The following shows have all appeared and disappeared from Adult Swim, some didn't seem to do well enough to even warrant a series, here is the top 10.
Honorable Mention: Korgoth of Barbaria which got it's own feature in my last post.
10. Lucy the Daughter of the Devil
Lucy is the daughter of the devil but is torn between her father's position as the ultimate evil and college, she's joined by a DJ who is meant to be Jesus. Both are frequently hunted down by church militants.
Fate: Only lasted 11 Episodes.
Verdict: Production Values were awful.
9. Mongo Wrestling Alliance
A family of wrestlers try to restore their honor in the ring but first they must fight off the evil tyrant in charge of the federation.
Fate: Only lasted 10 Episodes
Verdict: Nothing memorable about it.
8. Titan Maximum
A spinoff Voltron spoof of Robot Chicken following the adventures of a space team who defend Titan from attack.
Fate: Creator cancelled after 9 Episodes saying he'd rather work on Robot Chicken
Verdict: Was actually quite entertaining.
7. Mary Shelleys Frankenhole
Dr Frankenstein crossed with time travel segments of Animaniacs done to Nightmare Before Christmas.
Fate: Lasted 20 Episodes.
Verdict: It's okay, nothing special.
6. Minoriteam
A team of ethnic minority superheroes fight against a team of white Caucasian villains. (Gee I wonder why this one didn't last that long)
Fate: Lasted 20 Episodes.
Verdict: I get the joke just not the punchline.
5. 12 Oz. Mouse
A drunken badly drawn mouse tries to make a living doing oddjobs in an attempt to remember his lost past.
Fate: Lasted 21 episodes
Verdict: What the hell is this?
4. Freaknik the Musical
An animated retelling of a Spring Break music Event hosted in Atlanta.
Fate: One TV Special Only
Verdict: It's quite fun, it would be fun to do this to all music festivals.
3. Xavier Renegade Angel
Ummm, Shaman like figure on a permanent drugs trip. (Seriously try describing this show)
Fate: Lasted 20 Episodes
Verdict: I've got nothing.
2. Perfect Hair Forever
A balding man is on a quest to find perfect hair. The show parodies various anime stereotypes.
Fate: Lasted 7 Episodes
Verdict: It's clear from Kappa Mikey that Americans can't parody anime, and this show isn't much better.
1. Cheyenne Cinnamon And The Fabulous Unicorn Of Sugar Town Candy Fudge
(Yes the name is that long) Series about a Pop Princess from Candyland who jumps into Detroit to help solve problems of racism and teen pregnancy with the power of love and teen pop songs
Fate: Didn't make it past pilot
Verdict: Sounds better than it really is.
Here's something that really annoys me about cartoons, why are the most awesome ones cancelled and yet Gormiti's latest CGI series was green lit despite being the worst made CGI cartoon of all time?
Lets answer that with Korgoth of Barbaria.
Korgoth was designed as a Black comedy paying homage to the likes of Conan the Barbarian in an ultra violent world where anything goes and anything happens.
In one trailer Korgoth slices through a number of enemies Itchy & Scratchy style in one of the funniest trailers I've seen for a while.
The show was made by Aaron Springer who spent many years as a storyboard artist for Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack and Billy & Mandy not to mention a lot of work on Spongebob Squarepants. Korgoth was his first ever creation and the initial response to the series was extremely positive but Adult Swim played around with the idea for a year before cancelling it full stop citing costs as the main issue.
This isn't Adult Swim's only failing, the channel has a huge history of playing with ideas and then ending them in favor of it's more regular shows, it also messes with it's schedule far worst than what Cartoon Network did when it tried to do live action stuff.
Korgoth was an idea that suited their tastes but couldn't be bothered to make a series out of it, next post tomorrow will go through what else Adult Swim missed.
