Animaniacs Reboot

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

You know, blood stuff in general seems to be toned down compared to years ago. Detective Conan comes to mind. They toned down on the blood thing a lot from those earlier years (1994 for the manga/1996 for the anime). I think it is because of the censorship and more restrictions. I couldn't picture that first case in the series playing out all that well now in a modern setting. It would be censored more. That first case dealt with a guy being decapitated on a roller coaster. It was pretty much a geyser of blood in the manga, but for the anime, it was toned down a bit, but the implication was still there. The manga is also less bloody now with certain murder cases.My friend Aki told me that. I'd forgotten this. He has a year on me. He said he didn't watch Dragon Ball or Z much (he read it, though as a kid back then) and mentioned that Z came on in the evenings. I know while I was living there, Dragon Ball Kai aired on Sunday mornings. I just made the assumption that the series in general had a morning timeslot. Reruns of Z (while living there) could air at almost any time during the weekdays.Wow, that sounds extreme even for Dragon Ball.

Yeah, it was kinda weird. I mean Roshi's antics are either, asking said woman for a pervy favor only to get clobbered, sneaking in a pat on the butt or a boob grab when a woman is distracted only to get clobbered, or just sitting around either reading porn mags or watching women workout on TV. He never flat out chased out women trying to grope them as they screamed for help. It's like Super was anxious to make a 'Roshi perv' episode or scene but forgot how Roshi's shtick works. He always much more subtle about it. I mean, don't get me wrong, both examples are bad, but there's a difference between sneaking into a girls locker room to catch an eyeful, to outright chasing women, trying to grope them and having them scream for help and junk, making you look like you want to do more than just grab a boob. Both are messed up but one is obviously way worse than the other.


Good point on Dragonball Kai (only the American version added Z, cause again, they think kids are stupid). I forgot it was also aired on Saturday mornings in Japan and they started the trend of censoring/altering the bloodier scenes of Dragonball Z.

I'm only assuming it's greed. DBZ made bank and airing in primetime and daring to show the violence and blood didn't stop it. Whatever age range it was for in Japan, it worked. I only think they decided to market more for kids and tone it down because they think they can make even more money out of it the more people they are able to market it for.

[ranger_scout]

It makes me sad that we probably won't get a beautiful moment like this on the show again.

[Jester]

Little Drummer Warners is a must-watch for me every Christmas.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

It makes me sad that we probably won't get a beautiful moment like this on the show again.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/afR2R8URG4w/hqdefault.jpg

Why not? Its just Christianity - you can laugh about it all you want.
Now if they make a joke about Islam...

[cammy85]

Originally Posted by Jester

Little Drummer Warners is a must-watch for me every Christmas.

Agreed!! I hated when Animaniacs would do dramatic pieces as a kid, but it works a lot better now. Even "The Flame" grew on me. I don't imagine the reboot will do anything like that.

[Autbot_Benz]

Twitter uploaded the First episode. It was really funny. they take on Reboots tablets and techonology

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlPVLANqxL

its good after Midnight I believe.

Also they added this to the theme song might ruffle some feathers
"gender balanced, pronoun neutral, and ethnically diverse."

[Coola Yagami]

Pretty good so far, it's just too bad it's literally JUST the Warners, Pinky and the Brain.

I read some article complaining about the 90-isms but like the Warners themselves said 'it's a reboot of a 90's show', so there ya go.

EDIT- Um.... I guess they do acknowledge the missing characters.... but still not the same.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Twitter uploaded the First episode. It was really funny. they take on Reboots tablets and techonology

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlPVLANqxL

its good after Midnight I believe.

Also they added this to the theme song might ruffle some feathers
"gender balanced, pronoun neutral, and ethnically diverse."

They were at least upfront in that they were two years behind the curb (the show being animated in 201 and had to wing it the rest of the song, which was fun. I like cartoons that are intellectually honest with their audience, as it means kids aren't being lied to either.

NOT THE HYMALEAS

[Jester]

I know they've all aged, but boy does almost every original character sound a bit...off.

And why when they we're mentioning returning cast members did they never mention Frank Welker? I mean he's flipping Frank Welker.

[ZariusTwo]

Episode Five really could have been added to the run time of the first episode, especially since it explains what happened to everyone.

[TurtleTitan97]

Show is fine, but I really hope next season they reconsider their stance and bring back some of the previous characters.

[Coola Yagami]

Anyone feel Brain is a little more 'evil' and sadistic in this version? Yeah sure, he wants to take over the world with all sorts of zany plots but in these episodes he likes to talk a lot about chaos and destruction and they keep panning to him with that 'all colors go dark and sinister' effect. And idk, just the way he treated the female mouse and such. IDK, kinda sorta of a more darker edgier Brain I guess?

I guess I got to used to when they had their own show and they went deeper into it, it seemed Brain wanted to rule the world just cause he felt more fit to rule than the ones currently in charge, but like not to actually hurt people and wreak havoc.

[Jester]

Thoughts on the Non-Warner and Pinky and the Brain shorts?

I'm not a fan. The new stuff is probably the weakest parts of the reboot.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Jester

Thoughts on the Non-Warner and Pinky and the Brain shorts?

I'm not a fan. The new stuff is probably the weakest parts of the reboot.

Ehhhhh, yeah. I mean I guess for whatever reason they really REALLLLLY couldn't bring everyone else back and they had to resort to these?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Ehhhhh, yeah. I mean I guess for whatever reason they really REALLLLLY couldn't bring everyone else back and they had to resort to these?

And that's it, I can't think of many characters they couldn't...I guess it comes down to getting the actors back. I mean Flavio and Marita are Frank and Tress who are back. Maybe it's to fat-shamey.

[Autbot_Benz]

I wish they would bring back Slappy and Skippy but Skippy's voice actor Nate Rugger is really anti reboot animaniacs only because they didn't ask his dad Tom Rugger to come back and work on the show.

I also want the goodfeathers too

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Jester

Thoughts on the Non-Warner and Pinky and the Brain shorts?

I'm not a fan. The new stuff is probably the weakest parts of the reboot.

Agreed. Nowhere near as memorable as the original show.

[Coola Yagami]

After seeing all 13 episodes, I have to say I love the reboot though I guess after a while the constant reminder that it's a reboot kinda gets old. Like we know, just go on with the show. It's hard to complain about politics cause the old show had those gags too, but it felt like almost many episode's third acts was some sort of mock political debate or something. Also, not that there's anything wrong with it, but there's a lot of Dot 'girl power/women's rights' kinda songs tossed in here. It's been forever, and I would not be surprised if she had a few in the old series, but with only 13 episodes it can feel kinda too much.

IDC about the manspreader thing but the short about it was funny as hell. I know people complain about it on buses and whatnot, but I HAVE seen people do that in theaters as well as people that sit between friends and don't want to move, so it was hilarious. IMO I always liked the episodes more where the Warners are inconvenienced more than the ones where they pick on some random person for the hell of it.

Also the Bun Control ep was hilarious as well, and the anime scene was right on the money right out of Kill La Kill. Like anime parodies come and go but I find them funnier when they're as accurate as a parody can be and not just what the producers think anime is. This one was perfect.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Also the Bun Control ep was hilarious as well, and the anime scene was right on the money right out of Kill La Kill. Like anime parodies come and go but I find them funnier when they're as accurate as a parody can be and not just what the producers think anime is. This one was perfect.

yes Bun Control is my favorite Episode so far. I also like the one with Chicken Boo going Dark. Also the one with Austrian Olympics guy he was making me laugh too Neid Niedhart I think is name was

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

yes Bun Control is my favorite Episode so far. I also like the one with Chicken Boo going Dark. Also the one with Austrian Olympics guy he was making me laugh too Neid Niedhart I think is name was

He takes me back, lmao. It's been a while since I've seen a character play the muscle-bound Arnold stereotype.