OwlChemist81

Thanks; now I'm gonna have to rewatch and listen for that! Edit: it seems pretty subtle, but "Hail 2 U" is the Prince Reference, right? And maybe Polnareff-Land is like Michael Jackson's "Neverland?"

Oh goodness, you're right! It's only Monday (well, Tuesday morning ET), and a lot can happen between now and then, but I remember some recent times that it didn't. When GITS 2nd Gig got added to the lineup on 10/21-10/22, NONE of the shows had episode numbers on DirecTV. Considering that only Black Clover, JoJo, and Gundam IBO identify their episode number on-screen, that's a problem.

That may not be the best idea with Blue Exorcist since it REALLY goes off the rails in Season 1! Like the first 15-16 episodes are all that is canonical; the rest is crazy fast-paced, but it's all filler! Season 2 pretty much picks up where the canonical portion of Season 1 left off with very little explanation, or at least it seemed that way from the one episode that I watched.

Well, might not be as bad as I thought: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-19-2018.html This is for FRIDAY, but it might indicate how many slots in the Top 50 get lapped up by news organizations on Saturday. On Friday it was 17/50, roughly one-third, with 7 going to CNN, 7 going to Fox News, and 3 going to MSNBC. Compare that to a year ago, which had TWICE as many slots in the Top 50: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-20-2017.html So I don't believe the Government Shutdown is going to be as detrimental to Toonami's six premiere slots as what we witnessed the next day: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-21-2017.html Over 40% of the slots that day went to news channels. I doubt we'll see as many go there for this past weekend. I also predict all 6 premieres will make the Top 50 in 18-49, which clearly didn't happen with that lineup's 4 premieres.

So this week it's Tokyo Ghoul's turn to "grace" us with its presence on the stream--well the first 5 episodes anyway. But kudos to whomever the hell at [as] programs this thing, as less than 2 weeks after "Shithole" happened, they've plugged in an episode which actually uses the word. [go figure]

Exactly. That time would be sometime in 2019 I guess, but NOT now! I kinda hope the new series doesn't come out for awhile because it might be good to see what Toonami does with just Super and not both Super and Kai leading for once.

Thanks for asking for us! The only reason I really wanna know is to see whether or not DBS won the night; so far, it hasn't in 2018, and that's pretty sad, but it retained 97.2%, which is a huge improvement over the previous week!

http://programminginsider.com/saturday-final-nationals-patriots-blowout-win-titans-cbs-generates-least-watched-nfl-divisional-playoff-9-years/ It turns out Family Guy just edged out Dragon Ball Super on 1/13/18: Family Guy (Adult Swim, 1/13 10:00-10:30 p.m.)- 930,000 viewers- 0.38 adults 18-49 rating

I have a BAD feeling about the ratings this week. Whereas last year the Trump Inauguration and fallout from that caused everyone to watch news channels, this year I believe the Government Shutdown might have the same effect. Not to mention that UFC and Bellator were a thing last night, and they're pretty popular. So it might be even uglier than usual again this week. It might be a while until we see million-plus again with this current lineup, sadly enough.

Colt is Genos' VA CONFIRMED: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=135560

You know, it's funny that for the final "Galactic Leyline" arc, Outlaw Star got a boost to 2 AM!

This isn't the first time that term has been used in this series, nor in this season.

Did you drop it? It finally got real good!

Hey, saito, also half-watching Gundam IBO right now?

This is clearly the most relevant of the lineup to today's political situation!

Poor Udai. And it WASN'T cigarettes that killed him!

This was me trying to take a shower today...

It was! After Toonami's over you can try it!

Why post this now?

Yep, and this is one of the better episodes!

That's what Ctarl-Ctarl do; they turn into tigers when they look at a full moon. But HOW she did that is beyond me.

BLASTOFF!!!

This is probably as close as we'll get to having Keijo!!!!!!!! on Toonami.