Sym-Bionic Titan- From the creator of Samurai Jack

Thing about campaigning to boost ratings is unless you live in a Nielson household it's pointless.

If Symbionic Titan was on Netflix or Hulu though I'd watch the hell out of it.

edited 16th Feb '13 5:38:17 PM by Lionheart0

It technically is , though the Hulu page links it to the Adult Swim video page (with full episodes, no less!) Oddly enough, the page had the first episode of Soul Eater to view six days before it premiered on Toonami: http://www.hulu.com/search?q=Sym-Bionic+Titan&type=episodes

I like Ilana's hairdo after she got out of the shower in The Steel Foe.

Showerdo.

Sym-Bionic Titan is on Netflix right now.

Maybe it's a testing ground for an HBO Max exclusive season 2? I know the show got written off a while back, but its appearance on Netflix from out of nowhere is peculiar to say the least...

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 15th 2019 at 12:08:56 PM

Wasn't it tied up in a bunch of legal stuff that prevented it from being distributed?

They managed to resolve it somehow

also,it's worth pointing out it won't be for all regions

Hence the term "written off", which means "we don't see this being economically viable in the long run, so we're going to pretend it never existed."

But yeah, I guess it constitutes as "legal stuff".

And yes, it did. So it's curious that it's suddenly on Netflix.

Maybe Cartoon Network has one lawyer who REALLY liked the show and was willing to resolve the situation.

Now go resolve Megas XLR's legal stuff.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 15th 2019 at 12:19:12 PM

Genndy was pretty adamant Season 2 wasn’t in the cards when doing a panel for Primal but maybe something has changed.

Admittedly I'm not holding my breath for a season 2 either, but who knows what's happening really?

I find it funny that even the Netflix version cut the smash-cut 'sreaming woman in the grocery store parking lot' joke that was in most of the commercials. I've only ever seen that scene on live tv, but neither iTunes nor Netflix had it.

Primal's success probably changed someones mind.

I had a theory that since Streaming Service wasn't TV, it technically didn't count under the Written off thing. Was I right?

Also Netflix needs to bring back Megas XLR.

I don't think Genndy is this genius I once saw him as, but Titan, despite being HEAVILY inspired by mecha anime, is probably the best thing he did. It's on Netflix? Well, I know what I am watching tonight.

Despite? Why do you say that? Dont like Mecha anime?

I always compared Genndy to Imagawa, Aka the mind behind Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Just that enthusiasm for tropes while throwing them on their ends.

Titan is really good, but I still question if it’s as good as G Gundam, the all time champ of Narm Charm.

It could be the originality or lack thereof.

Edited by Beatman1 on Dec 19th 2019 at 9:53:49 AM

Seriously though, does anyone know how the hell they resolved the written off thing? I am genuinely curious about that, as this is the first time I've heard of such a thing happening.

I'm not sure how the show is on Netflix. Its odd.

Does anyone really trust Netflix to handle this properly?

It sounds like they just got the license to an old show and plopped it on their service. It’s not like they’re making new episodes.

Possibly, but it also popped up with 3 different Scooby Doo works (Zombie Island, Mystery Inc, and What's New Scooby Doo.). I think them and Warner Brothers made a deal or something. Regardless, this is already a better fate for it than being written off, so that's something.

Edited by KouTheMad on Dec 22nd 2019 at 6:59:00 AM

Wait, Mystery Inc. is on Netflix too? Hot dog! I never saw that!

But yeah, I'm really glad Sym-Bionic Titan is back. I've always thought of it as the last of the Cartoon Cartoons, and Netflix seems like the perfect home for it (especially if there's a chance they'll make new episodes).

......So Still no explanation on how Netflix laughed in the face of Tax Write Offs?

Considering the amount of bullshit involved with the show in the first place ("No one bought merch" when there was never any to begin with) and the statements about what was happening in the first place, I'm just going to assume we quite honestly never knew the truth of the show's rights situation, either from deceit, lies, or genuine ignorance from where information was coming from.

The Netflix deal was probably completely above board and whatever it is people seem to think would have prevented it (kinda confused why Netflix airing it is an issue?) Was never a factor in the first place.