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A little bit more information: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/saturday-cable-ratings-jan-28-2017/ 11:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 1,158,000 (81.38%) 12:00 AM DBZ Kai: The Final Chapters 1,038,000 (89.64%) 12:30 AM JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 866,000 (83.43%) 1:00 AM Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 797,000 (92.03%) 1:30 AM Hunter × Hunter 779,000 (97.74%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 814,000 (104.49%) Amazingly, Naruto: Shippuden actually gained greatly on Hunter × Hunter in both total viewers and Adults 18-49, even only falling 3 spots shy of Gundam Unicorn! Behold the power of Killer Bee! Unfortunately, One Piece bombed after that and of course One-Punch Man was ineligible to appear in this Top 100 since TVBTN considers their broadcast day from 3 AM one night to 3 AM the following night. Dragon Ball Super at 8 PM unfortunately lost a little from its CN movie lead-in Rio, which is bad for a dub premiere, and a DBZ one at that. I believe [as] would do well to replace it with an encore of Toonami's 11:30 PM premiere, since it's really not doing that much better than DBZ Kai did in that timeslot (906K vs. 773K) and that would benefit Toonami as a whole better than this arrangement. But we'll see more data later on!

You DO realize ASA is technically back at 8 PM-9 PM, right??

RATINGS TUESDAY!!! First, a look back at last week: 1/21/2017 Dragon Ball Super (8 PM) - #58 Adults 18-34 Rating - N/A Estimated 18-34 - #VALUE! ( #VALUE! ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.28 Estimated 18-49 - 359,000 ( 51.29% ) Total Viewers - 700,000 1/21/2017 DBZ Kai: Final Chapters - #20 Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.53 Estimated 18-34 - 360,000 ( 38.92% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.43 Estimated 18-49 - 551,000 ( 59.57% ) Total Viewers - 925,000 1/21/2017 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - #36 Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.41 Estimated 18-34 - 279,000 ( 36.71% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.34 Estimated 18-49 - 436,000 ( 57.37% ) Total Viewers - 760,000 1/21/2017 Gundam Unicorn - #50 Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.38 Estimated 18-34 - 258,000 ( 39.81% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.30 Estimated 18-49 - 385,000 ( 59.41% ) Total Viewers - 648,000 P.U.! Hopefully things improved this week, right? Well, I'm happy to report that they DID, though not by as much as I had hoped: 1/28/2017 Dragon Ball Super (8 PM) - #16 (UP 42) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.39 Estimated 18-34 - 265,000 ( 31.14% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.32 Estimated 18-49 - 410,000 ( 48.18% ) Total Viewers - 851,000 1/28/2017 DBZ Kai: Final Chapters - #2 (UP 18) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.64 Estimated 18-34 - 435,000 ( 41.91% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.49 Estimated 18-49 - 628,000 ( 60.50% ) Total Viewers - 1,038,000 1/28/2017 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - #6 (UP 30) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.48 Estimated 18-34 - 326,000 ( 37.64% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.38 Estimated 18-49 - 487,000 ( 56.24% ) Total Viewers - 866,000 1/28/2017 Gundam Unicorn - #8 (UP 42) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.45 Estimated 18-34 - 306,000 ( 38.39% ) Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.36 Estimated 18-49 - 462,000 ( 57.97% ) Total Viewers - 797,000 Not to mention that Toonami pretty much lorded over everything that wasn't College Basketball in Men 12-34. Not a bad night so far, but we'll find out how well 11:30 Super and everything after Gundam did in a little while!

Donald Trump is the correct answer to absolutely nothing. He's thrown us back into Nixon's America circa 1971. But I digress. Let's talk TRENDING, shall we?? http://toonamifaithful.com/toonami-trending-rundown-for-january-28-29-2017/ United States Trends: Toonami [#4] #DragonBallSuper [#1] #SamuraiJack [#7] #DBZKai [#1] #JoJosBizarreAdventure [#5] #GundamUnicorn [#2] #HunterXHunter [#2] #Shippuden [#1] #OnePiece [#1] Zoro (From One Piece, also during the West Coast airing) [#3] #OnePunchMan [#3] Worldwide Trends: #DragonBallSuper [#4] #OnePiece [#8] Tweet Counts: Toonami [6,100 tweets] #Toonami [3,525 tweets] #DragonBallSuper [4,730 tweets] #DBZKai [1,768 tweets] #JoJosBizarreAdventure [3,008 tweets] #GundamUnicorn [1,226 tweets] #HunterXHunter [2,496 tweets] #Shippuden [1,318 tweets] #OnePiece [5,984 tweets] Zoro (From One Piece) [6,323 tweets] But does all this translate to great ratings? We'll find out tomorrow! But even if it doesn't, a thought occurs: we might be in the point of the evolution of entertainment metrics that big trending numbers actually make up for lackluster ratings. That might explain why shows nowadays get a pass when in 2015 the bottom fell out.

Oh, that makes sense. I guess it could have been that there was some other random girl who somehow escaped the wreck, but I guess it would have to be the baby Erina saved since there were apparently no other survivors. I just didn't get from Smokey in Episode 10 that it HAD to be her! And yeah, I'm sure she was adopted by someone else and raised to be JoJo 1.5's close friend and eventually lover!

Say what you want about Akame ga KILL!!'s show quality, but considering it owns the highest debut for any Toonami show, I would NOT call it a "flop." Sure it kinda petered out toward the end, but it still averaged an impressive 1245K total viewers, 724K adults 18-49, and 494K adults 18-34. And One-Punch Man's premiere run, though short, was even more impressive in the target demos (737K/495K), AND it was GOOD. Hell, to this day its reruns still lifted the back end considerably in general.

When does Ordinal Scale come to theaters? March 9th, right? If Toonami didn't acquire KILL la KILL and SAO 2 at the same time, then theoretically SAO 2 leaves Toonami on 3/28/17, assuming it also had a 2-year deal. Now March 9th, SAO OS's premiere date is a Thursday night. I could see SAO 2 getting a similar treatment to this, with episodes 15-19 playing from 3/6-3/8/17, and 20-24 playing 3/8-3/10/17. Of course commercials for the movie would be programmed into the stream like they did for the video game the last time SAO played on the stream back in October. That would be a wise move for the branch of [as]/Toonami who runs the marathon stream!

KILL la KILL a bad anime?? I want to tell you you're wrong, but you're entitled to your opinion. However, I will let you know that it's an unpopular one!

Well, turns out I was right about KILL la KILL! Episodes 16-20 are now streaming on the Marathon Stream. Most likely, they will be replaced by 21-24 at the end of this week. And it remains yet to be seen if SAO II will get this treatment next week, but I guess it might be its last chance!

This week, Kill la Kill's glorious run on Toonami media comes to an end with kind of a bang, as it graces the Marathon Stream what most likely will be one last time before Toonami loses the rights on 2/7/17, as it first premiered on Toonami on 2/7/15. We get to see Episodes 16-20 now through Wednesday at 6:30, followed most likely by 21-24 from that night to Friday at 8, if the online schedule for the stream is to be believed. I think it's just a glitch though. If FishCenter is on the live stream at 4 PM CT, I'll know it's just a glitch. It would be interesting if Toonami somehow got the streaming rights to #25 on a one-time basis, but I seriously doubt they did. They've glitched and only played 4 episodes before as part of a marathon stream, and while this wouldn't be a glitch, I'm sure that's what will happen this time. Maybe we'll finally be able to stream a dub of 25 through Amazon Prime Anime Strike? > Anyway, if AOT S2 is coming, I would expect this to also be a thing for Season 1. Playing episodes 16-20 in the first half of the week, than 21-25 in the last half would seem to be an academic choice. But back to Kill la Kill, Catch la Catch it while you can! I'm really glad it's still being featured by Toonami in 2017! Also, episodes #8-#15 are streaming with cable log-in, and #19-#21 without!

Eh, I consider this Toonami Adult Swim/Unevenedge "world of delusion" training for what's happening on the national stage right now with President Bann...er, I mean Trump!

Maybe in a year that actually has more than one "2" in it, but for now, it's premiering new Samurai Jack soon so it's not going anywhere! Though I think premiering Super episodes at 8 PM is a mistake and REALLY hurts the rest of the block. The Great Saiyaman saga hasn't been enough so far to carry an 11:30 rerun lead-in, but I guess that's drawing to a close soon and we're getting to the real meat of DBZ KFC!

I think what he's saying is that Erina was pregnant with Joseph's mom, and Joseph's dad was the baby, or something. Granted, cousins marrying and stuff like that was pretty common in Victorian days, and both being British they must have just grown up together and not really dated anyone else, then had a son (Joseph) and gotten killed. Too bad there's not a JoJo Part 1.5 to explore their story, but I guess it would be boring by comparison to the adventures of Jonathan and Joseph!

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about Akame ga KILL! How about Parasyte? It seems to have flip-flopped between TV-14 and TV-MA!

Maybe, but those shows (yes, even SAO II) DO have their fans!

You have a point there. But of course I also welcome TV-MA content to Toonami, and have since Deadman Wonderland! I do believe every episode of the following Toonami shows got a TV-MA rating: Deadman Wonderland; Black Lagoon; Attack on Titan; Hellsing Ultimate; Kill la Kill; and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (so far)... Oops, I am mistaken. Episodes 1 & 6 of JJBA were only TV-14. The 4 episodes of KLK and the 7 I have left of Hellsing are all TV-MA.

I'm not so sure that's true. Erina WAS pregnant with Jonathan's kid when he died. Though I'll admit it's kinda weird indeed that we STILL have no idea what happened with Joseph's adoptive uncle. But since Joseph has the Joestar Family birthmark on his shoulder, he obviously was created by the sperm of a Joestar, so he is indeed Jonathan's progeny!

Yeah really! WHERE was the drug use!? But last night's Hunter x Hunter was definitely TV-14-LSV. It earned that friggin' "S", oh it EARNED that! Wait, what's that?? NO "S"?? That's utterly shocking!! And finally, JoJo TV-PG?? What the hell are you smoking! That's definitely TV-MA-V

And so ends One Punch's 2nd full run on Toonami! Final (?) episode count: Episodes 1-7 & 12: 3 plays each; all others 2 plays each. Total: 32.

Damn, you'd think she'd mellow out JUST A LITTLE at 28, huh?

That action was Trumpish. VERY Trumpish!

This fool is like that universe's Trump! I can't wait for the showdown in S2 between Saitama and Amai Mask! He's gonna hit him so hard he gets knocked back to Class B!

"He could smell a trump from the moon!" - Robert E.O. Speedwagon

Hopefully they hang on to the rights to this for a while. I wouldn't mind another "hype" mini marathon of the last 3 episodes before Season 2 sometime next year or REALLY late this year!

Kill la Kill first aired on Toonami on 2/7/15, which means that if Aniplex shows have 2-year deals, it's done on 2/7/17. Previously, Toonami lost the rights to Blue Exorcist on 2/22/16, and Gurren Lagann also went on that date. So that means SAO II COULD disappear then too. HOWEVER, neither show is showing any signs of slowing down, unlike the 1-year deal Sentai shows: Kill la Kill is streaming episodes 8-15 and 19-21 for a total of 11 episodes. SAO II is streaming episodes 1-6, 11-14, and 24, also for a total of 11 episodes. I guess we'll just have to see what happens with these shows as 2/7/17 gets closer! Perhaps they'll even each both get a farewell weekday streaming run of their last 10 episodes? That would be nice!