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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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