OwlChemist81

It's so absurd that a show that got under 200K in the ratings last week can be called a "hit", but here we are...

So like the 2nd coming of Akame Ga KILL!!?

Obviously, this is replacing SAO at Midnight, and I'd say probably moving up to 11:30 in August once AOT S3 ends. I'm sticking with my prediction that they won't be rolling out a new show to replace AOT, which will fall to 3:30 AM for reruns, and depending upon whether or not they can leapfrog the Narutoverse hour, Gundam to 1:30 or 2:30 and MHA to 2 or 3. The future may be quite bright for Toonami after all!!!

Hey, it had its moments of brilliance, and it was Toonami on [as]'s highest-rated series ever! (That could have been DBZ Kai, but Final Chapters fucked it up)

This just in! Attack on Titan: Season 3 and Sword Art Online: Alicization DO have topical promos this week: Though that one is strangely misleading--oh well; SAO is definitely right... Ah, Quinella, still just as naked and arrogant as ever, just like our president. Well, not quite as naked in the case of the latter, thank God! Happy 4th of July, everyone!!

Hopefully Blade Runner will be different. What else could Toonami co-produce that people will actually care about?

There IS good news though: for what it's worth, the average for the 1st half of 2019 has officially beaten the 2nd half of 2018: All Toonami timeslots 7/7/18-12/30/18 average: 364,922 total viewers; 207,359 adults 18-49 All Toonami timeslots 1/5/19-6/30/19 average: 389,621 total viewers; 237,746 adults 18-49

Wanna see something even WORSE? Toonami got these kinds of ratings just a year ago. The multiple-rerun shitcoms on Nick at Nite actually beat most shows on Toonami by nearly a 2-1 margin!

The whole damn night! Dragon Ball Super at least wins the night again: Dragon Ball Z Kai (R) (Adult Swim, 8:00 PM, 30 min.) • 0.249 million viewers [#727] • 0.08 A18-49 [#564] • 0.08 A25-54 [#766] Dragon Ball Super (R) (Adult Swim, 8:30 PM, 30 min.) • 0.253 million viewers [#721] • 0.09 A18-49 [#485] • 0.08 A25-54 [#755] Rick & Morty (R) (Adult Swim, 9:00 PM, 30 min.) • 0.338 million viewers [#531] • 0.15 A18-49 [#166] • 0.12 A25-54 [#437] Family Guy (R) (Adult Swim, 9:30 PM, 30 min.) • 0.448 million viewers [#320] • 0.20 A18-49 [#61] • 0.16 A25-54 [#220] Family Guy (R) (Adult Swim, 10:00 PM, 30 min.) • 0.548 million viewers [#220] • 0.24 A18-49 [#33] • 0.21 A25-54 [#124] My Hero Academia (R) (Adult Swim, 10:30 PM, 30 min.) • 0.438 million viewers [#337] • 0.21 A18-49 [#55] • 0.19 A25-54 [#154] Dragon Ball Super (Adult Swim, 11:00 PM, 30 min.) • 0.549 million viewers [#216] • 0.27 A18-49 [#17] • 0.26 A25-54 [#69] Attack on Titan (Adult Swim, 11:30 PM, 30 min.) • 0.309 million viewers [#604] • 0.15 A18-49 [#164] • 0.13 A25-54 [#375] The Promised Neverland (Adult Swim, 12:00 AM, 30 min.) • 0.242 million viewers [#745] • 0.12 A18-49 [#281] • 0.10 A25-54 [#580] Sword Art Online: Alicization (Adult Swim, 12:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.250 million viewers [#725] • 0.12 A18-49 [#292] • 0.11 A25-54 [#497] Lupin the 3rd: Part 5 (Adult Swim, 1:00 AM, 30 min.) • 0.217 million viewers [#800] • 0.12 A18-49 [#292] • 0.10 A25-54 [#592] Black Clover (R) (Adult Swim, 1:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.195 million viewers [#854] • 0.10 A18-49 [#416] • 0.09 A25-54 [#646] Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Adult Swim, 2:00 AM, 30 min.) • 0.185 million viewers [#870] • 0.09 A18-49 [#519] • 0.08 A25-54 [#741] Naruto: Shippuden (R) (Adult Swim, 2:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.161 million viewers [#919] • 0.08 A18-49 [#564] • 0.06 A25-54 [#890] Hunter X Hunter (R) (Adult Swim, 3:00 AM, 30 min.) • 0.186 million viewers [#866] • 0.10 A18-49 [#439] • 0.08 A25-54 [#687] Gemusetto Machu Picchu (R) (Adult Swim, 3:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.144 million viewers [#942] • 0.07 A18-49 [#664] • 0.06 A25-54 [#933] Ballmastrz: 9009 (R) (Adult Swim, 4:00 AM, 15 min.) • 0.145 million viewers [#940] • 0.07 A18-49 [#702] • 0.06 A25-54 [#927] Tigtone (R) (Adult Swim, 4:15 AM, 15 min.) • 0.129 million viewers [#961] • 0.06 A18-49 [#764] • 0.05 A25-54 [#966] Venture Brothers (R) (Adult Swim, 4:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.162 million viewers [#918] • 0.08 A18-49 [#564] • 0.07 A25-54 [#814] Aqua Teen Hungerforce (R) (Adult Swim, 5:00 AM, 15 min.) • 0.177 million viewers [#886] • 0.10 A18-49 [#426] • 0.08 A25-54 [#715] Aqua Teen Hungerforce (R) (Adult Swim, 5:15 AM, 15 min.) • 0.174 million viewers [#893] • 0.10 A18-49 [#459] • 0.08 A25-54 [#715] Home Movies (R) (Adult Swim, 5:30 AM, 30 min.) • 0.175 million viewers [#889] • 0.09 A18-49 [#471] • 0.08 A25-54 [#697] Read more: https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-yankees-red-sox-london-series-opener-on-fox-most-watched-nationally-exclusive-mlb-game-telecast-of-this-season-to-date/ The ESPN UFC match was an uncommon source of competition, but Live PD was in reruns, and it STILL beat [as]/Toonami in 18-49. In fact, this time Dragon Ball Super couldn't even hold a candle to it: 6/29/19 - Adults 18-49 Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 103,000* DBS (R) 115,000* 111.65%* TOONAMI F. Guy 308,000* MHA 268,000 87.01%* DBS (P) 354,000 132.09% AOTS3B 189,000 53.39% TPN 153,000 80.95% SAO3 152,000 99.35% LupinPt5 152,000 100.00% B. Clover 130,000 85.53% Boruto 114,000 87.69% Shippuden 107,000 93.86% H×H 127,000 118.69% AVERAGE 174,600 26th of 26 ☠️ *Result of an estimate Still dead last for 2019, but there were actually still multiple non-marathon weeks that were much worse in terms of Adults 18-49 during last year's "all night" experiment, which proved that Toonami needs a comedy lead-in, and now it's been proven that Dragon Ball Super must come first. Too bad in only 14 weeks we're out of Dragon Ball Super premieres...

Ouch. 6/29/19 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 249,000 DBS (R) 253,000 101.61% MHA 438,000 #DIV/0! DBS (P) 549,000 125.34% AOTS3P2 309,000 56.28% TPN 242,000 78.32% SAO3 250,000 103.31% LupinPt5 217,000 86.80% B. Clover 195,000 89.86% Boruto 185,000 94.87% Shippuden 161,000 87.03% H×H 186,000 115.53% AVERAGE 273,200 26th of 26 💀 This is actually the 2nd-worst total viewers block average of all time. Only the Boruto marathon + Pop Team, Gundam IBO, and Jack last year was worse; even the Attack on Titan marathon bookended by DBZ Kai and Jack just barely edged this out. THIS is why My Hero Academia is moving to 3:30 and the Family Guy x2/DBS combo being restored.

End of an era: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-29-2019.html 60 PROMISED NEVERLAND, THE ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 30 0.12 242 61 SWORD ART OL:ALICIZATION ADULT SWIM 12:30 AM 30 0.12 250 62 LUPIN THE 3RD: PART 5 ADULT SWIM 1:00 AM 30 0.12 217 89 BORUTO:NARUTO NEXT GEN ADULT SWIM 2:00 AM 30 0.09 185

So that means we might see an 8-year old Bright. This could be interesting!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand this would be why this show deserves to be at 3:30 AM instead of the far superior MHA, especially if it's going to go into filler hell, which is even more directionless than the main canon story!

One more episode with no OP. So far there have been 3 tonight: AOT, TPN, and HxH!

Holy shit, what are they gonna do with all these!?!? Oh. I guess it's WAR next week!!

OINK-OINK! No Bacon!

One week and 18 minutes until this awesomeness!! "Suit up again, for the first time!" I do think it's kinda unfair that we have to sit through ANOTHER episode of Shippuden to get there though!

Don't get me wrong; I'm probably gonna end up rewatching these at some point. For some reason, that helps with tournament arcs!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations/episode-36/.124940 Grade: "A-". An action-packed training episode which brought home one of this show's main themes!

NICE twist!! But will it work??

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-76/.145190 Rating: "C". Boy, this season's quality went WAY downhill. Why is this even happening!?

Yeah, that's the year of Origin, but he was still fairly young-looking in Unicorn, and that took place in 0096. The original Mobile Suit Gundam was in 0079, right? Boy, what the hell is even going on in this show anymore!?!

I guess you're right!

We may see more of him next week! Or maybe his parents? He wasn't THAT old in Unicorn, was he??

The only time it will ever be on Toonami!