OwlChemist81

Oh, something big's happening here!!

Zero got struck down! The pinwheel!!

Holy crap, the captions are spelling "Tessaiga" correctly! Even Final Act called it "Tetsusaiga!"

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/yashahime-princess-half-demon/episode-22/.170344 Well, what do you know? A semi-positive review! Episode 23: let's go!! Oh, the comet!!

Hey, you're right!!

Holy crap!

HERE WE GO!!! Think I'm going to fix me some hot tea to enjoy during this show!

I've thought they were all fantastic! No rating for now, so ON to Yashahime!!

Yep, damn! Believe it or not, the police chief is... Or rather, he WAS...

Stephen Root?? He was also the bunny swordsman in Thundercats, y'know!

Nobody's here--everyone got drunk on eggnog and went to bed early, apparently...

Let us persist!!

The crazy apocalyptic tag-team battle between Madara and Obito in one corner, and Naruto and Kakashi in the other, continues, with Killer Bee on the sidelines cheering for the good guys! Don't miss the last episode of 2021 tonight at 2 AM! ONLY TOONAMI!!

Episode 6: "Persistence Of Memory" The last semi-normal Toonami night of 2021 begins normally with an episode of everyone's favorite Replicant Retribution story! Midnight tomorrow night (12/11-12/21) Only TOONAMI!!

TRIPLE THREAT!!! Episode 22: The Stolen Seal Episode 23: 3 Princesses Strike Back Episode 24: Sesshomaru's Daughter Tomorrow night (12/11-12/21) at 12:30, RYFs (Rabid Yashahime Fans) Rejoice!! Your favorite show is on TV for a full hour and a half to bring Season 1 to its possibly thrilling conclusion! ONLY TOONAMI!!

With the exception of Food Wars, which so far has been a block staple for 2-1/2 years now, I guess you're right... ...but Dr. Stone ain't exactly a traditional "action" show either.

April Fools' Day 2023: Heavily Censored Scat Hentai! 💩

I suppose that's true. But as far as I know, the dubs aren't available to stream yet. But this is really not that different from the first season. It streamed for 6 months before it finally got a dub premiere on Toonami! If they DO bring it to the block in January 2022, it will be half the time, and most of that will have been movie rehashes anyway. Another possibility is he's not even referring to a current situation, but something that happened with the original acquisition in 2019. But I guess we'll probably never know for sure.

At least with Demon Slayer there's a pretty safe bet that it will be relevant for a while. But as I said previously more verbosely, I believe this is more an acknowledgement of the trouble they had not picking it up in 2021, which has led to at least double shows on every "normal" lineup since early October, than an admission of defeat for 2022.

Exactly. The "Freeze-out" could refer only to how much money they were putting up for the TV rights while it is still 2021; in 2022 when the budget resets, it's possible the freeze-out ends because they're able to afford it again. Another possibility I see is that it COULD have prevented episodes of Season 2 that recap the movie from airing earlier in 2021. It's not a coincidence that they've doubled up on new shows like MHA, Blade Runner, and Yashahime since November. If the original plan was to bring Demon Slayer Season 2 on in early November, which isn't that far-fetched since most of the dubbing (which was in the movie) is already done, then the tweet is in response to the frustration DeMarco felt by not being able to air Demon Slayer Season 2 earlier, not that Toonami will never air it. This is not the same as the admission of defeat that he made over losing JoJo. I realize I'm probably being overly optimistic, but I hope I'm right. We've got what most likely will be the last "normal" lineup of 2021 this weekend, with 6 different shows, though 3 Yashahimes in one night is anything but normal. And of course this was probably caused in part by the Demon Slayer "Freeze-out"!

I also really believe this tweet needs to be taken into context with the time of year that it is. The "freeze-out" may only be in effect for 2021 because Toonami is out of gas, but you gotta think they'll be refueled and ready to take a flamethrower to that beeyotch in 2022!!

Also, if that's the case except for their originals and Viz stuff Netflix didn't seem all that interested in like Yashahime and Naruto Shippuden, maybe they can get by airing horrid old crap from Central Park Media like Syfy did during the darkest days of Ani-Monday in like January 2010? Reign the Conqueror, anyone?? Or, there's always Boruto. Wonder if they can get back to the negotiation table for that?? Would be better than nothing!

Just one show was eligible, and it made it, but DAMN, women weren't watching!! https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-saturday-12-4-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html This performance makes me believe it was actually Yashahime which carried that key demographic, because in its absence, female watchers dropped off HARD! Towa a stronger lead than Elle; go figure! Edit: oddly enough, we do have numbers for the 3 AM hour in the update: "On Adult Swim, DR STONE dropped 0.02 to 0.06/109K, and DRAGON BALL was down 0.02 to 0.05/113K." That's really not too shabby since the premiere was only at 0.09/218K.

Eh, could still be just a coy response when negotiations are still ongoing...

Saturday's American Dad at 11 PM took the #2 rerun slot on the network for the week of 11/22-11/28. It was only beaten by a Tuesday night episode of AD on [as], but [as] as a whole is WAAAAAY down compared to its former peers: http://www.ratingsryan.com/2021/12/top-200-cable-reruns-week-ending.html