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Oh I remember, Robot Unicorn Attack, Amateur Surgeon, Major Mayhem, and Super Monsters Ate my Condo got very heavy advertising at all times during AS hours. Back in the days where it was normal practice to sell a game for 99 cents rather than give it away for free but bog it down with microtransactions. Super Monsters Ate my Condo was a blast and great time waster. I wonder if there is a way to get those games onto my phone. Are there any metrics for what kind of playerbase Pocket Mortys even has? Apparently it’s alive enough to still be getting updates but I can’t think of a single time I have heard of someone actually playing it.

Zombie hookers? Sounds more like a dream come true to me. Pocket Morty’s got promoted at the end of each new R&M episode to show the new content associated with the episode, but never any other time. And usual reaction was “that is still going?”.

I had thought their entire gaming division shut down when the likes of Monsters Ate my Condo and Major Mayhem were delisted from Apple and Android. They were simplistic but well liked.

Didn’t even know AS still had active games besides Pocket Mortys

Ok, not what I expected, and that’s a good thing. And I was just recently thinking about pulling this show out of my backlog. Glad I didn’t. This explains why Aniplex didn’t spill the beans on Swordsmith a month ago. That makes two non sequel pickups in 2024, we haven’t done that well since 2020. And we have the potential to make it 3 depending on what replaces Lycoris. I still say MHA S7 takes over for Ninja Kamui, after a few weeks of stalling.

It’s already confirmed to be airing in the fall, as there is no R&M S8 this year. So we won’t be dealing with that at least. Kinda hope it’s not Scavengers. Forgot that was even a thing really. I was thinking the same, maybe Demarco was able to reel them in a little to not rob him of his thunder 3 months ahead of time.

Says Acute Hemotoma, so he either got hit in the head hard, or fell and hit something hard going down. That’s not an age or health thing which sucks even worse. Fortune was simply not on his side today.

Well, it’s about that time, with spring on the horizon, Toonami also has some major schedule shifts incoming. Here’s the breakdown Demon Slayer Entertainment District - March 23 Lycoris Recoil - April 13 Ninja Kamui (2 slots) - April 27 Naruto Shippuden - July 20* The first 3 should be accurate as there are no typical interruptions between now and then, but Naruto will likely shift up and down as marathons and stalling occur. But, we probably don’t need to worry about Naruto till the next rotation anyway. Expectations? Hopes? We will probably be hearing about Demon Slayer’s replacement in the coming week or so. Best case scenario for Demarco’s sanity would just be getting the next arc, as it can take over the lead slot briefly when Ninja Kamui ends. Smart money says MHA S7 will replace Ninja Kamui, but that will need a little bit more time in the dub oven from Kamui’s end date. Lycoris is the hard one to predict for. It would be great if Aniplex would just hold that slot forever to promote some of the single cour shows in their catalog, but I doubt we would be so lucky.

Should have been in Fortnite so we can all see Spike hit the dab on em

As of like 2 years ago, rerun ratings are no longer reported at all unless they crack the top 400 on all of cable. I think the block has done it 2, maybe 3 times in that timeframe. If you want to take a guess at them, pull up the top 400 chart and scroll to number 400. DBZ and Kamui did worse than that show.

Looks like Naruto fans were out in force to see the final manga chapter on cable. Don’t think the LN episodes will generate as much excitement. It will be interesting to see next weeks Ninja Kamui numbers. This episode was the first one thus far to not have any notable action, but next weeks looks like it will hit the ground running. If the dense action theory holds up, Ninja Kamui should turn in much better numbers next week.

Based Zaslav finally doing some good in his position.

They already did that one in 2016. Pibby is a good example of why they wouldn’t do something like that. Morons will speculate and complain for years if the show doesn’t get picked up by AS. This is probably the one that is closest to being right. Last years big meme was AI which they did a lazy joke with. This years big meme is the election, which they probably don’t want to touch. 1. Smiling Friends S2 2. Superman S2 3. Uzumaki (lol) 4. Rick and Morty anime (the same clip they have shown already) Is there anything else we know is on deck for 2024? Primal S3 I don’t think will be. I can’t remember if Yolo next season was for this year or not.

Mfw there is a genuine possibility that Demarco’s self insert has non consensual buttsex with an extremely horny and gay midget who allegedly has a huge dong. And he will NOT say no homo beforehand

Not sure where you are seeing that enthusiasm cause I sure didn’t see any of it. The reactions I have seen range from anger they got Kai back, to indifference to a rerun slot people already ignored. The only positive responses to Kai I have seen are in the Facebook comments, who are usually people who never actually tune in. Long shonen rewatches are usually done via highlight reels. Even with the Kai cut, it’s still full of meaningless fluff in between the handful of iconic moments people actually want to see. How soon do we expect? Like, next week or so, or could that be something they slip into an April Fools sneak peek reel? If it’s the latter, its actual premier could be held off long enough for Kamui to end. Considering they just started Royal Crackers 2 days ago, I feel like that will get at least a month of solo time.

Even I find it hard to believe, but the proof is in the pudding. 2:30a isn’t casual territory. Casuals are out the door an hour in. Beyond the first hour is diehard territory, and they clearly weren’t down for another loop of Kai. Just look here 1/20 Demon Slayer: 157,000(0.08 P18-49) Dr. Stone: 140,000(0.07 P18-49) Lycoris Recoil: 123,000(0.07 P18-49) One Piece: 107,000(0.06 P18-49) Naruto: Shippuden: 114,000(0.06 P18-49) 1/27 Demon Slayer: 164,000(0.08 P18-49) Dr. Stone: 140,000(0.07 P18-49) Lycoris Recoil: 159,000(0.08 P18-49) One Piece: 139,000(0.07 P18-49) Naruto: Shippuden: 135,000(0.07 P18-49) 2/3 Demon Slayer: 166,000(0.10 P18-49) Dr. Stone: 142,000(0.09 P18-49) Lycoris Recoil: 143,000(0.08 P18-49) One Piece: 133,000(0.08 P18-49) Naruto: Shippuden: 133,000(0.08 P18-49) 2/24 Ninja Kamui 165,000(0.08 P18-49) Demon Slayer: 147,000(0.07 P18-49) Lycoris Recoil: 121,000(0.07 P18-49) One Piece: 94,000(0.05 P18-49) Naruto: Shippuden: 70,000(0.04 P18-49) Almost identical first hour performances between all these weeks, and Lycoris close but it did have a few spike weeks. Notice how in the first 3 example’s though, OP and Naruto stay competitive? Like I already said, Kai didn’t kill the ENTIRE night, but it did kill the hour of mid shonen because there was no longer anything worth staying up for after Lycoris. Kai is a show that appeals most to the biggest casuals. And the biggest casuals have never stayed up till 2:30a. If they want an audience for Kai, it needs to relocate to 7pm or so. The Toonami crowd is done with it.

It’s March 1st, and you know what that means. Next month will probably be April 1st, so it’s time to kick around ideas and expectations for AS April Fools prank this year. The last couple years have been brutal disappointments, with AS barely even trying at all. Think they can right the ship this year? I don’t. But it’s still fun to speculate. This will also be the very first April 1st for Checkered Past. Think they will try to do some kind of prank for that block? April 1 is on Sunday night this year, so a lot of people going to bed early for the Monday grind. Will that influence their effort level on the prank?

If they want to keep up the girls with guns slot, GGO would be a decent pick. It also helps with Demarco’s usual struggles with picking a total unknown. I can’t remember if the 2017 BE is a permanent Hulu exclusive or not, but I do think the 2024 one is fair game.

That’s the wrong way to look at it. The block is never going to lure in a huge wave of lapsed viewers. The goal is keeping existing viewers engaged, and if we are lucky, grab a couple old ones back. I think Ninja Kamui and Lycoris lay out a good blueprint for what an enjoyable Toonami show needs. 1. Action. This is the most important factor. There are so many “good” shows that Demarco likes to gravitate towards like Gundam that simply do not have enough action and that’s why people fade on them. People would much rather see a mediocre, but action dense show over a snoozefest that dullards who write for journalist sites watched and think makes them smart for liking. Remember, AgK was panned super hard when it was announced for the block then it had a ratings explosion the likes we have never seen. The story sucked but at least it was fun to watch. 2. Reasonable length. The era of long runners ended quite a few years ago. Nobody wants to commit the next 1XX+ weekends to Toonami. 12-26 weekends? Much more reasonable. A show people can pick up and actually have a realistic chance of finishing. It’s hard to justify jumping into Naruto this late in the game, and watching OP (especially Dressrosa) without being able to skip the first 7-12 minutes of the episode isn’t very appealing either. 3. Age. Keep it in the era of HD. The audience just does not click with older content for some reason. 8-10 years old? Seems to be fine considering AssClass did great, but it seems viability starts to drop rapidly around the 2010 mark. It’s that simple. It’s always been that simple, but Demarco is as stubborn as they come. They obviously have money to burn if Kai was an option, so phone up Aniplex and start thumbing through their catalog.

It doesn’t matter if it’s generic or not, what matters is if it’s engaging to watch. So far, each episode has had one major action stretch, and each has been abnormally well animated. The audience wants to be entertained, simple as that. If I had to take a guess for this weeks dip, the entire first stretch of the episode was pretty slow and people faded early before the payoff at the end of the episode.

People tune in if the content is new and enjoyable. The numbers are likely never going over 300k again, but if we can keep 1-2 slots in the 200k range each week that’s good enough for 2024. Nobody is going to commit another 4 years to watching Kai over again, and that bleeds up to Naruto which people may not have been following and are not invested without a shorter carrot (IGPX in this example) after it, and OP which is just not viable to jump into on cable unless again, it’s background noise to keep you awake for something later. It didn’t tank the entire block. There are two quadrants here. Ninja Kamui is a simple return to the center after some early interest died off. Why now? Can’t say, I think the show has been solid each episode so far. But 165k is well within the margin for the “Toonami regulars” who tune in every single week. And the gradual slide for Demon Slayer and Lycoris is within the normal parameters as well. Whats not normal is the large drop going into OP that gets even worse going into Naruto. With no examples of that in over 1.5 years, we need to look at other factors. And there’s only one factor that changed last week. At that point in the block, a large portion of the audience are only regulars. And regulars are the most informed about schedule changes. And they clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile to watch after Lycoris. And this comes as no real surprise to anyone since we all watched Kai reruns crater the ratings a few years prior.

Yashahime was another example of thing nobody but Demarco wanted on the block, but it was on much earlier so it was able to damage the demo worse. But just last year we had a significant stretch where the block was almost all OP and Naruto and we didn’t see things crash this bad. Perhaps the lie that they had something coming encouraged people to rough it out? Anyway, I certainly didn’t put that much value on 2:30 either, but it does seem that slot being desirable to watch is a needed motivator to get people to sit through OP and Naruto. With Naruto wrapping up, they don’t need to worry about that too much, they can just bump OP to the last premier and contain the damage that way. If things continue to crater like this, I think they would be better served relocating Kai to a weekday timeslot. Maybe right after Checkered Past, there are likely some fresh faces in that audience who don’t watch Toonami, and thus would be more receptive to a DBZ rerun. Then Toonami itself either slots IGPX in to 2:30, or they cut 3, pull up the Ninja Kamui sub, then tag in IGPX when it finishes. These would be changes to make in late March after Entertainment District ends, so it wouldn’t be that long of a wait for IGPX if they went for the cut route.

We haven’t seen a show dip under 90k since October 2022. And the schedule has had some pretty rough stretches since that point and still managed to keep things at 6 digits. And even with Ninja Kamui dipping hard, it’s still on the same pace as Demon Slayer was as the lead last month, where again, nothing dipped below 6 digits. There is only one factor on the schedule that changed last week that can explain such a severe loss of viewership. This is a good thing. If it continues, it will force change.

Lmfao this pleases me so much. Not sure why Ninja Kamui decided to start shitting the bed, but that 90 minute stretch of shonen garbage has absolutely no draw so people bail when Lycoris ends. We haven’t seen 5 digits in a very long time, and I think the last time in recent memory was really close to the edge, like 95k. With Naruto at 70k that episode of Kai easily could have been in the 50k region. Just had to buy it back though, didn’t you Demarco?

Let it always be known I hate Demarco for wasting money on this again. Remember my hatred every week.