Adult Swim Announces 3 New Anime Series For 2004

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Witch Hunter Robin Debuts in February

November 26, 2003

The Cartoon Network has announced, in its own inimitable way, the new series, which will premier on the popular late night animation block in 2004.  Three of the series announced are recent anime productions: Witch Hunter Robin, which debuts in February, Wolf's Rain, currently scheduled for April, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, now slated for July.

Witch Hunter Robin

Witch Hunter Robin's appearance on the Cartoon Network has been predicted for sometime (see "Witch Hunter Robin Coming to the Cartoon Network"), and certainly Adult Swim is the right fit for this most "gothic" of all anime series.  Superbly produced by Sunrise Animation, Witch Hunter Robin has already been a hit for Bandai, and exposure on the Cartoon Network could create a large audience for this series among the black trench coat crowd.

Wolf's Rain

Produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Bones, Wolf's Rain is a dark fantasy set in a post apocalyptic future where cities are run by decadent nobles and wolves have been extinct for over 200 years -- except they haven't really died off, they have just assumed human form and dispersed among the human population.  In Wolf's Rain, which aired for the first time in Japan in 2003, four "wolves" band together in a search for the scent of the Flower Daughter, which will lead them to the paradise at the end of the world.  Often bloody and melodramatic Wolf's Rain is a very different sort of anime in part because the principal characters are wolves and display canine rather than human emotions.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

The Ghost in the Shell property will undergo a major revival in 2004 thanks in part to a new Ghost in the Shell feature film (see "Major Anime Movie Release Dates Revealed"), and the debut of the Stand Alone Complex TV anime series on Adult Swim in July.  With characters from the GIS movies and set in the same near future society in which the line between the digital world and the physical world has become blurred, GIS: Stand Alone Complex, which was recently renewed for a second season in Japan (see "Another Season For Stand Alone Complex"), mixes self-contained, "stand-alone" episodes, with episodes, which advance a central storyline.

[Abombz!!]

I wonder how they are going to show GitS. Even on Adult Swim... theres some heavy stuff in it. Maybe they will edit none the less.

[bsu legato]

I wonder how they are going to show GitS. Even on Adult Swim... theres some heavy stuff in it. Maybe they will edit none the less.

Just as long as I get the DVD's unedited, they can cut out everything but the credits.

[Isamu Atreides 86]

sweet. GiTS. hopefully the DVD's will come quickly.

[BoBe-Patt]

GITS on cartoon network? That'll be a good one. I wanna see how much of it they might edit out. If they keep everything in, I'll be hella surprised. We'll just have to wait and see

[JRock]

They were better off adding Licensed by Royalty (L/R) than Stand Alone Complex. If ever there was an Anime series better tooled for American TV, This is the show.

[EXO]

wow... good news, I barely started getting cartoon channel...

[JELEINEN]

I could care less about Cartoon Network. I just hope it doesn't give Bandai funny ideas about delaying DVD releases in fear of hurting ratings.

[TriShield]

I [adult swim].

[JRock]

If it wasn't for Adult Swim, I wouldn't act quick to get the Cowboy Bebop Perfect sessions at FYE and instead I would have been payin through the nose to get it.

[Jawjaw]

I agree about GITS. I haven't watched all the episodes yet but I can't imagine Cartoon Network airing every episode unedited. I'm specifically thinking of that episode of that ex American military guy that is jacked up in the head and doing really bad things to random people.