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Adult Swim To Offer Streaming Video Option
Julio Capote wrote to mention a press release making the rounds stating that Adult Swim will be allowing viewers to watch shows via streaming video. From the article: "Starting Sept. 16, AdultSwim.com will offer full-length episodes of these and other programs in an initiative Cartoon Network is calling Friday Night Fix. Each week between 11 p.m.-6 a.m. ET, a selection of current and fan-requested shows will be available for free viewing. There also will be previews of episodes scheduled to debut the next Sunday" The official Williams Street announcement is also available.
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Actually, it is done in flash, then exported to video. My friend "animates" Harvey Birdman. Flash is the future of low budget 2d animation for sure. A couple o fshows on Nickolodeon are done in flash as well.
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I recall watching [adult swim] just this last week and seeing a bump (if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's clear you don't watch AS) listing things that definitely WON'T be coming to Adult Swim in the future. One of those things listed was free streaming video on Friday nights. I only wish I could remember what some of the other items on that list were, as it seems the people at Williams Street are pulling another sneaky maneuver like they did with their famous "Aqua Teen Cancellation".
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The phrase itself actually originates from a call at community pools. Basically, the lifeguards would shout "Adult Swim" to remove the kids and the adults would have their own predetermined time to swim. Cartoon Network used this same concept in the selection that originally aired 2 September 2001 (thanks, Wiki!).
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You will have to fork over $10, but it will give you the abliity to play wmv files in quicktime.
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If I'm not mistaken, Mucha Lucha, Teen Titans, Kids Next Door, and several other "mainstream" cartoon network shows are produced in Flash as well.
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Actually, XM had commercials on most music stations when it started out. Sirius came on the scene with commercial-free music, and XM had to drop their commercials to stay competitive.
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When I tried to watch that, I got an odd notice to the effect that the premiere was only available in "select areas". I don't know how Yahoo found my location.
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Hmm... that's a bit of a generalization. I will agree that MOST anime sucks because of the lack of plot/etc., but there are some very very good series out there. Besides, most Western shows are crap as well :)
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If you want something that isn't non-linear/non-sensical, try out Planetes, Monster, or Cowboy Bebop. Monster in particular is slow-moving, but very plot-driven. It's dark and serious for the most part, and I find that the characters are surprisingly "human". I don't think that Monster is licensed in the US yet, but I'm pretty sure Cowboy Bebop is played on Adult Swim, and Planetes is at least licensed over here. Serial Experiments Lain also has a pretty good plot, but it gets kinda weird...
As for your problem with dubs... that's what subs are for, fanmade or otherwise
I don't have a tv, nor do I want one, but every now and then I want to flake out to some non-interactive entertainment. Here are the sites I've found for free tv and video on the web (that I can remember at 1:48 a.m.)
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http://edition.cnn.com/ -News fix
http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html -Not tv or video per se, but strongbad email flash animations are a hoot and close enough
http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/supernatural.html -The show Supernatural online, although I haven't watched it yet. Featured on
http://www.atomfilms.com/ -Everybody knows this one; marginally good
http://video.freevideoblog.com/ -Alot of crap, the odd good video
http://video.google.com/ -Random
http://www.ifilm.com/ -See also atomfilms
http://www.newgrounds.com/ -Way cool, homepage worthy!
http://tv.reuters.com/ - more news video than cnn
http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog - ???, Profit! Actually, I don't know what to say
http://portal.omroep.nl/uitzendinggemist/ -Dutch TV up the wazoo
http://mediahopper.com/portal.htm -1041 tv stations from all over the world listed and ready to watch (as far as I can tell)
http://video.search.yahoo.com/ -Stuff n' things
http://www.youtube.com/ -People upload and share their videos online... you've been warned!
I should add everything here is "family friendly", as far as I'm aware: no porn, uberviolence or gratuitous advertising (if I've somehow overlooked something, I apologise).
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Hey, I agree with you. Anime sucks. It's not because of the tits, it's because the writing is bad, the dubs are bad, and the plots go nowhere.
...probably think Harry Potter novels are great literature.
Hey, now. Let's not make sweeping generalizations. Anime is not a genre, it's a medium, with all the good and bad that go with it. Yes, there is an embarrassingly large pile of anime that sucks a whole lot. But the same could be said for any other medium, such as movies, novels, paintings, poetry, television shows, even internet sites. In any form of expression, there will be a fair percentage of it that will suck. But don't let that large amount of suckage deter you from the gems hidden within.
As to the grandparent post's comments about the anatomical correctness of anime, I say just this: get over it. It's a style. News flash-- the men in anime are just as stylized, over exaggerated and poorly clad as the women. You don't think men really bulge with those kinds of ridiculous muscles, do you? And in the rare case they do, they certainly are not shaped like an upended triangle, with three foot shoulders and a six inch waist. Try not to think too hard about the "anatomical correctness" of the majority of our television and movie stars, either: they seem to fit into a category of person not attainable by mere mortals. Which is fine by me, by the way; I would much rather watch attractive people on my teevee than my neighbors.
Anyone who thinks Harry Potter is not a great series of books is far too cynical to appreciate anything pure. They have successfully injected both compelling storytelling and believable, likable characters into the tired and wheezing fantasy genre, which has not happened since Tolkien.
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Teen Titans is not flah, it is still storyboarded here, then shipped off to pencilled in Korea.
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Teen Titans and KND are not done in Flash. If you want to know which shows are, here's a fantastic place to start: http://coldhardflash.com/