Anime/Manga Thread

[RealRacer4]

Since I like to post stuff that relates to Toonami often and a majority of us are Toonami fans, I feel like it would be best to make a thread just for Toonami instead of half the posts on RTD being about Toonami. So feel free to discuss anything involving Toonami.

Oh, I also found this video today:


MFW I saw what number 1 was:


EDIT: The funniest part about it is that this promo got almost as many views in 4 days as the DVD trailer did in almost 2 months.

[JMac525]

I watched that the other day actually. It gave me a laugh. I already have my DVD set ordered in hopes for season 2.

[RealRacer4]

I just found out that Jason DeMarco (who works for Cartoon Network) made an announcement about some schedule changes for Toonami on his twitter account, effective October 6th.

Okay #toonami fans, since it's ****ing leaked b/c the internet sucks, here's the news: starting next week, Toonami expands to 6 hours, from midnight-6am, without repeating from 3a-6a. I'm happy to announce that we will also be running the great SYM-BIONIC TITAN, and the also great new THUNDERCATS! Also, BEBOP will make it's return, running from 5a-6a. Finally, this Saturday we'll start running a new lineup spot that gives you the whole rundown, which will air every night for a whole. Hope this news makes you guys as happy, as it does us, and finally- fuuuuuudge THE INTERNET FOR SPOILING EVERYTHING. <3

So nothing changes from 12-2 am. Thundercats and Sym-Bionic Titan will move into the 2-3 am slot, while FMA:B will run from 3-4 am, Ghost in the Shell 4-5 am, and Cowboy Bebop from 5-6 am. The only thing I'm upset about is that Cowboy Bebop is back on the schedule (rather quickly). Other than that, I think this schedule change shows that Toonami's doing very well.

Link to the schedule line up.

[RealRacer4]

BUMP:

So about that Tenchi Muyo! GXP series...I know this is only the first episode, but I'm already missing Casshern Sins. That episode was just...what??? Watching it was like watching the life of Bad Luck Brian, or watching a parody series some amateur made on YouTube. I really hope this is the only episode where it's like that, because if not, then I'm most likely not going to watch it.

As for the other shows, I've been enjoying watching them, especially Samurai 7. That show has been picking up some momentum as of late. I've been enjoying the action Bleach has to offer but I haven't watched enough of the series to know what's going on. Eureka Seven's a pretty good show. The music soundtrack and the animation's top notch. Yeah, the show has its flaws but some of what the show has makes up for it. Thundercats and Sym-Bionic Titan's okay. I'm not that willing to watch Toonami past 2 A.M. so I end up watching them online. Same goes for the other shows that air past that time.

[RealRacer4]

Bump...with a lot of announcements and news.

First, we have this line-up for next weekend. Appropriately enough, they'll be airing a movie...on the weekend Toonami made it's debut on Cartoon Network 16 years ago:

12:00 – Bleach
12:30 – Naruto
01:00 – Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
03:30 – FMA Brotherhood
04:00 – Cowboy Bebop
04:30 – Cowboy Bebop
05:00 – Inuyasha
05:30 – Inuyasha

Second, TOM 5, Absolution 3 (there's a picture of it but it's hard to make of it), and a new Toonami logo (which hasn't been seen yet) will make its debut in April.

Spoiler:

Last, but not least, One Piece will be aired sometime this year but hasn't been confirmed when and what episode the series will start off. Either way, this is a big deal.

That is all.

[navycook75]

Bump...with a lot of announcements and news.

First, we have this line-up for next weekend. Appropriately enough, they'll be airing a movie...on the weekend Toonami made it's debut on Cartoon Network 16 years ago:

12:00 – Bleach
12:30 – Naruto
01:00 – Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
03:30 – FMA Brotherhood
04:00 – Cowboy Bebop
04:30 – Cowboy Bebop
05:00 – Inuyasha
05:30 – Inuyasha

Second, TOM 5, Absolution 3 (there's a picture of it but it's hard to make of it), and a new Toonami logo (which hasn't been seen yet) will make its debut in April.

Spoiler:

Last, but not least, One Piece will be aired sometime this year but hasn't been confirmed when and what episode the series will start off. Either way, this is a big deal.

That is all.

this is going to be good.

[racingfreak1999]

Bump...with a lot of announcements and news.

First, we have this line-up for next weekend. Appropriately enough, they'll be airing a movie...on the weekend Toonami made it's debut on Cartoon Network 16 years ago:

12:00 – Bleach
12:30 – Naruto
01:00 – Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
03:30 – FMA Brotherhood
04:00 – Cowboy Bebop
04:30 – Cowboy Bebop
05:00 – Inuyasha
05:30 – Inuyasha

Second, TOM 5, Absolution 3 (there's a picture of it but it's hard to make of it), and a new Toonami logo (which hasn't been seen yet) will make its debut in April.

Spoiler:

Last, but not least, One Piece will be aired sometime this year but hasn't been confirmed when and what episode the series will start off. Either way, this is a big deal.

That is all.

F**K YES!!!

[Rykia]

Pure awesome.

[RealRacer4]

Alright. I'll be honest here. This was my first time watching anything that has to do with EVA, besides watching Eureka Seven, of course. Don't worry. I plan on watching the EVA series when I get the time. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the movie:

I thought it wasn't bad, but I didn't find it all that interesting, IMO. The way Shinji was treated was just flat-out wrong. So wrong, his father (along with a few others working for Nerv) made Holland Novak look like a nice guy. I really felt bad for Shinji throughout most of the movie but his low self-esteem got really annoying after a while. I couldn't pick out a single thing that had any flaw in the movie, which should be expected in a movie. While the animation was really amazing, it really didn't make much up for me on how bad Shinji was treated. I did like how the movie ended on a nice and touching note, so I'm hoping the sequal will be a lot better than the first.

When watching E7, I was pretty irritated by how Holland was abusing Renton in the first half of the series, but the way Shinji was treated, especially by his own father, it got me really worked up about it. Then again, what do I know since I've never seen any of the original series? Being that I haven't watched it before, who knows how things play out in the end? I'm guessing they might play the 2nd movie on Memorial Day Weekend since it will officially be the 1 year mark since Toonami was revived. Well, it's time to catch up on some sleep!

[RealRacer4]

Bump...with some schedule changes:



On April 27th, Tom 5 and Absolution 3 will make its debut on that weekend, along with IGPX returning on Toonami at 2 A.M., moving Symbionic Titan to 3:30 A.M., FMA:B to 4 A.M., meaning Cowboy Bebop will be airing once a night now.

On May 18th, One Piece will officially be back airing at 1 A.M., bumping Soul Eater down to 1:30 A.M., moving Thundercats to 3 A.M. and replacing Tenchi Muyo GXP (THANK GOD). Toonami has decided to resume the series at Episode 207, which is when the "Ling Ring Long Land" Arc starts. Funimation is apparently making a series review for Toonami for viewers (including myself) that haven't seen One Piece before.

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

[vbooy57]

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

I recall loving that show as a kid, but I also loved each episode of Naruto as well.

[RealRacer4]

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

I recall loving that show as a kid, but I also loved each episode of Naruto as well.

I wish I got to watch Naruto the first time it aired on Toonami. For a kids show, it's amazing. As someone who marathoned it last month and is in college, I found it hard to get into it. The action and character development is great, I think the pacing of it (along with a billion flashbacks), is what made it hard for me to get into the show. It'll be a while before I'll start watching it again. I hope I'll like One Piece a lot more than Naruto.

[vbooy57]

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

I recall loving that show as a kid, but I also loved each episode of Naruto as well.

I wish I got to watch Naruto the first time it aired on Toonami. For a kids show, it's amazing. As someone who marathoned it last month and is in college, I found it hard to get into it. The action and character development is great, I think the pacing of it (along with a billion flashbacks), is what made it hard for me to get into the show. It'll be a while before I'll start watching it again. I hope I'll like One Piece a lot more than Naruto.

I liked it until the Chunin exam arc and that's when I absolutely loved it. I missed about three episodes a bit after that and was too lost to get back into it at the time. I suppose the nostalgia will probably make me continue to love it. I didn't watch nearly as much One Piece as I did Naruto, but I would imagine it's a better show to an unbiased viewer. I've certainly never seen any hate for One Piece whereas every mention of Naruto I've ever seen on the internet has been negative.

[Alta]

Bump...with some schedule changes:



On April 27th, Tom 5 and Absolution 3 will make its debut on that weekend, along with IGPX returning on Toonami at 2 A.M., moving Symbionic Titan to 3:30 A.M., FMA:B to 4 A.M., meaning Cowboy Bebop will be airing once a night now.

On May 18th, One Piece will officially be back airing at 1 A.M., bumping Soul Eater down to 1:30 A.M., moving Thundercats to 3 A.M. and replacing Tenchi Muyo GXP (THANK GOD). Toonami has decided to resume the series at Episode 207, which is when the "Ling Ring Long Land" Arc starts. Funimation is apparently making a series review for Toonami for viewers (including myself) that haven't seen One Piece before.

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

Is there anything new rather then restarting old series with 10 billion episodes?

[RealRacer4]

Bump...with some schedule changes:



On April 27th, Tom 5 and Absolution 3 will make its debut on that weekend, along with IGPX returning on Toonami at 2 A.M., moving Symbionic Titan to 3:30 A.M., FMA:B to 4 A.M., meaning Cowboy Bebop will be airing once a night now.

On May 18th, One Piece will officially be back airing at 1 A.M., bumping Soul Eater down to 1:30 A.M., moving Thundercats to 3 A.M. and replacing Tenchi Muyo GXP (THANK GOD). Toonami has decided to resume the series at Episode 207, which is when the "Ling Ring Long Land" Arc starts. Funimation is apparently making a series review for Toonami for viewers (including myself) that haven't seen One Piece before.

I would hate having to play catch up on 200 episodes of One Piece, especially when I just got done marathoning through Naruto and Shippuden, without watching the filler episodes, of course. I'm debating on if I should go ahead and watch all of the episodes or just watch some of the reviews. Any thoughts?

Is there anything new rather then restarting old series with 10 billion episodes?

Toonami has decided to resume the series at Episode 207, which is when the "Ling Ring Long Land" Arc starts.

Along with Bleach, they're airing episodes that actually haven't premiered on Toonami yet, but I get where you're coming from. Fans want to see Toonami expand to 11 P.M., and both Symbionic Titan and Thundercats have finished their run, and could get replaced at some point. On some nights, some of the Toonami shows have had better ratings than the 11 and 11:30 P.M. shows, which I don't care about at all. So lets cross our fingers for that and hope they'll air shows that actually haven't premiered on Toonami yet.

[GamerAzuzu]

With How Toonami has been doing ratings-wise It's possible to see that happen soon enough.

I'm thinking that (and this is all my speculation) airing Anime fans here call "The Big 3" (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) is to at least gain some stability for Toonami to at least have a partially consistent schedule (Bleach still has about a year worth of episodes left at least, Naruto has about..well..at least a DECADE counting both pre-timeskip and Shippuden and it's not finished, and One Piece has 6 years as of #207 onwards worth of episodes and counting...) so at least there's something constant that people are going to tune into.

[RealRacer4]

I decided to change the thread title so it doesn't sound as broad as it did before.

A friend of mine told me about this new anime the other day called "Attack on Titan". Even though it's only 5 episodes in, it's been generating quite a buzz and Funimation is already subbing them and is airing it on their channel. I haven't seen any episodes yet but from what I've seen, the animation looks really impressive. I want to wait until all of the episodes have been aired, hear what everyone's final opinion is on it and then start watching it after.

Apparently, the manga version comes out monthly and is only 45 chapters in, so it could be a while before we'll get an ending. I don't know if any of you have watched or heard anything about it yet but it looks pretty interesting.

Funimation made a trailer for it for those who are curious:


EDIT: Well, I just got done watching the first 5 episodes of the series. Wow. Everything about it is amazing. I don't think I've seen such amazing animation, art, and detail from an anime series before. The music's awesome, as well as the characters and storyline. The people working on this show did a really great job of capturing the moments. Not to mention, the humor is great too. I also haven't seen characters in an anime that are as close to real life as Attack on Titan. I hope they can keep this up because I've been really enjoying watching it so far.

[Alta]

Bumping to ask if anyone has any recommendations? Looking for something new to watch.

[GamerAzuzu]

What are the kind of series you tend to be interested in?

[Alta]

Something Actiony. Something that gets out of the gate real fast. Some stuff like that.

[RealRacer4]

Well Attack on Titan is definitely one anime that starts up pretty quick like I mentioned in my earlier post. I can't think of any other anime at the moment since I've been playing catch up with One Piece. There's a couple of other anime I know of but I don't think the action stuff you may be referring to might fit in that category.

[RealRacer4]

Bumping this thread since this weekend will be the one year mark of Toonami being revived.

I don't think a lot of people, including myself, expected Toonami to be where they are at now. They're airing Naruto AND One Piece, an epic series called Deadman Wonderland made its mark in the U.S. thanks to Toonami, a new Absolution and Tom has been made (along with the revival of Sara), a movie night took place, and a lot more to come in the next year. With that said, here's to all of the Adult Swim employees that have put a lot of time and dedication into making what Toonami is today given what they had to start out with a year ago.

[Alta]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

[RealRacer4]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

I do know for a fact that a 12th volume is coming out for the manga version this weekend. I did hear a while back that one of the guys working at Funimation saying that there's a possibility of making a 2nd season because of the sales here. I guess we'll have to wait and see on how the sales will turn out in Japan for its latest volume.

[Alta]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

I do know for a fact that a 12th volume is coming out for the manga version this weekend. I did hear a while back that one of the guys working at Funimation saying that there's a possibility of making a 2nd season because of the sales here. I guess we'll have to wait and see on how the sales will turn out in Japan for its latest volume.

Awwww yeahhhh!

[JMac525]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

I do know for a fact that a 12th volume is coming out for the manga version this weekend. I did hear a while back that one of the guys working at Funimation saying that there's a possibility of making a 2nd season because of the sales here. I guess we'll have to wait and see on how the sales will turn out in Japan for its latest volume.

This is very good news that there's even a chance. The next part of the manga is awesome.

And Alta, if you enjoyed Deadman Wonderland, you may like Mirai Nikki. It has the dark, bloody vibe that Deadman had. Plus, the two main characters are fairly similar to Ganta and Shiro. It's dub is not being released until August, but it's plenty good subbed. Just my recommendation.

I've decided to watch Redline tonight to gear up for race weekend!

[Alta]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

I do know for a fact that a 12th volume is coming out for the manga version this weekend. I did hear a while back that one of the guys working at Funimation saying that there's a possibility of making a 2nd season because of the sales here. I guess we'll have to wait and see on how the sales will turn out in Japan for its latest volume.

This is very good news that there's even a chance. The next part of the manga is awesome.

And Alta, if you enjoyed Deadman Wonderland, you may like Mirai Nikki. It has the dark, bloody vibe that Deadman had. Plus, the two main characters are fairly similar to Ganta and Shiro. It's dub is not being released until August, but it's plenty good subbed. Just my recommendation.

I've decided to watch Redline tonight to gear up for race weekend!

I honestly prefer the dubs. Since...ya know...English first language. ;P

[JMac525]

Kind of hoping Deadman did okay in US Sales. Do want a longer series once Manga ends.

I do know for a fact that a 12th volume is coming out for the manga version this weekend. I did hear a while back that one of the guys working at Funimation saying that there's a possibility of making a 2nd season because of the sales here. I guess we'll have to wait and see on how the sales will turn out in Japan for its latest volume.

This is very good news that there's even a chance. The next part of the manga is awesome.

And Alta, if you enjoyed Deadman Wonderland, you may like Mirai Nikki. It has the dark, bloody vibe that Deadman had. Plus, the two main characters are fairly similar to Ganta and Shiro. It's dub is not being released until August, but it's plenty good subbed. Just my recommendation.

I've decided to watch Redline tonight to gear up for race weekend!

I honestly prefer the dubs. Since...ya know...English first language. ;P

Heh, I know what you mean. I prefer English dubs as well. I can watch a sub, but it's not my favorite thing to do.

[GamerAzuzu]

While I would want to put my 2 cents on the whole subbing and dubbing deal...I want to announce Toonami's next acquisition

Sword Art Online



The series from my recollection has a bit of similarities to the .hack series if anyone remembers. Got some great music with a opening by one of my favorite Japanese Artists (LiSA) and my favorite composers (Yuki Kaijura)

[Alta]

Interesting.

[RealRacer4]

I was wondering if Funimation was rushing to get Attack on Titan on Toonami since they were making acquisitions so early but that pretty much answers that. Anyway, I find it interesting as well that SAO be aired on Toonami. I've never had any interest in watching it but I've heard some people complain the show's not that great but I guess we'll see how this series will turn out.

[GamerAzuzu]

Just saying right now, I'm not one of those people would would recommend this series. But again, it's all a matter of opinion really.

[RealRacer4]

Good lord. I'm looking at the reactions from numerous forum sites about SAO premiering on Toonami. So much hate for this show. I hope it's nothing like Tenchi Muyo GXP or Code Geass (sorry Alta).

[Alta]

Good lord. I'm looking at the reactions from numerous forum sites about SAO premiering on Toonami. So much hate for this show. I hope it's nothing like Tenchi Muyo GXP or Code Geass (sorry Alta).

To each their own i guess. Tenchi is terrible though.

[GamerAzuzu]

SAO is a series that's VERY polarizing, there are a lot of reasons for this, it's mainly either the characters, the way technology is used in this, or the writing.

The way this series gets reactions kind of reminds me of Naruto at times.

[RealRacer4]

I couldn't resist posting this. So Tom just rated a perfect score for a video game he reviewed last night. I heard Tom also gave Super Mario Sunshine a perfect score. Then...I found this.


Out of all the bumps, promos, and review games I've watched online, I'm just learning now he did a game review on Starcraft. Now I want Tom to do a Starcraft 2 review game.

[RealRacer4]

Just recently, I decided to do something fun for everyone that's a member of this forum. I've noticed that are quite a few anime/manga fans, which gave me an idea to something monthly. Every month, everyone will come up with a list of whatever it may be. With that said, what are your 5 most/least favorite anime shows? It can be any anime show and doesn't have to be in any order. For me, this is my personal list of shows that I liked/didn't like:
 
Most favorite shows:

Spoiler:

 
 
Least favorite shows:

Spoiler:

[JMac525]

Hmm... this might be tough, but I think I have a top five here:

Top 5:

Spoiler:

My least favorite:

Spoiler:

[Alta]

Most Favorite

Spoiler:

Least Favorite:

Spoiler:

[RealRacer4]

Bump for Toonami announcements.
 
Starting July 27th:
-Adult Swim lost the rights to Thundercats
-Sym-Bionic Titan won't be aired for a while
-Sword Art Online will make its debut earlier than expected at 2 A.M. pushing IGPX and Eureka Seven 1/2 an hour back.
-2nd season of Big O will return at 3:30 A.M.
-We have still yet to see what will be replacing E7 when the series ends.
 
I think this will bring the TV ratings higher than they have been already. I'm personally glad that Thundercats will be gone since I didn't like it that much and Toonami putting SBT to rest (for now). Seeing Big O is a bit of a surprise to me. I'm also really itching to find out what show will be replacing E7. All in all, I like the schedule line-up Toonami has.
 
EDIT: And now Jason DeMarco (employee of Toonami/Adult Swim) says the backdoor schedule is dead. https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/statuses/350328954864943105

I should clarify that what he means by the "backdoor schedule" is that there's a site you can go on where you can see the upcoming weeks of what will be aired within a month. Now because that no longer exists, people won't find out what their surprise will be until it's announced during the Toonami broadcast.

[RealRacer4]

Well, it's the start of another month. This time, you'll be listing what anime movies you've watched. My list will be from least to most favorites.
 

Spoiler:

 
Also, let me know there's any anime movies that I should watch. I'd like to watch a lot more movies than I have so far.

[Chives2112]

I just started Cowboy Bebop, and I'm really enjoying it. Can't wait to watch the movie one of these days.

[GamerAzuzu]

I'm only going to post movies that I've watch but haven't been listed yet

GamerAzuzu's Movie list.:

There are more in here I just have to remember which they are.

[JMac525]

Just a hunch, but I think either Guilty Crown or Future Diary will take the open Toonami time slot down the road. Both of those are coming out on DVD this August and have some pretty high popularity. Just a feeling.

[RealRacer4]

^I was wondering if Attack on Titan would be replacing E7 since it's gotten so popular in Japan and Funimation getting the rights so early. There was a Q&A session recently on the Toonami Tumblr page and the staff said that they don't want to air it until all of the AoT episodes have premiered in Japan. Also, the staff said IGPX will have a 2nd run so I'm thinking that the show will most likely replace Soul Eater when it finishes its run on Toonami.

[RealRacer4]

Hands down, one of the best, if not, THE best TOM speech I have ever heard. With all of what's going on with the George Zimmerman trial, this couldn't have premiered at a much better time.

[RealRacer4]

I know it's not officially August until tomorrow, but I'm going to start up another list anyway (I'll explain why later on). For August we'll do a list of manga we've read or want to read. The manga version of Deadman Wonderland just finished, Soul Eater will be releasing their last chapter in mid August, a bunch of manga series have ended or about to end, Bleach and Naruto are reaching towards their climax, and One Piece...well...we all know that won't end anytime soon. Anyway here's my list:
 

Manga I've Read/Plan to Read:

 
Now, the reason why I started the anime/manga list a little early:
 
Once a month, the Toonami staff do a Q&A session on their Tumblr page with the fans, and there are a couple of big announcements that have been made today on their official Tumblr page.
 
First big announcement: Toonami will be airing The Clone Wars as Eureka 7's replacement starting August 17th. I wasn't expecting a big show to replace E7 since they recently started airing SAO, but this surprised me a bit. I wasn't into it that much when I first watched it but I'll tune in to watch since I haven't seen it in a while. Also, they're removing the filler out of the series, which should help the TV ratings a bit.
 
Second big announcement (or even bigger announcement): On August 31st, Toonami will have a movie night. A lot of you will guess that it's Evangelion 2.22, and it is! Unlike EVA 1.11, the plot is different from the TV Series. There's some scenes you'll notice that may be similar if you've watched NGE but everything else have pretty much changed. There's no idea as to what time it will air though.
 

MRW I found out EVA 2.22 will be aired on Toonami:

 
Also, JMac and I have accounts on an anime/manga forum site MyAnimeList (or MAL). It's a big community there and if you're interested, feel free to make an account. Me and JMac are feeling pretty lonely over there.

[Alta]

I've got into Deadman and Soul Eater's manga in recentl chapters. Lank me to the Deadman finale bro.

[RealRacer4]

I've got into Deadman and Soul Eater's manga in recentl chapters. Lank me to the Deadman finale bro.

 http://eatmanga.com/Manga-Scan/Deadman-Wonderland/Deadman-Wonderland-57-End/

[navycook75]

Eva 2.22 is on Toonami this week, next week will return to normal programming.

It's pretty good so far.

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