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Hey guys, it's Towers-of-Obscure, here with the first showcase for 2022!

#6 - Teenage Euthanasia - Let's kick off 2022 with something straight from the dead, courtesy of Adult Swim. Now that Squidbillies has pulled its last trucking route, this is a potential turning point for Adult Swim, in which its OG shows are making way for a new class... even though Robot Chicken is still around, but nowadays watching it feels more like a game of Russian roulette! Sure, your childhood might get severely tarnished, but chances are, you might actually still enjoy it! And we all know it can't survive on that, reruns, or new Rick and Morty forever, but ever since it acquired Tuca & Bertie from Netflix, I feel like it might be its second wind, given how amazing it is! That show, is of course, a show with a strong female lead... but this newest release pulled up from six feet under? It has a female lead, but is she strong enough in terms of writing? Try not to be dead wrong when making that assumption. This is made up of the tag team of PFFR (who previously made surreal Adult Swim classics like Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler, and The Shivering Truth) and Augenblick Studios (who previously worked on The Jellies). According to the show's intro, Trophy (Maria Bamford) was a teen mom who didn't want to be a mom in the first place. She eventually got lucky, then got married to a rich, old billionaire. But when he filed for divorce with Trophy since he had two other secret brides in mind, she was devastated to the point she OD'd. But not before leaving one last note which read: "Please deliver my body to my daughter, Euthanasia Fantasy." Euthanasia (or Annie for short, as played by Jo Firestone) lives in Tender Endings, a Florida funeral home with her uncle Pete (Tim Robinson) and her "old country" grandma Baba (Bebe Neuwirth). And boy, did Annie get the shock of her life when she found her mom, and when she was brought back to life as a zombie by Annie's own tears! Now, despite the zombie look and supernatural powers she's inherited, Trophy has a new lease on afterlife, and plenty of chances to make amends with her dysfunctional functioning family. Overall, it may not have that kind of zing that Tuca and Bertie or the newly released Smiling Friends offers, but at least give it a chance before you bury it in the ground or bring it back up from its grave again. First time this year, say it with me... it's there if you wanna watch it.

#5 - Alienators: Evolution Continues - Okay, right off the top, this show title doesn't make sense. If Evolution Continues in this series, why isn't this a sequel?! But the thing is... the title may not look like it has any sense to it, but there's a valid reason. This show, along with Kong: The Animated Series and Stargate: Infinity is based off a movie and was made in ties with Dic. (However, only Kong was made by BKN.) This series (which also goes by Evolution: The Animated Series) is supposed to be a spin-off of the 2001 movie Evolution, where David Duchovny plays a firefighter who teams up with two college professors and a nerdy but sexy government scientist in working against an alien organism who has been rapidly evolving ever since it crashed down to Earth. The movie may have been a sci-fi comedy, but in this more action-oriented series, David Duchovny's role is assumed by a teenager named Wayne Greene. The alien, known as the Genus, just broke out is still rapidly evolving... but now wants to replace all life on Earth! And thus, Wayne gears up with his new colleagues - two scientists named Ira Kane and Harry Block, and military beauty Lt. Lucy Mai. As well as the team's alien tracker, a nice three-eyed yellow blob alien named Gassie. Like most of Dic's works, it reached the 26 episode maximum. However... it's only on YouTube. Chances are, it would have way more tie-in confusions to the actual movie than the series itself, which has a barely passing score of 61% on IMDB. So chances are, yeah, it's gonna suck like an alien extraction device.

#4 - Princess Natasha - We've all been there. Realizing an older concept was made by an exceptional creator before the cartoon they were best known for actually aired. Can you also believe Larry Schwartz was one of those creators as well? For those of you who don't know, he was the creator of not just Kappa Mikey, but also Ellen's Acres, Thumb Wrestling Federation, and Three Delivery. (I'm not even sure if he's still in the animation biz...) But before ALL OF THOSE were brought to the world, came this obscurity from 2003 with numerous similarities to Kim Possible, despite what the title might tell you. Here's how this show's code gets cracked: The fictional country of Zoravia is split into two parts - the old side, which holds all the country's landmarks, and the new side, which is more technicologically advanced. The ruler of this nation is a crudely demented man named Lubek (Wayne Grayson)... or at least he was. After his father died, he became Zoravia's king, but soon enough, he was ousted by the people who just thought he was a jerk, and the kingly title went to his younger, more responsible, and definitely more likable brother Karl (Dan Green). Needless to say, Lubek was ticked off, so he launched a series of attacks from his new lair... in the town of Fountain Park, Illinois. (What is this show, a reverse depiction of the Cold War?!) This is where our titular princess comes in. Natasha is flown to America as an exchange student, but to keep both her status as a spy and royalty under wraps while living with her foster family, the O'Briens. Overtime, Natasha developed a crush for their son Greg (Michael Sinterniklaas), who already has a girlfriend named Kelly, and well... let's just say Natasha thinks Kelly is a real suka. (If you understand Russian, you'll understand what Kelly is). Fortunately, Natasha isn't friendless, as proof of Maya, who is quite a tomboy. But one thing's for sure, school life is very awkward for Natasha and is made more so by her duties to the crown, as she must sneak off to combat Lubek's latest plans, even if he is disguised as her teacher. And that's pretty much all there is to it for this!

#3 - Gigantor - Or if you wanna call it by its original title, Tetsujin 28.

So, I'm pretty sure you're all aware that last year, Fred Ladd died. If you don't know who he was, he was basically the man who introduced anime to America. If not for him, we wouldn't have had Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Voltron, Sailor Moon, and countless other classic anime favorites. He also worked on some domestic stuff as well, like M.A.S.K., but he was most remembered in the anime department. This black-and-white mecha masterpiece was also one under his belt. In 1964, Jonny Quest wasn't the only young boy at the time going on death-defying adventures! Jimmy Sparks may look and sound young, but he's more than just that - he holds the device to controlling the signature invention of Dr. Bob Brilliant: a virtually invincible robot named Gigantor. Joining Jimmy on his adventures is his good friend, Inspector Blooper. He may be one of Interpol's finest men of justice, but as his name implies, he's definitely the comedy relief. Most of the time on those adventures, Jimmy and his robot have to go face to face with criminal masterminds or mad scientists, usually armed with freaky weapons that could bring the world to its knees or, you guessed it, other giant robots. 52 episodes await for you on FilmRise, but unlike Lupin the Third, even a classic such as this never gets consideration for a reboot in this day and age or even full technicolor. Voltron had an opportunity, but it did better in North America, so that right of honors of the king of mecha anime still was left undecided between Gundam and Evangelion... with Gigantor somewhat left in the dust. Also, at the end credits of the show, it said that the show's characters were based off of the works of two people, one of them being Mary Shelley. Keep in mind, this was made in 1964... two years earlier before Hanna-Barbera took the idea and loosely put their spin on it, in the form of Frankenstein Jr.! Coincidence? I think not! But speaking of Frankenstein...

#2 - Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop - Only in the 90s would you find a title that's horrifically genius as that. I learned about this cartoon the old fashioned way: by skimming through the search options. Little did I know, it wasn't as obscure as I thought it would be! Turns out, if you watched Moheart7 , a while back, he did a reboot suggestion which followed up to an art contest/collaboration that ended on Halloween. As for the plot of this series... The titular character is more than just a mad scientist, he's a monster animal lover! But, he also got fired from his recent pet shop job because his ex-boss couldn't handle his experiments. Taking the disappointment in strive, he thought that since no one could respect him on his own terms on how to properly run a pet shop, he could open his own. Where might be the perfect place in all of Transylvania, you may ask? Well, there was this little old haunted castle on Dead Man's Curve that was up for sale, so he had to make due with it... even if he had to outwit a constable from turning the castle into his new police station to do it. And like most small businesses, the good doctor isn't considering this as a solo experiment. Helping him to promote it are his new skeletal dog, Horrifido, and two vampires who are identical exosisters, named Angella and Sinista. If there's a pet that's at the brink of death, no matter what happens, Dr. Sidney Zitbag will do all he can to make it feel alive again! This show wasn't quite that known in North America (even though it might've been on Teletoon in Canada few times), but in the United Kingdom where it was made, it was a hit! Even though it lasted for 34 episodes, you can bet your pet that this will scare up some fun in your life!

#1 - The Super Milk Chan Show -
An original story by Shakespeare Yoshida Jr.
Filmed at Chichi-kaka Lake
Planning All Nighters
Executive Producer: Hidemi Satani Hiro
Screenplay by Wamu!
Directed by Spielberg Kurosawa
Produced by the Yamada Katsutenai Production

By now you should've guessed... it's a comedic parody anime! I first learned about this back when I had a laptop in 7th grade, and when it was still on the now defunct website/on demand service known as "Anime Network". But if not for that service, I would've never gotten into one of my favorite anime of all time, GinTama. (Which, by the way, is also a great comedic parody anime. And it's also WAY LONGER than this!) Time to drink up what it's about: The leading lady, Milk (Hilary Haag), is more than just looking like a sky blue-haired toddler with a cute hoodie. She also lives with a baby bottle shaped robot named Tetsuko, and her pet slug Hanage, and tends to act like a child at times... and often puts up with Tetsuko's voice of reason like suggestions to which she replies with her catchphrase: "You dumbass!" But besides Tetsuko, she also has to put up with another formality - a landlord who keeps pestering at her door for overdue rent money. And by overdue, we mean six months. Thankfully, he's also extremely gullible. When she's not dodging rent, she and Tetsuko go on weird Earth-disturbing missions, as assigned by the President. Yes, he is definitely absolutely the president, even though his office's window background changes per episode and he's often on the phone with Milk, to which Milk says that she's someone else at first but then replies with a childish "Just kidding." before accepting the mission. Sometimes, to aid in a mission, they go to a factory run by Dr. Eyepatch, who lives in the world of television... primarily seen in a TV in the same factory that made Tetsuko, entitled "The King's Idea Laboratory". She assumes that he's her father (How dreamy!), but once seeing him, she thinks he couldn't possibly be her father. Complete with showing movie guides to certain gadgets that could come in handy. Based on all those running gags alone, I've pretty much summed this 2003 anime up. It's a nice combination of cute adult humor, and will certainly refresh your anime taste buds! If not... Milk will know and call you a dumbass for it. Could happen.

Description
Template by KingZanderSanchez-i

Hey guys, it's Towers-of-Obscure, here with the first showcase for 2022!

#6 - Teenage Euthanasia - Let's kick off 2022 with something straight from the dead, courtesy of Adult Swim. Now that Squidbillies has pulled its last trucking route, this is a potential turning point for Adult Swim, in which its OG shows are making way for a new class... even though Robot Chicken is still around, but nowadays watching it feels more like a game of Russian roulette! Sure, your childhood might get severely tarnished, but chances are, you might actually still enjoy it! And we all know it can't survive on that, reruns, or new Rick and Morty forever, but ever since it acquired Tuca & Bertie from Netflix, I feel like it might be its second wind, given how amazing it is! That show, is of course, a show with a strong female lead... but this newest release pulled up from six feet under? It has a female lead, but is she strong enough in terms of writing? Try not to be dead wrong when making that assumption. This is made up of the tag team of PFFR (who previously made surreal Adult Swim classics like Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler, and The Shivering Truth) and Augenblick Studios (who previously worked on The Jellies). According to the show's intro, Trophy (Maria Bamford) was a teen mom who didn't want to be a mom in the first place. She eventually got lucky, then got married to a rich, old billionaire. But when he filed for divorce with Trophy since he had two other secret brides in mind, she was devastated to the point she OD'd. But not before leaving one last note which read: "Please deliver my body to my daughter, Euthanasia Fantasy." Euthanasia (or Annie for short, as played by Jo Firestone) lives in Tender Endings, a Florida funeral home with her uncle Pete (Tim Robinson) and her "old country" grandma Baba (Bebe Neuwirth). And boy, did Annie get the shock of her life when she found her mom, and when she was brought back to life as a zombie by Annie's own tears! Now, despite the zombie look and supernatural powers she's inherited, Trophy has a new lease on afterlife, and plenty of chances to make amends with her dysfunctional functioning family. Overall, it may not have that kind of zing that Tuca and Bertie or the newly released Smiling Friends offers, but at least give it a chance before you bury it in the ground or bring it back up from its grave again. First time this year, say it with me... it's there if you wanna watch it.

#5 - Alienators: Evolution Continues - Okay, right off the top, this show title doesn't make sense. If Evolution Continues in this series, why isn't this a sequel?! But the thing is... the title may not look like it has any sense to it, but there's a valid reason. This show, along with Kong: The Animated Series and Stargate: Infinity is based off a movie and was made in ties with Dic. (However, only Kong was made by BKN.) This series (which also goes by Evolution: The Animated Series) is supposed to be a spin-off of the 2001 movie Evolution, where David Duchovny plays a firefighter who teams up with two college professors and a nerdy but sexy government scientist in working against an alien organism who has been rapidly evolving ever since it crashed down to Earth. The movie may have been a sci-fi comedy, but in this more action-oriented series, David Duchovny's role is assumed by a teenager named Wayne Greene. The alien, known as the Genus, just broke out is still rapidly evolving... but now wants to replace all life on Earth! And thus, Wayne gears up with his new colleagues - two scientists named Ira Kane and Harry Block, and military beauty Lt. Lucy Mai. As well as the team's alien tracker, a nice three-eyed yellow blob alien named Gassie. Like most of Dic's works, it reached the 26 episode maximum. However... it's only on YouTube. Chances are, it would have way more tie-in confusions to the actual movie than the series itself, which has a barely passing score of 61% on IMDB. So chances are, yeah, it's gonna suck like an alien extraction device.

#4 - Princess Natasha - We've all been there. Realizing an older concept was made by an exceptional creator before the cartoon they were best known for actually aired. Can you also believe Larry Schwartz was one of those creators as well? For those of you who don't know, he was the creator of not just Kappa Mikey, but also Ellen's Acres, Thumb Wrestling Federation, and Three Delivery. (I'm not even sure if he's still in the animation biz...) But before ALL OF THOSE were brought to the world, came this obscurity from 2003 with numerous similarities to Kim Possible, despite what the title might tell you. Here's how this show's code gets cracked: The fictional country of Zoravia is split into two parts - the old side, which holds all the country's landmarks, and the new side, which is more technicologically advanced. The ruler of this nation is a crudely demented man named Lubek (Wayne Grayson)... or at least he was. After his father died, he became Zoravia's king, but soon enough, he was ousted by the people who just thought he was a jerk, and the kingly title went to his younger, more responsible, and definitely more likable brother Karl (Dan Green). Needless to say, Lubek was ticked off, so he launched a series of attacks from his new lair... in the town of Fountain Park, Illinois. (What is this show, a reverse depiction of the Cold War?!) This is where our titular princess comes in. Natasha is flown to America as an exchange student, but to keep both her status as a spy and royalty under wraps while living with her foster family, the O'Briens. Overtime, Natasha developed a crush for their son Greg (Michael Sinterniklaas), who already has a girlfriend named Kelly, and well... let's just say Natasha thinks Kelly is a real suka. (If you understand Russian, you'll understand what Kelly is). Fortunately, Natasha isn't friendless, as proof of Maya, who is quite a tomboy. But one thing's for sure, school life is very awkward for Natasha and is made more so by her duties to the crown, as she must sneak off to combat Lubek's latest plans, even if he is disguised as her teacher. And that's pretty much all there is to it for this!

#3 - Gigantor - Or if you wanna call it by its original title, Tetsujin 28.

So, I'm pretty sure you're all aware that last year, Fred Ladd died. If you don't know who he was, he was basically the man who introduced anime to America. If not for him, we wouldn't have had Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Voltron, Sailor Moon, and countless other classic anime favorites. He also worked on some domestic stuff as well, like M.A.S.K., but he was most remembered in the anime department. This black-and-white mecha masterpiece was also one under his belt. In 1964, Jonny Quest wasn't the only young boy at the time going on death-defying adventures! Jimmy Sparks may look and sound young, but he's more than just that - he holds the device to controlling the signature invention of Dr. Bob Brilliant: a virtually invincible robot named Gigantor. Joining Jimmy on his adventures is his good friend, Inspector Blooper. He may be one of Interpol's finest men of justice, but as his name implies, he's definitely the comedy relief. Most of the time on those adventures, Jimmy and his robot have to go face to face with criminal masterminds or mad scientists, usually armed with freaky weapons that could bring the world to its knees or, you guessed it, other giant robots. 52 episodes await for you on FilmRise, but unlike Lupin the Third, even a classic such as this never gets consideration for a reboot in this day and age or even full technicolor. Voltron had an opportunity, but it did better in North America, so that right of honors of the king of mecha anime still was left undecided between Gundam and Evangelion... with Gigantor somewhat left in the dust. Also, at the end credits of the show, it said that the show's characters were based off of the works of two people, one of them being Mary Shelley. Keep in mind, this was made in 1964... two years earlier before Hanna-Barbera took the idea and loosely put their spin on it, in the form of Frankenstein Jr.! Coincidence? I think not! But speaking of Frankenstein...

#2 - Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop - Only in the 90s would you find a title that's horrifically genius as that. I learned about this cartoon the old fashioned way: by skimming through the search options. Little did I know, it wasn't as obscure as I thought it would be! Turns out, if you watched Moheart7 , a while back, he did a reboot suggestion which followed up to an art contest/collaboration that ended on Halloween. As for the plot of this series... The titular character is more than just a mad scientist, he's a monster animal lover! But, he also got fired from his recent pet shop job because his ex-boss couldn't handle his experiments. Taking the disappointment in strive, he thought that since no one could respect him on his own terms on how to properly run a pet shop, he could open his own. Where might be the perfect place in all of Transylvania, you may ask? Well, there was this little old haunted castle on Dead Man's Curve that was up for sale, so he had to make due with it... even if he had to outwit a constable from turning the castle into his new police station to do it. And like most small businesses, the good doctor isn't considering this as a solo experiment. Helping him to promote it are his new skeletal dog, Horrifido, and two vampires who are identical exosisters, named Angella and Sinista. If there's a pet that's at the brink of death, no matter what happens, Dr. Sidney Zitbag will do all he can to make it feel alive again! This show wasn't quite that known in North America (even though it might've been on Teletoon in Canada few times), but in the United Kingdom where it was made, it was a hit! Even though it lasted for 34 episodes, you can bet your pet that this will scare up some fun in your life!

#1 - The Super Milk Chan Show -
An original story by Shakespeare Yoshida Jr.
Filmed at Chichi-kaka Lake
Planning All Nighters
Executive Producer: Hidemi Satani Hiro
Screenplay by Wamu!
Directed by Spielberg Kurosawa
Produced by the Yamada Katsutenai Production

By now you should've guessed... it's a comedic parody anime! I first learned about this back when I had a laptop in 7th grade, and when it was still on the now defunct website/on demand service known as "Anime Network". But if not for that service, I would've never gotten into one of my favorite anime of all time, GinTama. (Which, by the way, is also a great comedic parody anime. And it's also WAY LONGER than this!) Time to drink up what it's about: The leading lady, Milk (Hilary Haag), is more than just looking like a sky blue-haired toddler with a cute hoodie. She also lives with a baby bottle shaped robot named Tetsuko, and her pet slug Hanage, and tends to act like a child at times... and often puts up with Tetsuko's voice of reason like suggestions to which she replies with her catchphrase: "You dumbass!" But besides Tetsuko, she also has to put up with another formality - a landlord who keeps pestering at her door for overdue rent money. And by overdue, we mean six months. Thankfully, he's also extremely gullible. When she's not dodging rent, she and Tetsuko go on weird Earth-disturbing missions, as assigned by the President. Yes, he is definitely absolutely the president, even though his office's window background changes per episode and he's often on the phone with Milk, to which Milk says that she's someone else at first but then replies with a childish "Just kidding." before accepting the mission. Sometimes, to aid in a mission, they go to a factory run by Dr. Eyepatch, who lives in the world of television... primarily seen in a TV in the same factory that made Tetsuko, entitled "The King's Idea Laboratory". She assumes that he's her father (How dreamy!), but once seeing him, she thinks he couldn't possibly be her father. Complete with showing movie guides to certain gadgets that could come in handy. Based on all those running gags alone, I've pretty much summed this 2003 anime up. It's a nice combination of cute adult humor, and will certainly refresh your anime taste buds! If not... Milk will know and call you a dumbass for it. Could happen.