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Hopefully they do the same with Scavengers Reign. How many people around here remember that show? Because it's still coming, and it's intended for Max first. So speaking of fluffing, they've been doing a lot of talk about Lazarus, and how Watanabe the legend is back. DeMarco thinks it'll be successful to the point where it gets multiple seasons; would be good for us, if only because no acquisitions were announced at this panel. Edit: But it would be a good idea.

So they're not going full Tracey Morgan? Too bad. Also, it's been confirmed that all of S8 and even some of S9 has been written.

I mean, come on. WBD's hatred for its creatives has become downright outlandish at this point. Can't they let the other American media conglomerates be assholes?

Funnily enough, my first reaction to this was "Oh, fuck off", because I wasn't a fan of the fact that DeMarco is commissioning yet another original from someone [as] has worked with before. But you know what? I'm down for this. Watanabe is a certified big deal who hasn't had a TV anime air in a while, and MAPPA has put out a lot of quality productions recently, even if they've gone too hard for most peoples' liking. Plus the other people involved give this show an air of uniqueness. I think it'd help if they could get some of Watanabe's past collaborators on for this project... Michiko Yokote, Dai Sato, etc.

I was alluding to said article they put out, and they haven't published any articles on it since. I should've made that more clear. I mean, yeah, they'll put out news articles related to the series if something comes up, and there's nothing wrong with that, but the pushback from their reviewing staff is what's noteworthy.

Went with The Big Occident, mostly because it has a sweet name I didn't hear until recently. I do agree with Al about Harley Quinn, but at the same time, that show was aired as a one-off marathon I doubt [as] put much thought in. If they had, they might've reached to finish it.

Well, thanks for the heads up, because Anime News Network certainly hasn't given it to anyone. I find it interesting how they've silently boycotted the series ever since its premiere at AX. Nobody reviewed the first episode for the preview guide, and it wasn't included on the ballot for this season's weekly reviews. Even Crunchyroll has hardly given any attention to their own show. I'm glad I've never had any interest in Kenshin, but if I did... eh, I probably wouldn't bother with this one anyway. Maybe I'd pirate it? Depends on if Watsuki gets a cut from the official stream.

Am I the only other person in here who feels like this could be intentional? I don't have a very good opinion of DeMarco nowadays, although I do respect him, so this seems like something the block could do and pass off as an "oopsie". On the other hand, this being a legit accident that just so happens to give them two extra weeks to scrounge up a replacement for Dr. Stone is funnier, and nowadays I will always root for the funniest possible outcome to a situation, so I believe it.

At this point, the biggest thing we have to worry about is writers and actors deciding to picket the convention itself. I've been scouring Deadline for news about that, but I haven't seen anything.

To Your Eternity S2E10 Spy×Family S1E19 Henry's ridiculous shonen battle pose as he announces Anya's been expelled (in an Imagine Spot; she also gets her Dandy on in it) made me laugh really hard, and I never do that while watching anime nowadays. Glad I decided to watch it after buying the Blu-ray of the first part from the only Barnes & Noble in Maine, though there's another one opening in this state in a week and a half.

Also, this:

I bought Halo: The Master Chief Collection just for the hell of it, as I downloaded Infinite a while ago but haven't played it, nor anything else Halo.

I think the best time for someone to have tried would've been when the modern version of Toonami was getting started, so let's say 2012-2015. You did have a few cable channels airing anime, but those were either one-offs (Mnet America my beloved) or, in the case of Chiller's Ani-Wednesdays, clearly not a serious attempt. After that period came the rise of streaming; the TV landscape feels uncertain right now, with labor strife playing a role in that, so I guess all we can do in that regard is to hope it comes crashing down.

Where'd you see something saying she might quit? Seems a little overblown to me. Hopefully she uses this time to cool down and gets the support she needs. Also, it's unfortunate that this happens to a VA shortly after another one posts this, which reinforces the point nicely:

If that's the case, then what are they going to do with these?

I don't see a blip of something else in the Ep. 2 clip, though Ep. 6? Definitely. And that is indeed the OP. As for Ep. 3, I think that was a simple mistake. I should've taken the time to done a brief pass over all these clips, but I had no choice as I sent the post with mere minutes to midnight. And I didn't have Twitter in mind when I made these. I might post one of these eventually, but it's gonna have to be memorable. And I probably won't bother while Elon is rate-limiting Twitter.

Yeah, feels like they want to make sure the [as] festival is really juicy, even though ongoing negotiations w/ SAG-AFTRA's contract could make things hairy. We're supposed to find out who's going to be there and such after the 4th of July.

If he really is a mushroom, then how the is he going to crush capitalism?

This time I'm going to do something different and focus on only one show, in the interests of both getting to the next page faster and so the ratings themselves are fresher. Sadly, I couldn't get this done while the show was still airing. The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls U149 Episode 1: "When Can't You See Your Own Face in the Mirror?" - TV-14 Episode 2: "What says 'I'm Home' even though it's leaving?" - TV-14 [inconsistent] Episode 3: "What Sinks in the Ocean and Doesn't Get Wet?" - TV-PG Episode 4: "What Flies With Broken Wings?" - TV-PG Episode 5: "What's Really High But Underground?" - TV-PG Episode 6: "What Gets Cooler The Hotter It Gets?" - TV-PGDLV Episode 7: "What Speaks Without a Voice?" - TV-G

LOL, just noticed the Barbie billboard on the right. Are we sure this isn't a hit by Universal to boost Oppenheimer?

[even less safe for noobs]

"Incredibly, there was no Hitler. There is no record of any such person. It's true, there was a little German man with a small moustache [sic?] who combed his hair to one side and started World War II. He also killed six million Jews. But he was not Hitler. He was, in fact, a shoemaker named Hank Fleck." [as recounted here]

This seems like an advanced system of analytics they're slapping the AI name onto as a means to make the really bad stuff (scrape-driven content generation) seem not as bad. At best, it's misguided, and at worst, it's malicious. Same thing as Paul McCartney saying that AI is allowing us to make a "final Beatles song", even though it's not AI writing the thing so much as using existing tools, which predate the current push for AI, pioneered by Peter Jackson's documentary.

Woah, this series has its own convention? And it's in Vegas? That's a city that could use an NBA team. Interesting news either way; I wonder what they're going to do for the Celtics.

The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls U149 2-7 [time for my own seven-night residency]