Special Episode: Naruto Rebuttal

The common Naruto Fan Reaction to the Naruto Episode

The common Naruto Fan Reaction to the Naruto Episode

Because you asked for, and boy did you ask for it, Neil and I, along with Pablo Praino(interrupted from eating Tacos just to do this, TACOS!) come back once again to talk Naruto. But first, we explain our method of operation. We don’t need to watch every single episode of a show to say it’s bad or doesn’t grab you. I usually give a show about 8 episodes. I think that’s more than fair. But just to be even more fair, I read the whole manga. Pablo did more research too.

Topics Covered
Why Our Method Works
Not retracting a damn thing
Ok, it’s not 30 episodes of screaming
The endgame villain is still lame
Ninja Jesus!

Live Recording Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we will attempt a live recording using ustream. Let’s see if it actually works! If this works, we will start doing live recordings, where you all can comment in a live chat-room! What’s the benefit? Well… Me and Neil have a bit of a buffer going on. The episodes we are recording today are episodes that may not go up for a month! Stay tuned! If we get the live stream going, we’re going to give a link tomorrow at noon!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/animation-aficionados Here’s the link, tomorrow at noon!

Episode 75: Spider-Man: The Truth


John Semper- Hero or Menace?

John Semper- Hero or Menace?


In atonement for not researching the 1994 Fox Spider-Man cartoon thoroughly, we bring you Spider-man: The Truth. This special episode, we explore the foundation of lies on which this cartoon rests. We also explore the one man who is the biggest source of information about this show and… why you probably shouldn’t listen to him.

Topics Covered
It’s NOT Spider-Man:TAS. Stop Lying
Mostly TMS? HAH!
John Semper cries cancer curing tears
The reason why Bob Richardson still gets work
And what do you get when you drain Elvira of hotness AND Humor? CREEPORIA!

Now you saw it.  You cannot un-see it.

Now you saw it. You cannot un-see it.


References
The Wikia article in all it’s… glory
Semper… master of the bus throw
John Semper’s current project

Anime changed a lot in a decade

God Bless the manga artist Adachi, who has such a cute artstyle, and his absolute love for sports, especially baseball. Because he has had multiple of his mangas made into animes, you can actually see how, with the same base character designs, anime changed over the years.

Same thing being animated, different techniques… this is as controlled an experiment as you can get.

I personally think H2, the earlier series, looks better animated, however both aren’t BAD by any means.

Episode 64: Batman Year One


Exiled: A Jim Gordon Story

Exiled: A Jim Gordon Story


Tonight on Animation Aficionados, we cover Batman: Year One. This is an animated movie based off the groundbreaking graphic novel and post-crisis reboot of Batman after Crisis. I appreciate what the movie intended to do, however in the end, I think the movie overall fell short.

Topics Covered:
The Art missing the rawness
Being too literal in an adaptation
Classic Noir storytelling
You either Die a hero…. or live long enough to have adaptation decay
The Catwoman Short is Better

We have some bonus material from Space Captain Steve as well!
Bonus Topics:
Toon Link is not bad
Ahnuld’s commentaries are GOLD!