Adult Swim Action Upfront News [Escaflowne, s-CRY-ed, Samurai Champloo!]

[KnightusMaximus]

And here's the anime news posted by SwimBuddha on the Adult Swim message board:

May



From the creator of Cowboy Bebop comes Samurai Champloo, an animé series featuring two fighters with vastly different styles. Although far from being friends, they team with a waitress to embark on a search for a mysterious samurai. With a soundtrack featuring scratch beats, the series features a fighter employing a break-dancing style. Samurai Champloo will premiere Saturday, May 14, at 11:30 p.m. (ET, PT).


An intriguing detective story follows mysterious attacks by someone wearing rollerblades and a golden bat in the anime series Paranoia Agent. This series joins Adult Swim on Saturday, May 28, at 12 a.m. (ET, PT).


In the anime series, S-CRY-Ed, an unexplained phenomenon has occurred on a distant island called “The Lost Grounds,” giving birth to a new species of human, called Alters, able to manipulate matter into unique forms. Kazuma is gifted with the Alter ability, and unknowingly may hold the key to the peaceful co-existence between Alters and regular humans. Twenty-six episodes have been acquired to the series, which will begin Saturday, May 28, at 12:30 a.m. (ET, PT).


Hundreds of years ago, Inuyasha’s father sealed away a powerful demon from China named Hyoga. But Hyoga’s son, Menomaru, is awakened by a Shikon shard and is inspired to absorb the remains of his father’s power to take control on the world. Inuyasha and his friends must stop the nearly invincible enemy in the animated film, Inuyasha: A Love That Transcends Time, which will be telecast Saturday, May 14, at 12 a.m. (ET, PT).


Based on the popular manga, the animated feature Metropolis uses both traditional 2-D animation and CGI. The story follows Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, as they travel to Japan to visit Metropolis in search for the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku are separated and plunged into the middle of a much larger conspiracy. Metropolis will air Saturday, May 21, at 12 a.m. (ET, PT).
June



All-new episodes of the popular animé series Inuyasha continue with the adventures of Kagome and Inuyasha. Together, they protect the powerful “Jewel of Four Seasons” from the demons and goblins who seek it.
July



Escaflowne, the animé feature film, follows the teenager Hitomi, who travels to Gaia, an alternate world, to escape her depression on Earth. In Gaia, she meets Van, a mysterious young king. Van will determine the fate of countries with a mystical dragon armor called Escaflowne. Time/date TBA.
August



In the second feature film based on the popular animé series Inuyasha: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, Inuyasha and friends have finally destroyed Naraku, and each start to go their separate ways. Unfortunately, this peace does not last long. Inuyasha and his friends are pitted against a new threat, Princess Kaguya. Kaguya aims to do the unthinkable by ending the flow of time, leaving the world in an eternal night. Time/date TBA.
September

· Ghost in the Shell: Second Gig is the second season of the popular series based on the critically acclaimed animé feature film.

· Cowboy Bebop: The Movie takes place on Mars, just before Halloween in the year 2071. Villains have released a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing an even bigger, more devastating biochemical attack, a large reward is offered for the arrest and capture of the person behind the destruction. Spike Spiegel and his crew of bounty hunters get on board and face their most deadly foe ever.

[Tienshin]

I was just about to post this, but since you grabbed it first I'll split this into a new thread.

A thread of ACTION!

[Beat]

Escaflowne, the animé feature film
I was excited until they said "feature film". After all the horrible things I've heard about the film, it would have been better if they got Aura Battler Dunbine instead.

S-CRY-Ed
It's been on AS on Demand for a while now. So I can't say I'm too surprised.

[guinaevere]

Yay! New action type stoof. :D I was beginning to think they didn't love me.

[Sketch]

s.Cry.ed? Seriously? About dang time. But actually... they'd don't really need it now. Well whatever... Odd for it to air after PA that's for sure. They should stick it on weekdays instead. Or better yet... put it before Champloo so it can be the bridge between Toonami and AS.

Finally some dates on the movies and shows!

Well airing Bebop's movie in September is nice but it would make more sense to air it on October being as it takes place on Halloween.

The Escaflowne movie is a nice suprise. I pitty they wont air the show as well. But maybe if the movie does well they'll dig it out of the hole it's stuck in. But I doubt it.

New Inuyasha in June eh? Well that's quite a wait. I hope they air CC on weekdays again soon.

Nice to have 3 anime premeires on Saturday this summer. Now all they need to do is drop Futurama and we're in business!

I'm a little bothered at the lack of FMA's second half in this annoucment. Well it'll come eventually I guess.

I'm very dissapointed about one thing though... I was really hoping they'd pick up Chromartie Highschool. It'd be great for Adult Swim. Ah well...

[Nik Jam]

So what's happening with FMA? Are they splitting up the episodes or airing all 51 consecutively?

[Sketch]

They are cutting it in half I believe. But how much would it OWN if AS kept it going and had four series premieing over the summer?

11:00 - Fullmetal Alchemist
11:30 - Samurai Champloo
12:00 - Paranoia Agent
12:30 - s.Cry.ed
01:00 - FLCL (to replace Milk Chan)
01:30 - Cowboy Bebop

It would own. ALOT.

[Tienshin]

So what's happening with FMA? Are they splitting up the episodes or airing all 51 consecutively?

FMA and GitS will take a breather for 13 weeks while Samurai Champloo and Paranoia Agent takeover those slots and then return once that run is complete.

I wonder when Champloo will have the entire 26 episodes dubbed.

[PaQ]

Ah, I was wondering what was going on with the action side. Shamploo & Paranoia Agent known about but still good to know they're coming in May.

Interesting news about S-cry-ed, been hearing about that series for awhile now, glad it's finally going to air. Didn't expect that one. And the Inuyasha movies finally get some dates that hopefully won't get delayed. :p It'll be interesting to see how it feels compared to the series.

I've seen pieces of Metropolis before, so I guess I'll see if it keeps my focus this time around. New Inuyasha was expected, Escaflowne movie is surprising. I've never seen anything of Escaflowne so that should be a pleasant addition.

GITS: Second Gig & Knockin' on heavens door, both pretty much known about already, both not till September, but the time will probably fly right by. Looks like it's going to be a loaded ASA for the next 6 months at least. :anime:

[Nik Jam]

I guess there is some call of concern for new FMA. But it got good ratings so perhaps it's going to happen in Q4.

[The Dark Gundam]

I really hope they air the rest of FMA. Come on! The show has gotten the best ratings of any anime so far on Adult Swim!

Besides that Adult Swim Action looks awesome in 2005! Some cool new movies this year, along with some cool shows, and the new acquisition S-CRY-Ed(I've been reading the manga, and it's freakin awesome!).

I'm glad that Adult Swim is putting Saturday night to good use.

[Keiichi]

I was excited until they said "feature film". After all the horrible things I've heard about the film, it would have been better if they got Aura Battler Dunbine instead.


I did'nt see anything wrong with the movie myself. I'll probley get mauled for this but I enjoyed the movie alot more than the series.

[Zyzzybalubah]

They are cutting it in half I believe. But how much would it OWN if AS kept it going and had four series premieing over the summer?

11:00 - Fullmetal Alchemist
11:30 - Samurai Champloo
12:00 - Paranoia Agent
12:30 - s.Cry.ed
01:00 - FLCL (to replace Milk Chan)
01:30 - Cowboy Bebop

It would own. ALOT.
Now that's a schedule! But are you sure that Futurama won't be gone?

[Mugen]

I guess there is some call of concern for new FMA. But it got good ratings so perhaps it's going to happen in Q4.
I doubt AS wouldn't air new FMA. It's doing well in the ratings and it retains most of Futurama's audience(sometimes even beating it), something you couldn't really saw about other anime series on AS.

[Sketch]

FMA and GitS will take a breather for 13 weeks while Samurai Champloo and Paranoia Agent takeover those slots and then return once that run is complete.

I wonder when Champloo will have the entire 26 episodes dubbed.Ah suck! They are airing only up to 13? Dang you Geneon dub faster!!! Well at least FMA wont be gone long. But then PA and SC don't have a very good shot at airing on weekdays. Or at least SC doesn't. But then again the 3 slots a week would mean 4 weeks plus 1 day for a single run of all 13 episodes. So they could air them twice in fall in a rather quick fasion but not too quick.

Wait a miniute... No it looks like they may be airing 17 episodes.

PA doesn't start until after SC has aired 2 episodes and there will be at least two more movies (most likely airing at Midnight) over summer. So that's 4 episodes on top of the 13 that will air along side an episode of PA. So they may be airing 17 episodes like Fuji TV did before they moved it to another channel. Interesting...

[Tienshin]

Ah suck! They are airing only up to 13? Dang you Geneon dub faster!!! Well at least FMA wont be gone long. But then PA and SC don't have a very good shot at airing on weekdays. Or at least SC doesn't. But then again the 3 slots a week would mean 4 weeks plus 1 day for a single run of all 13 episodes. So they could air them twice in fall in a rather quick fasion but not too quick.

Wait a miniute... No it looks like they may be airing 17 episodes.

PA doesn't start until after SC has aired 2 episodes and there will be at least two more movies (most likely airing at Midnight) over summer. So that's 4 episodes on top of the 13 that will air along side an episode of PA. So they may be airing 17 episodes like Fuji TV did before they moved it to another channel. Interesting...

Yeah the premiere dates are staggered. But airing 17 seems wierd. Afterall Geneon held back the second half of Last Exile when it came to air, I figured they were doing the same thing with AS.

VVV Good point. That would make more sense then airing half and then finishing it months later.

[KnightusMaximus]

Ah suck! They are airing only up to 13? I don't know.. I've heard about the dubbing issue with Samurai Champloo, but when I talked to Kim Manning I didn't really get the impression that it was a problem or something they even knew about. I think Adult Swim's original plan was to run all 26 episodes straight and return Fullmetal Alchemist in November.. could still be the current plan, depending on how hard Geneon tries to get the episodes done. Running all the anime movies at 12AM isin't a coincidence.. they want Samurai Champloo to premiere unbroken.

Alternatively, they could be airing 13 episodes, and then rerunning those 13 episodes in the same slot.

Either way, I'd guess FMA = November.

PS Of course, Ghost in the Shell will take Paranoia Agent's place, not Samurai Champloo's.

[Sketch]

A 6 month wait for the rest of FMA? That's just cruel and unusual punishment!!! Here's hoping that sometime before November FMA comes back and takes the 11PM slot away from Futurama. It'd be a bold move but it could work out well. Imagine FMA right after Naruto. Now that would be awesome!

[Lachesis]

I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw Escaflowne - but, the movie. Oh well. Even if they *had* gotten the series, there would have been that lousy dub to contend with. Movie was okay. It'll be nice to see it again.

Scryed - Not hard to see why they picked this, though I'd have preferrred Infinite Ryvius if they were going to go with another anime with Hisashi Hirai designs. It's a fight show, to be blunt, and not particularly "adult" on any level. It should keep the Inuyasha fans happy though.

[FlyByNite77]

Any idea what episode # of FMA they're stopping at?

[Karl Olson]

Hmm, I wonder what would happen if the Escaflowne movie got stellar ratings...

[/unlikely]

It's interesting that Champloo and Paranoia Agent have been pushed up from the intial info about possible premiere dates. It's also interesting to see S-cry-ed jump from the On-Demand to the linear. It means that some of the other shows on there might make that jump at some point down the road. I could certain see Yukikaze turning up once Gonzo finishes it. It's a ready-to-go Adult Swim movie. All in all, some good news that should allow for some interesting future developments.

[bigddan11]

Any idea what episode # of FMA they're stopping at?
Episode 26 is where AS is currently scheduled to stop FMA at.

[Discloner]

Wait...

Weren't S-cry-ed and Escaflowne two shows that everyone's been claimering 'would be a perfect fit for Toonami'? I mean...according to a friend, half the episodes of S-cry-ed could air completly uncut at TV-Y7.

Regardless...seems there'll be plenty of goodness to watch on ASA to last us the year. :)

[Mugen]

Wait...

Weren't S-cry-ed and Escaflowne two shows that everyone's been claimering 'would be a perfect fit for Toonami'? I mean...according to a friend, half the episodes of S-cry-ed could air completly uncut at TV-Y7.

Regardless...seems there'll be plenty of goodness to watch on ASA to last us the year. :)
Well, the Escaflowne show would have worked for Toonami, but the movie is a different story.

[Lachesis]

Wait...

Weren't S-cry-ed and Escaflowne two shows that everyone's been claimering 'would be a perfect fit for Toonami'? I mean...according to a friend, half the episodes of S-cry-ed could air completly uncut at TV-Y7.

Regardless...seems there'll be plenty of goodness to watch on ASA to last us the year. :)

Oh Scryed, definitely. The violence is so stylized, you wouldn't be abe to tell if any gore was missing.

Escaflowne maybe. . . there are a few important instances of bloodletting. Do they edit for alcohol on Toonami?

[Sketch]

Yeah... cut out the curse words and s.Cry.ed would have been perfect for Toonami. Shoot they could at least air it next to Gundam SEED. I think there are two simple reasons why it's on AS. 1) It's got nothing to sell and thus CN doesn't need kids to watch it but they don't want to waste it on a slot no one could watch it and 2) It's got so much cursing that it'd be a pain to redub it all or make those quit cuts all the time.

At this point... There really is no good reason to air it period. But hey it's not a bad show so why not just air it? I can tell you this much though... if s.Cry.ed went to CN right when it came out then it would have been on Toonami. But it's lost it's chance at Toonami at this point. Bandai doesn't want another bomb on their hands and neither does CN.

[Lord Trunks]

Interesting news about new titles, I expected that Adult Swim would have gotten another show from Funimation though. Interesting as well about the Escaflowne film(Of course FOX will never let go of the rights they had to the television series)

[Chad Bonin]

So... um... what makes s-CRY-ed Adult Swim?

Not that I mind a new ASA show on my birthday, but that's just... wasn't it like a perfect fit for Toonami BEFORE teh age shift?

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Metropolis and the Bebop movie are the only good news for me anime-action wise but we learned of those last year :yawn: think I'll go join Waylaids lost faith in anime* club

* on tv

[FlyByNite77]

So... um... what makes s-CRY-ed Adult Swim?

Not that I mind a new ASA show on my birthday, but that's just... wasn't it like a perfect fit for Toonami BEFORE teh age shift?I've watched some eps of s-CRY-ed on on demand and I really don't like the dub.

I really hate the "kazu-kun" from Konami. I can see how a show like FLCL has so many jokes built around honorifics and titles and other japanese stuff, but there's really no reason why they put an honorific in the english dub of s-CRY-ed that I can see.

[Mr. Pedro]

Nice to finally get some dates for the new stuff. As I've mentioned befroe, I've read nothing but good things about Champloo and Paranoia Agent. I'm not really familiar with S-CRY-Ed, but here's hoping it's good.

I've already seen Metropolis and the Cowboy Bebop movie and they'd fit in well.

Gits: 2nd gig? Well, let's see how the rest of the current run goes (although I did hear that it's quite different than what's on right now).

Escaflowne's finally on TV in some capacity. I now most folks aren't too crazy about the movie, but I'll judge for myself when the time comes.

And I'm not too concerned about the rest.

[Fresh V]

Great news. It'll be a great year for ASA. SC, S-CRY-ed, and Paranoia Agent with new episodes every Saturday. Along with more GitS and probably FMA. And all that movie goodness.

*drools*

[Demonic Raven]

SC and Paranoia I already knew about, but I still can't wait to see them. With Champloo, I've been anticipating it like all hell.

Haven't watched or heard too many things about Escaflowne, but it should be good from what people are saying.

s-CRY-ed! Yes! I've been wating to see this series for some time. Personally, I'm glad it's on AS and not Toonami, just for the unedited treatment if nothing else.

I've already seen Inuyasha movies 1 + 2. They're both pretty good, but 1 is a bit better in my book, just cause the main villian is cooler. :p

Ah...ASA is seriously going to rock. Even though FMA is going to be phased out temporarily, and they appear to be keeping Futurama in, it's the only downsides. With s-CRY-ed, SC, PA, and the two movies on the horizon, nothing is stopping this train for a while. :D

[Lord Dalek]

As long as you haven't seen the tv series at all, the Escaflowne movie is pretty good.

[Juu-kuchi]

As long as you haven't seen the tv series at all, the Escaflowne movie is pretty good. ...I don't care either way. I enjoy the movie as much as I enjoy the series.

Anyway, this'll be interesting, although I am rather unhappy with a lack of a consecutive run for FMA.

[shoujoaifan]

Dude. I was already happy with all the premieres on ASC and the earlier announcements of SC and PA. THIS? With all this other series and movies? This ROCKS!

My only complaint is that they NEED to strip FMA on weekdays, from a FINANICAL view.

It is currently THE best ratings performing anime, even outdoing "Inuyasha". This isn't like shoving CC out from 12:30 when it was on only for a few weeks and putting on better performing Inuyasha episodes. They could afford to waste the money acquiring CC when Inuyasha brought in the bacon. FMA? Its now the better performing anime, and the tired Inuyasha repeats can take a break for awhile, and then show them again after FMA has had a run or two or when new episodes are on.




P.S. Watch everyone months after these are over, saying "WS has forgotten about ASA, its all going to be comedy from now on!" :p If getting back the 11:30 time slot, then all these new shows and movies, and the fact that there has almost always been at least one new show on at all times doesn't change some people's tune over WS supposedly forgetting about anime, then nothing will. (Although for awhile I thought comedy was going to take over as well :sweat: Hell, noone knows whats going to happen 10 years from now, let alone 1 year, let alone tomorrow.)

[LordByronius]

Only real surprise here came from the Escaflowne movie. In theory its a good fit, though. Quiets the "DEAR CN GET ESCAFLOWNE PLS KTHX" guys to some extent, as the movie is pretty standalone. No, its nowhere near the TV series, but it has its moments.

But then, I'm still high on the VB Season 2 announcement so yeah. s.CRY.ed can shove it.

[MJC]

I'm concerned about the lack of a FMA announcement. :(

It gets good ratings right? They could at least show reruns on weekdays...

[KuwabaraTheMan]

They don't need to announce FMA, because they already have the whole series. This is the first time they've announced Champloo, Paranoia, and Second Gig aside from their message board.

[Artimus Gigan]

As long as you haven't seen the tv series at all, the Escaflowne movie is pretty good.You read the Manga and then watch the TV show and then the movie, you'd be all like "WTF Nothing is the same, it's all totaly different"

Which is why Escaflowne needs a sequel...They only used Raphine for the Videogame, and that whole big ass battle that could have been an actual episode was only in the videogame

[Freedom Fighter]

The Escaflowne movie was the biggest surprise to me. That's several years back already, isn't it? Don't think it'll result in bringing the TV series to Adult Swim, since it's older than Bebop... but who can really tell with AS these days?

FMA will be back, but I agree... it needs to be stripped on weekdays. For the people who got into it late, it would be great for them to catch up before the second half of the series premieres later this year.

3 new shows in May, 4 new movies over the summer? AS will have good reason to keep anime fans at home and awake on Saturday Nights! :anime:

[William C. Maune]

In regards to S-cry-ed, I wonder if after Bandai kept trying and trying and trying that it eventually was picked up for Toonami. However, then CN started making intended-for-Toonami acquisitions out the wazoo (we still don't know how they are going to fit all the stuff that has been announced for Toonami). Thus, S-cry-ed got the boot. Rather than sticking it in the Friday overnight slot they decided to toss it to the latter end of Adult Swim Saturdays so there would be less reruns on the block. Just a theory.

[Duke]

I'm going with William's theory. Even if The Batman & One Piece are gone come September, there's still Naruto, Bo^7, IGPX, D.I.C.E., Duel Masters (assuming CN has all the episodes), Yu Yu Hakusho, DBZ Redub, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, and Thunderforce/Wuilin Warriors to go on the block.

But I can finally see past Episode 5, sweet!

As for the Escaflowne movie, it's OK. The opening moments friggin rock, as does the animation and the music. However, the character designs are teh s uck (Merle's no longer cute and Allen is more feminine than the catgirl twins!) and the story is rushed.

[Symp]

I think the reason why S-cry-ed ended up on AS as opposed to Toonami has more to do with the fact that it's already been on AS on-demand. Unless on-demand acquisitions work differantly from the linear ones, it might be more of a case of Bandai/WS not wanting to go back and have to spend time and money to edit the series so it would be fit to broadcast during Toonami. As for why it didn't just end up on Toonami earlier... your guess is as good as mine. Regardless, from what I've been told it is a fun, fast paced action series and should be a refreshing addition to the AS line up, which is alot more important than what block the show is on.

As for the other news, I think the Escaflowne movie is the most surprising. It's not too bad of a movie, and the animation and music is fantastic. It's worth watching at least once for sure.

[BBunny]

I wonder when Champloo will have the entire 26 episodes dubbed.Januray 2006 is my guess as that is when the final DVD (7) will be released. Don't they usually release the DVDs before they air on tv too? That seems to be the case for GiTS:SAC.

[William C. Maune]

I think the reason why S-cry-ed ended up on AS as opposed to Toonami has more to do with the fact that it's already been on AS on-demand. Unless on-demand acquisitions work differantly from the linear ones

Unless things have changed, Adult Swim and Williams St. have little, if anything, to do with AS On Demand. Instead, it is run by people on the marketing side of Turner Broadcasting. Plus, a good chunk of the stuff on AS On Demand is just shows that used to air on Toonami.

[Symp]

Something to keep in mind is that the Escaflowne movie was also available on the on-demand service and is now going to be shown in July. So maybe things have changed or is it possibly a coincidence?

[Neo-Era]

There are people out there who can make sense of the Escaflowne movie without having seen the TV series? Might as well show the Utena movie, too.

[William C. Maune]

Something to keep in mind is that the Escaflowne movie was also available on the on-demand service and is now going to be shown in July. So maybe things have changed or is it possibly a coincidence?

Could be either. Basically, everything on the action side of AS On Demand is an action show and Bandai pitches a lot of stuff to Adult Swim/Cartoon Network. There could be a connection, or on the other hand there doesn't need to be a connection for Bandai stuff to appear on Adult Swim as they also pitch shows directly to the network.

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Also, if Bandai can get S-cry-ed on CN after trying all this time, there may be more hope for Gundam SEED Destiny to air somewhere on CN or Adult Swim (Then again, despite Bandai's efforts SD Gundam Season 2 never aired).

[Half Pain]

Man, this is awesome news. I'll finally get to see Escaflowne, s-CRY-ed, among other stuff that I haven't seen before. The one thing that really excites me is that fact that Samurai Champloo is debuting Saturday, May 14th, which just so happens to be my 19th birthday! How awesome is that? :sweat:

[Lachesis]

Might as well show the Utena movie, too.

Ooh, I don't think AS is ready for that one.

[InfinityBlade]

A note on s-CRY-ed and its language: I've said this before, but it wouldn't be affordable to put it on Toonami. The dub had an awful lot of cursing. Especially from Kazuma.

Unlike with Gundam SEED, where the uncut and edited dubs are produced at the same time, s-CRY-ed's been done and finished for quite awhile now. If they're going to air it, it's just easier for them to toss it on AS.

Which I'm grateful for. Often times I find that "censored" dub dialogue winds up sounding incredibly clunky in execution. Bandai shows have rarely been very good about it, so... yeah. AS is a good thing in this case.

Beyond that, s-CRY-ed does have some fairly dark elements at points... ones that don't really fit in with a vast majority of Toonami's current shows.

Better to do all of that and put it in a lower watched time slot than put a lot of time and effort into censoring a show that may or may not fly with Toonami's target audience, and then have it fall flat on its face. (like Gundam SEED) This strikes me as something that was probably a very recent decision. Maybe WS just likes the show.

(And hey! s-CRY-ed stars Steve Blum. Now all we need to do is get Big O AND Bebop to air after it...)

[Sketch]

I'd be happier with s.Cry.ed airing on AS if they had put it at 11PM right after Toonami. That would make the most sense. 12:30AM after Paranoia Agent no less... That's just odd. But hey maybe they're doing it so they can allow people to regain some sanity after PA so they can make it to the end of the block.

It might also be nice of them to air it on weekdays from the get go. While it would have to air at 1AM... I've been watching s.Cry.ed on-demand for a LONG time and it's only on episode 14. So I'm not too excited about it airing once a week. Still it's not a bad show and AS is better place for it to air than at 1AM on Friday nights... But it makes you wonder... Would Bandai be willing to air Destiny on Adult Swim. At least then it could air uncut. While I'd like to see Toonami step up to the challenge... SEED was a dissaster and kids don't like Gundam in the US. So AS seems like a good place for it to air. They could put it directly after Toonami on Saturday (followed by FMA and GitS) late in the year and I think it could work well there. But we'll just have to wait and see.

I'm guessing FMA and GitS will air 1AM-2AM along side the Inuyasha premieres on weekdays in June. That'll be a killer line-up for summer. But sadly it puts Case Closed out in the cold for even longer. With all the new stuff they have that they'll eventually want on weekdays I'd say their time for airing Case Closed on weekdays is pretty much over. It may never come back at all. I'll miss it that's for sure. It's a pitty CN gave up on it so easily.

[William C. Maune]

It's a pitty CN gave up on it so easily.

I don't think they gave up on it that easily. They did air 50 episodes of it for five months straight.

[LordByronius]

I don't think they gave up on it that easily. They did air 50 episodes of it for five months straight.
Five months straight, yeah, for four nights a week, at 50 episodes. That essentially means they at least had the courtesy to air all the episodes they had, and I think there were about two weeks or so of reruns before it disappeared into the ether.

I'll give credit to CN for at least keeping bombed acquisitions on the air for at least one full run (.hack, SEED) but beyond that we know their commitment ends.

[Sketch]

They haven't aired at least 2 episodes they have though. And those are apparently important episodes.

[William C. Maune]

Five months straight, yeah, for four nights a week, at 50 episodes. That essentially means they at least had the courtesy to air all the episodes they had, and I think there were about two weeks or so of reruns before it disappeared into the ether.

While there are a couple episodes that are yet to air, almost all of the episodes that did air were also rerun once as well.

[IanC]

Might as well show the Utena movie, too.Ooh, I don't think AS is ready for that one.
That is meant to be a mind beep of the highest order... :anime:

[True Noir]

Aw....this makes me want to cry so bad. Just when I'm leaving the country for two months, they have to start airing the good stuff.

Anyway, this is great news and another great move for AS.

[Master Moron]

So, how will the Thursday replay night work with the movies?

[Sketch]

That's a good question...

Metropolis is extra long as well isn't it?

They'll have to get creative I suppose.

But as it goes... s.Cry.ed could just take VB's spot. But movies... hmm yes. That could get tricky.

[silvanoir]

I've seen the Escaflowne movie and have the series on tape. I liked them both.

It's ok as long as you recognize the people in the series and in the movie are completely different. They have different attitudes, and sometimes different looks. Van (the pilot of Escaflowne) is barely recognizable. He goes from being a slim angsty prince in the series (but not really that much of a pretty boy) to a barbarian in the movie. I'd say overall the movie seems more serious and darker than the series.

You can definetly see the movie and understand it without seeing the series. It's a total retelling.

I'm looking forward to the other announced series. Plus, I haven't seen the Cowboy Bebop movie yet.

[LordByronius]

That's a good question...

Metropolis is extra long as well isn't it?

They'll have to get creative I suppose.

But as it goes... s.Cry.ed could just take VB's spot. But movies... hmm yes. That could get tricky.
The only movie with a length problem would be the Bebop movie. It's two whole hours. Given AS' expansion, though, they'll probably just axe The Popeye Show for that night.

Metropolis and Escaflowne are both around 90-100 minutes.

[Sheamon]

Man, I can't stress how unbelievably ecstatic I was when I saw 'Escaflowne' in the topic title... only to find out it was the movie. The movie's very good, far too overbashed if you ask me, so I'm quite happy to know that it's gonna air on Adult Swim, although it is somewhat of a downer after that brief 5 second period or so that I thought Esca TV was actually gonna air on AS.

All the information you could ever need about the Esca movie, plenty of spoilers of course (http://www.escaflowneonline.com/movie/) :P

As a huge Esca fan, can't wait! :)

[Ultra8]

Looks to be an interesting year for ASA, I'd be more happier if I knew when they were bring Case Closed back, but new shows and movies more than make up for it.:D

[Beat]

I'm trying to breathe this in after the annoucement, in order to try and take in the announcements.

s-CRY-ed- A fighting anime, a genre that Adult Swim hasn't had a solid version of since Yu Yu went AWOL, is a good idea. Yes, the title is weird, but it seems that this won out over Grappler Baki, the only other major adult content fighting anime. The main difference is that the fisticuffs in Baki are decidedly based on some form of reality. Does the fantasy attacks make this show cooler? Only time will tell.

Escaflowne....The Movie- Bad idea. It just seemed like Williams Street was grasping at the name and not at the fact that the movie seems to require prior knowledge of the show despite its non-connection. (akin to Macross DYRL) If they needed a fantasy mecha title so bad, they should have went for Aura Battler Dunbine (which despite being older, is BETTER than Escaflowne in my humble opinion. Of course, Adult Swim doesn't do old anime anymore. :()

This is probably the last mecha-related show Adult Swim gets for some time, I'm betting.

Inu-Yasha movies- You need to hold over the fangirls somehow in the endless pool of reruns and filler. Good idea from a buisness sense, although odds are I won't be tuning in.

GITS Second Gig- Lower GITS ratings have me doubting making the call on a renewal. Just need to hope that the ratings go up.

Bebop the Movie- The closest you'll get to new episodes, it's been airing on Starz networks for quite a while. It's still a good idea though considering the amount of Bebop fans.

Metropolis- Critically acclaimed and new, it seems like a good move, but I do worry the Inu-Yasha fans will be turned off by Tezuka's stylings.

No FMA announcement- A bit annoying seeing as how while this beats GITS in ratings, a continuation wasn't announced.

[Vu Man]

I didn't really like the Escaflowne movie and I'm sure there are people that like the movie more than the show. I'm sure I'll probably have the same reaction
upon reading the manga.

I didn't like Hitomi all of a sudden being suicidal and Van trying to kill Hitomi when they first meet. Plus there's no land dragon and a lot of people that are supposed to have Guymelefs don't. No thanks.

Though Scryed's storyline doesn't seem to have a lot of direction I like the show since good ol Bang Zoom is involved.

[Duke]

I didn't like Hitomi all of a sudden being suicidal and Van trying to kill Hitomi when they first meet. Plus there's no land dragon and a lot of people that are supposed to have Guymelefs don't. No thanks.
I wouldn't have been as upset if Dilandau got to keep his ultra-cool invinsible Guymelef with liquid metal spears.

[Sheamon]

Escaflowne....The Movie- Bad idea. It just seemed like Williams Street was grasping at the name and not at the fact that the movie seems to require prior knowledge of the show despite its non-connection. (akin to Macross DYRL)Actually I'd say its better people watch the Escaflowne movie without having seen the series first. The tendency (a tendency I disagree with btw) is to bash the movie heavily because its nowhere as good as the series. One will like it more if they see the movie first since they won't be dissappointed expecting it to be as good as the series. I personally think the movie's pretty good but outside of the animation(outside of character design, which I prefer the series for) and music the series is far ahead of it.

If they needed a fantasy mecha title so bad, they should have went for Aura Battler Dunbine (which despite being older, is BETTER than Escaflowne in my humble opinion. Of course, Adult Swim doesn't do old anime anymore. :()Aura Battler Dunbine better than Escaflowne? C'mon. Aura Battler's an alright show, but certainly not among the anime elite (and IMHO the worst work from Tomino during his big period of 1977-1988, although I haven't seen Xabungle or ZZ yet). Escaflowne gets better and better as the show goes on and is an anime rarity in that it doesn't really have any filler. Dunbine starts off good but totally collapses in the last third of the series when the show takes place on Upper Earth. The show picks up at the very end when Tomino kills every single character outside of Chum in the last 2 episodes, but a good 15 or so episodes in a row are quite bad.

[Funkatron]

Looks like Cowboy Bebop the movie is gonna air to promote Cowboy Bebop REMix

[Mynd Hed]

Actually I'd say its better people watch the Escaflowne movie without having seen the series first. The tendency (a tendency I disagree with btw) is to bash the movie heavily because its nowhere as good as the series. One will like it more if they see the movie first since they won't be dissappointed expecting it to be as good as the series. I personally think the movie's pretty good but outside of the animation(outside of character design, which I prefer the series for) and music the series is far ahead of it.

I'm with you-- the movie is perfectly fun for a viewing or two. The animation is absolutely gorgeous, the music ranks among Yoko Kanno's best work, and if the plot's a little sappy, well, I can deal. It's only when folks expect it to be half as good as the show that it gets disappointing.