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Maybe Tom Aschiem Wasn’t So Bad…

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Folks, I’ve been thinking about what’s been going on over at Warner Brothers Animation and Cartoon Network lately, and now I’m thinking…

I think that we owe Cartoon Network’s former president Tom Aschiem an apology.

For those who don’t remember, this was a brief overview of what Tom Ascheim wanted for Cartoon Network:

Sure, Mr. Ascheim’s vision for Cartoon Network may not have been everyone’s cup of tea. Yeah, he did want to bring some live action projects such Family Mash Up and Tweety Mysteries (the latter being a live action/animation hybrid series) to the network, but then Warner Bros. teams up with Discovery and then Mr. Aschiem was replaced by Michael Ouleween, seen below with his one true love.

Mr. Ouleween’s plans involve cutting Cartoonito down from 5 hours to a mere 90 minutes in length, having the Adult Swim block start earlier and earlier (AS recently started airing at 7 PM EST, and in the fall it will start at 6 PM), then shuffling some of CN’s new shows over to different blocks than where they were originally intended to air. My Adventures with Superman, an general ages animated series, is now airing under the Adult Swim banner, and the upcoming preschool series Jessica’s Big Little World, which was planned for Cartoonito, will be airing under the Cartoon Network banner here in the U.S.

Sure, maybe Tom Ascheim’s vision for Cartoon Network wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but you know what? I think that I prefer Tom Ascheim’s take on Cartoon Network. At least he was interested in program that appealed to EVERYONE. Meanwhile, Michael Ouleween’s vision seems to be “We’re only going to provide entertainment for Edge Lords, Stoners and action anime fans. Everyone else can go plug a hole. If you like comedy, go watch Nickelodeon.” Mr. Ouleween’s plan was/is to transform Cartoon Network into “an all ages channel”, which by his definition, “all ages” apparently means “list anyone over the age of 10 as adults and screw people who like self contained, comedic stories”.

This is why I believe that we all owe Tom Ascheim an apology. Now, everyone line up and tell him you’re sorry!

Anime Superhero…Where You At?

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For those who don’t know, the Anime Superhero Forums (animesuperhero.com), which both Damon and I are members of, has been down for repairs since February 3rd, and it’s now March 23rd and the site still hasn’t been fixed yet. The forum’s moderators have assured us that the site will return, but no one can say exactly when.

However, someone has since created a temporary AS forum that can be used while we’re waiting for the real one to return. animesuperherotemp.freeforums.net.

Neither of us have created an account there yet (Honestly, I don’t know if it’s worth it), but in the meantime, we’re both still here of course, and also are still on Tumblr. If you’re missing the Anime Superhero Forums, you can visit the temporary AS site. You know, if you feel like it.

Yearly Wrap-Up 2022

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Howdy, folks.

Well, gang, here we are once again. The last blog post of the year, and let me you, this is one year I’m looking forward to see in the rearview mirror. You want to know what I thought about 2022?

“Oh, wowsy, wowsy, woo-woo! Miserable year, wasn’t it?”

Well maybe I wouldn’t go that far, but this year was a rough one. Too often, there have been things happening in real life that left us feeling this way:

And as a result of being sidelined by so much jackassery, we haven’t been able to devote as much time to this site as we would have liked, and we’re not happy about that. This coupled with the fact that at the start of 2022, I was in a really bad place, feeling just a little bit…

So with that, it’s time to bury 2022 into the cold, cold ground and look ahead to 2023. I’m cautiously optimistic.

Overall, we don’t have a whole lot of new stuff to announce now (of course, that could change at any time. We’ll keep you posted). The main thing that we’d like to do is make the giant leap from blogging to video production. There are a few things coming down the pike, if we get the time and space to sit down and work on them. Damon’s Pop Dream for Animal Jam and my What The Funny for Regular Show may resume. Initially, we put them on hold because in case we wanted to continue them in video form. Speaking of WTF, Damon and I have considered doing another What The Funny miniseries for WB’s Jellystone!

One good thing about this prospect is that with both of us working on a miniseries together, we should get it completed in half the time. As previously noted, now these 2 miniseries are semi-regular or recurring thing here, we won’t be numbering the individual entries anymore.

Also, as Damon mentioned in an earlier blog post, there will be some more posts that don’t fall into any particular category. They’ll just be stuff that we want to talk about that we do for our own amusement.

Overall, hopefully, there will be more activity here in 2023. It would be nice if maybe we could finally be able to switch to video format next year (fingers crossed).

So see ya, 2022. You won’t be missed. Here’s looking forward to another 12 months of nonsense. Happy New Year, everyone!