Sym-Bionic Titan canceled?

Sad, The Animation Guild blog is reporting that Sym-Bionic Titan has been canceled because "it didn’t have enough toys connected to it."

It's too bad, it was a quality cartoon, far superior in every way to the Clone Wars (even if the stripper pole episode was a little too mature for my kids). But way back on July 21, 2010, I wrote about the giant robot design, "How are they going to manage to make a decent looking, affordable toy with that transparent look?" Via.

Sym-Bionic Titan with a stripper pole

Sym-Bionic Titan is a great show, and Episode 10, "Lessons in Love" was no exception. Well-paced, funny, unpredictable. But the show is rated PG and airs at 8:00 p.m. and reairs at 8:30 a.m. on Cartoon Network.



A kid's cartoon should not involve a cheerleader trying to seduce a fat geek by dancing on a pole as "Shake It, Shake It, Booty Quake It" blares:








For the time being, you can watch the episode below. There are lots of angry comments at Youtube.

Watch Sym-Bionic Titan

You can watch the first episode of Sym-Bionic Titan below. I put together a gallery featuring most of the designs:


Escape spaceship





Lance and his watch







Ilana, her watch, and her father's necklace







Octus/Newton





Manus





Corus





General Modula






Solomon, Steel, and Solomon's goons

And just because:







*Buy Battle of the Planets toys at Amazon.

Sym-Bionic Titan promotional poster

Kevin Dart posted lots of backgrounds from Sym-Bionic Titan.

*Buy Mazinger toys at Amazon.

Long Sym-Bionic Titan trailer

New Sym-Bionic Titan commercial gives a much better look at the robots.

*Buy Tatsunoko toys at eBay.