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This is why I’m frustrated Suicide Squad Isekai is off limits. At least when they were hawking Max Warner would loan Toonami some shows.

Demon Slayer Hashira Training 7 Suicide Squad Isekai 7-8.

So I read the end of MHA.

To be fair this is a decently common practice. Netflix saved Nimona from Disney trashing it and got an Oscar nomination for the trouble. I could see them being interested.

Zaslav strikes again.

I don’t know, I feel like that would encourage a lot of flame wars and a parasocial relationship with a corporate entity that preys upon that loyalty. Maybe I’m worrying too much.

Finished Gundam SEED.

“Throw it all overboard!”

It'd be one thing if they were working with a lot of action-oriented IP or IP based on comics. After all, we got Suicide Squad Isekai out of that, and for better or worse it seems to be doing rather well. But this is Adult Swim, home of the Adult Swim Stoner Series. Nothing in the current list of stuff that isn't already anime benefits from an anime spin-off in the same way Highlander or the DC characters did, where it's taking these action properties and giving them a different lens. Hell, most of the shows relying on looking weird, low-budget, or otherwise, and this would be a square peg in a round hole. And as for the original action properties, the ones we have that aren't anime are desperately trying to imitate anime only without the stuff that makes Tumblr writers feel icky. So making it actual anime doesn't work. Making Invincible Fight Girl anime wouldn't fix it, it'd just make the Japanese viewers want to watch more Kinnikuman.

https://www.thewrap.com/crunchyroll-15-million-subscribers/ For comparison, Peacock has 34 million, and that’s with all the WWE and the Olympics.

No wonder they’re thinking about spinning them off.

Counterpoint -

Issue #4 just hit physical and digital shelves today, and it remains a very good comic that leans into its retro-futuristic angle (Space Ghost saying "blast it" instead of "damn it" feels like something done to keep the vibe of the old show) while not being afraid to show Zorak rather gruesomely gut guards in the prison he escaped from. Anyway, as befitting Zorak, his first appearance is a two parter...to be continued next month. If you like classic HB action cartoons or pulpy space adventures, this is worth a read.

It’s worth noting that the Smiling Friends crew said they might do an anime episode, but would turn down a full spinoff. Adult Swim can’t do a serious Space Ghost like Dynamite is doing, so that’s out. Honestly, I don’t see it being a real sector for any of their shows. Hell, Rick is kind of taking the joke too far if you ask me.

When the rental market is dogshit, there is no "moving out" without taking on an excessive financial load. I hate my apartment. It's tiny, roach-infested, and the only thing I can see out the window is the windows of the building next door and the asshole staring, so the windows stay closed. But my family going "Oh, then move somewhere else!" is re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic for an extra $500-$800 a month. Unless I get a better job, which seems impossible, there is no leaving this...prison without bankrupting myself.

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin 4 Demon Slayer Hashira Training 6.

Especially when they can watch it on demand. Speaking of, MAWS’s sister show, Batman Caped Crusader hit #1 on Amazon’s streaming charts. The people call for Batman.

You know, it did just hit me that my prediction from a few years back did happen, just with the wrong streamer. Shenmue wouldn’t get a Season 2, but Yakuza is getting a series from Prime Video.

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”.