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It turns out that tonight (Tuesday night) it went back to The Big O, but this time the first part of Season 2 instead (Episodes 14-18). I guess Season 1's streaming Monday afternoon was just a glitch after all, but it's one I'm damn glad I caught!

Ok, let's wrap this week up, shall we? http://programminginsider.com/ratings/final-nationals/saturday-final-nationals-espn-nba-playoff-doubleheader-jumps-nearly-40-percent-year-ago-levels/ TOTAL VIEWERS RETENTION 8:00 PM Dragon Ball Super 879,000 10:30 PM Family Guy 1,246,000 11:00 PM Samurai Jack 1,330,000 (106.74%) 11:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 991,000 (74.51%) 12:00 AM DBZ Kai: The Final Chapters 976,000 (98.49%) 12:30 AM Attack On Titan Season 2 826,000 (84.63%) 1:00 AM Tokyo Ghoul 712,000 (86.20%) 1:30 AM Hunter × Hunter 659,000 (92.56%) 2:00 AM Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 577,000 (87.56%) 2:30 AM Naruto: Shippuden 547,000 (94.80%) 3:00 AM Ghost In The Shell HD 487,000 (89.03%) TOTAL VIEWERS AVERAGE - 789,444 Dragon Ball Super falls under a million total viewers at 11:30 for the first time ever. Ouch! And I've already mentioned how disappointing that Season Premiere for Attack on Titan is. At least Jack still gains on its Family Guy lead-in to the tune of 7% in total viewers, but... ADULTS 18-49 RETENTION 8:00 PM Dragon Ball Super 519,000 10:30 PM Family Guy 727,000 11:00 PM Samurai Jack 870,000 (119.67%) 11:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 634,000 (72.87%) 12:00 AM DBZ Kai: The Final Chapters 637,000 (100.47%) 12:30 AM Attack on Titan Season 2 523,000 (82.10%) 1:00 AM Tokyo Ghoul 448,000 (85.66%) 1:30 AM Hunter × Hunter 417,000 (93.08%) 2:00 AM Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 344,000 (82.49%) 2:30 AM Naruto: Shippuden 331,000 (96.22%) 3:00 AM Ghost In The Shell HD 294,000 (88.82%) ADULTS 18-49 TOONAMI AVERAGE - 499,778 Yes, you read that right. Samurai Jack gained on its Family Guy lead-in in 18-49 by ALMOST TWENTY PERCENT! And Dragon Ball Super at 8 PM has also officially hit a new high in 18-49! Unfortunately that wasn't the case for the 11:30 encore during Toonami, as it had the worst retention of the night and was beaten by DBZ KFC. Then AOTS2 had the second-worst retention of the night, contrary to what had been predicted. Maybe they SHOULD have just run one episode of JoJo a week instead, as not even a 3-week-after-Japan broadcast dub has much of a premium versus a huge NBA Playoff game. Fortunately, it is most likely that the 2nd episode won't even be up against the NBA Playoffs! Finishing off the wrap-up, the running averages: CURRENT SHOW AVERAGES Total Viewers Dragon Ball Super (8 PM) - 881,000 (15 episodes) Samurai Jack - 1,361,000 (6 episodes) Dragon Ball Super (11:30 PM) - 1,160,133 (15 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters - 1,034,375 (16 episodes) Attack On Titan Season 2 - 826,000 (1 episode) Tokyo Ghoul - 753,000 (4 episodes) Hunter × Hunter - 832,854 (48 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - 701,875 (16 episodes) Naruto: Shippuden - 862,687 (155 episodes) Ghost In The Shell HD - 520,667 (12 episodes) Adults 18-49 Dragon Ball Super (8 PM, Estimate) - 428,533 (15 episodes) Samurai Jack - 875,833 (6 episodes) Dragon Ball Super (11:30 PM) - 706,933 (15 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters - 627,563 (16 episodes) Attack On Titan Season 2 - 523,000 (1 episode) Tokyo Ghoul - 473,500 (4 episodes) Hunter × Hunter - 495,375 (48 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - 427,813 (16 episodes) Naruto: Shippuden - 478,621 (138 episodes) Ghost In The Shell HD - 324,417 (12 episodes) Adults 18-34 (Estimated) Dragon Ball Super (8 PM) - 275,214 (14 episodes) Samurai Jack - 600,333 (6 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters - 426,750 (16 episodes) Attack On Titan Season 2 - 347,000 (1 episode) Tokyo Ghoul - 322,750 (4 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - 293,000 (16 episodes) To sum up, AOTS2 may be off to a rough start, but hopefully it will begin to improve next week!

Yeah, that was surprisingly decent for what I've heard about the dub. Would at least do well at 2:30 AM with other older shows! But unfortunately, Attack On Titan has returned with its lowest premiere episode ever in total viewers (though it HAS been slightly lower in Adults 18-49 even in 11:30 premieres in 2014), as it seems JoJo has done REAL damage to the 12:30 timeslot, and AOT needs to recapture its audience. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-22-2017.html 4/22/2017 Dragon Ball Super (8 PM) - #11 (+1) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.46 Estimated 18-34 - 313,000 ( 35.61% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.40 Estimated 18-49 - 513,000 ( 58.36% ) Total Viewers - 879,000 4/22/2017 Samurai Jack - #6 (STEADY) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.82 Estimated 18-34 - 557,000 ( 41.88% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.68 Estimated 18-49 - 872,000 ( 65.56% ) Total Viewers - 1,330,000 4/22/2017 DBZ Kai: Final Chapters - #7 (STEADY) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.64 Estimated 18-34 - 435,000 ( 44.57% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.50 Estimated 18-49 - 641,000 ( 65.68% ) Total Viewers - 976,000 4/22/2017 Attack On Titan - #10 (-1) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.51 Estimated 18-34 - 347,000 ( 42.01% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.41 Estimated 18-49 - 526,000 ( 63.68% ) Total Viewers - 826,000 4/22/2017 Tokyo Ghoul - #13 (-2) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.42 . Estimated 18-34 - 285,000 ( 40.03% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.35 Estimated 18-49 - 449,000 ( 63.06% ) Total Viewers - 712,000 4/22/2017 Gundam Unicorn - #24 (-3) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.29 Estimated 18-34 - 197,000 ( 34.14% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.27 Estimated 18-49 - 346,000 ( 59.97% ) Total Viewers - 577,000 THE GOOD: Dragon Ball Super at 8 PM kicked a surprising amount of ass, tying its 18-49 high from Episode 8 on February 25th for a REALLY funny episode. And Samurai Jack has indeed tied a number in 18-49 not seen since Week 2 on March 18th! THE BAD: But I guess since more people in the target demo who watch it had already seen it, they didn't return for the 11:30 PM airing of Dragon Ball Super and that in turn hurt DBZ KFC, but the drop from that to AOT is by far the most baffling considering the amount of hype its return had. I expected a mild increase, but both the overall number and the demos plunged. THE UGLY: Tokyo Ghoul deserves better than less than 300K 18-34, but even though that episode of Gundam Unicorn was surprisingly low on action and REALLY talk-heavy, it deserved to at least get 200K 18-34, right? But it hit a low that I haven't seen since I started keeping up with 18-34 ratings again 2 years ago. The worst is actually how GOOD everything was 2 years ago, on the lead-up to that AWESOME Toonami "Summer of Love" in 2015 where the 12-3 AM block scored over a million on average for 7 weeks in a row!

If Gundam IBO Season 2 is anything like its predecessor, then they might want to go in a different direction with its follow-up. G Gundam in HD would be a really cool dose of amped up nostalgia for the block which would last pretty much all through 2018 and even some of 2019! Gundam's current 2 AM slot would be good for a so-bad-it's-good dub with ridiculously over-the-top animation not seen in a true mecha show since Gurren Lagann! (Though KILL la KILL did have mecha overtones, especially in the 2nd half.) The ratings for 4/22/17 won't come out for about 7 or 8 hours, and already there's good news for next week (4/29/17): There will be NO Game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and the Trail Blazers, as GSW has swept the Blazers in Game 4. A Game 7 involving GSW would have been just the worst for Toonami both in terms of ratings and trending. More good news: it's likely that some of the other Game 7's that were scheduled for that night won't need to be played, as the Houston Rockets currently lead the OKC Thunder 3-1, with games 5 and 6 still to go. Also reaching 3 wins so far and scheduled for a Game 7 that night is Toronto Raptors, currently leading the Milwaukee Bucks 3-2. Finally, and most likely to have a Game 7 that night, are the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs, which are currently tied 2-2. Of course, a Game 7 will only occur if after 6 games the 2 teams have a 3-3 tie. ANY Game 7 will significantly take Twitter buzz away from Toonami, though if only one needs to be played, it will likely be at 8 PM and won't interfere with Toonami at all, though TNT COULD go with 9 PM for a single Game 7. I think it also depends where it's played if that will be the case.

Ok, I guess I'll give you that one. It's not that I don't care about the characters at all, but I cared about the characters in IBO bit more. I hated to see them die and I hoped they would complete their mission of escorting Kudelia to Earth alive, and was happy to see that they did. As for Unicorn, I dunno, I just can't seem to develop the same sort of caring about them until one of them dies, like Cardeas Vist and the dude played by Richard Epcar. Also Loni, the chick in the giant land/sea mecha-turtle thingy. But Banagher IS annoying as hell, and Riddhe is even worse! I once heralded Gundam Unicorn as to giant robots what Hellsing Ultimate was to vampires, and while that comparison still stands in terms of the awesome animation both series boast, one huge difference is in their protagonists. Hellsing has probably the most awesome protagonist ever, while Gundam Unicorn has a Shinji (from Neon Genesis Evangelion) clone!

Unicorn IS good. It's great to look at, even if it is incomprehensible on first watch. I'll bet its Live+7 numbers are higher because people have to watch it multiple times to figure out what the hell is going on, but I guess we'll never know...

Leave Gundam alone; it's only got 6 episodes left! Let it finish with some shred of dignity! Plus we've probably got IBO Season 2 coming soon...

"IS there even hype??" You tell me... April 1-2: April 15-16: April 22-23: NUMBER ONE trend on Tumblr for 3 weeks running and it's only got 1 episode out on Toonami. You. Tell. Me!!!

It's either 12 or 13, but I never seem to get a straight answer which.

No, it CAN'T be...

Maybe they were able to get the streaming rights but not TV rights? At any rate, it IS the OLD tapes so I don't really know what's going on here! But just glad we're able to see these classic episodes again as one hell of a great surprise!

Haven't seen The Big O in a while? Well Toonami feels your pain! So at about 1:20 this afternoon, they started streaming it for free! They're going DEEP for this one, all the way to Episodes 1-5, of SEASON 1, which we haven't been able to see for free for like 8 years! Sure, it's in standard definition, but the music and vocals are just as awesome and classic as ever!

4 AM. They play a different Williams Stream edit every weeknight, and Toonami Pre-Flight usually gets Friday nights.

There were LOTS of gems in this lineup. Here's how I rank it: #10: Shippuden - Thank GOODNESS this filler is over! #9: Sand Whale And Me - Healing spray IS pretty original! #8: Dragon Ball Z Kai - Krillin makes short work of Pinar and Piccolo forfeits his match #7: Dragon Ball Super - A battle so colossal it nearly trashes the universe! #6: Tokyo Ghoul - A rather intriguing episode to kick off the show! #5: Ghost In The Shell - The Rootin' Tootin' man in a can plus the Major's "Scared Straight" Program #4: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - JoJo vs. Wamuu in a Chariot Race to the death, filled with all sorts of tricks as JoJo gets the upper hand. #3: Gundam Unicorn - The Battle At Torrington comes to an explosive climax as Banager learns some people are beyond saving. #2: Hunter x Hunter - In this action-packed episode, Uvogin is more than the Shadow Beasts can handle, but Kurapika soon chains him up and reveals his deadly contract! #1: Samurai Jack - A story of recovery for Jack, followed by the climactic showdown with the daughters of Aku, and ending in that double-cliffhanger!

The funny thing is the captions spelled it "Beevis!" But I seriously laughed my ass off at that ridiculous crap!

Dammit, now that Samurai Jack and Dragonball Super are thematically different, Toonami has really dropped the ball on providing them new bumpers! But perhaps next week? I hope we're not stuck with these same bumpers until June!

Is that a Gorillaz crossover?? Would be timely since their new album drops this Friday! I sure hope Toonami gets the new animated Gorillaz series next year! Anyway, I just watched it, and in the words of Scaramouche, "That episode was A-MA-ZING, babe!"

Quite mean indeed!

Welcome to the Tachikoma saga!

More Killer B? HELL YEAH! On to Ghost In The Shell!

This is about as bad as Shippuden gets. But this does raise a question: what if the other frogs were not ALWAYS frogs, but instead humans who screwed up?

Really!? Damn. Is anyone else finding this kinda hard to follow?

"Sidoh," you say??

Well I'll be...

Almost time for the best latest premiere on the block!