OwlChemist81

Not sure why Shippuden usually does so well after HxH, but same-day delayed viewing COULD be the reason...

You mean this WOULD be the first, if they happen to run AOT S3B and S1 in the same block. As things stand now, we don't know for sure that's what will happen. And yeah, that is quite preposterous. But they DID finally update the weeknight schedule so that it mentions Samurai Jack and The Boondocks tonight!!

In week 2, SAO seems to have found some of its old magic, despite the fact that the only real action in that episode was Kirito trying to chop down a tree... http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-16-2019.html This means Dragon Ball Super is almost certainly back above 500K 18-49/300K 18-34, the first Toonami show to go over 300K 18-34 for a while! Meanwhile Boruto HAS been slightly higher in total viewers, but NOT in those key demos, and ditto for Megalobox and the current seasons of the other shows! It's hard to believe this is the first episode of DiU to have gotten a 0.2 in 18-49, but that's actually true! As is sometimes the case whenever ratings get delayed due to a holiday, the ProgrammingInsider report came out early this week: https://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-nba-all-star-saturday-night-on-tnt-rebounds-a-bit-from-last-year/ 2/16/19 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai 360,000 DBS (R) 410,000 113.89% DBS (P) 822,000 Boruto 600,000 72.99% MHA 564,000 94.00% SAO3 513,000 90.96% MegaloBox 424,000 82.65% JoJo4 397,000 93.63% B. Clover 364,000 91.69% H×H 317,000 87.09% Shippuden 323,000 101.89% AOTS3 257,000 79.57% AVERAGE 458,100 1st of 7 2/16/19 - Adults 18-49 Show Viewers Retention DBZ Kai* 192,000 DBS (R)* 205,000 106.77% DBS (P) 551,000 Boruto 395,000 71.69% MHA 359,000 90.89% SAO3 332,000 92.48% MegaloBox 286,000 86.14% JoJo4 256,000 89.51% B. Clover 230,000 89.84% H×H 198,000 86.09% Shippuden 211,000 106.57% AOTS3 158,000 74.88% AVERAGE 297,600 1st of 7 *indicates number of viewers estimated based on ratings number given in hundredths. Well, getting rid of the 4 AM hour did wonders for the block average, but I'm dying to know what the numbers were for Boondocks and Black Dynamite. The website hints that we may get to know those in an update...

But the Reigen OVA would be hilariously disruptive because it's at least as long as 2, maybe 3 episodes! How in the hell would Toonami even DO that!? Then again, they DID air that hour special of SAO 3 so I guess it's probable. I suppose it's best if Toonami gives their viewers the courtesy of airing the OVA if something in Season 2 doesn't make much sense without it... So, I guess that week it would just pre-empt whatever's in front of it. I guess no harm would be done in the long run if that was SAO, JoJo, Black Clover, or Hunter x Hunter...

Yeah, I get that. But this IS the network who advertised an interesting April Fool's Day and then did nothing. Even if it's only like 5%, that little swerve will always make me slightly suspicious.

DAMN RIGHT it was!! Now maybe if we're lucky, we'll get Gundam: The Origin on Toonami this summer/fall!

Well they're airing Boondocks at 1 AM these days--maybe AOT could follow that at 1:30? Though if you ask me the best Toonami show to attempt to pair with Boondocks is actually Megalobox, which I guess just makes its lack of topicals even more tragic because they finally have the perfect place to put them! But hey, at least it had the full-schedule promo, which is some ways is even BETTER!!

Oh right. I've got VRV. It's there.

ALRIGHT, LET'S FINISH THIS!!! 13. Begins pretty much the same as OVA #5. Except for a skirmish at the beginning, almost no action. Plus, we miss the lengthy recap for once. Grade: "C+" 14. Contains the clash of the 2 Unicorns, and a much longer recap than the previous episode. Grade: "B+" 15. Has the LAST long-form recap we will get until Episode 22, but since they didn't use the OVA #5 ending theme, it loses points for that. Grade: "B". 16. Very little action, but TENSE dialog. Feels kinda like a powder keg brewing. Grade: "C". 17. Contains pretty much all of the main action of Episode 6. It missed the 6th OVA ending theme, but... Grade: "B-". 18. This episode kicks off with a special OP, the 6th ending theme in all its glory! Plus, it explodes with the first dynamite action of OVA 7! Truly one of the best-presented episodes of Re:0096, and it's a shame it never got streamed on the Marathon Stream. Grade: "A+". 19. Contains Riddhe's deplorable actions before seeing the light, and the revelation of Laplace's Box. Not marred by any extremely jarring cliffhangers. Grade: "A-". 20. Sparse action except in flashbacks, but one of the most important episodes of the edit. Grade: "B+". 21. The major duel between Banager and Full Frontal, with a major assist from Riddhe, and the mansion pretty much just gets TRASHED! Grade: "A-". 22. The final episode kicks off with not one but TWO recap sequences, though the first one, with a different, sarcastic, female narrator, is quite comical for a serious franchise like Gundam. But they decided to end Re:0096 on a high note by using OVA #7's ED: "Star Ring Child" Grade: "A". AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST... GUNDAM UNICORN EPISODE 23: GUNDAM NARRATIVE PART 1!!! NO, SERIOUSLY!!!! [enjoy the movie...]

Actually NOT true. I checked and they only have Season 1 Dubbed.

Hoo boy. THIS thread aged well!!

Nah, and this pretty much confirms that MegaloBox isn't getting a rerun anytime soon unless they get the 4 AM hour back, which MIGHT not be so far-fetched once we get past the DST changeover on March 9/10. Currently Megalo has 5 episodes left so it's scheduled to end on March 23/24. I guess that means I get its finale for my birthday!! But after that, regaining the 4 AM hour with Megalo/Gundam IBO back-to-back MIGHT not be THAT far-fetched. At this point, Gundam IBO's rerun has 18 episodes left so they COULD roll with it through early summer before losing the rights. At this point, a jaded Gundam fan can only hope... But as for tonight, DAMN am I looking forward to that Gundam movie in a theater!! Also, I'll be shocked if we don't get Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 to replace MegaloBox on March 30th.

Well, it is official. I got on my on-screen up and it does indeed say, for March 3rd "To You In 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina, Part 1". What's really funny is ELSEWHERE on Adult Swim, they still think Adventure Time, Tigtone, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are airing on weeknights, when they've been replaced by Samurai Jack (yay!), American Dad, and The Boondocks.

Toonami just keeps kicking ass and taking names in trending! Megalobox goes 7 Rounds out of 8! http://toonamifaithful.com/toonami-trending-rundown-for-february-16-17-2019/ United States Trends: Toonami/#Toonami [#10] #MegaloBox [#10] #JoJosBizarreAdventure [#9] Koichi (From JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) [#20] #BlackClover [#10] #HunterXHunter [#3] Pitou (From Hunter x Hunter) [#14] #Shippuden [#7]

SPOILER ALERT if you read that. You'll read about something called... ...and at that point I just had to close the article!

BUMP: As Gundam IBO Season 2 has been pulled, it has been removed from this list.

Asta has lost some of his ability and needs to get it back. Or, at least that's how it seemed to me.

Damn, but if that's the case, how far into the year will it even come out? 50 episodes is next year. I'm thinking June myself. That would be around the time Megalobox's replacement would end if it's Mob Psycho 100 Season 2. UNLESS it gets a weeknight run, but they wouldn't do that, right? And what's really scary is if it does simply get IBO'ed and cut off in the middle of its run when Season 3 Part 2 is available, without a regular rerun to end the night, Shippuden would end up at 3:30 AM. Are we ready for that?

Alright, just for posterity's sake I guess I'll continue my review of the edits to 7-12 and how well they improved on or fell short of the OVAs: 7. Ends after the first major action, but at least not on a cliffhanger. Grade: "B". 8. Ends during the wreckage exploration mini-arc, but it would have been better of if it had just continued. Grade: "C+" 9. I've gotta hand it to the Re:0096 editing crew, they went all out to make sure this episode stood out, along with using the original ending of OVA 3 as a special ending theme. It also ends exactly as the OVA ends, but did it do a MUCH better job than the OVA? I can't really say so, since the OVA also came packaged with a recap short which actually included the guitar solo of "Merry Go Round" over the main action. Grade: "A-". 10. There IS some action right at the beginning, but this episode still has . A pretty bad edit. Grade: "C-". 11. This contains the major action of the middle 3rd of the OVA, but ends on a semi-cliffhanger. Grade "C+". 12. Well, at least it ends the same way as the 4th OVA. Grade: "B". My review of the edits of 13-22 coming up tomorrow!!

I just checked and looked and sadly you're right. Well, hopefully its final episode gets a promo. That would be a nice compromise. As for Sword Art: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sword-art-online-alicization/episodes-1-2/.138142 Grade: "B+". Not sure if that's for the hour-long special combined with this episode or just this episode, but the review pretty much harps on this episode. It's a little slow, I'll admit, but I agree, and can hardly wait for Episode 3!

Oh yeah, I get it--because the brown LOG comes OUT your butt!

So that means we won't even see Megalobox topicals for its last 5 episodes? Or has it been "grandfathered in?"

Holy stinking Super-Crap they DID actually address that!! ON to the next chall...oh. Guess THESE guys will end up showing up in the last 2 episodes, right?? https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-hero-academia/episode-37/.121781 Grade: "B+". Yeah, that's lowballing it worse than I imagined! Should have been AT LEAST an "A". ON to SAO3!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations/episode-18/.119655 Grade: "B-". I'll admit I was intrigued, but I find this a bit generous. It IS neat that the first half of the episode co-opted a bonus OVA that came packaged with the Boruto movie. ON TO THE MOST ANTICIPATED MHA in my President's Day "rewatch!"

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-super/episode-98/.118603 Grade: "B". I might have gone a notch higher, but for the most part, I agree. Bye bye, "Niners!" Hardly knew ya.