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In a welcome surprise, the block received a stealth drop of fresh packaging tonight. We had been with the previous set since March 2022. A huge improvement IMO. The previous set caused any footage used to have a terrible, grainy bitrate. New packaging is crystal clear. Im eager to see what the new schedule graphics look like, but barring a marathon it’s probably gonna be awhile before we see one.

I was waiting till the final episode, but the absence of the president in season 8 has not gone unnoticed, and this would be the explanation for why. I like the president, I think he has some of the better episodes associated with him, but can he carry an entire show by himself? Eh. Most of the fun with him is him bouncing secret president stuff off Rick’s sci fi nonsense. And if Rick appears much, it’s just gonna feel more like Rick and Andre.

I thought UWE was his passion project? Maybe the executives who told him making a movie about dog boners wasn’t a good idea were onto something? Probably the same thing they said after S2. “Cooked”, “washed”, “done”. This sounds like giga copium from western creators for simply not being able to make good looking content in the first place. “We make it’s ugly on purpose, not because of a criminal lack of talent in the industry!” It makes even less sense when you realize a lot of hit cartoons actually meant for kids are “ugly” in their own ways. Big Mouth’s staff always sound like closet pedos any time they speak. Trying too hard to defend it comes off as having something to hide. Yet even with the style choices, the show is incredibly popular among children. It’s a lot of kids first step into edgy content. I really don’t think the theory of shows being ugly/unusual looking holds any water for keeping kids away.

I wonder if he will have a blue dong

I don’t think it amounts to anything tangible, just whoever has such a hateboner for Toonami over at Crunchyroll having a new thing to agitate them. The simple fact the block got a show away from their vice grip is enough. It changes nothing, but it’s a spiritual victory. I mean, I have been a loud advocate for them moving away from super popular stuff for many years now. I’d love to see them take a route less traveled, but I have also come to accept them probably never will. And since we got a taster this year that they will happily air NOTHING, my tolerance for predictable shonen has gone up a lot. It also helps that I still instinctively avoid shows I feel like might make the block. I don’t know a single thing about this series aside from the fact that it was really popular last year. So it’s certified new to me. So much time has passed without a Crunchyroll show airing without outside influence forcing it to happen, it’s really hard not to arrive at the conclusion that it’s a direct issue between AS and Crunchyroll. Our last non sequel Crunchyroll show was Gridman at the start of 2021, and I’m pretty sure that still carried Funimation tags when it aired. I do agree that it seems very strange to have such direct and petty beef going on with a barely relevant cable block. You’d think Demarco personally goes to the head guys house and urinates on his dog or something to warrant a feud like this. The only realistic theory I can come up with is that Crunchyroll wanted renegotiate the contract with AoT, and they took it VERY personal when AS didn’t agree. At the very least, if the fanbase would call out Crunchyroll, it would put the ball in their court to do something to squash the “rumor”. It’s just every time we get a schedule update, there are people in the comments confident that MHA S7 is right around the corner when it isn’t. Fair enough, because I know exactly what that feels like, prior to the schedule woes settling in I was so sick of the lineup constantly being so predictable since all they ever shot for was popular stuff. Most of the shows weren’t bad, I was just longing for that wow factor of something truly unexpected. I guess I just got really beaten down by Jan-May. The first few months was 1 show, then there was no shows, then back to 1, and even during that 1 period I often didn’t even want to tune in because why bother for just one show? So getting back to 3, and having pretty solid confidence it’s gonna stay at 3 until at minimum the leaves start falling, is a pretty substantial upgrade from my perspective.

They are gassing up the R&M season finale, I wonder if it will kickstart some new overarching plot. This season thus far has just been episodic adventures. Not surprised Toonami isn’t on the roster as it has no further originals this year so they wouldn’t really have anything to do.

They care. It may not be exclusive but they don’t want Toonami to have anything, so them being able to sneak away a couple shows (pretty high grade ones at that) will definitely rub the Toonami haters on their board the wrong way, and that’s a good thing. We really need to be realistic with what we expect from the block these days. The days of having a dub 2-3 weeks behind its release are gone and they aren’t coming back. The simple fact it’s not a rerun alone is a big deal. It just further drives home that Crunchyroll is the core problem. Toonami can get the job done when either Crunchyroll is not involved, or someone higher up the license food chain is willing to put Crunchyroll in check. Prior to 2020, Dan Da Dan would not generate any surprise as a pickup as most viewers would have expected it as an inevitability. The audience really needs to focus in on Crunchyroll specifically when shows don’t air. Because that’s clearly where about 95% of the problem is. I’d rather the block be decent that worry about ratings. AS completely torpedoed their viewership share for Toonami from Jan-May, and as usual, these dumb marathons don’t help either. If AS didn’t give enough of a shit to stock the block and keep the audience, I don’t care if the shows they did get do well or not. I do care that we have a solid 90 minute chunk of anime on Saturdays again. And assuming BE and Bleach continue on to their next seasons, we will keep that solid 90 minutes till fall.

Well, that is unexpected and impressive. The hottest new shonen on the market picked up only 9 months after its original premier. Didn’t think Toonami still had the power to do that. Im sure Crunchyroll is absolutely seething that Toonami grabbed the show, as I assume they took the back route and went to GKIDS for it. Nice to know Toei isn’t the only one willing to sidestep Crunchyroll. If Bleach and Blue Exorcist keep marching on after their seasons end, we got a solid rest of the year ahead of us.

Imagine being a Cloverhater in 2025

It’s probably within striking distance of its expiration and they are just dealing with it now, while also relocating Naruto into the easiest slot to delete it as well soon. Not really a bright side. Primal will once again not premier on the block, so that’s 10 weeks of a rerun lead. Then we get Rooster Fighter which thus far, looks like visual dogshit.

Based on the trailer they showed today, it won’t be. Absolutely abhorrent CGI. The kind you see for monster armies in low budget isekai. It reminds me of the meme monster from Kamikatsu, except it looking bad isn’t a joke. I could see it just being catchup for Daima, even though Daima probably has to take weeks off later in its run anyway to make it to December. If they truly have nothing, I ask once again why they don’t just drop a slot. They fight tooth and nail to maintain 7 slots and never once have needed all 7.

Stalling for what though? Burning an episode of Daima is a big deal, and implies whatever they are waiting for is going at midnight. I can’t think of anything they would prioritize over DB. If this persists more than a week it’s gonna look more like they are trying to salvage Daima’s subpar ratings.

Huh, I’d imagine at the absolute maximum, Daima would only double for one more week since it was taken off for two. I feel like if they had Demon Slayer in their pocket, they wouldn’t be doing this. Wasting an episode of Daima is much more significant than using One Piece to stall. Im moving my money onto Rooster Fighter, we will see what they have to say tomorrow at the panel. Absolute good riddance to Sailor Moon, hopefully Naruto isn’t far behind so we can put the Rewind mistake behind us once and for all.

Well, we might be able to put the speculation to rest early. Despite total radio silence since announcement, Rooster Fighter is premiering its entire episode 1 at AX. Probably gonna be followed up with a reveal of it premiering on July 19th. That would explain the “hurry” to start Daima, because there was no hurry since it was never gonna get midnight in the first place.

I suppose we know what to look for then. If there is no post on Friday, then it’s almost guaranteed we hear something from a panel over the weekend, and Demon Slayer makes the most sense. Its hour long episodes are also a good excuse to pull One Piece a couple times to help with that problem. Triple stacking the block with 3 big titles at once seems kinda irresponsible though, because next year we will be back to stalling and won’t have anything to stall for. Crunchyroll shows lmao, we got a dreamer over here boys