Moribito on Adult Swim Aug 24th 1:30am E/P Americas

Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said

"Moribito is Saturday

"Operation Perfectly Good
Anime Show Success

"likely grounded by poor ratings
and web dub pirations.

" But here
we go anyway

( B/W pic of female warrior with spear scrolls in. )
"Seirei no Moribito
Premiering August 23 @ 1:30am

"Requesting permission
to launch for failure

" ( permission granted )"


One way of announcing it, I guess. Maybe they like to downplay
expectations these days. :) Or maybe that's internal sadness over life
with corporate masters. :(

I think this being on AS was out some time back, but this is the first
time I've heard of a day and time.

August 23rd is a Saturday, so I think they meant the am of the 24th.
Anime News Network lists August 24th as the premier day in their encyc
entry for the show. And AS's schedule servlet script page thingy lists
it on the 24th, with the full title as "Moribito: Guardian of the
Spirit". ( I hate that page, btw. But it seems to have AS's best
schedule info. )

The bump was on about 12:30 AM zone 8 ( Pacific Coast ).

And I guess Cowboy Bebop was only brought back in for a one night stand. :)

DBB

DBBrandell wrote:[color=blue]
> Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said
>
> "Moribito is Saturday
>
> "Operation Perfectly Good
> Anime Show Success
>
> "likely grounded by poor ratings
> and web dub pirations.[/color]

("Pirations"? 0_o?? )
[color=blue]
> " But here
> we go anyway
>
> ( B/W pic of female warrior with spear scrolls in. )
> "Seirei no Moribito
> Premiering August 23 @ 1:30am
>
> "Requesting permission
> to launch for failure
>
> " ( permission granted )"
>
> One way of announcing it, I guess. Maybe they like to downplay
> expectations these days. :) Or maybe that's internal sadness over life
> with corporate masters. :([/color]

Or maybe, to extend B), they....just don't care anymore:

If an anime series's a hit, it's not the audience they demographically
"want"; if they don't interpret the ratings as a hit, it's another
reason to dump it to 5am...
As if they've had to keep up their image, and desperately want to move
on to other things, so they won't have to avoid insulting their own fans
directly.

Either way, they're starting to lose their status as "The Channel That
Cares About Anime"--
We've GOT to start getting some emergency backups for mainstream
non-demand broadcast.

Derek Janssen
[email]ejanss1@verizon.net[/email]

Derek Janssen wrote:[color=blue]
> DBBrandell wrote:[color=green]
>> Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said
>>
>> "Moribito is Saturday
>>
>> "Operation Perfectly Good
>> Anime Show Success
>>
>> "likely grounded by poor ratings
>> and web dub pirations.[/color]
>
> ("Pirations"? 0_o?? )[/color]


The world's vocabulary grows by leaps and bounds. :)

Pirate operations, pirating, somthin' like that.

DBB

[color=blue]
>[color=green]
>> " But here
>> we go anyway
>>
>> ( B/W pic of female warrior with spear scrolls in. )
>> "Seirei no Moribito
>> Premiering August 23 @ 1:30am
>>
>> "Requesting permission
>> to launch for failure
>>
>> " ( permission granted )"
>>
>> One way of announcing it, I guess. Maybe they like to downplay
>> expectations these days. :) Or maybe that's internal sadness over life
>> with corporate masters. :([/color]
>
> Or maybe, to extend B), they....just don't care anymore:
>
> If an anime series's a hit, it's not the audience they demographically
> "want"; if they don't interpret the ratings as a hit, it's another
> reason to dump it to 5am...
> As if they've had to keep up their image, and desperately want to move
> on to other things, so they won't have to avoid insulting their own fans
> directly.
>
> Either way, they're starting to lose their status as "The Channel That
> Cares About Anime"--
> We've GOT to start getting some emergency backups for mainstream
> non-demand broadcast.
>
> Derek Janssen
> [email]ejanss1@verizon.net[/email][/color]

"DBBrandell" <NoSuchUser@NoSuchAccount.net> wrote in message
news:bOmdnScPaeZMUDfVnZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d@vnet-inc.com...[color=blue]
> Derek Janssen wrote:[color=green]
>> DBBrandell wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said
>>>
>>> "Moribito is Saturday
>>>
>>> "Operation Perfectly Good
>>> Anime Show Success
>>>
>>> "likely grounded by poor ratings
>>> and web dub pirations.[/color]
>>
>> ("Pirations"? 0_o?? )[/color]
>
>
> The world's vocabulary grows by leaps and bounds. :)
>
> Pirate operations, pirating, somthin' like that.
>
> DBB[/color]

Pirate gymnastics or dancing?

DBBrandell wrote:
[color=blue]
> Derek Janssen wrote:
>[color=green]
>>DBBrandell wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said
>>>
>>>"Moribito is Saturday
>>>
>>>"Operation Perfectly Good
>>>Anime Show Success
>>>
>>>"likely grounded by poor ratings
>>> and web dub pirations.[/color]
>>
>>("Pirations"? 0_o?? )[/color]
>
>
>
> The world's vocabulary grows by leaps and bounds. :)
>
> Pirate operations, pirating, somthin' like that.[/color]

I tried to check whether that was actually *in* Gilbert & Sullivan...

Derek Janssen ("The words within my brain did gy-rate")
[email]ejanss1@verizon.net[/email]

Aje RavenStar wrote:
[color=blue]
> "DBBrandell" <NoSuchUser@NoSuchAccount.net> wrote in message
> news:bOmdnScPaeZMUDfVnZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d@vnet-inc.com...
>[color=green]
>>Derek Janssen wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>DBBrandell wrote:
>>>
>>>>Adult Swim had an ad bump last night that said
>>>>
>>>>"Moribito is Saturday
>>>>
>>>>"Operation Perfectly Good
>>>>Anime Show Success
>>>>
>>>>"likely grounded by poor ratings
>>>> and web dub pirations.
>>>
>>>("Pirations"? 0_o?? )[/color]
>>
>>The world's vocabulary grows by leaps and bounds. :)
>>
>>Pirate operations, pirating, somthin' like that.[/color]
>
> Pirate gymnastics or dancing?[/color]

Thought it was, like, when you only have one apple pie to serve up at a
picnic, and have to cut small slices...

Derek Janssen
[email]ejanss1@verizon.net[/email]