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Had Miguzi continued, I suppose it might have aired future Pokemon seasons, Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds, Tenkai Knights and various other toyetic anime that CN aired along with future Ben 10 seasons/series. I suppose if they no longer felt it should be on weekday afternoons that it could have moved to Saturday mornings where they ended up airing most action cartoons between 2011 and 2013.

And they say the new season is supposed to air this Fall and the only way they’re pulling that off is having someone dub over Roiland or keeping Roiland one more season. The animation has to be done soon.

Now I know nobody in charge watched Space Jam a New Legacy because that’s the plot of the movie. Can’t say I blame them though. Surely they at least watched a Matrix movie.

Kekkaishi did great. You should have said Code Geass.

Well that wouldn’t make sense… Nami peaces out and steals the Merry to return to Kokoyashi Village during Baratie which leads to the guys going after her and taking down Arlong.

Sure doesn’t look like it’s one of the most expensive TV series ever filmed. Looks rather cheap honestly. Despite the hand crafted boats and sets, every shot looks fake. The creature CGI is rough but so far Luffy’s stretching looks about as real as it can. Very authentic costuming, perhaps to a fault. The few bits of dialogue we got did amuse me and I can feel the enthusiasm from the cast both on and off the screen. With a decent script it could be enjoyable. I’ll give it a shot.

Funny thing… this is coming from the same character designer and animation studio as My Adventures with Superman, the character designer created LAST MAN too.

A DC graphic novel adaptation that isn’t cape shit is so incredibly welcome. Feels like both their answer to Hit Monkey and Food Wars coming to an end.

FX could totally kick Toonami’s decrepit ass with a Saturday block featuring Heavenly Delusion and Summer Time Rendering and they could really make it sting if the headliner was Bleach TYBW but Disney isn’t going to flex with their exclusive anime beyond keeping them exclusive to Hulu here.

Not even close to topping the CW’s ad which declared Superman is coming in Supergirl

2 D At an American studio Getting a theaterical release Tartakovsky truly is the greatest and maddest of animation directors

At minimum this is proof that the project isn't dead but I wont set my hopes too high for what they'll be showing off. That said, mentioning it in the description for this joint panel between Production IG and WIT makes me think it won't be a small tease because that would be a waste of time at a joint panel I would think. If MAWS runs 12-13 episodes creating an opening on September 30th or October 7th then I feel the odds are 50/50 that we'll see Uzumaki air before either FLCL series this year.

Yeah it had a marathon but no season got a full rerun even when Toonami could have used a reliable rerun.

Just couldn’t spare a Dr. Stone or One Piece to make up for a week off I guess. I’m 90% sure it’s a one off but I suppose it does leave them something to fall back on if they don’t have a new show for July 15th. If that happens then I just want them to shift Food Wars down to either 2am or 2:30. It’s just stupidly ironic if this shitty season is the only one they gave two full airings. But if the beach episode is the only one that repairs, that’s for the best. It’s arguably the best episode of season anyway.

Streaming isn’t profitable enough on its own unless it is ad-supported. No one wants to pay for multiple services every month and subscriptions are declining after they hit new highs during lock down. Netflix and Hulu worked when they were the only major services but now no one can hold subscribers like before. Kids in particular are watching videos on YouTube and TikTok when they have control of what they are watching.

It’s not looking good on that front. Kids aren’t watching cable and the CN brand means very little to them.

We can dream. At this point it’s anyone’s guess when it will finally air and/or stream. As for July 1st and 8th, this is so gunDAM predictable. They really aren’t going to give Toonami an extra wiggle room despite having 11 hours a night. I knew they weren’t going to spare us from a 2nd half marathon of Unicorn. This is about as bad as how they ran Black Lotus into the ground in a short time… arguably worse.

Love the name. I don’t know how well this will go but I think it’s a fun use of their massive library. Maybe they should have tried it under the CN banner but they’re going hard after the nostalgic 18-49s and being on AS makes more sense for the ad-space.

Lois has always been a tomboy even when she's been presented as a classy lady. People are real quick to point out how much she (absolutely) looks like the lead from the Owl House and it gets the show points with some animation fans and loses it some with others. It will likely have a mixed reception from animation fans but being a Superman thing sells it to a broader audience than just the animation heads. I agree it probably will do worse than UWE but probably not much worse.

Those very same shows might have got more interest if they premiered now on Disney Plus but nobody paid attention to them on DXD. Also their animation makes MAWS look great by comparison. I really don’t think MAWS will bomb despite clearly not being Invincible. Despite what a very vocal minority has to say about it being filled with vocal minorities, it’s probably gonna do fine. But chances of there being more all but went out the window when they abandoned plans to market it to the youth.

1) Gunn’s new focus hasn’t even happened yet 2) People watch cape shit that doesn’t tie into anything despite what Disney thinks 3) Looking like anime isn’t a deal breaker given people still want more 2003 Teen Titans to this day But I know there are also cape shit fans that won’t give the show a chance because Lois is Asian, Jimmy is Indian and Clark comes off as a himbo that girl boss Lois will push around because that’s woke or some shit. They’ll be frothing at the mouth if Jimmy is gay or there’s a trans character in it.

They didn’t mention Toonami in the earliest ads for Unicorn either. To play devil’s advocate that article might not know the exact time MAWS is on Toonami and the author just knows Toonami starts at Midnight. But there’s no way I see MAWS encores airing in the back of the block. It’s probably first, maybe 2nd. Following up on prior conversations about the appeal of this show for adults… While I do think it feels more like a CN show than UWE does (mostly because UWE is kinda boring for a kids show) I don’t actually think the Toonami audience will avoid watching it. The majority might even like it. The Thursday night crowd though? I’m skeptical but cape shit does tend to appeal to a broader audience than a lot of what AS airs.

That trailer felt very CN initially and about the only thing that felt like Adult Swim was the final moments of the announcer voice and music. Much more so than UWE this just feels juvenile. I think it will be a good family show but it’s not where it belongs.

DeMarco needs to spend less time on social media, period. Unrelated to that but related to the original topic, they definitely aren’t waiting to announce Lupin Zero. Sentai’s BD coming in September has no dub. But that reminds me, the upcoming BD from Sentai of Eizouken does have a dub but CR has the master license. I suppose maybe that could be a show they had to talk to the Japanese producers to get if CR got in the way.

The man clearly didn't pay enough attention to Beast Wars but I'm sure being forced to air TF Armada, Energon, Cybertron, DICE, Yu-Gi-Oh and Duel Masters was irritating. I seem to recall he didn't dig the 2002 He-Man despite how good it was.