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First promotional images as the cast is set to be revealed over the next few days. Given Netflix and live action anime go together like showers and car batteries though, especially after the Bebop fiasco, no one is happy.

S2 of Primal and Yashahime will both hit before the end of the month. Given the size of the block, that’s probably going to be enough to carry it through to the fall and beyond.

Primal Season 2 might be the boost the block needs, even if the episodes aren’t first run.

Some stills -

No clue how this will affect Illumitoon doing the Mario movie.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-14/new-urusei-yatsura-anime-unveils-more-cast-1st-season-half-year-run-without-breaks/.187662 This is shaping up to be fairly ambitious, a four cour anime running for half a year, then taking a break before the second half.

New teaser -

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/nintendo-pictures-content-based-on-ip-mario-1235180366/ Nintendo, since the mid 90s, has traditionally been reluctant to feature their characters in spin off material. A Kirby show there, an F-Zero show there, but for the most part they never bothered with a full court press. That is changing. There’s a Nintendo theme park being built as part of Universal Studios (the Japanese branch opened already), the Mario movie is coming out next year, and this seems to be pushing that further.

I think Succession is the favorite. Old dudes, political drama, and it’s Murican.

There was an interview at AnimeExpo with the people handling it. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2022/anime-expo/interview-with-the-staff-of-trigun-stampede/.187182 There was a notable bit of dialogue about not alienating people because this is a pre-existing franchise. Sadly it does not appear to be a full on Trigun Maximum adaptation.

Pearl Harbor won an Oscar for sound design. Sometimes these awards find what they think are gems in the dirt.

Nomad 2.

GriftTube. It’s this toxic cocktail of newspeak, insistent terminology constantly repeated, and LOUD NOISES. You hear one of these people, you hear them all.

That might be a valid strategy - Go over the licensor’s heads to point out the need for terrestrial TV. Not sure how it would work though. Still beats the alternative, DeMarco begging CR for help. Baby come back! You can blame it all on me! I was wrong, and the block can’t live without you…

Meanwhile Robot Chicken got nominated in short form, but again, tough competition.

I’d say the smart money is on Arcane, unless the board goes for the Simpsons’ legacy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2022-emmys-nominations-nominees-list-1235177772/ No big surprises but Squid Game is the first foreign language nomination for best drama.

Can’t say this is too surprising given the large scale holding pattern. Hopefully the new Primals and Yashahime reverse the trend.

You now know how all those hardcore fans felt…especially after the trainwreck that was Shenmue 3. It really is a shame. I was hoping that a hypothetical S2 could make that game’s narrative into something that moved the plot forward, to say nothing of going beyond it.

Apparently the animator is a Powerhouse animation vet who worked on Castlevania. And yeah, you can see both the professional quality and some of the artistic flourishes of such.

Crunchyroll made a big spectacle of getting the rights, and we all know they aren't playing nice with Toonami.

https://www.animationmagazine.net/animated-people/exclusive-genndy-tartakovsky-discusses-the-prehistoric-perfection-of-primal-s2/ He is very clear he doesn’t want to be pigeonholed, going from Primal to a teen show to an R rated comedy for Sony.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-11/live-action-knights-of-the-zodiac-film-gets-first-look-at-comic-con-intl-in-san-diego/.187550 Apparently Sony will be showing the first look at the film at San Diego Comic Con. Given that Sony is essentially fumbling in the dark for a big franchise (Remember, these are the same people who released Morbius and keep trying to make movies out of C and D list Spider Man villains), I wouldn't be surprised if they think this can be a franchise lynchpin. Then again, they think Robotech can be their answer to Star Wars (which is why they threw money at Harmony Gold and Big West to make them both shut the fuck up), so I could easily see them thinking of Seiya as a big action movie tentpole.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2022/anime-expo/mappa-team-discuss-chainsaw-man-anime/.187194 Sadly no new footage at the Anime Expo panel, but they did confirm that there was actually no production committee involved, and that the show would be completely uncensored from the manga.

If I had to guess, there’s probably a lot of awkwardness and weird feelings towards their former owner, and the idea of wanting Crunchyroll to be its own brand separate from their old WarnerMedia overlords means not doing business with them on their terrestrial channels. They’ll do business elsewhere, I believe their deal with Hulu from the FUNi era is still active, but providing their former owners content may be a bridge too far. Corporations are petty, petty beasts. I wouldn’t count on Jujutsu Kaisen for that reason, Crunchyroll is heavily invested in the series and distributed the prequel movie (the one that did a fairly good box office back in the spring).