Bleach Sucks

Posted by MangaPunkSai on July 8, 2007

Oh here I go on another anime rant, I seem to be stuck in a vicious cycle. A while ago on deviantART someone was complaining about Adult Swim’s lineup, complained about Bleach, but then implied reruns of Cowboy Bebop would be worse. After calling the poster retarded I was quickly reminded of how much I hate the anime Bleach: the story of a boy who can see ghosts and gets the power to turn into an invisable samurai from an emo dead girl.

And before you ask: Yes I did actually watch it. I saw up to the story arc where the characters all ended up in the poorly named "Soul Society", at which point the show went from simply almost unbearable to completely unwatchable, despite numerous people telling me this is where the show is supposed to improve. Why was I watching it? Well it happened air on Adult Swim between Trinity Blood and Eureka 7, two anime I sorta wanted to watch (Eureka 7 wasn’t bad, but wasn’t that good either, and I missed the first few episodes so I still have no idea what the hell was going on in Trinity Blood) and I was too lazy to change the channel.

And no, I didn’t go into watching Bleach with any preconceived notions. I had heard of it, but I had no idea what it was about, so the show had only its own merits on which to impress me. And my first impression was: "Yeah, I liked this show the first time, when it was called Yu Yu Hakusho." Well okay, I’m exaggerating: I never liked Yu Yu Hakusho.

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Generation WTF?

Posted by MangaPunkSai on July 2, 2007

I’ve kind of made a hobby of dissecting advertising: figuring out how it’s supposed to work, making fun of the bad ones, purposefully misinterpreting otherwise innocent advertisements to mean sinister things. But I’ve seen an ad lately I’ve actually had a real problem with. I see it as a disturbing reminder of where our culture is headed.

My television and internet provider Cox Communications has had some pretty terrible ad spots in the past. From a couple heading to the mountains but turning around, their luggage spilling carelessly off the car, after they realize they won’t have any TV to watch to a man absent from his own marriage ceremony giving his vows, to a woman who presumably still wants to marry him, over the phone so he can stay home and watch the game. Those I could write off as a poor sense of humor and try not to read too much into them. However, their latest campaign, "Generation Cox" has one ad I can’t help but analyze far too deeply. Lucky for you it shall be in the form of a short rant.

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