Welcome to the 33rd installment of the largest Young Justice discussion thread online!
OUTSIDERS
Episode 1-13 Streams: January 4 to January 25, 2019
Episode 14-26 Streams: July 2 to August 27, 2019
Digital HD Release: September 24, 2019
Blu-Ray and DVD Release: November 26, 2019
Series Description: New twists, turns and dangerous new threats for the Team. This series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based upon characters from DC Comics. Sam Register (Teen Titans, Ben 10, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) is the executive producer. Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman Doomsday, The Batman) and Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, W.I.T.C.H.) are the producers.
This thread is for general discussion of the Young Justice animated series and related products (i.e., comics, toys, etc.). Keep it locked at The World's Finest and Anime Superhero News for the latest updates!
Current Talkback
-Outsiders One-Shot Comic Talkback
-Outsiders Season Three Talkback
-Outsiders Season Three Talkback Part 2
-Audio Play The Prize Talkback
Previous Installments:
Note: We appreciate and encourage discussion. Keep your posts the thoughtful, relevant and insightful. Do not post any improper or inflammatory material, in addition to conducting yourself in a proper and civilized manner. And please, don't post for just the sake of posting. Have something of worth to add to the conversation. We will issue warnings and infractions if we believe it necessary. Remember, keep discussions ON-TOPIC!
Current Known News By Topic
OUTSIDERS
Episode 1-13 Streams: January 4 to January 25, 2019
Episode 14-26 Streams: July 2 to August 27, 2019
Digital HD Release: September 24, 2019
Blu-Ray and DVD Release: November 26, 2019
Series Description: New twists, turns and dangerous new threats for the Team. This series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based upon characters from DC Comics. Sam Register (Teen Titans, Ben 10, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) is the executive producer. Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman Doomsday, The Batman) and Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, W.I.T.C.H.) are the producers.
This thread is for general discussion of the Young Justice animated series and related products (i.e., comics, toys, etc.). Keep it locked at The World's Finest and Anime Superhero News for the latest updates!
Current Talkback
-Outsiders One-Shot Comic Talkback
-Outsiders Season Three Talkback
-Outsiders Season Three Talkback Part 2
-Audio Play The Prize Talkback
Previous Installments:
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 1
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 2
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 3
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 4
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 5
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 6
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 7
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 8
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 9
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 10
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 11
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 12
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 13
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 14
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 15
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 16
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 17
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 18
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 19
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 20
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 21
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 22
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 23
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 24
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 25
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 26
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 27
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 28
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 29
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 30
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 31
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 32
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 2
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 3
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 4
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 5
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 6
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 7
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 8
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 9
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 10
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 11
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 12
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 13
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 14
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 15
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 16
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 17
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 18
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 19
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 20
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 21
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 22
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 23
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 24
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 25
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 26
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 27
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 28
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 29
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 30
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 31
-News & Discussion Thread, Part 32
Note: We appreciate and encourage discussion. Keep your posts the thoughtful, relevant and insightful. Do not post any improper or inflammatory material, in addition to conducting yourself in a proper and civilized manner. And please, don't post for just the sake of posting. Have something of worth to add to the conversation. We will issue warnings and infractions if we believe it necessary. Remember, keep discussions ON-TOPIC!
Current Known News By Topic
Season 4: Phantoms
Ideas and Unused Storylines
Production Breakdowns TZ 3/17/17
The Team Designations Ask Greg 8/28/12
All Designations (except 27, 28, A-06-A-09, B-26) WF 3/12/13
Z-05 Katana TZ7/23
A-06 to A-07 Ask Greg 10/3/14
A-14 Greg Weisman Tweet 11/24/16
A-15 to A-20 Ask Greg 11/21/16
G-01 to G-08 Ask Greg 8/5/21
Master Timeline
- Season 4 announced. ComicBook 7/20/19
- There will be more Apokolips, a smaller group of core characters, and it will be more character focused. Newsarama 7/20
- Work on season 4 already started. Stories are currently being written and thought of. P&R YT 7/20
- Placeholder logo art DCU Tweet 7/21
- Chris Jones is a storyboard revisionist Chris Jones Blog 8/25
- "we're kind of doubling down on our core season one characters that they already know and love" Teen Vogue 8/27
- 26 episodes, will be a time skip, may try new things/experiment, still more new characters and touch base with others, title of season already decided DC Daily 9/5
- Nolan North started recording on October 23. YJ Wiki/Abdulah Khan reply 11/14
- Kelly Kao started first day as storyboard artist. Kao Tweet 12/2
- Emily Hu started first day as storyboard artist. Hu Tweet 12/2
- Might be titled Young Justice: Phantoms GWW 12/16
- 11 scripts and 6 voice records done. No animatics locked. Greg Tweet 2/8/20
- 12 scripts and 8 voice records done. No episodes are 100% done yet. Greg Tweet 3/3
- Crew working from home.
- Christina Sotta is one of the directors.
- Rumored to premiere in November-December 2020 and Lex will be a central villain GB 6/6
- No episodes are 100% done yet. Greg Tweet 7/16
- Scripts for episode 1 to 23 are complete. Greg Tweet 9/10
- No episodes are 100% done yet. Greg Tweet 9/10
- The audio play performance during the FanDome panel on September 12 is canon and set between season 3 and 4. Greg Tweet 9/10
- Phantoms title confirmed. CBM 9/12
- 24 scripts done, 20 episodes recorded, 3 episodes partially recorded Greg Tweet 9/19
- 25 scripts done, 7 episodes in post production, none done Greg Tweet 11/7
- 22 episodes are fully recorded Greg Tweet 11/7
- All 26 scripts done, 22 episodes recorded, 4 episodes partially recorded Greg Tweet 11/23
- Jane Mahoney is a storyboard artist. Jane Tweet 1/14
- Yujin Lee is a storyboard revisionist. Yuj Tweet 1/14
- Sam Liu is helping out. Sarah O'Connell Show 1:51:01 2/21
- Sam Liu storyboarded a few episodes. Sam Tweet 2/25
- Khary Payton commented he has "been a little more involved" in Phantoms. YJWiki Tweet 2/28
- 9 episodes are done, 12 are being animated overseas, pre-production is virtually done Greg Tweet 3/25
- 9 episodes are done, 6 are in post-production, 11 are being animated overseas Greg Tweet 4/22
- Magical affinity of Atlanteans and the Zataras will play a factor Ask Greg 6/28, 6/29
- 26 episodes are fully recorded, 13 episodes are done, 7 episodes in post-production and the last 6 are being animated by Studio Mir now. Pre-production is virtually complete, except for a little bit of color on the last episode. Ask Greg 7/1
- 14 episodes are done. Ask Greg 7/2
- All 26 episodes are animated by Studio Mir. Ask Greg 7/2
- Will expand on LGBT+ characters Ask Greg 7/26
- 15 episodes are done, 7 are in post-production, 4 are being animated overseas Ask Greg 8/5
- 16 episodes are done, 6 are in post-production, 4 are being animated overseas Ask Greg 8/12
- Episodes 24 and 26 might have been the hardest to write Ask Greg 8/12
- At least 7 major characters that staff wanted to add to Season 2 that won't be appearing at all because there just wasn't any room for them. So they'll have to be saved for the comic book and/or a potential Season 3 Ask Greg 5/4/12
- The 12th villain from Young Justice: Legacy will play into Season 3 if the show is renewed ComicsOnline (6:33-6:53) 6/11/12
- Interest in incorporating some characters from Wildstorm Comics Ask Greg 7/18/12
- Starfire is a character the staff has talked about using GamerFitNation Interview, 8:24-8:28 mark 8/17/12
- Season 3 is all worked out very much in advance - the basic storyline and the characters, not exactly what would happen in every episode. Aquaman Shrine Interview 9/27/12
- Enough leftover ideas to carry through to a season four. Vietti Tweet 10/14/12
- Lots of new surprises and new additions to the cast, including a character created by Jerome Moore Moore deviantArt 3/10/13
- More to Madame Xanadu's story than revealed so far Ask Greg 4/12/11
- Some more on the Green Lanterns and Martians Ask Greg 3/22/13
- Plans for some in this list: Vixen, Gypsy, Dr. Light, Ask Greg 3/22/13
- Producers had specific ideas for Earth-16 version of the Wonder Twins, Zan & Jayna. Ask Greg 4/29/13
- Very specific plans for the Martians Ask Greg 8/8/13
- Talked a lot about bringing in Onyx Life After Young Justice 1/10/14, 21-31 minute mark
- Had plans for Ravager Ask Greg 1/30/14
- There were plans for the unidentified alien race who sent Tiamat to Earth Ask Greg 1/31/14
- Eventual plans for everyone on the original list of 50+ candidates for the Team Ask Greg 3/19/14
- Had plans to bring in Mia Dearden/Speedy CBC Spotlight Ep 13 3/22/14 (21:46-22:05)
- There were many great discussions about story possibilities and designs for Mars. Vietti Tweet 6/12/14
- Plans to feature Carol Ferris in later episodes. Comics Beat 4/17/19
- Original ideas and some that have morphed in the intervening years are being used. Ask Greg 4/10/17
- Hidden WildStorm character Ask Greg 7/18/12
- Hidden WildStorm character is in season one Ask Greg 9/3/13
- Hidden WildStorm character is a female Ask Greg 5/10/14
- Catwoman Grey DeLisle Tumblr 11/5/12
- Donna Troy/Troia and Mary Bromfield/Sergeant Marvel were cut from the bridal shower in "Satisfaction" because it would have required four new designs and the crew was stretched too thin.
- If Donna and Mary were designed, they would have appeared in "Endgame"
- A Red Tornado arc
- Lieutenant Marvel and Sergeant Marvel were originally considered to be on the Team in season 2
- A Zatanna arc - a follow up between Zatanna, Zatara, and Dr. Fate
- Donna Troy was originally planned to be used in season 1 but at the time, both her and Cassie Sandsmark were on the "can't use" list. By the time Geoff Johns became creative director and cleared them for use, it was too late. The next plan was have Donna cameo in season 2 but was cut for time and design constraints.
- Green Lantern arc involving young rookies in the Corp
- A musical episode
Ideas and Unused Storylines
- Originally a few more issues were planned before jumping to the Invasion time frame Chris Jones 6/12/12
- Will see more of the JSA (and All-Star Squadron) in the comics. Ask Greg 12/9/11
- Will be cameos of other JSA members Youtube - DC Nation Panel 3/18/12
- Staff has stories in mind for JSA and A-SS WF 10/2/12
- The #9-10 arc revisited eventually Ask Greg 2/13/12
- Eventually more of Talia Ask Greg 4/16/12
- Will see more of Green Arrow and Black Canary's relationship explored in Issue #20-21. Ask Greg 4/16/12
- Earth-16 version of the DC Showcase short "Green Arrow" Ask Greg 5/8/12
- The Green Arrow, Black Canary, Artemis, Red Arrow story (set after Episode 1x14) was originally planned for 20-21 but will have to wait and will get to it eventually. Ask Greg 6/13/12
- Count Vertigo, Merlyn, Henchy, Red Arrow's life as an unwitting mole and the death of Perdita's father also figured into the Green Arrow story. WF Interview 2/19/13
- Marvel Family story was planned. WF Chris Jones Interview 9/18/12
- Billy Batson's 3 best school friends - Freddy Freeman, Kit Freeman, and Mary Bromfield would have been introduced in the Marvel story. WF Interview 2/19/13
- Freddy Freeman is Lieutenant Marvel and Mary Bromfield is Sergeant Marvel. Ask Greg 10/8/13
- Captain Marvel's origin story WF Interview 12/16/13
- Some more on the Green Lanterns and Martians Ask Greg 3/22/13
- Two-Face Nerdy Show Ep. 160
- Season Three (could differ from Outsiders)
- Earth-16 comic book
- Animated spin-offs such as one featuring Arsenal and/or the Arrow Family
- Black Manta Celebrity Hot Tub shorts
- A direct to DVD movie
- Brandon Vietti pitched a YJ meets Scooby movie
Production Breakdowns TZ 3/17/17
The Team Designations Ask Greg 8/28/12
All Designations (except 27, 28, A-06-A-09, B-26) WF 3/12/13
Z-05 Katana TZ7/23
A-06 to A-07 Ask Greg 10/3/14
A-14 Greg Weisman Tweet 11/24/16
A-15 to A-20 Ask Greg 11/21/16
G-01 to G-08 Ask Greg 8/5/21
Master Timeline
- Weisman's master timeline was at 139 pages Ask Greg 12/3/10
- 149 pages Ask Greg 1/28/11
- 185 pages Ask Greg 11/18/11
- 191 pages KSite TV Interview 4/26/12
- 201 pages Ask Greg 9/4/12
- 205 pages Ask Greg 10/4/12
- Completed at 250 pages (includes, everything from the two seasons, the tie-in comic, the Legacy video game, some back story such as the Golden Age, and some of the characters from the five year gap) Ask Greg 5/17/13
- 283 pages Life After Young Justice 1/10/14, 30s minute mark
- 289 pages Greg Tweet 4/7/19
- 317 pages Ask Greg 4/25/2019
- 399 pages Greg Tweet 7/11/2019
- 609 pages Greg Tweet 6/30/2021
- 612 pages Ask Greg 8/13/2021
- By Episode 16, 135 DC characters have appeared Ask Greg 8/23/10
- By Episode 17, 147 DC characters have appeared Ask Greg 9/3/10
- By Episode 24, 174 DC characters have appeared MTV 1/14/11
- By Episode 26, 179 total DC characters have appeared. But that includes omitted characters like Catherine Cobert. Ask Greg 2/24/11 + Ask Greg 2/7/12
- Season Two, 145 name characters Ask Greg 2/7/12
- By Episode 46, 241 total DC characters Newsarama 3/17/12
- Bombshell Ask Greg 11/10/10
- Raven Ask Greg 12/12/11
- Cyborg Ask Greg 12/12/11
- Starfire Ask Greg 12/12/11
- Beast Boy Ask Greg 12/12/11
- Supergirl Ask Greg 2/22/12
- Wonder Twins Ask Greg 5/1/12
- Count Vertigo Ask Greg 1/16/12
- The Joker Ask Greg 1/16/12
- Ultra-Humanite Ask Greg 1/16/12
- Atomic Skull Ask Greg 1/16/12
- Poison Ivy Ask Greg 1/16/12
- Black Adam Ask Greg 1/16/12
- Wotan Ask Greg 1/16/12 + Ask Greg 4/12/12
- Felix Faust Ask Greg 4/12/12
- Blackbriar Thorn Ask Greg 4/12/12
- Wizard Ask Greg 4/12/12
- 3-4 characters were off limits Life After Young Justice 1/10/14, 21-31 minute mark
- Wildstorm imprint Ask Greg 7/18/12
- Donna Troy Ask Greg 7/17/12
- Cassie Sandsmark Ask Greg 7/17/12
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