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

[sanada.livejournal.com]

Maybe advertisers are shying away from Geass's terrorism themes? But that doesn't explain why Moribito and the other shows got shafted too. I read a couple months ago that Cartoon Network had some plan called "The Cartoonstitute" to make 150 or so new pieces of animation in under two years... and all of it their in-house stuff. I guess the reruns are there as placeholders for new shows. Perhaps we can anticipate more shoddily animated butt jokes?

[megassa.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought, to prep all the weaboos for the second season. But still, that seems really lame imo.

[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. :\

[sanada.livejournal.com]

Space Ghost was great, Harvey Birdman was great, and even Aqua Teen Hunger Force had its moments... but the new shows are painful to watch. Like, literally. That squiggly line animation makes me nauseous. I guess Bleach is still too much of a cash cow with all of its associated merchandise for them to let it go.

[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...?

[nanakibh.livejournal.com]

I gotta be honest - I kinda like 12 Oz. Mouse. XD It was so shitty and I felt like I was on the verge of actually understanding it near the end. I liked trying to explain to people what it was supposed to be about.

I hadn't heard about that, though. I've never run into anybody who says they love Squid Billies and Assy Mcwhatever so it really makes me wonder what kind of money they think is in shows like that. They're cheap to make probably but they really don't garner the same viewers. If the views on their website were any indication, Code Geass was one of their most popular and well-rated shows. :\?

[corsette.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Does anyone even know what that's about? Something about boobs and peanut butter...

[sanada.livejournal.com]

I liked the one episode of Perfect Hair Forever I saw. But that might have been due to alcohol.

Well, I guess this won't impact their online viewership. Cartoon Network can cater to the Adult Swim base of drunken insomniac college students.

[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!

[morninglow.livejournal.com]

But why are you going to take off (or rather move) something that's popular and new for something that's old. There's no logic in that.

[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.

[nanakibh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, their online viewers are probably entirely separate, come to think of it. Not that it makes their lineup of spam shows any better. I kind of wish things would go back to the way they were with the Midnight Run. XD

[atam-kcin.livejournal.com]

Damn straight.

[atam-kcin.livejournal.com]

Yes. Bed.

[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.

[faye-naruse.livejournal.com]

WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM. SRSLY.

Why the hell did they change it?! It was perfectly fine the way it was! And no Shin-chan...? GODDAMMIT.

[offensive.livejournal.com]

The thing that disappoints me about this is really, I get up for work at 4am on Sundays, and I could always look forward to watching the Dub and loling while I got ready to leave. Now I'm going to have to find something else that's on at 4am on a Sunday, because I absolutely refuse to watch Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job anymore.

[kadekmoment.livejournal.com]

Obviously they just wanted to have a hip new timeslot change of hell like the season in Japan. America won't be outdone.

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I think R2 would've been made better by a crazy timeslot change to 5am. -_-

[birdboy.livejournal.com]

Aw man D:

[norikosama.livejournal.com]

IMO, the dub makes my ears bleed at points. I'M MORE PISSED AT THE FACT THAT THEY REPLACED THE VENTURE BROS. WITH SHIT LIKE ASSY MCGEE AND 12OZ MOUSE. WHAT THE FUCK. YOU REPLACED TEAM VENTURE WITH A TALKING BUTT? Smooth move [AS].

[kadekmoment.livejournal.com]

True, true. Even if the show itself hadn't changed, lack of sleep does wonders for entertainment value.