That was the most surprising part for me, too. What exactly is *Toonami* about it? Between Common Side Effects and this, it really seems like [adult swim] is beginning to view Toonami as a dumping ground for anything that isn’t a sitcom, stoner show, or Rick and Morty.
It's some weird quirk they do for all DC shows the past couple years, even the ones on Prime Video and HBO Max.
If AS owns it and it’s even mildly Toonami themed, we are gonna get it as a cheap slot filler. They don’t care about the block theme, they care about saving money.
Avatar belongs to Nick, how is that gonna work? Even if there was some kind of synergy to make it happen, Nick would never approve it because an Adult Swim run taints their ability to market it to kids. Same reason CN never crossed streams with AS unless it was planned to be permanent like Samurai Jack.
Demarco hates Avatar and Korra as supposed Toonami ripoffs. Remember when TOM3 was throwing VHS tapes of Jake Long? It’s never airing on Toonami.
It takes inspiration from Ranma 1/2 and My Neighbours the Yamadas so there are some anime influences to it.
“Demarco hates it” is usually a reason to lead with, but it’s such a non factor suggestion that has a literal 0% chance of happening, that Demarco’s opinion on it hardly matters.
Both JL and JLU are currently streaming on Tubi, so if fans are missing them, they're at least available on a free streaming site. While JLU would be a good fit for Toonami, they probably would prefer to get something more recent if possible. Plus, I vaguely recall a comment that Cartoon Network shows still cost money to air on Adult Swim. If that is the case, that could explain why they don't go through the valut of older Cartoon Network shows from the 90's and 2000's.
It was a shame they never aired Suicide Squad Isekai. By WB Japan and Wit Studio in an anime style. This August will mark 2 years since they finished all of the English dub on Max. I think CN Japan aired it. Since this was Max and Hulu, maybe some co-licensing rights thing prevented it from airing the same time on CN US but maybe after 2 years...
Nick is simply not viable as a network for an action show, kids arent a profitable demographic anymore anyway, and its a new show they arent really interested in. And DeMarco has aparently been replaced by Kim Manning again so he doesnt have the final say anymore.
Not profitable according to? Not interested according to? You are acting like you are on the Nick board of directors or something.
According to many executives, creators, writers and animation that have said over and over and over and over and over and over that action cartoons aimed at kids arent profitable anymore because kids channels cant make them a success and the only way to do that is an an adult action block like Toonami. Why do you think Superman was put on Toonami despite being a kids show?
Because due to many years of mismanagement, Cartoon Network has a foot in the grave and the show surely would have failed there. Not because of its content, but because no one watches CN anymore.
That deal has not finalized and both networks are still competitors. We dont even know if that deal will finalize, because Paramount has lost a significant piece of funding that was allowing them to make the bid they did. Until the paperwork is actually signed, it’s not official.
