February Schedule Changes

[Duke]

Nadesico has two of the same problems Escaflowne does (too old in both senses), though that may not matter much on Adult Swim.

Nadesico was also part of Giant Robot Week...

Oh, and Azumanga Daioh is WAY too niche for Adult Swim. AS On Demand might work though...

On topic, I am surprised they already have the TV deal for 2nd Gig. Has it even aired in Japan yet? SAC must be pulling in some nice ratings early on.

 

[KarlOlson]

Nadesico has two of the same problems Escaflowne does (too old in both senses), though that may not matter much on Adult Swim.

Nadesico was also part of Giant Robot Week...

Oh, and Azumanga Daioh is WAY too niche for Adult Swim. AS On Demand might work though...

On topic, I am surprised they already have the TV deal for 2nd Gig. Has it even aired in Japan yet? SAC must be pulling in some nice ratings early on.

2nd Gig should be pretty close to done. It's not suprising either, given that CN wanted GitS:SAC before one episode had even been completed.

Nadesico is niche and old, and CN probably views it as a loser because of Giant Robot Week. If I were going to look for mech for CN, Gunbuster 2 would be a more likely go. FLCL-esque style, off-the-hook animation and plenty of adult content and concepts. That I can see happening. Heck, Re: Cutey Honey could turn up for the same reasons. Besides, action comedies are usually the best situation.

 

[livingfruitvirus]

Nadesico has two of the same problems Escaflowne does (too old in both senses), though that may not matter much on Adult Swim.

Also I've heard a lot of varying opinions on whether it's "funny" or not.

Oh, and Azumanga Daioh is WAY too niche for Adult Swim. AS On Demand might work though...

Bandai: NO NO NO NO TREADING ON OUR GROUNDS! THIS BE OUR ON DEMAND CHANNEL OF THE DEMAND!

On topic, I am surprised they already have the TV deal for 2nd Gig. Has it even aired in Japan yet? SAC must be pulling in some nice ratings early on.

I think Japan's in the mid-teens with 2nd Gig. I've seen bit torrents of it mother****ing everywhere.

 

[Master Moron]

Also I've heard a lot of varying opinions on whether it's "funny" or not.

One of Nadesico's episode titles is "Finding Yourself in a Routine Plot." That's pretty damn funny.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Also I've heard a lot of varying opinions on whether it's "funny" or not.

Its very funny, at least I think so. Plus its humor isn't really "niche". It has niche humor, but it has humor that even your average Joe can understand, too. Its not brand new, but if the animation was that big of a hindering factor, why would ATHF's ratings be so good?

 

[Killtacular]

The humor I saw on Nadesico when it was on Toonami seemed like typical stupid retarded Japanese cliche humor.

I don't want that show to air because I am opposed to airing any anime with Spike Spencer in a dub role.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

The humor I saw on Nadesico when it was on Toonami seemed like typical stupid retarded Japanese cliche humor.

I don't want that show to air because I am opposed to airing any anime with Spike Spencer in a dub role.

I'm not particularily fond of the episodes they played on the Toonami version, because they were some of the worst episodes in the series, and there was no reason to choose those specific episodes unless they wanted it to fail.

 

[comstar]

I think Japan's in the mid-teens with 2nd Gig. I've seen bit torrents of it mother****ing everywhere.

ep 23 & 24 started airing December 4th of 2004 (Thought was to end in October). The subs are behind, hope to see some come out over x-mass. The last eps should be 25 & 26 in January. Think they already decided ageist a 3rd season. They want to move on to some different projects for a while if I remember correctly.

 

[Duke]

Its very funny, at least I think so. Plus its humor isn't really "niche". It has niche humor, but it has humor that even your average Joe can understand, too. Its not brand new, but if the animation was that big of a hindering factor, why would ATHF's ratings be so good?

There's a difference between limited animation and old animation.

And I'm sure ATHF's limited animation has turned off quite a few viewers.

 

[Spastic Minnow]

You all make it sound like putting Milk-Chan on a late saturday slot is an insult. Doesn't the show only have 12 episodes? So it gets a full run on Sunday and still gets to stay on the air on Saturday for an immediate 2nd and maybe 3rd run?
Certain other animes have never gotten that much respect. Or did you forget what they kept doing to WHR? As they're running AS now I doubt any anime show will ever get two runs in the same slot.

 

[KarlOlson]

ep 23 & 24 started airing December 4th of 2004 (Thought was to end in October). The subs are behind, hope to see some come out over x-mass. The last eps should be 25 & 26 in January. Think they already decided ageist a 3rd season. They want to move on to some different projects for a while if I remember correctly.

GitS:SAC might be part of why Toonami's not been able to do anything further on IGPX; I.G.'s resources have been tied up in GitS:SAC lately, and it really takes everything they've got to make it. Also, it's probably better to end GitS:SAC on top than risk becoming the cyberpunk Dragonball Z. OTOH, I could imagine that Bandai and Manga might be willing to put up some bucks to try to persuade I.G. to stick with it.

 

[comstar]

GitS:SAC might be part of why Toonami's not been able to do anything further on IGPX; I.G.'s resources have been tied up in GitS:SAC lately, and it really takes everything they've got to make it. Also, it's probably better to end GitS:SAC on top than risk becoming the cyberpunk Dragonball Z. OTOH, I could imagine that Bandai and Manga might be willing to put up some bucks to try to persuade I.G. to stick with it.

I just can't fathom it ever becoming a CP DBZ. The Major makes quick work of just about anyone she fights. (30 min. of slow-mo? For some reason that only makes it more apealing. ) That and production values would have to tank (Yes, their not fantastic, but quite good. Back grounds on the other hand are fantastic!)

They also have been on Inocence for a while and a few other projects just came out.

I would like them to come back to GITS:SAC in a few years. But, that's a fan talking. I just love this CP stuff and GITS is CP.

 

[gopherwartz]

When is Home Movies going to return to weeknights? GEEZ

 

[SpaceCowboy]

I just can't fathom it ever becoming a CP DBZ. The Major makes quick work of just about anyone she fights. (30 min. of slow-mo? For some reason that only makes it more apealing. ) That and production values would have to tank (Yes, their not fantastic, but quite good. Back grounds on the other hand are fantastic!)

They also have been on Inocence for a while and a few other projects just came out.

I would like them to come back to GITS:SAC in a few years. But, that's a fan talking. I just love this CP stuff and GITS is CP.

IMHO, anime series are best in story and animation quality when they are no longer than one or two seasons (there are exceptions tho, like Urusei Yatsura). If they ever do go back to the series, they should do a completely different take on it, like a whacked-out SD parody.

 

[Master Moron]

The humor I saw on Nadesico when it was on Toonami seemed like typical stupid retarded Japanese cliche humor.

I don't think anyone can form an opinion on any show based on what they saw during Giant Robot Week. Giant Robot Week failed for a reason. It failed for a lot of reasons.

 

[Duke]

IMHO, anime series are best in story and animation quality when they are no longer than one or two seasons (there are exceptions tho, like Urusei Yatsura). If they ever do go back to the series, they should do a completely different take on it, like a whacked-out SD parody.

Maybe they should copy Patlabor and make a series animated in Digital Paper Puppet Animation.

 

[Rave Master1]

There goes Venture Bros. Man. I wish they would put ATHF in the 11:30 timeslot and not move up FMA and GITS. Those shows fit the midnight hour anyway.

 

[Rabi~en~Rose]

There goes Venture Bros. Man. I wish they would put ATHF in the 11:30 timeslot and not move up FMA and GITS. Those shows fit the midnight hour anyway.

VB should just stay now that its found its niche. think of it this way new VB episodes beat IY & WR once but the VB reruns have beat FMA & GitS 4 out of 6 times so far

 

[KarlOlson]

I just can't fathom it ever becoming a CP DBZ. The Major makes quick work of just about anyone she fights. (30 min. of slow-mo? For some reason that only makes it more apealing. ) That and production values would have to tank (Yes, their not fantastic, but quite good. Back grounds on the other hand are fantastic!)

It'd DBZ in as much as every 26 episode season would bring a new villian/arc. Sure, the handling is nothing like DBZ, but I'm not sure whether 104 or even 78 episodes worth of GitS:SAC would stay interesting. If it had been geared around a large number of episodes from the start, maybe it'd make sense, but to keep tacking stuff in segments on would never allow them to really risk going after a really extended arc (IE 39 or 52 episodes.) Plus, it's almost always better to end on top than at the bottom.

They also have been on Inocence for a while and a few other projects just came out.

Just came out because they aren't working on Innocence. It's easy to play around with stuff Windy Tales and the like when you're not working one of the more visually complex anime ever. However, GitS:SAC's costs twice as much as the usual anime to make, and it takes a larger staff is well (how do you think they get it looking so good? money and man-hours.) It ties up a larger than normal piece of the studio's talent.

I would like them to come back to GITS:SAC in a few years. But, that's a fan talking. I just love this CP stuff and GITS is CP.

I'd say let 'em at some piece of Shirow's work that's not made it any sort of anime yet. Besides, it's probably good for them to duck out now, as the Appleseed CG film is supposedly set to spawn a TV series at some point, so while that's airing, you might as well let the GitS staff recouperate and work on some other projects. Heck, even if the studio wants to do more cyberpunk, you could easily look beyond Shirow into stuff like Clamp's Clover. It's very cyberpunk with a bit of steampunk fused in, and it's got visuals that if adapted faithfully, would be jawdropping. So, there are plenty of other options for IG in that aspect.

 

[Chimera]

You can't compare internet shorts to TV really. Internet cartoons are short, self contained, sometimes gimmicky, and a lot of them are one-hit-wonders. There's not a lot of effort required to make a single internet cartoon as there is a serial/episodic TV show that requires building upon episode by episode.

Why not have a compilation series like Comedy Central's Jump Cuts? If random shorts isn't professional enough, they could have episodes focus on a different theme or series.

Come to think of it, an anthology series featuring Newgrounds shorts would be awesome. Too bad it'd be impossible to produce.