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Friday, May 17, 2013

Will Cartoon Network & Adult Swim Ever Get Their Anime Programming Right?

This blog was originally published on Xanga May 17, 2013.

How's it going my Xangan friends, viewers, and subscribers! I hope all is well on your end. This past week, I have been rather silent. 

I was busy celebrating Mother's Day with my grandmother, mother, and aunts, chatting with other friends, job hunting, and blocking creepers on social media. I always love those men, who get butt-hurt because I REFUSE to send them any nudie pics or have cyber sex with them. I don't understand these men. Do they really think I'm going to lay them via computer screen? Talk about thirsties. 

Maybe my next blog will be about thirsty people on social media. If you don't know what I mean by "thirsty," that's slang for "desperate."

Anyway, I have been reading and hearing about Adult Swim airing MORE snooze worthy shows to their programming. The network chose to acquire Bob's Burgers and One Piece. Oh joy, oh joy. Those are 2 more shows, that I DON'T watch. 

I don't think too many Adult Swim viewers are rejoicing over Adult Swim acquiring both shows, especially Bob's Burgers. Bob's Burgers should've been canceled. 

A while ago, I read that Fox was canceling The Cleveland Show yet Bob's Burgers was being renewed. WHY?

If you ask me, Fox should've canceled both cartoons and brought back Sit Down, Shut Up. At least that cartoon was funny.

One Piece on the other hand, I have never gotten into that Shonen Jump Action Anime. From what I have been seeing and hearing, the One Piece's English Dubs have a lot of infighting within their fandom. 

According to what I have been told, fans are divided because there are 2 different English Dubs. There is a 4Kids English Dub, which is highly censored and dumbed down and then there's the Funimation Entertainment Dub, which is for the more mature audience. 

There is also the fact, that Adult Swim is airing Funimation's English Dub of One Piece and they are premiering it at episode 207, if I'm correct. Even though I'm not a One Piece fan, I think it is idiotic on Adult Swim's part to air an Anime for their fans and potential fans midway into a series. By Adult Swim premiering a show that high in episodes, they are automatically excluding potential fans and not all of their original fans remember everything, that happened years ago. 

Cartoon Network's Toonami canceled One Piece, years ago. Some diehard fans will argue, that potential fans can stream the old episodes online or buy the DVD/Blu-rays. However, everyone does not have the time, money, and patience to marathon EVERY One Piece episode. I get the impression that Adult Swim does not want to fully invest in the One Piece viewers. Then again, what am I talking about? 

Cartoon Network and Adult Swim as a whole, don't invest too much into anything their viewers want to watch. They have already excluded the female demographic completely these last several years, and they most definitely ignore their MALE demographic, which they claim to be targeting. 

I love how so many duped Toonami sycophants have been jizzing their Spider-Man underpants over the "Toonami" block and One Piece returning EXCEPT this time on Adult Swim. 

Like I already said in my March 15th blog regarding Cartoon Network and Adult Swim being sexist, their animation fans are being so highly misrepresented. It's completely understandable, that they cannot attract every American viewer.

Although, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim put forth very little effort to satisfy most of their viewers. I miss the old days, when BOTH networks aired animation for both genders with different animated genres and sub-genres everyday and night. 

Then again, Adult Swim was always a Man-Children Only Club WITHOUT overtly saying so.

Now, every night is mostly terrible Comedies with 1/2 those shows being low IQ'ed, Live Action Comedies, and late Saturday nights are devoted to Action Anime. Both networks used to air Anime on a nightly basis. 

Now, they have condensed their Anime lineup to ONLY late Saturday nights and early Sunday mornings. 

To make matters worse, the very few Anime they air consists of a Shonen Jump Action Anime block and overly syndicated Adult Swim Anime circa 2001. 

Since Adult Swim is so determined to premiere Shonen Jump Action Anime every Saturday night, why don't they remove "Toonami" from their branding and rename it "The Shonen Jump Block" or something similar? 

After all, it's evident that Adult Swim does NOT  want to air any other Anime genre and Anime from other publications. They could BUT  they don't want to because making excuses is more suitable for them. 

Since Adult Swim claims to be so "lowly funded" *sneeze* (I'm allergic to bullshit), I would remove all those overly syndicated Frat Boy Comedies from their Saturday night programming and make it Anime Night. 

Then, all those nostalgic, Toonami crybabies can watch all their old Anime earlier in the evening. By the time of 10 pm Central, I would air:

10:00 PM Special A

10:30 PM Naruto Shippuden

11:00 PM Bleach

11:30 PM School Rumble

12:00 AM Kaicho Wa Maid-Sama

12:30 AM Vampire Knight

1:00 AM Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl)

1:30 AM Hellsing

2:00 AM Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)

2:30 AM Beelzebub

3:00 AM Repeat schedule from 10 pm

With the preceding schedule I created, Adult Swim COULD have a late Saturday night/early Sunday morning block; It could be an Anime Variety Block. 

For teenagers and adults of both genders, I selected Anime consisting of Comedy, Action, and Horror. Therefore, anyone from both genders could watch these shows, if they wanted. 

I created the schedule in this format because by the time of 1 AM, the shows have more violence and sexual content in them. 

Adult Swim doesn't necessarily have to air these EXACT shows. At the same time, they could at least try to follow a similar format, if they have to limit their Anime viewers to only late Saturday nights. 

Then again, the idiots in charge of Adult Swim aren't that clever. Well, at least we can dream, right?

So Anime fans, with this schedule I made, what are your thoughts?

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

What's That? My Prime Time Shows Have Been Renewed! *Doing The REAL Harlem Shake*

This blog was originally published on Xanga April 30, 2013.

 

Hey there Xangans! It has been a while, since I have done a review about any TV shows and/networks. In regards to local prime time shows, I am rejoicing. Family Guy, American Dad, Hawaii Five-0, Grimm, and Nikita were renewed for next fall!

I am not the slightest bit worried about cable/satellite shows, that I watch being renewed. Their seasons are typically shortened and alternated with other shows. However, there are OTHER local and cable/satellite shows, which can afford to be canceled. I'd love to see all the American Idol copycat shows canceled, including a few other Reality TV shows, and shows that have TERRIBLE writing.

I'm somewhat amazed at how well Hawaii Five-0, Grimm, and Nikita have done, ratings wise. Their writing is really starting to get ridiculous. I'm most definitely surprised about Grimm being renewed on NBC. It's NOT  the stereotypical prime time show, that NBC would air. 

NBC loves airing more dramatized, Law & Order type of shows, for example. Now, that's a show I could never watch. It's too depressing for me. Grimm seems more like a campy, CW show, whereas Nikita appears more like a Fox or ABC show. 

I suppose Nikita fans like moi are lucky, that it has been on The CW these last 3 seasons. If La Femme Nikita's remake would've aired on Fox or ABC, it most likely would've been canceled within 1 episode or so.

About 7 years ago, ABC canceled Heather Graham's prime time sitcom, Emily's Reasons Why Not literally after its SERIES PREMIERE. 

 Emily's Reason's Why Not

According to ABC, Emily's Reasons Why Not was supposedly canceled because the critics claimed that Graham's character and the narration were "too much like Sex and the City." This amuses me. Graham's sitcom was nowhere near a show about skanky, old hags and their booty calls. 

Meanwhile, the Hawaii Five-0 remake has been unrealistic in its writing, since its premiere. The writing has become more unrealistic than the last 2 seasons. After watching last night's episode hours ago, I couldn't help laughing at it.

Last night's Hawaii Five-0 episode was exactly what whyzat described in her blog yesterday. Hawaii Five-0 had a so-called "tag along" film crew and documented how they handle crimes. It felt as if I was simultaneously watching American Dad and Cops. Mark Dacascos' villainous character, "Wo Fat," was shown as a disguised cop. 

Suddenly, Five-0 started a shootout while this busybody, talk show hostess named "Savannah" (played by Aisha Tyler) made her film crew record every little detail. It was all because a talk show hostess, could exploit Hawaii Five-0 on her talk show for ratings. Some of the scenes were ridiculous.

The more I think about it, last night's episode was somewhat believable. Viewers should REALLY pay close attention to most news journalists' behavior, whenever they are covering a story for local and/national news ratings.

After the Boston Marathon Explosions happened few weeks ago, 1 of our local Fox News reporters from WI stayed in Boston to get "the latest scoop." Right in front of a Caution-wrapped crime scene, he reported to us Wisconsinites about Boston. 

The blabbermouth went into so much detail about evidence, that it would normally be considered "highly classified information." Sometimes, news reporters and other people in the media cause more problems than they help solve them. In retrospect, I suppose last night's episode of Hawaii Five-0 was somewhat realistic regarding the writing for it, followed by mostly Tomfoolery.

In regards to Hawaii Five-0 and Nikita, I believe both shows remain on TV mostly because there are very few American prime time shows, that have more Asians as main characters. Most of the time, Asian actors end up playing meager, token role, characters for American shows rather than leading roles. This can especially be said for Nikita.

I didn't watch very much of the original USA TV series, when I was a teenager, but Nikita wasn't an Asian American character. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, and the original series seemed like it belonged on Skinemax. I say this because Michael and Nikita had several or more sex scenes. 

Meanwhile, the Nikita remake has an Asian American actress playing the protagonist. Regarding sexual content, this series is very tone down. 

It would not be surprising if Maggie Q. feels proud to be a successful, Asian American actress as THE star of a former, award winning, TV series.

As for Hawaii Five-0, I feel the remake still remains because Scott Caan is James Caan's (who also made a cameo) son and has Hollywood cameos, and recurring Asian American Martial Artists/Movie Stars (Mark Dacascos and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) have airtime. Also, there are 2 Asians playing main characters.

Speaking of American Dad, I am a somewhat surprised to see this Adult Cartoon also got renewed. Sometimes American Dad's episodes can be hit or miss these days. Seth MacFarlane may have 3 cartoons airing on Fox but Family Guy is the funniest out of all 3. I like watching Family Guy and American Dad, but I've never liked The Cleveland Show.

I still don't understand why Cleveland has his own show. He wasn't funny, when he was on Family Guy. Originally, Quagmire was supposed to have his own, before The Cleveland Show was created. I am glad Seth MacFarlane kept Quagmire on Family Guy. He is a highly favored Family Guy character much like Peter and Stewie. I am not only saying this because of my own bias, but also saying this because Peter, Stewie, and Quagmire have the biggest fandoms.

So, with that being said, what are your thoughts about these shows being renewed for more seasons?

Friday, March 15, 2013

Why Do Cartoon Network And Adult Swim Exclude Female Viewers?

This blog was originally published on Xanga March 15, 2013.

 


Hey there my fellow Xangan friends, subscribers, and viewers of my page! I am ready to discuss a long overdue issue, which should've been addressed by on and offline viewers, years ago. 

Cartoon Network as a whole, has gradually become a more sexist channel than it used to be. During the 1990's and early 21st Century, Cartoon Network was meant for viewers of both genders to watch. 

Now, the network has become male-centric, even though the opposite sex has always watched animation regardless. 

Why the sudden change?

It's already bad enough, that Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's male viewers have started complaining about their lousy programming.

During my college senior year nearly 8 years ago, I noticed the programming was starting to suck. Cartoon Network gradually started to sneak Live Action Movies onto a network meant for CARTOONS by 2005. 

I can understand their reasoning for showing Animated and Live Action Movies with some animation in them. However, the moment Cartoon Network began airing Live Action Movies, the writing was already on the wall, so to say. 

Once Live Action Movies were shown, the channel started airing mind-numbingly stupid Animation and Reality TV Shows specifically meant for Cartoon Network's male viewers.

During the mid to late '90s, I didn't spend most of my time watching Cartoon Network. During those years, I mostly watched MTV. MTV had better cartoons, music videos, and reality shows. I was also attending middle and high school. 

Cartoon Network's programming was normally syndicated cartoons from the 1940's-80's. I already watched some of them, 3 decades ago. There was no such thing as Cartoon Network, in the '80s. 

Cartoons used to air on local channels 7 days a week, during the mornings and afternoons. Gradually, those same channels stopped airing cartoons and began airing more Daytime Talk Shows and news programs. 

During the early 1990's, Cartoon Network was niche; It only existed on basic cable in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Detroit. Cartoon Network was also the only cable channel, which aired 24-hour cartoons among Nickelodeon, USA, Disney, and The Family Channel. Cartoon Network didn't arrive on nationwide cable packages, until 1996.

That following year, Cartoon Network launched Toonami. The word "Toonami" is a portmanteau of the words "cartoon" and "tsunami." 

Toonami is supposed to mean a "tidal wave" of animated shows from both America and Japan. In other words, this was an Action Animation Block. 

I didn't start watching Toonami, until 1998. 1998 was when Cartoon Network began airing the Mahou Shoujo (Magical Girl) Anime series, Sailor Moon. 

Since Sailor Moon was a Mahou Shoujo Anime, it was specifically meant for the female demographic and maintained most of its demographic, regarding Shoujo Anime. I never had the chance to watch every Anime Cartoon Network aired. 

Throughout my youth, I was engaged in other activities and shows. Although, I did learn from a few Toonami and Anime fans, that there was another Shoujo Anime. That was Cardcaptor Sakura. 

Cartoon Network mostly aired Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Powerpuff Girls, and Hai Hai Pafi AmiYumi (a.k.a. "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi") for the female audience. 

Is that pathetic or what? 

There were some unisex cartoons, but for the most part, Cartoon Network mostly cares about the male demographic, and even they are being misrepresented.

Meanwhile, there is Adult Swim. Adult Swim is a separate network of its own, which airs on Cartoon Network and is a bundled network supposedly meant for men. Adult Swim launched, when I was 19 years old.

Originally, I mostly watched Adult Swim's programming for canceled American cartoons, from Fox and The WB. 

In 1999 and 2000, 3 Primetime Cartoons were too controversial to be airing on Fox and The WB at the end of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century on local networks. Those 3 were Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill.


Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill all aired on Fox and The WB during my high school junior and senior years. All 3 were soon canceled because they were politically incorrect, morally corrupt, and had sexually explicit content. 

Them having dark humor was a bonus for viewers like yours truly.

By the time I was in my early to mid-20's, I started watching more Adult Swim. The network began airing Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill. 

In addition to those 3 cartoons, Adult Swim started airing Shonen Anime such as Scryed, Case Closed a.k.a. "Detective Conan" (Meitantei Conan in Japanese), Crayon Shin-Chan, Code Geass, Death Note, Wolf's Rain, Witch Hunter Robin, Trinity Blood, and Bleach. 

To add more animation to Adult Swim's programming, the network launched their own animated and Stop Motion series such as Robot Chicken, Metalocalypse, and The Boondocks. All of the preceding gave me reasons to watch the network.

Even though some of us female viewers watch all of these Adult Cartoons, they are still meant for the male demographic. Adult Swim only wants to target the male demographic. 

In fact, lately it seems as though they only care about targeting teenage boys. All the while, some don't enjoy watching most of Adult Swim and Cartoon Network's currently airing shows. Those 2 networks are a heaping pile of misrepresentation for both genders young and older, which is a problem.

Now, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim mostly show the MOST mind-numbingly stupid, vapid, and worst live action shows and animation in a bundle. The viewers have complained a plethora of times to them. 

Both networks mostly feed their viewers lies about not airing certain shows and mock their Anime viewers. This is where it gets even better. They claim they are "lowly funded."

Cartoon Network is owned by Ted Turner. Adult Swim is contracted with Williams Street. Williams Street is a division of  TBS (Turner Broadcasting System), which is OWNED by Ted Turner. With that being said, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are not NEARLY as "lowly funded" as they claim to be. Adult Swim exists in OTHER countries and those same countries have better programming than in America. 

Currently, there is division between both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's viewers. In fact, viewers are so divided, that it's as divided as Republicans and Democrats in America. Very few male viewers are being represented and the female viewers are completely excluded.

For some reason, it seems like these networks don't believe that female viewers matter. Just because a show for the male demographic has at least 1-4 female characters in it, that doesn't mean the show caters to the female viewers. 

I get the impression, that Cartoon Network and Adult Swim assume us females are engrossed in watching reality shows, soap operas, Twilight, The Notebook, and taking slutty pictures, all the while giving our best duck faces, and posting them on Facebook. 

Last year, I was told many times on fan pages by fanboys, that airing Shoujo Anime on the Toonami block isn't "actiony enough" and that particular Anime genre does "poorly in sales." If that's the case, why do females enjoy watching Shoujo Anime? Apparently somebody is buying Shoujo.

If those working at Adult Swim and Cartoon Network would pull their heads out their asses and tried harder to properly represent both genders, maybe they would realize they could still regain more viewers

How could they succeed in attracting more viewers?

How about buying MORE shows, that BOTH genders like and would most likely watch? Hmm, there's a thought. 

If Cartoon Network and Adult Swim wanted my input, I would GLADLY give it to them. Airing Anime such as Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl), Shiki, Special A, Kaicho Wa Maid-Sama, Shugo Chara, Vampire Knight, School Rumble, and Beelzebub to only name a few would be a start.

 They wouldn't have to necessarily run all those Anime at once. They could rotate these series, whenever 1 or 2 of them would end. Most of these titles cater to the female demographic but the male viewers can still watch them. I feel these titles have something for everybody and would bring in more viewership. 

Until then, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's viewers will remain divided, and the female demographic will continue to be excluded. Therefore, neither network should beg more viewers for ratings, while lying and making excuses to us about it.