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Fresh schedule is up. As already revealed, Dan Da Dan S2 takes 12:30. And you wanted to watch Lazarus again, right? No? Too bad! Toonami really needs to trim down its rerun section if it’s just gonna be the same handful of junk on loop. Also, Rooster Fighter continues to be listed without a distinction between dub and sub, while Lazarus specifies dub. So I think they might really be airing the same episode twice a night. Now we just need to hear what replaces Daima and the schedule is set till June.

This feels WAY too late in Family Guy’s life cycle to be a thing. There are already so many Stewie centric episode of Family Guy. Plus, do people like Stewie specifically, or do they enjoy the duo of Stewie and Brian? Cause this feels like it misses what makes those episodes popular.

So they are just moving the yearly premier window to late May then? I figured they would let it get back on track with the old fall release. The real surprise here is they are making this announcement now. Normally, this is a reveal that would be saved for after an unfunny, 30 minute long R&M themed April Fools prank. Are they finally letting something else do April Fools? Is a certain group of companions that values the happiness of others going to reveal they aren’t as dead as they had us believe?

Strangely, one scene in this episode actually did this. When the dude with the white hair is explaining the situation to Takemichi, it’s cleanly painted out of his jacket. I’m not sure why they decided to put forward the effort there, but lens flare and hold scenes everywhere else. It’s still dumb censorship, but it also doesn’t pop off the screen and scream it’s an edit either.

We have known this for weeks. But given that its schedule filler that likely won’t be around for long, I’m surprised they are calling any attention to it at all.

Given the rape was a big part of this episode, I probably should have been clearer. The butchered version does all kinds of lazy lens flare shit like this to cover up the manji symbol on the gangs jacket. All the light flares you saw in this section of the show were censorship. It had already been present in the OP, but I was huffing some copium that maybe it would only happen in the OP (since they cut it anyway) and the actual episodes would be spared. Not the case. The series is so much harder to watch this way. Upcoming episodes will have ENTIRE SCENES cut because there is no way to hide the prominence of the manji symbol otherwise.

Right where predicted. Love an on air reveal though. That about sets up the schedule till summer. Couple filler rerun slots to announce but those are of no consequence.

Can’t believe they are actually airing the hardcore censored cut of the show everyone hated. AS was usually good about getting the unbutchered cut of a series they are gonna air.

Which is weird, if it pays that much, you would think it’s in high demand. Yet adding “professional complete and total fuckup 24/7” to my resume has not gotten me any calls.

No shit, that doesn’t make it less funny.

It’s almost perfect, but we need Demarco’s Ninja Kamui character in the audience crying and shitting his pants.

1. Let Paramount win 2. Both companies collapse under giant debt 3. Both companies get sold off for a bargain price to cover essential expenses 4. Netflix gets them both for pennies on the dollar 5. ??? 6. Profit

That obviously would be part of it, but that alone isn’t really a prank unless the joke is baked into one of the episodes. They premiered the season in the fall, no good reason to hold two episodes nearly 6 months after the fact. Remember, the Brazil episode was supposed to be an April Fools joke but they missed the window for it. So we already know Smiling Friends pranks are on the table.

I was just thinking the same thing. It’s a little earlier than we usually expect, but this feels like it could be the framework of an elaborate prank. The punchline is Smiling Friends is cancelled, but a new show that’s exactly the same with a different title is taking its place, as we saw with Aqua Teen. Or maybe I’m just coping because I want ONE year where the prank isn’t some half baked Rick and Morty thing.

Big respect to them for doing this. It takes a lot to do self reflection and see your show has run its course. Even moreso when dropping it means giving up an established, paying contract. They are choosing when the show ends rather than getting cancelled after AS beats it to death. I agree though about AS, this may not have been their biggest show, but it was becoming one of their cornerstones, and the creators just peaced out after agreeing to at least two more seasons. That’s gonna leave a schedule hole down the road.