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I have seen this argument many times, even as far back as the first AS expansion and it baffles me. CN has been a diet of TTGo and Gumball for 90% of its runtime since about 2015. The entire reason they are cutting CN and expanding AS is because kids abandoned the network many years ago. Some people are so bizarrely attached to labels that they will turn their nose up at a genuinely good change for no good reason. This block is AS in name only, likely for the sake of being able to utilize more diverse advertisers that target a demo who actually watches TV. But its programming is still pure CN. I could understand the outrage if CN had been doing something that was actually worth a shit but they have not. I honestly can’t see this doing bad enough to give any time back to CN. That’s how far the bar is set. The block has a small start up cost with the bumps and advertising, but beyond that it’s free to operate. I think it has enough stand alone episodes that they could swing it. That said, the moment they add it to the block is the moment conspiracy theorists expect GKND to get the greenlight.

I’m thinking less about the audience reaction and more about the clowns who program AS in 2023 having an issue with it. I think PPG would have been a day 1 show if the reboot didn’t exist. The four shows they did pick have been at rest for 10-15 years. Maybe if this does well they will throw it on. I mean, if you want it to fail, watching it is counterproductive to that goal. But I’ll bite, why exactly do you want it to fail? This is the best use of the 5-7 hours in about a decade.

If Demarco didn’t burn the bridges, who did? When he doesn’t get his way we see him in real time throw a fit on Twitter and point fingers about how [anime distributor] is teh suck. It’s not a wild leap in logic to think that no one wants to work with the local manchild. If the bridges were not burned, we wouldn’t be looking at a block that’s an hour of One Piece and Naruto + a shit original.

The good thing is this really doesn’t need to be a huge ratings blowout. I’d think so long as it does comparable to what CN did in those hours, they are gonna mark it down as a success. I’d guess the packaging will rarely, if ever change, so the novelty of that will fade, but it’s nice they tried at all rather than just the typical nature rotation. I do think it’s first week or two will be heavily propped up by people checking it out, but it’s not something I see people making a long term commitment to due to how early it is. But it works out since all these shows are episodic, just watch when you want. And since the episodes aren’t following the seasons, you don’t have to worry about tuning in during the “bad” ones. As for other shows, what else do you think they should air? To me, Johnny Bravo seems like a perfect fit but I don’t think nu-AS would be willing to air it. Powerpuff Girls is another I see suggested a lot, but I don’t think CN wants to give that up.

When asked, Demarco said the AMC acquisition did not hurt their ability to acquire shows from Sentai. Of course, he could have been lying (something he does as easy as breathing), but that doesn’t really benefit him in this scenario because it forces us to assume he is simply avoiding their catalog due to its lack of entry level shows or things that appeal to his personal tastes. Unfortunately, I think it’s far too late to get someone else in the driver seat. Someone will argue Gil is in charge now, but he is Demarco-lite so that doesn’t change anything anyway. And even if we did get someone else in control, Demarco has burned so many bridges already they probably still couldn’t do much for us.

5pm - Dexter’s Laboratory - Dexter’s Rival, Simion, Old Man Dexter 5:30pm - Ed Edd n Eddy - The Ed Touchables Nagged to Ed 6pm - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Toadblatt’s School of Sorcery, Educating Grim, Its Hokey-mon! 6:30pm - Courage the Cowardly Dog - The Shadow of Courage, Le Quack What do you guys think about the opening lineup for Checkered Past? To me, it looks like whoever they put in charge actually gives a shit about making it enjoyable and unpredictable, rather than the lazy approach of starting every show at episode 1 season 1. EEnE is, but the following day jumps to S3. It’s early, but I’m gonna assume they are going to curate out episodes people generally do not like, which makes sense since this block is pandering specifically to nostalgia. On top of the curated episodes it seems to have its own set of unique bumpers too, so I’m really pulling for this to succeed.

Demarco is on vacation, probably was just intern-kun messing up and posting an incomplete graphic. Not the first time we have seen it happen in recent years. They are happy to air viewer repellent so long as they can take credit for making it. See - FLCL Progressive, Alternative, Grunge, Fena and Black Lotus.

I was never smug or condescending about it. I only ever suggested that it MIGHT happen given the length of the arc, and more recently the delays after Punk Hazard ends. As much as I wanted it to, never once did I suggest it leaving was a sure thing. Maybe a GOOD thing, but not a sure thing. Dressrosa doesn’t make me suffer. It actually improves my situation as I have an excuse to go to sleep much earlier. Later down the road I may have to tough it out since I do want to see Shippuden end live, but that’s about a year away and plenty could change before then. Hopefully the suffering I experience in your head makes up for how dog water Dressrosa is.

Like right this second? Or in general? Been keeping up with Superman which I certainly did not expect to be one of my top AS picks of 2023. Also been trying to care about Teenage Euthanasia, but I have already missed one week so far. Why a Wednesday premier? Come on AS.

Caught ya, just couldn’t bring yourself to actually ignore me, could ya? Imagine sitting here and actually defending Dressrosa just to have the opposite opinion of mine. Sorry, I can’t take credit for it. You can skim any hardcore OP community for thoughts on Dressrosa and get something very similar. You will struggle to find OP fans who will give a positive review of anime Dressrosa.

Dressrosa sucks ass. It’s easily the lowest point for the anime between shoddy Toei animation and their most shameless one chapter episodes full of padding to reach 22 minutes. 2 episodes a week means an hour of torture each week instead of 30 minutes. The only way Dressrosa is watchable is on your own skipping the OP + recaps, and maybe setting the speed to 1.5x just for good measure. Even if the entire arc stays double, which I doubt, that would still be about 1.5 years on the arc when accounting for marathons and other delays. If nothing else, I kinda wish since Naruto is now in its final sprint to the end, that they would swap it with OP. After this stretch of Itachi filler, there’s only like 10 filler episodes left. Throw the Naruto fans a bone here after 10 years of loyalty.

Buddy, One Piece leaving was OPTIMISM. It staying and dooming us to two years of a single arc is the bad end. I still think Naruto is gonna stay double till 9/30 and then be replaced by Uzumaki. One Piece has no need to preserve its episodes. So here’s a revamped 9/30. 12 - Grunge 12:30 - Uzumaki (subbed) 1 - One Piece 1:30 - One Piece 2 - Naruto 2:30 - MHA No cut, yet it still feels like an awful lineup. Depending on dub speed and Crunchyroll cooperation, Dr Stone’s second cour could tag in when Uzumaki wraps up. That would be November when accounting for a Halloween delay. That just leaves Grunge as the one unknown. And as we have seen in the past, when an original or top billing shonen isn’t available, they really struggle at putting something in the lead. If nothing else, I’d say odds and Toonami only getting 2 acquired shows this year is sitting at about 90% right now.

Welp, we can finally put the OP speculation to rest. Looks like we either will stay at 2.5 hours, or they are weening us into a 2 hour block normalcy. This is just like last year during DST where they used the confusion of unusual schedules to sneak in an hour cut. If I had to take a guess, double Naruto will stick till 9/30, at which point Uzumaki will slip in at 12:30. Once Grunge ends is probably when they rip the band aid off on 2 hours. So in our future a few months from now probably this. 12 - Dr Stone S3 part 2 12:30 - One Piece 1 - Naruto 1:30 - original rerun

We are at least sure Bleach isn’t an exclusive. Crystal was Hulu only so we knew it could never come (which was a good thing), it’s slim, but Bleach isn’t entirely off the table. Unfortunately, for all we know Bleach was the April show they seemingly blew the deal on. Back in the spring, Demarco explicitly ignored all questions about Bleach. From asking if it could be on the block to innocent questions like asking if he has checked it out. It did seem like he was taking precautions to not accidentally trip an NDA. And at the same time of doing this he had no issue talking about wanting JJK, reiterating Demon Slayer S2 was still off the table and wishing Witch from Mercury was coming their way. So it’s not that he was just avoiding show talk in general, he was explicitly avoiding Bleach talk.

Probably better to ask after we get 9/16. There are just too many unknowns. I’ll make an assumption they will stall one slot so subbed Uzumaki can tag in on 9/30. That would have it temporarily overlap Grunge, but I think they will let it slide to squish it into the appropriate month. Since it’s subbed, it’s a lot harder to headline with anyone, as by their own admission multiple times, subs are the number one ratings killer. The rest is anyone’s guess. The only thing that could even be considered a hint is that Eizouken tweet that tagged Toonami, and that’s a huge stretch. It seems the teased April show may have fallen through. I would not be surprised at all if there are zero acquisitions for the rest of the year. Even though it’s entirely pointless, they will probably do a Halloween marathon on 10/28. Id bet on an hour expansion for that so they can run both Uzumaki and HCC. Not that you would ever know, you blocked me, remember? Hopefully you don’t start charging me rent for the head space though.

They are unobtainable. On the slim chance they are obtainable, it takes way too much sacrifice just to land one show. But Demarco can’t get out of the mindset of Toonami being able to effortlessly land every Jump show that releases and would rather air nothing and continue chasing a dream, over settling for B shows and actually having content on the block. I have no doubt he will be. Taking a vacation from work is not taking a vacation from being angry on twitter every day. He is probably thinking about “haters” right this very second. Expect a “I’m bored, AMA” tweet before this vacation ends. He needs his monthly quota of attention and validation.

Here’s our answer courtesy of Sketch. Little worried about using “was” in the discussion of this matter as it implies it fell through and will never come.

If anyone is interested in bothering Demarco, someone should ask him if AoT is the show they were waiting on back in April.

Wiki lists it as episode 1 of season 17. I don’t think CR cuts the seasons up correctly. If Toonami is going straight to Toei to get these episodes, I’d assume they are going by the proper breakdown rather than the CR one. Please do, I’d love to be able to put this to rest. Though, if it is leaving, I doubt he will answer.

Allegedly, the anime is supposed to deviate away from the manga ending. So we may either get an end that isn’t as bad, or we get to witness an end people hate even more. 8/12 - 627 Luffy Dies at Sea! The Pirate alliance comes apart! 8/19 - 628 - A major turnaround! Luffy’s iron fist strikes! ??? - 629 Startling! The Big News Shakes up the New World Episode 629 drops Hands Up and swaps the OP to Wake Up, marking the start of a new arc/episode batch.

Is that really a surprise or a bad thing? Let’s make the 3 hours we have great before thinking about adding more time. Something they have struggled with for the entire year. Anyways, I’m glad we can finally get this out of the way. Still think after all this time it would have been better to pair the two up later this year, but I suppose it would still be good if we can get part 2 before 2023 ends. So here’s what 9/16 looks like 12 - Grunge 12:30 - empty 1 - empty 1:30 - maybe empty maybe One Piece 2 - Naruto 2:30 - MHA AoT allows them to not have to split the spotlight as much, but they still have lots of work to do the following week. And I’m a noticer, and I notice on 8/19 Punk Hazard airs its final episode and then they stall 3 weeks, so I’m still not writing off One Piece leaving again.

The first one he may not even be 100% wrong on. Early era emissions equipment on 80s vehicles was often the source of problems. Not for the reasons given, just that the technology was rushed out the door. In the second one, the way he says “no… no!” to getting his ass kicked is great. Early era KotH had him deliver the dialog differently, it’s a lot deeper and more monotone.

They have tried many times to bring Kahn in, he doesn’t want to hang out with hillbilly redneck. Plus, it’s not about just filling a body, Dale was a unique an irreplaceable character. Have Dale for the first time ever take Hank’s advice on something only to be taken by the feds for doing so. Really? Lucky is usually cited as one of the worst things to happen to KotH, and Luanne being gone would only be slightly noticeable

I wonder if any voice work had been done yet. If not, this may be the finishing blow for the reboot. It could have gotten by without Luanne and Lucky, but Dale is simply too significant to be written out. I don’t think people would want a recast.