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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-hero-academia/episode-69/.153634 Rating: 4⭐. Great episode and great way to end 2019's offerings of Season 4!

YOU SUCK! I'll probably watch the New Year's Dr. Stone Marathon, but not the Christmas Punchy-thon. I may overwrite my current recordings with it however if the weather is fair.

IT WAS SOUTHERN ACCENTS NIGHT TONIGHT ON TOONAMI!!!

That second half was just straight-up blue balls to the wall action! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fire-force/episode-19/.153853 Rating: 4. Also, whomever cut that scene in episode 3 has totally redeemed themselves! I guess this time it actually played a role in the battle though!

My guess is that she lived a nice happy life with her 5 companions, mothered many children, and died of natural causes some 5700 years ago... ...once the shock of being one of only 5 people left on Earth that weren't turned to stone wore off, of course. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dr-stone/episode-14-15-16/.152550 Ratings: 3.5, 4.5, and 3. Yeah, I'll admit that of the most recent batch of 3, the middle episode last week was probably the best!

Tickle-gasm a gogo baby!!!

What the heck is even going on in this thing!?

She's having a tickle-gasm!

Theme from Lupin III 2015 finally on Toonami!!! That was the REAL OP music to Part 4.

The hashtag #LupinIIIPart5 no longer applies though...

One last time this decade, ladies & gentlemen, FREEK'N YOU!!!

It's always a double-edged sword. We didn't even get a topical promo for the most recent episode of MHA (luckily, we DO have one for this episode, however. Hopefully it airs on TV during the 2 shows before. If they're smart, they'll air it during Steven Universe Future as well...but I digress). Being 5 weeks behind probably has no worse of an effect on viewership than being 3 weeks behind--and it ensures that we get those all-important topicals! That's probably why we didn't get them for Fire Force--being so close to the dub premiere of that show, they decided not to bother. Fire Force may be losing its almost simuldub status, but with only 5 episodes left when it returns, I'm not sure how much it matters. Same goes for Dr. Stone and its 8 episode remainder for 2020, but at least it got a marathon to raise "hype" for that! The former is ending, worst case scenario, though it may actually only be taking a break like the latter. I guess we'll see! I wish there were more bilateral Space Dandy style agreements on shows in which all promotional materials in both languages gets released simultaneously on both coasts, but that's just not the reality we live in.

They must have gotten into one helluva crunch close to the last minute, then, since the lack of new bumpers for each "stage" of Gundam: The Origin was kinda disappointing. But that promo is definitely my pick for #1 of the year!

Episode 22: The One Who Surpasses The Ordinary Get ready to chow down on that sexy curry! 1 AM tomorrow night (12/14-15), ONLY TOONAMI!!

The End of the Forge is a New Beginning??

Episodio 07: Six Bullets Appears, GioGio is on the hunt for Mafioza!! 2:30 AM Tomorrow night (12/14-15) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 9: Temari Demon and Arrow Demon Hellooooooooooooo Demon Doctor! One last bout of Demon Slaying before the end of the decade! 1:30 AM tomorrow night (12/14-15), ONLY TOONAMI!!

Episode 19: "Into The Nether" OP: "Mayday" by Coldrain feat. Ryo The Netherworld looms! 12:30 PM Tomorrow night (12/14-15) Only Toonami!! Also, this is going down tomorrow!

Episode #16: "A Tale For The Ages" One last episode at midnight this Saturday night (12/14-15) before Professor Senku's Holiday Cram Session (The Dr. Stone Marathon) in 2 weeks! Only TOONAMI!!

Episode #22 (Season 2, Episode 10): "Justice Under Siege" Catch #22 tomorrow (12/14) at its regular time, 11:30 PM, before it replays the following week at 3:30 AM! ONLY TOONAMI!!

Episode #69 (Season 4, Episode 6) "An Unpleasant Talk" Yes, folks, this one actually DOES have a topical, and here it is! 11 PM Tomorrow (12/14), ONLY TOONAMI!!

Y'all are gonna show the 2nd season of Megalobox whenever Toonami airs it? That's really cool!!

DARN IT, THEY'RE PICKING UP ONE EPISODE TOO LATE! Back during the last double-header on October 5-6, my DVR screwed up due to a downpour and I didn't get those episodes on my DVR, PLUS the online version is screwed up on [as], so there's parts of 6 I've never seen! I was hoping it would lead a full night, but at least I get to see 7 as I should have!

For only the 2nd time since its inception (the first being a regular after-school block since 2/29/2000 was a Monday), Toonami gets to air on Leap Day next year. Since this is kind of a bizarre day that doesn't always show up on the calendar, I think this is low-hanging fruit for Toonami to run a movie or some kind of special event. The only 2 possibilities that come to mind are MHA: Two Heroes and DBS: Broly. Those are both "low-hanging fruit" that are movies that happen to be associated with popular series, and it's probably been long enough for a theatrical anime movie to show up on ad-supported cable TV, though with non-anime that often takes more like 2 years, so maybe it still hasn't been long enough for either yet. Two Heroes is from July 2018, so it might be available. Your Name is definitely ripe for the picking as well, though probably slightly less likely since it doesn't have a connection to a currently-or-recently aired series.

I'm making this thread to discuss the openings in Toonami's schedule that are coming up in early 2020, and what might be replacing them: Lupin III Part 5 (Ended 12/7/19) - This is the lowest of the low-hanging-fruit. It already ended a 3:30 AM premiere run that it got demoted to, and got already replaced in part by a 3 AM Lupin OVA, but speaking long-term I really don't think it's going to be replaced by a premiere. This would be a good timeslot for One Punch Man Season 2 reruns, but there's a problem--it will have 2 episodes left in premieres on 1/4 when this timeslot's occupant is needed. A good candidate would probably be reruns of gen:LOCK, this time uncut, since airing the first and last episodes with a 45-minute runtime would only displace AOT reruns, and that's fine. But if Toonami is completely insane, this might be a good timeslot for something older and really niche, but really really good, like Star Blazers 2199/2202. Of course, Toonami COULD take the low road and just contract back to ending at 4 AM, but I doubt they'll do that. If they do, I guess [as] might as well rerun Primal in the 4 AM timeslot... One Punch Man Season 2 (Ending 1/11/20) - The other piece of low-hanging fruit is much higher, in fact led-into by current flagship show MHA. It would be really insane, but oddly enough not THAT farfetched, since it would keep the Superhero Power Hour alive, for Toonami to dive back into DC animation for the first time in over 5 years with hilariously-edited episodes of Harley Quinn, but I think the most likely candidate show for this timeslot is fellow ONE creation Mob Psycho 100 Season 2. This would also be a great slot for a simuldub of a brand-new Winter show. Fire Force (Ending 2/1/20) - There are several directions Toonami could go with replacing this fiery 12:30 AM show. Perhaps some other shows move up and open a slot for something classic like Star Blazers 2199/2202 further down the lineup? Is this JoJo's opportunity to get out of the graveyard? What about Black Clover? Or Demon Slayer? Will SAO Alicization: War Of Underworld be ready yet? Or, maybe something new and hot (no pun intended) from FUNimation if it wasn't ready when OPMS2 ended? Dr. Stone Season 1 (Ending 2/22/20) - It was just announced on Twitter today that Dr. Stone will be taking a break after Episode 24 premieres this Friday, so there's an open midnight timeslot right here. Maybe this is where SAOAWOU goes, or maybe the 12:30 show that is hot and new pulls a reverse Fire Force and moves up to midnight, but since SAOA moved UP ot Midnight prior to its conclusion, I doubt that's what will happen. Demon Slayer (Ending April/May 2020) - I can't even begin to speculate on what will take this show's place. Promised Neverland Season 2 maybe? Is that even coming this winter? Who knows? SAOAWOU is an obvious pick if it's not airing already and took that long to ready the dub, but otherwise, who knows? I don't even know what's next after that. JoJo maybe? I'd say that depends on the length of the replacements of the aforementioned 5 shows though. But it is clear that after being relatively stable for 3 months, Toonami's regular lineup is once again about to go through a period of great volatility for the next 2 months or so. Hopefully it can keep up its mostly positive ratings momentum!