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Damn, they’re being petty over less than 24 hours. Seriously just let them post it right away and call it a day. It’s not going to affect ratings one way or another at this point

Honestly, the Doctor Stone thing makes no sense. It’s the first new thing in several months and nothing is said. Even if it’s a little predictable sequel, it’s significant Regarding Gundam, if they manage to get it in the end, it shows that he should never publicly close the door on a show. People will take that to mean “don’t wait for it. Go watch it” Hellsing was lesson number 1 in that and I’d say MHA was the second, I literally was 2 seasons in on my own when they announced it for Toonami

I’m bookmarking that page. It’s really interesting to see how low these numbers are now days

Despite the general fanbase bemoaning Primal reruns starting out the block, people were live tweeting it. Of course, the big Toonami fan sites were tweeting along as the episode aired as usual, but several were also doing low effort tweets (“I wish I had a dinosaur!” “Good one Spear” “lol typical Fang”) which seemed to be this thing people do to get all Toonami shows trending. Or these are people who just love to watch this show which will vindicate the network in this choice. Of course, if you want to see the show gone, don’t feel obligated to give it any extra attention or it’ll be back for another go round next time.

I swear, this week there will still be people who go “Way to go Spear!” #Primal #Toonami during the whole hour. That’s what’s most annoying. There’s a few on Twitter who think it’s funny how many times it’s run and will probably try to get it to trend as a lark Some fan site accounts will also highlight how “an hour of Primal season 2 kicks off the block…NOW! #Primal #Toonami” lol We also can’t discount the possibility that the ratings for the hour will be on par with the MHA hour and it’ll completely vindicate their decision. Stranger things have happened

I don’t know what the deal with Sentai is It seems like they get tied up in going after popular Sony things that they aren’t looking at Sentai. I hope I’m wrong on that My discussions with fandom on this typically result in being told that Sentai doesn’t have “good” or “popular” things and that Toonami just “can’t air ANYTHING” if they hope to hook the casual audience I do think if this is the attitude they share, it goes against the principles of what made Toonami popular to begin with. They took lesser known shows and elevated them. They didn’t take already popular things and threw them out there for the smaller and smaller audience that hadn’t already seen it them. It goes bother me a little that they are still hoping the Sony thing gets better because they will continue to pin their hopes on that with a low yield. If it becomes a formalized partnership then great, but I just wouldn’t trust them on a show by show basis. They really should take a look at the Sentai catalog and pick some cheap things that look like they’d fit the block. Even if they are other genres- try something out. Continuing to hope Sony will cooperate is just not worth it when half the time you have to stall or resort to reruns. Kind of reminds me of the guy who finally gets over their ex and makes a connection but then starts ignoring her because the ex finally replied “k” to a text 2 weeks later

They said something about less lawyers ti work on this stuff, but that’s not something they can blame on Japan- that’s a WBD problem But if they used to have lawyers going at Japan 24/7 and now they have 1 who only tries to talk to them every couple of days that can significantly slow things down

Ironically Unicorn has yet to appear on the grid at al

I can’t tell you how many times CR announced a shows dubbed starting “tomorrow” in the last little while i think Unicorn is going to be one of those shows they are marketing to every potential audience. AS casuals, families, Toonami viewers, and streamers. I feel like the same thing will happen with Superman

“LOL we asked the same company that’s told us no 100 times a 101st time and they said no again! Sorry! Maybe next time they’ll say yes!”

And that’s easy to fix. Someone’s got wrong data. Other than the grid we got no formal announcement of this

Nothing. It’s a mistake. I knew they would do this

Yet they insisted the NOW NEXT LATER bumps were of little value anymore

I think they missed an opportunity in 2016 to get in on a partnership with Funimation to air simuldubs. Demarco wanted to see if MHA “would stay popular” and that backfired on them. They instead went down the “heavily requested” route of HXH Gundam and Jojo and Funimation kind of got something going without them But I’d say 2017-2018 was when things started to change. Simuldubs were taking off and these companies began to stop even considering Toonami has a place to premiere dubs. Now it was all good because they were still letting them air the shows a little later I think the whole thing really shifted with COVID. They were already on a cut budget due to the over spending in 2019 and not being able to pick things up gave the companies a chance to see they could do it without them. The complete blocking of shows we see now would be unheard of a few years ago I do hope their process isn’t just persuing these shows over and over again every time a slot opens up

It’s been pretty good so far. including the visual quality Why is that the deal breaker? Especially when you’re having trouble finding what you’re looking for

I kind of prefer how AS was during the early weeknight era where comedy and anime were mixed every night- including Sunday. They all had black and white cards and it felt like a cohesive block I don’t know why but there was this huge push to seperate them again to have a Saturday block

Right- anime RERUNS may not move the needle, but when’s the last time they tried a premeire outside of Saturday nights- like 2005? I just think the idea that all anime MUST air on Saturday night was a concept based on the ASA days of very obscure titles and little promotion. Now that there is a clearly defined block (Toonami), that limits their options. But by dismissing the notion of a wider appealing anime potentially preforming because “AS viewers only like comedy”- they are self limiting what anime can do. The perception regarding it has vastly changed since the early 2000s and even since the days of Toonami’s return

The same argument can be made for any anime that has potential for a higher audience. So I’m looking at what Genndy’s logic is here and applying it across the board. I think they should take each anime they pick up and consider if it has the ability to react a wider audience and air it where it can do that. If that means they have to dissolve Toonami as a block, so be it. I think its best that they have no more self restrictions on where things need to air

This again makes me question if Toonami is seen as something that holds a show back because of its timeslot. Landing the premiere would’ve been a huge win for the block right now had we are kind of in a “break glass in case of emergency” situation. This is a good compromise but this along with them not wanting to even air the Rick anime as part of Toonami tells you how the block is viewed in context of reaching a large casual crowd. It reminds me of when TOEI had that weird 8pm mandate to stealth air Super. The late night weekend block is not ideal for reaching a large amount of regular viewers. The idea of all their anime having to be late night on a Saturday could be a deterrent It’s very hard to say this, but I question whether the block is doing anyone any good in a state where they can’t pick up shows and large mainstream shows are seen as being “too good” to waste their potential there. Would the upcoming original anime projects be better served elsewhere on the network or on HBOMAX? Not saying that’s where the thinking is at the network, but it seems like it’s going to be very tough maintaining a 3 hour block with 6 constant premieres moving forward

They understand money. That’s what these execs are known for. I knew this was going to happen. Lazzo and them were fine with most ideas as long as they were cheap and would usually give things some time before canceling. Zaslov is known for his ruthless cost cutting and being coy about what he’s going to do He’s known for coming in acting like your best buddy who loves what you’re doing so you talk more- then pulling the plug

I think one thing that limits Toonami’s reach is it’ll being on Saturday only. It’s not competitive, but I’d the least watched night of the week. I feel like expensive projects like Primal and the new Rick and Morty anime are seen as wasted if premiered late on a night like that. So it may be worth looking into expanding outward on other nights if their are projects that have ratings potential. I think they severely limit the Toonami brand and it’s audience potential by confining it to only Saturday. Premeire those bigger shows on weeknights like they plan to, but give them Toonami packaging

I’m thinking the slot cut may happen. I think the blame is increasingly on external factors they can’t control. One could argue they should’ve seen it coming, but when one company controls so much anime what can you do However, it’s time to move on from trying to get CR shows and start looking within at what’s actually obtainable. Even if it’s a DC show, something fun from the library, a Sentai title. I hope they still aren’t trying to get unobtainable things and not having backup plans It is what it is. People will be let down if we have another show go unreplaced. It’s a dissapointing thing. I’m hoping there’s some understanding at that rather than “You don’t like it..don’t watch! If you don’t work in TV you have no idea what’s going on”. It’s an understandable bummer But at this point, this stuff shouldn’t suprise us anymore

For starters they need an official Twitter account Also a presence on other social platforms besides Facebook. It’s considered the network mostly older people use and engaging on platforms with different audiences would help. Of course being what’s considered an older guy myself I’d have no idea what those would be 😛

Famous example of this was after the 7 hour block didn’t work out in 2018, he put Lazzo on blast claiming that he told him it wouldn’t work but Lazzo really wanted to try it. But when it happened was all about it. Now granted, he’s a company man who has been with the company through several mergers and has kept his job through it all- even moving up the company. Any programming decision they make, no matter how ill advised is usually supported by him until they are done away with

GT can take his check for the show and just be happy someone helped him make it. Season 2 didn’t exactly light the world on fire with ratings on Sunday night