San Diego Comic-Con 2022 is within the books and though we had fairly just a few panels touting grownup animation information, it looks like most panels are okay with sizzle reels from prior seasons that I’m not too loopy about. If you aren’t going to point out something new, don’t present up. Maybe that’s why Bob’s Burgers didn’t? In any manner, we’ve damaged down the winners and losers from Comic-Con 2022 for grownup animation.
Winners twentieth Television Animation (AniDom/Hulu/FX Networks/Disney+)
Hands down, Disney received Comic-Con, and I’m not even together with their live-action showings, I’m strictly speaking about their stellar lineup of prime-time and grownup animation that the media conglomerate has on the way in which. Let’s break it down by the affiliate networks:
Animation Domination
It appears unhealthy that Bob’s Burgers was a no-call/no-show for Comic-Con 2022. H.Jon Benjamin made the try to come back in on the Archer panel and sometimes Loren Bouchard is all about displaying up, however that didn’t occur. I’m undecided if Disney was sad with the bombing of The Bob’s Burgers Movie, which was nonetheless being closely promoted all through campus, however SOMETHING occurred that brought about this to go down. With that mentioned, large new bulletins did come from American Dad (for TBS, not FOX) and The Simpsons (for ViceTV), and even when underwhelming, panels for The Great North and Family Guy no less than provides the looks that the FOX Entertainment/Disney relationship is fairly strong.
FX Networks
Archer’s panel wasn’t all that thrilling, however Little Demon’s preview with casting bulletins no less than had followers primed for the brand new franchise. Yes, it appears very very similar to Golan the Insatiable, however with Dan Harmon as an EP, I’m anticipating fleshier storylines and characters.
Disney+/Disney Channel
Disney’s doing an important job of serving younger grownup/grownup animation on Disney+ with The Proud Family reboot’s second season trying jam-packed with celebrities and Marvel animation like What If?, Zombies, and others on faucet, Disney is clearly seeing optimistic outcomes of getting The Simpsons on Disney+ and trying to capitalize on extra animated content material that will have an identical fanbase.
Hulu
Even with simply two exhibits on faucet, Hulu had some fairly enjoyable panels rife with bulletins. Solar Opposites has a brand new artwork ebook from Dark Horse comics and a vacation particular, and Koala Man is my most anticipated animated comedy. Hulu is getting stronger with their grownup animation slate, and I feel the long run appears vibrant even in a submit Marvel-less one.
Losers FOX Entertainment
While Disney’s contribution to FOX’s Animation Domination line-up was strong for Comic-Con, the FOX Entertainment-produced efforts had been sorely missing. While Krapopolis appears fairly a bit extra strong than I feel most initially thought, not having Bob’s Burgers, Grimsburg, The Freak Brothers, or Housebroken there isn’t an important look. Perhaps with Krapopolis the corporate was merely making an attempt to advertise its NFT assortment and perhaps the large panels will come to New York Comic-Con to advertise a extra spectacular Winter 2023 line-up.
Winners WB Discovery
WB Discovery introduced with it panels for its grownup animation movies, Adult Swim, and Harley Quinn. Let’s break these down:
Adult Swim
I really feel like Adult Swim might have held again its large bulletins for his or her upcoming Adult Swim Festival hitting Philly subsequent month. News from panels for Tuca & Bertie and Vindicators had been fairly moot provided that the latter dropped it’s whole season on Adult Swim’s Youtube channel and the previous is about half-way by way of it’s third season. The Smiling Friends is a welcome one, however as for any premiere dates for brand spanking new or returning exhibits past August, a fairly mild displaying.
HBO MAX
I’m listening to rumors of Fired from Mars being canceled and Velma being was a mini-series in 2023, however with the large announcement at RTX relating to the way forward for Ten Year Old Tom and incoming Harley Quinn spin-offs, hopefully this implies the MAX ship can appropriate course. Final Space seems to nonetheless be in a holding sample for any eventual continuation.
DC Animation
Harley Quinn drops a wonderful third season beginning later this week on HBO MAX and we’ve obtained the Green Lantern: Beware My Power evaluation coming as properly, however the slate appears strong with a slew of animated movies on the way in which. No signal of Noonan’s , however the truth that it’s coming is thrilling.
Losers Netflix
Other than some Farzar aliens working round and Keanu’s announcement relating to a two-season anime order of BRZRKR there was little to no grownup animation available at Comic-Con. A report relating to head of grownup animation Mike Moon leaving Netflix in just a few weeks had dropped which can have had one thing to do with it. Netflix’s digital con Tudum is occurring in September the place it’s anticipated that quite a few grownup animation tasks from throughout the globe might be introduced. Until then, right here’s what’s coming to Netflix beginning subsequent month.
Losers Prime Video
Other than Wheels of Time animated shorts, nothing nice to report. No Invincible, no Legends of Vox Machina, nothing.
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