C&C - Anything Else [11/23-11/29]

[Space Cadet]

Welcome to the Anything Else thread! New episodes of the various AS originals continue. This week, we have the debut of Drinky Crow Show, a new AS original series.


New Episodes in Lime Green
New Arrivals in Red
Return to Weekday Glory in Orange
Very slight change in time in Light Blue

http://adultswimhq.com/sundays.jpg November 23rd
10.00/1.30 Clerks: The Animated Series
10.30/2.00 American Dad
11.00/2.30 Family Guy
11.30/3.00 Robot Chicken
11.45/3.15 Superjail!
12.00/3.30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12.15/3.45 Drinky Crow Show
12.30/4.00 Metalocalyspe
12.45/4.15 Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
1.00/4.30 The Oblongs
5.00 Inuyasha
5.30 Inuyasha

November 24th
11.00/2.30 Family Guy
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Morel Orel
12.30/4.00 The Venture Bros.
1.00/4.30 Metalocalyspe
1.15/4.45 Metalocalyspe
1.30/5.00 Home Movies
2.00 Frisky Dingo
2.15 The Oblongs
5.30 Inuyasha



http://adultswimhq.com/tuesdays.jpg November 25th
11.00/2.30 Family Guy
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Morel Orel
12.30/4.00 The Venture Bros.
1.00/4.30 Metalocalyspe
1.15/4.45 Metalocalyspe
1.30/5.00 Home Movies
2.00 Frisky Dingo
2.15 The Oblongs
5.30 Inuyasha



http://adultswimhq.com/wednesdays.jpg November 26th
11.00/2.30 Family Guy
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Morel Orel
12.30/4.00 The Venture Bros.
1.00/4.30 Metalocalyspe
1.15/4.45 Metalocalyspe
1.30/5.00 Home Movies
2.00 Frisky Dingo
2.15 The Oblongs
5.30 Inuyasha


http://adultswimhq.com/thursdays.jpg November 27th
11.00/2.30 Family Guy
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Morel Orel
12.30/4.00 The Venture Bros.
1.00/4.30 Metalocalyspe
1.15/4.45 Metalocalyspe
1.30/5.00 Home Movies
2.00 Frisky Dingo
2.15 The Oblongs
5.30 Inuyasha



November 28th
11.00/2.30 Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode I
11.30/3.00 Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode II
12.00/3.30 Stroker & Hoop
12.30/4.00 The Boondocks
1.00/4.30 Harvey Birdman
1.15/4.45 Assy McGee
1.30/5.00 Frisky Dingo
1.45/5.15 Frisky Dingo
2:00 Lucy: Daughter of the Devil
2.15 Minoriteam
5.30 Inuyasha


http://adultswimhq.com/saturdays.jpgNovember 29th
11.00 Robot Chicken
11.15 Robot Chicken
11.30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
11.45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12.00 The Boondocks
12.30 The Boondocks
1.00 Bleach
1.30 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2.00 Code Geass R2
2.30 Shin-Chan
3.00 FLCL
3.30 Death Note
4.00 Ghost in the Shell
4.30 Cowboy Bebop
5.00 Big O
5.30 Inuyasha

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Saul is a bartender and Brak is a civil war re-enactor and Jewcano is a mall santa? its good cancelled AS characters can still land good jobs :p

ATHF Vol.6 has four new unaired episodes :confused: thats not a very good way to send off ATHF :(

1,468,000 for last weeks Chicken special the highest rating for AS this year

[Master Moron]

Saul is a bartender and Brak is a civil war re-enactor and Jewcano is a mall santa? its good cancelled AS characters can still land good jobs :p

ATHF Vol.6 has four new unaired episodes :confused: thats not a very good way to send off ATHF :(


Wait, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is cancelled?

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Saturday, November 15th


Chicken (11:15): 415,000
Bleach: 401,000
Bondocks (12:30): 393,000

seems okay

Up: Chicken (11:15)
New: Bondocks (12:30), Bleach



Chicken: 376,000
Chicken (11:15): 415,000
ATHF: 354,000
ATHF (11:45): 378,000
Boondocks: 365,0000
Bondocks (12:30): 393,000
Bleach: 401,000
Moribito: 283,000
CDGEASS: 228,000
Shin Chan: 160,000




Wait, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is cancelled?

I don't know but it is pretty old and premiering multiple new episodes on dvd instead of asvideo or tv seems suspicious :confused: I guess they do have that live action episode and maybe some more regular ones coming I hope

[Master Moltar]

Saturday numbers are still good. Looks like this new schedule is paying off.

[D Dubbs]

Wow, that's a huge decrease from Bleach to Moribito. Also pretty big decrease from Moribito to Code Geass. And another huge drop from Code Geass to Shin Chan. :sweat:

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Sunday, November 16th


Chicken SW2: 1,468,000
Family Guy (11:00): 1,295,000
Chicken SW1: 1,066,000

millions all around

Up: Family Guy (11:00)
New: Chicken SW2, Chicken SW1




Clerks: 548,000
AMDAD: 678,000
Family Guy (11:00): 1,295,000
Chicken SW2: 1,468,000
Chicken SW1: 1,066,000
Chicken (12:30): 1,077,000
Chicken (12:45): 831,000
Chicken (1:00): 606,000
Chicken (1:15): 574,000

[Master Moltar]

Wow, that's a huge decrease from Bleach to Moribito. Also pretty big decrease from Moribito to Code Geass. And another huge drop from Code Geass to Shin Chan. :sweat:

I noticed that, but you also have to keep in mind that

1) Bleach is one of the most important shows on the night. As we've been seeing, no matter where Bleach goes, the fans follow it. Even RC was barely able to beat it this week. The other anime just won't be able to keep up.

2) The other anime also comes on late, and it's going to be hard for the post 2 AM shows to do all that well. Even the near 300K Moribito pulled is pretty good for 1:30.

Wow, excellent Sunday numbers. RC payed off bigtime

[Master Moron]

I noticed that, but you also have to keep in mind that

1) Bleach is one of the most important shows on the night. As we've been seeing, no matter where Bleach goes, the fans follow it. Even RC was barely able to beat it this week. The other anime just won't be able to keep up.

2) The other anime also comes on late, and it's going to be hard for the post 2 AM shows to do all that well. Even the near 300K Moribito pulled is pretty good for 1:30.

Wow, excellent Sunday numbers. RC payed off bigtime

Well, when Futurama used to air at 2:00 a.m. on Saturday it seemed to frequently get over 400,000 viewers. I'm just not sure what's keeping Adult Swim from merely ditching all the anime and repeating a night of Robot Chicken, Aqua Ten Hunger Force, and The Boondocks. The only anime that can keep up with them is Bleach. And we should also keep in mind that Bleach is new episodes where all the comedies are old. Of course, we should also keep in mind that Adult Swim never advertises the anime, so the audience would never know whether Bleach is a new episode or not.

[Beat]

Really, the smart thing to do would be to use Bleach as the template for future anime acquisitions, not Moribito.

[macattack]

Really, the smart thing to do would be to use Bleach as the template for future anime acquisitions, not Moribito.

So you're saying they should only pick up crowd-pleasers, right?

No offense, but I like the fact that AS picks up artier fare along with the crowd-pleasers. Give me Soukou no Strain and RomeoXJuliet along with Soul Eater and Shikabane Hime.

[Beat]

I'm saying Moribito is the anime equivalent to Tim and Eric. And for a block like asa, far more harm than good.

[GWOtaku]

It's not that I disagree, but following the Bleach model too closely would probably preclude the likes of Ghost in the Shell: SAC. There should be room for stuff that goes a bit deeper and slower without necessarily being focused on pure action.

[Beat]

It's not that I disagree, but following the Bleach model too closely would probably preclude the likes of Ghost in the Shell: SAC. There should be room for stuff that goes a bit deeper and slower without necessarily being focused on pure action.

I like SAC, and I think the fact that it was introduced to audiences as a well received movie and graphic novel would probably give it a pass.

However, we've seen the fruits of a non-action anime block, and they're withered.

[macattack]

I'm saying Moribito is the anime equivalent to Tim and Eric. And for a block like asa, far more harm than good.

You're mistaken. M.D. Geist is the anime equivalent to Tim and Eric. ;)

Moribito is a deep, character-driven show driven on telling a layered narrative encompassing a plot with slow, gradual twists and turns and make you question who exactly the good guys and bad guys are. Politics, the military, and religion are all scheming with and against each other. This is combined with a gorgeous Miyazaki-like environment.

It's really a classic of the decade alongside Gurren Lagann, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gundam 00, and RomeoXJuliet. It just takes patience and appreciation of plots and characters, not bloodspray and BFGs.

[herbkir]

While I and others here have been enjoying Moribito, from a TV business perspective it was a poor choice. You succeed in business by finding out what people want to buy and offer it to them. Or in the TV case, success is finding out what people want to watch and show it to them.

Bleach does well with the young-adult crowd. So it behooves [AS] to figure out how and why it appeals and then find similar properties to show. There's nothing wrong with catering to your market's tastes.

[AS] needs to leave the art-y anime to the likes of IFC, where the audience appreciates slow-paced but beautifully done storytelling. It's too bad Moribito wasn't picked up by IFC. It would have been a hit show for them. (^_*)

[MegaJ]

Saturday, November 15th

Chicken (11:15): 415,000
Bleach: 401,000
Bondocks (12:30): 393,000Wow, go Bleach. I think [as] needs to put this on Sundays, maybe at 12:30am or 1:00am, I think it is earning it's spot to hang out with the Comedy.

WRT Moribito and other slower-placed anime, I don't think it's a poor choice to put it on ASA, but you can't completely programming the whole block with slow-paced shows. There's plently of room for variety and I wouldn't want ASA to be just all action, all the time. You need variety.

[Beat]

[/LIST]Wow, go Bleach. I think [as] needs to put this on Sundays, maybe at 12:30am or 1:00am, I think it is earning it's spot to hang out with the Comedy.

WRT Moribito and other slower-placed anime, I don't think it's a poor choice to put it on ASA, but you can't completely programming the whole block with slow-paced shows. There's plently of room for variety and I wouldn't want ASA to be just all action, all the time. You need variety.

1. Family Guy, Bleach, and Robot Chicken back-to-back-to-back would be the most awesome 1.5 hours of TV on CN. Probably the highest rated on AS too.

2. Moribito and their ilk keep trying to prove themselves and have been found wantng every single time. Is it worth it to keep failing the block so?

[Vyse]

New Stuff to the website today:

-DJ Douggpound's Poundcast (http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html?section=Other&collectionID=8a2505951dce8f83011dcf6105440003) Apparently he's connected to Tim and Eric. :shrug: Seven episodes including a "love" tape.
-Three new Family Guy episodes. "Peter's Got Woods," "Fat Guy Strangler," and "Brian Sings and Swings" are now on the site.

[MegaJ]

1. Family Guy, Bleach, and Robot Chicken back-to-back-to-back would be the most awesome 1.5 hours of TV on CN. Probably the highest rated on AS too.

Yeah, [as] really needs to get over their stigma of mixing the anime with the comedy, especially when Bleach is still kicking ass on Saturdays. Just think of the potential audience growth if they move it to Sundays. Add Bleach and the FMA series (that is, if [as] is interesting in getting more anime) and we have a pretty good night. Certainetly couldn't do worse than Tim and Eric. Of course, there's the question of the anime being advertising-friendly but if it pulls in the ratings.



2. Moribito and their ilk keep trying to prove themselves and have been found wantng every single time. Is it worth it to keep failing the block so?


No, the problem is that ASA has MANY shows of that type instead of just maybe one in the entire block. Get more action-packed stuff in there, and one series like Moribito will be fine, too.

[Beat]

No, the problem is that ASA has MANY shows of that type instead of just maybe one in the entire block. Get more action-packed stuff in there, and one series like Moribito will be fine, too.

That is the big problem. It feels like we've got nothing but slow boring crap like Moribito for years now with a Bleach-like show breaking up the monotony sparingly. It turns people off from Action the block. Remember the first Tom Goes to the Mayor commercial? "Get Ready for High Octane excitement!" *cut to Tom and the Mayor boring the hell out of everyone*. Action the block feels like that, ESPECIALLY Moribito.

People around here, in attempts to justify Moribito and Paranoia Agent, Death Note, etc all, go "Oh, people don't like anime, it's niche." No, what people don't like is BORING. People like action animation if you promote it right. Sci-Fi seemed pretty happy. And Afro Season 2 wouldn't be possible otherwise.

Moribito is the anime Tim and Eric because it represents all that is wrong with ASA.

[Ahiru-kun]

^How did you come up with the notion that Bleach is exciting? It's one of the most boring shows I've ever watched. Moribito at least has atmosphere.

In fact, when you talk about exciting anime, you really don't have a lot to choose from. The only anime I remember that ever got me pumped up were DBZ, Bo-bobo, and Gurren Laggan.

[Beat]

If Moribito had atmosphere, it'd be made of sleeping gas. At least stuff happens in Bleach besides yakety-yak-yak-yak.

AS needs more hotblooded shows. No one wants to watch a guy eat a potato chip after watching two floating heads discuss philosophy.

[macattack]

Stuff happened in Trinity Blood too, besides "yakkity yak yak", or did I somehow miscount the zillion dismemberments in that series?

[Beat]

Stuff happened in Trinity Blood too, besides "yakkity yak yak", or did I somehow miscount the zillion dismemberments in that series?

Probably why the the show performed so well in comparison to say, Paranoia Agent.

[chdr]

You know, it doesn't always have to be Bleach-style slugfests. Some people like variety, regardless if it hits a chord with the general audience or not. If AS was run like that, we wouldn't be getting stuff like Frisky Dingo or Moral Orel.

[J'onn J'onzz]

...Trinity Blood did well? I don't know if they've ever fully rerun it.

[Wounded_Dragon]

You know, it doesn't always have to be Bleach-style slugfests. Some people like variety, regardless if it hits a chord with the general audience or not. If AS was run like that, we wouldn't be getting stuff like Frisky Dingo or Moral Orel.

Again though, you're arguing as if shows like Moribito are the rare acquisition and Bleach the common, when it's closer to the opposite.

[MegaJ]

Probably why the the show performed so well in comparison to say, Paranoia Agent.

When PA premiered, it was accompanied with Samurai Champloo, FMA, and Inuyasha (and S-cyr-ed?) so I think that alone didn't sink the block and was a nice break from the action. Having a slow-paced show or two wouldn't be a bad thing for ASA, the issue is whether or not they have too many of them, which may be the case. Looking at the lineup now, we have Bleach, Shin-Chan, Code Geass and Moribito and that's fine. Two action-oriented programs, a comedy and a drama. Perhaps Code Geass and Moribito need switch timeslots, but I think that's fine.

IIRC, I remember when they premiered Witch Hunter Robin which, despite having a girl being able to set things on fire, was quite slow paced and it was running weekdays and I thought that wasn't a good move at all.

[Master Moltar]

...Trinity Blood did well? I don't know if they've ever fully rerun it.

Funny enough, going by Saturday Top 3 numbers only, Trinity Blood was Adult Swim's best performing anime on the night in 2006, even beating out Bleach. Even averaging its full premiere run shows that the numbers weren't bad. It's mostly because it followed Futurama though.

I'm guessing once it completed and went into reruns, it just didn't hold up.

[Beat]

Again though, you're arguing as if shows like Moribito are the rare acquisition and Bleach the common, when it's closer to the opposite.

My point exactly. It's probably why I loathe Moribito so.

Edit- To put things in perspective, look at the recent summer/fall lineups airing anime, and their varying degrees of sucess.

Sci-Fi- Hey, this show looks good. It's full of violence, and guns, and women. This one has ninjas cutting people in half! And this one, it's the most awesome thing ever!

IFC- We've got a show with a scantily clad girl, one with content you'll NEVER see on basic cable, and one about torturing people for revenge.

AS- Uh, we have a guy writing in a notebook, and one with people talking.

[animePWNS]

Better late than never, I was busy all weekend.


Bleach
Kon: Sweet! Don’t worry, leave everything to me, Ichigo! Rukia, Orihime, and especially Miss Wonderfully-Endowed Goddess who just arrived on the scene! Don’t you worry about a thing, they’re in good hands!
Ichigo: Yeah, I’ll be counting on you. Let’s go, Renji!
Renji: Right!
Kon: Huh? Wait a second. Hold on, I was just kidding!

Moribito
Repeat of episode 3

Code Geass R2
Kallen: CC, I was just thinking, wouldn’t it have made more sense for you to have played the bunny girl?! ? Huh?:o Uh?! Ahh!:eek:
Chinese guy: Zero is…a girl?
CC: Correct.
Kallen: I’m not Zero!
CC: Oh, you let on too soon. You have no sense of humor, do you?
Kallen: Don’t play around with Zero!
CC: We can see you.
Kallen: Ahh!

Shin Chan
Rerun of Star Wars episode

FLCL
Naota: Uh, is this…?
Mabashi: Is that cool or what? Found it in Sakai. It’s at some store right out on the racks.
Gaku: It’s the store that still sells Crystal Pepsi!
Naota: Pepsi?
Gaku: You know, the one that Van Halen did those “Right Now” commercials for?

Death Note
Matsuda: About what I said earlier at our meeting, well now that I think about it, I’m sure everyone already knew that. I wanted to apologize.
Soichiro: What on earth are you talking about? Nobody said it would be easy to speak the truth, but it has to be done; especially when it’s something that isn’t easy to say. Having said that, if you’d gone one to say that we should commend Kira for doing such a good job of reducing violent crime, then yes, I might’ve had a little problem with that.
Matsuda: Oh no, no I wouldn’t. That would never happen!
Soichiro: Ha ha ha, I’m just kidding!

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Motoko: How romantic, their last drive’s a beachfront trip. Still, for someone to buy a robot and try to turn it into his fantasy ideal girlfriend, it’s so sexist. I don’t like it.
Togusa: Sexist? Look who’s talking.
Batou: Heh he he, respect the opinion of our representative of the fairer sex.
Motoko: They lock them in the house and force them to cook and do laundry, right?
Togusa: Well, it’s not like they can cook anything fancy. I don’t think it’s possible to build one with those capabilities at such a low price.
Motoko: Then what do they make them do?
Togusa: Hey, don’t get mad at me! I don’t know, dress ‘em up and look at ‘em in the morning and at night?:D (to Batou) The Major really isn’t one to talk.

Cowboy Bebop
Faye: We’re romanis; for eons we’ve wandered the stars looking for love. It’s our way.
Spike: Huh?
Faye: You don’t know anything, do you? Romanis are gypsies. And you know what we call someone like you? A gaujo. That means a bumpkin who doesn’t know which way is up!
Spike: Gaujo, I like that!
Faye: Awooooo! The wilds are calling me! You can’t keep me locked up!
Jet: Save it for the police.
Spike: Come on, Jet, let’s get out of here.
Faye: Ugh, fine! Look I’m not gonna run away! At least uncuff one hand, I can’t even go to the bathroom this way!
Jet: Man, you’re a real talker, aren’t you?

Big O
Jim McGowen: She’s actually playing outside in the light. Even if it’s only for tonight, for that little girl, that light is an angel.

Inuyasha
Repeat of episode 3

[Ahiru-kun]

My point exactly. It's probably why I loathe Moribito so.

Edit- To put things in perspective, look at the recent summer/fall lineups airing anime, and their varying degrees of sucess.

Sci-Fi- Hey, this show looks good. It's full of violence, and guns, and women. This one has ninjas cutting people in half! And this one, it's the most awesome thing ever!

IFC- We've got a show with a scantily clad girl, one with content you'll NEVER see on basic cable, and one about torturing people for revenge.

AS- Uh, we have a guy writing in a notebook, and one with people talking.

Yeah, never mind that Death Note is the best anime AS has aired since FMA.

Once again, I'm not disappointed that AS doesn't air many actiony anime because there hardly is any actiony anime. The types of anime I consider high octane are either comedies or parodies, and you don't get many of those because:

1. They're incredibly difficult to dub.

2. Sometimes they're either theatrical movies or OVAs.

[MegaJ]

Death Note has HIGH notoriety and tops the booklist charts with the manga. Not a good comparison, it's pretty popular and it does have potential crossover appeal, in that the talking part are actually engaging.

[Wounded_Dragon]

Yeah, never mind that Death Note is the best anime AS has aired since FMA.


Confusing quality with popularity

[CaptainHero]

How come every Anything Else thread turns into an Anime love fest.

[D Dubbs]

How come every Anything Else thread turns into an Anime love fest.

It's more like a "Adult Swim Should Air This Type of Anime!" festival.

And yeah, it gets pretty old after a few years.

[macattack]

It really wasn't like this until AS started shoving the anime to a few hours on Saturdays. Though anime always had a slight advantage because TZ has a board dedicated specifically to anime.

[Ahiru-kun]

Confusing quality with popularity

What popularity? If you mean Internet popularity, it's been established that Internet popularity does not equate to actual popularity.

[Wounded_Dragon]

Ratings. Ratings popularity.

[Master Moron]

Really, the smart thing to do would be to use Bleach as the template for future anime acquisitions, not Moribito.

After looking at the drop off between Bleach and Moribito, I'm starting to think that you have a point. Adult Swim should seriously start thinking about picking up Naruto Shippuden if Cartoon Network doesn't want it. I guarantee that it will get better ratings than Moribito.


When PA premiered, it was accompanied with Samurai Champloo, FMA, and Inuyasha (and S-cyr-ed?) so I think that alone didn't sink the block and was a nice break from the action. Having a slow-paced show or two wouldn't be a bad thing for ASA, the issue is whether or not they have too many of them, which may be the case. Looking at the lineup now, we have Bleach, Shin-Chan, Code Geass and Moribito and that's fine. Two action-oriented programs, a comedy and a drama. Perhaps Code Geass and Moribito need switch timeslots, but I think that's fine.


Shin Chan isn't funny, though. It's ratings are crap. Of the anime that airs new episodes on Saturday, Bleach is the only one that gets ratings. Code Geass is great, but anybody who's kept track of Adult Swim's ratings should have figured out that it wouldn't be a crowd pleaser(not that they advertised it, anyway). It was fine to pick up Code Geass as the one risky show, but to then pick up Moribito as well? That makes one anime that's a ratings winner to three that are ratings losers.

[Beat]

How come every Anything Else thread turns into an Anime love fest.

Love? More like complaints.

Besides, there's nothing to complain about on the comedy end for last week. I praised Robot Chicken for its very very funny special. Family Guy, AD, and mostly reruns this week. They're not doing anything wrong as a block as far as balance is concerned. Shows, well, that's what show threads are for.

[Space Cadet]

Week of 11/17-11/23:

Household Viewers: 905,000(#7 for cable)

Total Day Viewers: 1,121,000(#6 for cable)






18-34: 475,000(#1 for cable)


- Family Guy: 1,292,000 18-34(#4 for cable)

- Family Guy: 1,264,000 18-34(#5 for cable)

- Family Guy: 1,195,000 18-34(#7 for cable)

- Family Guy: 1,189,00 18-34(#8 for cable)



18-49: 619,000(#4 for cable)




25-54: Didn't chart for the week


The ratings went up for the second week in a row. I wonder what it was that made it go up so much.


Here's how AS did with kids last week:

2-11: 236,000
6-11: 146,000
9-14: 153,000

2-11 and 6-11 went up, but 9-14 was down.

[Novapocalypse]

I find it very abnormal for more 2 year olds to be watching [adult swim] than 14 year olds...

[Draft]

Shin Chan isn't funny, though. It's ratings are crap. Of the anime that airs new episodes on Saturday, Bleach is the only one that gets ratings. Code Geass is great, but anybody who's kept track of Adult Swim's ratings should have figured out that it wouldn't be a crowd pleaser(not that they advertised it, anyway). It was fine to pick up Code Geass as the one risky show, but to then pick up Moribito as well? That makes one anime that's a ratings winner to three that are ratings losers.

Shin Chan usually made the Top 3 every other week when it was on Saturday..