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Hell’s Paradise 6 Witch from Mercury 18.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/david-zaslav-booed-boston-university-graduation-writers-strike-1235497440/ Zaslav did the commencement speech at Boston University, and got the shit booed out of him.

God help us if in a few years we get Titandonk Side Pieces. I’ll only accept that if they animate the comic where the Titans show up in Manhattan and fight The Avengers.

No word on the dub.

I’m doing my damndest to make Pernil, and it is good, but I always feel like I miss one or two things my mother does with it. Especially the skin. I will go mad trying to cook as well as Mom.

I want to be optimistic that Uzumaki will come out, but considering that another Junji Ito anthology (that went from a poor adaptation to a merely OK one) got announced, made, and released after Uzumaki’s initial announcement, my hope for a release ever is significantly tempered.

I’m sure most of the audience watches on Toonami night, but I’m obliged to put up the talkback the day it debuts, being Thursday. I know that my gripes about being a kids show aside, the show seems to be getting a positive reaction on social media with Western cartoon enthusiasts, although how that translates to a content starved Toonami audience is anyone’s guess.

That would have been a billion dollar investment into Florida. So much for the GOP’s vaunted pro business stance.

Meanwhile the AEW deal appears to be in serious trouble because CM Punk is a dickhead that can’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag, with even some rumors WWE may be seeing if Warner is interested. So have no fear, Adult Swim will be wrestling free for now.

It’s official. See you in hell Willow series that didn’t get why people liked the original.

https://deadline.com/2023/05/futurama-hulu-season-11-premiere-date-1235371174/ Unlike The Simpsons which cannot die, Futurama merely refuses to stay dead.

Meanwhile Zaslav is saying streamers should be bundled together.

Looks like SAG may be joining the WGA in striking, which would grind the already limited action in Hollywood to a complete halt.

Well, it seems clear that this whole thing will not affect Toonami in any meaningful way. Just as well, DeMarco has always described Toonami as a passion project rather than a major going concern for the Warner bigwigs, especially since the Crunchyroll sale. Well, at least they got Dr. Stone. On a similar note, this feels less like Warner abandoning the kid audience and more them just not seeing much of a role for linear television. TBS and TNT have both been stripped into rerun platforms with live sports airings, and it looks like if it's not completely mothballed, Cartoon Network may follow suit. If the back end of the block, or Toonami as a whole, starts airing All Elite Wrestling, it might be time to wonder just how long Cartoon Network as a channel has. I imagine Cartoon Network and Adult Swim as brands for Max will endure even if the channels do not though.

Also, we have furries.

AEW is apparently making a few new shows as part of their deal with Warner. AEW All Access is supposed to be an HBO Max exclusive, while AEW Collision is set to air Saturdays from 8pm - 10pm...which would put Adult Swim in a weird place if they wanted to put AEW programming before Toonami.

Once reported as an out there rumor, it’s apparently official.

This is literally the origin of a superhero comic I read back in the day, Hardware. The main character got turned down for royalties, found out he couldn’t quit his job, tried to dig up dirt on his employer, and then when he found out he was a crime lord, created power armor to wage a one man war on said crime lord’s empire. While I don’t foresee any vigilantes in Russia, making people desperate and unable to leave will result in them lashing out. And that will be violent.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-17/creed-iii-film-gets-special-anime-for-japanese-screening-by-megalobox-creators/.198164 Looks like the spin-off anime at the theaters will be from the Megalobox people. Jordan learned his lesson.

If it's like the Fox and ABC upfronts, expect a premium being placed on unscripted content (Max is All Elite to the tune of $1 billion over 5 years) with the focus being on the Max rebrand and the unscripted shows that they will probably be using to keep content pouring in while the writers picket. Ironically, Zaslav is one of the only studio heads to make a public statement sympathetic to the writers, claiming they deserve fair pay. They may also mention the DC relaunch, with the hopes for better brand synergy than the Snyder years. If Adult Swim gets mentioned, it will likely be brief.

The NBA is going to hit Saturday hard. Unicorn seems on the bubble right now, its success will be determined at month’s end. Good thing American Dad is still there.

The shows to be written off - The Mysterious Benedict Society Big Shot Willow The Making Of Willow The One And Only Ivan Timmy Failure Be Our Chef Magic Camp Howard Pistol Dollface The Quest Earth To Ned Y: The Last Man The Premise Foodtastic Stuntman Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Love In The Time Of Corona Everything’s Trash Best In Snow Little Demon Maggie The World According To Jeff Goldblum Best In Dough Wolfgang It’s a Dog’s Life With Bill Farmer

I think if Adult Swim really wanted to do “Shitpost of HBO show” they should have done one of White Lotus.