Charting the course
July 12, 2016 | 22:34 | Written by: snake911
Watched the episode of Pre-Flight where Gill and Jason were hosting the Toonami panel at Anime Expo 2016, and holy crap was it jammed packed with information! For starters, right off the bat they announced the latest show they acquired and are planning to begin airing very shortly: One-Punch Man. I’ve heard of the name, but I never delved in to get more intel on it, but apparently it’s really popular. Glad they picked it up so I can at least check it out to see how it is. Looks cool, though, so I’m looking forward to it.
Next they announced they are doing Intruder 3! This was a shocker for me as there was a 15 year gap between 1 and 2, but only a year between 2 and 3?! But it makes sense there would be a third one based on the events of the second one, so I’m definitely looking forward to this. They said it would be November-ish when it would air.
This one I remember them talking about a few months back, but this time they actually were able to talk about it a little. It’s the return of Samurai Jack! And they actually had a long, like 10 minute produced video to talk about the deet. Genndy wants to finish Jack’s story, so he’s begun production for the latest season of Jack. I really liked the video and it shows how the whole team is behind it, and with it on Adult Swim as opposed to Cartoon Network, there’s sure to be more rad violence than before.
After that they noted they are doing a miniseries led by Mamoru Oshii from Production I.G. They told him to do whatever he wants. That’s bold. To give someone permission to create whatever they want could lead to some awesome stuff! They showed a teaser for an Adult Swim ID he made, and it was wwaacckkkyy. They said the show he’s making will debut in 2017. I’m excited for this to see what kind of output can come from someone with total creative freedom.
And then they talked about them making a new season for FLCL. I know they mentioned this before, but I have mixed feelings regarding it. On one hand it’s not necessary to have a second season for FLCL. But on the other, it would be interesting to see what other stuff they can pull out from that universe. This one is a tall order to fill, so they need to be on the nose when it comes to creating more content for it. For this, I’m cautiously optimistic about it. I still need to watch the FLCL panel discussion about the show at AX16. They should have more details about it there.
So yeah, looks like a lot of rad stuff is coming down the pike for Toonami fans. Woooooooooo!
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