OwlChemist81

They had one chance to get this right, and they BLEW IT!!

Why does Adult Swim hump LOL Surprise!?

It's almost the moment we've been waiting for--in just a few minutes!!

NIIIIIICE speech!!

You thought the "Stone Wars" would be between Tsukasa and Senku, but NO! It's infighting between Tsukasa and Hyoga!

Wow, what a proposition! And Senku just goes along with it! This should be fun!!

Wow, what's up here? So THAT'S who he is!!

Interesting...

We don't even know for sure if this will work though!

Oh, you mean like we're kinda getting here in America about Covid!?

Don't be such a stick in the "ud-may!"

Let the secret mission begin!!

SCIENCE TIME!! Secret mission!?

As a soccer fan, draws are a very real thing!

Let's get CREEPY! 2:30 AM TONITE ONLY TOONAMI!

2 AM is MAGIC HOUR!! ONLY TOONAMI!!

It's not a dub premiere. It IS, however, a "cable original!"

ALL ABOARD!!! The train leaves the station at a new time: 1:30 AM Tonight (6/26-27/21)! ONLY TOONAMI!!

Ladies First... ...at 1 AM! Tonight (6/26-27/21) ONLY TOONAMI!!

I really need to start lurking this thread again...

Actually, I was just a little off. TPN did indeed follow SAO, but there was a nearly 2-month gap between them! AOT held down the dub premiere fort in the meantime, and in fact in parts of January, February, April, and May, the block actually hosted TWO dub premieres during AOTFS1's run!

Bumping this because with Yasha-Hime coming, Toonami now finds itself in an interesting situation: the block is officially without dub premieres. It's not the first time this has happened, as it also occurred last year, in June and July, as Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind was forced into a 2-month hiatus. When it came back in August, the block was consistently with one dub premiere for almost 11 months: first the conclusion of JoJo; then SAOAWOU2; and finally TPN season 2. However, that isn't the case with Yasha-hime, so despite the block arguably being much fresher than the pandemic-induced summer doldrums of last year, it is indeed once again without a dub premiere. But I don't believe it will last that long this time, as we've got not just dub premieres coming, but WORLD premieres, in Fena and Blade Runner! So, despite no longer having dub premieres for now, the 2nd half of the year looks quite bright for Toonami!

Juneteenth falls on a Sunday next year, and a Monday the year after that (2023). With 2024 being a leap year, the next time it's on a Saturday would be 2027, so if Toonami's still around, it won't affect it again until then. They definitely should have aired Cleveland-heavy episodes of Family Guy instead of Black Dynamite though. As for the future of Toonami without Family Guy as its lead-in, my guess is that they'll probably just put American Dad there. That worked for Bleach in 2010. And after Dragon Ball Super ends it's current 3:30 AM run, they might just stick it at 8 PM and double it up.

Rick & Morty did well. Granted, it had Family Guy for its lead-in. Toonami had Black Dynamite reruns as its lead-in, and, though I watched and enjoyed them, Toonami's ratings last Saturday made 2014's look good. Brace yourselves: https://www.spoilertv.com/2021/06/tv-ratings-for-saturday-19th-june-2021.html?m=1

First episode Is a total nostalgia trip!