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It’s not Toonami, but I think the examples of Avengers Assemble and the Guardians of the Galaxy cartoons are a good example of people ignoring superhero material because they didn’t count, even if both were specifically designed to emulate the look of their live-action counterparts. Assemble got the worst of it because it replaced Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, widely considered an equal to Justice League in a classic case of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, but GOTG, despite some genuinely good moments (like their pastiche episodes that had Gamora as a Disney Princess) didn’t do that great ratings-wise either. And yes, Gunn’s new reboot is years away. But The Flash comes out next week and the big takeaway, besides “Batman!” is “That’s All Folks!” That can’t be good for the show. Tomboy Lois is already rustling people’s jimmies online, so that won’t help either.

The problem is that it’s capeshit that very specifically doesn’t count. To wit, with the big DC relaunch the talk of all the internet, on top of Gunn flat out saying “cartoons will be in continuity”, this slice of life leftover with tomboy Lois and the dude from The Boys as Clark is essentially a leftover, a contractually obligated also-ran. When you teach your audience that the only stories that matter are the ones that contribute to the big on screen narrative of the extended universe, and very publicly announce that none of the stories matter until the big relaunch movie hits, why even bother paying attention? Now add in it being an unabashed kids show that desperately wishes it was animated by the Japanese, and you might as well not even bother.

It's a clear case of "we're dumping this somewhere", from what I've seen. It was DOA as soon as James Gunn announced his intention for future animation to be in continuity with his rebooted DC Universe. The only hope at this point is that the Warner higher ups consider this a solid for them and give Toonami access to Creature Commandos when it airs, because that will be an adult cartoon, and will be in continuity with the relaunch, so it will get way more eyeballs than this trainwreck.

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Full trailer.

More like “My Meh-Ventures”, am I right?

Like a Dragon: Ishin. It’s a Yakuza game set during the Meiji Restoration, so I’m there.

A 59% drop in ad revenue. I don’t think Blue subscriptions will patch that hole.

Ignoring the kids show stuff, that seems to be the biggest issue with the show. No one is particularly likable.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-04/new-macross-animation-project-to-be-produced-by-sunrise/.198798 Hopefully with all the legal rigamarole settled it comes over here.

DeMarco wants a lot of things, chief among them streaming to be made illegal and Crunchyroll to go bankrupt. Neither is happening any time soon.

A buddy of mine back in the day joked about naming his “Drowned Sorrows.” Personally I’d go with “The Downstream,” or “The Open Keg.” I do however, know the sign I would put above the bar.

Zero. But that’s mostly because even back then I was very adamant about keeping my online and offline presences different and separate. Might be because I knew what a douchebag I was back then.

You knew they were ass mad about that one when Aqua Teen had a whole bit about the show going to “Carl Central.”

Trailer drops June 17. Buckle up.

I'm not going to play armchair psychatrist for DeMarco, but it does feel like there is a lot more lashing out after he felt his power base and ability to gatekeep action animation from most Americans fade away. The guy essentially controlled what everyone but pirates and the really hardcore weebs watched back in the day (the day of $20-$30 DVD's of a series with 4 episodes a pop) and he didn't mind lording that fact over people (as pointed out by the tone of the Adult Swim bumpers and a lot of his earlier tweets and interviews where he was much more smug and arrogant). Now it's more him just being pissed off at everyone, while occasionally ranting how much better it was back in the day when Toonami (and by extension him) controlled what you watched and when you watched it, because you now have too much choice.

Shin Kamen Rider - 7.5/10. A very trippy as hell feeling movie that is not as good as Shin Godzilla or Shin Ultraman, mostly because it feels like a big budget TV pilot rather than a set film experience. The action was great but Anno’s reverence to the original is almost to a fault here, with the effects and sounds clearly done to homage rather than retell. It feels like if Wes Anderson made a superhero movie (it was a Hideaki Anno joint so make of that what you will).

You know the show still is influential (and its fans remembered) when they all came out to reminisce when Bastard!! came out.

“Gentlemen…BEHOLD!” still gets modern play these days. And yes you heard that in Dr. Weird’s voice.

It’s apparently rolling out in the great state of Missouri this week, so if we have any beer drinkers in that state, please keep a look out. The brewery itself apparently sold out locally so it’s a big hit on a small scale. Hoping for a national release.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russia-energy-gazprom-security-force-mobilization-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-2023-5?utm_source=reddit.com Gazprom’s private forces were mobilized into Ukraine, another sign of a desperate shortage of trained soldiers.

Last night was salmon and mushroom risotto with white wine. Tonight is a meal replacement protein shake because of what I had last night.