It remains to be seen if AoT would be censored.
While it may not be as violent, AoT is a lot more visceral than other shows I've seen on Toonami. Someone exploding with bullet squibs or being cut apart by a blade is a completely different squick factor than being eaten/swallowed alive, even with all the zombie stuff we've been exposed to recently. All I can say is that those that haven't seen or heard of AoT before now are in for a hell of a first month.
They rarely show people being eaten, though. Whether for TV guidelines or just directorial preference, they would often cut away just before someone would get chomped up and letting the screams and chewing sounds fill your imagination.
Frankly, it worked better that way versus showing straight-up gore.
They specifically said it would be edited, but only "as much as Black Lagoon or ..." I don't remember the other example they gave.
In Black Lagoon, thus far they only thing they've edited are the (copious) uses of the word fuck, but (for example), they left in "limp-dicked son of a bitch."
I don't think you have to worry much about AoT being edited.
At this point the only real negative of the announcement is that One Piece is getting pushed back a half hour to 1:30, which is pretty late for such a great show.
agreed, but I usually stay up for black lagoon anyways so one piece is on my viewing schedule, anyways. I like one piece, but I wish it stop with the DBZ pacing sometimes.
I've given up on Bleach and wish they'd just can it. I'm tired of EBBs dodging every fucking super-ultimate-final-alpha-combo-unblockable-unbeatable-final move, or Nth degree Xanatos plan.
AoT, though. Boom. Shit gets real very fast. Even the city battle, strung out as it is, forwards the plot and levity of what's going on pretty well.
agreed, but I usually stay up for black lagoon anyways so one piece is on my viewing schedule, anyways. I like one piece, but I wish it stop with the DBZ pacing sometimes.
I've given up on Bleach and wish they'd just can it. I'm tired of EBBs dodging every fucking super-ultimate-final-alpha-combo-unblockable-unbeatable-final move, or Nth degree Xanatos plan.
AoT, though. Boom. Shit gets real very fast. Even the city battle, strung out as it is, forwards the plot and levity of what's going on pretty well.
There's ~26 episodes of the anime left, give or take, apparently. The anime was cancelled before the manga finished, which is indicative of its quality.
"Anti-human threedimensional maneuver-gear" is an ominous term.
I'm going to pre-emptively pour one out for Hanji's squad
we've started learning their names, they're finished
The crunchyroll translation used the term "Anti-personnel vertical maneuvering equipment" which is less sinister but still kind of coldly clinical
Gonna be interesting to see some serious human on human combat for once, though!
This is one thing that bugs me about the manga
spoilers obviously
at this point you can tell who is essentially safe: people who are established as badasses + have a unique design and anyone who was part of Eren's initial squad and featured (minus Marco).
I realize this a shonen but it bugs me that it gets so "yeah...they're safe..". When you have cool/likable character introduced bam ----dead. Lot of people say "THIS IS A WAR STORY ANYONE CAN DIE" but I don't feel that way, and I feel like the good war stories have "almost" random deaths and survivors. Instead of there being any rules. That being part of the horror. no rules. TBH it's really ALL of Levi and ALL of Mike's (from what I recall) being killed that bother me.
Mike's death,Dimo and Nick's death all served an interesting purpose.
Levi's Squad
Ian
Mike
Mike's squad
and
recently Dimo.
I suppose you can argue Rico ,Kitts and Nile are exceptions. But I don't consider any of them particularly likable. I guess you argue Hannes death was prolonged for so long that it was a bit of an exception in an odd way even though he died.
I'll be honest, I'm mainly sad
they killed Nanaba
(I liked you background short haired blond lady in Mike's crew...even if nobody else did..Or well noticed you)
Call me late to the party, but just marathoned the first 8 episodes on Netflix. Wow. Wow. I am quite impressed with the story, the characters, the lack of girl voices that make me want to eat glass. This is fantastic. Now, though, I'm emotionally spent and need to go watch something a bit more lighthearted so I'll be ready for more marthoning later. Wow.
So, I've made it to the end of episode 13. This is exhausting. So very good, but so exhausting.
I don't think I've ever been simultaneously so relieved and yet so sad as the moment when Eren plugged the hole with the boulder. And I'm so incredibly worried about how summoning/transforming is affecting Eren himself. This is nerve-wracking.
Call me late to the party, but just marathoned the first 8 episodes on Netflix. Wow. Wow. I am quite impressed with the story, the characters, the lack of girl voices that make me want to eat glass. This is fantastic. Now, though, I'm emotionally spent and need to go watch something a bit more lighthearted so I'll be ready for more marthoning later. Wow.
Oh, I might be late on this, but according to one of my friends, the order in netflix might not be right in the second half?
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Isn't it supposed to be mi-KA-sa? I could swear that's always how they pronounced it in the original anime, and it's always how I pronounced it in my head reading it in the manga.
Maybe I'm way off base though. Ah well, doesn't matter now, it's not like they're going to change it at this point.
I think they did a pretty good job overall though.
Haven't watched a single episode, but I powered through all but the last 1 or 2 issues in 2 days recently (last month?). Does anyone know if it is particularly different?
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Haven't watched a single episode, but I powered through all but the last 1 or 2 issues on mangapark in 2 days recently (last month?). Does anyone know if it is particularly different?
Should I not mention the existence of paper media at all? (It wasn't in the first post rules but that doesn't mean nothin')
Nothing wrong with talking about paper media - we talk about each chapter as they come out, but you may want to edit the means by which you did so. I know you're not linking, but naming is kinda....well, the same thing in these sorts of cases.
Anime follows the manga relatively closely (there's a little bit extra in a couple cases), but in all but a few circumstances I'd say it's the better format just because the art is so much better/more consistent. And some of the animated scenes are goddamn AMAZING.
Also, for folks who watched the sub: might want to check out the dub, too. Apparently a few of those "pan over storyboard" sections are now fully animated - the dub is getting the blu ray version of the Japanese ones.
I assumed that the opening and ending would be cut for time issues because we give our broadcasts a bit less time than they do in Japan.
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That's good to know that editing the OP wasn't planned and that they're going to fix it. I'm curious how it happened in the first place though. Someone obviously made that decision.
That's good to know that editing the OP wasn't planned and that they're going to fix it. I'm curious how it happened in the first place though. Someone obviously made that decision.
The first episode isn't supposed to have an ED. My guess is that they were going to do the full OP this week in place of a partial OP/partial ED, but someone up the line messed it up and went to what the "normal" thing for the rest of the series is going to be.
I know he is the shoh-nan protagonist and all such but there is a distinction between shouting and screaming. I liked the dub anyway.
I've been seeing people commenting on this a lot, and I keep wondering if they forgot that the Japanese voice screamed way louder and more frequently in that episode?
Even a buddy of mine commented on it when he watched it the first time: "Man, that kid sure screams a lot."
Am I the only one going nuts over the last manga chapter? Because holy shit!
I'm kinda....tired of this plotline, a little bit. I've been month-to-month on the series for over a year now, and I'm kinda "done" with the whole political intrigue thing for now. Wish he'd finish this arc up.
Am I the only one going nuts over the last manga chapter? Because holy shit!
I'm kinda....tired of this plotline, a little bit. I've been month-to-month on the series for over a year now, and I'm kinda "done" with the whole political intrigue thing for now. Wish he'd finish this arc up.
Totally. When was the last time we even saw a Titan?
Manga:
It feels like, other than a few references to conversations and stuff, they've completely dropped the plotline with Reiner and Ymir. I'm hoping the uprising stuff is headed somewhere good, but right now it just feels really boring.
the current arc has the misfortune of being slow-paced after two very important, action-heavy stories. It feels like some of the stuff that's happening offscreen is way more interesting and mysterious? Plus a few neat characters are (hopefully temporarily) gone which also sucks. And yeah, it's taking a while.
However, considering the payoff is almost certainly
us getting to see Eren actually fighting against people who use 3dmg, and wrecking buildings while Hange laughs maniacally in the background
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They bleep every F.
The same thing will happen for AoT.
It's....a little jarring.
That aside I don't think there's anything that will get censored. There has been way more violent stuff shown on Toonami by comparison.
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While it may not be as violent, AoT is a lot more visceral than other shows I've seen on Toonami. Someone exploding with bullet squibs or being cut apart by a blade is a completely different squick factor than being eaten/swallowed alive, even with all the zombie stuff we've been exposed to recently. All I can say is that those that haven't seen or heard of AoT before now are in for a hell of a first month.
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Frankly, it worked better that way versus showing straight-up gore.
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In Black Lagoon, thus far they only thing they've edited are the (copious) uses of the word fuck, but (for example), they left in "limp-dicked son of a bitch."
I don't think you have to worry much about AoT being edited.
At this point the only real negative of the announcement is that One Piece is getting pushed back a half hour to 1:30, which is pretty late for such a great show.
I've given up on Bleach and wish they'd just can it. I'm tired of EBBs dodging every fucking super-ultimate-final-alpha-combo-unblockable-unbeatable-final move, or Nth degree Xanatos plan.
AoT, though. Boom. Shit gets real very fast. Even the city battle, strung out as it is, forwards the plot and levity of what's going on pretty well.
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I'm going to pre-emptively pour one out for Hanji's squad
we've started learning their names, they're finished
Gonna be interesting to see some serious human on human combat for once, though!
There's ~26 episodes of the anime left, give or take, apparently. The anime was cancelled before the manga finished, which is indicative of its quality.
This is one thing that bugs me about the manga
spoilers obviously
I realize this a shonen but it bugs me that it gets so "yeah...they're safe..". When you have cool/likable character introduced bam ----dead. Lot of people say "THIS IS A WAR STORY ANYONE CAN DIE" but I don't feel that way, and I feel like the good war stories have "almost" random deaths and survivors. Instead of there being any rules. That being part of the horror. no rules. TBH it's really ALL of Levi and ALL of Mike's (from what I recall) being killed that bother me.
Mike's death,Dimo and Nick's death all served an interesting purpose.
Levi's Squad
Ian
Mike
Mike's squad
and
recently Dimo.
I suppose you can argue Rico ,Kitts and Nile are exceptions. But I don't consider any of them particularly likable. I guess you argue Hannes death was prolonged for so long that it was a bit of an exception in an odd way even though he died.
I'll be honest, I'm mainly sad
(I liked you background short haired blond lady in Mike's crew...even if nobody else did..Or well noticed you)
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Oh, I might be late on this, but according to one of my friends, the order in netflix might not be right in the second half?
I'd double check that when watching, just fyi.
the second OVA is out (in not-English markets, mind), and it's got a pretty great take on the opening sequence. No spoilers or nothin', either.
Also, they fucked up the OP bad.
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Also, I hate how they are pronouncing Mikasa's name.
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Changing basement to cellar though....
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Maybe I'm way off base though. Ah well, doesn't matter now, it's not like they're going to change it at this point.
I think they did a pretty good job overall though.
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OP chopping was not planned.
Nothing wrong with talking about paper media - we talk about each chapter as they come out, but you may want to edit the means by which you did so. I know you're not linking, but naming is kinda....well, the same thing in these sorts of cases.
Anime follows the manga relatively closely (there's a little bit extra in a couple cases), but in all but a few circumstances I'd say it's the better format just because the art is so much better/more consistent. And some of the animated scenes are goddamn AMAZING.
Also, for folks who watched the sub: might want to check out the dub, too. Apparently a few of those "pan over storyboard" sections are now fully animated - the dub is getting the blu ray version of the Japanese ones.
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I still doubt they'll be fixing the really janky pacing in places, though.
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The first episode isn't supposed to have an ED. My guess is that they were going to do the full OP this week in place of a partial OP/partial ED, but someone up the line messed it up and went to what the "normal" thing for the rest of the series is going to be.
I know he is the shoh-nan protagonist and all such but there is a distinction between shouting and screaming. I liked the dub anyway.
I've been seeing people commenting on this a lot, and I keep wondering if they forgot that the Japanese voice screamed way louder and more frequently in that episode?
Even a buddy of mine commented on it when he watched it the first time: "Man, that kid sure screams a lot."
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I'm kinda....tired of this plotline, a little bit. I've been month-to-month on the series for over a year now, and I'm kinda "done" with the whole political intrigue thing for now. Wish he'd finish this arc up.
Totally. When was the last time we even saw a Titan?
Manga:
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However, considering the payoff is almost certainly
I'm pretty ok with it
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Sheltering lonely potatoes in her stomach. A true hero.
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