A show that deserves to be on Adult Swim

[RogueMartian]

Since Daria is now over and done with and MTV has decided to eliminate the only animated show that I liked on that station, what are the odds of AS picking this one up, someday?

[Shnay]

I'd say (although this is just an uneducated guess) that the chances are pretty slim. Although, I think this is for the best. For the most part, I was a fan of Daria, but I don't think it really goes well with the rest of the shows on ASC. For the most part, they all have a certain..."feel," that Daria just doesn't have. Maybe that's a poor explanation, but it's the best I can do.

[dolphin917]

Vanilla.

[Calhoun07]

And what would be wrong with bringing new shows into AS that have a different "feel?" The line up is still relatively young and evolving. I would hate to put it in a corner and limit the kind of programming it can have. I think Daria would work well on the block. Maybe not at this time right now, but in the future with other line up tweaking it would work well.

[Killtacular]

Daria is too young for Adult Swim.

[Shnay]

Originally posted by Calhoun07
And what would be wrong with bringing new shows into AS that have a different "feel?"

I'm not saying that ASC should be limited to one style of comedy. I'm all for the lineup "evolving." But I just don't think Daria would..."fit" on ASC.

I realize that this explanation is just as bad as the last one. I'm not sure what it is, I don't think that it's "too young," it just seems like it's meant for a different audience than those who watch Adult Swim. Some obviously disagree. But there's something about Daria being on Adult Swim that would just feel...well, very strange.

[DJRed]

Kind of like baby blues.
I like baby blues. I like Daria.
I'd agree that daria is a little young for AS but that would just bring back the whole point of nothing on AS actually being adult.
Honestly i think the feel of AS should be like a bag of mixed nuts. Or just a box of chocolates.
you know the rest of that one.

But the chances of seeing Daria anytime soon, or ever, are slim to none.

[Jude Santos]

says matt wilsonDaria is too young for Adult Swim.

yea, and all the other shows on adult swim

[mrdude]

Daria-->MTV-->Viacom--->Nick


Daria-->Cartoon Network-->AOL/TW

=Yeah Right!

[Fata Morgana]

Originally posted by Matt Wilson
Daria is too young for Adult Swim.

No offense, Matt, but have you ever actually watched it?

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[Jude Santos]

<ok, let me change the tide a little bit>

speaking of shows deserving to be on AS, do you guys think Love Hina would be perfect choice? (although it probably wont happen, but you never know)

[Fata Morgana]

Originally posted by Fatal
speaking of shows deserving to be on AS, do you guys think Love Hina would be perfect choice? (although it probably wont happen, but you never know)

>_< Talk about "too young" for Adult Swim. . . although in this case I think the expression should be "too juvenile" ^_^;;

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[Sheamon]

speaking of shows deserving to be on AS, do you guys think Love Hina would be perfect choice? (although it probably wont happen, but you never know)


Hahahahahhahahahahahaha!!!!

Wait, you weren't joking? :eek:

IMHO, Love Hina's a mega-hyped show that simply doesn't live up to the hype. I dunno, its probably cause I read the excellent manga first, but I found the show to be quite mediocre. And I find it in roughly the same league as Outlaw Star. At its heart, it isn't really an adult show, but one for teenagers. Sure, it has some 'risque' material, but content doesn't necessarily make something adult. And with a dub thats on part with DBZ for being bad, its marketability isn't exactly 'up there'.
LH on Adult Swim gets a resounding "NO" from me.

As for Daria, I liked it very much when I found the time to watch it. I haven't seen it in a while unfortunately, even missing the finale. Its not the most mature and thought provoking show out there, but then again right now AS is targetted towards 10 year olds with most of its shows. Its far from perfect, but would certainly be a step up in both quality and maturity.

[Jude Santos]

well yea, LH isnt really adult, but then again, so are all the shows on AS (minus bebop and probably home movies<----refer to my post "what shows on AS are actually adult"). i just finished the series a couple of weeks ago. anyway, i was just thinking of bandai titles at random and love hina is by bandai and everyone knows cn has ties with bandai and as i said, you never know, no one thought bebop would be on cn but it did (its adult though). but on second thought, i wouldnt want to see the dub (although it is a good dub if you havent seen the sub yet imo).

[VinceA]

Actually Bandai is just distributing Love Hina - Production IG is actually producing the discs, dub etc.

Many people have posted on P.IG's message board about the issues with the dub (levels, accents, content, etc) and someone from P.IG has said that they're looking into it for future volumes (maybe those after vol #2 because I think #2 is already pretty far through the process now).

But if LH was ever on CN it would best go on AS (Sunday night since it's comedy not action)

[Sheamon]

i was just thinking of bandai titles at random and love hina is by bandai and everyone knows cn has ties with bandai and as i said, you never know, no one thought bebop would be on cn but it did (its adult though).
Then again, Cowboy Bebop is critically acclaimed as one of the best animes in recent years, Love Hina isn't :p Cowboy's a perfect fit for the channel, especially with Outlaw Star having gone over so well. Love Hina isn't really in the same league in any category; maturity, quality, and so on. This shouldn't be an issue of 'get it on because its Bandai'. Heck, if there's one valid complaint against the channel, its that they use Bandai too much for their anime. ADV, Viz, Manga, and so on are all ignored. Lets hope they change in that aspect atleast some time soon.



but on second thought, i wouldnt want to see the dub (although it is a good dub if you havent seen the sub yet imo).
Nope :rolleyes: The japanese version really has nothing to do with it. When you give one of the main characters a ridiculous southern accent(Kitsune), another a ridiculous stereotypical indian accent, on a character whose nationality was purposely left unclear(Kaolla), not to mention a male lead who's as dorky as you can get(yes, Keitaro's a dork, but even he's not this bad), all in the same dub its something that can't be considered good by any stretch of the imagination. Its sad to see in this era where so many good dubs are coming out, one so ridiculously bad. What makes it worse is that it features the same actors that do such a good job in the Animaze dubs, and was even directed by Wendee Lee, only to come out so bad :( Frankly I can see the ratings tanking simply because of the horrible voices, the actual quality of the show would matter very little :mad:

[Jude Santos]

sheamon says
Then again, Cowboy Bebop is critically acclaimed as one of the best animes in recent years, Love Hina isn't Cowboy's a perfect fit for the channel, especially with Outlaw Star having gone over so well. Love Hina isn't really in the same league in any category; maturity, quality, and so on. This shouldn't be an issue of 'get it on because its Bandai'. Heck, if there's one valid complaint against the channel, its that they use Bandai too much for their anime. ADV, Viz, Manga, and so on are all ignored. Lets hope they change in that aspect atleast some time soon.

no im just saying (im not saying LH should be on),anything can happen, you never know what anime might be on, i was just stating that no one was expecting bebop to be on cn so you really never know what to expect , im not comparing LH to the best anime series ever made (bebop).

and the LH dub, im just basing it on what i saw, im not basing it on popular opinion and whatnot, my sister and a couple of my friends watched it the other day, they say the only voice that bothered them is kitsune's. they say the dub is pretty good. (they havent seen the sub yet though)

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Love Hina would work on AS. I don't like the show much myself either, but this is not "Jojo's block." And from an objective standpoint, I can see a fairly wide general audience appeal to Love Hina. Sure, it isn't "critically acclaimed" but it's different from any other anime CN has aired so far. And if you think bad dubbing is gonna stop people from watching...you haven't been watching enough anime on U.S. TV...

Niea_7 also something a little "different" from the norm, though there are some bizarre racial stereotypes there--but it isn't any worse than anything done on The Simpsons or King of the Hill.

[Jude Santos]

yea, i think love hina might work too. it might not have the maturity of bebop, but then again (how many times have i used then again on this thread?) almost all the shows on AS (minus bebop) arent mature enough. well blah, thats just my two cents, all we can actually do is wait.

[randomguy]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Patlabor and Rouini Kenshin. The fans would love them. *New Orleans Accent* I guarantee!

[Fata Morgana]

Oh, well. . . if we're all going to start mentioning shows that we've mentioned many times before, then I'm going to put my vote in again for The Maxx, Aeon Flux and {show name with-held so that the thread doesn't get locked}. http://www.jazzmess.com/other/edsmilie1.gif

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[Jude Santos]

oh yeah, aeon flux, i was thinking about that the other night. speaking of aeon flux, it was on a "adult swim" type of block on mtv a while ago (some 10 years ago) called liquid television. only difference is, the shows on LTV are really adult, but lets not get into that in here.

anyway, rurouni kenshin is too long to be shown on a week-to-week basis.

and might as well add what i think should be on AS: aeon flux as well, berserk (i did say you never know, but bersrk has 0% of being on AS), vandread (yeah right),and some more eltingville. but if i should guess what show would have the best chance on ASA, i'd say Trigun.

[Scythemantis]

Too young? Huh? it was smart and sophisticated. THAT equals "adult".... it`s more than mature enough. But yeah, it doesnt quite have the right feel. I can`t imagine it anywhere but mtv.

[Jude Santos]

Too young? Huh? it was smart and sophisticated. THAT equals "adult"

so that must be the 535th definition ive seen of the word "adult" in this forum.

[Momijii]

Some others put this and I agree ,Aeon Flux ,The Maxx,and Liquid Television would have a nice place on AS.

[i miss katy]

wow, Liquid Television. That takes me back. MTV's half-hour theatre of the absurd. And animation that was cutting-edge at the time. My favorites were The Specialists and the original Aeon Flux shorts, which had no dialogue. Or point, for that matter. Man, I would LOVE to be able to see Liquid Television again.

The Maxx was, at the time, the best cartoon I'd ever seen. It would work well on AS. There was supposed to be a sequel, but the MTV Oddities series that it ran as part of got canned before it was made. Of course it wouldn't be made now, nearly ten years later, but oh, to dream...

[Matt Hazuda]

Unfortunately any animation out of the evil Viacom congolmerate(Nick, MTV, etc) has as much a chance of getting of Adult Swm as, oh let's say Berserk(0%). Never in a million years. Viacom would be completely humiliated if CN took one of their properties(let's say "Daria") and made it a bigger success than it was originally. So in conclusion, Animation from evil Viacom = No chance in hell of ever being of CN.

Now me personally I'd love to see a series like Lain take the place of the "deeper meaning" anime genre that's currently not represented on the block(no Candidate for Goddess does no count, and Cowboy Bebop is a "space cowboy/bounty hunter" genre show), but after finally seeing the final episodes tonight, I'm gonna have to say unfortunately "no" to that as well. Too much drama and talking and not enough action/comedy for Adult Swim. Also add the religious contexts of the show(is there god?), and it instantly gets struck down by CN's Anti-Religion Machine tm


anyway, rurouni kenshin is too long to be shown on a week-to-week basis.Can you say Yu Yu Hasuko? That show is over 100 eps, and is on ASS(Adult Swim Saturday), so I think that gives Kenshin a decent chance(unless it happens to get even more violent or starts to include religion I've only seen the first 2 discs, so i'm not sure) Same goes for Trigun. Since Williams Street doesn't have to edit the shows themselves anymore, there's a better chance of it coming on even though it has excessive gun use and religion(How much religion I'm not sure, I've only seen the first disc)

OK time to give a final wrap up for those still reading:
Viacom(MTV, Nick, etc) animation on CN = No
Lain on Adult Swim = probably no(they've worked with Pioneer before though, so who knows. "No" more likely than "yes" though due to religion)
Kenshin = possible, since YYH proves that AS will take long running series
Trigun = I give this a 7 out of 10 chance of showing up on AS. People said Cowboy Bebop would never air on CN, and look what happened, so I'm not discounting it.

Well enough rambling from me. End transmission.

[dolphin917]

Originally posted by Leaping Larry Jojo
Niea_7 also something a little "different" from the norm, though there are some bizarre racial stereotypes there--but it isn't any worse than anything done on The Simpsons or King of the Hill.

NieA_7 is one of the best animes I've seen in a very, very long time. I think it would be a fantastic addition to Adult Swim. I think Lain would do very well on Adult Swim, also. They're both 13 episode series, they're not risque or profane, and they're both unique in their own way.