Jman

1. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, all things being equal, I think DeMarco wants to hold off on Bebop until the week that the live action Bebop hits Netflix. I remember, way back when, when Disney got the license to Doug of all things, that Nickelodeon upped their airings of the old episodes, while saying that they had all the important episodes. I mean, it was fucking Doug, no one gave a shit, but still. DeMarco loves Bebop, and he likes piggybacking on other ideas, so it makes perfect sense to see Bebop when that show comes out, while throwing shade at the fact that the world didn’t need a live action Cowboy Bebop. 2. The next two months will continue to remain lean. Be glad the JoJo episodes are ready, because we may have not even had that much. No one airs Ballmasterz by choice. 3. Adult Swim, understandably, has been loathe to celebrate their anniversary, because of its proximity to a certain OTHER event in American history. I get it completely. 4. 2021 at least will be the release of several delayed shows. The bottleneck has to empty somewhere.

https://www.funimation.com/blog/2020/08/02/go-beyond-the-season-two-my-hero-academia-ovas-are-headed-to-funimation/ Gotta keep the train rolling between seasons.

Pretty much this. They are bound by their budget, so they can’t magically get stuff from FUNi.

The bigger question is if the companies are interested in promoting older material, as opposed to wanting newer materials to stand out and do better. There are companies dedicated to older materials airing (Namely RetroCrush) but there’s only so many hours and so little money. Most of those distributors want their new stuff to be advertised.

To be fair, this season got fucked over by our old pal COVID-19, and a lot of the delayed series’ are set for fall and winter.

By the same token, how many pilots never make it to series? How many movies never get off the ground? At one point, someone optioned a live action Ranma 1/2. Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, The 100, the list of concepts that don’t go anywhere is endless.

They got it with AOT, who’s to say they won’t eventually get it again? Manga is a brutal meritocracy. For every 300 submissions sent to Kodansha, maybe 10 make it. For every manga that makes it, half get dropped after 10 or 20 chapters because they couldn’t cut the mustard. It’s not like Marvel where they try their damndest to shove a character down people’s throats again ad infinitum. And of those, maybe a few, 1 or 2 out of that initial 300, gets an animated adaptation to promote the manga. But as they say, iron sharpens iron. And out of those 299 failures, there is an AOT worth hundreds of millions in merchandising, manga sales, anime adaptations, maybe even a big film. That’s the goal. But who’s man enough to reach for it? As ridiculous as it is to everyone, there’s a reason One Piece is getting a bigger budget for its show than Game of Freaking Thrones. Just compare copies of OP sold to copies of A Song of Ice and Fire sold. But that kind of success is forged through a brutal crucible that destroys hopes, destroys careers, and leaves hundreds, if not thousands of concurrent pitches laughed out of offices.

It’s popular enough to get another season, but there’s popular, and there’s REALLY popular. Attack on Titan had a painted ad outside Madison Square Garden. Naruto is getting casted for a live action movie. That’s the level of popularity they want.

Western comic book artist. And there’s the problem. It’s Bad Box Art Megaman.

https://www.cbr.com/warren-ellis-not-return-future-castlevania-seasons/?utm_content=bufferb378d&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=CBR-TW&utm_campaign=CBR-TW Ellis is off Castlevania going forward, but he already wrote all of Season 4, so they have to use it.

The whole thing just reminds me of that very, very brief phase in the mid 2000’s where franchises that had nothing to do with anime suddenly got anime. Like Highlander. They made a Highlander anime and it was the best thing to happen to the franchise since the TV show ended, but it was a one and done.

Well at least if you have VRV they’ll still be there through HDIVE. They want you to upgrade.

I would say the issue in that case is that DeMarco knew the fan reaction was predominantly negative and accounted for it, more so than he personally hated it. Even if he did, I doubt he would admit it publicly.

That was almost a decade ago. Saying the market has changed is putting it mildly to say the least.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/splinter-cell-animated-series-netflix-1234612535/ Well it’s better than letting Dreamworks do it I guess.

Nothing they’re willing to share, remember.

They’re not the only ones feeling the crunch. Even when production worldwide resumes to normal, expect a few months of utterly anemic programming releases.

There’s always going to be pirates. The way legal services compete is with ease of viewership and the promise they won’t give your computer 100 kinds of malware. And in CR’s case, originals, although some are doing well, some became punchlines as soon as they got announced, and some were hopefully quietly cancelled (Warren Ellis’ FreakAngels belongs in a garbage bin).

The website is doing its absolute damndest to earn its keep amidst rumors of being sold, and having a million more subscribers than the WWE network (1.96 million) is a good start.

Oh Florida...half your population is dropping dead and that’s your battleground. Dude must have time traveled from 1999...

Mob Psycho II will never be on Toonami? Ever? Oof. Also, his worst take? FLCL sequels.

Rick and Morty was second only to the finale of the UFC Fight Island series. Rick and Morty = Ratings.

BEBOPAIRZLOL. I do genuinely think DeMarco wants to hold on Bebop reruns until the Netflix show debuts next year, but circumstances, namely their anemic programming, will force their hand.

They use Attack on Titan ending as their base, but this is an eternal struggle. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-28/-attack-on-titan-publisher-kodansha-searches-for-next-manga-hit?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-businessweek&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=businessweek&utm_source=twitter

Ok, so that’s our set schedule, but it’s predominantly a summer of reruns. Beggars can’t be choosers I suppose.