Jman

Like I said in the other thread, I think that's by design. They want to intrigue you with something new and mysterious, and if you want to watch it, ONLY Toonami (Or HiDive, but who's counting?) They can't afford a big ad blitz, so they'll go the mystery route.

Cartoon Network has been airing LA stuff for decades, and Toonami has aired live action movies before. Yeah, I was joking, especially now that they have stuff, but sometimes you need to be creative with getting peoples attention on the block. Besides, the show has a better opening than Ass Class did.

So we have two of the new shows revealed and two weeks left. Any guesses on what else they will get?

Year is just starting, and new shows are being introduced. There are opportunities for improvement in ratings.

DeMarco is all about being vague. "You wanna know what happens? Well, I guess you gotta tune in, ONLY Toonami to find out." Maybe the execution was off, but the concept is sound.

Glenn Beck claims to have COVID in his lungs. He’s also unvaccinated.

This is definitely an out there pic, and for that, it should be applauded.

This is what DeMarco wanted to do when the block started. He said he wanted people to go in blind and tune in out of sheer curiosity, and to avoid folks going to streamers to watch the shows instead.

Streaming services can also show boobs and say the fuck word, which for all their loosening of standards, Adult Swim isn't allowed to do.

Keep in mind a lot of places were still in lockdown to roughly April/May. Linear television continues to record drops for pretty much anything that isn't live sports or network TV events.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scott-pilgrim-anime-series-netflix-1235071580/#recipient_hashed=9c7620043769560988486ff2eeeea179ad5bc5ef3d0353e8a3a5fe7427aa9fc1 Show-ran by the people behind the surprisingly good Chucky show on SyFy.

Can't fault them for that either given when the mini-marathon aired. It also allows for week-by-week watch alongs to point out just how horrid the Netflix series is (I say as I look on at my Blu-Ray of the series).

Not gonna lie, I would have put the Bebop’s first, and made more Netflix jokes. Guess Naruto pulls better demos.

Twitter is claiming Bebop will be part of the schedule but the timeslot is not set. Fine by me, I’d rather they kept kicking Netflix in the teeth now before people forget that abomination with the same name. (That and stuff like LA Yu Yu Hakusho and LA One Piece won’t be out till 2023 earliest).

I have memories of watching Tenchi Muyo’s first few OVA’s on it without censorship, and the Mihoshi special as well. Feels like forever ago, because it probably was. It’s still a weird acquisition because in a lot of these cases, the idea is to get marketable IPs. Does the world need a LA Lupin III? The Lupin show on Netflix even forewent a direct adaptation of the novels in favor of a French guy who was inspired by them to pull off his heists (good show BTW).

I do remember once upon a time an LA Witch Hunter Robin was planned…then people saw the show.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/amc-networks-acquires-sentai-anime-streamer-1235070068/ Does every big company sans Disney really need a ready supply of anime? Is AMC going to make a Redo of Healer show to follow Walking Dead?

The most popular show on Netflix in Japan when it hit, delayed by well, COVID making filming with the mo-cap technology they used unsafe. This is actually on top of another animated Ultraman film that’s being done by the people who did Kubo and the Two Strings so it will look quite different.

Demon Slayer turned from a popular show in anime communities to one of the most popular shows in the country when it hit Netflix dubbed. It’s understandable.

Tiger Mask W kicked ass and I’ll just sit here stewing over the fact that the review of it Wrestling with Wregret put up was taken down. And hey, AEW is popular. It’s also cheap programming. Of course, my suggestion was freaking Peacemaker so who am I to talk?

The show was garbage, the direction wretched, and the woman who played Faye was a clown. On top of that, the timing was pretty damn coincidental for it not to be shade. But it felt more like TOM celebrating Bebop as the anime classic it is rather than comparing it to the recently cancelled trainwreck.

The Netflix shade was fairy subtle. A few lines that were definitely cracks but no “Welcome to the Ouch!” jokes. I know Steve Blum has been rather adamant about people not going after the actors so I can presume he asked them to use a lighter touch.

Featurertte - I feel like I should be grading this on a curve since Filipino TV does not do this sort of thing normally. By their own admission this is the most expensive production in the network’s history and while it’s not Hollywood level AT ALL there is a clear sense of enthusiasm a lot of productions don’t have.

I still say they should beg HBO Max for Peacemaker if all else fails.

If you’re going to get an old Media Blasters show, you might as well just air Magic Knight Rayearth.