OwlChemist81

Well, they're gonna have to sub out the AOT part starting on August 3rd, so this doesn't necessarily mean they can't do the same on August 10th if episode 3 is not yet ready to air.

Can you read Japanese? The official Fire Force website seems to indicate that not only is Episode 3 airing this Friday night (just judging from the Arabic Numerals), but there WAS an outlet which stayed on track last week. Now, it's possible the website just hasn't been updated, but if not, why even change it to reflect the skip in Episode 3 on most outlets? Also, Wikipedia does imply it's airing this Friday night. But I digress... https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-ion-television-with-law-and-order-svu-reruns-bests-all-english-language-broadcast-networks-in-prime-time-among-adults-18-49-and-18-34/ 7/20/2019 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 254,000 DBS (R) 238,000 93.70% TOONAMI DBS (P) 646,000 95.28% AOT #57 355,000 54.95% AOT #58 328,000 92.39% LupinPt5 241,000 73.48% FoodWars! 274,000 113.69% B. Clover 264,000 96.35% Boruto 271,000 102.65% Shippuden 244,000 90.04% Gundam 269,000 110.25% MHA 340,000 126.39% AVERAGE 323,200 25 of 29 7/20/19 - Adults 18-49 Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 141,000 DBS (R) 141,000 100.00% TOONAMI DBS (P) 424,000 106.80% AOT #57 240,000 56.60% AOT #58 224,000 93.33% LupinPt5 168,000 75.00% FoodWars! 181,000 107.74% B. Clover 170,000 93.92% Boruto 178,000 104.71% Shippuden 169,000 94.94% Gundam 189,000 111.83% MHA 223,000 117.99% AVERAGE 216,600 22 of 29 Gundam was indeed 5th in 18-49--at 3 AM. Not too shabby!

Seriously? Has that been announced!? I saw nothing to that effect. It looks like Episode 3 is good to go this Friday night, but even so, I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

Updated: "Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.33 and 0.11/254K & 0.11/238K (posted as "538K" but probably a typo), compared to last week’s 0.32 and 0.13/262K & 0.13/240K, ATTACK ON TITAN at 0.19/0.17 compared to last week’s 0.23, LUPIN THE 3RD down 0.05 to 0.13, FOOD WARS down 0.04 to 0.14, BLACK CLOVER down 0.06 to 0.13/264K, BORUTO down 0.05 to 0.14, NARUTO down 0.02 to 0.13/244K, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM up 0.01 to 0.15/269K, MY HERO ACADEMIA up 0.02 to 0.17/340K, and GEMUSETTO MACHU PICCHU up 0.02 to 0.13/221K." So, we still don't know how the AOT rerun did in total viewers, but kudos to Gundam and MHA for beating the 2.5 hours before them and perhaps even AOT's premiere in the case of MHA. It's almost criminally stupid that these shows are in the 3 AM hour!

Two steps forward last week, but one step backward this week: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-20-2019.html I guess rerunning episode #57 of AOT before #58 hurt it considerably, but what can you do? Then Lupin lost considerably from it, but that's to be expected, I guess, because it WAS a really WACKY episode! At least the slightly more serious Food Wars and Boruto (once again identified as a cable original) rebounded from there. Nowhere to be seen this week is Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet, not even in the Top 150 linked above, but that's probably just because it got mistakenly listed as a rerun this week. There's no way Toonami took such a nosedive it got less than a 0.04 in 18-49, right?? Perhaps this is some shenanigan that resulted from the bait-and-switch non-move to 1 AM?

Chances are, it's probably already been drawn--it just hasn't premiered yet. [let the bitching begin if not]

So yeah, I can't read Japanese, but from what I'm seeing, judging from the thankfully universal Arabic numerals, it looks like it! Also, it appears there was this one "hbc" station that actually DID get to air Episode 3, so it will be a week ahead of all the others; while the others are airing episode 3 this week, it will apparently have moved on to episode 4. All this is interesting, and would seem to indicate that Toonami's airing should go off without a hitch! If this is the case, Toonami's airing will be 3 weeks behind most Japanese stations, but will later be 2 weeks behind!

Exactly. @CountFrylock, would you please change the thread title already? The block is NOT shrinking! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it expands to 10:30 (10:15 for one week to allow gen:LOCK a 45-minute timeslot) in order to give AOT S3 a full rerun at 3:30 AM. But for right now, we know it's staying at AT LEAST 10 shows until August 10th at the earliest, when Fire Force Episode 3's status becomes questionable.

Yeah, I realized that so I changed the OP. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/lupin-the-third-part-5/episode-6/.131347 Grade: "A". I thought it was a fun, if not way too silly, episode! Damn, it was silly! But this was also significant, since this is the first time Pink Jacket Lupin has EVER had an English Dub!

I think she's actually younger, but perhaps was born as Ymir when the current founding titan died without naming a successor?

Do Japanese TV schedules show episode 3 airing this Friday night?

So now we know the new show is Fire Force--but there's a problem. It had 2 episodes, then went on indefinite hiatus due to the KyoAni tragedy. So, how will Toonami remedy this the next time the "Huh?" Midnight timeslot opens on August 10th??

It depends. Sometimes they are, and sometimes they aren't. Some are self-employed freelancers, while others (like Chris Sabat and Colleen Clinkenbeard, or Kirk Thornton or Tony Oliver) are employees of a particular studio (FUNimation, Bang-Zoom).

Sacre bleu cheese!! I'd probably have given it a "B+", but I'm a bit generous, I guess. Perhaps it got docked for the squid tentacles thing at the end? The "please the unpleasable" teacher trope has been done better in other anime, but somehow I'm still a sucker for it!

So when we have an Italian food episode, will Soma put the "pasta" in "creepypasta?" So yeah, this episode kinda put me to sleep last night, but then I woke back up just in time for Gundam and MHA, and still couldn't sleep so I actually watched it on the West Coast feed, and I kinda enjoyed it! The over-the-top "foodgasm" reactions usually make me chuckle at least, but this time, I'm pretty sure I LOL'ed!!

What was on the box cracked me up!! "Lovely Mascot Robot"

Honestly, I have no idea.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/attack-on-titan/episode-58/.148237 Rating: 4.5⭐!! Turns out there's even more to this Titan power than we ever dreamed--and only one episode left until the LOOOOOOOOONG wait for Season 4 next year!!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-hero-academia/episode-59/.136223 Grade: "A". Yeah, I don't get why Toonami buried this show at 3:30. It's just too good!!

Only 4 episodes left!!!

It was like 50?

Oh hell yeah!!!

Oh, I see--he got blocked from UA and ended up at this 2nd-rate school...?

We're all wondering the same thing...

Don't insult Todoroki!!!