OwlChemist81

Oh man, I just noticed something else, that is quite frankly, quite hilarious: Dragon Ball Super won the night in Male 12-34, and Live PD was #2, but another Toonami show tied it. Guess which one? FOOD WARS! Say what you want about the show, it IS growing its audience among horny, hungry boys and young men! Also, we have an update: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-3-2019.html "Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.31 and 0.12/343K & 0.11/310K, compared to last week’s 0.34 and 0.12/314K & 0.13/287K, GEN LOCK at 0.17, FIRE FORCE down 0.02 to 0.15/327K, LUPIN THE 3RD down 0.01 to 0.13, FOOD WARS up 0.02 to 0.16, BLACK CLOVER down 0.01 to 0.16/336K, BORUTO down 0.02 to 0.15, NARUTO steady at 0.14/302K, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM down 0.02 to 0.13/270K, MY HERO ACADEMIA down 0.05 to 0.12/303K, and GEMUSETTO MACHU PICCHU down 0.04 to 0.08/195K." 8/3/2019 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 343,000 DBS (R) 310,000 90.38% TOONAMI DBS (P) 626,000 ??.??% Gen:LOCK 347,000 55.43% FireForce 327,000 94.24% LupinPt5 278,000 85.02% FoodWars! 317,000 114.03% B. Clover 336,000 105.99% Boruto 322,000 95.83% Shippuden 302,000 93.79% Gundam 270,000 89.40% MHA 303,000 112.22% AVERAGE 342,800 24 of 31 So Black Clover was actually the 3rd-highest rated show on the block in Total Viewers. That means it should probably be on earlier, but putting it ahead of Fire Force sounds like a bad idea, even if it HAS beat it. Fire Force was announced for Toonami AFTER this episode aired, so maybe people waited on Episode 3 and it actually will do better from here on out. Lupin and Gundam cratered the ratings this week in total viewers, and MHA didn't get as much of a boost as usual; in fact, it was dead last in Adults 18-49. And Gemusetto Machu Picchu finally completed its first post-Toonami run. Guess what: it's getting another one, starting this week. Jeez, PRIMAL reruns can't replace it fast enough, if you ask me!

The character animation is passable. They look less like the usual "superdeformed" anime characters we're used to seeing on Toonami and a lot more live-action-esque, if that makes any sense at all. But damn right the fight choreography is superb! I'd say that gets an "A+," while the character design is a solid "B-" Oh, and if you wanna see the whole episode, here it is, courtesy of Rooster Teeth and YouTube! See if you can figure out what got cut! Also, why couldn't Toonami have just shown THIS version of the ED/future OP, or perhaps cut it entirely and showed it in the future? It's more helpful since it shows which actors and actresses play which characters!

Certainly seems to be the case so far. Fire Force could still improve though. Boruto is showing strength at 2 AM so maybe it should move up? And Food Wars! is apparently an acquired taste (no pun intended) so maybe it could be a candidate for the 2nd show on the lineup, a slightly more sane time to actually eat while watching it. Gen:LOCK should definitely be on later though. Again, the real culprit is the mass shootings and sharks, I guess. That won't be the case next week, sadly only most likely in the case of the mass shootings.

Ok, there was a horrific shooting happening in real time in Texas during most of the day, so I'm gonna give Toonami a pass in terms of all shows not making the Top 50 on this one. But I gotta admit for 11:30 PM, this is still pretty bad: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-3-2019.html Fire Force checks in at #53 with 327K and 0.15 in 18-49, Gundam: The Origin (Red Comet) is next, coming in at #64 with 270K and 0.13 in 18-49, and Lupin III Part 5 also scores a 0.13 in 18-49 at #67 with 278K viewers. If not for CNN, Fox News, and Shark Week, all three shows probably would have made the Top 50 like they did last week. What is quite interesting is that Food Wars! and Boruto actually hit their recent HIGHs in [adult swim]'s most important Adults 18-34 demographic, both scoring a 0.20. But did Fire Force, Lupin, and Gundam follow suit? Unfortunately, since they didn't do well enough to make the Top 50 in Adults 18-49, I guess we're never gonna know. I had high hopes for gen:LOCK, but I'm not so sure anymore. Boruto was the only thing getting the job done at 11:30 so it needs to move back there. Gundam should move up and gen:LOCK should join it somewhere in the mid-block, either 1 AM or 2 AM. This would be a much better lineup for ratings: 11 PM Dragon Ball Super 11:30 Boruto 12 AM Fire Force 12:30 Black Clover 1 AM Food Wars! 1:30 Gundam: The Origin 2 AM gen:LOCK 2:30 Lupin III Part 5 3 AM Shippuden 3:30 MHA/AOT reruns

Huh? You mean "Lupin, JIGEN, and Goemon," right??

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-hero-academia/episode-61/.136841 Grade: "A+"! What a way to end this epic night of Toonami with a Bakugo BANG!!!!

Ironically, the first fight was because of Bakugo's excessive pride. Now, he's actually envious of Deku! He looked down on Deku in Episode #7, but now he believes Deku looks down on him!

Welp, guess they're gonna fight!

Time for the closer to another great Toonami block!!

Now time for the headliner of the night! My Hero Academia, up next!

Wow, wild ED! Not stationary this time!!

Yeah, better than gen:LOCK, that's for sure!

Oh, Garma's a ZABI! Like Mineva in Unicorn! Oh, I remember him from Episode 1!

Man, that was a sleepy theme!

I couldn't hold my eyes open! And now it's almost time for Gundam The Origin!

This music is putting me to sleep...ah, that's better!

Yeah, on Disney XD!

I stand corrected! We're back to the main story! I hope you're watching this video because it is AWESOME!!!

Lazy captions didn't even tell me what the name of the episode is... "For My Friend" according to my DVR!

Glad to see Boruto having to use shadow clones to solve this lame-brain mission! Even so, I almost fell asleep during this crap. So I guess this is fitting: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations/episode-42/.126923 Grade: "C+". ON to Naruto: Shippuden!!

Somehow I doubt it will be that easy...

YOU DICK! 😡

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-81/.146357 Rating: 4⭐. Glad to see this tournament arc is going in an unexpected direction!

Paying their respects? Nope, PISSING ON HIS GRAVE!

Hope they fix that for the DVD/BD release!