Reign's license appears to have run out

[livingfruitvirus]

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/index.html

Off of the shows list. 2003 was a big acquisition year for AS. I wonder how many will eventually fall back into the waiting-to-be-picked-up ring.

[ShadowS]

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/index.html

Off of the shows list. 2003 was a big acquisition year for AS. I wonder how many will eventually fall back into the waiting-to-be-picked-up ring.

I'm not surprised AS let it go. Reign might be the LEAST liked anime to have ever appeared on AS.

[KnightusMaximus]

Yeah, its definitely gone. There was actually a thread on the ASMB two months back that was trying to get Reign back on the air (the first of its kind that I ever saw), but SwimTorrent said that the rights ran out.

[Karl Olson]

Which means I'd bet that Lupin, Case Closed and Blue Gender will also eventually fall out of licence. WHR and Wolf's Rain might hang on because of Bandai's content deal for the on-demand, but I'm skeptical of even that. We'll see soon enough I suppose. FLCL, however, will probably be held on to I bet.

[Sketch]

Good riddens...

So that leaves AS with...

Cowboy Bebop
Inuyasha
Kikaider (soon to be gone I'm sure)
Blue Gender (ditto)
FLCL
Trigun (got renewed I guess)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain
The Big O
Lupin the 3rd (should be gone soon)
Case Closed
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Paranoia Agent
Mystery Aquisition #1
Mystery Aquisition #2
Anime Movies

Add that to the comedy shows (not nearly as many but they rerurns seems to always do well) and I'd say were getting close or at the point when AS has enough content to have it's own channel (though a hyrbrid with Toonami would be more to my liking). Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[KnightusMaximus]

Which means I'd bet that Lupin, Case Closed and Blue Gender will also eventually fall out of licence. WHR and Wolf's Rain might hang on because of Bandai's content deal for the on-demand, but I'm skeptical of even that. We'll see soon enough I suppose. FLCL, however, will probably be held on to I bet.

I'd assume Lupin the 3rd has been renewed, since they apparently still have the license and its been over two years and they haven't thrown out the possibility of acquiring more episodes.. and they still seem content to have Blue Gender, though they said they "still" have the license, not that they'd renew it.. I'm sure it'll be gone by August. Case Closed is brand new so I assume that wouldn't be going anywhere until at least May 2006. None of these shows did Reign: The Conqueror bad.. wasn't Reign one of their worst performing shows/animes ever?

Hmm.. if Lupin the 3rd is infact renewed, then I imagine pretty much every show that pulled in Case Closed-type ratings and higher could have a shot at staying.

[Master Moron]

What about Mission Hill and the Oblongs, they've had the rights to air those for a while. I assume WB still owns them?

[livingfruitvirus]

What about Mission Hill and the Oblongs, they've had the rights to air those for a while. I assume WB still owns them?

Well since Oblongs belongs to WB and Mission Hill belongs to Castle Rock Entertainment, yes.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

bye bye Reign! this fangirl wanted to see it one last time but its to late now

[Lord Dalek]

I'm not surprised AS let it go. Reign might be the LEAST liked anime to have ever appeared on AS.

I think Pilot Candidate isn't gonna lose that title away for a while.

[William C. Maune]

Considering it started around the same time, the upcoming run of Trigun, will probably be its last.

As for holding on to shows vs. letting them go. The rights are allowed to expire for virtually all shows. In most cases there is a better return on the money in picking up something new that something that has been airing off an on for a couple year already.

[Karl Olson]

Considering it started around the same time, the upcoming run of Trigun, will probably be its last.

As for holding on to shows vs. letting them go. The rights are allowed to expire for virtually all shows. In most cases there is a better return on the money in picking up something new that something that has been airing off an on for a couple year already.

Unless it's a perennial favorite like Cowboy Bebop. In fact, Trigun might fall into that catagory too. I wouldn't know for sure, but they've cycled it too many times for it to be a bad performer.

[PaQ]

I never was a fan of Reign, so it's no big deal to me. Although I didn't realize AS still had it. It'll be interesting to see what other ones drop, I'd hope they'd keep Trigun and Lupin around, I still like watching those reruns. It'd be hilarious if they ever let go of Bebop.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Lupin premiered a month before Reign, yet they said it'll return, so its been renewed, meaning that it'll probably be around till 2007.

If Trigun isn't off by April, then its been renewed as well.

[FlyByNite77]

the license expired? Good... Now if they can somehow use advanced technology to remove the memories of ever watching episodes of that from my brain I'd appreciate it...Thanks.

[Juu-kuchi]

Adieu Reign The Conqueror. Despite your dubious quality I'd say your thong-based fantasy of Alexander the Great is better than that Colin Farrell movie ever was.

[William C. Maune]

Unless it's a perennial favorite like Cowboy Bebop. In fact, Trigun might fall into that catagory too. I wouldn't know for sure, but they've cycled it too many times for it to be a bad performer.

Cowboy Bebop would be one of the few exceptions, others probably being Inu Yasha and looking at Toonami, Dragonball Z. To stick around for renewal I think a show has to do a lot more than just not be a bad performer. For instance, Lupin probably ran almost as much as Trigun. The ratings justified the reruns, but they weren't good enough to justify new episodes (and thus not good enough to justify renewal). It is a lot easier to justify continuously running episodes you already have than to justify repaying to continue running episodes you already have.

[EightOh]

I thought it decent. Kinda sad to see it go.

[Mynd Hed]

It had its problems, but it was still far more entertaining than a lot of anime AS has picked up since. I would've tuned in for another run, but oh well.

[shoujoaifan]

I know Cowboy Bebop is a favorite, but would they really shell out the cash to keep airing it at 1:30 Sat. and the occasional weekday strip? I just can't see it.

Hell, its not like they haven't seen it a million times either, and they probably have the boxsets as well.