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Aside from being dry, it was pretty epic! Today alone I saw a wrestling show, a rock concert, part of a dance, and TONS of cool panels! Plus I did watch the first 2 episodes of JoJo Part 6 and some other stuff. Bringing it home, I dressed up as Madara Uchiha!

I have had no alcohol all day today at a dry convention. And now that I'm finally home and can have a beer, I kinda regret this decision. ...only because I'm nowhere NEAR drunk enough for this!

True that! MECHA NARUTO!!!

...as did I. Yep, I think this is filler. Sure started with a BANG though!

I think that means this is filler. But DAMN, Steve is GOOD In this episode!

Well, here we have Orochimaru playing Benjamin Frankenstein!

Great save, Robin!!

Sanji is learning self-control at long last!

Caribou IS a big pussy!

I saw most of 523 on the way home from Kami-Con tonight. Well, saw or listened! But in 524, HERE COMES TROUBLE!!

Tonight at 3 AM ONLY TOONAMI!!

Are Hellabitch and the Reaper in cahoots? Or is he being played by the true Mistress of Death? Find out tonight (2/12-13/22) at 1 AM! Only Toonami!!!

Yes I do. Fixed. Calling it now; there will be a forklift episode!!

Ryo battles on in his quest for answers and revenge. Midnight tonight (2/12-13/22), ONLY TOONAMI!!

How in the hell did you do that!?

Tonight (2/12-13/22) at 12:30, the Titans return with a dub premiere of Attack on Titan, right after an all-new Shenmue! Let the carnage begin--ONE LAST TIME! ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Oh, that makes sense. So this isn't an "Is Lupin Still Burning" situation after all! Hard to believe at this point since we've been through 2020 and 2021 which both featured an assortment of Warner Brothers animated movies, but that and the SAO Alicization premiere were really the only 2 things aired in all 2019 that didn't fit neatly into a 30-minute runtime.

I don't see that happening to Dr. Stone at all. Maybe MHA though.

All the more reason then to swap Made In Abyss and Ass Class then at some point. As it is, it's currently going to take out a One Piece unless it slides up to 1 AM for its hour-long season finale and preempts Ass Class for one week only.

I felt the same way about Gundam: The Origin. The bumps never went past Episode 1 despite the fact that the show had regular timeskips. Just acknowledging that Casval/Char had grown up in the bumpers would have been nice. But where that show did score big was its perfect promo. By far my favorite promo of 2019! But I digress. I can certainly see Made In Abyss ending up the same way if more care isn't taken to it. The last 4 episodes have been fairly lighthearted with an air of foreboding. But the mood seems to be changing now...

...but wait, TBS DOES air AEW, and NCAA Basketball once a year. And I think they still air movies. They just acquired AEW at the beginning of 2022, so it might take some time for the change. But if the status quo remains, I'd say it's not too farfetched that, sometime in 2023, the Demon Slayer movie airs on TBS after AEW... ...EVEN IF it still hasn't come to Toonami. On that note, it looks like this season would have some REALLY wonky airtimes, including an hour-long premiere and a 45-MINUTE finale! Maybe it's best that Demon Slayer Season 2 ISN'T coming yet, if ever.

BTW, in case you were curious, here are how reruns are doing lately: http://www.ratingsryan.com/2022/01/top-200-cable-reruns-week-ending_31.html?m=1 Lots of [as] comedy shows make the Top 200, and those numbers aren't bad. Too bad that's just not translating to Toonami these days.

Well, we DO have stability for at least a few weeks now. If there was ever a time for a schedule promo, it's now. ...right after an AOT Final Season Part 2 promo, that is!

I think given these rerun ratings, the only hope Toonami has for getting to run Demon Slayer season 2 in 2022 may be for it to get a 9 PM Weeknights Block on TBS after reruns of The Big Bang Theory: http://www.ratingsryan.com/2022/01/top-200-cable-reruns-week-ending_31.html?m=1 Why they didn't try this with Blade Runner: Black Lotus is beyond me (not the whole series; just an episode), especially since the lead character Elle is actually voiced by the actress who played Penny. Do that with a sneak of the first episode and you MIGHT get an untapped potential audience for Toonami!

Black Lotus ended and Shenmue began, and Toonami returned to the Top 50 this week: https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-saturday-2-5-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html All of the first half of Toonami made the chart, and Black Lotus's thrilling conclusion even cracked the Top 30! And, both originals beat the Senior Bowl in Adults 18-49!