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This show is really, REALLY pushing the school festival, which does make me think there were...objections to the plot and the characters are all but going “We don’t care.”

DeMarco really, really wants you to watch PA. But you know what they say about leading a horse to water.

“Postmodern” video games tend to be “post-anything good”. (Also, that’s me making a joke, rather than using Oliver’s insulting nickname for AT&T to show how much people in Warner do not like the company being upended the way it has been).

Well no one can use offices right now in North America.

HBO NOW was just HBO shows and movies on demand. HBO MAX is HBO plus other services like DC Universe and Crunchyroll. The idea is to get all the WarnerMedia owned products under one umbrella.

I don’t know the specifics, but it does feel like a case of “I have to be independent or else I’ll be seen as redundant.” WarnerMedia is investing a lot of money in Crunchyroll as the face of their anime programming. They moved the staff into new offices, launched a slate of originals through a licensing deal with Webtoon, etc. So I could see DeMarco holding them at arm’s length.

Time Warner had a reputation of being the most poorly run company on the planet, with divisions having overlap but being encouraged to compete with each other. A lot of the company executives liked this because it meant autonomy. AT&T, Business Daddy, has mountains of debt and does not like this, hence massive restructuring to make everything more synergistic, but also taking away the freedom each department enjoyed.

Probably not, but the intra-division rivalries were always cited as something AT&T wanted to end, and the other divisions didn’t want to end.

DeMarco’s too proud to do that, especially if it’s his job on the line. He knows that Business Daddy doesn’t know specifics, just that Crunchyroll is anime and Warner Animation/Adult Swim is domestic material. Not to mention I bet he is terrified of WarnerMedia going “why isn’t all our anime distribution and airing not under our Crunchyroll umbrella?” and turning Toonami into a CR adjacent block, and pushing him and his famous shit taste out of the equation. So no help will be asked for, since Toonami has to sink or swim on his decisions.

Rewatching it is one thing, and by all means. But it’s not going to get people jumping into of their seats and setting their clocks.

It’s a rerun. No hype. None. Also putting PA at point remains a really bad idea.

Hi Score Girl 1 One Punch Man S2 1-3.

Card is set for May 9 because Florida took a bribe from Vince McMahon to keep empty arenas open. Look, I need something. I’ve been watching Streetbeefs on YouTube to get my MMA fix. Streetbeefs. These people don’t know an armbar from an armband.

AKA the absolute low point of the block. It was telling when Toonami came back they immediately got Soul Eater and then got Gurren to air after that.

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.