Adult Swim Action in April

[Swordfish_II]

If you tuned in on Sunday night, a lot of this is old news to you. But for those who did not, here's a rundown of the biggest news items that were announced that night.

ACTION
Action Saturday begins Saturday, April 17, kicking off with the television premiere of Animatrix.

InuYasha will begin a double strip of premieres on Saturday, April 24, at 11:30 p.m. (e/p)

Wolf's Rain will premiere on Adult Swim beginning Saturday, April 24, at 11 p.m. (e/p)

Adult Swim has acquired 50 episodes of Detective Conan, and the first 26 will begin premiering in a weeknight strip at 12:30 a.m. (e/p) on Monday, April 5.Also some comedy news:


COMEDY
On Sunday, Feb. 15, Adult Swim will present a marathon of the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episodes that couldn't appear on the season one DVD set.

Adult Swim will double strip Aqua Teen beginning Monday, April 19, at midnight (e/p).

Two premieres of Aqua Teen will lead into the strip, on Sunday, April 25, and Thursday, May 6, at 11:45 p.m. (e/p)
EDIT: Does this mean only one episode of (NEW) Inuyasha and Wolf's Rain per week?

[Killtacular]

90 minutes of anime on weeknights? Looks like AS.com posters get their wish.

Why 90 minutes though? Seems strange. Why not just run ATHF at 11 PM instead of midnight? Or 11:30. Because if an episode of ATHF is premiering at 11:45 on a weekday, I assume that means 11:30 is also W St. Let's see how long that lasts before they go back to Futurama/FG from the inevitable ratings bomb.

[William C. Maune]

Unless they are finally going to have the overnight hours do something other than repeat the first three hours. Not that action getting pushed back father into the night would be all that great either.

[The Landstander]

Oh, they're actually going through with the banned Space Ghost marathon? Awesome, I was worried they forgot about that.

Cool.

Also cool to see some originals on weeknights. Maybe they'll stick to it for THREE weeks this time.

[Jimmy Kustes]

They also said on the cards that all the execs met in Miami and said that show launches were necessary. Are they talking about acquisitions or original pilots?

[Killtacular]

So if I'm guessing correctly, this would be the schedule for Adult Swim in April:

SUNDAY

11:00 - Home Movies
11:30 - Harvey Birdman (premiere)
11:45 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force (premiere)
12:00 - Sealab 2021
12:15 - Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast
12:30 - The Oblongs
1:00 - Mission Hill
1:30 - Baby Blues

MONDAY-THURSDAY

11:00 - Family Guy
11:30 - Sealab 2021
11:45 - The Brak Show (or ATHF premiere)
12:00 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12:15 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12:30 - Detective Conan (premiere)
1:00 - Witch Hunter Robin
1:30 - Inuyasha

SATURDAY

11:00 - Wolf's Rain (premiere)
11:30 - Inuyasha (premiere)
12:00 - Inuyasha (premiere)
12:30 - The Big O
1:00 - Witch Hunter Robin
1:30 - Cowboy Bebop

[Swordfish_II]

90 minutes of anime on weeknights? Looks like AS.com posters get their wish.
Where does it say that? Conan is probably starting at 12:30 because Witch Hunter Robin will still be going on its initial run at midnight on April 5th.

[Artimus Gigan]

Considering my birthday is April 22, I shall egotisticly consider that AS agnoliges me and all i stand for by allowing this to happen....besides I wanted to check out Wolf's Rain anyways....

[Killtacular]

Where does it say that?
Last time I checked, double Aqua Teens at midnight on weeknights = 30 less minutes for anime.

[Swordfish_II]

Last time I checked, double Aqua Teens at midnight on weeknights = 30 less minutes for anime.
Damnit. I need to learn to pay attention when I read.

So by the end of April the schedule will be balanced with 3 hours of Action on Saturday, 3 hours of comedy on Sunday, and an hour and half of each on weeknights?

Animatrix kicks off Saturdays. The next week will be Wolf's Rain followed by 2 new Inuyashas. Right?

[Killtacular]

Yes.

Animatrix would be a three-half-hour broadcast, I believe. AKA ~72 minutes.

[PaQ]

Wow. As news keeps coming in about AS in April, I keep liking what i hear.

Everything so far sounds good, even liked Matt's interpretation of the schedule. The only thing missing is Lupin. Could ASA mean the end of Lupin? :(

[Beat]

There's always the 1:30 spot untill something more concrete appears.

[Killtacular]

Adult Swim had better strip Space Ghost if they know what's good for them.

[Animation Otaku]

Adult Swim had better strip Space Ghost if they know what's good for them.
Taken out of context, that sounds so wrong in so many ways.



Anyways, about these announcements, I have a couple questions.
Are they really going to take off one of their biggest ratings getters(Futurama/Family Guy) or will the one that gets removed from weekdays end up on Sunday?
Why 50 episodes of Conan? I mean, if they went that far, why not make it an even 52? Seems kind of strange.

[rmarti3926]

:eek: Is Detective Conan supposed to be a family show? Like it was in Japan. I don't think it's Adult Swim-ish enough.

[Killtacular]

It wouldn't be considered a family show over here. 14+ at the least. Until shows like CSI drop their disclaimers, which doesn't seem likely, the subject of murder investigation will remain closed off, pun not intended, to kids.

Are they really going to take off one of their biggest ratings getters(Futurama/Family Guy) or will the one that gets removed from weekdays end up on Sunday?
It's possible that Family Guy and Futurama would run from 1-2 on Sundays.

[Anime Freak]

Conan at 12:30!?!?! I dunno what they're thinking... Conan isn't going to get as good of ratings at 12:30 as it would if it aired at 12:00am. I see the whole Aqua Teen and Brak Show stuff lasting about a week before they realize their big mistake. They must not have that many Inuyasha episodes i assume thats why theirs only 2 a week. Only smart idea on this whole schedule that i'd agree with would be the Wolf's Rain once a week eps. The rest just confuses me.

[livingfruitvirus]

Conan at 12:30!?!?! I dunno what they're thinking... Conan isn't going to get as good of ratings at 12:30 as it would if it aired at 12:00am. I see the whole Aqua Teen and Brak Show stuff lasting about a week before they realize their big mistake.
remember. comedy ratings > anime ratings

and anime is cheap stuff and doesn't have to make as much to break even.

[Animation Otaku]

Conan at 12:30!?!?! I dunno what they're thinking... Conan isn't going to get as good of ratings at 12:30 as it would if it aired at 12:00am. I see the whole Aqua Teen and Brak Show stuff lasting about a week before they realize their big mistake. They must not have that many Inuyasha episodes i assume thats why theirs only 2 a week. Only smart idea on this whole schedule that i'd agree with would be the Wolf's Rain once a week eps. The rest just confuses me.
They have 52 new episodes of Inuyasha, but we don't know if they'll all premier at once. Besides, with 2 new episodes a week, it would only take 26 weeks, the same amount of time it will take to run Wolf Rain.

[Anime Freak]

remember. comedy ratings > anime ratings

and anime is cheap stuff and doesn't have to make as much to break even.
Yes,but it would still be nice if they gave other anime a chance so they could get as good of ratings as FLCL did....

[William C. Maune]

Yes,but it would still be nice if they gave other anime a chance so they could get as good of ratings as FLCL did....

Action and comedy will be getting equal time, 9 hours a week each (before 2 AM).

[NewLib]

Well Family Guy will come back with new episodes most likely in the beginning of next year.

They are going to have to slowly wane Futurama off. It cant last forever. But Dectective Conan belongs on weekdays.

Hopefully by the end of the year the schedule will look like this

Weekdays:
11:00 EST Family Guy
11:30 Home Movies
12:00 ATHF
12:15 Space Ghost
12:30 Dectective Conan
1:00 Wolf's Rain
1:30 InuYashu

Saturday
11:00 New Magical Series
11:30 InuYashu
12:00 GITS
12:30 Big O
1:00 Lupin
1:30 Witch Hunter Robin

Sunday
11:00 Venture Brothers
11:30 Sealab
11:45 ATHF
12:00 Home Movies
12:30 Mission Hill/Futurama/Oblongs
1:00 Mission Hill/Futurama/Oblongs
1:30 Who knows.

[Beat]

This'll be funny. Conan Vs. Conan in ratings.

[NewLib]

I still agree. Combining Dectective Conan and Conan O'Brian = Ratings Gold.

[Juu-kuchi]

Hm... looks interesting, but I'm quite unsure of the schedule.

[Anime Guy]

This new schedule will take some getting used to, but I'm sure it'll be good. [/so bored and has nothing else to say]

[Jaguar]

This new schedule charms and befuddles me at the same time.
At least there will be some good in the spring to somewhat cancel out my allergies.

[Jimmy Kustes]

I remember someone on at TZ talking about Anime Unleashed (Betterman) up against Letterman.

I'll just steal jokes:

Conan vs. Conan
Letterman vs. Betterman

This fall the George Forman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Machine will steal the grill from the chicken Tyson, Tyson chicken-thingie. Only on Pay-Per-View.

[Sketch]

Conan at 12:30? Okay... I think they are trying to kill the show so they can tell FUNi to re-edit it for Toonami... I guess I'll watch it whenever its on but it feels like its hiding by putting it at such an odd time.

Double Inuyasha sounds nice at it will be at a more accessable time to the fanbase, but the "spawns of Satan" will moan over the loss of its weekday run for sure. You just can't keep those people happy...

[Killtacular]

Conan at 12:30? Okay... I think they are trying to kill the show so they can tell FUNi to re-edit it for Toonami...
...no.

That's just the earliest it can air.

Give up the conspiracy theories. Detective Conan runs a steady race rather than sprinting. With 350 episodes, the show can manage a lukewarm response. I'm positive it won't do as poorly as Lupin and there's no agenda to prepare it for Toonami because CN chooses what block a show will air on, not FUNi, and Conan just cannot air on Toonami and be the same show.

[Beat]

...no.

That's just the earliest it can air.

Give up the conspiracy theories. Detective Conan runs a steady race rather than sprinting. With 350 episodes, the show can manage a lukewarm response. I'm positive it won't do as poorly as Lupin and there's no agenda to prepare it for Toonami because CN chooses what block a show will air on, not FUNi, and Conan just cannot air on Toonami and be the same show.
Yeah, I know. What would they do with La Bamba?

Oh wait, different Conan.

Anyways Matt is right about Detective Conan.

[Caffeine King]

:D A;right!

Now two things to look forward in April...new anime :D and new Boston Public! :(

[Roger Smith]

Roger Smith Birthday is 28 of april one day before my birthday.
and Detective Conan will complete adult Swim!
they have
fan service=Inuyasha
Comedy=William street stuff
Action=Cowboy Bebop
Classics=Lupin
Mechas=Big O
Bugs eating my head off=Blue Gender
wacko thing that makes them get good raiting=FLCL
Suspence and people saying who the heck will homer!=Conan
doggys trying to be human and i havent watch it=Wolf Rain
And MOVIES TUM TUM TARAN TARAN1

[Matthew Williams]

I like this schedule. About fricking time they decided to run the originals on weeknights. (Double ATHF = golden)

and at least Inuyasha on Saturday nights means that the episodes will last longer. Whichg means the inevitable "Y IZN'T INYASHA ON" onslaught of e-mails will be delayed. :)

[Sketch]

...no.

That's just the earliest it can air.

Give up the conspiracy theories. Detective Conan runs a steady race rather than sprinting. With 350 episodes, the show can manage a lukewarm response. I'm positive it won't do as poorly as Lupin and there's no agenda to prepare it for Toonami because CN chooses what block a show will air on, not FUNi, and Conan just cannot air on Toonami and be the same show.

True, true, it would need some changes to air on Toonami.

I thought it was FUNi's decision to move YYH, not just CN's.

Hmm... Blue Gender premiered at 12.5... Maybe WS just likes to air FUNi series at that particular time.

[Animation Otaku]

Hyper Luigi, it is airing at 12:30 because as of this schedule change, that's when ASA will start on weeknights. ATHF will have 2 episodes at 12:00, so 12:30 will be the new equivalent of 12:00 in the past.

[Lord Dalek]

Doesn't anyone feel that Funi is pulling a Yu Yu Hakusho on Conan?

[Killtacular]

....NO. Jesus.

I thought it was FUNi's decision to move YYH, not just CN's.
CN made the decision and FUNi agreed. WS was pretty much left out of the argument as usual.

[Arxane]

Doesn't anyone feel that Funi is pulling a Yu Yu Hakusho on Conan?
Why would Funi pull a "Yu Yu Hakusho"? The only thing that would come out of such a thing would be to piss off fans should there be a transition from Adult Swim to Toonami. I think Funi has judged that Adult Swim can be the only place for "Conan".

I mean, how can you possibly get this kind of anime (http://animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=556) on Toonami without destroying it beyond recognition?

[Bogey B]

This'll be funny. Conan Vs. Conan in ratings.

as long as comedy central runs conan (non anime) at 6 i`ll be happy

[Artimus Gigan]

I mean, how can you possibly get this kind of anime (http://animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=556) on Toonami without destroying it beyond recognition?
Sound lovely....besides gratious and wanton violence what's DC about?

[Zero Kagayaki]

how many episode wolf rain have?

[Youko Recca]

how many episode wolf rain have?
I think 30.

[JeffTMBG]

I am down with this. ATHF running daily = teh sex. Still, there aren't many episodes, especially to run twice a day. Would it be safe to assume that they'll be getting another large episode order this year?

[JeffTMBG]

how many episode wolf rain have?
26, plus 4 episodes that were supposedly going to be released on video to make up for the fact that 4 of the episodes were clip shows. CN may well drop the clip episodes, though, leaving 22 or 26 if those fabled extra eps ever surface.

[ajservo1]

Where did you find info about Baby Blues getting washed up again?

Do they REALLY need to trod this dreck out again to get even lower ratings for that half hour?

I'd rather have the Kricfalusi action hero show back on again than that crapfest...

yeesh...

Toss futurama to a weekly series run before this mistake.

[jeffrey 228]

Originally Posted by SwimBuddha
If you tuned in on Sunday night, a lot of this is old news to you. But for those who did not, here's a rundown of the biggest news items that were announced that night.

ACTION
Action Saturday begins Saturday, April 17, kicking off with the television premiere of Animatrix.

InuYasha will begin a double strip of premieres on Saturday, April 24, at 11:30 p.m. (e/p)

Wolf's Rain will premiere on Adult Swim beginning Saturday, April 24, at 11 p.m. (e/p)

Adult Swim has acquired 50 episodes of Detective Conan, and the first 26 will begin premiering in a weeknight strip at 12:30 a.m. (e/p) on Monday, April 5.

And will it mean Inuyasha is not going to be on the Weekdays again, in possable replace mean that Lupin 3 is now going to take over the midnight time slot and will it be a long wait for the new episodes to come?

Because it won't be the same with out Inu Yasha being on the weekdays and such, at least for the fans. :(

And,

Oh, they're actually going through with the banned Space Ghost marathon? Awesome, I was worried they forgot about that.

Cool.

Also cool to see some originals on weeknights. Maybe they'll stick to it for THREE weeks this time.
Wich Banned Episode was that refering to regarding I have not seen that episode before?

[livingfruitvirus]

And will it mean Inuyasha is not going to be on the Weekdays again, in possable replace mean that Lupin 3 is now going to take over the midnight time slot and will it be a long wait for the new episodes to come?
read the comedy portion of the news. ATHF will be on weeknights

[lostrune]

Conan at 12:30!?!?! I dunno what they're thinking...

Detective Conan vs. Late Night with Conan O'Brien, with Conan the Cali-Governarian as the judge. :D

[Swordfish_II]

Wolf's Rain and new Inuyasha will air on Saturday.

So far, it seems, every anime that airs on Saturday has its full OP.

*me ponders*

[sl4]

Wich Banned Episode was that refering to regarding I have not seen that episode before?Banned episodes referring to the episodes that didn't make it to the volume 1 DVD because of copyright junk.

[Sketch]

Inuyasha hasn't aired its OP on AS in about a year. However it could get it back with the repackaging.

[Sketch]

Hyper Luigi, it is airing at 12:30 because as of this schedule change, that's when ASA will start on weeknights. ATHF will have 2 episodes at 12:00, so 12:30 will be the new equivalent of 12:00 in the past.
I know but I don't see why they need to do that when ATHF could air earlier and doesn't need a double strip on the weekdays anyway.

[Master Moron]

Great...so uhhh...what's gonna happen to Kenshin? I hope they'll just move it back to 9 or something.

[Beat]

Great...so uhhh...what's gonna happen to Kenshin? I hope they'll just move it back to 9 or something.
I'm afraid it'll be canned. The contract for the show expires when?

[William C. Maune]

I'm afraid it'll be canned. The contract for the show expires when?

Probably not until at least March 2005. I think the contracts usually last for at least two years. They could just move it to 10:30. It would make a great ASA lead-in show.

[Mysteryinfoman]

My thoughts on this is just wow! ASA is really stepping up and I bet ASC will rise yet again like it always does.

DC-I thought the movies were pretty good, so I would not mind those movies as specials which I think they will.

WR-Good show, wonder how the dub is and thats it.

Animatrix-Never saw all of them so I guess it will be cool.

AS for new ATHF on weekdays and reruns as well, okay. it might get ATHF more ratings.

[GTOnizuka]

Conan at 12:30!?!?! I dunno what they're thinking... Conan isn't going to get as good of ratings at 12:30 as it would if it aired at 12:00am. I see the whole Aqua Teen and Brak Show stuff lasting about a week before they realize their big mistake. They must not have that many Inuyasha episodes i assume thats why theirs only 2 a week. Only smart idea on this whole schedule that i'd agree with would be the Wolf's Rain once a week eps. The rest just confuses me.
I think its smart to put Conan before IY. I can see more ppl drawn to the show if it's first.

I think they're only going to premeire IY twice a week so they'll last longer. With all the waiting for new episodes and dubbing, this is probably smart; Viz video is real slow with their releases for some reason as mention in other threads.

[Sketch]

Probably not until at least March 2005. I think the contracts usually last for at least two years. They could just move it to 10:30. It would make a great ASA lead-in show.
Indeed it would, but the show deserves a weekday spot somewhere. Its too long not to have one and we still haven't even shown the last arc on CN.

[Monarch]

Banned episodes referring to the episodes that didn't make it to the volume 1 DVD because of copyright junk.
Presumably, the marathon would include:

#09 "Self Help" (guests Dr Joyce Brothers, Rich Hall, Anka Radakovich)
#10 "Gum, Disease" (guests Branford Marsalis, Danny Bonaduce)
#11 "President's Day Nightmare" (guests Craig McCraken, Genny Tartakovsky, and others)
#11a "Le Livre D'Histoire" (guests Jim Carrey, Chuck Russell, James Kirkconnell, Carl Clark)

Perhaps "A Space Ghost Christmas" special, as well. "The Mask" is already included as part of "Le Livre D'Histoire", so it doesn't count. Hopefully they run the uncut versions of these episodes!

[lostrune]

Inuyasha hasn't aired its OP on AS in about a year. However it could get it back with the repackaging.

Not if it's still Adult Swim Saturdays. Unless they change their gimmick....

[Master Moron]

Not if it's still Adult Swim Saturdays. Unless they change their gimmick....
I fail to see your point.

[Anime Guy]

I fail to see your point.Inuyasha only aired with its intro for the first six episodes when it was on AS Saturdays and it's intro never aired on weeknights.

[Keldran]

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TRAVEL/01/22/television.conan.reut/vert.conan.jpg


...


Anyhow, good stuff. I'll probably start watching Adult Swim again now.

[Jaguar]

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TRAVEL/01/22/television.conan.reut/vert.conan.jpg

I really hate to get off topic when we're making such progress, but that is the best picture ever. :D

[Lord Dalek]

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TRAVEL/01/22/television.conan.reut/vert.conan.jpg
I didn't know Conan was a candidate for Dudley Do-right. DAMN YOU HOLLYWOOD!

[Nabuca]

From what I have seen of Wolf's Rain it looks damn good, and I was shocked that AS picked up Conan, shocked in a good way, I have heard nothing but great things about the show.

[GTOnizuka]

Detective Conan Announced for Cartoon Network Broadcast
The Cartoon Network has announced its acquisition of television broadcast rights to FUNimation's English language adaptation of Detective Conan (http://www.funimation.com/conan.htm). With 7 theatrical films and over 350 episodes in Japan, the series is one of the highest rated and most watched anime series in Japan. Some fans may remember that several years ago Fox Television briefly considered licensing Detective Conan for American release, but decided that the series was too violent to air as a Saturday morning children's cartoon in America.

Source: ICv2 News (http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/4136.html)

This makes me want to watch it more.

Wolf's Rain reminds me of Princess Mononoke

[Beat]

It's all good. Conan's on AS, while the other Conan's on Comedy Central.

[Seiken Izumi]

i'm like freaked out of my mind that AS got Wolf's Rain...i wonder how the dub will be.