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Vinland Saga 1-2

Maybe I doth protest too much then. I still think more accurate metrics are ultimately a good thing.

Even in a vacuum it’s something they should have been doing a while ago. When your material can’t be accurately gauged, you’re forced to use inaccurate, easily manipulated metrics like social media interaction. The same 20 or so lunatics can convince people Warrior Nun is popular when it isn’t. Granted, after the Snyder Cut debacle, all of these companies should go “we do not negotiate with social media terrorists” but I digress.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/microsofts-first-union-zenimax-studios-1235290162/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-videoamp-audience-measurement-nielsen-rival-1235290056/ And presumably make cuts easier to identify.

Oof.

I think that’s why I’m following it (that and viewing it as a beta for Amazon’s planned big budget Voltron movie). When you see an industry that doesn’t do anything this big tackle a project this ambitious, you can’t help but be curious. Toei’s support and approval seems to at least confirm they met a quality standard (I would assume that of Reiwa-era tokusatsu).

Final extended trailer.

https://top10.netflix.com/tv-non-english Alice in Borderland is not nearly on the same level of Squid Game but is still all over the top 10 this holiday season. And it has good critical and user reviews. First the Kenshin movies, now this. It’s weird, seeing a streak of good manga adaptations after the Bebop fiasco.

Another trailer and again, I feel like I have to grade this on a massive curve because this is the first time the Filipino film industry has done something like this, even with Toei apparently holding their hand every step of the way. It's still an interesting curio even if odds are this will never be seen outside of the Philippines except on YouTube (although if it's successful Netflix will likely get the international rights). With Amazon Studios and the guy who did Red Notice and Dodgeball making a big-budget Voltron film that seems designed to go "Fuck that lame Dreamworks show", I can only imagine the comparisons, even if Voltron is likely to have a budget in the nine-figure range.

Because writing is like…hard man. Dumb foreigners think they know what they’re doing, but we’re Rooster Teeth! We’re about the characters! Imagine if they did sell it to SHAFT. We almost got SHAFT animating the Justice League, and they probably would have animated the actual Justice League, not these teenagers from the PS2 tie in to Justice League Unlimited.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-22/tenchi-muyo-gxp-project-gets-new-paradise-shido-hen-anime/.193262 Someone is clearly buying a lot of doujins to make this profitable. Note that this in on the heels of the Pretty Sammy crowdfunding campaign failing miserably, with only 12% funding. How this franchise continues to exist in bits and pieces is infuriating. Toei has co-ownership. Just start from scratch and put it next to Trigun Stampede.

Fair enough. How is that?

"Your Honor, this trailer convinced me that Rise of Skywalker wouldn't suck."

The fact that this is the same crew handling Yu Yu Hakusho is why I haven’t completely written off the latter. Only took two years for the new season.

Muppet Christmas Carol - 8.5/10. A bizarre combination of fidelity to the original story and Muppet madness that works thanks to Michael Caine acting his ass off to bring it all together into a Christmas classic.

The exodus begins -

It’s been done by Hong Kong, France (seriously, and that’s considered surprisingly good) and Korea. So this is far from being impossible.

You don’t see the appeal of randomly shooting pop culture icons with firearms?

The thing that drives me crazy is we just saw that RWBY can look half decent if you get SHAFT to animate it. And amidst all the flaming wreckage, this PS2 era CG survives? Why the hell wasn’t SHAFT doing this too? Why is Volume 9 still happening when you could have just handed the franchise to the Urobutcher to reboot? Why the Justice League?!

This year, well, no lie, this year was ROUGH. A combination of the buyout destroying the shows they could get and Zaslav destroying the hype for the other shows made this year hurt. Still, we're down, but not out. Best - Shenmue The Animation showing the world that there was a good kung fu movie underneath the outdated gameplay. MHA is still on Toonami, even when it appeared that it would have gotten too big for the block (the Fortnite appearance, the freaking live-action movie having a distributor). Made in Abyss and Housing Complex C being two of the best examples of DeMarco's vision of a bespoke action block showing people animation that isn't necessarily going to be front page Netflix fodder with celebrity voice actors and Times Square ads. Worst - Yashahime - A nostalgia bait show that fails to deliver on the dynamics that made people nostalgic for the show! When women on social medial, InuYasha's primary audience, continually expressed preference for Bastard!! instead of Yashahime because King Dudebro Dark Schneider was more like the InuYasha they remembered and loved, something clearly has gone wrong in the writing room. Zaslav and his fiscal chainsaw being the closest the block has come to having Chainsaw Man. Between killing any hope of another Shenmue season and the fucking story ending properly, he has slashed budgets and killed any hope of really big acquisitions. It doesn't help that it's implied that the Sword of Damocles is also hovering above Uzumaki. More FLCL sequels - DeMarco loves FLCL more than James Cameron loves Smurfworld Pandora. Except Cameron at least has the effects to make Avatar 2 - The ReSmurfening a theatrical experience. FLCL is done. It was a great idea that's only hurt by unnecessary sequels. Kind of like Eureka 7.