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The Adult Swim super nonsexy hour returns!

The dub for GITS 2045 was delayed with an actor safety disclaimer.

This is a testament to what kind of anime the average American likes.

June 12. This is the anime, the live action is still pending casting.

Oh come on, you know who Hollywood would cast...

The idea is if you just want the one service, you go to CR or Adult Swim. If you want everything, you go to HBO MAX. So there’s overlap.

It’s a bunch of people sounding stoned while animators try to make sense of it. If I want to hear interviews with stoned people I’ll listen to the Joe Rogan experience.

Was Lil Slugger really expected to compete with Joe Exotic?

Another one for the “Development Hell” files. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sony-film-manga-one-punch-man-venom-writers-1234585282/

You can still get CR separate, but HBO MAX will be one stop shopping. VRV meanwhile may be numbered.

The recent rejections of CR shows in favor of...Paranoia Agent May be DeMarco trying time maintain independence opposite this.

I am expecting Bebop to return for better or for worse but perhaps not this soon. If all other avenues aren’t exhausted (or if PA bombs and scheduling tells DeMarco to knock it off with airing personal favorites no one will watch) it won’t air until the Netflix Bebop debuts. The second that debuts, DeMarco will air it in a prime time slot and go “this is the real Bebop!”

It is a personal favorite for DeMarco. Hence years of it airing just because,

I just find it telling the characters have to defend the school festival occurring in what feels like a fourth wall break. “The kids need the school festival!” Fans - Just do your version of The Phalanx Covenant! Principal - No, school festival.

La Brava reminds me of Baby Doll from Batman the Animated Series. A little person (and Gary Coleman parody) with a clear case of arrested development. She’s an interesting concept. Unfortunately, I maintain Gentle isn’t as interesting because of his plan. A villain that live-streams his crimes? I was expecting Arcade, someone who kidnaps a few of 1-A students and has a giant death trap waiting for them. Also, is anyone that invested in seeing this school festival? I must point out that the shows characters have to essentially address the audience to demonstrate why we’re seeing this instead of more X-Men stories. “No, this school festival is important, even if you people would rather see our take on The Brood or Fatal Attractions.” If the story is popular, that’s probably not necessary.

This is actually a fairly valid point, except the message at the end of the series is one that is fairly optimistic, if brutal in tone.

Anime Expo (as well as SDCC and possibly NYCC) are now cancelled. 2020 con season is done.

The head writer of infamous shitshow RWBY had a legendarily awful hot take on Tifa. Fuck Western creators trying to influence anime and Japanese video games. Fuck em all.

It will forever be what defines SAO - Maybe it even killed that LA adaptation being bandied about.

I continue to maintain Toonami just gets JoJo to keep it off Netflix. No other reason.

The fact remains that Yuuki’s arc boils down to...

I would argue that DeMarco’s stated goal for the block, as a bespoke, premium content answer to Netflix, FUNi and Hulu’s next day delivery of anime is exemplified by PA. I also believe it’s going to tank just as hard as last time, except the anger against it won’t really be there this time. Ooh, Toonami’s airing Paranoia Agent on a Saturday night. Forgiving time has lost all meaning until this crisis ends, the options available to viewers have broadened immensely. “Oh man, Paranoia Agent? Let me fire up Netflix and watch...hey, Bleach movies! Ooh, a new Ghost in the Shell!”

One Piece is on hiatus. Shit has gotten real.

That’s my point. It’s not Toonami/ASA or suck a lemon anymore.

Unlike 2004, we have a lot of other choices. A LOT of other choices. Y’all see Beastars?