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[Urist McScoopbeard]

The Midnight Gospel

Check out the trailer, the series premiers on Netflix on 4/20 (lol, got 'em--but for real, it does.) A new very strange, very weird, and relatively dark adult cartoon from my boy Pendleton Ward (YES. YEEEES). It seems to be a very irreverent and surreal existentialist bit so... I'm excited for the 8 episode season 1.

[King Zultan]

PTW

[Folly]

I recently binged all current episodes of Hanazuki: Full of Treasures.

The first episode feels like the creator was just trying to be as completely random and nonsensical as possible. The first half of Season 1 feels like they were then trying to build some structure around that nonsense and actually shape it into a rational world in which they could create stories. Then the second half of Season 1 has them starting some fairly interesting story arcs. Then Season 2 feels like they fired all those creative writers who came before and hired some hacks to write pure filler, but realized halfway through that this was garbage and just abandoned the project.

There's definitely some interesting and original content here...but overall, it's difficult to recommend.

[Yoink]

The Midnight Gospel

Check out the trailer, the series premiers on Netflix on 4/20 (lol, got 'em--but for real, it does.) A new very strange, very weird, and relatively dark adult cartoon from my boy Pendleton Ward (YES. YEEEES). It seems to be a very irreverent and surreal existentialist bit so... I'm excited for the 8 episode season 1.

I'm skeptical, but after watching part of the trailer I'm nonetheless very keen to drop acid and give it a shot.   
Now, if only this lockdown would end so I could acquire such things... I suppose a cough syrup cocktail might do the trick.    
Just wish I had access to friends to watch with.   

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Finished The Midnight Gospel, I personally loved it, but I imagine it's not for everyone. Basically trippy podcasts meets episodic animation. The plot starts to build towards the end, and I am looking forward to Season 2.

EDIT: Also I should mention, quality-wise each episode is better than the last.

[MrWiggles]

Midnight Gospel is Dr. Katz meets Super Prison.
Its done by a particular podcaster. And if you can stand a lot of metaphysical conversation, then go for it. There is some semblance of a plot on top of the interviews but not a lot.
It left me somber afterward.

[Yoink]

Midnight Gospel is Dr. Katz meets Super Prison.

You mean Superjail, right? Because if so that sounds amazing.
Gods, I miss Superjail. Screw you, Mister Pickles. Bad dog.   

[George_Chickens]

Midnight Gospel is Dr. Katz meets Super Prison.

You mean Superjail, right? Because if so that sounds amazing.
Gods, I miss Superjail. Screw you, Mister Pickles. Bad dog.   

I can't believe they cancelled Superjail and Metalocalypse for this. It's not even funny.

[Yoink]

I wouldn't go that far, the first season is funny in a "grating kid's show on bath salts" kinda way.   
Maybe you have to be sufficiently disturbed to appreciate it, I don't know - I hated it at first but for some reason was compelled to keep watching and before long it had wormed its way into my consciousness and then I coerced others into watching it and it spread like the clap. From what I remember most of the 2nd season was pretty bad, though? I dunno it's been a long time since I watched it.   

Superjail, though, was a bloody brilliant show by any metric. Great art, fascinating settings and scenery, more zany antics than you can shake a severed limb at and, amazingly enough, madcap characters one actually comes to care about over the course of the show. I'm pretty sure there was even character development, but it's been a while.   
Oh and plenty of really off-the-wall humour, sometimes rather shocking but not just in-your-face like Mr. Pickles. Ugh.   

[MrWiggles]

Yea, I meant Superjail.

[WillowLuman]

Midnight Gospel was a trip and a half alright, though it had some pretty deep subject matter in the discussions. It feels kinda like they started out with podcasts and then set animation to those.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Yea, it's a little rough at the start, but becomes a little better integrated as it goes on. Also def some superjail-lite vibes

[Folly]

I guess I can see the similarities to Superjail, as both series focus on excessively chaotic scenarios. Midnight Gospel however is made by Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time and Bravest Warriors, and I see that inspiration come through much more strongly. MG feels like Ward has taken the universe from those shows and turned the bizarre levels up to 11.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Totally @Folly, and honestly I hope they go a few more seasons because the universe outside the spacecasting seems super interesting lol and I want to explore it.

[Folly]

First season of Solar Opposites just dropped on Hulu.

It appears to be set in the same multiverse as Rick and Morty...though that may just be a cosmetic connection due to it being made by the same people.

I'm only a few episodes in, but enjoying it so far. It's like R&M with less fart jokes, and less meta-arcs. Just more traditional episodic sitcom type stuff.