The short-lived animated series Immortal Grand Prix, a racing show co-produced by Cartoon Network, recently returned to screens to much fanfare. Much praise has been given to Toonami for this idea, with the consensus being this represents a return to the good old days. However, that contrasts with previous apathy for the show in favor of desire for shows like Sym-Bionic Titan or Teen Titans to return. In fact, the interest in bringing back IGPX seemed nonexistent in the months…

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So I’ve been watching Young Justice ever since its premiere, mostly due to my love of DC and Greg Weisman. However, the start of the recent season has found me complaining more than appreciating the series. Let’s see why. I. The New Batch – Because of five years passing by between seasons, it was natural that the cast would be affected. However, it was much more than expected by the series unleashing more than half a dozen new main characters…

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A girl with a pair of glasses sneaks into a science room while greeting jellyfish. Um, yeah.  Onto a completely different scene, Kodaka walks by, catching the fear of one-dimensional school girls. I can understand bad first impressions, but it gets ridiculous after the first few times. Maybe their houses got burned down by blonde people or something, I don’t know. He enters the club room to find a miniature nun, which Yozora photographs to make him look like a…

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Kodaka and Yozora find Sena still obsessed with visual novels, with her addiction devolving to eroges. FUNImation has also taken its time to subtitle it, so the hearing-impaired are allowed to read about a girl coming inside her womb. Yeah, that’ll satisfy everyone not named Jack Shaftoe. They get into another bitch fight over about the sense in playing an H-game at a Catholic School instead of trying to accomplish their mission from two episodes. Yozora proceeds to use several…

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Kodaka walks in to find Sena waiting on the table like a stalker in heat. She then talks about how calling her by her last name would conflict with classist issues or some shit. But then, Yozora pops in and starts the club by suggesting that the y find friends by playing video games. Yeah, gaming is obviously the prevailing key to an active social life. Yozora pulls out a non-copyright-infringed PSP and uses the almighty might of the MMORPG…

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We open onto a school full of people walking, guys playing, and girls stalking each other. The obligatory underage girl with bare feet makes her rounds, while girls gawk at our main protagonist for a reason that only gets more stupid as the show goes on. See, this boy has the stigma of being an abominable half-breed nihonjin with blonde hair. And because Japanese people are either horribly racist or fearful of an oncoming Super Saiyan attack, they quickly run…

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Leave it to the most comedic member of the Justice League to spark one of the most significant elements in the show, one that involves talking gorillas of all things. The first act just seems like pandering to Wally West fans, showing how spectacular he can be by chasing a truck while saving civilians along the way. Then as the episode progresses, the Flash is portrayed in a more negative light as cops yell at him while even his companions…

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