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But is. The premise alone is insane as is most of the plot. But there's something magical and enjoyable about it.

I am certainly not a television or movie critic but I believe I have good taste for what at least a portion of Adult Swim fans want. Like any AS show, Super Jail takes the viewing an episode or two to appreciate and understand what the show is really about. If a viewer tries to comprehend everything in an episode of Super Jail they will have a stroke. This show has such a fast-paced and unexplained plot that it can really give someone trying to analyze it a headache. Just watch it, sit back, relax, and think about how high the writers and artists for Super Jail must get. Don't judge it before you see more than one episode, maybe you will grow to like it more this way.

Superjail! reminds me of the brilliant animation that one found 20 years ago in those animation festivals that toured college campuses. Sure, it is twisted and sick, but it is so unpretentious and loyal to its own universe that it is simply genius.

From the massive body counts to the animation that makes 'Yellow Submarine' look drug-free, Superjail! is a gift from above.

I cannot believe how lucky we are that this network, whose bread and butter is cartoons for children, turns around and embraces the cutting edge while little ones sleep. I wish that I could do more than just write this to show the network my support.

"Superjail" is a great cartoon from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block that combines psychedelic imagery with a bucket load of graphic violence. Focusing on the exploits of an insane jail warden and his crew, Superjail is perfect for cult audiences.

One of the best parts of this series is its use of imaginative imagery. The show packs as many weird images as it can into a fifteen minute cartoon, creating a dense visual style in which a single frame can contain multiple jokes.

The psychedelic visuals coexist with a flood of graphic violence, as prisoners kill one another or fall victim to the warden's various schemes. At times, the show comes across as the unholy offspring of an R. Crumb comic and the Happy Tree Friends. Although some reviewers have suggested this show is best watched under the influence of drugs, the amount of blood makes it at best questionable eye candy.

Ultimately, this show is best appreciated by cult audiences.

It takes something special, a quality that possibly cannot be named, save for whatever the combination of 'violent' and 'awesome' could possibly make-- Maybe that 'awesolent' quality-- the one that makes you sit back in your chair, or couch, or edge of your bed respectively, and say "This show is so 'awesolent', I wish *I'd* created it.." Maybe I'm projecting, but we should all, as proper Adult Swim watchers, be so very thankful to have the work of Augenblick Studios at our beck and call.

Superjail is comprised of a cast of characters that are so unique-- (save for the odd resemblance of the Warden to... I'll let you finish that one..) and yet somehow relative... if only on the abstract sense.

The animation is amazing, creative doesn't even begin to describe-- there is clearly so much thought in this series, from every single aspect -- artistically, audibly-- the thoroughness is almost enough to make your gut churn, because it's so pleasing to see something so *different* from the current line up of Adult Swim. Don't get me wrong. Thereare shows that I shan't name, that do actually have excellent stories-- but the animation is garbage, it's careless, and it's done on a low budget-- okay, I know, I'm sorry the economy's bad... but Superjail..

Ahhh.. just say 'Superjail..' aloud, and sigh. Doesn't it feel good? Don't you just want to stop reading this and watch it? The shows always leave the viewer in a state of awe at the end, which is excellent. I'm not talking' dumbfounded, not sure what happened awe, I'm talking' the 'oh, holy $h!t!!!' AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT, WHEN WE ARE WATCHING AN ADULT SWIM PROGRAM, AMIRITE? This show gets an A+, as far as I'm concerned. It's the best show on Adult Swim right now, hands down.

This show is brilliant. Yes, it's for people on hallucinogens, but the last two episodes (Time Police 1 & 2) show how deep the story can get. There are some poignant statements made about totalitarianism. If the end of Season One can illustrate what's ahead in Season Two (premiering April 3, 2011), then this show will top itself. The animation makes Rob Zombie jealous. Jared shoots evil cupcakes!

What a funny, dark, and sadistic psychedelic mind f***. Thanks Superjail! You made me decide to trip for the first time in 10 years. And it paid off! I have been checking monthly for two years for Season 2. I cannot wait to see what is next!

I was excited when I saw more Superjail episodes were being produced after the first season, but I was less excited when I saw how the show was starting to become yet another surreal pothead Adult Swim animated comedy.

The acid-trip hellscapes and grimy, underground feel of the first season disappears in subsequent seasons, so that the show is a shell of its former self. A major problem is that the animation gets cleaner and brighter; the rough-around-the-edges, scrawled-on-a-bathroom-stall look was vital to season one's in-your-face insanity. Season 2 in particular really feels like a second-order pastiche or detached parody of season 1, with awful writing and painfully unfunny new characters like the unnecessary supervillain "Lord Stingray".

But nothing tops that first season. When I first laid eyes on it, late at night on Adult Swim, I thought I'd borne witness to another plane of existence, some abominable, squirming, televised thing that could only have been the sum total of a drug-addicted, homeless 30-something's soul vomited onto animation cells and then blasphemously beamed into homes around the nation. The show disgusted me, captivated me, and left images seared into my brain that I'll never be able to scrub away.

From the sound design, to the voice acting, to the fight and torture scenes, to the angry and violent end credits, the first 10 episodes of this show are to be savored by animation fans and those looking for something to watch that pretty much amounts to religious defilement. Can't say the same for the other seasons, though.

Oh, and "Time Police" Parts 1 and 2, the final two episodes of season one, will forever be one of the best two-part finales of any television show, ever - live action or otherwise. Watch those two episodes, if nothing else.

The Adult Swim lineup generally has its hit or misses but this is one of the few true animated gems in the bunch. The show follows The Warden of Superjail who brings his Wonka-esquire, Scarry inspired fantasies to life in every episode. He is flanked by Jared the neurotic accountant, Alice the "female" prison guard, and Jailbot a merciless robot enforcer. Throw in the ultra violent prisoners, two time traveling techno-twins, and an experimental doctor and you have a recipe for some crazy plot lines.

The show shines brightest in the animation department. Every episode is richly colored and detailed unlike most animation on television (are you listening Adult Swim lineup?). The pace is fast and exciting and one really doesn't know how the next inmate will be killed- knife impalement, chainsaw, being clobbered to a bloody pulp by his own arm. Did I mention the ultra-violence in this show? The blood and gore that flows in every episode brings another comedic element to the show since most of it is done for, well, comedic effect. So... NOT FOR CHILDREN! In conclusion, if you enjoy the often violent, non-sequitur tales of Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Plympton, or Ren & Stimpy- this show is for you. If not, at least give it a try.

Cheers!

Superjail! is without a doubt one of the best Adult Swim cartoons ever made, I mean really, guys, really! The Warden, Jared, Alice, The Twins, Stingray, and other characters are all cool! I love the writing, I love the blood and glore violence, and I love the variety of the background, everything about this show is simply cool! Give this one a 9.8/10

I would not label myself as an Adult Swim connoisseur, but I've watched enough of it to realize that it's quality has greatly declined in the last few years. Though AS was and is more a showcase for offbeat, randomness-based humor than top-notch animation, recent programs have begun to severely push the limits of tolerable quality in both fields - that is to say, they aren't funny and the animation sucks (there is no excuse for '12 Oz. Mouse'. There is no excuse.).

By no means is 'Superjail' adult swim's saving grace. In terms of premise, it's no surprise it'd be in their programming block (a violent, surrealist comedy set in a violent, surrealist futuristic prison), nor is it quite chock full of gutbusting humor or even a foreseeable future beyond one or two seasons (but I feel I'm being too harsh).

See, what makes 'Superjail' stand out far above it's fellow Adult Swim shows is it's art. In a complete 180 from AS' usual preference of poorly animated Flash cartoons, 'Superjail' is psychedelic, vivid and detailed, recalling the best of early 90s alternative comics and cartoons (think Mike Judge and 'Liquid Television'). Each second of animation is pure mania, crammed with as much action as the eye can take, but never in a way that seems too busy or distracting. It's a sheer blast to the senses and you can't take your eyes off it. Simply, the art breathes with LIFE, which is a lot more than I could say about...well, ANY Adult Swim cartoon.

Not to say that the art is the show's only positive point; the consistently hilarious David Wain (of 'Wet Hot American Summer' and 'Stella') supplies the voice of "The Warden", the series' protagonist who, though slightly two-dimensional, is just as lively and wild as the animation, both in character and voice. And, though not as often as I'd have liked to, I had a hard chuckle here and there at some of the show's clever 'ATHF'-esque use of non-sequiturs ("four hearts was one too many", indeed).

Though it certainly won't become the next 'SeaLab' (or whatever), 'Superjail' is definitely worth the time for those into offbeat animation or anyone who just wants to see something *different* on TV for once. I only hope that the demented aesthetics 'Superjail' will spark a similar line of Adult Swim shows in the future and get the block back on the right track...after all, future generations simply can't endure another "Assy McGee"...

This show is very bad, and not in the fun way. It's deeply disturbing, since it's nothing but extreme amount of violence. There's no good writing, no charisma in characters, animation is awful. All of the above could've been exused if there was some deep commentary on society normas and prison system, but there isn't any of that. Why this show needed to be done? The only thing I can think of (aside from creator's needs to sublimate some very problematic urges) is that it was intended as a show no one should actually watch, because of how bad it is. In that case, of course, it would be a great piece of art. Unfortunately, something tells me it's just an awful animation with nothing inside whatsoever. Why some people like it so much is beyond my understanding, but I will assume that it's because they are as problematic as creator of this piece of...culture.

I'm 18 but I just hate adult television this show is a perfect example why. I remember as a kid being excited to watch what ever I want but now I realize that adult television is hot garbage. It's always tries to be so edgy, violent and as inappropriate as it can be which makes it no funny. I'm not saying that i watch kids shows but I am saying adult tv is horrible, I don't get how people like this garbage, mr.pickles and big mouth.

Amazing bloody masterpiece i love this with all my heart.

Do you wanna take drugs without life threatening consequences? Well just watch this show!

This is perhaps the most violent of all the Adult Swim shows, and it's filled with plenty of outrageous jokes, which combined with the bizarre-looking animation, it almost ends feeling like a fever dream.

But it works. It was entertaining to watch despite (or maybe because) of all the weirdness and extreme violence. At least nobody can deny it was a very imaginative series.

Shame it was cancelled in such an abrupt manner.

This is a better than average show. It's completely surreal and almost as original. i've watched Adult Swin ever since the beginning and while this is not the best show ever on CN, it's not even close to the worst.

Every episode starts out with the same criminal being arrested by the jailbot. After he is arrested he gets carried off to the Superjail. It gets crazy from there. The warden who is greatly played by the great David Wain is a crazy man in a purple suit. He has an assistant who is a highly pitched timid little man. And he guard who is a man looking woman (who has a bulge?) that beats the guts out of anyone who gets out of line.

It's extremely violent and over the top. It reminds of of the movie El Topo only it makes more sense, kind of. It's very surreal and gets out of hand easily but that's not a bad thing. While i've never laughed at it, it's very entertaining and never predictable. The only thing you should expect is it almost turns into chaos and twists completely. The writers most likely don't even know where they'll be going with it.

The animation is very old school and looks great especially compared to shows like 12 oz mouse. It isn't the best animation, but it's still nice.

But the shows is very entertaining and i enjoy it a lot. But if you're off put by the surreal craziness need a constant plot of it then it obviously not for you.

This is one of those weird, experimental shows Adult Swim featured. It's chalk full of fast-paced, trippy scenes of animated violence and chaos. Superjail is a massive jail of the roughest of the rough, that exists in a dimension where the laws of physics, as we know them, not only fail to apply, but flourish in a random, illogical nature. Where the environment and elements are incohesive, and even time is nonlinear and warped.

Superjail is a fantastic and entertaining show, that appeals to me as a simulation for experiencing hallucinatory drugs, without having to actually experience hallucinatory drugs. The events on screen are so quick, it's not a show where you can "keep an eye on" while simultaneously crocheting a lovely cropped top for your mother-in-law.

With the exception of a handful of lucky reappearing minor characters, all inmates at Superjail are subject to death at any given moment, and in any given number. It's obviously not a government-sanctioned institution. It's best summed up as the most unsafe environment ever conceived.

The warden is a carefree, imaginative fellow who is impartial to the consequences of his constant and eccentric ideas to improve his beloved Superjail. He's also madly in love with Alice, the dedicated and brutal prison guard, whose actual gender couldn't be more obvious. But Alice rules. And then there's Jared, who's a lot like Tweek from "South Park." Constantly on edge, he's the recovering alcoholic financial advisor to The Warden, even though it seems like there's no limit to the budget.

Then there's arguably the best character of them all: Jailbot. Having only a 32-bit screen for a face, and only able to communicate through basic emotes, Jailbot is a massive force of justice and an effective "guard-and-attack dog" for The Warden. Possibly the only character more loyal to The Warden than Alice, he's a Swiss Army Knife of pain, and is a complete sadist (but not completely emotionless). I love Jailbot. For a robot, he's rather insane, fun, and cute all at once.

There are a few other semi-minor characters, like the German scientist, the guy who keeps escaping the jail somehow but is always brought back to his "home" at the beginning of each episode, the gay inmate couple, the techo-alien twins who seem to be a type of god in this world and exploit the events in each episode for their own amusement, the mysterious dude with the canary (who controls who?), and the female versions of the main characters. Everybody adds a fun, unique dynamic to the show.

It's got an odd charm that just seems to work. It's certainly not for everybody, because it's so bizarre. But it can be a hidden treasure for viewers like you, especially if you were that weird kid who grew up drawing a bunch of cartoonish, random violence in a series of flip-books. Then you should understand this show's creators/animators most likely grew up doing the same exact thing.

I watched one episode of this show about a year ago and found it pretty boring. It's somewhere between gore-humor and awkward-humor, and it relies on the same couple sources for laughs over and over again. The Warden is just straight batshit insane, his secretary is a disgusting shemale mutant that he wants nothing more than a night in bed with, and the inmates lives are regarded as worthless and therefore no one is really phased when they are brutally slaughtered.

After watching a couple more episodes however, it became pretty clear to me that there was a saving grace for this show, and that is that even though the show isn't incredibly diverse or clever, it paces itself and sets itself up pretty well for insane, comically over-the-top endings to the episodes. The most obvious episode in this case is "Cold-Blooded", where the jail becomes frozen solid and snow creatures unleash gory hell on the inmates and basically anyone and everyone in the script. The point is that the show gives you kind of mildly funny, gory deaths until you're sick of it, and then overwhelms you with ridiculously fast-paced, orchestrated genocide. Even though you were sick of the show being monotonous, by the time the ending scene is finished, you are laughing your ass off because what you just saw was so epic that it changed your mind again.

The opening credits also feature different crimes being committed, and then Killbot, the Warden's robot, brings them to superjail. Some of these were pretty funny as well.

Well... I've watched the whole series for twice,honestly,I can't understand everything the writer wanna tell us , it's kinda weird but I love this animation a lot.

Take The Venture Brothers and remove all of the plot, character depth, intriguing story-lines, and nostalgic hilarity and you will be left with Superjail. A vain, somewhat sadistic Dr. Ventur-I mean Warden, a goody two shoes Hank and Dea-I mean Jared, a robot, and a killing machine Broc- I mean Alice.

Superjail seems to me to be stuck in the early '90's "look how naughty we can be" stage of cartoons. If this show had come out pre-Ren and Stimpy, it would've been a hit, because there was nothing else like it. Only problem is, it's 20 years down the road and there have been about a dozen other shows since that offer more than just violence and penis jokes.

I would like to say however, that regardless of how ridiculously over the top and unoriginal it gets, there are a few halfway decent episodes, usually revolving around non-main characters. and it does make you want to see the end of the episode, just to see if it actually will get better or make sense of all the mindlessness and crude humor. It won't, but it still can be an interesting experience

Superjail is far and away one of the strangest pieces of animation ever allowed on the small screen. This show is much more of a bad acid trip than almost anything else you will ever see without breaking the law.

the series follows the eccentric cast of characters that inhabit Superjail and their daily sadistic adventures.

In particular I enjoyed the episodes that included the characters simply known as the twins in a supporting role but nearly every episode is graced by the show stealing Warden who's crazy shenanigans are often violent and grotesque but never boring.

I would not recommend this to the average viewer and I would never recommend this for viewing by a child but if you have read all that I've said and you want to give it a shot then by all means.

Long live Superjail!