Jman

Maybe this can fill the Ash vs Evil Dead hole in my heart.

Deadpool and Wolverine - 8/10 A farewell to the superhero movies that came before the MCU juggernaut that kind of knows Phase 4 was bleh and runs with it to its benefit. Certainly a funnier fourth wall breaker than She-Hulk.

I almost booked a vacation somewhere in the middle of rainy season, with nonstop rain and thunderstorm warnings on the daily. Thankfully I got a full refund thanks to a rather busy call center extending the grace time for the refund. So crisis averted.

I admit I wouldn’t be as hard on it if not for three things - Being on Adult Swim. Not having an original art style. Being introduced the same time Kinnikuman Perfect Origin is airing on Netflix. Compare the match in the preview of IFG to the Terryman vs Max Radial fight that’s the opener of the new season. It’s not a fair comparison. If you’re going to do an original art style wrestling show for kids and families, then you have some freedom, because at that point it’s an artistic expression. If you’re going to deliberately imitate anime, well, between Kinnikuman and Tiger Mask W, what does this show have that those don’t? The worst that happened with Unicorn was being a kids show that followed Primal, arguably Genndy’s most pure artistic expression in a show, and something so popular The Simpsons riffed on it. Big shoes to fill to put it mildly.

Well there’s the tried and tested “Flop Girl,” “Invisible Ratings Girl,” and “One Season Girl”. For more specific insults, in addition to that one, we have “Tony Khan books Tiger Mask W,” and “Adult Swim Midcard”.

I don't subscribe to the idea that geographic origin or nationality makes someone's work inherently superior or inferior. That's ridiculous and it always has been. What annoys me is that the few action shows we do seem to be getting from people not named Genndy Tartatovsky or made by a comic book publisher try to imitate anime, and then do a piss-poor job at it because they get rid of the style and the edges to make something blander, uglier, and more boring. The first episode of the show is available online in certain pockets. It's not worth defending. Especially when the action is so choppy, the designs don't work, and the whole thing feels like it was done by someone who watched five seconds of an anime, thought it was "probLEMaTIc!" and thought they could do better. The designs are bleh, the premise is stupid and not in a funny way, and the action doesn't work. This when we have perfectly fine Western animation that's hoarded on Max. I don't see this being an article if it's all bad - I think this is why I was talking up Creature Commandos so much. Because it looks different, and it has big names and big talent working on it. The sort of thing that gets attention.

Italian sausage at the soccer arena. Went to watch two European teams in town with my brother who’s a fan.

The biggest issue remains that Warner’s siloed content means that DeMarco lacks the resources a Netflix has. DeMarco can’t snap his fingers and get Sakamoto Days.

The arc is on Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. Also odds are by the time this does air, Netflix will have the Hashira Training Arc. What’s going to really screw over the Toonami airing is going to be the Infinity Castle movie trilogy because Toonami doesn’t do movies and Netflix is going to want those as soon as possible.

Mr. Harris isn't coming out of nowhere with these ideas. He's been watching this block pre-foundation of Adult Swim. And for all that history, he has been fairly consistent with the idea that he believes Toonami is an action block, not an anime block. He was the one standing up for things like the 2003 Masters of the Universe when even DeMarco felt like his arm was being twisted to air it. The problem is that for a lot of the stuff, Toonami isn't getting the best action stuff from Max. Instead of Suicide Squad Isekai and the upcoming Creature Commandos, it's stuck airing Kinnikuman But Boring, and a Rick and Morty spinoff that probably made more sense two seasons ago when Rickamania was at its peak and running wild all over the internet. At the very least, they should have dragged in the current voice actors. Nostalgia for what it's worth is also a fickle thing, due once again to the rise of streaming. Reminding people shows exist will more often than not have them go to places they don't have to wait on the network's schedule. I think that's also part of the reason that MeTV Toons has seen success, the material there is interchangeable, not serialized. It's clear that the block isn't dead at this point, MAWS, despite its contentious take on the Man of Steel, has done pretty well with its main demographic, but a lot of the newer shows are getting the bulk of their viewership from Max, not Toonami.

Leading with an hour of subs?

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/two-classic-mobile-suit-gundam-series-confirm-netflix-release/ Better than that weird CG OVA.

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin 3.

Warner were the ones that sold them.

I know Olympic coverage is shaped by what we have good athletes in, but I’d rather watch Olympic judo and boxing than swimming.

Cheeseburger at the bar. That and fries.

It’s been a while since I hated on a show to amusing unreasonableness, but I have half a mind to just put a link to Tiger Mask W when Invincible Fight Girl comes out just to show how to do a wrestling show correctly.

Replace Mashle with Suicide Squad Isekai and I think you’ll be mostly accurate.

They’ll be almost caught up. I’m still pretty sure Netflix is getting Hashira training first, to say nothing of the Infinity Castle trilogy.

Thundarr is the one I’m most interested in admittedly because he was a staple of their advertising despite no new material, and because the original show was designed by the duo of Alex Toth and Jack Freaking Kirby, the King of Comics himself. That is a pedigree right there. I’m also…pretty sure if the creators didn’t buy the rights back we’d be seeing the SWAT Kats instead of the Herculoids. I wonder how long before a Centurions comic is allowed?

MAWS chugs along to Season 3, and is set to introduce 90s Chippendale’s Dancer Superboy. Note this costume IS comics accurate.

In more positive news, Lazarus is coming along nicely.