Yeah squidbillies. People forget Williams street went very woke with all of Tim Heideckers friends having so much power. I also loved 12 oz mouse and perfect hair forever. They never got a real ending.
I remember the Warden truly made this show IMPRESSIVE to me, due to how well he was animated and how "flamboyant" he was, he really commanded the scenes.
adult swim only has room for one "slaughter show" on their lineup. trade Metalocalypse for Superjail then trade Superjail for Mr. Pickles and repeat the cycle once the next bloodbath cartoon emerges. at least that's how I perceived it.
Yeah that certainly seems to be the way Adult Swim is playing it, I’d love to see another Superjail style animation, especially if Karacas is behind it!
This show died too early 😢 1. Great animation 2. Funny and genuine characters 3. Crazy stories 4. Interesting character design Honestly the show has has beautiful smooth animations and nice interesting memorable characters I guess one of the main reasons why it was canceled was that it was quite Offensive too but they make fun of everyone equally which makes it like “it’s not racist if I make fun of everyone “ 😂
See, kind of the reasons as to why and how I like this show so much is that it didn’t care and it thrived off of that. It was a truly wild show and I’m all here for it.
I think it died at a decent point I felt like they were really spinning it's wheels at the end of Season 4, and if Season 2 was supposedly well-received, maybe we would've legit had more.
the warden is like if you put spongebob, the onceler, willy wonka and a psycopath in a broken blender and snorted it up with a mix of lsd, cocaine and weed
You could also make an argument that the 15 min timeslots fueled creativity and removed the need to kill time on screen. Mix that with "you're on adult swim at night, literally everyone watching is either drunk or high, and probably college aged". Also, adult swim usually has a reason, they just prefer to come across as if they're attacking the fans. Metalocalypse was cancelled because Brendon wanted to make a high budget movie (which we actually finally got,and the wait was worth it), but adult swim doesn't really have (or didn't have) the right resources. Nowadays they do, but back then, the second it cost too much to produce your show, it was gone. That's why alot of long running AS shows are so horridly animated
Yeah this definitely happened with Superjail, the animation was too hectic and took way way too long, especially for season 1, which is most likely why they had the 3 year gap
What i love about adult swim, is that it actually gives shows like this a chance. There is so much genius content adult swim funds that wouldve never be able to work elsewhere. I think cancelling some shows early is an unfortunate, but necessary evil to make room for more new ideas. Its kind of like when you go to a restaurant and order one of those variety plates with like 50 tiny samples of different foods on it instead of just 1 large meal. Sure, it sucks that your newly discovered favorite food is just a bite size taste test, but had it not been for that you wouldve just ordered some regular meal and likely never had the chance to even discover it
Well, it'd be more like after you had that delicious sample, the restaurant made it illegal to make that food, so you can't enjoy it anymore. I'm not saying cancellation of shows isn't sometimes necessary, but it isn't exactly great.
Jack knife in the title sequence was always the best. He never got away with any of his crimes, sometimes he thought he did but then bam, jail bot shows up 😅
@@harryfromendsnot all the time I just saw an episode where he didn’t even do anything yet and he still got f’d(literally it was the one in the strip club) I think jailbot just hates him the most🤣🤣
Not only did they cancel it, they had the creators trim down the episode length of the 4th season AND hardly advertised that the show had a fourth season to begin with.
The reason why season 4 was shorter and of less quality was because Adult Swim cut their budget for the season, hoping they'd produce more episodes faster. It took 3-4 years for each season to come out prior, so by denying the Superjail animation crew money, they'd crank it out faster; which worked.
I always thought the Warden just tortured because he thought he had to. He seemed to always be this happy-go-lucky. As a child, he was always oblivious to his fathers abuse and he always wondered why prisons cant "be fun". I think that's why he is the way he is. He wants to make superjail "Fun" while he is absolutely oblivious to the emotions (and torture) of other people (especially the inmates).
@@harryfromends yeah there is definitly something wrong with him lmao. I love how the show never explains how he got his own Dimension and magic abilities btw
Adult Swim had a problem with canceling shows to shove more of that unfunny Time and Eric shit down everyone's throats. Never met a normal person that liked those two, it's always the person that acts like you'll too stupid to get the comedy and only people like them can truly enjoy it.
Superjail is without a doubt, my top three favorite adult swim shows, the others being venture bros and ballmastrz. The show has these memorable visuals: crazy violence, insanely fast plot changes, and the fact almost none of this gets resolved makes it more funnier. We'll pretty much never get a show like this again, which is a shame, considering I loved the absolute craziness superjail has. Time police is still the best episodes in superjail. How we go from a idea to expand the jail to a _LITERAL TIME RESET_ is just another example of why I love this show. You wonder why Christy Karacas is one of my favorite people in animation.
I also love the fact that almost none of the plot points get resolved, and that even more action gets piled on top - it’s such a spectacle of animation to witness! Karacas is a true creative genius and I love the fact that he still has a great relationship with Adult Swim!
If it were an episode that showed bittersweet wholesomenes, and that was the episode: "That girl named Cancer" Epileptic, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, you get hit in the stomach with a softball bat...
I used to watch Superjail in high school. Once I got past all the violence, the show was great! It was funny, the characters were unique, it looked amazing for the time and even now and it was genuinely interesting. I even rewatched it again a couple years back and it mostly held up. This show was truly one of a kind. Looking back, I think later adult cartoons and shows learned the wrong lesson and thought being gross and rude were the key to being good. It's really what you do with the gross stuff that makes the show good.
WTH is this clickbait? It wasn't Adult Swim's call to make, the creators of the show cancelled the show because it's a lot of work. You've got to remember that halfway through Superjails airtime Christ Karacas started working on Robotomy for Cartoon Network, and both of these shows are animated frame-by-frame with lots of detail.
i miss this show a lot because of its wild creativity, psychedelic animation and crude humor. but with season 4 being rushed, it was probably a good idea to cancel the show before it could decrease in quality anymore. glad to see the torch being passed on to ballmastrz and i hope season 3 comes out!
That’s a valid point, although there were definitely some strong moments in season 3 and season 4! I do agree that Ballmasterz is a very natural successor and should definitely be watched!
Xavier Renegade Angel is my favorite AS show of all time, and I really REALLY wish they'd make season 3. Partially why I think it ended early was because of how obscure it was, and how some people didn't get the jokes at first. (btw really awesome vid on Super Jail, it's another favorite AS show of mine, and like you said we deffinitly need more shows like it haha.)
Thank you sir ❤️ and I agree XRA is awesome and I think the combo of the graphics being ps2 era & the dialogue flying over some heads was most likely the cause for cancellation
Im pretty confident in saying, superjail was bound to have a short lifespan, with its frenetic nature and high-octane violence, it was gonna burn out quick no matter how they handled it.
Yeah I get that, definitely a fast paced and frantic start in season 1 that was hard to maintain afterwards since the animation was so time consuming! That being said if there was some way to recapture that season 1 animation style and apply it to a modern show I.E., Superjail, that would be a true gift to animation
I feel like people often overlook China, IL. It started getting into it's own rhythm by season 2 and had it's own charm, it deserved at least one more season
Man, Superjail was a bonkers show. The art and animation and all the ridiculous stuff going on was like a full on assault on the senses...but weirdly in a good way. The absurdity of it was just a thing I couldn't take my eyes off of...it was weird but it was also really good from what I remember lol
That’s the thing I love about Superjail as well, it’s such an incredible piece of hectic absurdist animation & it captures your attention from the very first second!
awesome video! I honestly got to know so many cool shows through you! literally without your channel I wouldn't have known half of the shows out there! thank you
I love Superjail, and I can't believe how little-known it is among people I know.. They really did kill it too early, right when it was getting completely out of this world levels of insane, too!
I get so happy when I hear people bring this show up!! I don't hear it be mentioned very often, and it took me a while to remember what it was until a couple years ago when I found it on Adultswim's website! I binged it remembering the warden and alice! I watched a video on drawn together another show that I remember seeing snippets of when I was younger and thinking it was hilarious haha. I hope more and more people find SuperJail to the point where it gets a recreation or a continuation! I don't care! I just loved seeing all those characters interact with each other, the voice actors make each character really come to life.
This is my favorite show of all time. The way it breaks down the human condition without even considering stopping to pause to think about what they just went over is insanely good to me.
moral orel will forever be their best show. superjail was good and unique but moral orel was genuinely dark lmao. and it was told through the eyes of a kid who never realized just how dark it was.
For those who can stomach gore, Superjail makes for a really fun watch. It's impossible not to be in awe at the animation style. Given that the first season was produced at Augenblick with the rest being done at Titmouse, it's hard to believe the show was done in Flash. Not to mention Warden is just an awesome character in general. You can definitely tell animators had fun drawing him, especially whenever he shapeshifts to go with what he says. ("Can't you guys C? Eye'm doing this for U!") Shame Adult Swim pulled the plug on Superjail early. I finished the whole show on Max in the courtesy of 5 months last year, and you can bet there was a hole left in my heart after I got done, especially since the finale "Superjail Six" was a rocky episode to end on. Adult Swim definitely should bring it back with a movie, same way they did with Aqua Teen, Venture Bros, and Metalocalypse. I'm sure there are enough people out there who'd love a Superjail revival as much as I would. I just wanna see that tuxedoed madman grace people's screens again.
Ah, Cheeseburger. Such a strange journey with their music😁 Also if you are still looking for underrated classic, then I recommend Nigual the Tiny Wizard and his doghouse, Marmalade.
I legitamately think that this show could be high art because of the animation and sound design. i should make a whole video essay about this because i am SOOOOOOO passionate about superjail
Definitely brother send me a message if you do and I’ll check it out! And I believe that Superjail truly deserves to be seen as art, especially season 1’s animation style
Superjail was sensational to the eyes and ears. David Wain has such a smooth voice and the colors and (HAND!) animation was eye crack. I miss it so much but it wasn't advertised enough and the last season really felt like they weren't into it anymore.
Superjail really was a treat to all senses! There were still some strong moments in season 4 and I wish that the show had kept that season 1 style of pacing, even if the animation team had to change due to time restraints
It’s honestly a shame that Superjail is gone, and it’s a show that’ll live on with the cult audience that it’s cultivated - hopefully even one person sees this vid and decides to give Superjail a watch as a result!
I remember finding this show sometime around 2018, and just bingewatching the entire series. Theres not many shows that get as experimental as Superjail. I'm still saddened at the fact that it never went past 4 seasons, and that there isn't more attention surrounding it. Thanks for putting a spotlight on this good ass show dude
The flashbacks of Warden's past were the moments this show got real. You can really start to see a lot of the Warden's problems and his cruel side come from the way his father treated him. But I have to give the Warden credit as a character who never lost sight of who he was. Even as a child he had a vision for the way he wanted his jail to be and I think he acts like a foolish happy child as a adult to mock his father. He runs the prison in all the goofy ways his father would probably disapprove of and hate and it is more effective/successful. The show was all over the place most of the time with insane stuff happening around every corner but I appreciate how the show took small moments to give a little backstory to Warden, Jared, and Alice to explain why they act the way they do and how they ended up working there.
superjail is awesome but the biggest part of what kept me coming was the animation style in the pilot and the first season. The animation has so much impact. I can't explain it but the first season feels like people who had little experience with traditional animation wanting to make something move and feel super alive without using the traditional regular techniques. The perspective is all sorts of messed up, the characters are always off-model, and everything snaps to the keyframes super hard but that's what makes it so awesome to look at, it's literally unlike any animation you've ever seen before. I never got around to finishing the show, the plots are good but the animation from season 2 forward was a bit disappointing. I might actually get around to finishing it because of this vid
Yeah it was really disappointing to see the animation shift from season 1 to season 2, although season 3 and 4 is a return to form in terms of the animation! This is an excellent breakdown of exactly why season 1 and the pilot works so well!
As someone who usually doesn't like the more gorey stuff. Superjail was actually amazing. I think it's because it was just such an artistic cartoon. The scenes when absolute chaos would break out were actually animation marvels in my honest opinion. I think the actually love of cartooning put into the show made me able to deal with the more visceral elements.
Superjail does a brilliant job of animating the pure chaos to the point where it just flies by and you forget about the plot all together, which the shows does as well ahah
my brother met one of the original animators for superjail who worked on season 1. met him in japan and he was working on anime, i got some signed art from him because my brother was drunk and at the same party as him.
IM SENSING A SUPERJAIL BOOST IN POPULARITY!! out of nowhere i had a dream about this show a month ago which led me to revisit it again after YEARS.. is this a sign??? espc bc im seeing a lot more people talking about it now
came back to this video just to say thanks for introducing this show to me as soon as i saw a single frame i new this was gonna be my new favorite thing
A note about the Stanford prison experiment. It's methodology may invalidate the conclusion made. The guards didn't turn abusive because they were given power and chose to exploit it, they assumed being abusive was expected of them and therefore acted so without question, so the guards didn't actually have power to abuse, they were following a higher power, the guy who was running the experiment. Which is still a interesting thing to study as it can be used too explain the "just following orders" mentality
I actually didn’t know that the Stanford prison experiment was compromised in this way, so thank you for informing me! And that’s actually a really interesting point about the higher ups & the expectation of violence. The warden in Superjail is therefore moreso acting out as the higher ups, rather than the guards - because hey, he does all the torturing for fun after all
Don't forget about Cheeseburger. Besides the shows intro song "coming home" they put out some real bangers. Remember they have that music video where the band is animated into Superjail for thier song "Winner" it's kind of a great highlight reel for the show.
Another banger from harryfromends!!! I’m hoping more of these conversations around Adult Swim (and honestly the treatment of animation as a whole) can signal to companies that we want these shows, and we want them in their entirety. It would be dope to collab with RebelTaxi, he has a lot of videos that also go into the production of these shows.
Firstly thank you so much ❤️ And absolutely I think it’s important to always have an aim with a video, and ultimately it would be incredible to work with creators, as well as Adult Swim if ever that opportunity comes up, to create some truly amazing content for people! And it would be incredible to work with RebelTaxi, and a few other creators I’ve been keen to make videos with, I’m hoping that comes with time and consistency!
Why thank you! And I agree it’s absolutely a 10/10 show, I’d love to see Karacas work on a season 5 with the fast pace animation style of season 1 brought back!
@@harryfromends I'm 1000% with you there super jail just has a unique energy and pacing that I've always loved and the psychedelic art style is truly an amazing fit for the theme of the show it would be great to see those two sides put together into one cohesive piece
I'm so sad they cancelled superjail. I still rewatch it once a year. It's absolutely fucking amazing. I watched every new episode on adult swim when I was younger. The intro always caught my attention speaking it was new every time. The super silly but horrific and gory animation. Animation was always so smooth even on my parents slow ass DirectTV. Every character even the random side characters look and feel unique. I love how weird it is. Every new episode you could not predict. As an adult it is very fun to watch intoxicated (children do not drink or do drugs!) Overall it was one of my favorite adult swim shows at the time because the animation and characters stood out so much more.
My highest viewed video on TikTok sitting at like 68k views is asking what the trans community thinks of Alice and I was very surprised to find the overwhelming love for her.
I feel like she’s such a strong character, not just physically, but also emotionally, that it’s hard to see her character as being mean spirited & I definitely love the dynamic between Alice and The Warden!
Always has been such a fave of mine, ever since I’d stay up way past my bedtime as a child to see this. Inspired a lot of my art style, and I miss it 💕⭐️
I feel like Superjail holds a special place in many hearts, including mine, because of how much the animators genuinely care about giving viewers their moneys worth
I was absolutely scared of Superjail as a kid because of the animation style (I was like, 11 around that time lmao) and never touched it until LITERALLY LAST NIGHT. I binged the entire series and just finished it now from HBO Max 😭😭 Alice, Paul, LORDDEEStingray, various others are my favorites despite the evil lmao (except for Cancer, sweet child) Im so mad it ended so suddenly, I wanted more chaos and trippy ass animations and violent humor.. Can't do anything with crude humor these days because it'll probably be cancelled by sensitive people....
The Warden is just the best. I'm shocked he never became a Tumblr sexyman a la the Onceler, because he fits that mold so well! 😆 And Jailbot is adorable! And The Twins! They're so David Bowie! I love this show so much 😭😭😭
The Warden was indeed a tumblr sexy man for a period of time! And I agree the show is so stylistically impressive and the characters are brilliant as well!
The reason why the show was canceled is because it wasn't remarkable, there's not a lot of super jail murch, you can throw out there and because it wasn't profitable like aquateen hunger force, which had a movie that failed and the show won't go away either, and they. Just keep bringing it back. There's just not much taken sell based on super jail
Yeah in terms of the marketing front having a manic warden doesn’t scream kid friendly t-shirts as pickle Rick does, but I truly appreciate the animation style that Superjail has and it would be awesome if it was brought back even for a special!
@@harryfromends that would be awesome! Also there is a episode that explains why the guy in the intro is captured in every episode and why it’s always a different scene. Basicly that he was cloned and too many. And broke out. I forgot what episode it was but I bet if I look I can find it!
@@harryfromends there are continuations and reboots that are good but most of them aren't done justice or just end up sucking which is a shame, an example of this is the original teen Titans versus the garage that is teen Titans Go
Moral Orel was cancelled “for getting too depressing” which is kinda ridiculous and Superjail was put on hiatus after season 1 because it took too long to animate stylistically, but I really truly wish they kept the season 1 animation style
Not just Super Jail. Adult Swim fucked over Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. All they asked for was 1 more season to properly end the Venture Bros. But we're forced make a best out of 1 movie to "properly" tie up loose ends.
breaking news , huge media outlet for tv shows cnacels really rreally good tv show that everyone liked and made them alot of money for absolutely no reason at all!
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" Adult Swim Cancelled Their Best Show Too Soon" comprises a good 70% of their programming history.
Korgoth still depresses me the most.
Moral Orel.
@@FallafelWafflenah it concluded the series well with the last episode
Yeah squidbillies. People forget Williams street went very woke with all of Tim Heideckers friends having so much power. I also loved 12 oz mouse and perfect hair forever. They never got a real ending.
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I remember the Warden truly made this show IMPRESSIVE to me, due to how well he was animated and how "flamboyant" he was, he really commanded the scenes.
He definitely did, in exactly the same way that Willy Wonka does! The warden definitely makes Superjail the brilliant show that it is!
He really wasn't flamboyant, just eccentric. But anything besides manly bear killer is seen as gay these days.
@@ibstummyhurt8057 Flamboyant and Gay are 2 different adjectives.
@@ibstummyhurt8057Flamboyant and Gay are two different adjectives
@@ibstummyhurt8057what
adult swim only has room for one "slaughter show" on their lineup.
trade Metalocalypse for Superjail then trade Superjail for Mr. Pickles and repeat the cycle once the next bloodbath cartoon emerges.
at least that's how I perceived it.
Yeah that certainly seems to be the way Adult Swim is playing it, I’d love to see another Superjail style animation, especially if Karacas is behind it!
Ironically,super jail is made by a metal band.
mr pickles replacing superjail isn't a "trade", its a robbery.
@@shady8045 Thank you!! I hate that show!
Mr Pickles was one of those shows that got me to stop watching Adult Swim
This show died too early 😢
1. Great animation
2. Funny and genuine characters
3. Crazy stories
4. Interesting character design
Honestly the show has has beautiful smooth animations and nice interesting memorable characters I guess one of the main reasons why it was canceled was that it was quite Offensive too but they make fun of everyone equally which makes it like “it’s not racist if I make fun of everyone “ 😂
Agreed with all of these points & I also enjoy the “make fun of everyone approach” which is very South Park-esque and works well in the show!
Aaaaannnd... a genuinely great theme song, that's a big one for some reason.
See, kind of the reasons as to why and how I like this show so much is that it didn’t care and it thrived off of that.
It was a truly wild show and I’m all here for it.
Well you still always have the daily wire to fall back on .. :/@@harryfromends
I think it died at a decent point
I felt like they were really spinning it's wheels at the end of Season 4, and if Season 2 was supposedly well-received, maybe we would've legit had more.
the warden is like if you put spongebob, the onceler, willy wonka and a psycopath in a broken blender and snorted it up with a mix of lsd, cocaine and weed
This is one of the best comparisons I’ve seen for the warden!
you forgot bill cipher
TikTokers would love this show with their short attention span
Put some racing gameplay footage in the bottom half of the screen and boom you’ve got a hit
Teenage white girls would LOVE the warden
@@MILDMONSTER1234they did. He's a tumblr sexyman...or rather he was
TH-cam comment section humor is a plague
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Yeah, before the exodus began and Tumblr was no more.
You could also make an argument that the 15 min timeslots fueled creativity and removed the need to kill time on screen. Mix that with "you're on adult swim at night, literally everyone watching is either drunk or high, and probably college aged". Also, adult swim usually has a reason, they just prefer to come across as if they're attacking the fans. Metalocalypse was cancelled because Brendon wanted to make a high budget movie (which we actually finally got,and the wait was worth it), but adult swim doesn't really have (or didn't have) the right resources. Nowadays they do, but back then, the second it cost too much to produce your show, it was gone. That's why alot of long running AS shows are so horridly animated
Yeah this definitely happened with Superjail, the animation was too hectic and took way way too long, especially for season 1, which is most likely why they had the 3 year gap
What i love about adult swim, is that it actually gives shows like this a chance. There is so much genius content adult swim funds that wouldve never be able to work elsewhere. I think cancelling some shows early is an unfortunate, but necessary evil to make room for more new ideas. Its kind of like when you go to a restaurant and order one of those variety plates with like 50 tiny samples of different foods on it instead of just 1 large meal. Sure, it sucks that your newly discovered favorite food is just a bite size taste test, but had it not been for that you wouldve just ordered some regular meal and likely never had the chance to even discover it
This is definitely one of the best arguments I’ve heard for cancellation, especially for Adult Swim shows!
Well, it'd be more like after you had that delicious sample, the restaurant made it illegal to make that food, so you can't enjoy it anymore. I'm not saying cancellation of shows isn't sometimes necessary, but it isn't exactly great.
This just changed my life
I will forever be bitter about the fact they cancelled Superjail, Metalocalypse, Moral Orel, and China IL but kept Mr. Pickles
Jack knife in the title sequence was always the best. He never got away with any of his crimes, sometimes he thought he did but then bam, jail bot shows up 😅
That’s what I love about the dynamic between Jack knife and Jailbot - crime and punishment Summed up, a walking karma machine ahaha
@@harryfromendsnot all the time I just saw an episode where he didn’t even do anything yet and he still got f’d(literally it was the one in the strip club) I think jailbot just hates him the most🤣🤣
Do you know the definition of insanity?
*hands you dvd box set of Superjail*
Watching 4 seasons of The Warden parading around Superjail is enough to turn anyone insane
I love Christy. I’ve hung with him quite a few times. You’d never believe he even made superjail. He’s super soft spoken and really nice!
No way that’s awesome! He’s made some truly incredible shows ❤️
I bet he (in either his normal voice or Alice voice) could read the ingredients of a cereal box and make it sound like a bedtime story.
Not only did they cancel it, they had the creators trim down the episode length of the 4th season AND hardly advertised that the show had a fourth season to begin with.
What are you talking about?!
@@chadkennedy7855 Get off the drugs.
The reason why season 4 was shorter and of less quality was because Adult Swim cut their budget for the season, hoping they'd produce more episodes faster. It took 3-4 years for each season to come out prior, so by denying the Superjail animation crew money, they'd crank it out faster; which worked.
I always thought the Warden just tortured because he thought he had to. He seemed to always be this happy-go-lucky. As a child, he was always oblivious to his fathers abuse and he always wondered why prisons cant "be fun".
I think that's why he is the way he is. He wants to make superjail "Fun" while he is absolutely oblivious to the emotions (and torture) of other people (especially the inmates).
This is actually a really good rationale for his actions, that and he’s clearly a bit manic ahah
@@harryfromends yeah there is definitly something wrong with him lmao.
I love how the show never explains how he got his own Dimension and magic abilities btw
Adult Swim had a problem with canceling shows to shove more of that unfunny Time and Eric shit down everyone's throats. Never met a normal person that liked those two, it's always the person that acts like you'll too stupid to get the comedy and only people like them can truly enjoy it.
Superjail is without a doubt, my top three favorite adult swim shows, the others being venture bros and ballmastrz.
The show has these memorable visuals: crazy violence, insanely fast plot changes, and the fact almost none of this gets resolved makes it more funnier. We'll pretty much never get a show like this again, which is a shame, considering I loved the absolute craziness superjail has.
Time police is still the best episodes in superjail. How we go from a idea to expand the jail to a _LITERAL TIME RESET_ is just another example of why I love this show.
You wonder why Christy Karacas is one of my favorite people in animation.
I also love the fact that almost none of the plot points get resolved, and that even more action gets piled on top - it’s such a spectacle of animation to witness! Karacas is a true creative genius and I love the fact that he still has a great relationship with Adult Swim!
Ballmastrz is very underrated too.
@@thc_freebaser I've never even heard of it before. I will check it out now!
The best part about ballmastrz is it's just a huge gurren lagann homage
@@JoeLigmama it's just a huge 80s- early 00s anime homage in general
If it were an episode that showed bittersweet wholesomenes, and that was the episode: "That girl named Cancer"
Epileptic, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, you get hit in the stomach with a softball bat...
I used to watch Superjail in high school. Once I got past all the violence, the show was great! It was funny, the characters were unique, it looked amazing for the time and even now and it was genuinely interesting. I even rewatched it again a couple years back and it mostly held up. This show was truly one of a kind.
Looking back, I think later adult cartoons and shows learned the wrong lesson and thought being gross and rude were the key to being good. It's really what you do with the gross stuff that makes the show good.
I personally love the violence in Superjail, because as you said they use it so well & it serves its purpose!
WTH is this clickbait? It wasn't Adult Swim's call to make, the creators of the show cancelled the show because it's a lot of work. You've got to remember that halfway through Superjails airtime Christ Karacas started working on Robotomy for Cartoon Network, and both of these shows are animated frame-by-frame with lots of detail.
I love fresh Superjail content in the year of 2023
Superjail deserves it, a truly special show with incredible animation!
i miss this show a lot because of its wild creativity, psychedelic animation and crude humor. but with season 4 being rushed, it was probably a good idea to cancel the show before it could decrease in quality anymore. glad to see the torch being passed on to ballmastrz and i hope season 3 comes out!
That’s a valid point, although there were definitely some strong moments in season 3 and season 4! I do agree that Ballmasterz is a very natural successor and should definitely be watched!
Xavier Renegade Angel is my favorite AS show of all time, and I really REALLY wish they'd make season 3. Partially why I think it ended early was because of how obscure it was, and how some people didn't get the jokes at first. (btw really awesome vid on Super Jail, it's another favorite AS show of mine, and like you said we deffinitly need more shows like it haha.)
Thank you sir ❤️ and I agree XRA is awesome and I think the combo of the graphics being ps2 era & the dialogue flying over some heads was most likely the cause for cancellation
They cancelled MDE. That’s the real crime.
Don't worry pal, MDE Never Dies.
@@ghhn4505 u rite, thanks fam
Im pretty confident in saying, superjail was bound to have a short lifespan, with its frenetic nature and high-octane violence, it was gonna burn out quick no matter how they handled it.
Yeah I get that, definitely a fast paced and frantic start in season 1 that was hard to maintain afterwards since the animation was so time consuming! That being said if there was some way to recapture that season 1 animation style and apply it to a modern show I.E., Superjail, that would be a true gift to animation
Carrot On A Stick
I will never forget dropping a tab for the first time and popping this show on. Always thought it was crazy underrated. RIP 🕊💔
Such a trip of a show! Especially season 1 it’s such an incredible sequence of animation
I feel like people often overlook China, IL. It started getting into it's own rhythm by season 2 and had it's own charm, it deserved at least one more season
China IL is highly underrated, my guess is that it wasn’t stylistically engaging enough for the adult swim execs
balloons motherfuckin balloons
@@harryfromends yeah it is definitely one of the more avant garde looking of the network catalog, but it grew on me after a few episodes
I wanted to like China, IL on adult swim so much, but to me it just didn’t have the magic that Brad Neely’s TH-cam still frame comics had…
Man, Superjail was a bonkers show. The art and animation and all the ridiculous stuff going on was like a full on assault on the senses...but weirdly in a good way. The absurdity of it was just a thing I couldn't take my eyes off of...it was weird but it was also really good from what I remember lol
That’s the thing I love about Superjail as well, it’s such an incredible piece of hectic absurdist animation & it captures your attention from the very first second!
awesome video! I honestly got to know so many cool shows through you! literally without your channel I wouldn't have known half of the shows out there! thank you
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I love Superjail, and I can't believe how little-known it is among people I know.. They really did kill it too early, right when it was getting completely out of this world levels of insane, too!
I feel like if Superjail was given another run with the season 1 style animation adapted for 2023 it would truly be beloved
I get so happy when I hear people bring this show up!! I don't hear it be mentioned very often, and it took me a while to remember what it was until a couple years ago when I found it on Adultswim's website! I binged it remembering the warden and alice! I watched a video on drawn together another show that I remember seeing snippets of when I was younger and thinking it was hilarious haha. I hope more and more people find SuperJail to the point where it gets a recreation or a continuation! I don't care! I just loved seeing all those characters interact with each other, the voice actors make each character really come to life.
I love Superjail it’s honestly such a chaotic show & I truly hope a special is made at some point by adult swim!
This is my favorite show of all time. The way it breaks down the human condition without even considering stopping to pause to think about what they just went over is insanely good to me.
I also love the fact that they rarely go back to plot points, they literally just plow forward
moral orel will forever be their best show. superjail was good and unique but moral orel was genuinely dark lmao. and it was told through the eyes of a kid who never realized just how dark it was.
I miss Moral Orel the most. Was cancelled for being "too depressing".
What did they expect, it was a drama series!
Exactly, it makes no sense! Especially since Rick and morty has just as many depressing themes - if only moral Orel was a money maker
@@harryfromends I feel like even from the start Adult Swim killed Moral Orel. There was barely any merchandising or promos.
One problem is when it focused on 3 women characters and real life issues in one episode
Smoking a couple of bowls and watching Superjail is still one of my favourite Saturday night activities.
Ahaha sounds like a blast (literally), what’s your favourite season of Superjail?
@@harryfromends Season 1, when Neil Swaab was still working on the animation!
For those who can stomach gore, Superjail makes for a really fun watch.
It's impossible not to be in awe at the animation style. Given that the first season was produced at Augenblick with the rest being done at Titmouse, it's hard to believe the show was done in Flash.
Not to mention Warden is just an awesome character in general.
You can definitely tell animators had fun drawing him, especially whenever he shapeshifts to go with what he says. ("Can't you guys C? Eye'm doing this for U!")
Shame Adult Swim pulled the plug on Superjail early. I finished the whole show on Max in the courtesy of 5 months last year, and you can bet there was a hole left in my heart after I got done, especially since the finale "Superjail Six" was a rocky episode to end on.
Adult Swim definitely should bring it back with a movie, same way they did with Aqua Teen, Venture Bros, and Metalocalypse. I'm sure there are enough people out there who'd love a Superjail revival as much as I would.
I just wanna see that tuxedoed madman grace people's screens again.
I love how smooth and full of personality the animation is!
The animation is genuinely up there with the best I’ve ever seen! The fact that the creators care so much is seen in every frame of the show!
Ah, Cheeseburger. Such a strange journey with their music😁 Also if you are still looking for underrated classic, then I recommend Nigual the Tiny Wizard and his doghouse, Marmalade.
Nigel the Tiny Wizard is a great recommendation! 💫
I legitamately think that this show could be high art because of the animation and sound design. i should make a whole video essay about this because i am SOOOOOOO passionate about superjail
Definitely brother send me a message if you do and I’ll check it out! And I believe that Superjail truly deserves to be seen as art, especially season 1’s animation style
Superjail was sensational to the eyes and ears. David Wain has such a smooth voice and the colors and (HAND!) animation was eye crack.
I miss it so much but it wasn't advertised enough and the last season really felt like they weren't into it anymore.
Superjail really was a treat to all senses! There were still some strong moments in season 4 and I wish that the show had kept that season 1 style of pacing, even if the animation team had to change due to time restraints
Without doubt, one of the most painful stabs in my heart.. I'll miss the warden and the others.. Easily one of my favourite animated shows from AS
It’s honestly a shame that Superjail is gone, and it’s a show that’ll live on with the cult audience that it’s cultivated - hopefully even one person sees this vid and decides to give Superjail a watch as a result!
I remember finding this show sometime around 2018, and just bingewatching the entire series. Theres not many shows that get as experimental as Superjail. I'm still saddened at the fact that it never went past 4 seasons, and that there isn't more attention surrounding it. Thanks for putting a spotlight on this good ass show dude
It’s my pleasure, Superjail deserves all the attention in the world, because they commanded it with every second that the show was on the air!
The flashbacks of Warden's past were the moments this show got real. You can really start to see a lot of the Warden's problems and his cruel side come from the way his father treated him. But I have to give the Warden credit as a character who never lost sight of who he was. Even as a child he had a vision for the way he wanted his jail to be and I think he acts like a foolish happy child as a adult to mock his father. He runs the prison in all the goofy ways his father would probably disapprove of and hate and it is more effective/successful. The show was all over the place most of the time with insane stuff happening around every corner but I appreciate how the show took small moments to give a little backstory to Warden, Jared, and Alice to explain why they act the way they do and how they ended up working there.
superjail is awesome but the biggest part of what kept me coming was the animation style in the pilot and the first season. The animation has so much impact. I can't explain it but the first season feels like people who had little experience with traditional animation wanting to make something move and feel super alive without using the traditional regular techniques. The perspective is all sorts of messed up, the characters are always off-model, and everything snaps to the keyframes super hard but that's what makes it so awesome to look at, it's literally unlike any animation you've ever seen before.
I never got around to finishing the show, the plots are good but the animation from season 2 forward was a bit disappointing. I might actually get around to finishing it because of this vid
Yeah it was really disappointing to see the animation shift from season 1 to season 2, although season 3 and 4 is a return to form in terms of the animation! This is an excellent breakdown of exactly why season 1 and the pilot works so well!
Character ranking
1. Ash
2. Warden
3. Jared
4. The gays
5. The twins
6. Jailbot
7. Alice
8. The doctor
9. Turban
10. Jackknife
I would agree with this ranking, very solid!
@@harryfromends eh looking back might switch the gays and the twins
As someone who usually doesn't like the more gorey stuff. Superjail was actually amazing.
I think it's because it was just such an artistic cartoon. The scenes when absolute chaos would break out were actually animation marvels in my honest opinion.
I think the actually love of cartooning put into the show made me able to deal with the more visceral elements.
Superjail does a brilliant job of animating the pure chaos to the point where it just flies by and you forget about the plot all together, which the shows does as well ahah
Was never a big fan of Superjail, but now you’ve made me want to go back and watch it! Another excellent video.
My pleasure brother, and it’s definitely worth another watch! Let me know how you get on!
Superjail is amazing. Still my fav cartoon to this day.
Superjail is definitely up there with the best of all time, and by far one of the best trips
Thank you for introducing me to my favorite show ever, I watched ever single episode on the edge of my seat, thank you.
my brother met one of the original animators for superjail who worked on season 1. met him in japan and he was working on anime, i got some signed art from him because my brother was drunk and at the same party as him.
That’s incredible! And makes sense considering Superjail season 1 feels like anime in some ways ahah
Moral orel, black dynamite, venture brothers, stroker and hoop and superjail were canceled too soon 😢
Agreed! Adult Swim has a bit of a kink for early cancellations
Don't forget he's self aware of his magic shenanigans. It's not just a visual gag for the audience
That’s actually a very good point, and makes the show and the wardens actions even more wonderfully manic!
SUPERJAIL was so far ahead of its time, truly a work of art
Let's not forget the opening theme song! Commin' Home by Cheeseburger still stands the test of time to this day.
One of the best theme songs of all time! Genuinely adds so much to an already brilliant piece of animation
China IL and Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio I watched these shows quite a bit amongst other AS shows.
IM SENSING A SUPERJAIL BOOST IN POPULARITY!! out of nowhere i had a dream about this show a month ago which led me to revisit it again after YEARS.. is this a sign??? espc bc im seeing a lot more people talking about it now
The universe works in mysterious ways 💫
came back to this video just to say thanks for introducing this show to me
as soon as i saw a single frame i new this was gonna be my new favorite thing
It’s my pleasure! I love it when someone tells me they’ve watched a show & especially if they love it! 💫
While true, I don't see the Venture Bros in the thumbnail.
Look at my most recent vid
Super Jail was such a good show thanks for reminding me to re-watch
A note about the Stanford prison experiment. It's methodology may invalidate the conclusion made. The guards didn't turn abusive because they were given power and chose to exploit it, they assumed being abusive was expected of them and therefore acted so without question, so the guards didn't actually have power to abuse, they were following a higher power, the guy who was running the experiment. Which is still a interesting thing to study as it can be used too explain the "just following orders" mentality
I actually didn’t know that the Stanford prison experiment was compromised in this way, so thank you for informing me! And that’s actually a really interesting point about the higher ups & the expectation of violence. The warden in Superjail is therefore moreso acting out as the higher ups, rather than the guards - because hey, he does all the torturing for fun after all
I was gonna bring this up, but I see u got to it already
watching while being high will be crazy
Brilliant entertaining show bursting with creativity and made the most of it's 4 seasons. This and the super milk chan show deserve another chance.
Absolutely! Every second was packed with something unique and the visual matching is still some of the best I’ve ever seen
i absolutely LOVE this series,
a friend of mine introduced me too it- and i in-turn introduced it to a ton of other friends
I love Superjail too, it deserves all the love it gets ❤️
@@harryfromends absolutely! me and some friends still quote that silly 'time police' song to each other XD the series absolutely deservers more \o/
Their best show? This isn't Venture Bros.
Both both is best
Ahah I love them both, it’s all down to the person but I get the argument for venture bros!
*cough* The Boondocks *cough*
@@AngryAlfonse Boondocks is second. Season 4 weakens it. Metalocalypse at 3.
I think a more recent one like smiling friends takes the cake
Superjail was the best to watch high as fuck after work
Don't forget about Cheeseburger. Besides the shows intro song "coming home" they put out some real bangers. Remember they have that music video where the band is animated into Superjail for thier song "Winner" it's kind of a great highlight reel for the show.
One of the best opening songs of all time!
Another banger from harryfromends!!!
I’m hoping more of these conversations around Adult Swim (and honestly the treatment of animation as a whole) can signal to companies that we want these shows, and we want them in their entirety. It would be dope to collab with RebelTaxi, he has a lot of videos that also go into the production of these shows.
Firstly thank you so much ❤️
And absolutely I think it’s important to always have an aim with a video, and ultimately it would be incredible to work with creators, as well as Adult Swim if ever that opportunity comes up, to create some truly amazing content for people! And it would be incredible to work with RebelTaxi, and a few other creators I’ve been keen to make videos with, I’m hoping that comes with time and consistency!
Super jail was sick never knew the warden had a in depth backstory
Yeah the backstory is brilliant - his fathers abuse melded him into the manic prison ward we know and love today!
“I’ve never had an inmate die of boredom and I won’t start now because you think like a *F A I L U R E* “
a true man of culture 10/10 show
Why thank you! And I agree it’s absolutely a 10/10 show, I’d love to see Karacas work on a season 5 with the fast pace animation style of season 1 brought back!
@@harryfromends I'm 1000% with you there super jail just has a unique energy and pacing that I've always loved and the psychedelic art style is truly an amazing fit for the theme of the show it would be great to see those two sides put together into one cohesive piece
I'm so sad they cancelled superjail. I still rewatch it once a year. It's absolutely fucking amazing. I watched every new episode on adult swim when I was younger. The intro always caught my attention speaking it was new every time. The super silly but horrific and gory animation. Animation was always so smooth even on my parents slow ass DirectTV. Every character even the random side characters look and feel unique. I love how weird it is. Every new episode you could not predict. As an adult it is very fun to watch intoxicated (children do not drink or do drugs!) Overall it was one of my favorite adult swim shows at the time because the animation and characters stood out so much more.
My highest viewed video on TikTok sitting at like 68k views is asking what the trans community thinks of Alice and I was very surprised to find the overwhelming love for her.
I feel like she’s such a strong character, not just physically, but also emotionally, that it’s hard to see her character as being mean spirited & I definitely love the dynamic between Alice and The Warden!
why didnt you mention ultrajail . its the warden and the rival female wardens jail
Why does the warden look like elton john?
He really does, mixed with Willy Wonka and Joseph Mengele 🤣
“Life on the outside ain’t what it used to be”!!!
Superjail and China IL were my favorite late night adult swim shows to watch. You've earned a subscriber, keep up the good work.
Both great adult swim shows! And thank you sir!
Always has been such a fave of mine, ever since I’d stay up way past my bedtime as a child to see this. Inspired a lot of my art style, and I miss it 💕⭐️
I feel like Superjail holds a special place in many hearts, including mine, because of how much the animators genuinely care about giving viewers their moneys worth
its surrealist humour appealed to me
Myself as well, and the fact that it’s just so chaotic!
I was absolutely scared of Superjail as a kid because of the animation style (I was like, 11 around that time lmao) and never touched it until LITERALLY LAST NIGHT. I binged the entire series and just finished it now from HBO Max 😭😭 Alice, Paul, LORDDEEStingray, various others are my favorites despite the evil lmao (except for Cancer, sweet child) Im so mad it ended so suddenly, I wanted more chaos and trippy ass animations and violent humor.. Can't do anything with crude humor these days because it'll probably be cancelled by sensitive people....
WORLD PEACE NEVER FORGET
Morel Orel? The VenturreBros.?
Oh? Super Jail!
...and they kept Rick & Morty...
Love Moral Orel & Venture Bros, I just feel like Superjail personally stands out as a show that could’ve been far greater!
Now you mentioned the world war 2 comparisons, the warden's tooth gap could be seen as a certain style of moustache 😬
Yeahhhh I had this same thought when I saw a frame when the gap is up a little bit ahahah
I remember my grandpa letting me watching this when I was young, brings back memories.
I feel like this show lasted forever
How so?
The Warden is just the best. I'm shocked he never became a Tumblr sexyman a la the Onceler, because he fits that mold so well! 😆 And Jailbot is adorable! And The Twins! They're so David Bowie! I love this show so much 😭😭😭
The Warden was indeed a tumblr sexy man for a period of time! And I agree the show is so stylistically impressive and the characters are brilliant as well!
The reason why the show was canceled is because it wasn't remarkable, there's not a lot of super jail murch, you can throw out there and because it wasn't profitable like aquateen hunger force, which had a movie that failed and the show won't go away either, and they. Just keep bringing it back. There's just not much taken sell based on super jail
Yeah in terms of the marketing front having a manic warden doesn’t scream kid friendly t-shirts as pickle Rick does, but I truly appreciate the animation style that Superjail has and it would be awesome if it was brought back even for a special!
This is so awesome! I’ve been into this show for so long. Glad to see it get some attention! King star king and China il are some classics as shows
My pleasure brother and honestly I love Superjail so much! Season 5 would be a dream come true - with the season 1 animation style!
@@harryfromends that would be awesome! Also there is a episode that explains why the guy in the intro is captured in every episode and why it’s always a different scene. Basicly that he was cloned and too many. And broke out. I forgot what episode it was but I bet if I look I can find it!
I wish this show would come back in like a continuation or a reboot that doesn't suck ass
I would love to see a Superjail special in 2024! And agreed preferably one that doesn’t suck ass
@@harryfromends there are continuations and reboots that are good but most of them aren't done justice or just end up sucking which is a shame, an example of this is the original teen Titans versus the garage that is teen Titans Go
this show looks how i thought adult swim looked as a kid
Ahaha XRA is the ultimate 3am Adult Swim show imo but also Superjail does have that wild [AS] feel
I adore superjail and moral orel and never understood why adult swim canceled them and still never will
Moral Orel was cancelled “for getting too depressing” which is kinda ridiculous and Superjail was put on hiatus after season 1 because it took too long to animate stylistically, but I really truly wish they kept the season 1 animation style
I miss this show so much
Not just Super Jail. Adult Swim fucked over Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. All they asked for was 1 more season to properly end the Venture Bros. But we're forced make a best out of 1 movie to "properly" tie up loose ends.
Yeah that’s one of the worst cancellations in Adult Swim history - it’s even worse when the loose ends haven’t been tied up
Venture Bros. was canceled too soon as well.
this series was an absolute trip
Honestly it’s one of my favourite ever shows, and we need more shows that care as much as Superjail does!
The creators of the show also made the music video for out of the black by Royal blood, one of the best imo
Genuinely some of the most creative people around, I hope the team continues to make incredible stuff going forward!
I watched this show whilst really REALY high one time.
It was.....interesting.
I can only imagine how nuts this show is when you’re high ahaha
Best show is an understatement like WHAT
I really miss superjail. I hope with all my hope that it will return one day
I really hope adult swim brings Superjail back, even if it’s just for a one off special with season 1 style animation!
breaking news , huge media outlet for tv shows cnacels really rreally good tv show that everyone liked and made them alot of money for absolutely no reason at all!
I can imagine will wood as the warden and it works
Wow yeah wtf ahah I see it 🤣
I like remember this show when I was younger but then i also don’t remember watching it but I can recognize a lot of the side characters
The side characters really do add to the show a lot, like Alice and Jailbot, the show wouldn’t be complete without them!