OwlChemist81

You could say watching Toonami on TV is like listening to the radio as opposed to Pandora or Spotify. People still do it, but it's not the "new thing" so millennials are less pre-disposed to watch it than the late Gen-X'ers (like me) who grew up with it. Guess that's one of the main reasons they got semi-capable streaming in 2015 even if it's feeble and in fact a pale shadow of what it used to be except on weekends. As for the age of the shows on Toonami as produced in Japan, well as of last week, when JoJo moved forward considerably, here's what we have now for the most recently aired block: DBS - 2016 DBZKFC - 2015* Black Clover - 2017 JoJo: SC BE - 2015 Gundam IBO - 2017 HxH - 2013 Shippuden - 2010 Outlaw Star - 1998 Space Dandy - 2014 Cowboy Bebop - 1999 GITS: SAC 2nd Gig - 2004 *This show is a remaster with much older animation, from 1995. Additionally, DBS, DBZKFC, JoJo: SC BE, Gundam IBO, and HxH are dub premieres. Finally, since yesterday was Presidents' Day, ratings will not be available until tomorrow.

Legal issues could be anything. I'm willing to bet it's not Megas XLR. I'm thinking probably Star Blazers 2199. Yes, I do believe he actually mentioned it at some point during Pre-Flight.

Yeah, I'm still thinking it's probably Star Blazers 2199. If that's the case, replacing Outlaw Star with it would make perfect sense, especially if O.S. remains at 2 AM. It would be a space opera replacing a space opera. It also was produced in 2011, making it about as old as the current episodes of Shippuden (2010), so it can stay ahead of it for thematic similarities with Dandy and Bebop.

Black Butler would be nice for Toonami. But it's in licensing hell since Aniplex decided not to let FUNimation renew their license to Season 1.

Oh yeah, of COURSE Part 1 was an ode to Dracula, despite the fact that JJBA vampires can suck blood through their claws and not just their fangs, which makes them even more terrifying! And of course I caught the similarities to Nightmare on Elm Street in Death 13's mini-arc!

Wait, we've seen this before... Boy, if Toonami does get this, their rageboner for not picking up Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga is hard as diamond!

Really now?? Black Clover AGAIN!?! They're really trying to shove this series down our throats! And it's just Pages 1-5 again. I get that the first time it was supposed to play got screwed on Monday, but why spam it AGAIN just 2 weeks later?! But I did just notice that in Pages 4 & 5, Sekke gets whacked in the nuts pretty good!

It's a stretch, but then again, this IS the same company who handed out exactly 1,337 piracy lawsuits a while back. So don't put anything past them. Besides, you can't deny it wouldn't be bad paired with Black Clover!

Since Black Clover Pages 1-5 have for some ungodly reason found their way back to the Toonami stream, this week might also be a great chance to rewatch episodes 6-10. Also, I have a strange feeling that Toonami will opt for a marathon on St. Patrick's Day and the show they marathon will be Black Clover, but I kinda hope I'm wrong. But I digress. Here's the review of Page 10: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-10/.124882 TL,DR: Rating - B+

After all, he ended up with Android 18, whom we're PRETTY sure has a vagina, right?

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but a summer debut for Part 1 on home video just seems to scream dub premiere on Toonami! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-17/funimation-announces-re-zero-home-video-release/.127900 What's even more interesting is the time this story was posted: Exactly 22:00 EST on a Saturday night, which of course corresponds to 23:00 EDT, as Daylight Savings Time would be in effect this summer. Could we be talking about DBZ Kai's replacement here?? Some are saying it might be FLCL but I'm "fully-cooly" expecting that to be a 10 PM expansion show! As for Re:Zero, could make a great pairing with Black Clover for a "Dark Fantasy" hour at 11 PM Saturday nights!

Oh yeah, I never even considered all the Stephen King references! But they seem to be something that's limited mainly to Part 3 and perhaps going forward. I didn't notice them as pronouncedly in Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, for instance. But it could also be a nod to horror-centered literature from those time frames as well? Consider that Part 3 and so forth are modern, whereas Part 1 contained references to 19th Century literature, and Part 2 contained references to World War II era literature and film (such as Ben Hur). But maybe I'm reading into this too much; after all, not a peep from Edgar Allan Poe in Phantom Blood...

I think the Major is like late 30's in the main timeframe of the show, which means she's early 20's at this point.

It's centered around Saito!

"Rise" still holds up today!

Holy crap, check out the Tumblr: http://www.toonami.tumblr.com/

"Man, I really hate theme parks." One show left: GITS!

*Splat*

Yeah, they handled that badly!

The sole exception is Black Clover. There was disturbing stuff in every other show: DBSuper: Mai blown away by Black DBZKai: Gotenks/Piccolo absorbed JoJo: Iggy; Kakyoin badly injured Gundam IBO: Lafter murdered Hunter x Hunter: "Picking" Pokkle's brain Shippuden: Kakashi's doomed relationship with the kunoichi he possibly euthanaized Outlaw Star: Jail scenes Space Dandy: Zombies!! And now in Bebop, more insane human experimentation...

Oh yeah, this IS one of Toonami's darkest nights in a while!

"Get the tissues," huh...? WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT TONIGHT!! Gotenks, Piccolo, Lafter, Kunoichi, ENOUGH!!!

Yeah, it's been a pretty rough night! But Meow eats it again already! Let's recap: #1 - Meow destroyed along with Dandy & QT #2 - Meow survives but doesn't get to eat the ramen #3 - Meow eaten by Deathbringian #4 - Meow first to go zombie Meow is the "brunt character" of this show for sure!

Ohhh yes, next weekend, IT'S ON! ON to Space Dandy for now!!

Damn, this really worked!