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There is no way they could legally air it on cable, but I was surprised to see that they DID promote the project on the official Facebook page 2 days ago. An official acknowledgment from Toonami is way more than I’d expect.

I don’t love it. I definitely agree this is not the correct way to operate where we have to go extended periods of time with nothing and they won’t give anything fresh a chance. But I’m just glad to be able to show some apathy towards it all for awhile. Even if they get nothing else at all this year, as long as they got 2 cours of Bleach, we have at least one hour of good content on the air until 2026. No more frustrating 30 minute blocks or months of not tuning in at all. For this year at least. I agree, we probably won’t stay at 5 premier slots for too long. Unless Get Jiro is ready to roll in July, I don’t expect Lazarus to be replaced. Bleach will just move up for however many weeks it needs to. One Piece might hold out on double duty for a bit longer. Thinking about it, even if they increased their yearly order from 50 to 60, that’s a full 2.5 months of consequence free double ups, that likely did not increase the expense a significant amount. Maybe come July when Lazarus ends they trim it down to one for a Lazarus rerun. And hell, since there are no rerun obstacles in my way, I may even stick out the full 5 premieres for awhile. Hopefully Dressrosa has made some progress in the 8 or so months I have been skipping it.

If this happened earlier in the year, this would be a merited concern. But Bleach is gonna be starting 2 weeks prior to the halfway mark of 2025. If they did blow out the budget here, it doesn’t really matter as long as they got the first 2 parts which will cleanly carry us till years end. Blue Exorcist feels like small potatoes in comparison so I have no concerns that they will continue forward with that as well. If they can swing one more acquisition by October or so, we will be solid. I think they DID blow the budget here, but we already suffered the consequences of that so it’s all good times till next year. I have heard that Sailor Moon is starting to expire on demand, so they are probably letting that go at minimum. Naruto seems to be fine though so it may be hanging around a bit longer.

There are plenty of shows that were “mainstays” that are never gonna air again. I have no doubt AS would always try to get Bleach, but ultimately the opening for it to come to Toonami was entirely in the hands of Disney. And with the absolute state the block has been in this year, we weren’t even sure if we would get ANY acquired shows ever again. Blue Exorcist S2 was our bare minimum. Not one genuine person out there has Bleach on their prediction chart for May. None. I don’t think we should count those chickens yet. Yes, we now know it’s at least possible to land shows held by Disney. But I doubt doing so comes at a bargain price. Bleach is one of the most iconic anime that AS ever aired, so they were willing to fork up to get it. I don’t know if they are willing to extend that courtesy to any other show. If they do, Undead Unluck is the obvious front runner. And honestly, it needs the cable exposure. From what I have read, it was overshadowed in its season and the Hulu release greatly limited its reach. That’s a rare example of a show that might actually see benefits from a Toonami run in 2025. I was of the opinion that Heavenly Delusion felt like an ASA era show when I watched it. However, it’s for sure a later in the night kind of show, so it would have to be a killer bargain for them to even look at it.

So do we consider this the final nail in the hopium coffin that Crunchyroll will cooperate in any way? Bleach was not on anyone’s radar as a potential pickup, yet here it is while MHA S7 still is MIA. As well as Dr Stone and Fire Force. Hopefully AS has secured at least the first 2 parts of Bleach, as that will easily take them to the end of the year. And since Bleach is one of those few shows they trust at midnight, it can fill in the gaps between originals rather than visual vomit like FLCL.

I think the mouse has enough financial issues right now that they understand it’s a waste to not license their content if there is a willing buyer. I JUST watched Undead Unluck thinking it was a safe, never ever show for Toonami because it was Disney/Hulu locked. So watch that find its way here soon. Nonsense. Especially when Kyoto Saga is coming in at the same time nearly ten years since its release. Bleach is easily one of the biggest pickups they could have landed.

5/10 is stupid, but on 5/17 we are SO FUCKING BACK. Never been so happy to be wrong about something. Blue Exorcist isn’t that surprising, but Bleach is way out of left field. Dare I say it, is Toonami saved?

I’d rather get nothing over the block becoming a trash can for unwanted Max shows. It does make you wonder why they have been so against moving One Piece forward. For a few weeks it’s just to keep the schedule stable. But for 5 months (or more) there’s no real reason it couldn’t have moved up in the night for awhile. That said, they really need to get OP cut down an episode ASAP or they are gonna have a real mess at the end of the year. There is no way they can coast on that till July.

Well, this is a 3 episode rule point. If this wasn’t on Toonami I’d be bailing. Each episode feels like it’s maybe 10 minutes long, with the other 12 filled with padding scenes and some of the most god awful dialog I have ever heard in modern anime. I understand now where the reviewers were coming from calling it a poorly paced slog.

Well that’s what I get for having any kind of expectations. So means this upcoming Friday is where we turn our focus. Yea they could delay it longer but with two slots to deal with, I don’t think they will have that luxury.

Would be neat if we could get another double announcement from them. They still have some Demon Slayer and Mashle too. At this point, anything from their catalog that isn’t a rerun is welcome. Hmm, I had thought they were offset a week, but you are right, both shows end on May 3rd. If this panel doesn’t reveal something it will be even more concerning that we didn’t get an update yesterday. Two Aniplex premiers + Lazarus subbed replacing the second One Piece should absolutely be doable but I’m sure they will find a way to let us down.

I don’t think anyone really wants this. Opinion on it has only grown more negative with time. I think people were ok with writing Luanne and Lucky out, but Dale is over the line. And then the reveal of the timeskip where it’s pretty much gonna be The Bobby Show was where any remaining defenders threw in the towel. It can die in peace on Hulu

Can you restrain yourself from talking about dog penis for awhile so we can talk about this? Animated movies already struggle in the west if they are aimed at adults. That’s why there are so few examples. And the few examples that do exist, such as Sausage Party, are clearly written for room temp IQ stoners in their 20s where the substance on the screen doesn’t matter because of the substance in the bodies of everyone in the audience. I simply cannot imagine a group of adults actually getting to a theater and settling on watching the animated movie about the dog getting his penis cut off. I don’t know what else is in theaters coming up, but it’s probably better than that. As a Netflix property, people who have made fellating Genndy their personality can sit through the movie and lie to themselves and everyone else about why Genndy is the best.

Fascinating, how many dog testicles were in that movie? Sure those are the words that are gonna come out of their mouth, but it’s not the words people will hear.

This is a blessing for Genndy because there is absolutely no way this didn’t bomb in theaters. “One ticket to the movie about a dogs nutsack please!” Are words no one wants to utter. A Netflix release allows people to enjoy the film without the shame of physically have gotten into their car, driven somewhere, and paid money to watch a movie about dog balls.

A different article I read said it was getting a showing at Annecy and nothing more. Which since that is June 10-13, lead me to believe maybe it was going to replace Lazarus sometime in July. This article says it’s being entered into the “work in progress” section which makes it feel like it’s gonna need a lot more time in the oven. I don’t think something considered a work in progress would be ready to ship out the following month. Maybe fall? He was in the last Lazarus episode with gray hair as the late show host

I don’t think it’s gonna be that simple. We are already seeing that no one is working together, the feds are all operating independently and getting in each others way. The cast is right to be skeptical of the plan just being “beat me in hide and seek and I won’t kill billions”. As it stands, we don’t even have proof of life for Skinner. Hopefully when we do get to the finish line and Axel asked what his real motivation was, we get something better than SAO’s iconic “idk lol”.

Online schedule updated, Sailor Moon returns to its timeslot the following week. Which leads us to ask, if this wasn’t a way to stealth delete Sailor Moon, why not pull Naruto and SM on the 26th so this music video thing can air at a slightly more reasonable time right on the heels of premier content? With a bonus feature of not offsetting the blocks runtime for one week. Not like anyone would miss either show for one week. Whatever the case, with that sorted, we are now moving into the strike zone of CSE and BE ending. The post CSE schedule goes live next Sunday, so I would hope they have some kind of announcement this Friday. We are dying for any kind of news at this point so it would be nice if they didn’t take us down to the two week wire for once, especially if it’s another “we have nothing” schedule.

Surely this is just the visual for the YouTube video, right? And they aren’t going to air a train going in a circle for an hour, right?

I don’t know what that is and I don’t think that I care either. I am very surprised that One Piece is still trucking forward with two episodes. This would have been a good excuse to preserve one. Bets on if Sailor Moon returns the following week?

Take a look at the April 26th schedule. In a break from the norm, Lazarus is listed with its proper episode for the night, while the rest of the schedule is blank. So we may have some kind of schedule update dropping tomorrow. Most logical option would be One Piece trimming down to 1 episode and the Lazarus sub sliding into the open slot. That’s a little earlier than the one month stated by Deadline, but that was never written in stone either. Naruto and Sailor Moon could be on their way out a bit earlier than expected. Considering they didn’t have the right date for DBZ leaving though, I don’t see them planning ahead for when this happens. And the least likely, maybe they are actually getting a new show? Seems a bit odd to start that on the 26th rather than waiting a few weeks for CSE and BE to end though.

It says the block is going till 4 so they must be going a bit longer than that. Though, this is not reflected in the online schedule, with the block still ending at 3:30 with Sailor Moon

I wish Toonami had new content! Just more evidence that the 10/10 they gave the game was a paid review.

I dunno man, I’m pretty sure The Kingsman 2 already did this plot. The whole prison breakout seemed really forced to make the MC look good, while also ignoring common knowledge about prison guards. Primarily that they don’t carry guns and don’t wear ties, for the exact reasons depicted here. Is that why Spike Jr escapes so many prisons? Because they are all ran poorly in the future? Lots of style, not much substance. Kind of what we expect from an episode 1 of a Toonami original. I just hope they didn’t blow all their style budget on that episode, because I doubt the substance level is gonna go up any.

I wouldn’t sign that check until the May schedule update. If they keep this up till May 17, that’s a 10 episode debt. They already paid one off the first week of the year, and the last 2 weeks of the year are always off, so that’s 7 more to pay off. A full series Lazarus marathon for 2 weeks is highly likely, so that’s 5 left. That’s a manageable amount still. If we get to the May shuffle and it’s still going double, they either bought extra or are burning through it irresponsibly and we will pay for it later. I’ll never understand why people ask for this when the block is in the state it’s in. It’s seven slots now and it sucks so hard, more slots just means more suck. They need to make what we have good before anyone talks about any form of expansion.