Yeah 2007-2008 was a weird time for third party shows.
When Toonami and Miguzi shut down, Zatch Bell's dub wasn't even close to being finished, I think Mar got halfway there, the Prince of Tennis only got to episode 50, Lyoko's last 6 episodes and Lab Rats never aired on tv and were put on the CN website, and I think something similar happened with Juniper Lee.
As much as I love Cartoon Network pre 2014, those two years really had a lot of weird decisions behind them
What has this DeMarco fellow said about Avatar and Code Lyoko? I'm not going to bash him or anything, I'm just curious. I really like both of those shows.
True story: I met my partner of ten years on a Code Lyoko forum thread in 2007, so if that hadn't aired here, my life would be radically different (read: worse).
Also, does anyone know if CN is going to fully rebrand when Cartoonito drops? Because I could sure use a new "era" of CN, something as unique as Powerhouse or City. Feels like we've been on a version of Check It for the better part of a decade...
I found Demarco's quote on ATLA as part of a larger thread answering questions
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The same thread mentions he also isn't a fan of BoJack Horseman.
This is also reaffirming comments on Avatar
he made about a decade ago.
Though I do find it interesting in his latest announcement post
that he's "interested" in producing a few Animesque production in his new position (if it must come to it, I imagine).
Not too sure if this is him being diplomatic for his new position, or his opinion has soften within a year of that Q&A thread.
Edited by XMenMutant22 on Aug 20th 2021 at 4:58:49 AM
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Yep, that's the Taco Bell Effect in a nutshell. As I put it in the other thread:
Basically, the idea is that many anime fans outside of Japan watch these shows and movies not simply for their content but because of an inherent exotic quality they have. There's some merit to this, since by and large, a great deal of anime covers genres that simply don't exist in western animation. But every so often, you'll get western animated works that are deliberately inspired by anime, either in terms of art style, in terms of the tropes they use, or both. Yet anime fans typically reject these shows, often dismissing them as "not real anime.”
So why is this a bad thing? It means western animated works that are clearly inspired by anime have to face an uphill struggle for success, since they're competing for attention not only with other local animation, but with genuine anime. This, in turn, discourages major western animation studios from experimenting with such works and hence having the same variety of genres as anime does.
Edited by ElSquibbonator on Aug 20th 2021 at 5:09:43 AM
Cartoon Network will be airing a week of Star Wars movies starting with Rogue One on Sunday September 5 at 6:00pm. Two things of note:
1. It's admittedly a bit weird to see a TV-14 rating on something from Cartoon Network that isn't airing during Adult Swim.
2. Speaking of Adult Swim, a lot of the Star Wars movies, even without commercials, are usually over 2 hours at least. Assuming they start at 6:00pm every night, these movies could eat up the 8:00 timeslot on Adult Swim.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CNschedules/status/1429792171448627205
Last year they aired the 2017 Wonder Woman to build hype for WW 84. And Turner has the broadcast rights to the Star Wars films, so why not milk it? Star Wars is popular with kids anyways.
Rogue One is 2 hours and 13 minutes long without commercials. It could potentially eat up the first hour of [adult swim] unless they heavily edit it, but I don't see an issue.
Personally, I’m more curious as to why they’re airing a week’s worth of Star Wars movies. Is there a big Star Wars thing coming up? Cause I remember up here in Canada that to hype up the premiere of the CGI Clone Wars cartoon, Teletoon aired Episodes 1-6 over 6 weeks every Saturday, even pushing back 1 hour of Teletoon at Night for the occasion.
"Detecting trace amounts of mental activity. Possibly a dead weasel or a cartoon viewer."
As stated previously, WarnerMedia has the broadcast rights to many of the films (how that's the case even with films made post-Disney buyout is beyond me, but there you go). So them trying to capitalize on the new Disney+ show by airing all of them makes sense.
Edited by RacattackForce on Aug 24th 2021 at 1:19:25 PM
Plus, I recall that the "Redraw Your World" era would include family movie nights
as well.
Edited by XMenMutant22 on Aug 24th 2021 at 1:13:28 PM
The fandom of The Powerpuff Girls excludes the reboot from the franchise's continuity, but Cartoon Network excludes the anime instead. Will someone please tell me why? And why Powerpuff Girls Z only aired in the Mediterranean countries, as far as Europe is concerned?

Wasn't he involved in the Miguzi block? Because I remember Code Lyoko was pretty prominent when that block was around, so his stance seems pretty ironic. (Also Totally Spies if that counts?)
I kinda thought maybe besides Code Lyoko's supposed animesque nature, that show was also pretty laissez-faire about teenaged fanservice. If I were in his shoes, I'd be pretty uncomfortable having a supposed TV-Y7 FV-level show have teens in varying degrees of undress. Japanese and French animation can probably get away with it because their countries are more chillaxed about it, but American TV, especially kids TV, is still pretty stingy about it.
I should stress that this is pure speculation on my end. For all we know, he could've had a problem with their foreheads.
In any case, wanting to bring back action cartoons for kids is still a great goal to have. Recent fun stuff like Justice League Action really got the short end of the stick that it almost feels criminal. (Here's hoping he can somehow bring that back from the dead.)
EDIT: Awkward pagetopper hoooooo!
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Aug 18th 2021 at 11:45:19 AM