Toonami

[gunswordfist]

Oh whoa, I'm having so much nostalgia on this old episode of Naruto. Something something sharigan revived. The episode where Sasuke fights Orochimaru and gets bitten. Never thought I'd get nostalgic over Naruto. This feels weird.

[gunswordfist]

I think this is the last episode of my favorite part of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

[Avaitor]

On the 30th, Toonami's going to do an AOT marathon, from 12-6. Space Dandy will still air its new episode, but now in its original 11:30 timeslot.

[Daikun]

The ratings for that night should be interesting.

[Lord Dalek]

Well this means I get the night off from making talkbacks.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Hellsing Ultimate is coming to Toonami. It will replace Black Lagoon starting September 13th at 3am. They won't edit it for time, either.

The new schedule will be as follows:

11:30 - Attack on Titan
12:00 - Bleach
12:30 - Space Dandy
01:00 - Shippuden
01:30 - One Piece
02:00 - Gurren Lagann
02:30 - Beware the Batman
03:00 - HELLSING ULTIMATE
04:00 - Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
04:30 - Cowboy Bebop
05:00 - SWCW
05:30 - Samurai Jack

I'm surprised with this acquisition. I don't really like Ultimate beyond the first three episodes (I do still think the manga is a fun, popcorn read, though), but hey, it's not a bad acquisition either.

And if Toonami is now willing to air shows that'll last more than a half an hour, perhaps there is hope for Roberta's Blood Trail after all.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Hellsing is one of those series that feels like it was written my a hormone-induced 13-year-old who just made a story comprised of everything that he thought was cool, without any regard to good drama or characterization, or even coherent story-telling. Needless to say, I liked the manga and OVAs when I was younger, but have since come to find them to be nothing more than substance-less gore-fests. It has about as much sense as a Michael Bay movie.

But....there could still be worse things for them to air, so I really don't mind it.

[Rynnec]

Hellsing is one of those series that feels like it was written my a hormone-induced 13-year-old who just made a story comprised of everything that he thought was cool, without any regard to good drama or characterization, or even coherent story-telling. Needless to say, I liked the manga and OVAs when I was younger, but have since come to find them to be nothing more than substance-less gore-fests. It has about as much sense as a Michael Bay movie.

To be fair, at least Hellsing seems to know what it is and just rolls with it by having it be as over-the-top ridiculous as possible unlike certain other shows *coughcoughattackontitan*coughcough*. I'd compare it more to a cheesy grindhouse movie or something.

[Avaitor]

I still haven''t seen past the first 3 eps of Ultimate, and those I haven't seen in more than 5 years. I might hit this up.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, I don't know. On the one hand, yeah, HU doesn't seem to treat itself as seriously as AOT, so I can't make fun of it as much. However, to be honest I just find it so lacking in substance that I'm more bored by it, rather than anything else. With AOT, it does at least feel like their was more genuine effort put into it, which makes it worse in theory, but more enjoyable for me in the sense that I do legitimately enjoy the few things that it does get right, and can also kind of enjoy laughing at the more unintentionally ridiculous elements of the series, at least up until the Female Titan arc, because after that point the series just becomes complete shit, IMO.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Good on Toonami to pick up anime that people wanted back in 2007 or so, not caring if Hellsing is basically the day-old bread of seinen.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Considering that FUNi is releasing the final two episodes on dvd/blu-ray in October, and the fact this is airing at 3am, I'm pretty positive FUNi cut [as] a very generous deal on HU. Clearly Toonami benefits, since they are always looking for new content to air and less reruns, and for ten weeks, they'll be airing new to [as] material for 4.5 hours, which is pretty impressive. Good for them, I say.

In any case, DeMarco confirmed on twitter that Naruto is gone for good. So, yay for that, I suppose.

[Daikun]

Less Naruto reruns on the block. At least there's a silver lining to this acquisition.

[LumRanmaYasha]

You know how Titan and Bleach are ending on the same week? You know what I'm expecting will happen to replace both?

DBZ Kai and Sailor Moon power-hour.

It could happen.

[Daikun]

You know how Titan and Bleach are ending on the same week? You know what I'm expecting will happen to replace both?

DBZ Kai and Sailor Moon power-hour.

It could happen.

I think that's what a lot of us are expecting.