Kikis is great from a voice acting perspective but kind of bad from a script perspective (Jiji talking again at the end goes against the point of the original Japanese track, though I hear that one of the rereleases cut out those lines?).

Being obsessed with anime in general isn't embarrassing.

I think it works because the biggest conflicts (their mom in the hospital possibly dying, the implications of the historical time period) are always there in the background but never in the foreground. It acknowledges the tough parts of life to make it realistic and then says "Yeah, but we're gonna focus on all the…

And I also forgot potential Lemongrab self-cest, if that counts.

They didn't drop the episode, if I recall correctly, they just pulled a Youtube making-of video that called out the subtext.

So Peppermint Butler is now the show's first canon gay character, right? Not counting B-MO's genderless pansexuality, anyway.

@avclub-d89b833158f0d9a73fd33bb243fe5786:disqus Most of tumblr's harmless, but the worst of tumblr is some of the worst of the internet, like 4Chan level bad though maybe even worse because 4Chan at least admits they're awful whereas tumblr's worst presents itself with some sort of political self-righteousness. I…

Are we going to see a review of The Congress here? It's getting wildly mixed notices but Waltz With Bashir was astonishing and the trailer looks batshit crazy in the best way.

Preacher was in development for HBO but got rejected for being "too dark." Make of that what you will.

Why didn't they? I mean, other than Life of Times of Tim and animated Ricky Gervais podcasts. I know there were rumors of more Spawn (another show not on HBOGo) being made, but that never happened. Why didn't they ever get any Vertigo adaptations via their Time-Warner connections?

I don't think BBC would want to end the show, but I could see Moffat trying to lock Smith into the role for years and years on end, which as great as Smith is would still be frustrating.

The rumor is that John Hurt's existence is going to make Matt Smith the last Doctor so they can end the series with him. In which case, Moffat's gone power-mad and all the hyperbolic hate for him over the past three years will be completely justified. Praying that's not the case and they're kind enough to have some…

It gets really good midway through season 1. Dalek is an awesome episode, then there's the one with Rose's father which has its ridiculous moments but is still very emotionally effective, then The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances which introduces Captain Jack and Stephen Moffat's writing at its best and then you're bound…

Adult Swim's done some awesome literal bait-and-switches for April Fools Day, namely airing Perfect Hair Forever after advertising Squidbillies for months, throwing the Mr. T cartoon onto the schedule at random, and, best of all, when they started off doing The Room for the third year in a row only to zoom out to the…

On a similar note, Drive.

Also, Dust can easily be interpreted as God. So the books are more anti-organized religion, or maybe Gnostic, than atheist.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus It's worth reading.

When is that being released stateside? I remember seeing something last year about plans for an international release but haven't heard anything since.

@avclub-8c1bbcea199457b63dc39f7a024591f1:disqus Will it take them off our hands or will it turn them into bitter even more annoying fans a la Star Wars fans?

@avclub-4c37107b9dedb73b90f677930bf7728b:disqus Ah. That makes sense. As I said, I hope the video was made with the best intentions, but yeah, the presentation was ridiculous (also the organization it was for, Autism Speaks, has a pretty shoddy record, making a lot of money but using very little to help autistic…