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For decades, Toonami and Adult Swim have helped boost anime’s profile here in the west through popular shonen like Dragon Ball Z and My Hero Academia. 2021's Blade Runner: Black Lotus was a joint collaboration between it and Crunchyroll, and now two of the late night block’s upcoming programs see it further team up with a pair of big name Japanese creatives.Lazarus from Shinichiro Watanabe (famously the director of Cowboy Bebop) was announced earlier in the week, but received its first look at San Diego Comic-Con. The…

Image: Green Portal Productions/Adult SwimAdult Swim has confirmed that Rick & Morty will be returning for its seventh season later this year, and co-creator Justin Roiland won’t be a part of it.How Has Ortegas Changed and Grown Coming into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 | io9 InterviewDuring France’s Annecy International Festival, Cartoon Network president Michael Ouweleen and executive producer Steve Levy briefly touched on the upcoming season. This’ll be the first season to air following Roiland’s firing in…

Image: Cartoon Network StudiosFor decades, Genndy Tartakovsky has been one of Cartoon Network’s definitive voices thanks to the likes of shows like Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack. When he returned to give Jack a proper ending, the show jumped ship to the network’s late night block Adult Swim, and he continued that relationship with his prehistoric series Primal. Previously, Tartakovsky talked about possibly returning to that show beyond its initial two-season run, and now we’ve got our official confirmation:…

Not long after we learned Adult Swim’s intriguing title for its much-anticipated Venture Bros. movie—The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart—and glimpsed its first trailer, we now have a brand-new peek and a release date. It’s a good day to be a fan of subversive superheroes!Balancing Fan Expectations in The MandalorianThe release dates: digitally on July 21, Blu-ray on July 25. And here’s the excellently fun trailer.The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Official Trailer |…

Justin Roiland attends the #IMDboat at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.Photo: Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb (Getty Images)After losing his gigs aboard Adult Swim blockbuster Rick and Morty—which he co-created, and on which he voiced both title characters—as well as Hulu’s Solar Opposites, among other projects, Justin Roiland has seen the domestic violence charges against him dismissed.Variety and other outlets reported the news, quoting Kimberly Edds, spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s office, as saying “We…

Screenshot: Adult SwimHere’s the answer for all the Rick and Morty fans who were wondering what was going to happen to the popular Adult Swim series after it came to light that its co-creator and distinctive voice actor, Justin Roiland, had been charged with felony domestic violence: Roiland is off the show, and for that matter—he’s off Adult Swim, full stop.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang representative Mairie Moore put it very plainly: “Adult Swim has ended its association…

Screenshot: Adult SwimBeth and “Space Mom” (one of them is a clone of Rick’s daughter, we just don’t know which) gave in to their mutual attraction in the spectacularly awkward Thanksgiving episode “Bethic Twinstinct.” Jerry resisted the idea at first, but later came around in a big way; Summer and Morty, however, may never recover. Screenshot: Adult SwimBeth and “Space Mom” (one of them is a clone of Rick’s daughter, we just don’t know which) gave in to their mutual attraction in the spectacularly awkward…

Screenshot: NBCA new Night of the Living Dead is shambling our way. R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town movie gets a new poster. Namor strikes in new Black Panther: Wakanda Forever footage. Plus, a new Rick and Morty short is on the way for Halloween. To me, my spoilers!Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaAccording to Variety, William Jackson Harper has joined the cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in an undisclosed role being kept “a closely-guarded secret” by Marvel, which has ledto speculation he could potentially somehow be…

In the much-anticipated buildup to Rick and Morty’s season six premiere, Adult Swim released an interactive fan event where Wormageddon sculptures were set up across the globe, providing clues towards the next season of the animated show. With the season now underway, Adult Swim has released the first episode, “Solaricks,” on YouTube, available for (almost) anyone to watch for two weeks.FULL EPISODE | Rick and Morty Season 6 Premiere: Solaricks | adult swimFollowing a sociopathic scientist who drags his reserved grandson…

Image: Insight EditionsThe actual book will have page numbers, of course, but I couldn’t resist including the table of contents so you can see the sheer amount of inside jokery at work here. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but any references to Rick and Morty’s realm of “Interdimensional Cable” will always fill me with delight. Watch out for the Eyehole Man! He’s the only one that’s allowed to have Eyeholes!Rick and Morty: The Official Cookbook by James Asmus and August Craig will be out October 4; you can pre-order a copy…