OwlChemist81

Considering we've got about 11 episodes of Black Clover left until it goes on dub hiatus, maybe the Reigen OVA special is what this IS building up to!? Worst case scenario, play 11-12 back-to-back if we run out of Black Clovers prematurely, then the Reigen OVA after that, then Season 2. Toonami just HAS to be bringing in something good for the midnight timeslot once MHA ends! However, I'd say an UZUMAKI/PA midnight hour combo is actually likely!

The world is racing to find both. I think the "Shadow Clone Jutsu" effect may even apply here. It may normally take 6 YEARS to develop a vaccine for an illness if a single company goes at it in a proprietary manner, but with like 12 different labs around the world conducting experiments and sharing data, this could get done in 6 months. I believe the business world, which has been addicted to trade secrets for centuries, is about to learn the value of open-sourcing information is speed.

Ironically, Code Geass: Akito The Exiled WOULD be a fine choice to get Toonami past a 2-show gap at the top these days! And at least we ended up getting Gurren Lagann and better Gundam shows in Iron-Blooded Orphans, Unicorn, and the Origin!

It will not take 12-18 months for a treatment to be approved by the FDA or the Japanese equivalent. We're talking more like 4-6 months for that. 12-18 months is for the vaccine.

Well, at least it made it to 132, which is one episode higher than Dragon Ball Super did. And, its COVID-induced hiatus will probably be over sooner than Super's non-COVID-induced hiatus!

It's looking like MHA is gonna be the next series to get tried on weekdays, as it's getting a shot at 5:30 AM starting Monday Night/Tuesday Morning. I wonder what bizarre deal [as] made with FUNimation to make THIS possible!?

We'll find out how the rest of the lineup did, BUT FIRST, how about a walk down memory lane? Here's how well TOONAMI did FIVE YEARS AGO: And now back to present day: "Adult Swim’s late-night line-up returned from a week off and performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.14/341K & 0.15/327K, MY HERO ACADEMIA at 0.30, DEMON SLAYER at 0.26, FOOD WARS at 0.25, BLACK CLOVER at 0.24/414K, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE at 0.20, NARUTO at 0.18/308K, PRIMAL at 0.15/263K and SAMURAI JACK at 0.15/260K." It doesn't say on the site, but all 6 of Toonami's shows gained markedly in 18-49 from 2 weeks ago! And here are the full numbers for the night: https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-over-20-million-viewers-for-concert-one-world-together-at-home/ Last week's block was ranked #2 for 2020 in both total viewers and adults 18-49, and if you only compare the block against the 12-3 AM timeframe from earlier blocks this year, that holds true as well. 3/21/2020 is still tops for the year!

Coming soon to the ratings thread: the 5 Years Ago Flashback Series!! Let's let the good times roll--from 5 years ago!

Akame ga KILL!! is also missing, which is semi-famous for doing THIS:

That's not right. Every Toonami timeslot added up in 2019 was over 200 million!

The normal lineup returned, and MHA hit a new yearly high in terms of 18-49 rank: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-18-2020.html

Nice try, mochi. Yeah, this thread is pretty much an epic fail!

I don't know, but this was probably the most "WTF!?" music video they've played so far THIS year:

Where were you last summer when shows were announced literally a week in advance? Food Wars came July 6th and was announced sometime the week of June 29th. Fire Force got announced 8 days before it aired, which led to an awkward early-block rerun of an AOT episode. I'd say we shouldn't be pushing the panic button on the re-introduction of reruns to Toonami for the first time in 2 months unless we get into May and we still don't know! If Toonami's in doubt, they could always bring back Boruto or Tokyo Ghoul! Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 is also low-hanging fruit but it doesn't last as long and the well of new shows from Japan is gonna be dry for a while!

This is why I kinda wanted it paired with Shippuden. You could say it's in kind of a dark place right now too. But I think it will be fine. It's just one show on a very limited block that will try to keep as much variety as possible. Perhaps Demon Slayer's replacement will be lighter?

The only one I've ever seen all the way through was Fate/Zero. SAO and Black Clover are far more "accessible".

Add this to my "stuff I never wanted to know about the Fate series but can't unlearn" pile! Though I guess it only makes sense if you're gonna genderbend the main patriarch of the Camelot legends. But still, they could have just as easily made Morgana male and had him impregnate Arturia to give birth to Mordred. She's pretty much inconsequential so that would make more sense than having Merlin genderbend Arturia back just so she could have a son! Looked at like that, I guess you might say Toonami picked up the better franchise about magic, and it's more friendly to rights issues since it's just one big linear show instead of a myriad of spinoffs!

YOU BUTTHEAD!!! Hopefully Toonami has new shows coming in 5/2 and 5/9 if MHA has to be delayed, but if they can't, I guess the one new show that would have replaced Demon Slayer, moving everything up 30 minutes, and a rerun in the back would suffice. And if that rerun is Cowboy Bebop, then so be it, but I think it would be better to bring back Promised Neverland for its last 4 episodes since it disappeared from the lineup for the Genndy Power Hour back in February. This is worse than the rights loss bonanza that hit Toonami back in Fall 2014 that saw both Batman and Star Wars go poof, as well I guess as Sym-Bionic Titan (if only they could bring THAT back for the Genndy Power Hour!). The only difference is that now Toonami has ALREADY cut back to 3 hours. But older shows they skipped over that have been out for a while could the way to address this.

Man, this thread turned into a depressing cesspool of coronavirus doomsday predictions, but I guess it was inevitable because of this season's questionable conclusion. We CAN handle this better than the Spanish Flu; the question is: WILL WE??? The movie has been delayed, but that doesn't mean a season that has been planned for Fall 2021 definitely will be. But we MUST get this virus under control!

They had to kill the wooly mammoth to survive!

Naruto is getting his butt kicked by the 9-tails, and then show's over!

If Sakura is actually useful, then you might be watching filler!

Deidara and Hidan in a pissing match! LOVE IT!

Oh wow, something CRAZY is going on!!

AWESOME ENDING SONG!!!