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Black Panther on BET

Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pm by Jami

Black Panther

Reader Devin Wolfe sent me news that BET will premier a Black Panther animated series based on the Marvel comic in their 2008-09 season.

BET Cages Black Panter

I hope that:

a) This thing is simulcast on Adult Swim or goes into immediate syndication, kinda like Boondocks, because it’d be a shame if they limit their target audience to a specific demographic with such a cool and enigmatic character like BP… It’d be like making a Wolverine spin-off cartoon only available on Canadian television because of the main character’s nationality.

b) That they do a bang up job on the animation, a la say Gotham Knight or Afro Samurai. Dear God let them tap I.G. or GONZO…

Whole heartedly agree. It’s about damn time. Regarding Devin’s second point, I haven’t been impressed with much of Marvel’s animated efforts lately. They’ve all left me rather underwhelmed while DC still manages to knock them out of the park. But I’m hoping for the best.

[Via Variety]

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2 Responses to “Black Panther on BET”

  1. Avatarbuzzlefett
    Posted: Apr 18th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
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    I gotta disagree on the Marvel animated front. Ultimate Avengers and Doctor Strange were both very good. I wasn’t too keen on the Iron Man movie or Ultimate Avengers 2 though.

    Also, am I the only one who was greatly disappointed in the New Frontiers Justice League movie? The TV series was awesome! Watching New Frontiers after that was kind of a let down.

  2. AvatarLeto
    Posted: Apr 19th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
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    I didn’t get the big Nostalgia trip behind New Frontier. Maybe its because I wasn’t alive for the Silver Age but the movie felt seriously devoid of superheroics. The Flash kicking Captain Cold’s butt was a highlight and Batman fighting of the Center cult was neat, but aside from John Jones a lot of the movie felt slow.

    The first half of Superman: Doomsday was good, but after the “event” of the film everything afterwords was a bit of a letdown. I liked some of the bits with the Toyman. Lex Luthor was totally flamingly homosexual for Superman which, while amusing, is out of character. I wasn’t bothered by the pseudo-Timm art style with the more prominent cheek bones like many were. I’ll admit I rather liked the retro look of New Frontier.

    I didn’t care for Ultimate Avengers. Being a fan of both the Ultimates and the regular Avengers, UA felt like a watered down version and unfaithful version of both groups. It was a mistake to try and merge the first two volumes of the Hulk/Chitauri conflict. UA2 even more so with the new storyline.

    I didn’t see the Invincible Iron Man, the CGI looked like real corner-cutting and I am sick to death of elemental bosses.

    I’d have to say I enjoyed Doctor Strange the most of Marvel’s animation efforts. They played around with the origin but it seemed like they had fun with it. I liked the monsters’ designs and twist ending didn’t held back at all with the action.

    The upcoming Batman: Gotham Knight looks to awaken the weeaboo in me.

    I have high hopes for Black Panther as well.

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