Recent content by Tohya

Fair enough. I can see how the “pull a hammy” line came across as a bit of a spicy comment, so that’s on me. That said, I’m a little confused by the “last two posts” part. The Obsession post in particular was intended as a straightforward disagreement with the analysis, not a shot at anyone...

I dont know if I had told you 5 years ago that a remake of Masters of the Universe would struggle to become a major theatrical event that youre first thought would be "wow, I guess audiences have finally moved on from the 80's". I imagine your first thought would be, "well duh, its He-Man'. But...

Mmmm, yeah, I don’t know if I agree with that take. A movie doesn’t match a 40-year-old record held by E.T. because of a little overflow from sold-out screenings. Going up 14% in week 3 while competing for the same audience is the kind of thing you see when a movie becomes an event. It was...

Given the state of Japan and honestly, the world, I don't believe for a second it would be hard to recapture the social conditions that led to those types of shows (look at Takopi's Original Sin as a modern example). Its funny, because you could write a dissertation (would make a great...

Yeah but my point isn’t that modern shows look like Ghost in the Shell or Witch Hunter Robin. They don’t. My point is that the procedural structure itself never went away, it just evolved. Stuff like Apothecary Diaries, Odd Taxi, Moriarty the Patriot, etc. still use that same case-based...

The article is interesting, but I kind of feel like its doing a bit of genre inflation here. It's taking things that were either settings, vibes, short-lived fads, or Adult Swim/DVD-era gateway moments and treating them like full genres that “declined.” I think the strongest point here is...

Yes, but to be fair my point was that Cardcaptors did get death slotted once it was obvious that its roots were a mismatch for the core demo. OP mentioned a hypothetical about what Hamtaro's US run would have looked like had it aired on KidsWB or FoxBox. And my point was that it would of...

Sabotage is a hot take when you really look at what was actually happening to Toonami in 2001–2002 lol. Anyways, from what I remember, its lack of success had more to do with failed Merchandising then anything else. I mean, it was actually doing way better numbers when it was kicked off...

I swear its almost always super random when I see a famous K-pop group do an anime's OP but its always welcome. I-dle absolutely ate with this OP, so much so that I'm actually going start watching the anime (very Dress up Darling coded). Also, like, kinda crazy that I-dle one day just decided to...

You know what show I’m lowkey actually excited to see randomly come back in the big ‘26? Ace of Diamond. It’s crazy to think the first episode aired back when this place was still called ToonZone, and people were asking about region compatibility for Blu-rays because all the good releases were...

Yeah buutttttttt Sentenced and Death Games are both brand-new premieres though? Like maybe youre talking about the originality aspect of it being fun but that kinda cuts both ways too. Structurally speaking, the death game anime is actually a much more established genre lane than forced hero...

Playing Death Games as your vote for anime of the season? Now thats a spicy hot take. Although, if we're reducing Sentenced to "medieval Suicide Squad", then Death Games is basically "Squid Games with anime girls" lmaoooooo. We can cut it both ways. I can maybe see Playing Death Games more as...

Yeahhhh but Peacocks whole vibe is "random content buffet" and they operate like a curated department store. Sure, it has NBC and Universal but Peacock absolutely relies on outside licensing to get people in the door. Love Island, WWE and Yellowstone are all rented content and coincidently their...

I’m genuinely trying to understand what the core argument is here. Is the claim that every streaming service has to “crack the anime market” to be taken seriously? Because that’s like asking why Texas Roadhouse hasn’t started serving sushi. They could. They have kitchens. They have customers...

So I figured I’d chime in with something I’m currently watching (alongside the usual slate like JJK and Sentenced to a Hero), which is The Jack of All Trades, Party of None. Full disclosure; I’m absolutely a sucker for the very played-out “banished from the hero’s party” setup, so I tend to give...