OwlChemist81

Goku needs to recharge now... Is Jiren Saitama!?!

And we're gonna see it TONIGHT!!!

Ok, let's talk. Last week, you gave me hell because I decided to make a Food Wars! thread, so this week, I held off, but then TWELVE hours later, still no Food Wars! thread, so guess what that means? I'M MAKING A FOOD WARS! THREAD!! Episode 06: The Meat Aggressor She hot, she 'Murican, and she'll grind your meat to a finely-chopped stew and then feed it to you--and you'll think it's delicious! 1 AM Tonight (8/10), or your "midnite snack" in the Central Time Zone, ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Oh lookie here. The full ratings for last Saturday just got posted by PI: https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-ae-leads-another-summer-prime-time-among-adults-18-49-with-live-pd/ 8/3/2019 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 343,000 DBS (R) 310,000 90.38% TOONAMI DBS (P) 626,000 87.43% 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 8/3/19 - Adults 18-49 Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 154,000 DBS (R) 141,000 91.56% TOONAMI DBS (P) 394,000 96.10% Gen:LOCK 218,000 55.33% FireForce 194,000 88.99% LupinPt5 165,000 85.05% FoodWars! 201,000 121.82% B. Clover 212,000 105.47% Boruto 195,000 91.98% Shippuden 178,000 91.28% Gundam 170,000 95.51% MHA 160,000 94.12% AVERAGE 208,700 25 of 31 [italics denotes estimate] The greatest gainer in terms of slot-to-slot retention in BOTH total viewers and Adults 18-49 turned out to be...Food Wars!?

Don't worry; this is the DBS thread now!!

I won, but I kinda feel generous. Tag this thread with "mha" and I'll turn mine into the Dragon Ball Super thread instead!

EPISODE 123: "Body, Soul, and Power Unleashed! Goku and Vegeta!!" Vegeta goes HARD on Jiren!!! (And yep, is he ever BLUE!!!) 11 PM tomorrow, ONLY TOONAMI!!

Episode 6: Garma Rising 3 AM Tomorrow Night (8/10) ONLY TOONAMI!!! Opening #2 Ending #2:

Episode #9: The Man Who Abandoned "Lupin" (Part 3 of EPISODE II) Lupin Got SHOT!!! How the hell will he get out of this one? Find out at 12:30 AM tomorrow night (8/10)! ONLY TOONAMI!!

EPISODE #2: There's Always Tomorrow First, to get you ready, watch UNCUT Episode 1 NOW (no, seriously, watch the whole thing now): Then the full ED of that episode/OP going forward: Finally, here's a little sneak peek of what you'll see tomorrow night (8/10) 11:30 PM tomorrow night! ONLY TOONAMI!! [on tv anyway...]

She didn't even appear until the 5th episode, IIRC!

AGK started out outstanding but started to slip a bit toward the end, but Parasyte started decent and stayed pretty much consistent throughout its run. Its marathon also did better than AGK's (was the closest thing Toonami aired in 2015 to a "movie"), although the latter was longer. It also aired in a later timeslot (1 AM) vs. 12:30 for AGK. Oddly enough, now Food Wars, another Sentai show, is the occupant of the 1 AM timeslot, and you can see how well THAT's going...

It's been airing at 7:30 PM ET all this week (right before American Dad on [as]), and it's really good. The whole thing airs tomorrow (Friday 8/9/19) starting at 5:30 PM ET before the series finale at 7:30 PM ET!

I've been meaning to watch Redline! I must check that out...

Toonami Unevenedge Ratings Discussion 3.0 "Let The Good Times Roll" In this thread, we discuss the Nielsen Ratings for Toonami shows and occasionally other [adult swim] shows that are posted on websites like showbuzzdaily.com and programminginsider.com. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT POST LINKS TO ILLEGAL SITES!!!!! [thank you] First, a blast from the past!! HERE'S what Toonami's leading shows did on this day 4 years ago: "CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: As we’ve noted before, we’re relying on readers telling us that the anime shows running on Adult Swim are originals in their current versions (although in some cases the network lists them as reruns), so we have no way of knowing whether Adult Swim is repeating its own episodes. That being said, the top cable “original” of the night was actually DRAGON BALL Z, up an impressive 0.25 from last week to 0.98 and with 2M total viewers. AKAME GA KILL, which is on the chart, followed at 0.93. MICHIKO & HATCHIN was up 0.23 from last week to 0.74, with 1.5M total viewers. SWORD ART ONLINE was up 0.17 to 0.64, as per the chart. NARUTO rose 0.15 to 0.56, with 1M total viewers. ATTACK ON TITAN grew by 0.11 to 0.47, with 900K total viewers. ONE PIECE gained 0.04 to 0.45, with 850K total viewers." Now, just under a week ago on 8/3/2019, here's how Toonami is doing: "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." 3 major differences: EARLIER start time (11 PM vs. Midnight) LOWER total viewers, adults 18-34, 18-49 MUCH LOWER "girl power" Female 12-34 viewers At least the older viewers (50+) viewership is about the same at about 1:30 AM

"What's Toonami airing at Midnight on August 10th?" The answer is, quite happily, FIRE FORCE! While Japan and the FUNimation same-day Simul-dub had to wait a week between episodes 2 and 3, TOONAMI won't have to! So I've changed the question in the OP to the next big mystery, which admittedly, is not that big, because it involves the last timeslot on the block. [enjoy]

It's also coming on a bunch of Starz' companion channels at much more watchable times, for example, Starz! KIDS HD at Noon on Sunday. Between this and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, I'm actually considering shelling out the $14/month to pick up Starz! Update: I actually did it!

Toonami didn't "drop" MHA. It "dropped the BALL on" MHA. There IS a difference. "Dropped" implies that they won't even air the last 2 episodes of Season 3, but of course they will, even if they're relegated to an almost unwatchable time of 3:30 AM. And besides, we still don't know what they're doing with Season 4. It may be coming in October or November and a be a "flagship" show once again. The question does remain if they can somehow "beat" it becoming a factor in the Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu (no plus!?) bundle, but it's quite possible that Hulu will move on to the next big thing. Maybe, just maybe, we'll also have Dr. Stone by then...

4:17 AM!? Good Lord! I saw it in the theater, and I don't have Starz currently...

More like 2021 if it follows the same pattern as MHA, just sayin'...

Uhhh, it comes on for an hour BEFORE Toonami at 10 PM?

Boy, not getting Dr. Stone as a simuldub in July kinda feels like, well, not getting MHA as a simuldub in 2016!

Yeah, that definitely was not handled very well. Maybe Super should have began at a special start time of 10:45 for one night only. That way, we could have gotten all of the pilot episode of gen:LOCK properly.

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!