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With the December 20th schedule revealed to be a normal night, the only thing left for Toonami in 2025 is a marathon I guarantee no one cares about. So let’s look forward to 2026. For the first time in many years, we aren’t ending the year on a whimper with vast schedule gaps that need filled as soon as the calendar rolls over to January. In fact, we are solid for about a month and a half. Here are estimated end dates, accounting for a likely marathon the first Saturday of the year on Jan 3rd Bleach S3 - March 14th Blue Exorcist - February 7th Mashle - February 7th One Piece - never Dan Da Dan - January 31st Daima - April 4th Naruto - on demand says it expires in May, I doubt they maintain the license. As we know Primal S3 reruns are likely going to shit up the schedule on 1/17, I’d bet Dan Da Dan either runs an episode on both marathon nights, or gets doubled up a few weeks to clear it off the schedule and open a slot. Let’s take stock of what we know is coming on the original side, and what accessible sequels they can grab. Originals Primal S3 - confirmed premiers off Toonami, likely rerunning at midnight for the block on 1/17. Rooster Fighter - confirmed for spring 2026, likely going to slide right in around when Primal ends. Get Jiro! - Implied for a 2026 release but we don’t have many other details. My Adventures with Superman S3 and S4 - no date given, though these were announced mid 2024 so 2026 could be in the strike zone for at least one season. Super Mutant Magic Academy - no dates thus far, and not even certain to be a Toonami show, but it’s a Toonami coded show so we shouldn’t be surprised if we end up stuck with it. Acquired sequels that the block can get Bleach TYBW S4 - set for 2026, for sure not making the winter season. Discussion from Kubo implies and absolute best case scenario would be Summer 2026, but between airing and dubbing, this easily could end up being a 2027 pickup Blue Exorcist S5 - I’d say it’s a safe bet this replaces S4 in February Dan Da Dan S2 - if they are smart, they will wait till mid August or so to pick this up so it’s still premiering new episodes in October Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc - coming in at only 8 episodes, and with Infinity Castle multiple years off from getting a TV cut, they likely are not in a huge rush to get this on One Punch Man S3 - Unfortunately, we likely will have this visual abomination on the block. Of all the sequels we lost access to, why couldn’t this have been one of them? Concerningly, that’s it on the sequel front. As we know, any sequel series held by Crunchyroll is off limits, so the likes of MHA, Dr Stone, Fire Force, etc won’t ever complete their runs on Toonami barring a large shift in attitude over at Crunchyroll. What about non sequel pickups? Unfortunately, Toonami still seems to be in a very narrow focused mindset on this front. Our only fresh title in 2025 was Dan Da Dan, which while enjoyable, is another Jump series. The Sentai, Viz and Aniplex catalogs continue to be ignored, and while you would think GKIDS would have something else, they really don’t, aside from Witch Watch, which isn’t the genre Toonami typically goes for. On the business side of things, WBD is once again up for sale with some big names throwing their wad on the table to try to lock it down, but as far as affecting Toonami specifically? I doubt we see anything of note. Unless Adult Swim as a whole takes a hit, we likely won’t see any effects on the block. Even if we do see AS take a hit, odds are it won’t happen right away, we can probably clear most of this year without any issues from the sale. So, what are everyone else’s thoughts and expectations for 2026?

Did anyone see the Bills QB get absolutely waterboy'd? I'm all for it! I cannot stress how annoying it is to see QB's fake giving themselves up on the sideline only to keep running for extra yards. Nah, you either go out of bounds, or you are considered a runner I am tired of QB's getting this princess treatment

If it helps any, this week is when we find out which, if any deal they take.

Wow, I didn't take it too far until they stopped giving a damn about the Toonami ratings, did I? https://programminginsider.com/saturday-ratings-abc-espn-and-fox-continue-to-benefit-from-college-football/#cable-shows Someone please tell me why Bleach took the lead again? 🥴

Honestly, the block doesn’t need a Primal encore with how stacked they are. Usually the show is used as a quasi lead when they have nothing else. They’ll probably do it anyway, but there really is no benefit to the block airing this in the front other than a “Hey it aired on the block” badge. A week old rerun won’t perform the same as a 2 day old one.

I don't know why Gendy blames Toonami when he and his team are thes one responsible for Samurai Jack season 5's writing.

Primal is set for a 1/11 premier date, a Sunday https://deadline.com/2025/11/genndy-tartakovsky-primal-season-3-release-date-adult-swim-1236624040/ That means we should expect week old reruns to shit up the midnight Toonami slot starting 1/17