Adult Swim Renews 'Black Dynamite'

[CEITEDMOFO]

After many months of anticipation, Black Dynamite the animated series, based on the cult 2009 feature film by Scott Sanders, starring Michael Jai White, made its debut on Adult Swim on Sunday, July 15th, at 11:30PM, in an episode that saw Cream Corn saving young Michael Jackson from an assassination attempt, becoming his new best friend.

That July series premiere won its time slot in key demos, and tied as the second best new series launch on Adult Swim in 2012, among adults 18-34.

The 11-episode first season wrapped up on September 23rd.

But it's far from over for the series; Deadline is reporting that Adult Swim has picked up a 10-episode 2nd season of the animated, with plans to debut season 2 in late 2013 or early 2014. Seems like a long time to wait, but if you know anything about animation, it takes time.

In addition to Jai White, Eddie Griffin, Tommy Davidson, Kym Whitley and Byron Minns provided voices for the series' characters.

 

[Primetime]

 

[AquaCityBoy]

:meh:

I liked it, but it was a bit underwhelming. I really wish they would have leaned more into the action side. Reruns air Saturdays at 11:30, so it would have been a perfect lead-in/addition to Toonami.

 

[gameover82]

It pretty much just the jokes are for the 70's babies understand

 

[steadyrighteous]

I honestly forced myself to watch so many of the episodes in Season 1 and if there was one joke that made me really laugh I probably felt it more out of pity than actually finding it funny.

I'm honestly not sure I'll bother with Season 2

MJW screamin' "Suuuuiii!" during fights was funny though

 

[CACtain Planet]

 

[TheNig]

I honestly forced myself to watch so many of the episodes in Season 1 and if there was one joke that made me really laugh I probably felt it more out of pity than actually finding it funny.

I'm honestly not sure I'll bother with Season 2

MJW screamin' "Suuuuiii!" during fights was funny though

It was decent. It didn't hook me like Boondocks or Archer. Funniest shyt I remember from the season was when Honey Bee permed Cream Corn hair and Black Dynamite walks in and says, "Who the fukk are you?"

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Good to hear, the animation and voice work was always great. I thought some of the later episodes weren't as strong as the early ones, but overall I thought the show was very strong.

Also had one of the funniest lines for me this year during the race episode when Howard Cosell was like

"The eskimos have over 100 words for snow. I have 2 words for them, frozen wetbacks."

Also when Black Dynamite went to the moon for the OJ. Simpson.

 

[MorePower]

This and Archer are the only cartoons I can watch. Show is hilarious. I do agree some of the later episodes weren't as good. Hopefully next year will be strong the whole way through.

 

[cfountain]

good thing they brought it back.

it helps hold me over until The Boondocks comes back...whenever that will be.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Only time I really laughed watching Black Dynamite is when IRS was trying to murk that nikka. Only than that the show is