POW! Entertainment Inc. (fka POWN)

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Holding Out for a Heroman

http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/the-mike-toole-show/2017-08-20/.120342


Nothing earth-shattering in this, but there was an interesting bit at the end.

It's a vibrant, accessible, and fun series—so it's pretty weird that it never came out on TV in these parts, don't you think?

I certainly thought so, so I started digging. During the show's production, there were apparently plans to broadcast it on Disney XD, due to a licensing deal between Pow! Entertainment and Disney. But much like that oddball Madhouse Stitch! anime, it never really made it to the airwaves. Anime Sols and J-Novel Club head Sam Pinansky once commented that he'd heard that Disney “pulled out,” of the deal, but here's a tidbit: Heroman did air in English, in 2012, on Disney XD. The catch: it was Disney XD in Malaysia.

I wonder if the same thing that made Disney pullout, is the same thing stopping them from purchasing POW!. It's like a Tootsie Pop, we may never know.