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There are plenty of properties in the US that could make good Action Cartoons the sad thing is most networks just don't care about action cartoons anymore and instead favor the comedic cartoons since they are easier/cheaper to make then a decent action show.

Though some think the time of American action cartoons is passing due to the boom of comic-book themed movies; I think that is one of the reasons Jason stated as to why we don't see many of them in the US any more.

Also, are we ever gonna get a dvd/bd release of Sym-Bionic Titan?

Fedora-san wrote:

Same reason why Invader Zim,

Invader Zim was cancelled because Nickelodeon and creator Jhonen Vasquez couldn't co-exist.

I think Kill la Kill is great example of action that works better in animation than live-action. It's too bad, 'cause it'd be great to see a Western action animation/cartoon NOT based on a existing property (there are too many superhero/comic book, Transformers, Star Wars, etc. adaptations), more original stuff like Avatar or Korra would be nice.

Specifically about Madoka, its ingenious plotting thwarts playing it on television - just like Zac said a viewer who happens on to Attack On Titan would be lost if they landed on episode 19, so too would a Madoka viewer at any point mid-way through the series. Plus, the earlier episodes give little hint about what the show will become… surely, you've had to tell people to give Madoka at least until its third episode, for fear they'll bail after the second.

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Anyways, the loss of the 3 extra hours does affect Toonami in one important way: Toonami loses the time-flexibility those "less consequential" extra hours afford them.

For instance, look at Ronin2081's example above: when Toonami only just got notified suddenly out of the blue that they'd lose Batman and Sym-bionic Titan immediately, they were able to use those extra hours to quickly change the schedule and air the rest of the eps there before they lost it.
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Doubtful since Cartoon Network recently wrote off Sym-Bionic titan last year. That normally means it's in a legal limbo where it will probably sit till the end of days unless someone like Gennedy tries to buy it and do something with it.

Anyways, the loss of the 3 extra hours does affect Toonami in one important way: Toonami loses the time-flexibility those "less consequential" extra hours afford them.
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There's not that many TV blocks where ya can make such drastic adjustments so quickly. Those extra hours afforded them that flexibility.

enurtsol wrote:

Invader Zim was cancelled because Nickelodeon and creator Jhonen Vasquez couldn't co-exist.

Well, that definitely didn't help things. However, the cancellation was primarily due to the fact that the show, while pulling in numbers comparable to Fairly Odd Parents (which premiered at the same time), was simply attracting an audience that was too old for Nickelodeon's target demographics. With the show failing to attract younger viewers, it was moved to Sunday afternoons and the ratings subsequently were cut in half.