So why did Korea get the jump on airing the episodes first? (Potential Spoilers)
 

Anyone know the story behind this?

Not sure. Part of me wonders is Standards & Practices made them change things late in the game due to...well...things. Might see if Brandon Auman will answer questions on FB.

This just proves that Coola is a troll.

I'm not completely sure of that. I know the question has been on my mind since the 'leaks'.

It does make me wonder if Nickelodeon in each country can act independently or if they have to follow "instructions/rules" from USA based Nick. (They have the headquarters in the United States?) Because otherwise Nick USA could have said to wait airing those episodes before they aired in the United States. But I have no idea how these kind of things work.


IMO I think they'll only generate more hype because everyone who saw these episodes in Korean would definitely want to see them again in English. And others who avoid watching them will likely hear some good things about them. But the reasoning why they aired them in the first place is interesting.

@Jester It's a fair question, but one that no one here has any idea how to accurately answer. Even the creative team is probably in the dark on this.

The fact that he made this thread mere minutes after you locked the thread in the QCS section tells me he just wants to further antagonize those of us who are waiting.

Were they leaked?
Or were they legit aired on Nick!Korea?

And aren't they also animated in Korea?

Half my prediction has come true. I'm batting 500 so far.

India, actually.

Pretty sure it legit aired there. And you're probably right about it being animated there...most shows are. Almost makes me wonder what the typical release window is for Nick's show in South Korea...ad in how long after they air stateside do they typically air there.

No, it's a legit question that noone answered in the locked thread because it was locked before anyone could. I just find it weird since it never happened before with any of the other seasons.

And yes, as far as I know they were aired on regular Korean tv, which makes me wonder now if this has happened before with all the long breaks on the previous seasons.

Also Canada and New Zealand.

So I guess not even Nick itself (or at least the American branch) knows? That's....weird.

How, if the people who want to wait for new episodes don't want the risk of getting spoiled then why did click on a thread whos topic is "the korean episodes".

Considering what the network censors have already allowed on this show, I'd be very surprised if that were the case.

They can't. It's still an American cartoon made for American audiences. They wouldn't purposely do something they know wouldn't make it to the final cut.

My brain goes back to Insane in the Membrane from 4Kids TMNT. It cleared S&P but then things changed and it was deemed to much. It aired in Oz before here, if I remember right.

"Insane in the Membrane" aired on Cartoon Network later on, if I remember correctly. It was also on the Season 4 DVD that came out, so it was legally released in the U.S.

It is on the DVD set, but whenever did it air on the Cartoon Network? I know it aired on Nicktoons though.

2k3 used to be on Miguzi

I remember, but I want to know if he or anyone might know the date.

What's Miguzi? I thought the 2k3 series during its original run, was only aired on Fox.

Miguzi was a line up of shows that is similar to the toonsmi block on cartoon network

Cartoon Network aired reruns of the 2k3 series weekdays for about a year or two.

it also aired on cw for a few years but that was mainly starting with ff, if i remember right

South Korea
 

Maybe the TMNT are more popular in South Korea?

Maybe they air everything in one go after dubbing is finished.

English
 

Aren't they still recorded in English first?

South Korea Nickelodeon probably got fed up with US Nickelodeons ****** schedule and decided to air them anyway.

Is it only in the USA where TV-series now air with episodes-break-episodes-break over and over again all the time?

Yeah, I would think so. I meant when Korea finishes its dubbing process after receiving and translating it, maybe they air it all in one go.

No UK have to wait for US to air them first. Back in 2014, Nick UK had the last 4 episodes of season 3 scheduled to air before the US but with only a few days to go they changed it and aired repeats instead.

I think it's a Nickelodeon thing. Rugrats AGU and Rocket Power years ago had eps that aired outside of the US before the US did.

Or maybe all episodes are without any voices, and a papers is written in English with dialouges which any language can add when recording their own voices.

Yeah, that makes more sense.

Check out
 

Check out this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPnQY891jw4

Yeah, that's BS. I also read that Greenblatt the creator of Harvey Beaks said Nickelodeon is a terrible company to work for. If they're this ****** with scheduling and letting episodes air over in Korea really early before they air in the country of origin, I'm inclined to believe him.

I also read they will put shows in dumb time slots so they fail so they have an excuse to cancel them. They don't want anything competing with the Sponge apparently.

Apparently I heard Steven Universe episodes got leaked before they were supposed to air. I'm not sure if they were aired in another country or on the Internet though.

I don't watch Steven Universe but it's quite funny that 2 shows in a week getting leaked before they aired in the US.

But... why? Wouldn't it make sense to have multiple successful shows? Why even approve the creation of a show in that case?

Rumour
 

Hopefully just a rumour.