![]() ![]() What awaits him down the path he will then have to choose.” Whatever happens from now on, you stand firm and face your destiny without fear, but with courage. Paired with the image of Super Saiyans Goku and Gohan goofing off in the grass, we further understand this to mean there is both power in this act and joy. Rather than melancholy, however, this sample is still in present tense without the hint of exception (ignoring the gendered language that was part of the original text). What strikes me most about this sound clip is that it’s actually part of a longer monologue from Outlaw Star that meditates on the tragedy of growing up and how the choices we make begin to limit once “endless possibilities,” subtly suggesting compassion for others because we don’t know what choices they’ve had to make. I could visit the midwest in January, just pack this recording, and still be aiight. There are endless possibilities stretched out before him.”įirst of all, Beau Billingslea sound like your Black grandpa sitting back in his chair at the dinner table about to deliver the sagest advice of your Bastdamm life, so I don’t know why this man keeps voicing supporting roles other than the fact that the dubs must be like, “Damn, this man Black AF, but we only got like five dark-skinned characters oh well.” Billingslea’s voice feels like a down comforter for your soul, yo. As an adult it’s the unmapped planets of your future, the rehearsed precision of a rocket launch you try to watch from careful distance. Composer Joe Boyd Vigil already got you leaning in to watch this Outlaw Star clip and ain’t nothin’ even happened yet.Īs a child space is the metaphor for the starless void of adulthood, a vast cosmos you’re almost itching to explore yet caught in a cold terror at its unknown depths. So with that being said, let us now open our browsers and go to the good word, beloveds: It’s so iconic Toonami not only re-aired and remixed it throughout the years, they literally compiled an entire homage with their 2016 line up. Hell, I still think about this video all the time, and I ain’t even like the shows that were in it that much, that’s how amazing it is. ![]() ” It’s been almost two decades since Toonami first aired their visual found poem (and arguably one of the greatest AMVs of all time), but pull up that bad boy on Youtube for any member of the Cartoon Cartoons generation and the anime praise dances start flowing before you can blink. Like many spiritual practices, it wasn’t until I was a full grown adult that I truly had the ability to appreciate TOM and SARA’s careful curation (which, sidenote, is also why I’m hype for the recent confirmation that Toonami will be alive and well for generations into 2021).Ĭonsider the original music video “Broken Promise. ![]() I often joke about comparing my Sailor Moon fandom to a religion but looking back, if this early 2000’s hallmark wasn’t a sacred ritual, then I don’t know what is. I remember Toonami first as a feeling, a breathless hustle home on weekdays to watch the latest anime episodes I didn’t yet recognize as classics. ![]()
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