Post Your Reviews - Adult Swim Action [10/5/02] [Archive]

Arxane

10-05-2002, 11:49 PM

Again, only watched "Inu-Yasha" tonight. Do I hate reruns? Nah, I've got a new "X: TV" volume 1 DVD to watch, that's all. Anyway, here's my review of episode six:

Wha...what happened to the opening? Not that I liked "I want to change the world", but it still mystifies me. Did they do this for time contraints? Whatever the reason, I hope to see the opening back next week (never thought I'd hear myself say that).

As for the episode...quite a few edits, but nothing really damaging, although the overall impact was softened slightly. Still, it was a pretty good episode where neither Sesshoumaru nor Inu-Yasha could pull Tetsusaiga...and yet Kagome could. Pretty good, although it was better done in the manga.

As for voice acting...it has yet to reach that level of greatness, but each episode it does rise. Monica Stori did a better than average performance in the second half of the episode, and David Kaye has already mastered Sesshoumaru. Richard Cox...don't need to mention him. He is Inu-Yasha, or haven't you noticed? And the rest...they fit. 'Nuff said.

The script...holy ****! They said "bastard" one-and-a-half times! And is it me, or did I hear Inu-Yasha say "damn" as well? Not "darn," but "damn"! Thank you, Trish! You finally realized Inu-Yasha isn't Inu-Yasha without his foul mouth! And guess what? There were more Trishisms in the original Japanese script than in the English one! What are the odds?

Overall, a solid episode. Pity they did do some editing with the Un-mother, but nothing was really lost in this episode. At least "Inu-Yasha" is getting better with each episode.

A-

Skynet2029

10-05-2002, 11:49 PM

JTurner954

the thing out his eyes unlocked the portal to the tomb.
the sword was what the point of searching for the grave.

Arde

10-05-2002, 11:49 PM

IY just continues to better itself every episode.
Usually with sword-pulling eps like this, you'll expect Inu Yasha himself pull out the sword or have some huge big event where he'll pull out the sword after he's very angry DBZ style.

When Kagome pulled out the sword, I was laughing my ass off.
Just because it's so unpredictable ... imagine Sesshomaru's thought: The stupid weak frail mortal pulled out the sword whereas I, Sesshomaru the great and noble demon lord, couldn't even hold the darn thing!!

And then seeing Kagome say "Oops!" and Sesshomaru stopped in his tracks.
This ep is precious.

5/5.

SirLemming

10-05-2002, 11:51 PM

G1: "Bastard" means illegitimate child -- when you think about it, it especially makes sense for Inu-Yasha to insult Sesshomaru in a way that refers to the child/parent relationship. That word's in the Bible and stuff, so it's not like they couldn't have used it back then. Besides, who said this was supposed to be historically accurate anyway?

Inu-Yasha was good, and pretty freaky. I wonder why they didn't show the intro... They COULD have fit it in, I think. I guess a certain number of commercials is required.
Arde: Yeah, I could totally see that. Goku pulling at the sword for about 10 minutes, sweating and grunting... some guy on a mountain far away says "His power level is unbelievable!"... more grunting... the blue guy on that little planet says something bad is going to happen... repeat cycle

Ah, Yu-Yu Hakusho tonight has, like, the most violent CN thing ever! Stabbed through the chest, bleeding, grabs the sword blade, blood pours, he throws blood in the guy's eye!

But most important of all tonight...

NO
MORE
JUICY FRUIT!!!!!!!!!!

SpaceCowboy

10-05-2002, 11:51 PM

Inu Yasha: I'm glad this show is on US TV! A lot of action, but script seems to get weird at times again. This episode really went fast. It was funny when Myoga had that urge to suck Kagome's blood and it revived her, and him getting squashed. Nice twist with Kagome pulling out the sword. Can't wait to see next week's! Kinda dissapointed that the opening didn't play, hope it does next week. I also hope that eventually Viz gives CN the other openings.
A+

Everything else is reruns and I already have tonight's MSG on tape. I wish that Viz would give CN the opening attached to the show! Let's not make what we hate about Toonami migrate to Adult Swim Action!

Sir Gatts

10-06-2002, 12:00 AM

Inu Yasha: Well it seems that the location mystery of Inu Yasha father's tomb was solved sooner than I expected. Yet the prize that lies within seems to take the plot in a new direction. It reminds me of a certain boy from another familiar series where he went to explore his family shrine. Of course the outcome may be different this time around. As to what role Kagome will play next will hopefully be foreseen within my next review. ;)

On another note, it seem that Inu Yasha's series opening scene has been replaced with a CN custom.

Achika

10-06-2002, 12:08 AM

Oh please how could anyone have been surprised that that dumb girl was going to pull the sword out after both boys failed? :rolleyes:

The location of the tomb was a heck of a lot more surprising!

And was that a new 0083 promo before the non-existant intro? I don't remember Kou saying "go to hell" before.

Artemis

10-06-2002, 12:30 AM

I actually didn't expect Kagome to pull out the sword. It was a solid ep with solid action. Looks like Viz is FINALLY giving Inu Yasha back his foul mouth with his "bastard" and "damn". I LMAO when Myoga suddenly got entranced to suck Kagome's blood. And that mom-monster sure was freaky.

Everything else...blah. Reruns. :\

KingKoopa

10-06-2002, 12:33 AM

Originally posted by Achika
Oh please how could anyone have been surprised that that dumb girl was going to pull the sword out after both boys failed? :rolleyes:

The location of the tomb was a heck of a lot more surprising!

And was that a new 0083 promo before the non-existant intro? I don't remember Kou saying "go to hell" before. It was the 0083 Toonami intro. It will replace the intro from now on.

It doesn't look good for Inu-Yasha's intro. It wasn't a screw-up, as proven by Gundam 0083. Yu Yu Hakusho and Cowboy Bebop's intros will air as usual, unless CN requests FUNi to cut it from the tapes. This "Toonami Intro" stuff will probably only happen for shows without a built-in intro, like Inu-Yasha.

Masamune2052

10-06-2002, 12:46 AM

What the hell is going on. Inu Yasha and 0083 don't have an opening! Or at least........ original openings. If you notice ASA has made "openings" that end with the showing being advertised as "Next". I don't know about you but I would much rather see original openings than CN creations. Oh well. On a better note................NO MORE JUICY FRUIT ADS! THERE IS A GOD! Overall, this is a night change and it had to happen sooner or later. Now on to the reviews:

Inu Yasha: Great episode with more Inu Yasha -vs- Sesshomaru fights. Plus it's always good when you get to see Jaken get the crap beaten out of him....constantly. It's funny how Inu Yasha said "bastard" one and a half times. When he said half of it I thought he called Sesshomaru a "pest" but it didn't make since Inu Yasha has a rather colorful language ^^ Also kind of weird to see him with a missing right pupil, but then it reappeared.....somehow. I had been waiting for this episode to see how they would edit Inu Yasha's "mom's" breasts, but it just looks like they erased the nipples. Now, onto next week's episode: Fluffy in full demon dog form! WaHoo!
Grade: A+

Yu Yu Hakusho: I like this episode a lot because I love Hiei (im not yaoi, im a guy) because he has that tough-guy style with a huge ego. Plus I love swordfighting so he's my kind of guy. One of the best YYH quotes I can think of is Hiei's: "So, your a team player, a save the day super hero...........I hate people like that." mostly because of the tone of vioce he uses. Plus I like seeing Keiko get jealous over Yusuke being with the loveable Botan (so kawaii). Now we get to start the Rando story arc......*shudders*.
Grade: B+

Cowboy Bebop: This episode isn't the greatest , but it sets up for the next, and final, episode. It's good because we finally get to see the mysterious Julia. Plus we get to see Vicious and his master plan in action. It also looks as though the guy's don't like being alone/without Faye, Ed, and Ein (at least Jett doesn't like it). I like the next episode a lot because it has a lot the sweetest fight scenes. Yay!
Grade: A

Gundam 0083: Third times a charm.....not. I like Gundam 0083 (others may disagree) because it's hard for me to hate Gundams. Plus I payed 0 attention at the begninning epsidoes the first run, I caught it the second run, so now I will etch it into my memory the third run. Jeeze, I can't wait till Big O 2. On a better note, the fight/sparring scene in the beginning it pretty sweet mostly because of the background music.
Grade: B-

Mobile Suit Gundam: I really like this episode because it was one of the few I saw while MSG was on Toonami so it was good to see it again. Girls in bathing suits/bikinis........wow, now that's what Gundam is all about! Also, the finally give some credit to a basically unknown unit, the Core Fighter. It was funny because I found my self singing in my head "Go Core Fighter! Go Core Fighter! Go Core Fighter Gooooo!" because of the animation style. Hilarious too about how Amuro started shooting those 2 guys. Now I'm not a guy with a lot of sensitivity training so I didn't get the full emotional effect of this episode. Also good to finally see Gundam/Amuro on the offensive attack instead of defensive.

Outlaw Star: DAMMIT! NO OPENING! I LOVE THAT OPENING! However, that was the only bad thing, along with Outlaw Star ending, about this episode. This...is...the...sweetest...Outlaw Star...episode...EVER! You can really see OLS's animation at it's best. This is also one of the most touching episodes ever because you can see how Gene and Melfina feel about each other and they finally show they are in love with each other! As soon as they express their feelings, it's time to kick some ass! When I first saw this episode on Toonami I remember saying "Damn! That's a big ship!" and it is still true today. Plus, this episode has the collest entrance ever (Gene shoots down to the Outlaw Star, appears in the pilot seat with flames all around him and says "OK, let's launch!" Sweet!). I liked the ending a lot (Ayesha looks so hott in her waitress uniform) and it left me wondering if there is a second season of Outlaw Star. I hope so. Well, im gonna end this review with these words: nice hair Gene. ^. -+
Grade: A++

Outlaw Star takes the cake in this Adult Swim block seeing as how it's the finale episode.

Originally posted by KingKoopa
It was the 0083 Toonami intro. It will replace the intro from now on.
I'm hoping when you say Toonami intro you didn't mean it literally. I'm guessing you didn't.

Dogasu

10-06-2002, 12:47 AM

Inu-Yasha--darnit, I missed the first half. Again. I usually miss either the first half or the second half. Anyway, it sucks that the opening was taken out, but I'm guessing that it's a CN goof-up, not anything intentional. Kinda like how sometimes Yu Yu Hakusho has the eyecatches, and sometimes it doesn't? Or how sometimes the opening theme of YYH will have opening credits, and sometimes it won't? From what I saw, it was good, but the whole Kagome pulling the sword out was very predictable. C'mon, you guys didn't see that coming a mile away? Anyway, Kagome's voice got on my nerves a lot more today. Someone please do something about that overacting VA!

YYH--wow, they didn't play a disclaimer before tonight's ep. Anyway, it was an OK ep, but I opted to watch SNL instead. Funny stuff.

Cowboy Bebop--"The Real Folk Blues Part 1" Need I say more? :D

Gundam 0083--also skipped to watch SNL. All you people who didn't watch SNL missed a HILARIOUS cartoon. It was a parody of the Anna Nicole Smith show, with Smurfette playing the role of Anna! 'Twas grade-A humor.

Anyone else notice that CN seems to have gotten a LOT of new sponsers this week? Maybe THAT'S why Inu-Yasha's OP got cut out--CN wanted to make sure they had the chance to show off their new commercials. I find it kinda interesting that a lot of the new ads were for video games--Lord of the Rings, that surfing game, the Sims... I guess CN is thinking that a lot of ASA viewers are also video game players. Makes sense to me!

KingKoopa

10-06-2002, 01:01 AM

I'm definately noticing more commercials than usual. Many of them I haven't seen on AS before. This is kinda good, but I'd rather have the shows intact than have them making more money.

The disclaimer is airing here because it's attached to the MSG opening. I really doubt it'll air before OLS.

SpaceCowboy

10-06-2002, 01:18 AM

LOL, in the begining of tonight's Mobile Suit Gundam episode, the alcohol bottles were painted over again. Still, it would've been nice if WS edited them back in. They're supposed to be drunk, but are getting drunk off of invisible booze?

I am hoping the unaired episodes remain mostly unscathed.

JTurner954

10-06-2002, 01:21 AM

Cowboy Bebop: No complaints here. My questions will probably be answered in Part 2. Overall grade: A

Back later with my thoughts on Outlaw Star.

KingKoopa

10-06-2002, 01:28 AM

OLS has a new, 15 second Toonami intro. We don't have anymore Juicy Fruit, but now we have at least 12 Twix commercials. If anyone taped it, can they give an accurate count?

Dogasu

10-06-2002, 01:32 AM

Actually, I thought the commercials for the Sims--Pets was being overplayed. Oh well.

Mobile Suit Gundam--so they painted away the booze bottles, aye? I don't know what the point was--I mean, it's pretty obvious that the soldiers were piss-drunk. Though I have a question for those who have seen the show uncut--did the soldier Amuro shoot die in the original, or did he really "just get hurt?" It's not like Toonami to do a FUNimation-style cop-out by saying that a person survived, especially when it's a bloodless death. Other than that, it was a good episode. But darn it, this series sure does have a slow pace! It seems like it's taking forever for anything to happen! Oh well, I've yet to be bored by this show, so I'm happy.

Masamune2052

10-06-2002, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by KingKoopa
OLS has a new, 15 second Toonami intro. We don't have anymore Juicy Fruit, but now we have at least 12 Twix commercials. If anyone taped it, can they give an accurate count?

Why in the world are the making these new intros all of the sudden? It can't be because of more ad time and there aren't any new series being added/deleted. Good thing though about the Juicy Fruit ads. No more constepated people in spandex..... :D

JTurner954

10-06-2002, 02:25 AM

Before I give my thoughts on Outlaw Star, I have one question: Was that the last episode?

Seafaring

10-06-2002, 02:27 AM

While Inu Yasha, does seem to get better every week. Something for me is still missing. I can't put my finger on it, and I am not talking about the opening. Although I am rather upset that they didn't show it. I still think the manga is much better, and that probably has something to do with it.

ohmrbill

10-06-2002, 03:08 AM

Originally posted by Dogasu
Mobile Suit Gundam--so they painted away the booze bottles, aye? I don't know what the point was--I mean, it's pretty obvious that the soldiers were piss-drunk. Though I have a question for those who have seen the show uncut--did the soldier Amuro shoot die in the original, or did he really "just get hurt?" It's not like Toonami to do a FUNimation-style cop-out by saying that a person survived, especially when it's a bloodless death. Other than that, it was a good episode. But darn it, this series sure does have a slow pace! It seems like it's taking forever for anything to happen! Oh well, I've yet to be bored by this show, so I'm happy.

Amuro shot and killed one, and the other escaped. So yes, it was an edit. The other soldier escaped. And no, it's not the first time WS has tried to cover up the concept of death.

And on a related note, I think we finally see from which side of the family Amuro gets his stupidity from in this episode. :p

cbf

10-06-2002, 03:46 AM

Originally posted by JTurner954
Before I give my thoughts on Outlaw Star, I have one question: Was that the last episode?

Yep.

JTurner954

10-06-2002, 04:14 AM

Outlaw Star: Some cool stuff. I didn't know what to expect since they had the credits before the episode ended. Some good action and some more focus on Gene and Melfina made the episode enjoyable. Wow, I was really hoping there would be more though.

Overall grade: B+ Something tells me that there could be more episodes. It doesn't seem like a definite ending.

Overall grade on the entire series: B I really need to see this show again since I missed bits of it. Will it repeat from the beginning??

Charred Knight

10-06-2002, 04:59 AM

Originally posted by JTurner954
Outlaw Star: Some cool stuff. I didn't know what to expect since they had the credits before the episode ended. Some good action and some more focus on Gene and Melfina made the episode enjoyable. Wow, I was really hoping there would be more though.

Overall grade: B+ Something tells me that there could be more episodes. It doesn't seem like a definite ending.

Overall grade on the entire series: B I really need to see this show again since I missed bits of it. Will it repeat from the beginning??

Actually, their is a sequal planned for the manga that the anime is based off of.

Its called Outlaw Star 2 and its supposed to premiere soon.

Sunrise has also expressed interest in a sequal, so their is a possibilty for an anime sequal based off of OS 2.

Nik Jam

10-06-2002, 05:12 AM

InuYasha - Nice. A
Yu Yu Hakusho - Nice, for a rerun. B+
Cowboy Bebop - A
Gundam 0083 - B
Mobile Suit Gundam - A
Outlaw Star - A+

Mackenzie Rainelle

10-06-2002, 08:30 AM

Once again, David Kaye does not disappoint as the voice for Fluffy. ^_^ And Kagome vs. Jaken was funny. Squish the little toad-thing, yay! Also, the reactions to Kagome pulling out the sword were good. "Um...oops?"

Shnay

10-06-2002, 10:02 AM

Inu Yasha: Well, the first half of this episode was completely disjointed. It seemed like really poor editing. It skipped around much too quickly and failed to start off at the place last week's episode left us at. But, it eventually found it's focus, and was much better for it. Some interesting stuff in this episode, with the "un-mother" attempting to fill an emotional void, Inu Yasha's hatred of his brother, and his and Sesshomorou's connection to their parents.

I'm surprised so many people didn't see Kagome pulling out the sword from a mile away. Seemed pretty obvious to me. Though I'm with Mackenzie, that was a pretty funny reaction.

Also, though it's been said before, the voice for Sesshomorou is great; it fits the character very well.

I like how each episode ends abruptly. It leaves the viewer wanting more.

I also wanted to mention one last, small point that I meant to say in my review of the first episode, but forgot to. They have some really good sound effects in this show. When people are handling a sword or running, it all sounds very crisp.

Overall, this looks to be a pretty good show, and I'm always interested to see how the next episode will resolve the cliff hanger of the last episode.

ToonamiFanatic

10-06-2002, 10:10 AM

Inu Yasha : I thought it was a pretty good episode it was my first time fully watching a episode I caught bits and pieces of it last week. its interesting went by real quick

YYH: seen the episode before but not in awhile so it was good to see it again. I stopped watching this last time around about the the new arc next episode

Cowboy Bebop: This shows really great havent seen this episode before so it was great solid action. I give it a A+

Gundam 0083: good episode havent watched this show fully as in the whole 13 episodes in order caught the last episode last week I give it a B

MSG: havent seen this show at all . I wanted to see it on Toonami but I dont think I had CN then. I gotta watch the series fully since its on AS again but it looks promising . I got a episode guide for it and wow 49 episodes are alot and I think the 4 episodes that wasnt even aired. cant wait to see them why didnt they air before?

Outlaw Star: it was a good episode . didnt really understand it but I guess thats what you get from not watching the series. I seen a couple episodes before. but itsd a good series

gtracer72

10-06-2002, 10:30 AM

Inu Yasha: A-

Yu Yu: A

Cowboy Bebop: A+

0083: who cares

MSG: B

Sheamon

10-06-2002, 10:59 AM

Cowboy Bebop
Episode 25: The Real Folk Blues Part 1
Well, we've got both good news and bad news for Bebop. The bad news is that the series is ending and there are only 2 episodes left. The good news is that the ending is quite possibly the best in all anime :D This one's mostly set up for next weeks episode, with the introduction of Julia, flashbacks revealing stuff about her and Spike, and Vicious taking over the Red Dragons. They do handle it in a good way though so it doesn't bore you. Although the best is to come next week, damn good episode, one of the top 5 in the series.
Grade: A+

Mobile Suit Gundam
Episode 13: Coming Home
This is yet another episode where the writers screw with Amuro and make his life a living hell. Amuro returns to his home town to see his home occupied by drunken soldiers, and Fed soldiers abusing everyone in the city. He is finally reunited with his mother, but kills someone right in front of her, ruining their reunion. Then he has a big tenter tantrum and attacks a meaningless Zeon base. Even though the plot doesn't move anywhere in this episode, its a nice way to show us that the Federation is far from perfect, and helps flesh out Amuro's character (and we get to see where his looks and personality comes from, he's certainly nothing like his father). The bad thing? We get the first mid-air conversion, which is used so much in this show over the next 10 episodes or so that you want to barf :(
Grade: B+

Outlaw Star
Episode 26: Return to Space
This episode continues the absurdity of last week's episode, as the characterization of everyone is torn to shreds. This time its Gene that's destroyed, as he's turned from a well developed, flawed hero into Mr. Perfect. One of the show's redeeming qualities is that Gene's far from the typical hero, yet they completely ruin it here. In addition, by having the MacDougals magically come back without good explanation, it removes even more of the closure that we should have gotten, but didn't. The final battle with Hazanko is lame and confusing, certainly not up to standard for a final battle. All around a horrible final episode, an ending that completely ruins the show.
Grade: F

Man, with OS over and Bebop ending next week, there won't be much to review anymore :( Hopefully new YYH eps will come soon so I'll have more than two shows to review every week :(

Masamune2052

10-06-2002, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by Charred Knight
Actually, their is a sequal planned for the manga that the anime is based off of.

Its called Outlaw Star 2 and its supposed to premiere soon.

Sunrise has also expressed interest in a sequal, so their is a possibilty for an anime sequal based off of OS 2.

If they do make an anime from it then..........WAHOOOOOOOOO!

Also, about Inu Yasha, one thing perplexes me: Why do they always end the episodes so adbruptly? I mean most anime series ease the viewers into a setting for the next episode or end the episode with a climatic question and set of events. What does Inu Yasha do? It cuts off in the weirdest places ever. Any thoughts?

Ajax

10-06-2002, 11:53 AM

Inu Yasha- A

Yu Yu- B

Cowboy Bebop- A+

0083- C

MSG- A

sl4

10-06-2002, 12:17 PM

I'm probably going to sound really dumb asking this, but as this was one of the first times I've really paid attention to Outlaw Star, I was wondering: Why is Melfina always in that red glowy thing? :confused:

Cowboy Bebop gets an A+ from me tonight. I didn't really watch it, I was doing other things, but I've seen my taped version of it at least ten times before. This and The Real Folk Blues II are in my opinion the two best out there.

Dogasu

10-06-2002, 12:36 PM

MSG: havent seen this show at all . I wanted to see it on Toonami but I dont think I had CN then. I gotta watch the series fully since its on AS again but it looks promising . I got a episode guide for it and wow 49 episodes are alot and I think the 4 episodes that wasnt even aired. cant wait to see them why didnt they air before?

The four episodes that didn't air were the last four episodes of the series. The show was pulled from Toonami because of the September 11th tragedies (the show would have finished that week) and hasn't been shown since. So a lot of fans are hoping that CN decides to run MSG on Adult Swim all the way through, including the four episodes that didn't get a chance to air.

Also, about Inu Yasha, one thing perplexes me: Why do they always end the episodes so adbruptly? I mean most anime series ease the viewers into a setting for the next episode or end the episode with a climatic question and set of events. What does Inu Yasha do? It cuts off in the weirdest places ever. Any thoughts?

It's called a cliffhanger. I mean sure, it's abrupt, but when the episode just *ends* like that, it leaves you wanting more, doesn't it? It draws you into its spell, and before you know BAM it's over. And you're left in your room, like some crack-deprived addict, counting down the hours until you get to see what happens.

JetMaster5

10-06-2002, 12:49 PM

Can someone please provide me a summary for yesterday's Inu-yasha's episode? :( I missed it due to the fact that everyone in my family was hogging the TV :mad: . And from what I've heard, I missed a lot of info that's gonna be crucial to the later episodes. :(

KingKoopa

10-06-2002, 01:01 PM

Mugen

10-06-2002, 01:36 PM

I have the DVD for Gundam 0083 and the first episode does not have the opening. It's just this episode that does not have it. It will probably return next week.

KingKoopa

10-06-2002, 02:32 PM

Originally posted by SSJ Gohan 64
I have the DVD for Gundam 0083 and the first episode does not have the opening. It's just this episode that does not have it. It will probably return next week. Um, no.

Inu-Yasha and Outlaw Star are supposed to have openings. They were all removed, and will probably not be coming back. 0083's opening WAS supposed to play tonight. They ALWAYS play the opening. First episode, last episode, it's the same intro and they ALWAYS play it. It's because of the Toonami edit. Toonami edited out the 0083 intro, so now they have the seperate copy they ALWAYS played. Sure, it didn't air in the original first episode, but it DID air on the Adult Swim first episode.

JetMaster5

10-06-2002, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by KingKoopa
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fought, and Kagome pulled their father's sword out of a rock, something both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru weren't able to do. Also, that woman who was like Inuyasha's mother really wasn't, but she sacrificed herself to save Inuyasha anyway.

Thank you! :D

Kagome pulling out a sword from a rock? Why are there so many King Arthur references? Such as when Gohan pulled out the Z-Sword from a rock.

Lunacat

10-06-2002, 04:00 PM

Inuyasha: Great episode! Loved Inuyasha's reaction to him not being able to pull out the sword. :D Classic. This show just keeps getting better! A

Yu Yu Hakusho: Ah yes, Hiei's episode. One of my fav. episodes of the series. A+

Cowboy Bebop: Wonderful episode...is there really anything else to say? A-

Lord Trunks

10-06-2002, 04:49 PM

PLEASE SAVE THE ORIGINAL OPENING TITLE SEQUENCES!!!!!

Okay Here we go
Inu-Yasha: Starting to get really good, and as many have said Inu-Yasha's getting back his foul mouth...)From WHat I heard, they originally wanted to put this on Toonami? if that was so the episodes would only run for about 12 minutes...)A+
YU-YU Hakusho: a great Episode indeed, after fully viewing episodes of YU-YU I finally knew Funimation could pull off a good dub. Never will get tired of it, and I can't wait to read the original Manga in SHonen Jump A+
Cowboy Bebop....Classic A+
Gundam 0083.. I pity the edited version, get the uncut version so much better, over all edited version B-
Mobile Suit Gundam not much to say..B
Outlaw Star...the end A+... makes me wonder if there will every be a sequel with these characters since Angel Links is different Character, I hope that show makes it to ASA soon.

And last but not Least No more Juicy Fruit ads...those things drove me insane, at least I didn't listen and buy Juicy Fruit...Juicy Friut ads would be ok it ASC characters were advertising for it like the Maxim hair color, 1-800 call att, or nestea

Spike&Gene3886

10-06-2002, 05:42 PM

You guys are all getting way out of hand with this missing openings stuff. See the No Need for OP thread for my suggestions and opinions. Other than that, onto the ratings...

(out of 10,000 points)

Inuyasha- I loved how this ep progressed. Sesshomaru is much stronger and faster than his brother, which really shows the differences between demons and humans (I know IY is half and half, but his human half is waying him down nonetheless). As for pulling out the sword, I saw it coming well before; it's only a matter of sequence. Sesshomaru can't even budge it, IY can start but not much else, then the full human... Kagome... pulls it out completely. Pretty logical, IMO. Still,
9050

Yu-Yu Hakusho- I love this ep with Hiei, as he is one of my favorite charactors. Always blunt and to the point, his arrogance is amazing, and I think he's great because of it. Also we get Botan in a nice schoolgirl dress tonight, so I must say a very nice ep indeed tonight.
9450

Cowboy Bebop- OMG, this ep and the next (part 2) are sheer brilliance, as I've stated before. The way that everything goes along in a perfect way, the great animations, the moment when Faye says, "Her name's Julia!" was breathtaking... "and you will shed tears of scarlet..." Only next week's ep will get higher than this, no matter the show, so...
9999.99999999999...

Gundam 0083- Well, now that I see how it ends, I guess I have to see how it begins. Man, this shows that the Feddies are even dumber than I thought, and I used to think they were about as bright as a brick! They have a base with a nuke, two prototype gundams and many stationed pilots, and their security is, "Oh, I know you, go on in!! I don't need to search anything." Damn, if the world was like this today, we'd all be dead already. Gato had it right when he said, "I can't believe we lost to these morons."
8350

MSG- My god, I just do NOT like this series. Amuro's mom tweaks out because he shoots someone (which, if I had a son and he did that, I'd definitely be pissed off... just the thought of seeing your son shooting a gun at someone doesn't seem right), and what does Amuro do? Yell back at her. Then his mom says she wishes she didn't have him!! I can definitely see that many things have changed since 1979 after seeing this show, either that or they portray views very bad.
7450

Outlaw Star- The only ep better than this one would be last week's, and the only reason that this one isn't better is because the last 1.5 minutes are completely useless. They had already left the door open for a sequel, and the last 15 seconds or so were simply redundant, as if to peddle "OS season 2!" , which never happened (at least not yet, since Angel Links is NOT a second season in my book). Still, everything up to the "To Be continued" is amazing, and the battle between the Geomancer and the XGP is wonderful as well. Almost as good as last week's, ep, but... 1 point lower.
9997

Overall- 54297
Grade- A- (90.495)

Very nice indeed. Only last weeks episodes were better.

Ikwig

10-06-2002, 07:29 PM

Yay, review time! :) (Sheesh, you guys are quick with the opinions - already on page 3 and it hasn't even been 24 hours since ASA!)

Inu Yasha - hmmmm, well, ok, I still am really enjoying this series on the whole. Sesshoumaru's voice is definitely growing on me; heck, even Kagome is getting better (I no longer flinch when she speaks - Yay! :D ). And this episode definitely had some really great bits (especially the battles between Inu Yasha and his brother, and the depth of the un-mother's desire for a child), but I had a few problems too: 1. I should have mentioned this last week, 'cause it bugged me then too, but why does Jaken's staff have heads that look like puppets, instead of human heads? (I couldn't help but laugh last week when he talked about the "beauty" screaming; she isn't a beauty, she's wooden!) 2. In the manga, when Sesshoumaru pulls the pearl out of Inu Yasha's eye, it hurts his eye: he runs around for most of the rest of the story with his eye closed and bloody, which really brings home the fact that his dad's grave was IN HIS EYEBALL. I felt that drawing it out with energy (or something) was a bit of a cop-out. And 3. is it just me, or did they edit out Sesshoumaru's treatment of the un-mother after she gets between him and Inu Yasha. My feeling was that it was that kind of cruelty which caused Kagome to follow him into the grave; without that, her involvement seemed kinda random. :( As far as the missing opening goes, I just assumed it was left off to make room for the lengthy re-cap. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same thing next week, but if they leave off the opening for the next episode that starts a new story arc, I'll be pretty p.o.ed!

Overall grade: B

Yu Yu Hakusho - Yay, Hiei! I quite like this episode, primarily because Hiei is such an interesting, ruthless character; plus, the interactions between Hiei, Yusuke, and Kurama are really well done. Grade: A

Cowboy Bebop - a good set-up for the saddest episode in the series. Grade: A

0083 - my two-cents re: the opening. The first episode doesn't have, and never did have an opening. That time is used for a re-cap of what has led up to the situation which is the background for the series.

MSG - a pretty good ep, with some good character development for Amuro and a chance to see the other characters doing something besides fighting. Grade: A

Beat

10-06-2002, 07:39 PM

The Good-

Inu-Yasha cursing.
A solid MSG episode, with plot and action.
No Juicy Fruit Commericals!
Yuskue fighting and cursing.

The bad-

Mostly reruns.
No GiTS.
No Inu-Yasha opening.
An unforseen urge to bad-mouth Pilot Candidate (I'm fighting it, I really am)

Arxane

10-06-2002, 08:30 PM

Inu Yasha - hmmmm, well, ok, I still am really enjoying this series on the whole. Sesshoumaru's voice is definitely growing on me; heck, even Kagome is getting better (I no longer flinch when she speaks - Yay! ). And this episode definitely had some really great bits (especially the battles between Inu Yasha and his brother, and the depth of the un-mother's desire for a child), but I had a few problems too: 1. I should have mentioned this last week, 'cause it bugged me then too, but why does Jaken's staff have heads that look like puppets, instead of human heads? (I couldn't help but laugh last week when he talked about the "beauty" screaming; she isn't a beauty, she's wooden!) 2. In the manga, when Sesshoumaru pulls the pearl out of Inu Yasha's eye, it hurts his eye: he runs around for most of the rest of the story with his eye closed and bloody, which really brings home the fact that his dad's grave was IN HIS EYEBALL. I felt that drawing it out with energy (or something) was a bit of a cop-out. And 3. is it just me, or did they edit out Sesshoumaru's treatment of the un-mother after she gets between him and Inu Yasha. My feeling was that it was that kind of cruelty which caused Kagome to follow him into the grave; without that, her involvement seemed kinda random. As far as the missing opening goes, I just assumed it was left off to make room for the lengthy re-cap. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same thing next week, but if they leave off the opening for the next episode that starts a new story arc, I'll be pretty p.o.ed!

1. Jaken's staff looks like puppets because, as far as I can tell, they're like shrunken heads. Now that you mention it, they do look like puppets, but no, they're heads. Just very tiny heads.

2. Using energy to draw the grave out of Inu-Yasha's eye was toning the series down for TV. If you compare the manga with the anime, you'll find the anime is toned down quite a bit. Have you gotten to the story arc about the Noh mask in the manga? You won't believe how toned down it is in the anime!

3. Yes, Sesshoumaru's beating of the Un-mother was edited out, but by Viz. Sesshoumaru used his whip to destroy the head of the Un-mother after she saved Inu-Yasha, but in the AS version the head was painted out.

Steve Jester

10-06-2002, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by Beatdigga
An unforseen urge to bad-mouth Pilot Candidate (I'm fighting it, I really am)

:mad: *blinks* no coment.

Spike Mcdougal

10-06-2002, 09:18 PM

Since RFB Part one aired I thought i'd post my theory of the Loser Bar.

Any Anime series that ends with a fight someone wins(Usually it's the good guy) However in this series no one wins because remember at the end.............Vicious dies, Spike dies, Julia dies, Shin dies ..............and half of the Red Dragons get killed and i would say Faye loses because she said her memory returned but nothing good came from in as seen in Hard Luck Woman.

The only one who probably won would be Jet because even though he got shot in the leg he's left with Faye but draw your own conclusion on that one

adultswimfan

10-06-2002, 09:22 PM

An unforseen urge to bad-mouth Pilot Candidate (I'm fighting it, I really am)

Hey, when I saw Pilot Candidate I didn't think it was the best anime ever, but I actually thought the series was kinda cool. I gave it a chance and discovered it's not as bad as thay say it is. The animation was awesome, the characters were good, the music was too sad most of the time but I think they could improve that. So the lesson is, Analyze the show you're going to bash before you bash it, please.

SirLemming

10-06-2002, 10:26 PM

I guess it's not so much that Kagome pulling out the sword was so unpredictable, but it's just funny how it happened. Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru are fighting for a while, after the sword thing seems over and done with, then all of a sudden a few minutes later... "whoops."

Munu

10-06-2002, 10:31 PM

uYu yyu HAKKUSHO SO TIGHT OH GOD MINE!!

The eyeball what gazes for forehead.

Is 2 {too) tiight!!! (is what friends they says}

SO TOO MANY COLORS FOR THE EYES OBSERVING~

NICE! THE TOO GOOD 1o1

101 10 10 10 10
I GETS 10 for the uYu yyu HAKKUSHO!!!

Gruntling

10-07-2002, 01:32 AM

Short Reevues again...

[Scale to 10]

Inu Yasha: 9.3

Yu Yu Hakusho: 9.2

Cowboy Bebop: 9.8

Charred Knight

10-07-2002, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by jetwing5
Can someone please provide me a summary for yesterday's Inu-yasha's episode? :( I missed it due to the fact that everyone in my family was hogging the TV :mad: . And from what I've heard, I missed a lot of info that's gonna be crucial to the later episodes. :(

Testuaigai is mentioned that it can cut down 100 youkai in a single blow.

Sesshoumaru finds out that the entrance to the tomb was hidden in inu-yasha's eye.

A barrier prevents full blooded Youkai from touching the sword but it lets Inu-yasha touch it. In other words the sword was meant for inu-yasha.

Only a full-blooded human can pull it out of the stone.

it was mentioned that having the sword is basically, the same as inheriting his father's power.

The sword's basically a piece of ****

Testuaigai translates as "Iron pulverising Fang" by the way. The sword as its seen now would have a hard time cutting a leaf.

Beat

10-07-2002, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by adultswimfan
Hey, when I saw Pilot Candidate I didn't think it was the best anime ever, but I actually thought the series was kinda cool. I gave it a chance and discovered it's not as bad as thay say it is. The animation was awesome, the characters were good, the music was too sad most of the time but I think they could improve that. So the lesson is, Analyze the show you're going to bash before you bash it, please.

I AM fighting it. The CG is okay.

Mackenzie Rainelle

10-07-2002, 04:08 PM

The reason only a full-blooded human can draw the Tetsusaiga is because the White Dog lord originally had it made to protect his human mate, Inuyasha's mother. Then he also had the Tensaiga made and decreed one should be given to the elder of his two sons, the other to the younger, but he never said who was to get which, so Sesshoumaru continued to hunt for the Tetsusaiga.

And as for it being a piece of junk, you HAVE seen that thing in full form, right? I wouldn't exactly call THAT a piece of junk.

Ikwig

10-07-2002, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by Mackenzie Rainelle
And as for it being a piece of junk, you HAVE seen that thing in full form, right? I wouldn't exactly call THAT a piece of junk.

Well, those who haven't read any of the manga and are seeing the series for the first time on ASA haven't seen it in full form yet.
I would say that "piece of junk" is a pretty accurate name for it at the end of Saturday's episode. :D

Mackenzie Rainelle

10-07-2002, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by Ikwig
Well, those who haven't read any of the manga and are seeing the series for the first time on ASA haven't seen it in full form yet.
I would say that "piece of junk" is a pretty accurate name for it at the end of Saturday's episode. :D

Eh, okay, I'll give you that. But still, the Tetsusaiga is truly awesome, although Toukijin is impossibly cooler

JJc14

10-07-2002, 07:33 PM

just some general comments:

[note: the run number after the show is for how many times i've personally gone through the episodes, not to be confused with cn's run, etc...]

Inuyasha (first run) - i'm thoroughly enjoying the emphasis on characters this series provides, with more of the good stuff here...if i have one non-opening complaint, it's the cliffhangers; those things are killing me!

Yu Yu Hakusho (first run) - i caught this episode during the first run, but this is technically my first real run seeing every epsiode in order...hiei's a rather interesting character, making this a great episode overall...

Cowboy Bebop - after watching this series four times through since last summer, i've been taking a break during this run in hopes of refreshing myself next time through, so no review...

Gundam 0083 - i'm taking a break from this series after two runs through...if it appears a fourth time somewhere, i'd probably watch it again...no review as well...

Mobile Suit Gundam (first run) - a nice change of pace from the usual "always on alert" episodes that have come before...i'm glad it's on asa, just wish the network would recognize it in their ads sometime...

Outlaw Star - i own the dvd's and have basically worn out the series for a while (something i'm purposely trying to avoid with bebop), so no real review here either...

...as for the generic promos before inuyasha, 0083, and outlaw star, while i'm rather irritated about not airing the openings (especially 'through the night'), i actually did like how they turned out, especially gundam 0083's...if they aired these during ad breaks on the midnight run or something and kept the original openers, i'd be happy (didn't they air similar ads after the prior show's credits before?)...guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens...

Charred Knight

10-07-2002, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Mackenzie Rainelle
The reason only a full-blooded human can draw the Tetsusaiga is because the White Dog lord originally had it made to protect his human mate, Inuyasha's mother. Then he also had the Tensaiga made and decreed one should be given to the elder of his two sons, the other to the younger, but he never said who was to get which, so Sesshoumaru continued to hunt for the Tetsusaiga.

And as for it being a piece of junk, you HAVE seen that thing in full form, right? I wouldn't exactly call THAT a piece of junk.

Puts some spoiler bars their.

You talking about something that doesn't happen until volume 12.

The anime is only on Volume 2 now.

Mackenzie Rainelle

10-07-2002, 08:03 PM

The heck? Inuyasha uses the thing to cut off Sesshoumaru's arm, that is NOT in volume 12! That's still in volume 2!

Majin Buu

10-08-2002, 12:08 AM

I missed ASA, but they cut out the openings? Nooooooo!!!

I love Change the World and Through the Night... ;_;

I hope this is not permanent...

Charred Knight

10-08-2002, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by Mackenzie Rainelle
The heck? Inuyasha uses the thing to cut off Sesshoumaru's arm, that is NOT in volume 12! That's still in volume 2!

IM TALKING ABOUT TENSAIGAI!! It wasn't revealed that their was two swords until Volume 12.

talibancity

10-08-2002, 09:19 PM

There were 4 differences or additions to ASA last weekend:

1. They pulled a Toonami and put up a short arrangement of clips for InuYasha.

2. They didn't play the 'Parents Strongly Cautioned The Following Programs...'

3. In the last few episodes of the Saint Beasts saga, the character cels were made into hi-quality cels making the picture more sharp (similar to what they did in Home Movies). They took the hi-quality sharp Hiei and placed him into the episode that played last Saturday. So all the other characters look lo-quality while Hiei is hi-quality. Look closely and you'll notice he looks different.

4. They had a new 'Attention Swimmers...Cartoon Network has an Adult Swim' New clips were added to that thing with new clips from Sealab, Aqua Teen, Ripping Friends and more.

Will Sturnick

10-09-2002, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by Mackenzie Rainelle
And as for it being a piece of junk, you HAVE seen that thing in full form, right? I wouldn't exactly call THAT a piece of junk.

It's definitely far from it, especially when...in episode 74, when it gets the ability to shatter barriers (long story). Which is very helpful against Naraku. And when he can use Bakuryuha (I think that's how its spelled) in ep 54.

Anyway,

Inuyasha: 84%

6. Tetsusaiga, the Phantom Sword
Ricard Cox' Inuyasha still bothers me. The japanese one is awesome, IMO. The reason that I give this episode a 7 is becuase I've seen way past this (up to 85) and know that there are other ones that are better Like Sesshomaru's next appearance episode 18, which is also Naraku's first appearance (non-flashback, I think he's shown Miroku's at the end of ep. 16). and the whole Muuona(Un-mother) thing I always thought was kinda annoying.

Yu Yu Hakusho: 93%

8. The Three Eyes of Hiei
I don't have much to say about this except it was a good episode.

Cowboy Bebop: 90%

25. The Real Folk Blues part I
An awesome episode, but for some reason it doesn't have the same feel the other episodes did.

Gundam 0083: 88%

1. Gundam Jack
A good starter episode. But, if Nina had dated Gato back in 0079 shouldn't she have been a little more shocked to see that he stole Gundam Unit 02?

Mobile Suit Gundam: 85%

13. Coming Home
An okay episode but Amuro's mother was rather irritating.

Outlaw Star: 98%

25. Return to Space
This series has the perfect ending formula (IMO) lead-in eps, a final fight with big bad, time for a little afterwards and an ending with enough open ends for a sequel but enough tied up for ir to be done.