Sym-Bionic Titan: Better than animu

[Viridis]

I too think he's enjoying it. Just the way he says he's enrolled them as siblings and slips away.

He seems to be slightly, subtly snarky at times. "The planet is called Earth, if anyone was wondering." Though on a rewatch I think I'm just imagining that.

Anyone know when the second episode will go online?

Tartakovksy calls Sym-Bionic Titan "the most challenging project I have ever done."*

[Arcanum]

Is there any legal way of watching this that doesn't involve cartoon network's website? Because like Hulu, the jerkfaces won't let me watch their video's because I enjoy free healthcare (or it's because I don't live within their borders. Either way, they're jerkfaces). But yeah, I saw the trailer on youtube and loved it, and I loved this guys other works (though I had no idea 'till now that they were all done by him).

[Donomni]

I don't know of anyway outside of CN's site that's legal.

Again, regional blocking sucks.

[Julford Hajime]

Just finished watching the first episode and I was totally impressed. I don't care much for the design of the titular titan, though the individual units for Lance and Ilana are pretty cool. I've always been a fan of the "Shoulders contain missiles" thing that Lance's bot has going for him, too.

Though I hate how the "Heart, body, and mind" thing pretty much defined the behavior of each character for the first episode. Hopefully they develop/evolve as the series goes on >.>

[Locke cole]

What I really liked about the second episode was that Lance's mech, on its own, was what defeated the monster of the week.

Like, you know how in, say Power Rangers or Voltron or whatever, the day would always be saved when and only when the team formed the super huge combo robot.

Here, they actually had to disengage the super-big combo robot in order for them to win. Pretty cool.

[Gregness]

The animation really impressed me. Like, it's mostly pretty standard stuff and then something just jumps out at me like "whoa, awesome shockwave effects through the water" or something like that.

Also, I literally laughed out loud when the teacher asked lance if he'd like to tell them about himself and all the gilrs swooned at his moodiness.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

The new show by Genndy Tartakovski, whose previous work includes Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack, PowerPuff Girls, and the original Clone Wars. The pilot episode is up on Cartoon Network's website.

I think this the most promising thing to come out of the channel in years. It is a homage to old-school sentai and giant robot serials, and it has more in common with SJ and CW than his other works.

So wait, did the CN people actually get over their insane Tartakovsky hate, or what?

[Locke cole]

Tartakovsky hate?

[Donomni]

Originally Posted by Julford Hajime

Though I hate how the "Heart, body, and mind" thing pretty much defined the behavior of each character for the first episode. Hopefully they develop/evolve as the series goes on >.>

This is from the same guy who made an episode of Samurai Jack about the tragic tale of a robot forced to go after Jack... and got cut down.

I'm pretty certain they'll get some development. Shit, the second episode already has bits of it already!

Originally Posted by Locke cole

What I really liked about the second episode was that Lance's mech, on its own, was what defeated the monster of the week.

Like, you know how in, say Power Rangers or Voltron or whatever, the day would always be saved when and only when the team formed the super huge combo robot.

Here, they actually had to disengage the super-big combo robot in order for them to win. Pretty cool.

It was more of Lance's suicidal protective tendencies, but yeah, it was cool there was a fight where the big mech wasn't an "I win" button.

[Aerozord]

Newton's attempt at a smile was just the right amount of creepy