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Looks like the Flop Girl is being wrapped up on the 21st for a fresh new year.

I’m presuming she’s a minor. It’s completely failed to chart on Max which was the big saver for a lot of these originals, including MAWS which did frequently chart on Max.

Behold the Popcorn Hammer.

My non-existent tolerance for bullying creatives aside, MMA anime has been VERY popular for Netflix between the various antics of Baki, Kengan Ashura completing its manga adaptation and even getting a crossover with Baki, and Record of Ragnarok. Not to mention on the live-action front there's been a very popular show called The Cage that has been in the Top 10 these past few weeks along with Cobra Kai. The problem is that all those shows skew older than the original Cartoon Network target audience. And while there are wrestling anime they could have used to mold their show into something more original, everyone involved is utterly disinterested in engaging with the material on that deeper level, hence the shallow fights that feel like the oft-criticized "Diet Anime", where they have a surface level understanding of the aesthetic but do not understand why those aesthetics are used, nor are they able to successfully blend them together with their Current Year designs. A big problem with the show is the designs to be frank. They don't work, they're not believable, and they create this weird visual discomfort. I've said it before, most people really don't want to see this little black girl get wailed on by bigger dudes. It doesn't look or feel right. Not to mention because she's small and doesn't really have anything noticeable, because this is (allegedly) based on pro wrestling, you run into the believability problem that a lot of older school guys rant about AEW being guilty of. Namely, if your performer does not look like he or she can whip someone, which isn't necessarily just size, it's going to look off. In a case where it's a girl getting beat up by men, it doesn't look right. Jim Cornette discusses it below in a pro wrestling context, but I think it also applies to the show.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-20/tsukasa-hojo-cat-eye-manga-gets-new-anime-on-disney-in-2025/.218113 Someone joked this means the Animation Guild negotiations have gone south.

Apparently the creators of the show are graduates of the Jason DeMarco School of Searching for People To Start Shit With. Now this may strike some viewers as harsh, but…

It’s worth noting most of their IP’s are creator owned but this is still terrible and should not go through.

For what it’s worth, next month AEW joins Max as the last sports program that The Turner channels had that wasn’t already on there. When the streamers are nearly replacing cable for sports, seen prior as the last safe haven for cable, then things are going south.

Ghost of Tsushima Definitive Edition. Aka Goddamn Mongolians.

Ranma 1/2 7 - “Nermia is proof Clark Kent’s disguise would work.”

Another week, another complete failure for Invincible Fight Girl to hit the top 10. That said, #4 is a Harry Potter-themed baking show, so do with that what you will.

At least IFG seems to be the last of the CN castoffs. Even so, if it can be replaced mid season with Creature Commandos, they should.

Gundam SEED Freedom.

Netflix is not designed for live programming because this stream for the boxing is stuck in permanent 144p when it’s not buffering, and it can fuck right off.

DanDaDan 7.

I’m at the point where if I get a job with one of these Canadian or British banks, I am going to beg, BEG for a work visa.

Essentially, but the movie dub is a little better.

Khara demanded a more literal dub after a very poor response to the original 3.1 dub.

Finished Gundam SEED Destiny.

Invincible Fight Girl once again failed to make the Top 10 on Max. I don't think it will for its run given that. I mean, look, it was never going to beat out The Penguin, but come on, not even The Franchise? The show is screwed.

Someone woke the Lions up in the second half.

Maybe he sees them as a post-workout treat the way guys will sometimes get a beer post workout. Welp, back to the pull-up bar.

While coincidental, it is kind of funny this parody of the Wizarding World came out as people really started to second guess and critique Rowling’s work. Also are pastries the best thing for muscles? Figure he’d eat leaner is all.