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Originally posted by Mourdor

I want to watch more Big O. I like that anime for some reason.

YEAH! You rock, man! That anime is the stuff dreams are made of. The best series on the Adult Swim block, IMO. If they ever show the Second Season again, don't expect the same quality as the First Season though.

Anyway, back on the topic, I've never really watch the Adult Swim network because half the animes shown there I've already seen. But, I used to watch a little of "The Family Guy" and "Space Ghost" because I thought they were pretty funny. But that's about it.
I would have to agree that Adult Swim does allow more older audiences to watch adult-orientated cartoons/animes which is a great thing.
However, Adult Swim does have some really sleazy ways in getting hype and ratings. For example, for those who've seen "The Big O" in 2000 (before Adult Swim) know that many people wanted to have a Second Season. After many years of begging and pleading, we were finally granted with it. When they began airing the Second Season, all the episodes ran fine; each were shown accordingly and there were no problems. But then, when episode 26 (I think) was supposed to be aired, they "accidently" showed another episode (I believe 18) in its place. Well, this was an outrage and many people e-mailed Adult Swim and demanded the reason (I mean, it was the final episode and they just so happened to screw up). Adult Swim answered back with "We accidently aired the wrong program", but of course, how can that be possible? Many people thought it was this whole ratings plot conspiracy and many people honestly thought it was a mistake. As for me, I go with the first just because it seems that Adult Swim is getting way over their head, thinking they can mess with people knowing they're the only program that can air those certain series.