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We know the big boys are at the table, but at the same time none of them really seem like they care to be there. They drop some racks on whatever their marketing team told them was popular, some like Disney and Netflix seem to throw a dart at a list of shows and take whatever they land on, regardless of how it meshes with their brand (think Disney and Heavenly Delusion) and then they go home. That leaves Toonami at the table without any steak and lobster, but they could still grab some potatoes so they don’t go home hungry. I highly doubt any of the big boys are making a serious play for Seasonal Isekai Slop #4790, so there are options, just not the ideal ones. And before someone says “bro isekai is le bad”, it’s not bad when you look at it from a POV of the current lineup. The worst isekai of the summer season (no, not the vending machine one), is a huge improvement over impending Dressrosa and Naruto filler. Or our second option, reruns. We are so many years beyond the point where the block can be picky, and being so picky has put us in this scenario where the worst things of the current season actually feel like they would be an upgrade for us. I really don’t think it’s a good idea for the block to get into another end of year rut where the normal schedule only airs once a month. We really don’t need to be taking time off for Labor Day, but since we are, they should aspire to keep things normal till Halloween. Another weekend we don’t need to be pausing for, but you know they will.

I’m expecting this episode to be 22 minutes of wacky misunderstandings that ultimately lead to Lois no longer suspecting Clark is Superman. Seems like episode 5 of possibly 20 is way too early to have Lois know the truth.

I think there is a lot of truth to this one. Back when we were getting the first FLCL sequels, Demarco talked about wanting the block to be more subsistent on its own productions. And people were somewhat responsive to the idea because they had yet to see how bad the content Demarco makes is. Back then, it seemed impossible because they had 4-5 hours to fill and the project announcements were few and far between. Now though, it could be more realistic. Let’s say hypothetically, they do chop it down to 2 hours. 12 - Original 12:30 - One Piece 1 - Naruto 1:30 - Rerun Of course, even with everything they announced, there aren’t anywhere near enough originals to fill the lead for a full year. So they occasionally tag in 1-2 acquired (likely sequel) series in just so people can’t accuse them of completely abandoning acquired content. I get the vibe that the new brass just thinks acquired content is a waste of money. Even if they don’t cut an hour, I could see UWE and Superman tagging in for a rerun hour on 9/9. What the brass fails to understand is the same thing they failed to understand in 2008, if your extremely small offering of content doesn’t appeal to the audience, they won’t tune in for any of it. When the block is better stocked, you have better odds of people turning out for one show, which also leads them to consider sticking around for 1-2 other shows they may be on the fence on just because they are already watching.

I think the most interesting thing we have coming up is on 9/9, there is going to be 3 separate empty slots. They will throw some filler for a week where FLCL is, and Superman will air over Labor Day as all AS premier/Toonami rerun shows do. But as we have seen in the past, they really hate to double dip on a premier night, let alone triple dip on a night where one of the shows is an original. How they will handle that is anyone’s guess, they may have their hand forced on a mass premier night on 9/9 because I don’t see a realistic way they can cover an hour for one week. Timeslot wise, seems like all originals are going at midnight, so if Grunge isn’t the midnight show I’d be pretty shocked. Only way I could see it is if they got a certified triple A acquisition like Bleach to take midnight. The 1a slot could be anything. As far as what acquisitions we could see, there is basically zero info to go on. There are no sequels that were recently released, so they either need to go backwards to something like Bleach, or do what they fear most, branch out to an untested title. We do know from Demarco’s past statements that Eizouken was something he really wanted, so if that tweet ends up being something more I won’t be shocked. Other than that, there are zero hints at what they could be looking at. As much as I’d love for it to go away, I don’t believe we will be so fortunate to see One Piece hit the road before its worst arc starts. That would be 4 openings on 9/9, I don’t even have faith they can handle 2. I believe Uzumaki will probably follow up Grunge immediately at completion. I think they are opting for this sub premier because they can’t pull the dub together before that point and they don’t want to delay the show for another full year. So they are just coming out with what they have. There is always a chance there is nothing besides Grunge and they are going to chop off an hour. But as much as I love to be a doomer, I don’t really see that after they just dropped the details on another original. Gotta be a Toonami to air that stuff on.

I dont expect it immediately either. I have a strong feeling that the only reason they are considering a sub run at all is because they can’t get this dubbed in time to replace Grunge. What I expect is sometime in the future we will be pondering what will replace a gap in the schedule, only to be disappointed by the Uzumaki dub which they will spin as some kind of privilege to get over something new. Will be even more frustrating if Uzumaki ends up sucking.

Don’t forget this version will have all that yucky problematic fanservice removed. Which is a bit ironic considering the animation is reminiscent of shows made for toddlers.

So 10+ years of telling your audience that subs = ratings death sentence, and now you are gonna roll out one of your pet projects under those conditions? I don’t really care either way (though I do agree on a visual dominant show like this it’s a unique issue), but more hypocrisy from the big man. Place your bets, they will double dip on it, the premier subbed, then rather than a proper replacement, we have to spend another 4 weeks premiering the dub.

He did a follow up tweet and said Ninja Kamui is 2024

Unfortunately it played out exactly as people expected. The only news we got relevant to the immediate future was FLCL. Which anyone with two brain cells already knew was airing on 9/9 the moment they stuck that rerun at 1am. We remain in the dark on what replaces Dr Stone and Superman, and the promised show they were close in April to announcing remains unannounced. And let’s be real, do we really think they would start a new acquired show the same week as FLCL? Big doubt.

Why would that very important piece of info not be in the trailer then? Fully expecting him to drop a “whoops there was a delay lol” around mid September.

Maybe that’s the plan, make Grunge an absolute abomination so people are willing to give Shoegaze a passing score purely because it doesn’t look like dogshit

Watanabe did say he hoped for next year if everything went perfectly.

Just an innocent meme about watching Toonami tonight? Or a hint at something more?

Demarco is delusional and thinks Watanabe guarantees him success. It will be yet another one season wonder, especially if viewership continues to drop due to not ever getting any content

Remember that time 4 years ago when they released a trailer? No date, not even a vague 2024

If that’s what they felt good about showing in the trailer, I think RWBY might have a contender for worst animation

Here’s the trailer. Trigger warning - it’s actually sickening to look at what Demarco has done to this franchise

Now they are wasting time with the Rick and Morty anime that isn’t even part of Toonami. Got fluff out a “ton” of announcements, right?

FLCL on September 9th. As if we needed an announcement for that predictable move

So, since this isn’t being live streamed, do we know of any Twitter accounts that are on the scene and planning to live tweet the event?

The Reddit hivemind NOT showing blind, unwavering support to a project that has “Watanabe” listed in the description? Surely you jest.

“Mutiny” is too big of a word for Luffy

Maybe, but this isn’t the first time we have seen a show listed as leaving only for them to quietly go “oops jk lmao”

I think the A word is ok as long as they say it

I want to lean towards this possibly being an error, surely they aren’t so petty that they would ditch the show not even 1 month after the movie drops.