On Teen Titans: Just saw the premeire episode a second time. Still not entirely certain what to think, but I feel safe to say that I wasn’t just imagining the awkwardness last time. The script — far from the natural-sounding dialogue of JL — sounds like what you’d get from a mainstream anime translation. Partially as a result of this, partially due to the way the voices are directed, much of the humour falls a little flat. Combine this with a few other rough edges, and I just get the impression that someone’s trying a little too hard.

At the same time, the effort isn’t misdirected. Within a few episodes, I can see it finding a more natural focus. If that happens, we’ll have a pretty spiffy show.

Stylistically, this thing fits in somewhere in the vicinity of Jet Set Radio and Gorillaz. Not a bad thing.

And… it’s almost got it. The pieces are all there, and they’re in more or less the right alignment.

We’ll see.

By the way — I just remembered why I ignored SNK after about 1989, and until a few years ago.

Yes.