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I CANNOT watch anime unless it's in English. I wish I could 

I grew up with Dragonball and DBZ in both Japanese and Funimation. I appreciate and enjoy both. I have more nostalgia with Funimation but there are some great moments in the Jap version. Also kai is in my opinion the best way to experience the series overall(after hopefully already seeing the original series first) The picture quality is superior to all other releases and the colors and show largely looks as it was intended to(that also being in 4:3 as it was made in instead of cropped to 16:9 like with the terrible orange brick sets. Which I use to like until I realized how many errors it had and just generally how shitty the cropping was)  And both the original Jap and English dub are top notch with Kai. Especially the English dub, the script is much more accurate to the original and the voice actors do a much better job given there many years of experience now voicing these characters. 

Just think of how stupid your favorite shows sound with a foreign dub.

^I would agree. It reminds me of Black Lagoon a lot but not to bad at all so far currently. 

I heard the the manga is pretty good, so I gotta check that out. 

I'm one if those generic jackasses that watches/reads mainstream stuff such as DBZ, Naruto, etc.

In terms of Naruto, it's sort of a double edged sword. I endure a lot of bullshit for even a moment of awesomeness. I loved part one mostly due to the spotlight different protagonists received. After Shippuden started, that slowly died off, and the main characters and villians received far too much attention. 

But moments come, such as Might Guy 8-gates, which, IMO, was one of the most beautiful fights in manga history. Too bad Thursdays upcoming episode looks like they botched it in terms of animation. 

And about the anime, I really expected a lot more for such a high ranking anime. As time progressed, animation and detail dropped significantly, and much more flashbacks and filler have been made. And I guess we can blame the movies for that. Which I couldn't give 2 shits about. Canon or not, they suck.

I like to compare Kishimoto with George Lucas. Both in control of a beautiful plot, setting, and characters, but have horrible direction, and make terrible decisions without advice from others. Basically like giving superpowers to a retard.

Plus, I'd like to give Kishimoto a Grade-A asswhoopin over how terrible he is with handling romance and character development. 

All in all, I suppose the show is somewhat of a burden. It taunts me with immense potential, but takes horrible direction sometimes. And having watched it since it first aired on CN, I can't help but go back to it. But now that the manga is over, all that's left is to see the final fights animated. 

Again, the series has it's moments, I just have to cope with the bullshit imbetween.

Haven't watched anything in a month. But last I watched was Gundam 00 re-watching it from both seasons.

These gifs tho. 

Just finished watching Shinsekai Yori and can only recommend the show. Definitely worth the watch for those looking for a new show to watch.

Different tastes maybe, I enjoyed it, but maybe it's not for everyone? I was hooked after just a few episodes.

Watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time. Seems promising. :)