OwlChemist81

So now Adult Swim Music is apparently a thing on TV, and it threatens to take the Midnight Hour from Toonami--or is this a one-time thing!?

Last night really was a fanservice-packed night on Toonami! It's a real shame I slept through most of it, but I DID catch this episode with the west coast in a time of considerable awakened-ness! I think it's kinda funny that this just happened to be episode 311, since the band 311 got their name because it is a code in Omaha, Nebraska for indecent exposure. I wonder if the Japanese were aware of this; it's been well documented how much they love puns!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-132/.159081 Rating: 3.5 stars. I'll agree with that one, and the return of dungeons to the series is quite interesting. In Japan, they had to wait 2 full months to see what comes next. We'll find out next week!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/assassination-classroom/episode-4/.84174 Grade: B-. I don't believe the dumb blonde moment Irina had with the shooting non-SAAUSO ammo was bad enough to send the score down that low, but whatever. I thought this was a very fun episode involving some crazy innuendo!

Good. Now we're set through October 2nd. The dub is now well behind the subtitled versions, and it's recorded from home studios so that's fine, but we are officially only 13 days behind the stream now on Toonami (and I guess that was true last Sunday). My best guess is that they'll probably double up on Fire Force on 10/17 from 1:30-2:30 AM just so they can finish up the rerun in time for the premiere to be on 10/24, at which point BC will also return to 1:30. Then on October 31st, Halloween Night, we're probably getting a marathon (either Ass Class 1-9, also using the bonus hour granted by the switch to DST but otherwise not disturbing the schedule, or perhaps a Paranoia Agent marathon, which for 13 episodes would run from Midnight to 5:30, would also use the bonus hour and WOULD disturb the schedule) so no BC then. Then it would come back November 7th and assuming they can keep cranking out one episode a week, would then be a month behind the dub. So that would be 133, which was released to streaming on 9/6, airing on Toonami on 9/26, 134, which premieres today, airing on Toonami on 10/3, and assuming they can get 135 done either next Sunday or the one after that, would be 10/10 before the show goes into pseudo-hiatus, airing every 2 weeks for a month. We would probably have 136 by 10/24 and 137 by 11/7. But it might not be a bad idea to let one of the FLCLs rerun in November and December, then bring BC back in January if one episode a week just isn't feasible.

Weak point #5: BOOBS!

Isn't the boss still Doppio? No!? What the hell is even going on in this show anymore!? https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/jojo-bizarre-adventure-golden-wind/episode-34/.147894 Rating: 3.5 stars. What!? Oh well; on to ASS CLASS!

OFFF WITH US NOW!!!

I have to admit, this plot point surprised me!

Tonight, it's EPISODE 85: "The Universes Go Into Action, Each With Their Own Motives!!" Midnight tonight (9/19/2020), Kicking Off TOONAMI!!

It's 11:30 for me so tonight my Saturday night shall end like it always does--with Modern Crusaders by Enigma after another great episode of JoJo! Kinda sad that we're down to only 6 left to go until Toonami will have aired all of the current JoJo series in existence! I doubt they would go back and acquire Part 1 and Part 2, but if they need more to play during the pandemic, it would be an interesting move! (I still say the Essence of Kars is in the Stand arrows...) Also, here's some fun pre-episode entertainment from the cast!

Episode 4: "Grown-Up Time" Find out why this show is nicknamed "Ass Class!" 1 AM Tonight (9/19), ONLY TOONAMI!!

Page 132: The Lion Awakens The last of the pre-hiatus episodes finally comes to Toonami!! The filler magic happens at 1:30 AM tonight (9/19)!

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/michael-b-jordan-hbo-max-genlock-season-2-writers-room-change-hollywood-initiative-1234770134/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Probably coming to Toonami in 2022...

DBS back over 500K: "Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.05/217K & 0.09/275K and 0.25/506K compared to last week’s 0.11/289K & 0.10/237K and 0.20/363K, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE up 0.02 to 0.21, ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM up 0.01 to 0.19, BLACK CLOVER up 0.02 to 0.17/346K, FIRE FORCE up 0.04 to 0.16/277K, NARUTO up 0.03 to 0.12/233K, SAMURAI JACK up 0.03 to 0.11/206K, and GEMUSETTO MACHU PICCHU down 0.01 to 0.07/135K." https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-notre-dame-football-season-opener-on-nbc-is-most-watched-sporting-event-of-the-day/

Well, to be fair, I guess it did get edged out by some bullshit on Food Network and Fox News!

Not too shabby there, JoJo! http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-9-12-2020.html Ass Class also did pretty good! Both the highest ratings either has pulled off in their current timeslots all year! Far cry from what we saw 5 years ago though:

Good night, everyone!!

The old ED, the Black Eyed Peas, before anyone knew who they were. AND...LATER!

Jack has his sword back! And his groove!

These fools underestimate her at their own peril

Ah, glad you made it! This discussion has been epic fail for a while!

Seriously!? Y'all suck! Episode XCVIII (98, Season 5, Episode 7)

Yeah, the one from early Shippuden was kind of a wuss!

Oh yeah!