Adult Swim

Adult Swim Makes Big Announcements at Annecy
Adult Swim returned to the global celebration of animation at Annecy this year with an array of exclusive looks and announcements that underscore the network’s position as an international leader in adult animation. Amongst new and returning series, Adult Swim announced a forthcoming special that will feature some of the most acclaimed names in animation. […]
ANIME TRAILER: Official Trailer Released For “LAZARUS” From Adult Swim

ANIME TRAILER: Official Trailer Released For “LAZARUS” From Adult Swim

Haylie Baker|
February 28th, 2025
Yesterday, on February 27, 2025, Adult Swim debuted the official trailer for Lazarus, the eagerly awaited anime series from the legendary Shinichirō Watanabe. The new series is set to premiere next Saturday on April 5th during Adult Swim’s Toonami action/anime block. “We’re talking Watanabe here – this show is an amazing mix of great characters, […]
PREMIERE: Animation+ to debut original feature film “The Full Fungus”

PREMIERE: Animation+ to debut original feature film “The Full Fungus”

Avatar photoLauren Ashton|
February 28th, 2025
Streaming Ink Media and celebrated indie animator Jim Lujan are gearing up for the premiere of The Full Fungus, a highly anticipated, genre-bending animated feature. The film debuts exclusively on Animation+ on March 21, 2025, at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST, marking a major milestone as the platform’s first-ever original independent animated feature.

Latest in Category: Adult Swim

INTERVIEW: Hungry For More “Aqua Teen”? “Plantasm” Is Here!

Aqua Teen Hunger Force aired its series finale in the summer of 2015. For creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, that could’ve meant the end of these iconic characters. But a phone call from WB early on in the COVID pandemic changed everything. Willis and Maiellaro serve as directors on the new feature-length Adult Swim […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|November 4, 2022
INTERVIEW: Hungry For More “Aqua Teen”? “Plantasm” Is Here!

INTERVIEW: “Robot Chicken” An Emmy Nominee Again With Time Loop Episode

The last time I saw Robot Chicken co-creator Matt Senreich was in-person at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. A lot has changed over the last three years, but one thing remains the same: Robot Chicken is committed to delivering wacky, funny episodes. And the show continues to receive awards recognition. It’s up for the 2022 […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|August 4, 2022
INTERVIEW: “Robot Chicken” An Emmy Nominee Again With Time Loop Episode

Going-In-Depth: Adult Swim’s “Smiling Friends”

For Smiling Friends co-creators Zach Hadel, 31, and Michael Cusack, 34, the animated sitcoms they watched growing up in the 1990s played a significant role in shaping their sense of humor and their animation sensibilities. “I grew up with ‘Beavis and Butt-Head,’ ‘South Park,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ – they’re pretty much ingrained in my DNA,” Cusack […]
Avatar photoNeal Patten|March 8, 2022
Going-In-Depth: Adult Swim’s “Smiling Friends”

Diving Into Adult Swim’s “Blade Runner”

For a full two decades, there were no new visual media installments in the Blade Runner franchise. Following the well-received 1997 point-and-click computer game for Microsoft Windows, there were only some novels and comic books set in the universe established by the seminal 1982 film, but nothing new for the screen until 2017 – which […]
Avatar photoNeal Patten|March 5, 2022
Diving Into Adult Swim’s “Blade Runner”

“Teenage Euthanasia” premieres on Adult Swim Sept. 19

Adult Swim’s newest half-hour animated comedy, Teenage Euthanasia, is about a family that lives in a funeral home, director Alyson Levy told Animation Scoop. It’s also about an orphan who at age 15 finally gets to meet her mother for the first time, writer Alissa Nutting added. “She doesn’t get her mother back because her […]
Avatar photoNeal Patten|September 25, 2021
“Teenage Euthanasia” premieres on Adult Swim Sept. 19

Jason DeMarco Named Sr. VP Anime and Action Series/Longform for WB Animation and Cartoon Network Studios

Warner Bros. announced today that Jason DeMarco has taken on a newly expanded role joining Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) as Senior Vice President, Anime and Action Series/Longform. DeMarco will also continue his role at Adult Swim as Senior Vice President, Head of Anime and Action Series. DeMarco will report to […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 10, 2021
Jason DeMarco Named Sr. VP Anime and Action Series/Longform for WB Animation and Cartoon Network Studios

TRAILER: “My Adventures with Superman”

My Adventures with Superman, the newest animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and DC, is set to take flight Thursday, July 6th at midnight on Adult Swim and next day on Max. The official trailer and key art showcasing Jack Quaid as the voice of Clark Kent, Alice Lee as the voice of Lois Lane, […]