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Beatdigga
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It's not my fault people are blinded by nostalgia to how Adult Swim's programmers operate.
Tell you what, come June, when ratings sink like a stone, I'll just come back and say "I told you so." |
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GWOtaku
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Thinking this must be based off the latter remark in the referenced message, but the only thing that reveals is the totally unsurprising fact that DeMarco didn't say anything negative about ASA publicly on social media. Who knows what'll be there, we'll have to wait and see. FUNimation might be dropping hints at P&G w/ Garterbelt, of all things - a show image paired up with a message re the block? Hmm. It'd really surprise me, a lot. But so did this whole situation I suppose.
There would be an "if" here if we had competing speculation, but we don't. On one hand we have a schedule from 4/30/12 that was never even mirrored on the Adult Swim website, on the other hand we have comments from a significant, interested and involved person who works at Cartoon Network. It's no contest. & really, expecting a network employee to be be negative about the programming? Who does that? Why would he do that? He was forestalling a possible false impression and being professional; there's nothing "insulting" about it. Last edited by GWOtaku on Thu May 17, 2012 10:46 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Surrender Artist
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I think that your holy quest might be blinding you to why people are not welcoming your sermon on the keyboard with open arms and rapture. I'm not saying that Toonami's return will be a grand succes; I'm quite aware that it's a long shot that could very well disappoint. I've just been saying that some day in a junior high school locker room you beat somebody so you could steal the copy of Hustler that he'd stolen from his dad, then decided, "I never need to be any more sophisticated, nuanced, self-aware or empathetic than this." Well, obviously not exactly that. |
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Beatdigga
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I've just been following ASA for several years and it has proven a failure time and time again with Nielsen ratings. That is the source of my ire. There's a problem, not in my personal preference, but in ratings and value, and yet no one attempts to fix it.
Just because I don't worship the crap they air as gold doesn't make myself or the people who stopped watching meatheads or immature or any other stupid snooty analogy you have. It means the block cannot attract viewers. |
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Hypeathon
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Are you done now, Beatdigga? Jeez!
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RyanSaotome
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I absolutely love the idea of keeping it a secret until it airs... I might even watch it! I can't imagine the feeling if I'm watching it and then see this OP start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8b8NRuodqc That would be the most amazing thing ever. |
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LUNI_TUNZ
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Confirmation that's not the final schedule? CALLED IT!
And I really hope Funimation's jus trolling with that Panty stocking thing.
No... just - no. |
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Hypeathon
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Yeah, I have to agree with you there. K-ON is an okay show, but I can't imagine that guaranteeing more viewership, especially since the dub will likely air. Frankly I like the dub, but I know a lot fans out there make it stupidly clear how much they like shows like that, but won't watch the english track of those shows because of whatever philosopshy they have about what makes a good and bad dub. But yeah, no. I can't imagine that getting more buzz than even Durarara, and I'm not at all talking about both shows being of different genres either. |
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LUNI_TUNZ
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Not only that, but K-On in no way would fit on adult swim/Toonami. And I don't really see K-On appealing to larger American audience. |
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enurtsol
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Great! More Hollywood! Please! 
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Tylerr
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Yay... I can watch all the shows i've already seen 100 times.
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11G4GUNOT
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Adult Swim ACTN is now Toonami and no Miguzi |
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mglittlerobin
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I'm saving judgement for when I actually see what they've got on the TV next Saturday.
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Sunday Silence
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All Digimon. All the time. |
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Beatdigga
Posts: 4371 Location: New York |
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The fact that they refuse to announce their new titles indicates that what they do have will fail to excite viewers and will be more of the same. On that note, I'm betting it's Stein's Gate. Quality of the show aside (I hear it's quite good, never saw it) it is similar to many of ASA's past failures from summary, genre, focus on dialog, etc.
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