Bleach

[Nuriko]

I've been using KMPlayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KMPlayer) for awhile now. Never had any problems with it, much smoother in my opinion than wmp or vlc.

[Xanthe]

CCCP Project is all you need.

[Grievear]

I've used ZoomPlayer for many years and have NEVER had a problem playing anything with it. It's a great player and for some reason it's pretty overlooked.

[cubone]

yea, get all those codecs ready

R U READY FOR SOM FILLER!

http://www.bleach-fan.jp/amagai/index.html

temporary captian anyone?

[Nuriko]

Wiki episode list was updated.

165 "Murderous Intent! The Joyful Grimmjow"
"Satsui futt?! Kanki no Gurimuj?" (??????????????) March 19, 2008
166 "Desperate Effort vs. Desperate Effort! The Hollowized Ichigo"
"Shiryoku vs. shiryoku! Hor? Bashita Ichigo" (???VS??! ????????) April 9, 2008

If that's accurate, means bleach goes on a 2 week hiatus in the middle of the Grimmjow fight.

Edit - Does that link say new filler arc is starting in April?

[Yangsing]

How would they do filler in the middle of the grimmjow fight?

[Souj]

I think, that with the 3week break, theyre going to hold out on filler till HM arc is done. or at least till after next chapter since everyone seems to be healed and no ones fighting.

[Charla]

If they all go home to think of something to do next, then yeah they could stick a filler arc in there (although it'll take the anime at least 2-3 months to catch up).

I just thought of something: If the manga were to do something unrelated to the main plot, would that be considered a filler arc too? For that matter, what do you call the whole Vizard training thing, a powerup arc?

[Souj]

If they all go home to think of something to do next, then yeah they could stick a filler arc in there (although it'll take the anime at least 2-3 months to catch up).

I just thought of something: If the manga were to do something unrelated to the main plot, would that be considered a filler arc too? For that matter, what do you call the whole Vizard training thing, a powerup arc?

well technically, "filler" is stuff that wasnt in the manga. If the manga did an arc totally unrelated to the main plot, its simply called bad writing.

[Charla]

If the manga did an arc totally unrelated to the main plot, its simply called bad writing.

Really? I thought it was called Naruto (/rimshot)

[Kaylia]

"Filler" is something added to stretch a story longer than it was originally suposed to be...so it would be a filler. Bleach, naruto and the like should stick to 24 episodes season. Would have good animation all the time, no fillers, no dragged scene.

[Charla]

When an anime catches up to a manga like this, the director (and probably the producers) are basically stuck trying to strike a balance between stopping production for a while and losing fans/ad money, or coming up with a self-contained filler arc and pissing off some fans. Or they can pull a FMA and actually hire some good writers to finish the series by themselves. Of course, that runs the risk of pissing off the fans *and* the mangaka.

[Serif]

New spoiler is pretty cool, not sure what is going to happen exactly but it looks like some rematches will be settled from the first arc! Also changes my perspective on the top 3 Espada, seeing how the fights will probably play out like this.

Old man... versus old man#1
Soi Fon versus Halibel#2-3?
Shunsui versus Stark#2-3?
Sajin versus Tousen
Hitsugaya versus Ichimaru
And then I don't know who against Ulq?

[Bebopaloo]

FKIN FINALLY SHUNSUI !@%$R@JO!N%

[killerx]

http://www.dattebayo.com/t/b164.torrent

[Serif]

It is about to go down, finally.

[Rem]

The panel with the remaining captains standing together looks sweet.

[Thoronas]

It is about to go down, finally.

I dunno, this reeks of cop-out.

[Charla]

Cop-out as in "Aizen ran away again and we have another year to chase him down", or each captain gets in two swings and all we gert to see is the 5-chapter Ichigo fight?

[Thoronas]

Cop-out as in "Aizen ran away again and we have another year to chase him down", or each captain gets in two swings and all we gert to see is the 5-chapter Ichigo fight?

Well after reading the full spoilers I doubt they'll just run away. But this could be like the Yamato vs Shunsui & Ukitake fight where we dont get to see much of anything and Ichigo and co. enter after the fight and something huge is revealed.

I'm really hoping this isn't the case but it would fit in with the general manga structure Bleach tends to follow