The timing of this upload is perfect. I'm dealing with some really emotional stuff about my health and I am so grateful for your podcast to pull me out of my negative thought spiral. ❤
You got this ! Take it from someone whose body has constantly tried to kill me, if a person like me can endure beyond dr expectations , then I'm certain you can too! Be strong and try to a little better everyday. Whether it's mentally or physically. Stay strong like I know you are.
You & me both, I do hope all things in life get better for you. Us as a community need one another, & without these two funny & kickass dudes, we wouldn't have the community we truly have!!! Just live day by day, baby-steps, my friend, baby-steps.😁👍
Wild take: Fairy tail is less horny than many other shows, like let's say Vanitas no Carte. Do the characters get sexy clothes, lose clothes, etc. in FT? Sure, but most of it is played for comedy. There is literally a running joke about Lucy's sex appeal not working. While VnC has vampires and their "victims" enjoying all the sucking. And don't get me started on the sexual tension between almost every character. So FT definitely has more boobs and nudity, but is actually not as horny as people think. And yes Lucy is a great character: kind, smart, always getting stronger, good backstory and personality, and with consistent character arcs. P.S.: I'm totally not mentioning VnC, because I'm waiting for Danny's next reaction.
This podcast is so funny, between Danny's wild takes and Nick's utterly random references like thinking that anyone's going to hear "they're the generals" and automatically think Harlem Globetrotters and not, y'know, the military rank that comes up about two hundred million times more often.
Omg and to add, nicks continously sexually queer innuendos, despite the fact he knows he's in a heteronormative space that NO one around him can really pick up on, are HILARIOUS ❗️❗️😂
53:35 "Death Note is pretty sexless" My brain: *immediately flashes to the episode where Misa is tied up and gagged in a jail cell and stared at by L for hours
Honestly? Lucy is probably the best written character in Fairy Tail, and is one of the best written female character in Shonen anime. Fairy Tail genuinely has some of the best female characters in Shonen (I say this as a woman). They have plenty of arcs dedicated to them, take down major villains without being strictly put in the "girl vs girl" fights, and while there is fanservice it mainly revolves around these women knowing they are hot and owning it (plus there is plenty of male fanservice as well). Most importantly though, they are given genuine relationships/friendships with their male counterparts and are treated as equals. Personally, I think you can tell a lot about how a show (particularly Shonen) treats their female characters if you look into the shipping culture that follows the show. Fairy Tail is one of the few Shonen's where the F/M couples are undoubtedly the most popular pairings (like really one of the only well accepted M/M ship I can think of is probably Freed/Laxus, but that's mainly because its pretty much canon that Freed has a crush on him). This is because the women are actually given depth outside of the men and have genuine connections with their male counterparts that aren't forced. Unlike in many Shonen, where the only interesting relationship is between the two male leads and then people are surprised when everyone is shipping them instead of shipping the mc with the girl who was clearly just added to be the girl member of the squad. Like sure the show has it's flaws, but I feel like people seriously overlook how Fairy Tail actually treats its female cast outside of the fanservice. And people can attack it for the power of friendship all they want, but at least the show has genuine well written friendships between all of its cast regardless of the their gender. Sorry this ended up as a bit of a rant, anyways can't wait for FT to come back in a few months!
Totally agree; I watched the show when I was 14 and Lucy is genuinely still one of my favoirite characters in anime. I vividly remember the arc of Juvia and Gajeel becoming part of fairytail, and it was genuinely so well written. Even as a girl watching, the fanservice never bothered me. it was very lighthearted and done pretty equally between the males and females.
Hiro mashima has always been fantastic when writing for characters. It’s one of his strongest after routes as a writer, and he never slouches when writing for female characters. They’re all treated with the same amount of respect, and a lot of them stand out far more than the main male characters in the show.
Unironically, as horny as fairy tail can be sometimes, I actually think has the perfect balance of fan service in it. It’s not to much that it gets uncomfortable, not out of place that It lessen the impact of certain scenes, actually use for comedy in a good way, in BOTH directions for the males and females, and in line with their characters. I’m so happy fairly tail is coming back in July
47:17 Nick Danny is right with this one Lucy in a Cow Bikini Gray and his FEMALE MASTER stripping naked to learn ice magic when Gray was a CHILD Cana is a drunkard who can’t keep her top on and was almost assaulted by the Fang Guild or who ever they were And every episode 1 or multiple of the female characters are hit with an attack that leaves their clothing in shreds barely classified as clothing…
About Fairy Tail being horny, it's funny because both hosts are kinda right but also kinda wrong. Like Lucy 100% is just fetish stuff. Each of her summons with the exception of Aqua, and scorpio is a different kind of fetish character Horny Bull Masocistic maid etc etc But fairy tail also goes out of its way to let their women characters own it. Like Erza's got a sense of humor about it. definitely strikes a balance with the fan service.
I've been recently watching it and I've never been this mad about an anime group as the motherfucking butt jiggle gang and I'm still in disbelief of their existence
@@jaredtheastralartist2510 I meant no disrespect to Lucy she's a great character but she does have a lot of fan service elements. Her main weapon is a whip. Now that shouldn't distract from her empathy and other things
I liked that you picked FMA and Soul eater as your comparisons to how anime looked back in the late 2000s, as they are both from Square Enix Manga Publications
Nick started talking about the endless meetings in episode 2 of Slime made me flash to Danny's reactions to Heaven Official's Blessing and the endless "curtain room" meetings complaint. Also, Danny has never met true fighters... a true fighter goes to places just to find fighters because they like to fight, no other reason.
While you are correct about the length of most of the manga you mentioned ( Chainsaw Man and MHA), Jujutsu Kaisen has been 19 pages for every chapter the past 3 years, except for the last chapter of the Zenin Clan Massacre. That chapter was only 11 pages because Gege's health was declining.
I was going to wait until after work to enjoy this episode with some calming crotchet time but that title made me come running to defend my guild mates
Can we talk about how Kaiju no.8 had one of the best first episodes in recent memory? Like how was it not enough? Set up a solid main character, showed great action, showed a fun unique premise, showed great animation, and ended with a great cliff hanger. Danny and his taste in anime some times are wild
Last thing ill say his comment about liking movement and flashing colors to Nick is wild since Danny is a huge Demon Slayer fan and is currently in favor of GO GO Loser Rangers which is the most flashy color anime of the season
From "horny" to JJK, the silence from Danny had me DYING of laughter!!! You two are the ONLY podcasters that I listen to, FOR A REASON, granted it's on Y.T., but still, IMHO, THAT SPEAKS IN MAJOR VOLUMES!!!
I don't get ragging on hulu. Like, it doesn't have enough anime, but it's got good stuff. The UI is fine...good, even...and compared to Crunchyroll it's phenomenal. Crunchyroll is....fucking horrible, from what I've experienced. It's so hard to believe so many people have bought into it, but they've cornered the market. Hulu grabbing exclusives is a lot healthier for the industry than Crunchyroll having exclusives, for sure.
While the video would for sure be demonetized unless you blurred 80% of it, I would pay real money to see Nick and Danny react to the insanity that is Redo of Healer 🤣
the problem with "just get good set designers and cosplayers to make the props" is that they are *so* fucking expensive. Cosplayers can make these props look so good because there isn't a time frame and there isn't really a budget associated with it, if it takes you 3 years to make the iron man suit, it doesn't matter if its for a con, 3 years doesn't cut it for a commissioned show though.
Final comment but Light Yagami and Mamoru Miyano have one of the best voice acting performances multiple times in the show so yeah I get Danny is a dub guy and dub Light is sick but omg Japanese Light is perfection
You guys need to give Shangri-la Frontier (bird mask let me solo her) another go. It has the best boss fight in a video game anime. I also dropped it but then saw clips of the boss fight. The reason its a slow burn is that it makes you care about the video game mechanics and world.
34:07 It's definitely a case of lowering detail so that it looks better in motion ( which it does imo ) Also I personally love the muted colour pallete since this is a fairly gritty world in general. Also it reminds me of Ghost in the shell so that's always a plus for me
I listen to y’all on Spotify but had to leave a comment. I say leave the small arcs in OPM movie but make them small quick fastback references throughout the movie. Can be used as humor: someone mentions the giant hole in the middle of block z street and it pans to Saitama looking nerves asf *flashback* saitama jumping the mole people from last week** Saitama just like “yeah that’s weird”
Fun fact: Fallout 4 gained 60k players over the weekend that the Fallout show came out. In fact, most of the modern games recorded record high player bases on steam after the show came out.
1:57:31 The Ghoul does call him ‘Dogmeat’ once in episode 6(??) Which pissed me off because this entire time, being the last decade plus, I’ve been calling him Deadmeat thinking that was the accurate name. I mandela’d myself.
30:16 I heard “it’s like 3/4 destruction jazz” and then “non structured music” a few seconds later and totally thought what the actual fuck does Nick think music is. I’m so glad I misheard.
When I watched GO GO, I expected the first episode to be kinda like the reveal from Akame Ga Kill (SPOILER WARNING), where the innocent girl that helps the Mc turns out to be absolutely off the walls crazy. The show starting out like a traditional fantasy anime then abruptly switching to a darker tone for the rest of the show. I’m holding out hope that the switch up is going to happen in the first 5 episodes of Go Go, but either way it’s a cool watch
In the one punchman movies, I don't want them to skip the kings arc. Subterranean king, terrestrial king, sea king, and a little nod at the sky king before boros. I think they could stop at the sea king and leave boros for a sequel. They'd have plenty of time for set up and pay off and then a after credits scene teasing bang for the meteor and borros fight except instead of teasing borros they should show the sky king. So when the aliens show up in the sequel finale, it feels unplanned and shocking. In the first movie, they use the sub king and Dino king to make us underestimate the sea folk. Probably saitama vs. genos as a mid movie climax fight. Assuming it starts off with a narratorated montage that covers the first episode leading to mosquitoe girl as the early fight scene.
I love that he acknowledged Xenovia Quarta is DxD's best girl. Also Rosario Vampire anime is a Shojo slice of life while the manga is a action shonen, weird. ps: i would say interspecies reviewers is more of a seinen.
nah bro y’all been cookin these last few weeks since nick came back from china y’all have had at least 1 belly laugh inducing moments per episode which is insane
1:18:33 Nanami’s VA is incredible - Douma, Kishibe, Atomic Samurai, Overhaul, Ishiki Otsutsuki and Jigan…freakin KAIBA??? You guys should do a guys the character from the voice game 🫡
Loser ranger kinda reminds me of that one manga that got canceled cause the "good guy" group made up of people from Japan who got isakai'd into this fantasy world but all of them are parody versions on the most iconic isakai kain characters including the man himself Kirito, the main character is a villager who got his life ruined by the Subaru rip off and he goes on a journey led by this strange woman who teaches him how to kill the isakai guys
I know Nick didn’t watch Fairy Tail as long as Danny. In the last arc of the original run, Lucy keeps Natsu alive with the heat of her fully naked body.
I really don't know how I'd feel if a One Punch Man movie skipped a bunch of stuff because things like the forced evolutionary lab plot and everything with Deep Sea King and Mumen Rider does alot for the side characters and to build out the world. I'm not saying they need absolutely everything but trimming almost everything to speed run to Boros feels like it'd leave alot of the fun of the story and characters on the floor.
Doing research for the boys One Piece up to egghead is about 1060 chapters and about 1085ish episodes but 100 filler so about 990ish making it about 1 per episode JJK goes is up to chapter 136 and is 47 episodes and a movie so lets say 50 episodes so it is doing a little over 2.5 per episode Demon Slayer through SSV is about 127 chapters and is 55 episodes in so it is 2.3 per episode CSM is about 38 chapters in and 12 anime episodes so it is a bit over 3 per episode TYBW is about 129 chapters in and 26 episodes which is about 5 chapters per episode MHA is 328 chapters in and is 138 episodes through and is about 2.4 chapters per episode. Solo Leveling is 45 web toon chapters in and is 12 episodes making it just under 4 per. The thing is the Average New Gen anime isn't around 3 because it hovers around 3 with the fastest paced shows the average is probably closer to 2 or 2.5 if you take into consideration everything else I haven't listed. But also chapter size does matter because One Piece averages 18.5 pages per chapter which might not seem like anything because 3 pages isnt a ton but it is 1/5 of the other mangas averages meaning you would have to sub 1/5 from the others to compare it to One Piece so JJK would be 2 per, DS would be around 1.7 per and CSM would be 2.5 per. One Piece is horribly paced but it isn't sub 1 chapter per on average just a few arcs are averaging sub 1 which is still awful don't get me wrong. But also in comparison these fast pace anime aren't running at 3 per especially when averaged out with Chapter size comparisons. Also these fast paced anime either are really fight heavy or leave out some personal details. But this is kind of a thing to Nick which he won't see but the average isn't 3 and for the anime that average 3 or more are critcized for being too fast. One Piece is horrible in the pacing department but you make it sound way worse when exaggerating.
Also just figured out JJK chapters at least for the first season of the anime are about 19 pages per chapter so idk about that 15 chapter average Nick is on
