OwlChemist81

Because you're Catholic, at a baseball game, want to eat hot dogs, it's Friday, and it's Lent... ...that's just my guess...

TO THE GALACTIC LEYLINE!! 2:30 AM TOMORROW NIGHT! ONLY TOONAMI!!

I think after this Toonami has come and gone, the question that will be asked is "would it have been more relevant if it had aired on a 'better' night?" And there will be no answer to that question, except to point to those Wednesday night encores of Samurai Jack and shrug.

Believe it or not, this is actually the beginning of the last 2-parter before we reach the Egypt Arc! So get ready to walk like an Egyptian for the penultimate time tomorrow night! ONLY TOONAMI!!!

I GUESS I get this despite the fact I jumped the gun! Oh well; let's see what kind of crap Asta gets into this week! ONLY TOONAMI!

Just because no one else made a thread tonight--and that's pathetic for the 5th show on the lineup! Whatever. 12:30 tomorrow night. Let's keep watching and see how this mechanized mess is gonna end. Oh yeah, and new OP and ED, so y'all enjoy! Only TOONAMI!!

Yup...

In fairness, if they ever manage to acquire one more timeslot, perhaps 10 PM, whole-show or season marathons of shows they acquired since the last time they stretched that long would then be possible. Those include Attack on Titan Season 2, One-Punch Man, and, yes, Dimension W. Considering all 3 were at least modest commercial successes, that wouldn't be a terrible idea!

I don't think so. The fact that Toonami included scenes from Season 2 in their latest "Better Cartoon Show" promo was pretty telling!

I still think so, even if lately it's become less relevant as better, more impactful series end up on Netflix and other streaming services. It still manages to pick up a gem every now and then like One-Punch Man, Attack on Titan, or the new Lupin series. And of course Gundam IBO is quality too, even if it's a bit light on the action. How about y'all?

Well, that's your opinion, one that might be partially backed up by declining ratings, but still, your opinion. Or maybe you're just sore because they don't air Inuyasha anymore?

What the hell is that supposed to mean!?!

...should be on Toonami. But at least we've got its simuldub on FUNimation NOW and VRV. So discuss it here. First episode kinda felt like Evangelion, maybe with a touch of Elfen Lied in there too...

And then THIS happened: http://www.programminginsider.com/saturday-final-ratings-nba-continues-trending-upward-abc-saturday-prime-time/ PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000) 10:30 Dragon Ball Super 999 0.42 538 11:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 782 0.33 427 11:30 Black Clover 562 0.24 309 12:00a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 484 0.20 259 12:30a Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 398 0.18 228 1:00a Hunter X Hunter (r) 386 0.18 226 1:30a Naruto: Shippuden (r) 423 0.20 264 2:00a Outlaw Star (r) 343 0.16 201 2:30a Space Dandy (r) 319 0.15 196 3:00a Cowboy Bebop (r) 389 0.19 251 3:30a Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig (r) 375 0.18 228 Well, at least Space Dandy is the only show that fell below 200K 18-49. Don't get me wrong; I wanted Space Dandy back too, but that's REALLY setting the bar low at 2:30 AM! Remember when we were getting PREMIERES of Hellsing Ultimate and One Piece in that timeslot? The 18-49 average was 284K, the 2nd worst in Toonami history. Also, Family Guy at 10 PM pretty much tied DBS in both 18-49 and 18-34, though the latter lost total viewers.

You might be right. Well in that case, I guess that would mean Super at 10, AOT S3 at 10:30, then FLCL at 11? I dunno; AOT S3 seems kinda hot for 10:30. FLCL after Super would work. BTW, the block average was 496K total viewers. This is only the 2nd time in the block's history that it hasn't crossed 500K; the first is the Cowboy Bebop marathon last year.

UPDATED: www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-27-2018.html Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.42/0.33, compared to last week’s 0.51/0.39, BLACK CLOVER down 0.05 to 0.24, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE down 0.06 to 0.20, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM down 0.07 to 0.18/398K, HUNTER X HUNTER down 0.04 to 0.18/386K, NARUTO down 0.02 to 0.20/423K, OUTLAW STAR down 0.04 to 0.16/343K, the new SPACE DANDY at 0.15/319K, COWBOY BEBOP down a tick to 0.20/389K, and GHOST IN THE SHELL down 0.01 to 0.18/375K. Wow. Space Dandy had an inauspicious re-debut, but then CB rose 0.05!? I CAN'T EVEN...

Last year's 12:30 AOT S2 premieres seemed late but they were in front of Samurai Jack and both Dragon Balls. This year, S3 will likely also get topicals. The logical place for it to air is in front of Dragon Ball Super at 11. DBZ Kai will be leaving that timeslot right before and the worst they would have to do is double up on Dragon Ball Super for a week or two. Might even dare to rerun the last episode of Season 2 in that timeslot leading into Season 3 if June 30th isn't a full-night marathon of Season 2. I believe that could still do OK.

Here's how that would work: June 30, 2018: 10 PM FLCL 2 (if it's ready) 10:30 Dragon Ball Super 11 PM WORLD PREMIERE Attack on Titan Season 3 11:30 Black Clover 12 AM JoJo: Stardust Crusaders 12:30 Hell I don't know--Tokyo Ghoul: RE?? Kai ends in late June and that would theoretically pave the way for AOT S3 to show up over here first, if that's even possible. After AOT S2 did lackluster in the ratings despite essentially being a simuldub I'm pretty sure they'd go for something like that. If it's not possible for AOT S3 to show up here until July, might as well double up on Super or something.

I wouldn't count Darling in the Frankxx out, but it won't be a dub premiere. Maybe that's what was going to replace Lupin? That would have been a godsend. As for Overlord, no way you're airing S2 of anything without airing S1 first. This smells too much like late 2014, but at least the politics seem to be different.

I guess we saw some evidence of that in 2015 when Aniplex killed it with KILL la KILL and SAO 2, then Sentai ruled the roost with stuff like Akame ga KILL!! and Parasyte. It will be interesting to see what happens with the 11 PM slot when DBZ Kai ends. I'd say put AOT S3 there. I think it still has some drawing power as it usually didn't drop from Kai very badly last year. Let's see what it does right after Super. Also, streaming should be delayed like it is for Super. The fact that Black Clover isn't a dub premiere is effectively KILLING Black Clover and everything afterward, but looks like we're stuck with that for a while.

Yeah, but how long is THAT gonna last with only like 400K watching Gundam IBO? Still, even with only 0.18 in 18-49, Gundam IBO was probably one of the Top 5 most watched programs in its 12:30 AM timeslot across basic cable in that demographic. As long as that's happening, advertisers probably don't really care how many people are watching. I also know that ratings for Toonami were probably down in my market since they had one of their biggest anime conventions of the year this weekend, but that probably matters less than what happened with Anime Los Angeles. Since out there Toonami begins at 7:30 PM and ends at 1 AM where they can pick up the East Coast feed, it's probably watched by quite a few more people who weren't watching and were at the con instead.

The reason I typed it as "Disney X-D" is because "XD" results in an emoji: . I'm not sure how you prevented that from happening; I guess I could just put a space between them, like this "X D".

I'm not gonna bother him. I'm sure we really don't wanna know...

Good Lord, that's rough! What the hell happened? JoJo just barely missed the Top 50, and Gundam at #67 means that I can't even do my usual analysis this week! We're never gonna know how low they went in 18-34 unless I bug Mitch, and that's probably a bad idea. All this time, was Lupin an "anchor show" keeping everything before it from doing even worse!? It may have had TONS of weeks in the 400Ks but it NEVER fell into the 300Ks! Gundam IBO S2, shame on you. And what's sad is that was some GREAT action that kicked off the show and ended the ratings-wise ill-fated First Mobile Armor arc. But instead it's officially fallen to Wednesday Night Naruto Shippuden on Disney X-D levels. It's just like--DAMN!

Not even through January yet, and Netflix has apparently already announced THIS... Is this crap for real!? Eminem in a live-action One Piece adaptation!?