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They seem pretty set in their opinion that subs tank viewership. Demarco’s plan to premier Uzumaki subbed in 2023 seemed to get vetoed pretty fast. Honestly I’m surprised they are even giving it a try. Rick and Morty anime will likely premier in a fairly decent timeslot, so we will get some kind of measure how subbed content does at a better time. This gives me hope that if we do get stuck with Rick and Morty anime reruns, they are gonna get parked at 3am. Whether 3am is properly Toonami now, or they just advertise it with the block because no one but Toonami fans would care about a subbed run remains to be seen.

Huh, well that’s an unexpected development. Between the nature of being subbed and being a rerun from a few hours ago, I have my doubts it will do well, but it’s an interesting experiment. I wonder if it will actually be ON Toonami, or if this is another stunt where they say it is, but don’t actually adjust the bumpers accordingly. I wonder if the subbed run will count as a “new” show in regards to the ratings, cause I’m sure we are all curious how this does. Let’s hope for its sake, the show is actually good. Imagine if they tried this with Fena or Black Lotus snoozefests.

I guess that will depend on if the recaps are considered part of the season or not. Where I’m looking, they say S7 starts May 4th with Stars and Stripes. So if that’s the case, we might be in a bit of a pickle if we assume CR wants at least 3 weeks to get moving. If MHA is locked in, we might see them do what they did back with S5 where they reran X amount of episodes at the front of the block before S6 could start. If Swordsmith isn’t in the cards for them, that would probably be their cleanest way while also quietly signaling the smart audience members that S7 is en route.

Since it’s airing alongside LatAm AS, the Toonami run won’t be able to take any pointless breaks, so we should be marathon free until it ends. What I expect them to do is either put the show replacing DS or Lycoris on double duty for a week or two, or sliding the Ninja Kamui marathon to the week after it ends. That may end up being a “pay it forward” type of deal on Memorial Day where we just don’t have one that weekend. Similar to how in 2023 we skipped the thanksgiving marathon due to the 3 weeks off we had in Oct/Nov already. Something else to consider is it may end up boiling down to how the show actually does. If it flops, they may not want a repeat of the Fena marathon.

Just as expected. Strange that they don’t plug Toonami in the post. Perfect opportunity to get some more eyes on the block. Hasn’t even gone up on the Facebook page yet. I assume it’s set to auto post at 7pm.

I just hope you are right about Boruto, my man. NEVER underestimate what a fucking idiot Demarco can be. If the call falls to him and no one else, it will come back just like One Piece shouldn’t have. If he has to run it by someone else, they should slap it down based on the audience hating it and it being a waste of money.

One of the characters in the show during the promo said it that way too. I don’t care what anyone says, they are pronouncing it wrong.

Even the most optimistic fans don’t think Toonami is ever going to reach Wano in the first place. For the foreseeable future this shouldn’t be much of a concern, but it does look like Toei is getting out of the stone age in regards to media distribution, if the live action keeps doing numbers, I could see Netflix making a play for a tighter window of exclusivity and Toei actually going for it. But again, probably not a concern for at least a couple years, the block will have plenty of other problems to address long before that’s an issue.

I think it might have been closer to the summer. Adult Swim was announcing something new on every commercial break when it happened, so it was some kind of big event.

Always a weird feeling when we are about to sign off on a show for the last time that has been with the block for such a long time. I still remember the surprise on air reveal they did when they picked up S1. The hype was real.

Oh, so it is. I don’t know what series I was thinking of. No matter, I still see it as a strong contender for the block. May not be shonen, but they have been leaning on Lupin for a long time so it’s hardly something fresh, especially since it’s one of those shows the audience seems to glaze over whenever they pick it up. And the only reason Urusei is ever suggested is because it’s Rumiko content, so another tired, “safe” pick. I want to see more stuff like Lycoris that is completely unpredictable. Don’t even care if it’s shonen, at least Mashle is fun and aside from a brief discussion at its release, not something most viewers have on their prediction lists.

Mashle is my most likely pick that Aniplex would want to promote and Demarco would agree to. It’s the exact brand of non-Jump shonen that the block has gone for in the past, and its OPM/Black Clover mash (heh) up vibes are sure to hit with the audience. It’s just now starting it’s S2, so maybe a replacement for Lycoris? Depends how consistent Aniplex wants their block presence to be I suppose. Lycoris S2 will definitely be coming too, but probably later in the year. If luck is on our side, I think Swordsmith is doable, especially now that it’s yesterdays news with the latest season incoming. That said, Hashira Training before 2025 seems a bit too optimistic, even with a cooperative Aniplex. But for sure on the short list of 2025 pickups.

I think it just boils down to preserving budget (for new stuff like IGPX) or just outright forgetfulness in regards to something like Demon Slayer last week. They probably figure it’s 3am and very few people will notice or care. And it’s not like this practice is new, how many times has a Rick and Morty short been on a schedule graphic only to air after the later? Blum costs money every time and it’s just not worth it for one off bumpers in the dead of night. I’ll bet post Toonami hours fade in and out of action content. Perhaps fading out less often now that AS has steady supply of in house action material they can keep on loop there. I know it’s off brand for me, but I’m actually a little optimistic that we can at minimum avoid the worst case scenario. If Aniplex stays as supportive as they currently are, they just have to push for one more show they want promoted and the trajectory for the whole rest of the year is saved. It certainly helps feelings of optimism to start a year on day 1 great. 2022 was a pointless drip feed of news week to week, and 2023 had no action for 5 months. We knew Jan 2024 was gonna be stacked in Nov 2023.

The way it looks to me is that Aniplex remembered they can make their own choices and decided to be cool with Toonami again. They didn’t just give us shows, they are actively promoting that Toonami is airing their stuff. I don’t think it’s just age that made Demon Slayer possible. Anyway, maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I could have sworn Demarco recently stated that R&M was getting a Toonami run, after a year or so of saying it was an AS only thing. I’d love to be wrong on that because I have zero interest in it and would rather avoid it wasting a timeslot for however many weeks, but I doubt we will be so lucky. If it absolutely must run on the block, I’d rather see it in the rerun slot rather than the lead, or even before the block starts, because let’s be real, Demarco’s decade long point about subs killing ratings will still hold true, and viewership would be in the can during its whole run if it’s at 11:30 or 12:00. Scavengers I think will be one of those things that is unpredictable and out of their hands. Max will decide when they are open to it getting a cable run, and it won’t take into consideration anything else. Meaning Toonami will either have to make a hasty change to fit it in, or it will get a standard AS run first, and have its Toonami run later on when there is room. One more thing I noticed in your schedule, depending on how literally you want to take TOMs words, he said this would be the last run of Mugen Train. The Facebook post also phrased it in a way implying it’s not going to be on cable again. Of course, that could just be marketing, but I could also see them only being able to afford a limited run deal over their typical year long contract for it. With that in mind, I don’t believe the rerun portion of the block will necessitate an expansion.

It was especially important to manage expectations since the actual prank block set an impossibly high bar. They really needed to be up front that the block was a trial run at a revival and high dollar shows like DBZ and Gundam weren’t gonna be options in 2012. Things worked out in the end and that info did get around, but through niche Tumblr q/a sessions months into the revival.

That seems awfully optimistic. Lot of Crunchyroll controlled things in there too, so far we haven’t seen any non sequel without Aniplex make the cut, so things like JJK and Spy X Family don’t feel possible. Even if they did, I feel like they wouldn’t be able to afford that many high dollar pickups in a single year. You also forgot the already confirmed for 2024 Rick and Morty anime.

This is how schedule drops should be. Demarco’s obsession with keeping things hidden till two weeks before air time was always moronic. He still tries though, Entertainment and Lycoris only got made Facebook official 2 weeks ago despite being revealed over a month ago. I really like this because it means the schedule is fully locked in till mid April or so. We have like 3.5 full months where we don’t have to play the schedule guessing game. Just chill and watch.

It’s stated to be a simultaneous premier with the US, so it appears Ninja Kamui will be the replacement for Dr Stone on Feb 10th. Kind of a similar out of nowhere drop like we had with Shenmue 3 years ago. Same time of year too.

All marathons do is sour peoples mood on stuff. Have a custom intro on its finale night where TOM and Sara say nice things about it and let it go. It will have been on for 10.5 years at that point, we don’t need to extend its stay. I don’t remember the exact episode breakdown, but it would be nice if the last 2-3 episodes aired on the same night. Yea, they lose a few weeks of content doing that, but it would be a nice send off and make the finale a bit more memorable if the meat of it is all in one night.

I literally said I don’t think the merger will happen. No merger, no worries. I’m not stressed about the prospect in the slightest because I don’t believe for a second that it’s ever going to advance beyond the talks stage.

It’s not even a doomer thing to say, if the merger goes through (I doubt it will personally), then Toonami is coming to an abrupt end. We would probably be lucky to even get a sign off from TOM.

I get what you mean, it’s Oda’s storytelling quirk. The crew rarely does things together. They fracture off into 3-4 groups, all do their own thing, then it all comes together in the end. But yes, most of those plots feel like they exist just to give non spotlight characters something to do for awhile. My hope is, let’s take Dressrosa for example, rather than 110 episodes of torment, they trim it down to 30-40. That way we don’t spend an entire episode of Usopp jerking around the little people with his lies but instead just do it and move on to something interesting. It ain’t a perfect solution, but actually feeling like you make progress in the arc each episode is something at least. At some point the anime is adapting one chapter per episode. Singular panels get 5+ minutes of screentime. What the anime feeds you as a long drawn out side story may very well only be a single manga page. So hopefully this remake is going to address those issues.

The live action cuts out a lot of the cringy side humor that has always been a turn off for people. They only have time for the main course and that’s all you get, none of the side stuff. The core part of each arc is usually pretty good, but then are like 5 side quests going on at the same time that range from mediocre to bad. The anime remake probably won’t cut any of that stuff, but just cut the padding. Which honestly should make the side stuff more tolerable if it doesn’t feel like we spend an excess amount of time on it. As for the title, One Piece Kai, One Piece Brotherhood, and One Piece: The Abridged Version were all shot down.

MHA and Dr Stone have been consistent returners for the block, so no doubt on us getting those. MHA will probably come around May, and I’d say November for Dr Stone. Still don’t know on Demon Slayer until we see what happens after Entertainment ends.

Let’s be real, it’s long overdue that some of these networks shut down anyway. Teen Nick has been running a near 24/7 loop of Henry Danger for MONTHS. These channels exist but quite obviously have no audience and no one that cares about their management. Even if this deal does not go through, Teen Nick, Boomerang, Nicktoons, Nick Jr, and Discovery Family could disappear tomorrow and no one would care. The only reason I didn’t include CN is because it’s name and legacy still hold weight, even if it’s schedule does not. Trying to survive the cable hellscape in 2024 by everyone combing their last few successes together is logical, but I just can’t see it getting through the courts. Spongebob on CN and South Park on AS are lines I just cannot see being crossed. Only if the fireball is the one they use for ATHF when Shake throws something.