OwlChemist81

Ummm, the backwater world??

Pop Team Epic got the first topical of the commercial break, as usual. Piccolo has a foreboding feeling, ALSO as usual.

PERFECT GIF!

Week 3 starts now!! Fun fact, Beerus' VA Jason Douglas played Satan last night in AMC's Preacher! Episode 11: "Let's Keep Going, Lord Beerus! The Battle Of The Gods!" Egregious movie namedrop!

I just noticed something interesting: MHA just happens to be showcasing a recap episode of Season 1 the week that FLCL 2 would get doubled up, IF Toonami plays this recap episode which began Season 2 in earnest. (I don't see why they wouldn't; they DID just play Black Clover's recap episode a couple of weeks ago!) So maybe IT gets moved down? That might be some sort of damage control. But I certainly wouldn't want that to happen with the rest of Season 2. However, I also cannot deny that if it were to play at a special time for one week only, and the FLCL Progressive finale got 11 and 11:30 on 8/11, that WOULD remedy the schedule-shifting issues somewhat, but unless that special time is 2:30 AM, some timeslots will still get knee-jerked.

Here's what I think will happen: I think we'll get a double-shot of FLCL Progressive on August 11th, the week after Space Dandy ends. But I'm not sure how the rest of the slots shifting around will shake down. Honestly, I can't seem to wrap my head around it without some kind of demotion or pre-emption for Pop Team Epic. Playing the full hour of FLCL Progressive at 11:30 on 8/11 would pre-empt PTE, or perhaps displace it to its new later timeslot. Knee-jerking the schedule after FLCLP or PTE back 30 minutes one week, then up 30 minutes the next (or vice-versa) would also be bad, but I just don't see any way to play the full hour of FLCLP on 8/11 without doing so! If it stays at 11:30 and Episode 6 follows at Midnight, then the last episode of Part 3 of JoJo would fall to 1 unless PTE moves down more than 30 minutes, but how far would it fall? And would that simply become its new timeslot afterward, while everything else after it gets knee-jerked? I guess that's our best bet. So, after performing this risk assessment, here's what I believe they'll do: 8/11/18: DBS; MHA; FLCL2 x 2; JoJoP3; PTE; HxH; BC; Shippuden; Bebop; Lupin 8/18/18: DBS; MHA; AOTS3; JoJoP4; HxH; PTE; BC; Shippuden; Bebop; Lupin This way, Black Clover and Shippuden get knee-jerked down to 2 AM and 2:30 AM respectively, but only for a week. HxH, meanwhile, also gets knee-jerked down to 1:30 but then rewarded with 12:30 immediately afterward. I really can't figure out a better way to arrange it than this, and also keep the JoJo Part 3 finale in the same timeslot. Also, this doesn't explain what happens with FLCL Alternative, as there doesn't seem to be an empty timeslot for it on September 8th anymore...

I've never heard of the guy who plays Aizawa but he IS a great fit!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-super/episode-71/.110078 Rating: "B+". Damn, Matthew Mercer, best known as Jotaro and Levi (from AOT) was TOTALLY the perfect choice to play Hit and episodes like this just proved it! What the hell DID he do to kill Goku? And WHY will he be back!? Guess we'll have to wait until next week to find out!

It's actually "pop-potato", if anyone cares...

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-hero-academia/episode-10/.102887 Rating: "B+". At this point, Season 2 was all but confirmed!

Like ketchup on a popsicle?

This was Episode 7. Never really been a huge fan of this one. I could barely hold my eyes open at this point after an 8 AM start yesterday!

Oh damn, Polnareff was the first one to meet head-to-head with DIO! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/jojo-bizarre-adventure-stardust-crusaders-egypt-arc/episode-20/.88503 This nuanced episode got a "B+"! Can hardly wait for more!

From here on out, Anime News Network reviewed every episode! But the first 3 got an "A": https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pop-team-epic/episodes-1-3/.126734

Took me a while to wrap my head around this one...or should I say "daeh ym parw?"

Better the 2nd time around??

Oops, wrong thread... Is it just me or is Black Clover kinda the Black Sheep of the lineup? This GIF was posted from the episode 2 weeks ago!

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-30/.131112 Rating: B-. Yeah, I pretty much agree. It had some intrigue, but too many moments involving Gauche and his constant nosebleed for his YOUNG sister were cringeworthy!

"The First Noelle, the Angel did say..." Is it just me or was this episode kinda...Christmassy? Oh wait, I get it--it's XMAS IN JULY!!!

She's normal; he's whacked! And Noelle needs to conjure up a chill pill and take it!

Pretty good episode! And now we know what grapehead can do!

I think they might consider airing premiere Naruto Shippuden at 8:30 on weeknights and let Boruto take over its slot (earlier, of course) on Toonami, if only because we're gonna be watching Naruto Shippuden on Saturday nights for like 6 more years otherwise! It's different and would theoretically be possible because the dub is FAR ahead of the Toonami run, unlike all the other shows. Ratings would probably be equivalent to what Disney X D got when it did this at like 10:30 or something like that. Of course, such a move would REALLY piss off One Piece fans!

Dragon Ball Super did even better on Thursday, and broke its weeknight record in Adults 18-34 by a couple of hundredths! http://programminginsider.com/thursday-final-ratings-southern-charm-season-finale-on-bravo-leads-all-cable-telecasts-among-adults-18-49/ Dragon Ball Super (repeat) (ADSM, 8:00 PM, 30 min.)• 0.465 million viewers (#73)• 0.30 HH (#74)• 0.19 A18-49 (#54)• 0.26 A18-34 (#11)• 0.16 A25-54 (#74) Whoda thunk Super Saiyan Fetus = Ratings??

I don't think anyone was dumb enough to do that at the theater where I saw it!