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When were you when it literally became the new Wing?
https://www.turner.com/pressroom/adult-swim-continues-capture-millennial-audiences-multi-platform-programming-slate
>>14224491
Isn't it a shame? A Gundam that has been so reviled, at least here, will be the first many plebs will see.
>>14224498
It fits well
>>14224498
we've already been through that in the early 2000s with seed, the late 2000s with 00, and the early 2010s with AGE
>>14224491
No one should be surprised by this.
When they announced it was getting dubbed, it was obvious that they were aiming for a TV airing. And Toonami is literally the only option.
>>14224498
Every Gundam is someone's first. My friend's first Gundam was fucking Destiny.
IBO gets more flak than it deserves and I don't mind Gundam getting more attention in the states.
>>14224505
>>14224514
It just makes me sad really. Maybe the next Gundam will be nicer, maybe.
>>14224515
The writing is weak, but it's the kind of show that will get the attention of teenagers who will eat it up. Let's just hope the space arcs don't drive people away, and that more stores will begin stocking Gunpla.
Eh, I don't mind it. Hopefully more people will raise their fags.
No shit, we expected this.
Wouldn't it be great if Thunderbolt got on Toonami? I feel like that would draw in more people than IBO. IBO has that edgy normalfag appeal, but it's still kids being emo and doing anime things. If a show about real soldiers fighting a real war was shown stateside, Gundam would sell like hotcakes.
>>14224491
Do people even watch Toonami these days
is it even still a thing
>>14224532
IBO is like 4 episodes and past what they adapted it goes full retard.
>>14224491
Don't care. They could show Destiny for fucks sake, as long as the market for gunpla grows.
>>14224532
Well they are dubbing Thunderbolt and based Sinterniklaas is involved in it.
>>14224535
I think you mean THUNDERBOLT. And they're not airing the manga, so why is that point relevant?
>>14224532
>I feel like that would draw in more people than IBO.
With only 4 tops weeks to play out 4 fifteen minute episodes over (assuming they didn't do two eps per two weeks or just make it a one hour special one night), you're putting a LOT of faith in one little ONA.
>>14224544
>why is that point relevant
It isn't, it just frustrates me so I wanted to post it somewhere.
>>14224534
Yes and yes, there's generals on /co/.
>>14224534
It's on Saturday nights, and it became a thing a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlbbLFgiVQk
>>14224532
I doubt it. Would probably be called shallow compared to IBO because more episodes = better character development.
>>14224491
>>14224534
I honestly thought anime stopped being on TV after 2008
>>14224553
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0gRAvY2FPM
>>14224547
You could run it as one big, hour-long special.
>>14224498
Hi, this is the mid 2000s calling when SEED was on Toonami. Nice to meet you
tominofags on suicide
Maybe they'll air Unicorn cut for TV on toonami later?
>>14224551
>there's generals on /co/.
That's not really a good indicator
Americans, with their shit taste for TV serials, will probably like this garbage.
>>14224563
Even then, to expect that to draw more people in than a full length series is expecting a LOT.
Even more so if it's a one-night only deal.
Personally still surprised Toonami never tried to nab Unicorn for a deal like they did for Hellsing Ultimate.
>>14224565
I think you mean the 90s and Wing.
>>14224591
Japan is airing a Unicorn cut for tv, maybe they'll bring that over. It would get people interested in UC too.
>>14224534
It wasn't a thing until a few years ago. Adult Swim renamed their anime block to Toonami just to get the 90s audience. Funny enough, it started as an April Fools joke, but they got such a big response that they made it permanent.
>>14224591
i remember watching blue sub 6 years back on toonami in like 2000? i'm sure ratings were much higher then, though, due to the novelty.
>>14224619
Combination novelty, some big names (lest we forget, Dragonball Z was shitting money back then), and the fact that - for a lot of people - they were the only game in town.
Not so much these days.
>>14224608
>Funny enough, it started as an April Fools joke, but they got such a big response that they made it permanent.
that was loads of fun
I was just looking forward to them rerunning The Room with Space Ghost Coast To Coast bumpers they had the previous year and then Tom shows up dropping the dank reference about the tests coming back.
>>14224565
Seed had extremely poor viewership ratings and got pushed back to like 1am.
>>14224491
00 Would've worked better
>tfw watching 00 on sci-fi channel is what got me into Gundam
>>14224491
Yep it's wing again
>Gundam show with good mech designs
>but low budget bring it down
>shit pacing
>dont care about any of the characters
>fights arent even very good
Hell, I'd rather they'd have gotten Build Fighters (even TRY) instead of IBO. IBO is just wasted potential with amateur animators.
>>14224743
So it'll break viewing records is what you mean?
>>14224597
It wouldn't surprise me. Didn't a Bandai rep say that Unicorn and Wing were the only entries that performed better than "good" or something?
>>14224704
It was so bad, they didn't even air Destiny on Toonami. Meanwhile in Canada, where they aired SEED mostly unedited, both shows were aired.
We're not going to see Gunpla in stores, are we? They're not targeting kids with this.
>Unicorn and Wing were the only entries that performed better than "good" or something?
I remember hearing something like that.
>>14224781
Well, Barnes and Noble and your local nerd store will probably start stocking IBO stuff if they already have gunpla.
So enjoy your 800 HG Grazes.
>>14224781
>We're not going to see Gunpla in stores, are we?
It entirely depends on the volatile and fickle foreign reception. Wing was quite popular in the US, and I was just an elementary schooler at the time.
I remember being first exposed to gunpla and HG kits and MG kits and no-grades by finding them in the local Toys'R'Us.
>>14224789
You can already buy IBO gunpla at B&N right now the same way you could buy Build Fighters/Try stuff around the time those were being broadcasted.
>>14224781
>We're not going to see Gunpla in stores, are we? They're not targeting kids with this.
The gunpla thats already sold extremely well in the u.s. help contribute to this airing In the u.s...so technically other wayaround
>>14224886
What is considered extremely well? What metric can we compare it to in order to figure out how well other series are doing? How do we know you're not an infinite shill machine built by the Ministry of Plenty to convince us that Gundam is always successful?
>>14224534
Yeah nostalgia bound idiots that don't realize torrenting, streaming and buyingmdiscs are all more confident and better than watching the shit on broadcast.
>>14224920
>inanimate objects
>confident
>>14224908
Christ how paranoid can you be about selling toys?
>Was popular among western anime fans
>It's the newest series
>There's still currently releasing product for it as well as gunpla already on the shelves of hobby shops and B&N in the US
>There's a second half on the way so they'll be able to get more if the ratings turn out well
I can pretty easily see why they went with IBO.
>>14224934
It's a joke faggot. I just want some numbers, or even just a general idea of what "extremely well" means.
>Years since a Gundam series aired on AS
>Its IBO
Why do you do this?
>>14224946
Isn't IBO fine compared to shit like 00?
>>14224950
t. reddit
>>14224950
IBO makes 00 look like Turn A.
>IBOfags will contend this
>>14224950
No, shit like 00 is better than shit like IBO. Shit like 00 doesn't spend 15-16 episodes mulling around space. 00's fake Ramba Ral actually turns out to be much more, while IBO's fake Haman turns out to be Team Rocket but worse than Patrick (ace pilot of the AEU)
>>14224952
I don't even think IBO is that great and I'm a huge UCfag but what Gundam would you rather have air?
>>14224962
The only good thing about 00 were the Union Flags. It's just Wing that takes itself too seriously.
>>14224972
That terrible taste. 00 for a whole 25 episode stretch had much better writing than wing and that every other AU ever had.
And there hasn't been a better A.U since.
>>14224972
>It's just Wing that takes itself too seriously.
But Wing took itself way more seriously than 00 or literally any other Gundam TV series while at the same time being a train wreck.
>>14224984
The "good writing" stops right at the premise.
>>14224989
Maybe I got the wrong impression from it when I watched it.
>>14224950
IBO is so tepid and generally lackluster (and a clusterfuck of poor planning and ideas) that it would probably be a repeat of Adult Swim showing 0079.
As in, it's going to bomb badly and subsequently hurt future Gundam localization and also subsequent gunpla importation.
>>14224962
Fuck off 00 had Aliens which is worse than anything IBO can pull off.
>>14225001
Writing that's on par with most UC stuff, in case you thought those were of a higher quality.
>>14225001
>The "good writing" stops right at the premise.
And yet you insist Wing is good.
>>14225006
Oh no aliens!
Which appears only for 1 movie arent weren't apart of the main series.
Wow, IBOfags are fucking desperate. Enjoy that off model everything.
>>14225006
Why? The ELS was a living metal hivemind that couldn't even communicate verbally and yet it was more interesting than any of IBO's antagonists.
>>14225001
Some of the best world building of Gundam, not as deep as UC obviously but the best world consistency of any AU. IBO gets stuck in this constant state of mentioning the previous Calamity War, but its not relevant. 00 will drop mentions about the Solar Wars, but its pretty clear the implications of the Solar Wars were just setting up the current power blocs and zero sum game.
>>14225009
Good in a completely turn my mind off more than usual way and enjoy the mech designs and fights. Wing is full of good designs while 00 only has the Flag.
>>14224532
Stick Thunderbolt on netflix
>>14225009
Wing had great toys and mechanical design. I don't blame its success, considering how good the toys were. After 0079, Gundam was a Bandai/Sunrise toy commercial series, so yeah, success is success.
>>14225016
No they weren't retard.
>>14225027
You're really gonna stand there and tell me Shen Long as well as Wing and Epyon's transformation gimmicms were good designs?
I bet you like Deathscythe.
>>14225027
Couldn't disagree more, on both the fights and designs.
>>14225027
Hope you like watching those designs get destroyed in the same way 100 times.
>>14224491
Everyone called this when IBO was first announced.
Quite frankly, it could be a lot worse. Had it been BF or Age, people would just disregard Gundam entirely and we would never see another Gundam show again.
IBO fits Toonami and I hope it's embraced, regardless of how unremarkable it actually is.
>>14225027
>Wing is full of good designs while 00 only has the Flag.
How can 1 anons taste be so terrible? Literally all the main gundams in wing look worse in comparison to the 00 ones from both seasons. Only the Endless Waltz version of the Wing suits make them good.
>>14225035
>financial success = quality
wew lads
At least you agree with me that IBO is dogshit, then.
>>14225039
Wow, thanks for changing my mind like that.
>>14225040
Tallgeese
>>14225027
if something requires you to turn off your mind and become a shitposting retard to defend it, maybe it ain't good in the first place?
>>14225094
Everyone saying 00 is great is a shitposting retard to me, anon.
>>14225097
If you think everyone around you smells of shit taste, maybe it's time to check your own.
>>14225097
>avoids/fails to contribute any actual evidence and support of claim
>everyone that likes THING is shitposting retard!
well would you look at that, a text book attempt to gather (you)s
holy shit what
i don't really have an opinion on IBO since I haven't seen it but to be honest i was thinking 00 was more likely to air on Toonami (and it would be the second time they aired something that was on Syfy after TTGL) since Turn A was actually the latest TV series when Wing aired on Toonami, but 00 is pushing a decade so...
>>14225131
But this way they can push IBO merch.
>>14225131
00 is almost ten years old.
>>14225146
Eh, good point.
>>14225148
No shit? It's not like I acknowledged that in my post...
God I'm so pissed, why the FUCK is IBO airing on Toonami? That show fucking sucks, they should have gotten G-Reco instead
report, filter and ignore
Everything could bank on the shock value of the first couple of episodes, but Valrave relies on "Shocking twist" more for that kind of thing.
>>14225164
>why
Because IBO is clearly better than G-reco?
Just saiyan
I'm more shocked toonami still exists
>>14225199
yeah i wouldn't expect an ibofag to get sarcasm
>>14224498
>>14224514
G gundam here
>>14225088
>Blandgeese
I'd rather have an Over Flag.
>>14225199
it isn't though
>>14225255
>not wanting both
>>14225164
I love G-Reco, but there was no chance in Hell it was getting on Toonami. You think the guys who love stuff like SAO would go gaga over it if it had a dub? Please.
>>14224491
The problem with that comparison is that there were some redeemable parts about Wing like Treize Khushrenada, the grunt mobile suit designs, the soundtrack.Saying pacifism is a load of shit in the movie
What are the strengths of IBO?
>>14225269
I'm not sure whether to love or hate it, but it sure does something to me.
>>14225324
Mobile suit designsIn still shots at least since they cant animate for shit.
>>14225362
>Mobile suit designs
You must be fucking joking. If it's not the feet, it's the torso that precariously balances on a peg.
The mechanical designers for IBO are ZOE and Armored Core rejects who weren't good enough for those franchises.
>>14225113
The lack of self-awareness going on in this post is amazing.
>>14225333
Maybe this will help?
>>14224576
I don't know why. It's mostly people watching the shows and saying how terrible they are, but still enjoying the social interaction of a livewatch.
>>14225255
I have no idea how you can call the Tallgeese bland while you enjoy the Over Flag or Flags in general. The Flags are the same thing, albeit the Tallgeese is generally more able to stand on its own goddamn weight and also has a knightly air to it.
The Flag is something like a robot insect-man complete with antennae cosplay with silly booties.
>the silly pylons on its knees and feet never, ever sit well with me
>>14225372
I disagree. They're the same designers who did Greco too and I found that show to have some of the best mobile suit designs in recent memory.
IBO still has some good ones which I guess arent one of it's "strengths" since it's a pretty mediocre show. I quite enjoy barbatos's dino feet, and skinny waist. I also love it's huge as V fin horns. Graze is also pretty good in a simple kind of way.
Man IBO threads are always a riot.
Can't wait for S2.
>>14225385
Aren't the generals just jerking off about how good Kill la kill and it's dub is?
>>14225394
>They're the same designers who did Greco too and I found that show to have some of the best mobile suit designs in recent memory.
They probably used up all the good designs in G-Reco, because they are largely pretty nice, if the weird potbelly of the Gehennam are weird.
>I quite enjoy...skinny waist
See, that only tells us you have a terrible aesthetic sense. SEED took mobile suits as thin as they could logically go before they turned into Code Geass Knightmares or a Nagano homage gone wrong.
Not a big fan of IBO, but I hope it becomes a hit. It would open a new door for the franchise in the west.
>>14225445
KLK isn't even airing right now.
>>14225475
And yet they were still talking about when I looked into one of the generals last week.
>>14225461
It will, it's edgy and 'manly' enough to grab the Toonami crowd. Fucking hate IBO but I'm extremely excited what it's success on AS could mean for the future.
>>14225487
>Soviet space turtle Big Boss
My sides, they're in orbit!
>>14225484
> Parasyte
> Dimension W
> Hunter X Hunter
> DBZ
Don't blame them.
>>14225484
https://desustorage.org/co/thread/82567774/#82567774
>>14225389
Tallgeese is just a tall Leo
>>14224532
>a show about real soldiers fighting a real war
What a faggot you are.
>>14224727
Fuck scifi for cutting the cold endings for their fucking inhouse advertisements
>>14224491
> tfw they'll cut the op in half for ad space
I mean I guess they'll still RAISE YOUR FLAG, and avoid WAITING FOR ERECTION mishears, but still.
>>14225645
I always hate what they do to OPs and EDs
>>14225509
No it's a large Duck
>>14224491
so which will be the new G Gundam?
>>14224491
>When were you when it literally became the new Wing?
Since day1
>>14225487
11/10
>>14226010
Build Fighters. The dubs coming, and Bandai will be keen to air a 24-episode commercial in the West.
>>14224532
>Thunderbolt
To short to work on the TV sadly.
>>14224950
Nigger I shit all over 00 S2 but even that is better than IBO.
>>14225003
Modern anime fans love walls of exposition and dialog that seems deep but meas nothing it'll do good with them.
IBO was a huge letdown, but browsing the threads on /m/ made me want to check out the other Gundam shows. War in the Pocket hooked me and is still probably my favorite. 0080 and Thunderbolt both accomplish what IBO fails, even if they're coming from different directions (0080 is 100% heart and Thunderbolt is 100% edge). 8th MS had some good episodes even if it gets stupid near the end.
I'm currently working my way through the original Tomino stuff one episode at a time. IBO is a bad show, but it made me see that "serious" Gundam has the potential to be good.
>>14224704
Wasn't it much worse than that? Like 4am?
>>14224491
AHHHHH-too bad it had to be IBO-AAAAAAHHHHH
I honestly keep forgetting Toonami exists, there's been literally zero reason to watch it after Space Dandy ended. When's that new Samurai Jack season supposed to start?
>>14224491
I don't watch AS, do they air the entire OP and ED?
>>14226772
Last time I watched; no, they dont.
>>14226802
That's certainly going to take away the impact of Biscuit's death then.
Plus some of the episodes end with the ED starting to play minutes before the credits.
What are they going to do about that?
If SEED and 00 couldn't even come close to Wing, what makes you think IBO will? Not only that but IBO has already been seen on multiple streaming services.
Toonami is basically a non-factor for anything now. Only nostalgiafags think Toonami matters.
Everyone watches shit on crunchyroll, netflix, amazon, and hulu now if they're a normie.
>>14224535
> past what they adapted it goes full retard
God forbid we do something other than Zeon.
>>14225324
Kudelia Sugoi
>>14226857
Its the sword art online effect
>>14226857
It's funnier when you realize that Williams Street actively hates the anime fans and their whining. They've had several bumps making fun of them on the other nights, like "No. No. No. No. Oh sorry, we're just practicing for talking to the anime fans."
>>14226857
to be fair 00 was given a really shit run on SyFy
if it had come out of the gate as HOLY SHIT IT'S THE LEGENDARY JAPANESE SPACE WAR FRANCHISE ENTERING THE HD ERA GET YOUR ROBONERS READY instead of "oh yeah there's something on Monday I guess whatever" I think it would have gone over bigger
>>14224491
IBO can't really be compared to the phenomenon that was was wing, try as they might.
>>14227289
Who the fuck was watching anime on sci-fi anyway?
I don't even remember whatever else they aired at the time.
>>14227293
The show alone wasn't what kickstarted the phenomenon.
In any case, putting it on Adult Swim won't do much good for anyone.
The only thing I can hope is that it does well enough to convince Turner to obtain the license to + air GBF. NOT on adult swim though.
>>14227289
>HOLY SHIT IT'S THE LEGENDARY JAPANESE SPACE WAR FRANCHISE ENTERING THE HD ERA GET YOUR ROBONERS READY
Which is what Toonami would have done exactly if it wasn't neutered to hell at the time and had 00.
>>14227306
>I don't even remember whatever else they aired at the time.
off the top of my head I think they had TTGL, ROD, that amazingly shitty Voltron motion comic and Monster
>>14227311
I just want El Rey to get some robot thing so they can do their great promos for it.
>>14227441
> El Rey
Brutha
>>14225016
sick burn
>>14227441
Didn't they have Noein or am I thinking of some other station?
>>14227523
No clue, sorry
>enough to convince Turner to obtain the license to + air GBF. NOT on adult swim though.
Not happening. The entire reason ibo was blocked on YouTube for the u.s. was to negotiate with tv networks for airing. That is why you had to watch through Daisuki or hulu or crunchyroll. This is why age was not included for u.s
Viewing when their YouTube channel gundam.info first openned This is why g reco was unavailable initially.
Build fighters and try are not region blocked in the u.s on YouTube so they will never be able to show it on tv.
>>14224952
Even /r/gundam generally dislikes it. /r/anime is mixed.
>>14227441
>>14227523
It was Syfy. Noein was one of the few shows they actually advertised. They had Tokko, too. I remember because I couldn't get that blasted intro out of my head.
They ran a lot of Manga Entertainment stuff, actually - Negadon: The Monsters from Mars, Dead Leaves, M.D. Geist, all that stuff. They were probably the only publisher who were willing to fuck wiith Syfy at the time.
As the block went on, it turned into a general Japaneses sci-fi block. I saw Tetsuo: The Iron Man on it for the first time, which was kind of cool.
>>14227665
/r/ gundam generally has favorable views of IBO. It's really only /m/ that has a concentrated hatebase that think it's calamity of the century.
>>14224743
>Expecting anyone who isn't already invested to give a fuck about Build Fighters.
Come on.
>>14227732
I'd rather watch Build fighters or even JIGEN HOW ARE YOU! than IBO on network TV. It's just so much wasted potential I'm scared it would turn off possible new fans. There are more episodes were nothing happens than in turn A's first 25 episodes and at least Turn A did character development well.
Sure, getting IBO is a better decision, but Build Fighters would be more enjoyable for general audiences.
I wonder if this means they'll have the balls to run a dubbed Reconguista at some point in the future if IBO gets high enough ratings.
I just really want to see what that would look like, since G-Reco might be the single least normie-friendly Gundam ever, but it's got a lot of visual pull to it that might sell model kits stateside.
>>14227750
Nobody gives a fuck about you.
Build Fighters has no fucking appeal to people who don't already care about Gundam. I don't understand why it's so hard to get that idea that it was not at all intended to expand the fanbase through your head.
>>14227885
Get the fuck out of here retard. Build fighters is a tournament anime. It has plenty of appeal to casual anime watchers, and if you didn't have reading comprehension you'd have read that I already understand that getting IBO was the better decision, but no one's going to stick around with your shit animated, poorly paced show.
IBOfags are the worst.
>>14227890
You're assuming I give a fuck about IBO. I just care about you saying you'd rather have terrible business decisions made which would result in "Welp, they don't want any Gundam anymore."
See: SEED's handling in NA
>>14227893
>terrible business decisions
You've yet to explain this "Build fighters has no appeal" thing. You seem to think just because the kids use gunpla's it couldn't work or something? It's literally just a regular tournament anime with toys. Fucking CN could have picked it up and it would have done fine.
>>14227900
The entire series is nostalgia pandering and it was freely admitted and acknowledged in the promotional material for it. The difference between Build Fighters and other tournament anime like beyblade for instance would be 7 dollar tops vs far more expensive models well outside the budget of the sort of kids who'd be drawn into a tournament anime for the sake of tournament anime.
>>14227905
Most of that pandering could easily be curbed a bit in localization. And $15 to $20 isn't that big a deal for merchandising. Yugioh sets can cost that maybe more. And they even have shows like ninjago or whatever flavor of the month shit wit merchandise well over $7. But this is still if they bothered to improve gunpla production in the west.
And to further prove my point. Nickelodeon had the LBX (danball Senki) localized show on their network when you can barely even find those models in the US. Clearly these shows dont need to survive on merchandise to get picked up.
>>14227905
nostalgia pandering has fuck-all to do with it when seed and AGE which were intended to draw in new fans at the time still had a ton of UC nostalgia cliches and elements shoehorned in just because
your winning argument is that "I have decided children cannot afford $7+ mechandise"? in this day and age where my 5 year old cousins were given ipads as gifts?
>>14225164
Dude g-reco is abysmal, nobody would watch that shit on TV.
>>14227927
>in this day and age where my 5 year old cousins were given ipads as gifts?
To be fair for the argument, a single 1/144 kit for just one child is not supposed to engage you for a year or two, more if the kid doesn't throw the iPad across the room in a fit of rage after one bad game run.
>>14227937
Found the retard
>>14227925
Yugioh packs are like $4 and decks are like $10. A kid isn't buying a $60 box. That's for the hardcore players and they aren't even sold in stores.
>IBO
Eh, the only thing that could get me to turn Toonami back on is if they premiere the dub for Blue Jacket Lupin.
>>14224563
This. Also, FLCL became the biggest thing from them just running it over and over and over. It helps that it's actually an entertaining watch, too, but then, so is Thunderbolt.
They should cycle it with other Gundam movies. 30 minutes of each a week. The kiddies won't know or care.
>>14224648
I love whenever I get the chance to talk about that night. I'd fallen asleep at my desk doing homework or something, with the TV on CN, and when I woke up at about 1 I thought I was still asleep and dreaming because DBZ was on my TV for some reason.
It was amazing watching the Wing ending on an actual TV for the first time in a decade.
>>14227890
Considering anti-merchandise in kid's shows rules, wouldn't Build Fighters be impossible to air?
>>14228692
Would be interesting to see Toonami try and go this route after how much Lupin III series 2 got treated like yesterday's garbage during their Adult Swim years.
>>14227284
I still remember the infamous PR fuck-up that was their live-streamed Halloween party they night they were supposed to air the Big O finale.
I still can't shake the feeling having to apologize for their behavior on that one burned a LOT of bridges between the AS staff and their anime viewership.
>>14227586
I wonder if that would change if they blocked it now.
>>14227732
Build Fighters has a good cast and great fights.
The animation is better than most western cartoons too.
It's the recipe for success, even if you don't know about anything Gundam.
The fact that the protag is totally obsessed with Gundam would get viewers curious about the series beyond GBF.
>>14227905
My younger brother knew fuckall about Gundam and he looked forward to each new episode. We would get hyped up about upcoming fights and such. It was the highlight of our week.
>>14227311
I have an old saved /m/ thread full of toonami-style promos for various/m/ series. I'll have to dig it out when I get home.
Look at the silver lining, since it'll be on cartoon network that means the dub won't be bottom of the barrel, and will probably have Steve Blum. We can watch Kudelia be useless all over again
>>14227883
You know what? I hope so. A localization might clear up some of the weird dialogue. I know grektfags will complain, but I really wanted to enjoy it, and was really put off when I couldn't.
>>14228860
There's some legal marketing issues around GBF. Something about how you can't directly market your product in a show.
>>14229152
The show would require them to edit out all the Gunpla boxes so they didn't resemble their real world counterparts. If they don't do a good enough job and the FCC gets involved, the stations that aired the show will be fined. Build Fighters would require a lot of work as to not be labeled a program-length commercial, and I don't see many stations willing to give such a risky show a shot.
>>14229136
Grektfag here. I wouldn't mind a localized dub myself. Even altering the dialogue of scenes so that they would be easier to follow wouldn't be off limits to me. 1) Because if it's a problem I can always switch to subs, and 2) Because once you break through the wall and start understanding the show, it's a very fun ride that I wish more people could enjoy.
>>14228790
What the fuck was BeyBlade then?
>>14229716
a laughable plot about evil secret organizations raising children to play beyblades
I don't ever recall seeing a box in the show
>>14229725
Well, they don't really retail gunpla over here, do they? Only in hobby shops in, like, NYC.
Also, they altered the YuGiOh cards to more closely resemble the US releases so...
There's a ton of places that sell. Online places if theyare physically located in u.s. like amazon count too.
>>14229136
I honestly think one of the problems with G Reco is that it does't have a dub. A The dialogue in the show moves very fast, Actually hearing the characters say instead of having to slowly read the dialogue could remedy this. I'm not trying to be against subs here, but that is an advantage that experiencing the dialogue in your own language can have. Also, the subs were full of spelling and grammatical errors anyway, so I'm sure they were awful all around. An English dub can only improve the show for English speaking viewers.
Well I can finally get my mom to watch a Gundam series.
>>14230391
I know you're joking, but I'm just imagining some middle aged weeb mom watching Toonami with her kid. And that makes me smile.I'm gonna be that mom someday
>>14230406
I'll help you make that kid anon.
>>14230406
I'm actually not joking. My is a 52 year old black woman who enjoys watching shows on Toonami.
>>14224491
IBO may actually be one of the the few anime I decide to watch dubbed, besides Space Dandy and Eva. It may make me like IBO, especially if season 2 turns out to be not shit.
