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Oddly enough, I don't remember that. It must have been a really narrow band of time in which that happened, and I thought in general it was more like upper 300K total viewers. And yes, that was 11 PM on Saturday nights. Well, it just so happens that's what we're averaging in the Midnight hour these days: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-14-2018.html Ugh, Pop Team Epic appears to be bombing; 7th place in 18-34 and a modest 0.21 at midnight doesn't inspire confidence. Perhaps the plan IS to bury it soon, or at least move it down to 12:30 AM and JoJo Part 4 up to Midnight when it starts on 8/18/18. Speaking about that palindromic date, we've also got AOT S3 coming, and I've gotta say it looks good for 11 PM or at least 11:30 behind My Hero Academia. MHA is tamer, but it sure as hell is older. At least once we get through this next trio of episodes before Titans impact the block once again, MHA's animation will be from April 2017, and that's actually NEWER than Super, but of course the latter still holds the advantage because it's a dub premiere, and presumably once we get past Episode #38, which sneak-peeked in theaters last Wednesday, AOT will be too! But then again, does the mere fact that an anime is a dub premiere if it that much leverage on Toonami anymore? JoJo Part 3 and HxH are languishing at 12:30 and 1 respectively right now and are both dub premieres, though to be fair their animation is older. AOT's, on the other hand, will be brand-spankin'-new by comparison, not a world premiere but only slightly older than a month following its release in Japan or perhaps slightly newer in the case of Episode #39 (which will premiere on July 28th in Japan and August 25th on Toonami). So I'd say it COULD take 11 PM; after all, the Beast Titan episode (#26) has aired there before as part of the 4th of July Weekend marathon last year. In fact, 0.21 is the lowest I've seen for 18-34 thus far at Midnight. Even Mind Game managed a 0.22. This ties Stardust Crusaders from 6/9 and is probably rock bottom--probably. I'm gonna chalk this up to the Pacquiao-Matthysse fight, is what I WOULD say if it wasn't on ESPN+. It looks more like Live PD and NASCAR racing probably delievered the knockout blow. UFC Fight night on Fox Sports 1, which obviously beat the midnight hour in key demos and edged out Super in P2+ and ran for over 3 hours, against the first 6 shows on the Toonami lineup, including that midnight hour, was probably also a huge factor. I don't believe Alucard went up against anything like that when Hellsing Ultimate X then-bombed in the midnight hour back on 12/13/14. Geez, that feels like a mega-hit by today's standards.

Naruto: Shippuden is up next, and it's 3 episodes late in the Pain Invasion arc, followed by the "Big Adventure! Quest for the 4th Hokage" 2-parter. Looks like episodes 167-171. Weird that it's not 166-170, but it's also good that they didn't split the 2-parter. Also weird that these are from last year, but whatever. I guess we'll advance to FINALLY see the rest of the Pain arc on the Stream next week--is what I WOULD say if the whole block stream weren't a thing last year.

HERE COMES THE COUNTERATTACK!!! ...NEXT TIME!!! Dragon Ball Super on Toonami takes the topical after the show, and reveals that Goku really ISN'T dead yet, or at least has somehow been revived. Could what happened in tonight's episode when his divine power healed him be a clue?

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!