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Hey, not too shabby at all! The Adult Swim line-up also returned from a holiday week off, and performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.50/0.40, MY HERO ACADEMIA at 0.29/608K, FLCL: PROGRESSIVE at 0.29, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE at 0.21, HUNTER X HUNTER at 0.21/492K, BLACK CLOVER at 0.20/471K, NARUTO at 0.18/439K, SPACE DANDY at 0.15/391K, COWBOY BEBOP at 0.15/352K, and LUPIN THE 3RD at 0.16/368K. How long has it been since everything has been over 350K? March 24th! That was 5th for 2018, and this average is a tie for 6th: 6/2/18 - Total Viewers Show Viewers Retention Family Guy DBS 1,073,000 #DIV/0! DBZKFC 845,000 78.75% MHA 608,000 71.95% FLCL 580,000 95.39% JoJo 480,000 82.76% HxH 492,000 102.50% B. Clover 471,000 95.73% Shippuden 439,000 93.21% Dandy 391,000 89.07% Bebop 352,000 90.03% GITS 368,000 104.55% AVERAGE 554,455 6th Lupin is really getting its mettle tested as an anchor show! It seemed to function as one when it was premiering at 1:30 AM and now it may effectively serve the same purpose at 3:30 AM!

Ok, so it DID improve a bit from what JoJo was doing in that timeslot back in April in both female demographics. On April 28, it got a 0.17 in F18-49 and a 0.18 in F12-34. It's a far cry from the "Toonami Signature" mini-block of 2015 which featured high ratings for female demographics, especially from 12:30-2 AM (with Kill la Kill or Akame ga Kill!, followed by SAO2 or Michiko & Hatchin, followed by InuYasha: The Final Act or SAO2), but it IS an improvement... ...or is it? Going back further, it actually tied the 4/7/18 JoJo, and the 4/14/18 JoJo actually beat it in F12-34 (0.27). So the improvement might be more random fluctuation than anything. I had high hopes for FLCL2, but it seems it's not gonna do better at Midnight.

Well, I'm afraid this doesn't exactly inspire confidence: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-2-2018.html Just 580K at Midnight for a World-Premiere episode of FLCL with NO repeats!? Sure, it did decent in target demos, placing 9th in 18-49, 5th in 18-34, and 4th in Male 12-34, but I gotta tell ya I was expecting quite a bit better from it, considering what a ratings powerhouse the original probably was when it premiered back in 2003. Just 95K greater than the last episode of the original seems to be a little underperforming to me. But Dragon Ball Super continues to do DAMN good! I'll bet they'll decide to give the last 2 episodes of Progressive the rub by slotting them at 11 PM after DBZ Kai ends. That might be the only way to get a positive return on investment out of the NBA Game 7 ad and the billboards. But then again, in 18-34, that isn't half bad for FLCL Progressive. In fact, you have to go back to 10/21/17 to find anything higher in that timeslot. Adults 18-34 Rating Estimate Retention 0.60 408,000 N/A 0.48 326,000 80.00% 0.41 279,000 85.42% 0.30 204,000 73.17%

Dragonball has ALREADY been transformed into a sweeping multiverse, partially by the Cell Saga of Z, and then Super finished the job! Now anyone's DB fanfics are plausibly canonical because the show uses the multiverse theory of time travel and contains parallel universes!

What do you mean HBO Gundam? Like live-action Gundam on HBO? That would be at least as cool as Pacific Rim... And yeah, if we're indeed getting Narrative, might as well give Unicorn another spin, maybe replacing Space Dandy? I know what you're thinking: Not enough weeks if it's a 2-year deal like IBO. Well, to remedy that, we could have the first 11 play from August to November, and then the last 11 get a marathon on Thanksgiving or something. OR, follow me here, assuming Toonami's not expanding again, maybe first 11 marathon Christmas, last 11 marathon New Year's, and then Narrative premieres on 1/5/19?

Gundam week is now over--Samurai Champloo week has begun! It looks like it's gonna be #11-#15 until Friday night, and #16-#20 after that until next Monday. So y'all enjoy!

You must not be watching the Marathon stream then. Two weeks ago the stream was having JoJo week, and episodes 26-35 of Stardust Crusaders streamed (26-30 Monday-Friday, then 31-35 over the weekend through Monday night). Iggy's stand is clearly visible in 26.

I've really only seen IBO, Unicorn, and 00 all the way through. I've heard good things about Thunderbolt, and believe that G might change the way you think about Gundam!

I'd say it could be a remastered G or Wing. Perhaps if it's something new, it could be Gundam Thunderbolt. Then again, they might be going after Narrative so they might decide to give Unicorn another spin Lupin the 3rd-style. There's no telling what they might do when it comes to the next Gundam show to air on Toonami. In other, related news, there are no episodes from Season 1 streaming on-demand right now, so it does appear that Toonami has lost the rights to Season 1, indicating that it was likely a 2-year deal for each season.

It's getting a THEATRICAL release in Japan. That's why they decided to delay our subtitled editions (with the exception of course of FLCL Alternative Episode 1, which already aired on Toonami). They believe reverse importation of a version with subtitles would harm the Japanese raw version movie screenings. That's why they limited our subbed editions until AFTER the movies have their theatrical run.

Ok, so technically it may have been midnight on June 5th, but still, seeing this first episode of Gundam IBO on Toonami back then was such a thrill! One year later, IBO Season 1 had ended and Toonami instead saw fit to showcase the final 2 episodes of Gundam Unicorn around the same time (6/3/17 and 6/10/17). But now, 2 years later, Gundam is off the block for the time being. However, the Marathon Stream has showcased the last 10 episodes of Gundam IBO ever since Monday night (#41-45 through Friday night, then #46-#50), so it seems only fitting to me that the last episode is streaming on the stream exactly 2 years after the first, as Gundam IBO Week on the stream draws to a close. What will the next Gundam show to air on Toonami be? How will Toonami mark 3 years of Gundam on [as] Toonami? Post your thoughts here...

"Thundercats" may also refer to the 2011 remake, though when people speak of that nowadays, they usually add the "2011" as a qualifier. "Thundercats on [as] Toonami" also refers only to the 2011 remake. But there is no confusion when speaking of Thundercats Roar--it's the 2019 remake. But I'm befuddled as to why they didn't go with "Thundercats HO!" Maybe that name is what the 2011 remake should go by?

I never seem to watch the early shows live, but that doesn't mean I've "dropped" them. Such an ugly word, "dropped". But I fell behind on Shippuden and haven't caught back up yet. Also DBZ Kai, but it's the new "lame duck" on the block now.

Just a little while ago, 560 people were watching the Gundam IBO marathon on the stream. I think that's its highest viewership since the chat feature and viewer count returned! You now have about one more day to catch it, if you haven't already!

I know you're all dying to know what ANN rated this episode! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/flcl-progressive/episode-1/.132397 A "B+".

We've reached the point in the series in which ANN has reviews! Preview spoiler warning: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragon-ball-super/episode-65/.108539 Rating: "B".

Oh yeah, I forgot I used to do this! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-24/.129272 They gave this episode a "B"!

This 2-part arc was bad-ass! But this whole arc minus a few training episodes has been freaking gold and disturbing as hell!

I dropped the new Ducktales. I may regret that decision!

Hidomi =/= Mamimi! What a great first episode, though! I guess unlike Samurai Jack, it's not getting any weekday replays. But I guess we'll see...

I had forgotten all about this! I was kinda hoping beyond hope maybe Toonami got to substitute this opening this time, but I guess not. Hopefully the sub and the dub of Part 5 will use the same score! [Coming to Toonami January 2019??]

They cut the intro this time. Think I'll keep the version from June 17th, 2017.

VIVA ALL!!!

And it turns out that the nerdy girl has the most beautiful voice of all!

EVERYBODY!!!