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Pojo's Anime News
Top-Rated Network Adds
Five New Series and New Seasons from Nine Existing
Series
Top-Secret Details of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Feature
Announced
Completing its first full year as an individually rated
network, the late-night service announced the new slate
of programming on deck for 2006 at today’s Adult Swim
Upfront event in New York. New series for the year are
Death Clock Metalocalypse, Frisky Dingo,
Assy McGee, Saul of the Mole Men and
Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil. Two pilots were
announced and will air later this year: Korgoth of
Barbaria and That Crook’d ‘Sip. New seasons
of current series Robot Chicken; Family Guy; Tom Goes
to the Mayor; Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; The
Venture Bros.; Aqua Teen Hunger Force; 12oz. Mouse
and Squidbillies will also air throughout the
year. Adult Swim completed the first quarter of 2006 as
the top-rated basic cable network among men 18-24 and
men 18-34.
In addition to this year’s schedule, Adult Swim outlined
details of the highly anticipated feature, The Aqua
Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theatres, slated to
open in theaters this fall. The film, written by Matt
Maiellaro and Dave Willis, is based on their successful
series about human-sized food products Meatwad, Frylock
and Master Shake. The first movie based on an Adult Swim
original series is an action epic that chronicles the
mysterious origins of the trio and the battle over an
immortal piece of exercise equipment.
Following are highlights:
New Series:
- Death Clock Metalocalypse: The
world’s most popular heavy metal band leaves a trail
of mayhem and destruction wherever they go. The
animated comedy, from co-creators and executive
producers Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, will debut
in August and feature ear-melting heavy metal and
guest appearances by musicians like Kirk Hammett and
James Hetfield of Metallica. Twenty episodes have
been ordered.
- Frisky Dingo: Destroying the world
seems like a lot of fun, but supervillain Killface
finds that it can be a very tedious and complicated
process. His nemesis, Awesome-X, is equally
ambivalent about stopping Killface, as stamping out
his plot fully might crush toy sales. Frisky
Dingo, from Matt Thompson and Adam Reed,
co-creators of Sealab 2021, will debut in
September. Thirteen episodes have been ordered.
- Assy McGee: In a world where
crooks run rampant and City Hall is soft on crime,
one cop has what it takes to make things right. He’s
Assy McGee, the toothpick chomping cop sniper who
looks like a giant ass. He’s not much of a talker,
but Assy is willing to take the first shot if he
needs to eliminate a scumbag criminal. Assy McGee,
from Carl Adams, Jon Benjamin and Matt Harrigan,
will debut in December.
- Saul of the Mole Men: During a
scientific expedition to the Earth’s core, a
terra-naut stumbles upon a strange civilization of
Mole Men--and nearly destroys it. Deftly combining
live-action, puppets, animation and green screen
technology, Saul of the Mole Men debuts in
late 2006. Twenty episodes have been ordered.
- Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil:
Lucy is living in San Francisco and dating a great
new guy, who might just be the Second Coming. The
only problem is that her dad always meddles in her
life. And, since he’s Satan, he is using her
relationship as an excuse to hasten the apocalypse.
The series, created by Loren Bouchard, has been
given the greenlight for 10 episodes and will debut
in late 2006.
New Seasons of Existing Series:
- Robot Chicken: Co-creators Seth
Green and Matthew Senreich enlist an army of toys
and celebrity friends to skewer pop culture in this
stop-motion sketch comedy. A new season begins April
2. Ten additional new episodes are slated for
September.
- Family Guy: The fast-moving series
about the Griffin family continues with 17 new
episodes beginning April 30 and airing throughout
the year.
- Tom Goes to The Mayor: The unique
partnership between bumbling bureaucrat The Mayor
and self-proclaimed “idea man” Tom Peters continues
in a new season of the series from Tim Heidecker and
Eric Wareheim, beginning June 4.
- The Venture Bros.: With Hank and
Dean Venture presumably dead, Doc and Brock carry on
as Team Venture and seek revenge on The Monarch and
other villains in the second season of the series
from Jackson Publick III. New episodes begin June
25.
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Meatwad,
Frylock and Master Shake swim in their neighbor
Carl’s above-ground pool and destroy things. A new
season begins in September. Aqua Teen Hunger
Force was created by Matt Maiellaro and Dave
Willis.
- 12oz. Mouse: Mouse, fond of beer
and firearms, unravels a conspiracy in a new season
that begins in September. 12oz. Mouse was
created by Matt Maiellaro.
- Squidbillies: Redneck squids
scratch out a hardscrabble existence against a
backdrop of brown-liquor-fueled heartache and loss
in the north Georgia mountains. A new season of 14
episodes of the Williams Street series
Squidbillies, from Jim Fortier and Dave Willis,
begins this September.
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law:
The winged superhero returns for a new season of
jurisprudence and office politics beginning this
fall. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law was
created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter.
Pilots in Development:
- Korgoth of Barbaria: In a dark
future wasteland, the cities have fallen, primordial
beasts have reclaimed the globe and thieves and
savages populate sparse, dirty towns. Korgoth
emerges from the frozen north, and his merciless
savagery may be his only key to survival. Korgoth
of Barbaria is an animated
fantasy-action-adventure-comedy from Aaron Springer.
The half-hour pilot episode will air in September.
- That Crook’d ‘Sip: The Beauregard
family, much like their Mississippi mansion, is
falling apart. Relics of the Old South, this
dysfunctional clan sits in stark contrast to the
modern crunk-fueled Dirty South that has grown up
around their crumbling estate, Frenchman’s Bend. The
pilot for That Crook’d Sip, created by Jacob
Escobedo and Nick Weidenfeld, is now in production
at Williams Street and will air in the fall.
Anime Acquisitions:
- Eureka Seven: Renton is a young
boy in a world where “lifting,” an extreme form of
hoverboarding, is common. Renton’s life is changed
forever by a mysterious and beautiful young girl
named Eureka. Eureka Seven will debut on
Adult Swim on Saturday, April 15.
- Bleach: Ichigo Kurosaki is an
average 15-year-old who never asked for the ability
to see ghosts. He was born with the gift. When his
family is attacked by a Hollow, a malevolent lost
soul, Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his
life to protecting the innocent and helping the
tortured spirits find peace. Bleach, licensed
from VIZ Media, debuts this fall.
- InuYasha: The adventures of human
girl, Kagome, and InuYasha, who is half-demon,
continue with a new season. New episodes of the
series, set in a mystical, feudal Japan, air on
Wednesdays through September.
Source:
Adult Swim Website
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