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Demarco was not aware that Urusei was even out or dubbed. I had to let him know. He told me initially that he’d consider the show if it turned out good. I doubt he’s even looked at HiDive

They essentially are syndicating anime now- constantly being a “season” behind Thats a lot different than 4-5 years ago where we were still getting shows in season but slightly behind and even further than when most of the block was dub premieres Companies increasingly see the value in Netflix/Hulu than TV for their “big” shows Toonami needs to start getting the things that aren’t on 3 other platforms a year after anyone cares

Programming absolutely cannot play games here anymore and deprive Toonami of premieres of any action originals or dubs of anime originals No Thursday premieres and that includes Primal. During his AMA, Genndy told me he doesn’t make programming or time slot decisions- that’s a network call. So it shouldn’t be an issue it’s frustrating because WBD makes enough content to keep Toonami filled with originals, but they all go to MAX. That combined with them not giving Toonami the dubs of the last 2 anime originals and their past giving Thursday the premieres of action shows makes for a very sparse block. But they keep blaming CR for the abysmal state of the block

Back in 2016, Demarco saw his main competitors in getting Super were other cable channels. This was especially true because TOEI wanted it marketed to children. TOEI also would never dream of it going to streaming first. I’m with you on the Netflix question. That’s arguably the service most likely to be in most households and they have the worst Daima deal with it being a week behind. Hulu/Disney currently doesn’t have the dub on the schedule, but you know what is? The dub of MHA season 7. In fact, the first half is already on there and the rest is coming in January. So this definitely isn’t CR holding it back. Hulu probably secured the second position rights

Hate to say it, but I don’t think the current WBD management is interested in paying huge money for a show they won’t own and they can’t stream on MAX. Especially if it’s non exclusive Super was different. I think AS had more of a stake in it. They had rerun rights, had the dub exclusively, they even had merchandise and swag that they were giving away at cons and such. Super also was an ongoing show with no end date when they got it and this show is only 20 episodes. Super was much more of an insurance policy for long term benefits and likely thought it was well worth the cost. Not to mention viewership was much higher I just have a hard time believing TOEI would be satisfied with the dub only being on CR. I’m waiting to see if it shows up anywhere else

I think it’s time to say Goodbye and at least go out on a high note If TOEI doesn’t even see the value of a TV Premeire anymore, the odds of them getting any show even in the same season are next to nothing now

Toonami can’t play with the big boys anymore They need to face reality They need to look elsewhere for shows they can actually get.

Maybe They lost their last bit of goodwill with me for now

They didn’t get Daima or MHA If they had either of these coming they wouldn’t move Mash to midnight They really screwed up here. They can’t get the big shows and refuse to look at anything else. Keeping the block stalled with reruns waiting for these shows a year after they air is a bad strategy. They could easily populate the block with lesser known SENTAI or Aniplex shows and at least keep things moving but they don’t even consider it They need someone at the helm who understands these companies are not picking up the phone and go after shows that are available

They really let us down here Really nothing better than IFG reruns This is just ugly- no getting around it

The 2 episodes a week helped big time. The show is so slow at just 1 and I don’t see Toonami giving it a full hour

I was just thinking that the other day

This could be a thing with the FG contrac where more PT airings result in losing the encores

Again, the article is on ANN, it’s not CR that is saying this This is more likely to mean that it’s shut out of Netflix, Hulu, ect If Toonami couldn’t convince TOEI to make a deal than this is just another nail in Toonami’s irrelevance as a place seen to reach a wide audience. That and the market just being on a level where Toonami can’t get things without extreme charity

It only says that on ANN, not on Crunchyroll own site But if it’s true, then that means the other steamerrs are also left out

If they continue to have problems getting shows in a timely manner, (i mean I like Demon Slayer, but year old Demon Slayer is not interesting to people), and there isn’t a healthy slate of originals coming- I wouldn’t be sad if the block wound down

We should be airing Creatures Commandos. WBD treats Toonami like garbage This show is getting traction. Jake Tapper of CNN was even promoting it

It didn’t have to be, but rising cable costs in addition to companies trying to put all their good stuff on streaming in attempts to be the next Netflix ruined everything If they came out with more skinny bundle cable packages like Sling, you’d have a lot more people willing to sign up

What’s crazy is that there are numerous people I’ve spoken with in casual conversation about this who didn’t know the show left the network in the first place

The dates and timing work out way too well. If not it’s going to be very disappointing

I have to wonder, if this has nothing to do with Toonami, why would CR wait until January when (from what I hear), much of the dub is ready. They could literally drop several episodes right now, which is how CR usually does things

If they drop all 3 theater episodes on 1-10, Toonami will always be behind them at least 2 episodes I guess

Krap is already renewed through like season 4 already unfortunately

This definitely isn’t something you sit on until 2 weeks before

It’s annoying that they only seem to drop news at noon on Friday