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I'm Central. Shelter plays at 11 for me!

This week on Pre-Flight: Jason & Gill talk their favorite Toonami moments from 2016!

In this thread we discuss the Toonami presentation of Shelter and the DBZ Kai marathon to ring in 2017!

A new weekend is upon us, simultaneously the last weekend of 2016 and the first weekend of 2017! For those who watch the Stream and can't see Toonami on TV, here's what you can expect as the Gohan/Cell fight reaches its thrilling conclusion, Zeppeli accepts his fate and JoJo reaps the benefits, Gundam IBO heats up both literally and figuratively, we learn more about the mysterious Nen art in Hunter x Hunter, the confrontation between Sasuke and Itachi approaches its thrilling conclusion, Oars meets his match, and a terrifying new menace lurks inside City Z! It's the block that aired on 12/3/16, finally streaming for your viewing pleasure!! 1. Dragonball Z Kai #96 - Combine Your Strength! The Final Kamehame-ha! - TV-PGLV 2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #7 - Sorrowful Successor - TV-MAV 3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans #24 - A Future Reward - TV-14LV 4. Hunter x Hunter #30 - Fierce and Ferocious - TV-14V -- or not. This week, THERE IS NO 4!! 5. Naruto Shippuden #137 - Amaterasu! - TV-14V 6. One Piece #371 - The Straw Hat Crew Gets Wiped Out! The Shadow-Shadow's Powers in Full Swing! - TV-PGL 7. One Punch Man #6 - The Terrifying City - TV-14LV I'll probably talk more about the episodes and post gifs tomorrow! Update: the stream is SKIPPING Hunter x Hunter! I don't know why that's happening, but this is the first time the stream has outright skipped an episode of the weekend Toonami rebroadcast since it did it with an episode of Parasyte sometime in early '16! Of course, that week it was actually corrected when the stream came back for Friday/Saturday after the week. I doubt it will be the case this time. UPDATE 2: They're skipping H×H differently from how they skipped Parasyte. The skipped episode of Parasyte still had its bumpers stream, but NOT H×H this weekend! What could this mean?

Only one hour left to get your ghost on with 2 or 3 episodes of 16-20! But as the show returns to Toonami on-air in February, I won't be "discussing" these episodes.

Huh, really? No mention of JoJo at 12:30? That's kinda weird. Especially since if they had found something else to air at 1 AM on 12/17/16, they could have billed it as "JoJo: Battle Tendency Arc!" But I'm guessing that might be just an edited-for-time version and not the "full" promo. They've done that before. But as is, it comes back with the 2nd episode of Part 2 (11), so maybe it's better to not mention it. Just as long as it and the other 4 shows at least get clips from their shows. Maybe they won't be in the 30-second edit, but maybe a different 1-minute cut will sneak peek on Pre-Flight tonight? Edit: nope. The promo aired on Pre-Flight just as it has on regular [as]. It is indeed a "New Shows Only" promo.

I wouldn't exactly say that, but even with this Christmas Eve low, December 2016 actually did/is doing better than November 2016. Whether or not the month is over is a matter of perception, since the DBZ Kai marathon won't technically start until midnight on 1/1/17. I am still wont to count it as part of December 2016 though.

I can't really say I see that happening. It's annoying but it's not "dumpster fire" level ridiculous. If it does, I'll just have to make a new one to cover 2017. In fact, a reboot for 2017 might not be such a bad thing. But that WON'T include the DBZ Kai marathon. (Are they calling it "New Year's Eve-il?")

If those are the only spoilers, I think it will be fine. Even though he hasn't been formally installed, Brook pretty much IS part of the crew at the point in the storyline the deep, dark 2:30 AM airing is currently in on Toonami! Hell, I might actually go to see it myself!

Programming Insider has arrived, and the numbers are pretty crappy indeed. One note about averaging: the normal "add then divide by 7" method WON'T work here; the JoJos are 30 minutes long while the Scavengers are 15, so the JoJos must be given double weight. Here are the results: 12:00 AM Scavengers 1,107,000 (66.69%) 12:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 811,000 (73.26%) 12:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 676,000 (83.35%) 1:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 546,000 (80.77%) 1:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 497,000 (91.03%) 2:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 460,000 (92.56%) 2:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 408,000 (88.70%) 3:15 AM Scavengers 413,000 (101.23%) TOTAL VIEWERS AVERAGE - 594,000 http://programminginsider.com/ratings/final-nationals/saturday-final-nationals-nfl-network-wins-christmas-eve-bengals-texans/ 12:00 AM Scavengers 718,000 (70.67%) 12:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 519,000 (72.28%) 12:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 428,000 (82.47%) 1:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 365,000 (85.28%) 1:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 344,000 (94.25%) 2:15 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 329,000 (95.64%) 2:45 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 294,000 (89.36%) 3:15 AM Scavengers 268,000 (91.16%) TOTAL VIEWERS AVERAGE - 396,000 This loses to the One Piece marathon a year ago in total viewers, but ties it in Adults 18-49. As for the JoJo marathon itself, it got 566K/378K 18-49, which predictably puts it in last place among all marathons. I shudder to think how bad it might have been if Scavengers hadn't been there to save the night, but such things are expected when you don't show Christmas-oriented programming on Christmas Eve. I think replaying Children Who Chase Lost Voices might have outdone this, though. And maybe they'll actually give something Christmas-themed like Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz a spin on Christmas Eve Eve next year?

Arby's referenced it! One Piece doesn't have to be popular in the U.S. because its archetype is popular: PIRATES! Yes I know SNL will probably never reference devil fruits because no one would get that, but for the love of Pete it doesn't even matter. People channel surfing will still land at the weird pirate show on Cartoon Network at 2:30 AM on Saturday nights.

The groundwork had already been laid for JoJo to move down to 1 AM with Part 2 beginning at 1 AM on 12/17. They could have just started Gundam Unicorn at 12:30 AM and left JoJo at 1 AM and been none the wiser. And it turns out that ratings information beyond 12-1:15 is STILL not available yet, as Programming Insider hasn't posted their "Saturday Final Nationals" yet. But from what I've seen, yep, this night did worse than the One Piece marathon on 12/26/15.

Well, Scavengers did pretty good. I would imagine this number also includes the first 3 minutes of JoJo, though, which included Toonami's 2nd-ever playing of the full OP. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-12-24-2016.html 12/24/2016 Scavengers (0:15) Adults 18-34 Rating - 0.68 Estimated 18-34 - 462,000 Adults 18-49 Rating - 0.56 Estimated 18-49 - 711,000 Total Viewers - 1,107,000 Surely more data to come later today for the marathon--like now. Well, a little bit at least: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/saturday-cable-ratings-dec-24-2016/ Ouch. Only Scavengers and the first 2 episodes of JoJo even made the Top 100! Everything else probably tanked, but we won't know until SOTB hits the scene...

I also like Vegeta, maybe because he's a "real" hero, still full of hubris enough to actually be counterproductive to the goal of the heroes. You'll see that more in DBZ KFC and Super!

Too bad this one got watched about a third as much!

Anybody got an idea WHO he voices? Does it just happen to be his Rebels character?

It's a cool new comic created by Toonami editor Jonny Rej that mixes motorcycles, mechs, and apparently deliberately - planned asteroid disasters. Check it out at toonami.com/dregs. Volumes 1 & 2 now available, with 3-7 coming every Saturday through January 28th!

Episodes 11-15 now through Wednesday at 6:30, followed by 16-20 Wednesday about 7:20 - Friday at 6:30. Some episodes of this stream look great, and some look like crap, since they've been stretched off the screen! The bad ones are 12 & 13, while 14, 15, and 11, I believe, look fine.

Nothing says "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" like Gundams battling in the snow! And Gon and Killua are full of Christmas Spirit! (Well no they're not, but you can THINK that!) Finally, for now, brotherhood Uchiha Style (and they'd both be on the "naughty" list)! Will post gifs later! Edit: ...or maybe not. Christmas was just too much for me!

Don't be like Cell at Chistmas Dinner! And beyond the conclusion of Intruder 4, JoJo's BA Episode 6 is streaming now! Don't let your relatives knock you around this Christmas!

I don't know whether to be impressed or freaked-out that you look back on THAT fondly!

Hey, we made it to 25 pages! Fitting given the day of the month! Merry Christmas to all, and to all--LATER!!

Nice! So far I've found Part 2 quite a bit funnier than Part 1; hopefully that continues!

Dr. Wily is shocked!