OwlChemist81

BYE BYE, 300Ks!! Adult Swim’s late-night line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL at 0.55/0.45 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.46, BLACK CLOVER steady at 0.33, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURES up 0.03 to 0.31, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM steady at 0.27/671K, HUNTER X HUNTER steady at 0.24/549K, NARUTO up 0.01 to 0.23/536K, OUTLAW STAR up 0.01 to 0.21/445K, SPACE DANDY up 0.04 to 0.20/440K, COWBOY BEBOP up 0.01 to 0.20/436K, and GHOST IN THE SHELL up 0.02 to 0.19/408K. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-10-2018.html AVERAGE 611K!! That's by far the best of 2018, and has only been eclipsed in Toonami's current 5.5-hour format by the Dragon Ball Super marathon!

Oh, so that's what it was? I feared that might be the TRUE social media aspect of Dragon Ball Super, not its dubs on Toonami! Well, at least its ratings stayed decent this week: P2+ Last Week This Week Change DBS 1,155,000 1,026,000 -129,000 DBZKFC 1,030,000 902,000 -128,000 BClover 708,000 708,000 0 JoJo 596,000 671,000 75,000 Gundam 558,000 595,000 37,000 AVERAGE -29,000 A 18-34 Last Week This Week Change DBS 0.62 0.69 0.07 DBZKFC 0.57 0.58 0.01 BClover 0.41 0.41 0.00 JoJo 0.37 0.40 0.03 Gundam 0.33 0.34 0.01 AVERAGE 0.02 A 18-49 Last Week This Week Change DBS 0.50 0.55 0.05 DBZKFC 0.46 0.45 -0.01 BClover 0.32 0.33 0.01 JoJo 0.28 0.31 0.03 Gundam 0.27 0.27 0.00 AVERAGE 0.02 Will Gundam IBO reach over 600K in 2018 before it finishes? It's getting close! Those are new yearly highs for JoJo and Gundam! Slight decrease in total viewer ratings during "the sweet spot" but a 0.02 average gain in both demos! Total Viewers Show People Retention DBS 1,026,000 N/A DBZKFC 902,000 87.91% BClover 708,000 78.49% JoJo 671,000 94.77% Gundam 595,000 88.67% Adults 18-34 Show Rating Estimate Retention DBS 0.69 469,000 N/A DBZKFC 0.58 394,000 84.01% BClover 0.41 279,000 70.81% JoJo 0.40 272,000 97.49% Gundam 0.34 231,000 84.93% Adults 18-49 Show Rating Estimate Retention DBS 0.55 705,000 N/A DBZKFC 0.45 577,000 81.84% BClover 0.33 423,000 73.31% JoJo 0.31 397,000 93.85% Gundam 0.27 346,000 87.15% Adults 18-49 Show Rank Change DBS #8 -4 DBZKFC #10 -5 BClover #12 +1 JoJo #13 +11 Gundam #18 +7 Black Clover has gotta start retaining better. Gundam is usually the best retainer of the "sweet spot" but this week JoJo outpaced it!

Apparently Dragon Ball Super's social media buzz is more volatile than its viewership: SOCIAL CONTENT RATINGS® Daily Top Five Series and Specials March 10, 2018 RANK NETWORK / PROGRAM INTERACTIONS (000) 1 NBC Saturday Night Live 235 52 135 48 2 A&E Live PD 108 21 0.0 86 3 OWN Iyanla, Fix My Life 29 8 3 18 4 Travel Channel Ghost Adventures 21 4 11 6 5 FOX News Channel Justice With Judge Jeanine 20 4 3 13 Notice something? Dragon Ball Super got 95K interactions on 3/3/18, placing 4th, but NOT EVEN 20K interactions on 3/10/18, completely missing the Top 5. What the hell happened to the 64K+ people on 3/10 who were discussing DBS on Facebook on 3/3!? Either way, I think adding Instagram really hurt DBS because people just don't talk DBS on IG!

Yeah, that was OBVIOUSLY just an error. Can you believe 2 weeks later, and only 12 days until the episode airs, we STILL don't know!?!

http://www.dbmovie-20th.com/

UP NEXT: Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters It looks like it's focusing around the transformation of Buu.

I think there WAS an Overdrive earlier in this part. Maybe involving the flesh buds in Kakyoin and Polnareff?

That WOULD be an interesting touch! The question is, are we talking midnight on 4/1 after Black Clover, or are we talking like 10 PM on 3/31? For FLCL2 Episode 1 to air at Midnight instead of JoJo would be interesting, but you wouldn't just play THAT until 4 AM, would you? What might be neat is an FLCL takeover like so: Midnight: PREMIERE FLCL2 #1; 12:30-3:30 FLCL #1-#6 in HD; 3:30 FLCL2 #1 encore

Well, folks, this "filler" episode got a solid "B": https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/black-clover/episode-13/.125774 BTW, I do these reviews for BC and IBO because they're the only shows new enough to do it for. When DBS gets to a certain point, you'll see my posting reviews for that as well, as well as for whatever newer or simul-dub shows since ANN started doing episode reviews. Also, next week's BC will actually be the first time a show produced in 2018 airs on Toonami, which will be 6 days later than in 2017 (Samurai Jack, 3/11/17) and a whopping 18 days later than in 2016 (Dimension W, 2/27/16). However, it would be 2016 until a show produced in 2015 would air on Toonami (the back half of Parasyte), while 2014 is the undeniable king of fastest same-year airings, with Space Dandy premiering on 1/4/14!

I don't think we've seen its full capability yet... Hopefully, we're talking something akin to what we saw that Full Frontal was able to do in Gundam Unicorn last year. Also... https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mobile-suit-gundam-iron-blooded-orphans/episode-44/.112438 TL,DR: Rating "B+"

Actually, it hasn't happened since 2014. In 2013 and 2014, Toonami went until 6 AM so something HAD to be cut. It was the 2 AM hour in 2013, but I believe it was the 3 AM hour in 2014. However, in 2015 through this year, Toonami no longer went until 6 AM, so there was no need to cut anything out. Incidentally, Toonami grew by an hour in 2012-2015 and a full 2 hours in 2016 (to air the movie Children Who Chase Lost Voices) when DST ended, but was unchanged in 2017 as the bonus hour was instead given to the Aqua Teen movie, which aired after Toonami.

Well damn, now you regret not hitting that prosthetic poontang, don't ya kid?

What if Trump turned out to just be the fever dream of a 15-year old comatose kid on life support?

You're screwed now, Londes!

C'mon, Faye, you're smarter than this!!

Hard to believe that last time this episode aired on Toonami, Prince was alive and well.

Thank goodness we actually HAVE this episode! A world without Dandy would SUCK!

I guess we're never gonna get "Viva Namida" on Toonami again, but I guess I should just be glad that Space Dandy is back at all. Episode 7: "A Race In Space Is Dangerous, Baby!"

If they can't figure out what to replace it with, I wouldn't mind it airing again! Or maybe just the hot springs episode!

Damn, that was epic and classic! Next time, THE FINAL EPISODE!!!

Harry: "I had such plans!" Dio: "Me too!"

Gene probably almost died from that. I think this is supposed to be his life flashing in front of his eyes!

Caster vs. Caster, round 2!

Weretiger vs. Tornado, takin' all bets... WHOA, butt naked!

This must have already happened...