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You did that wrong. It's 50-fuckin'-1! Gundam IBO only ran for 50! But we can take solace in that 57 episodes of IBO actually aired on Toonami, if you count the Dort Arc marathon on Halloween weekend 2016. Add 22 episodes of Unicorn to that and that adds up to 79 episodes of Gundam on [as] Toonami. The number 79 also happens to be the atomic number for gold. Hence, Gundam is gold! But, I digress. I'm thinking a show that gets mid-blocked doesn't have much of a hope of getting a marathon anymore, unless it's Bebop. So chances are Black Clover will only run 51 episodes on Toonami, unless, heaven forbid, it gets a continuation. And if there is one, it better be a lot less hackneyed than this series! But that's the problem with Pierrot. They hit it out of the park with Bebop, Bleach, and the Naruto franchise, but everything else they animate is middling at best.

As Jotaro, who's been shoved down to 12:30 now, would say "Oh, Good Grief!" Last night's "behind the scenes" interviews vignette that aired during FLCL and Shippuden was really the first on-air confirmation we've had that FLCL Progressive WILL indeed air at Midnight. Lots of us were thinking there was no WAY FLCL Progressive, a show Williams Street themselves produced, would be at Midnight as the 4th show on the lineup, but it seems that's what they intend to do, and it speaks volumes about how popular they're assuming MHA is gonna be that they're using THAT as a lead-in. The question is, with DBZ KFC the new "lame duck" show, what replaces it at 11? There's probably a very small number of series that could air between the juggernauts that are Super and MHA and still hold a candle to them, but maybe that's not the point. Something lesser-known WOULD get a pretty good rub on both sides from those heavyweights! I'd say "AOTS3," but that won't be ready yet until AT LEAST 7/21. I guess moving Super back down to 11 is a possibility, but then you would apparently have to have a prime-time premiere outside of Toonami again--Yuck! It's also possible that MHA moves up to 11 after Episode 7 and an Independence Day "weekend" marathon on June 30, and something new moves into the 11:30 timeslot on 7/7 to lead-in to FLCL 2 episode 5. What they plan on doing with AOTS3 if they get it is then the next mystery. To replace FLCL Progressive at Midnight on 7/21 IF Toonami gets to air the dub before Japan even gets to air a subtitled edition would work, but I'd say more likely we just get a repeat of Progressive on 7/21-8/25 leading-in to Alternative on 9/9, and JoJo instead gets replaced once again by AOT in mid-August.

Yeah, that's right. But it's different from Toonami's other recent tragedy, AgK, because lots of secondary characters lived on in the better world their sacrifice gained. That didn't happen in AgK, as Akame was pretty much a wandering samurai who moved on to a new town. Couldn't agree with this review more. It wasn't a "happy" ending, like JoJo Part 2, but it was a sublime ending, like Samurai Jack. Definitely the best ending of 2018 so far, but then again the bar is set ridiculously low because it's the ONLY ending so far in 2018, other than Lupin the 3rd Part 4 and Outlaw Star's non-endings. But DEFINITELY better than that! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mobile-suit-gundam-iron-blooded-orphans/episode-50/.114328 Rating: (What else?) A+!! LATER!!

Not everyone. Lots of characters, even one I thought passed away in Season 1, Gaelio, lived.

Too bad they couldn't address that somehow...

Yeah, of course I know that. But I was wondering if he also banged Kudelia a bit later on. If so, guess they used protection or she wasn't impregnated.

Well, guess Kudelia didn't have Mika's baby after all! Thanks for the memories, Gundam IBO!! It was a HELL of a ride! ON to Black Clover!!

I thought we were in Denouement mode, then someone gets shot in the shitter!

Gaelio and Julieta I never would have shipped, but hey, why not!? And Eugene lived--cool!!

2nd half now!!

Wow, what a great battle! That was SUCH a treat to watch!!

I got me a Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen...LET'S DO THIS!!!

Episode 34: D'Arby The Gambler, Part 1 Our heroes are closing in on Dio's mansion... Let's get Bizarre one last time at Midnight, at least for now, before FLCL takes over, and JoJo is on half an hour later! ONLY TOONAMI!

Now that we're out of the Dungeon, what does the future hold for Asta and the Black Bulls? Find out tomorrow at 1, ONLY TOONAMI!

http://toonami.tumblr.com/image/173392062088 The final episode...

No, that actually WOULDN'T lock Toonami out of a same-day simuldub. Think about it: Japan is 14 hours ahead of Toonami. It could STILL be a Space Dandy-style premiere BEFORE Japan on July 21. For Toonami to get great ratings out of AOT S3, it almost has to be. And if FLCL is still on track to premiere at 11:30 (moving Academia to 11 and DBZKFC to Midnight) on 6/2, then with one week off for Independence Day holiday for a marathon, it would end 7/14 and open the timeslot for AOT S3 on 7/21. But I think it might actually be more likely to replace JoJo at 12:30 and a as a non-simuldub. Much less risk there. Even so, if you know anything about Japanese TV schedules, July 22nd is kind of an odd time for a show to start, though if it has 24 episodes, it still would get done by the end of 2018 if it ran uninterrupted. Even so, it almost feels like the schedule is guided by some foreign force who would rather keep quiet about it...

I just noticed something: My Hero Academia is the first premiere from Studio Bones that will air on Toonami in almost 4 years. The last one was Space Dandy in September 2014!

Unreal. I think Gundam Unicorn may have suffered from the same thing--only difference is GU was a DAMN treat to look at and the music was great too! Tokyo ghoul? Nothing to write home about! Hopefully Gundam Narrative (the sequel to Gundam Unicorn) is a little easier to follow. Gundam IBO had its moments but it was a lot easier to follow. And right now, it feels like a damn Shakespearian tragedy!

So better or worse than Black Clover?

Or maybe nervous about Chi-Chi's driving?

Cray cray theory here--but what if there IS no Beerus in the future? I mean, Zamasu IS a Supreme Kai, so he obviously knew about the other Supreme Kais, including Shin, and it has already been established that by eliminating Shin, you would eliminate Beerus, as they work kinda like Piccolo and Kami. So here's my theory: Future Trunks doesn't have a Beerus because Zamasu already took out Shin in his timeline!

ONLY if you're looking at total viewers. Super actually kicked FG's butt once again in all the major demos, which is FAR more important! Besides, this is actually the first time since 3/31 that DBS failed to get over a million total viewers, and only the 5th time since the current arc began; 9 times it has exceeded that benchmark!

Is it just me, or does anyone else want this to go in the opposite direction: animated versions of popular live action HBO shows on Toonami, not live-action versions of Toonami shows on HBO!

I can hardly believe no one has even mentioned Sci-Fi's Ani-Mondays. That 2-hour block aired relatively consistently from 11 PM-1 AM on Monday nights, began in June 2007, and lasted for over 3.5 years before moving to Tuesday nights to begin 2011, then switched randomly to Thursday nights in March, then finally aired at 1 AM for like a month before finally getting cancelled in June 2011. It was during the "dark" days that Toonami on CN got cancelled, and [as] stripped their anime offerings down to just 4 shows on Saturdays and 5:30 AM Inuyasha, that Sci-Fi Ani-Mondays hit arguably their highest point by acquiring Gurren Lagann! Other notable shows that aired on the block were Gundam 00 and Monster.

I'm telling y'all--we're totally getting Thunderbolt in October to close out 2018! Well, either that, or the sequel to Gundam Unicorn, Gundam Narrative! Oh, look... http://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-espn-doubles-the-adults-18-49-of-its-closest-network-competition-and-wins-prime-time-demos/ Family Guy (ADSM, 10:00 PM, 30 min.) – 1.009 million viewers (#21) – 0.65 HH (#23) – 0.43 A18-49 (#11) – 0.51 A18-34 (#4) – 0.37 A25-54 (#17) Dragon Ball Super (ADSM, 10:30 PM, 30 min.) – 0.953 million viewers (#32) – 0.62 HH (#26) – 0.45 A18-49 (#9) – 0.59 A18-34 (#3) – 0.39 A25-54 (#16) PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000) 10:30 Dragon Ball Super 953 0.45 585 11:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 790 0.38 486 11:30 Fooly Cooly (r) 579 0.27 354 12:00a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 512 0.24 308 12:30a Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 472 0.23 293 1:00a Black Clover 452 0.22 288 1:30a Hunter X Hunter (r) 415 0.20 255 2:00a Naruto: Shippuden (r) 398 0.19 243 2:30a Space Dandy (r) 341 0.16 202 3:00a Cowboy Bebop (r) 333 0.15 198 3:30a Ghost In Shell: 2nd Gig (r) 323 0.16 203 4/21/18 - Adults 18-49 Show Total Viewers Adults 18-49 DBS 585,000 105.98% DBZKFC 486,000 83.08% FLCL 354,000 72.84% JoJo 308,000 87.01% Gundam 293,000 95.13% BClover 288,000 98.29% HxH 255,000 88.54% Shippuden 243,000 95.29% Dandy 202,000 83.13% Bebop 198,000 98.02% GITS 203,000 102.53% Average in Adults 18-49: 310,455. That's 11th out of 16 so far for the year. And once again, Dragon Ball Super won the night on [as] in 18-49, 18-34, and 25-54! Third in 18-34 behind only two NBA games. Next week, with no NBA playoffs on TV, it just might capture #1 18-34!