The Adult Swim Thread

-STRAFE- — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:04:16 GMT

The last time I checked, Ethan (and it's been a while), Home Movies is still on. It's at, like, 12:30 or something.

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wynd.and.fury — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:01:56 GMT

KING OF THE HILL FTW

FAMILY GUY FTW

ANIME FTW

:D FTW

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Ben Deckert — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:44 GMT

Space Ghost, The Brak Show, Sealab 2021, and maybe Moral Orel should all be brought back. Why don't they just post one new episode of a show every weekday instead of only on Sunday?

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LittleBigEthan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:09:32 GMT

The sad thing is, it's not the shows that are bad, it's the programing. They should really just have a weekly rotation, with every day of the week featuring one or two shows in the place of one episode of Family Guy and King of the Hill.

There are some great show AS could be airing that I haven't seen in quite a while, most notably Home Movies, The Brak Show, and Lucy Daughter of the Devil. Let's not even get started on the anime or the fact that The Venture Brothers doesn't air on weekdays.

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dbull620 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:47:03 GMT

Yeah, I never did get why AS shows a few shows, then recycles the exact same shows at 2AM. Don't recycle, add variety dang it.

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Chaoticrage654 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:12:09 GMT

I love Family Guy!

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SouthernD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:04:29 GMT

Family guy, and KOTH both shouldnt be considered adult swim, due to neither actually having the tone of humor as say....ATHF, or Robot Chicken, or the GOAT Venture brothers. i love that show, or Boondocks..lol man I love that show too!

SQUIDBILLIES FTW!

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Romars202129 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:42:51 GMT

If you guys want more anime I suggest syfy's 11-1:00am monday slot. usually pretty basic stuff [1 hour new 1 hour reruns, sometimes just anime movies]. They do air Gurrun logon and Gundam 00 which at times are both really good. I'm currently on adultswim withdrawel thanx to comcast dropping cartoon network. I can't get one of those stupid boxes.

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PheonixDav — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:52:55 GMT

Even if the anime wasn't as popular as the original shows, I think it still made sense to show it in the back half of the schedule. I'd say that most of the anime they show is dubbed very well; Cowboy Bebop and Death Note come to mind especially in that regard.

I find it funny that AS's website distinguishes between "Action" and "Comedy," when the actual distinction is "Japanese" and "Not Japanese." The fact that the action tab has only ten shows (which only get shown late on Saturday nights), while the comedy tab has thirty five, makes you wonder why they don't just dump anime altogether.

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Jordan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:07 GMT

I remember when they stopped showing anime as frequently. Their exact reason was, "We gave you two weeks of anime movies and you didn't want them. What more do you want from us?" The sad truth is that the viewer base for the anime isn't really as strong as we'd like to think it is.

That said I really do miss the days of uncut anime like Yu Yu Hakusho and early stages of Inuyasha. I really miss all of the anime they used to show. Somebody brought up the Midnight Run on Toonami. I definitely remember the original five-hour run of anime in the wonderful block.

What they show now is... decent I guess. KOTH sucks and always has (but maybe I just don't get it). I've always been a fan of Family Guy, but after seeing every episode like 18 times, the jokes have lost some of their zing.

AS needs an overhaul I guess. We probably won't see one any time soon though.

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Morbidbystandard — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:53 GMT

I watched KOTH on another station as reruns. It was fine the second time around but to intrupt my swim for a third viewing. (Shaking his head). New anything would be nice.

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InfectedCrypt666 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:36 GMT

The issue I have w/ more anime is that it would mean more poorly localized versions of shows that were good (or at least decent) before they came across the Pacific (read: Inuyasha). They definitely need to break up the two hours of KOTH/Family Guy (I've never really like KOTH, and I stopped watching Family Guy regularly about a year ago).

They could really do w/ more thirty minute blocks dedicated to their original shows in place of the KOTH/Family Guy slots(like they do now w/ Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen, and Metalocalypse). And bring Venture Bros. back to weeknights! (speaking of which I need to put some new stuff into my DVR).

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PheonixDav — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:27:47 GMT

I really miss the anime. I didn't mind staying up for shows like Evangelion, Lupin III, Cowboy Bebop, Deathnote, etc, because they were just so good. But now Adult Swim has basically segregated Anime to Saturday night, and even then, the only anime worth talking about before two in the morning is Bleach. I think AS takes its anime fans for granted because they're the only basic cable channel that shows much of it

The real problem is that AS is running on fumes in terms of programming. They want to be more than marginal in the ratings game, so they spam the hell out of Family Guy and King of the Hill (AKA, the two shows that anyone outside their core demographic has ever possibly heard about) for two hours every night. By the time they're done with that it's midnight, leaving two hours until they start everything over again at two. It's a schedule that maximizes ratings and minimizes all the qualities AS wants its viewers to believe it has, like youthful daring and spontaneity.

Right now, Venture Brothers (and Metalocalypse, soon) is about all that keeps me coming back to AS. I still like shows like Aqua Teen, etc, but they're nothing to make a point of watching every night when they are almost always in re-runs.

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The Mildly Retarded Gamer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:52:26 GMT

I wish SpaceGhost would come out of retirement.

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Morbidbystandard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:37:41 GMT

They need to make more episodes for all of the Adult Swim. I need to see some new swim bad.

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Charlie FoHammer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:30:44 GMT

Fooly Cooly is(or at least was)the best show ever. They really need to make more episodes...I'm having withdrawls.

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H. B. Duran — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:21:01 GMT

Love Adult Swim! Love my DVR even more because I used to miss it thanks to stupid adult responsibilities and silly things like sleep!!

Right now Frisky Dingo is pretty funny, but my faves are:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sea Lab 2021
Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
Robot Chicken
Squidbillies (it has its moments)
Venture Bros. - GO TEAM VENTURE!!!!!!
Space Ghost & Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Brak Show

I love the video games Master Shake and Meatwad are always playing...knitting, Video Ouiji, etc.

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Ben Deckert — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:27 GMT

Ya, I skipped Bleach for two weeks by accident, and when I decided to watch it again, I was so confused, I just gave up. This was back when I didn't realize anime was the internet, so my bad.

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Ben Deckert — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:08:41 GMT

I would like some more anime on it, but I love Death Note, Code Geass, and especially Bebop, but maybe they could have a showing of Jyu-oh-Sei. This is one of the best animes I've seen and it's only 13 episodes. Although the kid's voice is annoying, it's perfect for the Adult Swim audience. They should also get rid of that Titan Maximum, that thing is stupid.

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SolidGamer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:04:44 GMT

Desert Punk would be cool.

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born4this — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:40:25 GMT

I really like the Venture Bros. and Robot Chicken. I used to like Aqua Teen Hunger Force but it has changed a lot and I don't like it as much as I used to. The first four seasons were great.

They could definitely benefit from some more classics like these shows that I've named.

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Gaige Bowman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:33:59 GMT

I dont watch the anime on AS, I used to watch Futurama and then Family Guy, King of the Hill isnt too bad though, so I'm not complaining.

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ThrdSonofSparda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:32:03 GMT

What would really pump some life back into AS, would be to air the at least 2 or 3 of the Gundam series all over again. If anything I would GLADLY stay up to watch Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (that opening theme just fuggin rox!!!), 08th MS Team, or my personal favorite GUNDAM WING!!! Who remembers The Midnight Run w/Tom? Or something new better like re-airing Rurouni Kenshin, or even Yu Yu Hakusho!!

As for new additions I do like Seirei no Moribito, but something else along the lines of Full Metal Panic, Blue Sub 6 (again another repeat but it was good!!) or even FLCL!! Thx to AS I've seen the group that does the music for that show (The Pillows) 6x's since they've come out to CA. Where have all the good shows gone? Samurai Champloo or even the gr8 classic Ronin Warriors!! Oh yeah I 4got the fascist corporate bastards at Bandai licensed them and want us to purchase the series for an exorbitant amount of cash. I do like the slave that I am, but there's only SO many disk you can burn the episodes to, as well as so much room that you can store on an External Hardisk amongst other files and whatnot.

And I'm sorry but those other shows like Frisky Dingo, The Mighty ***, and Xavier Renegade Angel can all go the way of the Dinosaurs! Although Squidbillies does keep me laughing. I even have the infamous 'Boysickle' segment on my phone. Man I am faded. Good times. Good times.

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LunarStarFox — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:23:56 GMT

It's a good show. Easy to get lost in if you don't catch almost every episode though.

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Morbidbystandard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:10:16 GMT

I haven't watched a lot of the anime. My homie keeps telling me to watch Bleach.