i dont know

Is this the shota thread?

Yeah
Shame it didn't get renewed

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He's cute and all, but pretty annoying. The voice acting just isn't very good overall.

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>>154641758
I thought it was pretty good; but the ending was weird, very clumsy setup for a second season that unfortunately never came.

>>154642436
>The voice acting just isn't very good overall.

You don't actually know what bad voice acting sounds like.

t. Inyanu fan

>>154641758
I've never seen anyone talk about it outside of the usual thread here, that isn't a good sign OP

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>>154641758
>Anime'esque style rather than something more original
>Fucking dubstep
>Competed with the shitshow that was High Guardian Spice and still lost
>Activist creators/creatives
It was meh. There's a reason it didn't go anywhere. And CrunchyRoll was retarded for funding this and the other shows, instead of sticking to anime, and then fucking said anime side over with bastardizations and re-writing scripts for feminism and wokie point pushing.

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At least we got some cute characters out of it.

>>154643436
>t. retarded jeet

If only it wasn't a crunchyroll original made with laundered money, maybe then people would give it a chance.

>>154641970
I think so. The boy in OP looks too quality.

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>>154641758
I would watch it to support SBA though I don't know where to watch it.

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>>154641758
>>154643607
I liked it. I liked how it had a pre-Columbian Mexico theme to it. I like the story of the main character being a femboy who is learning how to be tougher.

I think the white T shirt girl is named Xinastaku or something. I liked her, but we never got to figure out the story why she has wings.

The entire show is short at only 12 episode, and I highly doubt there will ever be a season 2.

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Mesoamerican history anon here

I would say absolutely, if you want something with that setting, or frankly anything with an underused historical/cultural setting

It is, in my opinion, very well researched, to the point where not only are the environments, background character designs and god designs (ironically, the main cast's designs are more wholly original/fantasy, I believe since Sofia designed them prior to bringing on consultants) etc all highly authentic and rooted in actual Mesoamerican urban planning, architecture, fashion etc, but each culture has it's own specific style in regards to those things, and plenty of things which are original and made up or take creative liberties still tie into or reflect actual Mesoamerican motifs and symbolism. Even Izel's character arc and the show's narrative is rooted in Aztec moral concepts and cosmology

I talked more about this here:
desuarchive.org/k/thread/58096307/#58203640
desuarchive.org/k/thread/58096307/#58210024

But really I need to do an updated and larger review/analysis of the show at some point. I (though moreso a friend of mine) helped a Youtuber with a 25 minute video dissecting the 3 episodes here: youtube.com/watch?v=1Y2R3l94Hps , but again, that's just the first 3 episodes.

Mind you, unless you're really into Mesoamerica a lot of the small details will fly over your head, but even if you don't give a shit about Mesoamerica in particular, if you're wanting something that's just got a strong sense of visual identity and design and that feels original instead of run of the mill Tolkien/Isekai/Medieval European fantasy, I still think you'll appreciate it's setting.

The background art and music are also great, though the animation is iffy. The latter half of the series is also better then the first half. If I had to be totally unbiased by my love of the setting then I'd give it a 7/10 (in video game terms), a C+, a "good" but not great, etc.

1/?

>>154645000
Cont:

>>154642436
I thought Egoraptor actually did a great job of Tezcatlipoca, and the rest of the cast was fine. I wonder if Izelanon still browses /co/...

>>154643436
>Activist creators/creatives
When did the OE staff ever do this? High Guardian Spice's did but from what I understand (I forget if Storyboardanon said this in a thread here or it was said elsewhere), the heavy focus on diversity in how HGS was marketed wasn't even something HGS's staff wanted and it was Crunchyroll's idea

>>154644296
Crunchyroll, though since Sofia said on Twitter that they declined to renew it after they got acquired, I'm not really sure there's a particular point in trying to support it officially anymore.

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Also I am busy so no promises I can respond before the thread 404s, but if people have questions about Mesoamerican history or especially the influences behind /co/ media like Onyx, The Road to El Dorado, Codex Black, Maya and the Three, Aztec Batman, Victor and Valentino, Talokan in the MCU etc, let me know and I'll answer.

You all also let me know if you all would be interested in me responding to some stuff (>154630647 , >154640211 , >154634424 , >154635851 , >154635881 , >154635886, can't link the posts directly due to anti-spam limits putting a cap on the amount of posts I can quote at once) from the Chel/El Dorado thread from the other day (>>154620913), since it 404'd a few hours ago before I finished responding to everything

2/2 for now

>>154645069
>>154644296
I have blu ray rips if anybody wants them

>>154645597
go for it

>>154641758
>Is Onyx Equinox worth watching?
>cute half-naked shota
Definitely yes!

>>154645763
Uploading now, turns out the files are web rips though rather then blu ray rips

Pretty sure it's still higher quality then what you can find on TPB tho

I'm still annoyed the whole subplot with the werelizard tomboy and her connection to Mictlantechutli went nowhere.

>>154645880
Was going to be a thing in Season 2 I believe

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>>154645774
This desu.

>>154645597
Do they come with English subtitles?

>>154645000
Don’t wanna derail the thread too much, but I wonder how Mesoamerica would be today if it didn’t get conquered and BLEACHED. Would it be like Japan, or like India?

>>154646341
Not embedded into the video files but I apparently have a separate rar/zip with subs I can also upload

The audio track is english only too, without the spanish dub (IIRC both the english and spanish were produced concurrently with the staff's involvement)

>>154647130
>but I apparently have a separate rar/zip with subs I can also upload
Yeah, do that.

>>154647150
Will do, seems like it's gonna be at least 10 hours before everything is uploaded though, so you better keep the thread bumped, I'm going to bed soon, and it will upload overnight

>>154647400
I'm going to bed too, so hope somebody else keeps it alive.

I wish a modern cartoon would have the balls to draw a cute boy naked non sexually

>>154647654
Why do you want to see naked boys, Anon? Isn't that a bit... you know.

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yes

>>154647805
Because they're sexy

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going to work, this thread better still be up when I come back

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>>154641758
if you thinks aztecs are cool,go ahead, otherwise know its a bit of a mess. It has some cool designs and concepts, but it really struggles with tone, almost like Showrunner couldnt decide if they wanted to write a fucking Shoujo anime or Spic Berserk. In between the the cool moments, its really looks more like a high budget DiC cartoon than a psuedo anime....which honestly I cant decide if thats a good or bad thing anymore.
Basically the show was doomed from the beginning but still worth the ride if youve got nothing else to watch

Need more Izel and Xana art.

>>154646348
Japan and India were both conquered. Everyone was. The only way to ask what they would be today if they weren't conquered is if they were the ones doing the conquering.

It might be the only show where I would have rather seen the shota naked in full front view than his older sister.

>>154644296
i wont watch it to not support sba since i find her an annoying discount dana.

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>>154650108
This, he mogs his sister.

>>154649777
What I meant is if their culture didn’t get totally destroyed and christcucked.

>>154650404
It would probably be as bad as India

>>154649627
as a ship?

>>154641758
It's good. It unfortunately was sent to VRV to die along with Bravest Warriors.
Funny that the service was such a massive failure and yet there are people in the indie animation community who are starting to think that another paid service like VRV for indie animation would be a good idea. I think there's some sort of saying about people who don't learn history...

>>154645597
mega plz

>>154650128
Dana is just a discount version of Alex Hirsch.

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How does /co/ feel about Codex Black?

>>154651796
I could see the argument initially, but nowt that she's split off from his sphere of influence and is working on a new show for an indie producer, at this point I feel like she's her own thing.

any ponytail shota enjoyers ITT?

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I miss Xanastaku. Season 2 never ever

>>154653481
Never heard of it. Quick rundown?

>>154647805
It's not gay if they're cute

>>154653713
Shotas are the only men that are acceptable for ponytails

>>154647400
You here, bro? Hope the upload is going well.

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>>154653756
No more white mage macaw girl, no more croco waifu...

>>154651796
Who's Hirsch a discount version of?

>>154654537
they got him

>>154653695
She still has a lot of left over traits from her time with King Millennial she’s still emulating regardless.

>>154654836
Honestly this is my biggest disappointment with this show, this character is one of the few I've seen who pull off the strong girlboss trope without being insufferable and actual kinda hot
Rip s2

>>154655048
Justin Roiland

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>>154650404
>televised sacrifices in HD
>human flesh tacos
>aztec and mayan gods instead of Jesus or Virgin of Guadalupe

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>>154655058
RIP

>>154655058
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6B3PT2Nq0k

I'll bump it a few more times in case bluray anon comes back, then I'm off to bed.

>>154657836
>>154655058
>>154656586
>>154657021
>>154654537
Here:

https://filebin.net/4ns28nrbd5g2dblv
https://filebin.net/yy6ztrszdh06kbtg
https://filebin.net/z0yvbr5x5j5pkw93

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>>154658071
Thanks bro.

>>154658071
Thanks

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>>154658071
Getting an error on the subtitle RAR file.

>>154653481
Cute, but a bit forgettable.

>>154649627
who is xana

>>154641758
Blood Of Zeus but even worse

>>154659080
this cutie
>>154653756

>>154658220
It works for me

Here's the extracted sub files from the rar:

https://filebin.net/f4h8zsfqcys8fef1

>>154658071
Thanks anon. Will download later today.

Quetzalcoatl is worth it :>

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>>154660556
tfw you're no longer the best quetzalcoatl