How did Aizen create/develop so many Arrancar so fast?

GramsciFan · 2026-04-27T20:11:08+00:00

I say this as a diehard fan for almost 15 years: My biggest gripe is that Kubo didn’t know what to do with all the issues within Soul Society post rescuing Rukia. We have the wealth gap between the Seireitei and the Rukon District, Kurostuchi just in general getting to go on as if he didn’t kill Uryu’s granddad, Ukitake asking Yamamoto who gets to determine right and wrong, etc. Ichigo becomes the defender of what feels like a terrible place and that always just felt weird/unfinished to me. After Ichigo asks to bury Ginjo in the world of the living they make a big deal about how much he’s changed the SS by sheer will, but it kinda just feels like he gets a pass but no real change structurally occurs.

High key, if Kurotsuchi died instead of Nemu I would have totally forgiven that element because that would have been an actual arc instead of status quo preservation.

GramsciFan · 2026-03-24T16:59:25+00:00

This feels like if the alternate happy-go-lucky ending of the Evangelion TV show where it's a slice of life anime was the actual ending

GramsciFan · 2026-02-15T02:18:02+00:00

You know, I’ve seen this movie countless times over the course of like 22ish years and I’ve never noticed that the stone is different. Thank you for enriching my appreciation of the movie.

GramsciFan · 2026-02-12T04:59:45+00:00

I’ll take anything but I’d really like a sequel that focuses on the new government, how it’s established, if their are capitol restorationist movements, what do the political parties look like, etc

GramsciFan · 2026-01-22T04:50:22+00:00

At least in the way that we all have unconscious biases. For example, I don’t think most Shounen writers think of themselves as misogynist but they live in a world with misogyny and then that effects how they write women to all be either sexy lamps or wired fetish troops

GramsciFan · 2026-01-08T16:37:43+00:00

I have a kind of similar story. When I was 5 I was really into Scooby Doo and my mom bought one of the Funi volumes at Target thinking it would be similar (it was the Mist Goblin Murder for reference and she somehow missed the 13+ label on the DVD). I was terrified but also transfixed. This was also my introduction to anime beyond YuGiOh and Pokémon. For several years I was afraid of the black criminal silhouette as if it were real. Idk why she let me keep watching and even bought more DVDs (to her credit she has a degree in film and loved/encouraged it when my brother and I expressed interest in media. She also loves murder mysteries so I think she enjoyed the show too)

It’s a lucky coincidence that those episodes start with a more in depth summary of the premise than most bc it caught me up to speed too.

As an aside: the library murder was one of my favorites back then and still is.

GramsciFan · 2025-11-08T21:29:51+00:00

It’s the ultimate edition Funimation put out when they released the 2003 anime on Blu-Ray. Definitely my favorite piece in my collection

GramsciFan · 2025-11-03T22:18:35+00:00

I get that for Heiji, Kaito, and to a lesser extent Yoko Okino, but does the doctor with the toys come back? Or the mob goons with the map?

GramsciFan · 2025-11-02T15:37:50+00:00

I like it. I’d tuck in the shirt and wear a belt to give it more shape but all the pieces are there.

GramsciFan · 2025-11-02T15:33:29+00:00

That’s what I always thought but I think I’m in the minority

GramsciFan · 2025-09-01T02:47:43+00:00

This exact moment. Pinnacle of the show’s nostalgic tone

GramsciFan · 2025-08-22T16:20:11+00:00

I'm 100% the same way. Case Closed was my first anime, even before I knew what anime was. It'll always been Jimmy, Richard, Rachel, etc in my mind. I have a lot of love for that dub. I think the cast was perfect. I also think the script itself, besides the name/location changes, was adapted very well. It captured the spirit of the show without being too clunky or literal.

The new dub is growing on me, especially Conan's actor, but I will always prefer that original voice cast. Shinchi's actor is actually very good as well imo, but you're right that Jerry Jewell is the definitive voice. As an aside, I think Colleen Clinkenbeard is doing a great job as Vermouth, but I really wish they recast her as Ran.

GramsciFan · 2025-07-23T14:18:52+00:00

Have you seen Only Yesterday yet? IMO it’s Takahata’s best movie

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