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Good. Memberberries + your childhood but EBIL is shit 7th graders write. It was good as a Halloween short and a half assed April Fools stunt, that’s all it ever needed to do.

We will probably be getting a schedule update this week for the last 2 weeks of October, here’s my final prediction before it’s revealed 10/21 12 - Grunge 1 12:30 - Grunge 2 1 - Grunge 3 1:30 - Shoegaze 1 2 - Shoegaze 2 2:30 - Shoegaze 3 10/21 is an odd week they need to fill time on, so what better time to do full reruns for both shows? 10/28 12 - HCC 1 12:30 - HCC 2 1 - HCC 3 1:30 - HCC 4 2 - time filler, something Halloween theme if they have it on hand 2:30 - time filler, something Halloween theme if they have it on hand Or, if the stars align and let us having something nice for once 12 - Uzumaki subbed 1 12:30 - Uzumaki subbed 2 1 - Uzumaki subbed 3 1:30 - Uzumaki subbed 4 2 - HCC 1 2:30 - HCC 2 3 - HCC 3 3:30 - HCC 4 If it’s the latter schedule, we may only get the 10/21 update this week, but that would still be a strong implication that something is cooking for 10/28.

Pretty good so far, furthers my theory that what holds the others back is Haruko. Still a big issue with sound mixing, some scenes the music is just blaring as the MC whispers his lines. I don’t know why they can’t get this right. Also, I HOPE it’s a mistake, but if not, the CC subtitles dropped multiple huge spoilers. So if you haven’t watched it yet, turn subs off.

There was a mistake yesterday and the Dexter marathon aired then. Seems their “fix” was airing yesterday’s skipped schedule today rather than doubling down on Dexter. Should go back to normal next week so long as they keep the tapes straight.

And the double ups continue even further into October with the 15th locked in. Next week, if nothing is announced, the schedule should be blank as Shoegaze won’t be on the schedule anymore. I’m gonna guess that nothing Uzumaki related will drop till after the panel on the 12th, so we may be waiting a bit for the next schedule update if Uzumaki is included on it. But, there is also the alternative of the 21st being a one off stall day as well. Guess we will see next week.

Something about that quote seems…edited, yet somehow still accurate. To answer your question, because it’s Demarco. If he has a way to fill time for free and no effort on his part, he is gonna take it.

Kim Gasiciel has a website, Twitter, etc with pictures and stuff. Not that any alias VA name has ever been much of a secret. It’s there to allow them to sidestep union rules, not to actually keep their identity secret. Thinking about it, the only time I can think of where a VA genuinely was trying to hide their identity was Brittany Karbowski when she did Newgrounds porn voice work back in 2020. Though, her voice is in so many shows you can’t help but immediately notice it’s her. Everyone else, you google the obviously fake name and the first result is usually the VAs actual name.

I’m glad it’s Haruko-free, but I don’t think Kari won’t at least make a cameo as some background character. Crazy how similar that other VA sounds like her though.

And when we do get it, Demarco will act like it’s some huge deal we should be thankful for, and getting it justifies not getting acquired shows.

I mean just from a Toonami specific perspective. Last year we saw HCC completely bomb after its first episode. Grunge didn’t blow the lid off anything, but its viewership stayed fairly consistent and was slightly over the average we expect for the block in late 2023. Can’t ask for much more from a show these days.

Can’t believe we have to pencil down Grunge as a success. 3 for 3 on passable viewership. I hope at the very least Shoegaze does better so Demarco doesn’t get the wrong idea that making cheap CGI garbage is a good thing people want more of.

Sounds more like the equivalent of my ass.

It absolutely will be ready by November. But that’s the wrong question to ask. What you should ask is when is Crunchyroll willing to release it from their uncooperative claws? I believe the first cour had 6 episodes released before it started its Toonami run, and it’s not a matter of the block not having the space for why it took that long to start.

Yea it makes me skeptical if they plan to air it then because that’s a very tight window unless they are actually going with the very low promotion sub route. That’s only 8 days worth of promotion time, where every other new AS show this year has gotten 3-4 weeks. That said, the promotion would start almost the same time R&M does which is when the most eyes are on AS, so maybe that compensates.

Still thinking this will probably be a new years pickup for the block. CR will take a few weeks to get the dub started, then we will have to wait a few more weeks for them to release 4-5 episodes before they let us have it. And at that point it’s running into the heavy holiday marathon part of the year so they will probably just sit on it.

Adult Swim will have a panel at NYCC on October 12th where they are teasing an early look at Uzumaki, among other upcoming shows. Of course, this could just be a rehash of what they showed us at the last con and nothing more, but it’s also timed just right just announce a date for it to take Shoegaze’s slot.

At the start of the video I was gonna say that’s totally just Roiland again, but by the end, especially that final bit with them in the car it’s obviously someone else.

At least nu-Star Wars occasionally has a scene or two that makes you say “ok yea that was kinda cool”. I’ll even give credit to Prog and Alt, they were bad but they did an occasional spurt of good here and there. Grunge was ass from start to finish, and while the CGI greatly contributes to that, with how creatively bankrupt and boring it was, I can’t see 2d animation bumping that final score up. At least Shoegaze looks like it’s going to at least try to do its own thing. So it’s already off on a better foot than Grunge. But as I type this, I think about how the trailer just outright has a character mention “sexual energy” or something and cringe. If someone says they are going to overflow, I will probably overflow with rage.

So, do we just not have any faith at all in Ninja Kamui?

That’s 2008 tier thinking man, block doesn’t even have an identity at that point, it just exists to exist, being filled with things that AS owns that don’t belong on it. We absolutely should have 3 hours, I’d argue maybe even 4 with how big AS is getting. But if AS won’t shell out the money to make that happen, it’s kind of a pointless dream. And we also have to consider, even if we had the money, is Demarco going to spend it wisely? Or blow 6 months worth of budget on one show? When the block is offering nothing else, another Bebop run or Primal S2 again is just a slap in the face.

I had rock bottom expectations for this, so I’m actually surprised Demarco was able to so significantly disappoint me regardless. The entire show was basically nothing, no substance, no reason to care about any of the characters. It’s yet another Things happen!: The animation. And why was Amuro even here? He did absolutely nothing but be yet another “remember thing?” set piece. And on that topic, actually groaned at that final stretch that ripped off like 3 iconic scenes from the original shot for shot in like 20 seconds. Music direction often felt random, again only relying on tracks from the original, but not using them in fitting scenes. And while they did listen to the Progressive criticism of the music being too quiet, in Grunge the music is often so damn loud it’s distracting from the dialog. 0/10. The strongest positive aspect I can give it is the fact that it was only 3 episodes, because I couldn’t have sat through another 3 weeks of this crap.

They are very desperate to make the block not appear dead when 2, possibly 3, originals are premiering on it. Sure, they could just cram it full of reruns, but that makes things look even worse as new or lapsed eyes tune in to see what the originals are doing. Im fine with it as it is, we are cruising through Naruto and OP is slightly less tedious at this speed. I just don’t get it from their POV. They obviously have nothing, and while there won’t be an OP shortage for a long time, there is a Naruto one. It just seems to me if they can actually get shows, they would want to trim down and start lowering people’s expectations. Naruto has to stop its double up sooner rather than later, MHA is wrapping up in November, and Shoegaze will be leaving a void up front in just 3 weeks. Id like for the block to stay 3 hours, but doing so means actually acquiring some shows which doesn’t seem viable anymore.

I am surprised they aren’t taking this opportunity to cut an hour. It just makes sense at this point, double Naruto is a temporary solution that every week they use, gets them one week closer to a new major issue. Could be something like this 12 - FLCL 12:30 - OP 1 - Naruto 1:30 - MHA Then when MHA ends, they bump Naruto down a slot and let OP have 2 slots. Then they would only have one slot they need to worry about. If they ever have an original or something that needs to start ASAP, they can always cut OP down to 1 episode until the other slot frees up. I don’t mind blowing through Naruto faster, but looking at it from their perspective where all they care about is having stuff on the schedule for as long as possible, it doesn’t make much sense why they are trying to hang onto 3 hours when it’s pretty obvious they can’t handle that much time anymore. Perhaps they did not want a schedule cut associated with FLCL as it aired, so they are just doing this till DST where they can sneak in another stealth cut amid the time change confusion like they did last year. Though even in that case, the blame for the cut would still point to FLCL.

There’s a balance between working with the tools you have as best you can, and just making yourself look like a delusional, out of touch fool. He could have been reasonable and went out there and said Toonami is playing around with the FLCL franchise and seeing if they can get anything to stick. That message still ignores the fan requests to STOP making these sequels, but it’s still kinda humble. But no, instead he went out and said they are on the level of Star Wars and Marvel, and tomorrow will wonder why he continues to be a laughingstock. Back when Prog and Alt had been out for a few months, he did admit the reception was about 50/50 which I think was accurate. That’s not a great score, so seeing him admit that made it seem like he did understand his position, but the way he has been handling Grunge reception shows he is just ignoring all bad reviews and claiming everyone loves it because he only read the good reviews.

The Two Piece combo with two sides of Naruto continues even further in 10/8. I don’t think we will get any left field reveals like with did for FLCL again. Whatever they chose to do with Uzumaki (if it’s even airing it’s certainly not a sure thing), I think they are gonna have us wait till November on DST night to start a new acquired show, if they even have one at all. It seems like they are content to have FLCL as the sole headliner, and since a marathon is like 99% guaranteed, they won’t start a show on the 21st. Iirc they did this last year as well with Made in Abyss S2. Im gonna do you all a big favor, I have been avoiding Akudama Drive for years because Demarco once said he was interested in it. I’m going to watch it next week, so that should guarantee it getting announced for the block right after I finish it. No thanks are necessary.