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RedTail
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Supernatural/pscyhological/mystery thrillers don't seem to appeal to the Adult Swim viewing audience. Paranoia Agent is in the same genre and bombed as well. Formulaic shonen, space operas, and comedies that an American audience can actually digest all seem more in line with their tastes. So long as it's one of those three and the animation isn't dated, people generally watch. It's a shame. |
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Mr. Anobe
 Posts: 47 Location: Canada |
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...what the?
There's an update for IFC Canada's airing of VBS, including episodes 3 & 4 on Friday Feb. 15 at 8pm EST. http://www.ifctv.ca/schedule/default.asp?dateDelta=5&scheduleTime=evening Repeat of Eps. 1 & 2: Tuesday, Feb. 12- 11am EST & 5pm EST (Link will be outdated by the next day, just FYI) |
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TheVok
Posts: 613 Location: North York, Ontario, Canada |
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THAT explains it. I noticed on Friday (i.e. two days ago) on my programming menu that IFC Canada had something running as 'Virus', but the description falsely pulled up info about the movie by that name starring Jamie Lee Curtis, despite the fact that clearly this was two half-hour programs. So that must've been the debut of episodes 1 and 2. Oh, also, it seems this programming block didn't debut with 'Blood: The Last Vampire,' but instead even earlier than that with a repeat run of 'Macross Plus.' |
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GospelX
Posts: 185 Location: Ann Arbor, MI |
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In order to attract viewers to anime series on Cartoon Network, they need to start airing flashier, more ADD-oriented anime at a more accessible time. Let's face it, Adult Swim is amazing for what it does, but I think anime on the network did best at the late afternoon time slot. Sure, it required that a censored version of series be aired in that case, but people who like these shows end up buying the DVDs (hopefully). Anime on the network needs to be made more accessible if it is to be viewed. I miss Toonami.
Death Note is a special case that's hard to sell, though. There's a whole lot of nothing going on, and its a show that focuses in on a god-complexed antagonist. And, quite frankly, I think the story is boring up until the memory erasure - but that doesn't last long enough for me. It was actually destined to do poorly in this market. There aren't enough screaming fangirls willing to stay up past their bedtimes to watch this dub. But, in short, if Gundam SEED couldn't salvage that time slot, then Death Note didn't even have a shot in the dark. Honestly, the best series to put into such a time slot would be a quirky action-comedy with stand-alone episodes. Or at least very few episodes that are continuous in nature. Of course, I really just want a show like Gurren Lagann on the network, but I feel like that would fall flat without the right kind of advertising behind it. |
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1243 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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I didn't care much for DN off the start, but stuck with it and am now forced to suffer through the week between since catching up on my backlog of recorded episodes.
It's always great when the networks decide to run the "so bad it's funny" shows.
THESE are the filler episodes? I figured that atrocious fashback arc stuck in the middle of a fight was what everybody complained about. More importantly, am I the only one who really cannot tolerate the new opening theme? I think my revulsion is in large part because it seems nearly identical thematically, both the music and lyrics, to CN's damn "Fall" theme (that for some reason they are still using in mid-February.) |
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Kelly
Posts: 868 Location: New York City |
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I don't know ratings history, but I doubt that AS is ever going to really do spectacularly. I'm assuming it's target audience is roughly college-age people (especially guys) who don't have (or want) to get up Sunday morning for religious services and instruction anymore and also don't have kids yet. SNL and MAD probably have this audience pretty much locked between them.
If Death Note is doing bad even considering that, that's not a good omen for those of us who like anime with more mature storylines. |
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Primus
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Hey, Brian,Bakugan Battle Brawlers will premiere on Cartoon Network on, Sunday, Feb. 24, at 9 p.m.
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samuraiwalt
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Actually [as] does quite well in the ratings. It's anime that doesn't do well. |
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Elahrairah
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What about Samurai Champloo?
PVR didn't record last week, and I don't see it listed here....wonder what happened to it. |
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MetatronM
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The problem is that these fillers are 85 episodes long. And they get so so so much worse than these. He's right, these first few filler episodes, in the grand scheme of things, are not THAT bad. But just wait. A whole new world of pain is on the horizon. |
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MetatronM
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