But isnt adult swim all about adult oriented series. Like shows created for / by adult swim, cartoons or not,
are made for a adult audience, right? Arent all their shows about political topics, vulgar jokes, cartoon violence etc?
Like for ages 14-17+ ?
Shenmue is not a adult oriented game / series in terms of content or rating, not even close.
So how does Shenmue fit into a surprise announcement by adult swim?
I know that adult swim also shows reruns of other shows
but that doesnt mean anything in this scenario if adult swim is the "content creator".
Or am i missing something?
That's why I'm worried most of the Anime they currently have are all martial arts/fighting in themed and are aimed at 14+ Shenmue is still about revenge and tracking down a member of the Chinese Mafia so it could easily be bumped into that age range
Adult Swim shows this week
Dragon Ball Super
Naruto SHIPPUDEN
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Assassination Classroom "Ive never seen but I can assume its about fighting"
Samurai Jack "Not really an anime but is about fighting"
I may have missed a few anime's since they don't have a lot anymore but what they currently have are all; or almost all martial arts/fighting in theme
So I could see Shenmue fitting in with what they are trying to go for
If memory serves, they've adopted the vulgarity/"pot smoker" humor more recently. Early on, when they pushed Toonami more heavily, AS would air programs like Dragonball Z, Cowboy Bebop, and Yu Yu Hakusho.
That said, though I don't much watch AS anymore, I know they've returned to some anime programming and seem to be diversifying what their air (vs. Family Guy reruns ad nauseam).
While I doubt the Shenmue announcement is connected to AS, there's precedent for their airing that sort of thing.
Exactly why I'm worried it's right up their alley if they add the right spin to it.
I don't watch Adult Swim very much at all but I am aware of it because I am always on watch for the Next season of the Venture Bros which is their oldest original show still in production?
Everything else that was original got replaced by re-runs of family guy or out shadowed by Rick and Morty, Gone are the days of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and in are the days of a Nihilistic old man running the channel, with the only outsourced anime remaining all featuring martial arts as part of their package.
I can believe that adult swim would show reruns of a Shenmue series eventually
but a Shenmue series and adult swim is the full sponsor?, i dont know.
Yeah I don't think it would be a full blown sponsor, but then again Adult Swim in an effort to regain their cult status may attempt something just like that since being underground was their original model
Interestingly, Adult Swim recently brought back another cult hit from the year 2000, FLCL.
Exactly this, and something with the cult following of Shenmue could be a project I could realistically foresee with Adult Swim.
I'm sitting at a 30% chance that is whats going to happen.