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  1. Jman
    Quick! Someone make a ninja movie that bombs at the box office before they finish casting Naruto!
  2. Jman
    I’m just the messenger here. That and Western action cartoons have had a very rough go of it the past few years. The Avatar clones are all merchandising duds, superheroes are sold through their big films, and everything else is either from Japan or designed specifically to mimic Japanese work.
  3. Jman
    According to the guy heading the Kickstarter for the pilot, a certain furry musical of nightmares has killed anything with anthropomorphic creatures for the foreseeable future.
  4. Jman
    I’ll be honest, if the pilot turns out as good as the footage is hinting at, and I was a Netflix executive asked to choose between Bean Bandit, Swat Kats, and Hazbin Hotel, I would choose Bean Bandit.
  5. Jman
    More confused than anything to be honest. Because judging it from Toonami’s broadcasts and the like, it shouldn’t have done well.
  6. Jman
    Well that’s a positive. Shame they’re still stuck with Ballmasterz.
  7. Jman
    Toonami, for years and years (and Adult Swim Action by extension) ran on one guiding principle. “We are the only game in town.” And when that was no longer the case, the problems began in force. These are unprecedented circumstances. But Toonami is responding with actions that the viewers no longer accept.
  8. Jman
    That is a very good question, but it is specifically highlighted by the problem that DeMarco ain’t got no damn money. It’s telling everything announced tonight is a Crunchyroll co-production of sorts. If something happens to Toonami, Crunchyroll can pick up the ball fairly easily.
  9. Jman
    It didn’t get an Emmy, the production company just submitted it for one. The hope is the Emmy people look at it and laugh, before tearing up the submission forms.
  10. Jman
    Yes, the director is a fan of the show. Everyone loves them some Rick and Morty.
  11. Jman
    Eww. So, for the rest of 2020 -
  12. Jman
    Rick and Morty forever and ever! Rick and Morty 100 years! Rick and Morty.com!
  13. Jman
    I might warm up to it, but the trailer looks generic and the staff doesn’t inspire a ton of confidence.
  14. Jman
    ... So, in the grand tradition of Western influenced anime being sort of lame knockoffs of original stuff, we got...more generic One Piece. Or Samurai Gun II - When it comes to disappointing, DeMarco never disappoints.
  15. Jman
    How far off the mark will DeMarco’s taste be this time?
  16. Jman
    In the West anyway. Usually you need to be based on a product from the 80’s heyday or be attached to an existing comic or video game l, and hopefully have the right people (Hi Warren Ellis, you still suck). But it’s a fascinating look into the difficulties of such, even with the rise of streaming.
  17. Jman
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1820796125/swat-kats-revolution/posts/2901724 And you know if it does land on Warner Toonami will probably air it.
  18. Jman
    No announcements of note. Ugh.
  19. Jman
    Did Sonoda ever finish Bean Bandit?
  20. Jman
    Crunchyroll’s doing a virtual panel at 10amPST. Let’s see if they present something worth a damn. https://comiccon2020.sched.com/event/d200/crunchyroll-industry-panel
  21. Jman
    https://www.mediaplaynews.com/tag/the-binge-report/ One Piece is one of the 10 most binged shows on Netflix, which is probably causing DeMarco to throw things at the wall.
  22. Jman
    Everything is down, and the tail end of a brutal UFC title fight wasn’t helping matters. Toonami needs fresh content, all there is to it.
  23. Jman
    And here I already made the “Knowing is half the battle” joke.
  24. Jman
    This is also why Western influence is such a double edged sword. As companies struggle to maintain independence, they also gain insights and ideas for plots and ideas that an overly insular community may lack. And sometimes that does well, like how Ghost of Tsushima did as a game. What matters at the end of the day for the block is getting the best examples of a genre rather than completely ignoring it because of a lot of bad entries, while the audience will eventually move people past the fad. At this point, all we can do is support series that go against those fads.
  25. Jman
    Toonami not getting Yamato 2199 still bugs me.
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