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“Worst. Franchise. Ever”?

“Worst. Franchise. Ever”?

After watching an episode of The Simpsons a while ago, something about this particular episode annoyed me. So I did a little research find out more about the episode from Season 7, “Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie”. For anyone not familiar with the episode or haven’t watched the show at all (it also means spoilers!), [...]

DBZ FUNi Dub 10th Anniversary

DBZ FUNi Dub 10th Anniversary

On Sunday, FUNimation’s dub of Dragonball Z will turn 10 years old. It will be 10 years ago on September 13th, 1999 when Toonami aired (then on a Friday) a full day of Dragonball Z, aka Z-Day: 4 reruns of the Ocean Group dubs in the Namek arc leading up to the 2 “world premiere” [...]

FUNimation Licenses “Baccano!”

FUNimation Licenses “Baccano!”

Yesterday, FUNimation acquired the rights to Baccano!, an anime based on a light novel that takes place in the early 1930s. FUNimation has the first episode (subtitled) available for streaming on the Baccano! website–with a password based on the train in the first episode. The first episode is pretty good, and it has some potential [...]