Code Geass Relegated to 0500 Time Slot on Adult Swim

[strikekira105.livejournal.com]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-11/adult-swim-shifts-bleach-geass-moribito-timeslots

America's Adult Swim television network has updated its schedule for this Saturday evening and Sunday morning by moving Bleach earlier to 11:00 p.m., pushing Code Geass and Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit anime series back to 5:00–6:00 a.m., and removing Shin Chan and Inuyasha entirely. Adult Swim has also added reruns of Fullmetal Alchemist.

Before the recent change, the following series were scheduled for this Saturday evening and Sunday morning:

Time Title
11:00 Metalocalypse
11:30 The Venture Brothers
12:00 Shin Chan
12:30 Bleach
01:00 Code Geass
01:30 Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit
02:00 Metalocalypse
02:30 The Venture Brothers
03:00 Shin Chan
03:30 Bleach
04:00 Code Geass
04:30 Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit
05:00 Inuyasha
05:30 Inuyasha

* All times are Eastern/Pacific Time

After the change, the schedule now reads:

Time Title
11:00 Bleach
11:30 Fullmetal Alchemist
12:00 Robot Chicken
12:15 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
12:30 Metalocalypse
01:00 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
01:15 Assy McGee
01:30 Squidbillies
01:45 12oz Mouse
02:00 Bleach
02:30 Fullmetal Alchemist
03:00 Robot Chicken
03:15 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
03:30 Metalocalypse
04:00 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
04:15 Assy McGee
04:30 Squidbillies
04:45 12oz Mouse
05:00 Code Geass
05:30 Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit

Thank you to herbkir for the news tip.

Posted without much comment, other than this:

WHAT THE FUCK, ADULT SWIM?!

Comments

[mintytrina.livejournal.com]

5am?????? D:

[ex-defaced.livejournal.com]

[megassa.livejournal.com]

spoiler: Adult Swim sucks. Badly.

Also why bring back FMA? Seriously, that was on two years ago (maybe less) but they've replayed it over and over again, as though FMA is their only cashcow animu.

[morninglow.livejournal.com]

I think it might be because there's a supposed (and I think confirmed) second season coming out.

[fujiappletan.livejournal.com]

WA-WAIT WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY.
do you have to go some where at 5:00.

[bacon-sensei.livejournal.com]

I LOL'D

No, just need to make sure I study for Organic Chem BAAAAW

[jading.livejournal.com]

Thank God for the DVR.

[dtn.livejournal.com]

Seconded like whoa. o_o

[angathol.livejournal.com]

That's what old VHS recorders are for, rofl.

[nativegirl.livejournal.com]

VHS recorders? :O This is the age of bittorrent/megaupload!

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

* All times are Eastern/Pacific Time

Huh?

[nanakibh.livejournal.com]

In what universe does this change make sense?

[sanada.livejournal.com]

Good job, Adult Swim! Now they can claim that "anime just doesn't sell" while making more of their in-house Williams Street garbage.

[lunchy.livejournal.com]

I know, honestly. Their old stuff was good *Space Ghost FTW!* but their new stuff is just horrible and not funny. If it weren't for Bleach and FMA, I doubt there'd be an anime block at all.

[kirarakim.livejournal.com]

My favorite part about this is they decide to put on FMA twice before Code Geass and Moribito which are their premiere shows. How many times has FMA ran on the channel already?

I've given up on Adult Swim a long time ago so I am just highly amused by all this.

[gokumew2.livejournal.com]

WTF indeed. Who the hell is gonna wake up at 5AM to watch it? Well... I've always recorded it though cuz I don't stay up late, but that's not the point. This'll probably result in more people recording it and you know what that means? Everyone fast forwards through the commercials! Yeah, way to go, Cartoon Network. Wonder what their advertisers will say.

[sanada.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing their advertisers prefer the show about the talking butt and the show about the redneck squid.

[fishnow.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? I mean, I'm usually up that late/early, but not everybody is a nightowl. It seems silly to me to put series that are airing new episodes in such a timeslot. Why in the world would they do that?

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Wow, were the ratings bad or something?

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Not really. Always seems to pull in at least the top three (anime) at least for Saturday, and it topped Saturday's charts occasionally (for anime).

[lavaliere]

I'm not that concerned about it, since I don't have cable and I don't watch the dub but... what's with bring back FMA? It's been over for like, what? Two years now? And the newest version of FMA isn't even out in Japan yet. Are they like... preempting for when the second version comes out or something?

Anyway... If I bother to wach the dub, I'll just continue to watch it on AS's website.

[deadums.livejournal.com]

I LOL'D. Maybe it's a test.

[five-sunsets.livejournal.com]

It's like when they shifted Yu Yu Hakusho to 5:00am. D8 Terrible days, I missed the entire last season D:

[scuba-dooba.livejournal.com]

Agh, I know. Me too T_T

[bacon-sensei.livejournal.com]

AS should just stop running FMA already and just wait for new!FMA. How many years has it been already? No wonder overseas licensees are poor. They don't keep up with their livelihood. It's a good thing I stopped watching this network in middle school because it's a load of FFFFAAAAAAIIIIIL.

[qwertumz.livejournal.com]

WHAT. WHAT.

I mean, I don't really mind as I'd be up at that time anyway and I'm still DVRing, but WHAT?

My poor anime night is ruined. All I have to watch on cable now is a show about a talking butt that no one likes. :\

[nekoi-echizen.livejournal.com]

That's insane!O_O

[sakura-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that I'm more sad about Shin-chan...?

But yeah...they go to all the work of securing R2 to run immediately after, and then push Code Geass back...?

[lokcha.livejournal.com]

First, I don't even watch any of the effing William street shows, cause they make me nauseated by the x amount of idiocy that goes on there. It would've been better if they took off just these shows as I dubbed them: red neck squids, Metal-whatchem-you-call-it, the talking Happy meals
and the ass show. And leave whatever good shows up there so we may continously watch good anime hrs after hrs.

2nd, when I want to watch the shows I want, they are at the most ridiculous time slot that lead to me avoiding watching AS as a whole and sticking with shows that i care to watch........on my PC.......streaming.

Yea, I'm with you on this "WTF AS?!"

[karinablue-rose.livejournal.com]

WTF indeed.I had a hard time watching it when it is on at 1:00 am.Now I have to wait til 5:00.What is wrong with the people at Cartoon Network!Have they been smoking dope!

[deviousweasel.livejournal.com]

Y DEY DO DIS?!

I hate it when they do last minute changes like this, my DVR is gay and doesn't update schedules instantly so changes don't register, and I have to record the time slot instead of the show. So, this week Code Geass will be labeled as.... Inuyasha. Great. Thanks, Adult Swim.

[starsinshapes.livejournal.com]

That's whack wrapped in bullshit.

Guess, I'll wait for the box set. still have the first season on mah laptop.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Sweet. I'm actually awake at five o'clock on weekends.