OwlChemist81

Well, this is encouraging: See what DBS can do while Live PD is on hiatus??

So Attack on Titan is mysteriously skipping forward from Episode #30 to Episode #36 at 3 AM, but fear not!! The marathon stream has you covered with #31-#35 all week long!!

It looks like it's going to be #36 "Charge" (Season 2, Episode 11). I still have #31-#35 (Season 2, Episodes 6-10) on my DVR so its not a biggie for me, and it also means we're likely to see #37 "Scream" (Season 2, Episode 12) on 9/9, finally in HD for DirecTv customers (as the first run glitched). They actually did something right with the marathon stream for a change: they're showing #31-#35 all this week. With a surprising rerun skip to #36 on-air, I guess this is the best they could do. I would say (for whatever reason) 9/9 will be the last 9-show Toonami for a while, and on 9/16 DBS returns to 11:30. Hopefully the good performers keep their timeslots and only certain shows (like JoJo and Lupin) are moved down. And it looks like the AOT S2 final run count will likely be: #26-#30: 3 runs each (premiere, marathon, rerun) #31-#34: 2 runs each (premiere, marathon) #35: 1 run (premiere only) #36-#37: 2 runs each (premiere, rerun) Kinda bummed that #35 only got on TV once, but I guess that's the way it goes. After all, MOST Toonami episodes are 1-and-done on TV! There has been no 2nd chance on Toonami TV for any episode of Samurai 7, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Soul Eater, Blue Exorcist, Black Lagoon, Gurren Lagann, Hellsing Ultimate, Sword Art Online (I or II), InuYasha: The Final Act, Dimension W, Gundam Unicorn, Naruto Shippuden or Tokyo Ghoul, and it appears Lupin will probably suffer the same fate.

Before we get to this week's Top 10, I would like to revisit the first Top 10 in the recent era, from 7/29/17: I honestly probably should have put Tokyo Ghoul a bit higher, maybe #8 or #7. And maybe JoJo was actually #1 with Lupin #3? But enough about that. Now I give you THIS week's Top 10: #10: Tokyo Ghoul - Coffee! Coffee! COFFEE!! COVFEFE!!! #9: Naruto - Once again, no "Shippuden" here!! #8: Samurai Jack - All hope really IS lost now!! #7: Dragon Ball Super - Jaco & Bulma go WAY back, apparently! #6: Dragon Ball Z Kai - A ray of hope shines as Kibito and Gohan are restored! #5: Attack on Titan - Beautiful snowy flashback and Eren's first ODM Kill, then wipeout! #4: Hunter x Hunter - Nice to see things finally start to get serious again!! #3: Lupin the 3rd - A rare Goemon-centric episode, and more bloody than usual! #2: Outlaw Star - No, Jim, it wasn't what you thought it was!! #1: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - The Party of 5 is now complete!!

It was a reference to a truTV World's Dumbest sequence that was lampooning Japanese TV commercials. But seriously, WTF is Tiger Balm supposed to be?? ...oh.

What I don't get is why they left this crap in, yet left the "Other World Tournament," including the awesome "Goku vs. Pikkon" fight out!

This may have been the highlight of the episode:

Well, they made the tower topple over!!

The 2-week wait for this is gonna be brutal indeed!!

BUMP for right now. Episode #30: Historia You wanted more snow? YOU GOT more snow!!

Well, that was a blast!! ON to AOT S2!!

Turns out they weren't getting it on!!

Don't FUUUUUUUUUUDGE with Hilda!!

Hott cat girl, anyone?

I know, a lot of people, but not in THIS folder!! TAKE THIS :poop: OUTSIDE!

That was the great sword technique that Goemon is known for!

Oh yeah, he IS a lot like Kimblee! And I guess Puhat done lost his head!

Glad this arc is finally starting to get serious!!

It was good until Hisoka got a fight-boner and it all went to hell; I.E.: THIS happened:

Shippuden's Chakra/Jutsu system might be more confusing!

Can't wait to see these 5 work together!!

"Exterminate ME!?!?" Well, on to something GOOD!! Hunter x Hunter!!

Gotta admit, this show is full of beautiful, competently-English songs! It's probably one of its strong points! And there was this scene: