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[Seda]

I remember really liking Xiaolin Showdown as a kid. The concept alone is so dope.

I've only seen a few clips here and there of most of the shows being mentioned. For Xiaolin Showdown, I remember a scene that was something like:

Kid w/ cowboy hat: "Your plan is half-baked."

Yellow kid, earnestly: "It's not-at-all baked!"

I dunno why that stuck with me.

 

[Grexeno]

I used to LOVE Xiaolin Showdown

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

Nickelodean Animation Studios list of productions may have the hardest dropoff I've ever seen. The og Avatar really was the last hurrah.

TMNT has been mostly good in it's wake and Loud House is pretty good.

Disney has been ok with it's Cartoon output as of late. Really wish the Gravity Falls train could've kept rolling. I got into the show right around the time it was ending lol

 

[YoodiHoshi]

Team Galaxy

OOHHH. Is this why "Team Galaxy" from Pokémon is "Team Galactic" in America?

 

[cntr]

OOHHH. Is this why "Team Galaxy" from Pokémon is "Team Galactic" in America?

Probably not.

"Team Galactic" just flows better as a name than "Team Galaxy" does in English.

 

[Hellwarden]

I remember liking Xiaolin Showdown, but I heard its continuation Xiaolin Chronicles was kind of terrible, and replaced a lot of the voice talent.

 

[cntr]

Yeah, same.

A shame, since iirc, Xiaolin Showdown had an abrupt ending from being canned.

The opening was pretty good.

 

[Grexeno]

Yeah, same.

A shame, since iirc, Xiaolin Showdown had an abrupt ending from being canned.

I did love the ending a bit because instead of the main character becoming the Chosen One, it's the team member who once straight up went evil.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

I remember liking Xiaolin Showdown, but I heard its continuation Xiaolin Chronicles was kind of terrible, and replaced a lot of the voice talent.

Yeah the sequel was a Canadian production and Canada has some weird law where you have to be Canadian to be able to voice act in their productions. So the only people who got to reprise were Tara Strong and Jennfier Hale.

 

[cntr]

I did love the ending a bit because instead of the main character becoming the Chosen One, it's the team member who once straight up went evil.

Yup!

Really wanted to see where that went, it felt more like a series turning-point than an actual ending.

Yeah the sequel was a Canadian production and Canada has some weird law where you have to be Canadian to be able to voice act in their productions. So the only people who got to reprise were Tara Strong and Jennfier Hale.

Canada does have some complicated laws regarding that, but iirc, the specific issue with Chronicles was that the show was produced entirely in Canada, and Canada's labor laws are a lot stricter (and thus more expensive) than the US's, and they'd have to get visas.

So it was a budget issue. And given, uh, that it was a CGI show...

 

[YoodiHoshi]

Shaolin Soccer reference?

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

I wake up in a cold sweat once in a blue moon after having a dream where Kappa Mikey was still being produced and airing. It gives me the same after waking up chill that my semi-annual dream of forgetting to hand in a project and in turn I'm unable to graduate college. Fuck those dreams.

 

[Man God]

Wakfu is bad though and Thundercats reboot is mind poison.

 

[Hellwarden]

Have CG shows more or less died out over here?

Star Wars Rebels is wrapping up next season.

 

[Man God]

Speed Round Avatar.

Back to the old rules. I'll take the first one that won't get me banned and is properly formatted.

BONUS: If I like it I'll do something tonight I've been meaning to do for months.

 

[Mizerman]

I remember really liking Xiaolin Showdown as a kid. The concept alone is so dope.

It was good.

 

[cntr]

oh yeah wait a sec

 

[Tenumi]

I'd be okay with something like Dofus or Wakfu, tbh.

Spoiler

it's not happening though

Note that it takes about 13 episodes to get to the really good parts, and the English dub is rough as hell.

Yeah, the English dub is... watchable. Not great but not terribad either. Then again, I tend to like all english dubs pretty much, so...

...Also I still need to watch season 2. Watched all of season 1 and stopped for some reason.

 

[Moaradin]

I've only seen a few episodes of Wakfu, but the dub was pretty damn bad.

 

[cntr]

here, Man God.

 

[Seda]

Wakfu is Franime right? Also crowdsourced or something?

 

[cntr]

Yeah, it is.

And nah, only the dub was crowdfunded. Which, uh, should explain a lot.

 

[Seda]

Yeah, it is.

And nah, only the dub was crowdfunded. Which, uh, should explain a lot.

mm yeah

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

here, Man God.

I was giving someone until 9:20 EST to post something or else it was going to be Kurapika looking pretty, Man God should thank you.

 

[cntr]

pff

 

[Man God]

It's not great in French either to be honest. The dub is pretty bad by my standards, and I'm a forgiving person, but the art style and especially the story are what sinks the show.

 

[YoodiHoshi]

Xiaolin Showdown almost became my favorite western cartoon back in the day, I think, even though I hadn't caught up on all of it

 

[cntr]

which pretty Kurapika were you going to go for btw

The real key to my heart though is Chrono Cross characters.

noted

 

[Man God]

I can be Hisoka for a third of a month. This pleases me. Pretty Crap Puka would have been fine as well, better than angsty C.P. The real key to my heart though is Chrono Cross characters.

 

[HStallion]

 

[Slamtastic]

Yeah, it is.

And nah, only the dub was crowdfunded. Which, uh, should explain a lot.

I remember they announced the crowdfunding for the dub with a video in which the characters pitched the crowdfunding, and they had Casandra Morris (Leafa) and Ben Diskin (Joseph) as the characters, but then after succeeding they cast those characters differently, and didn't use anyone from the LA anime pool that I was familiar with, instead going with a bunch of English speaking actors who were living in France. That disappointed me a bit. If I had supported it based on their Kickstarter trailer, I'd have been upset at the direction they went with.

I haven't got around to watching it though, but hearing it turned out bad makes me think they should have just gone with the actors from the trailer and others from the same talent pool.

 

[Morlas]

I can be Hisoka for a third of a month. This pleases me. Pretty Crap Puka would have been fine as well, better than angsty C.P. The real key to my heart though is Chrono Cross characters.

If I was at my computer I would've turned you into onion

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

 

[Chase17]

Dropped Wakfu after the sports arc. Which I think/hope was supposed to be before it got good.

 

[Hellwarden]

We all agree The Boondocks ended after three seasons tho right?

BTW, this gif of Justice League is killing me.

It must suck being the only person on the team who can't fly. (Flash can probably run so fast he's basically flying right?)

 

[Morlas]

I thought boondocks was all hueys fever dream

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I think it should be clarified that all these anime Boondocks gifs are from season 3 exclusively.

 

[Hellwarden]

Also my workplace blocked Gaf today.

I might have to work at work guys.

Life surely has never been more unbearable than it is now.

 

[Shard]

noted.

It was made by the Wakfu guys, right?

Yes, yes it was. ahead of its time even.

 

[ckohler]

Yeah, it is.

And nah, only the dub was crowdfunded. Which, uh, should explain a lot.

I was a Kickstarter on the Wakfu dub/blu-ray. I've only ever got around to watching about five episodes of it dubbed.

The voice actors they chose are alright except for Ruel. He's absolutely terrible and sounds like a really bad 4Kids character. However, the real problem with the dub is that French has a really fast cadence but instead of ignoring it and making the characters speak naturally, they have the English actors speak at the same speed to match the lip movements so it ends up sounding like an old Speed Racer episode where the characters are talking at 100 miles per hour.

Still, it was worth it for the blu-ray discs. I can still watch the episodes in French with subtitles.

 

[cntr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkNY-XBdOc&t=38s

justice league was a good show

 

[Grexeno]

The entire DCAU was good

 

[Mizerman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkNY-XBdOc&t=38s

justice league was a good show

Indeed.

 

[Hellwarden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkNY-XBdOc&t=38s

justice league was a good show

...What does Batman's trash look like?

 

[Grexeno]

...What does Batman's trash look like?

Batman de-atomizes all waste products

 

[caliph95]

...What does Batman's trash look like?

Lots of caffeine and energy drinks

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Xialoin Showdown was legit good. Definitely higher than okay tier.

Not touching the sequel series with a ten foot pole.

 

[B-Dubs]

...What does Batman's trash look like?

He burns it all, atomizes the ashes, then leaves fake trash where his trash would normally be.

As if he'd ever leave clues behind.

 

[Grexeno]

I no joke expected to be the only person to like Xiaolin Showdown here

 

[cntr]

It's basically a dueling battle shounen with magical artifacts that work in really particular ways that you need to be clever about, with good characters

what's not to like

(word up to jack spicer)