Monday, May 28, 2012

Reviews of Deadman Wonderland

Deadman Wonderland is a horror action anime. The Plot begins with the protagonist Ganta who has been sentenced to death for false capital crimes with fake footage of him admitting he was behind the school murder as nobody believed him that the Red Man was the one who killed the students. He gets transported to a prison under a theme park similar to Superjail called Deadman Wonderland (hence the title). In the prison, Ganta meets an old childhood friend Shiro, who happens to be the Wretched Egg and the Red Man he doesn't know until the final arc of the manga. As for the candy, they are temporary antidotes that last for 3 days and every immate has to take one every 3 days otherwise that person dies as the poison that is contained in their tracking necklaces is injected into their bloodstream. Unfortunately this is only 12 episodes despite of budget issues in the Japanese anime industry.

Story 7.1/10 - Looks at bit close to the manga.

Graphics 7.5/10 - It's a whole lot Gorey, Children shouldn't watch it especially with Makina did an overkill to an inmate for stealing Ganta's candy.

Action 7.5/10 - The Ganta gun, Ganta's Branch of sin, is one of my favorites.

Final: 22.1/30 Toonami did a good job on this show.

That's it for now

Later.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Toonami Block schedule revealed with two new anime from Funimation

With Toonami returning, it's not going to last that long with fans very disappointed wanting to see Inuyasha: Final Act on the block, however Adult Swim/Williams Street is looking into it, as well as acquiring other anime such as Fairy Tail, one of the Gundam series, Panty and Stocking, maybe even Cat Planet Cuties, Eureka Seven Astral Ocean, etc.

The new schedule this Saturday consists of Casshern Sins and Deadman Wonderland with Bleach, FMA: Brotherhood, Ghost in the Shell, and Cowboy Bebop remaining.

Vice President of Cartoon Network, Jason Demarco said on his Twitter account that acquiring new shows cost much more money. Peter Cullen who won't be announcer due to his contract with Disney doing Eeyore and Hasbro for Optimus Prime. SARA will not be in there. TOM 3.0 will still be voiced by Steven Blum.

But I can live with that. If you want more anime to be on Toonami, you better buy the merchandise to support the block or they will go away again since 2006.

For those who rather see classics, classic Toonami shows are old old and do not generate in ratings. New shows generate in ratings. If You want to watch them, go to Best Buy or FYE and buy the DVDs.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Sinclair and Fox Television Stations Strikes Renewal Deal with options to buy each other's stations

Sinclair and Fox Television Stations have struck their affiliation renewal deal including an option for Sinclair to trade its' duopolies in Raleigh, NC (WLFL/WRDC), Las Vegas, NV. (KVCW/KVMY) along with WSTR and WTVZ for Fox's station WUTB as an addition to Sinclair's Baltimore's Duopoly (WBFF/WNUV)

If Sinclair or Fox executes the option,

WLFL will regain Fox as The CW affiliation goes to WRAZ. It may even replace The Country Network with MundoFox on WLFL and The CoolTV with Bounce TV on WRDC

KVCW will take Fox and rename itself as KVFX, Meredith's KVVU will likely be the first station to affiliate the CW.

WTVZ and WSTR will likely remain as My Network TV as LIN TV's WVBT and Raycom's WXIX's Fox affiliations doesn't expire for a few more years.

This is not Anime Related.

Toonami Returns on May 26

Toonami Faithful, Adult Swim have heard you through Twitter and now Toonami is coming back on May 26.

Thanks for staying gold.

The new schedule for the block has yet to be announced, probably during this Saturday during the final ASA block as it transitions to Toonami, so watch for the new schedule. Adult Swim could have acquired some of Funimation's properties, Sentai Filmworks, and Viz (I.E Fairy Tail, Inuyasha Final Act, Cat Planet Cuties, Bodacious Space Pirates, etc.) as part of the 2012-2013 upfront.

AS and Toonami will have separate blocks on Saturday beginning May 26.

9-12 for Comedies and AS originals

12am begins the transition from the Adult Swim to Toonami.

According to the AS schedule of April 30, Durarara, Kekkaishi, FLCL, Ghost in the Shell have been removed from the Saturday Lineup, leaving Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Cowboy Bebop. According to their Wikipedia article, Astro Boy (1963 TV) and Trigun is expected to return.

Since 1999 before the creation of Adult Swim. Toonami had its' own midnight block called the Midnight Run, began airing anime for teens and adults of 17+. It is unknown whether we may get a TOM 5.0 after the block ended with TOM 4.0.

Monday, May 7, 2012

changes to the Adult Swim lineup maybe a sign that Toonami could return

Toonami Faithful, you might be getting your wish because there are changes to the Adult Swim Saturday lineup.

What's gone from the lineup

- Inuyasha (license to the show maybe expiring by the end of this month)

- Kekkaishi (license to this show maybe expiring by the end of this month, or maybe it could end up streaming on Toonzaki)

- Ghost in the Shell (license to both the season 1 and the 2nd Gig maybe expiring)

- FLCL (Funimation's rescue license is set to expire)

What's still on the lineup

- Bleach

- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

- Cowboy Bebop

What's going to come to the lineup? We'll Funi has licensed Eureka Seven AO but the English Cast has not been announced yet or when they will be dubbing. As for Shin Chan? not a chance, after poor ratings on the AS block, the broadcast rights to the show expired. Apparently for you Shin Chan fans, will need to listen up, after watching the final episode of Season 3, Shin Chan breaking the fourth wall that the show has been cancelled. So unfortunately, no Season 4, they may dub the movies, but they went the way of Case Closed.

The show will still go on (in Japan until TV Asahi decides to end it there). So if you want more Shin Chan, move to Japan.

Back to the lineup, Inuyasha Final Act? That show was finished in Japan and I think Viz doesn't want AS to air it. But we'll see. Tiger and Bunny? maybe. Panty and Stocking? Worth a shot. Sgt. Frog? Maybe not.

We'll it ain't going to be DBZ, because Nicktoons got the broadcast rights.

And I don't know about Fairy Tail or Madoka Magica.

You're gonna have to find out. You may catch Adult Swim's upfront on May 16, but you have to be working for the media press and get a press pass.

So as Steve Blum says, Stay Gold.

Bang.