and it wasn't very good (compared to the manga). The story was mostly the same & everything, but despite being made in 2008 or 2009, it looked like one of those terrible early 2000's anime.

Thanks for the heads up, though.

It's a completely different studio, though.

Well I started to watch the hilarious short series, Tonari no Seki-kun recently.

It's about a girl who tries to do her work but is constantly thwarted by the boy sitting next to her who is always silent, but it is always trying to pull of some crazy, insane plot or game in order to avoid work. Each episode's 7 minutes long and it's truly amazing.

Well in that case, I may look into it if I get the chance

Tonari is a wonderful series. If I had to pick one show from this season to get back into, Tonari would probably be it. Course, it helps that shorts are easier to get into...