Warner Bros. Animation has announced that the DC Nation animation block will be debuting on Cartoon Network on Saturday, March 3, at 10 AM. (That’s a month before Marvel’s similar project.) This hour is being promoted as “exclusive kids’ television programming and shorts based on DC Comics characters … full of action and humor”. The anchor series are the CG-animated Green Lantern: The Animated Series and the continuing Young Justice. Green Lantern launched with an hour-long movie last November, but […]

Following the lead of Cartoon Network’s DC Nation programming block, Disney has announced the creation of “Marvel Universe”, launching April 1 on Disney XD. From the press release: Marvel Universe on Disney XD will be the ultimate place for fans to find exclusive Marvel content, including new animated short-form series, live-action interstitials, and the series return of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The block will be home to Marvel’s biggest superstars, such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, […]

I found a couple of Young Justice video clips that elaborate on two moments I mentioned in my review of Season 1 Volume 2. The first shows Superboy learning to channel his anger usefully, as the team fights Amazo: The second features the new Topo telling Aqualad’s origin through animated flashback cartoon:

In preparation for the debut of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Warner has released this first scene of the new cartoon: The one-hour debut special will air on Cartoon Network Friday, November 11 at 7 PM. Further episodes of the CG-animated series will launch next year as part of the “DC Nation” programming block. The premise draws from recent comics, most obviously in use of the Red Lanterns (a concept I thought would be considered too edgy for a kids’ […]

In their continuing attempts to ignore the failure of the Green Lantern movie — it’s out of my local big suburban theater as of tomorrow, just three weeks after release, even though Warner may be still considering a sequel because of their investment in the property, especially for merchandising — the company has announced a Best of Green Lantern DVD collecting five previously shown episodes focusing on the character. “In Brightest Day”, from Superman: The Animated Series “In Blackest Night”, […]

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has made the first episode of each season of Smallville, 10 season premieres, available for free download on iTunes, to promote the upcoming series finale. That last episode, “Finale”, is scheduled to air Friday, May 13. I was just surprised to realize that this show ran for ten seasons! Watching this clip from the final season, I found myself wondering: where’s the high school? What’s with the newspaper? It’s obviously been quite a while since I […]