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Toonami always ends up a disaster when something throws the times off, even by a small amount. I’d say we get back to where we were this week. I wouldn’t be surprised if the time oddity messed up a few DVRs as well. They actually did fix the Stone promo to say 12:45, but it was pretty late in the week.

It actually was available on Saturday, Swimpedia got it from somewhere. I don’t believe it’s actually appeared on air yet though

Let’s hope they have something to show for AS because right now their future entails a season of Teenage Euthanasia, Toonami’s originals, and not much else.

Staffing and budget has nothing to do with it. At times when the block was in great shape, we saw gaps in the schedule because no sequel or popular shonen was ready to air. If they had more budget, they would go out and waste it on something like Demon Slayer S2 or Spy X Family, then we would have a schedule gap again when those shows end because they sunk the entire budget into them. They would never even consider using an extended budget for B list shows from Sentai that would stock the block for a year.

Last year I think they also teased it in a panel just to give us that excuse reel, so I’m going into this expecting another delay. The only thing worse would be an abrupt cancellation but if they are title dropping it, then it’s safe from that. If they do announce it for October, wonderful. At this point in the year without a single peep on either, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider a delay for one or both FLCL seasons. The last two had like a 6 month delay, so it’s not unheard of.

Could the ultimate vaporware anime finally be a reality? Production IG and WIT have a panel at AX on July 2nd at noon, and their panel description namedrops Uzumaki. Big tease for October? Or much gomenasai and another delay?

6/24 was not announced because it will just be looping back to the first episode of Food Wars S5. Whatever you believe in, pray to him/her/it that this is just a one week stopgap and they aren’t going to do a second run of the season after Superman’s double premier.

I think because of its worldwide presence, they will keep CN alive, even if only for an hour or two per day. It’s worth just enough to not let it die completely on US cable. Streaming is still going to be the future. People are never going back to how cable worked. Where streaming needs to fix itself is cutting back on projects. Before, it was green lights for everything. Now, it needs to be green lights only for things they think people will like. What I think streaming really needs is some kind of third party mediator that will offer various stream services under a single bill. Yes, I see the irony of how that is exactly like cable, but it’s the only way to get over this current hurdle of people being frustrated over excess subscriptions. I don’t know how it would work or the legal requirements to put it together, but it’s the best path forward. For example, imagine you buy the Toonamiguy Extra Premium package that gives you Hulu, Netflix and Max for a low price that is slightly cheaper than buying all 3 individually. Pick up the Toonamiguy Extra Premium with Happy Ending package and you get the porno channel in there too. Discreet and unlisted on your credit card bill, so no one will know Longschlonglord69 is paying for porn.

Even in years past when they had plenty of money they didn’t want to take any risks. More budget is not going to solve that problem, it’s just going to encourage them to chase the typical suspects, which even if they did get them, would ironically put them right back into the same position of likely being under funded.

I’ll throw in on this bet too. Something like this. 12 - UWE 12:30 - AoT 2 - Naruto 2:30 - MHA Have to agree with Jman, if they can’t fill the time they have, it doesn’t make sense to get more time. They have shown time and again they are not willing to get out of their own way when it comes to show acquisition, can’t run a block with no shows. Now, the fact that we can’t even get an hour promotion to set us up at 11-2 is very disappointing still. Give the Toonami fans a break AS, we are getting old. 2am is the new 5am.

Wow, they are actually doing exactly what people asked for. I think this really shows how devastated the Cartoon Network brand is if they aren’t willing to have this be a CN thing. People loved it in October during the 30 year event. But, as the numbers have shown, it’s mostly adults tuning in, and these cartoons appeal most to 20 somethings. Definitely will have this on for background noise when I can.

Strangely, no schedule for 6/24. I assume they either forgot Food Wars is ending or Unicorn will quietly fill that slot Mid July now and we STILL don’t have that mystery show

Tomboy is a package deal. You gotta have the short hair and tan skin to rope in true tomboy enthusiasts. If this show does nothing else, I have a sneaking feeling this Lois is going down as the best tomboy of 2023. It’s a brief image of what she will be like in the promo, but so far everything about her comes off as if someone compiled all the ideal tomboy elements to appeal to the internet before making this character. I have already seen fanart getting cranked out. And yes, I have never seen even one second of Owl House, but my very first thought when seeing the promotional image a few months ago was “hah Owl House girl”.

When these were first announced, I saw a lot of people willing to give UWE a chance purely because of Genndy. Now that people are actually watching it, the complaints are rolling out, but the people are still watching it. Superman though, most discussion I saw were people turning their nose up at it. Will it bomb? Probably not, but I do expect it to perform lower than UWE has. As more information comes out, primarily staff involved, I have only seen more resentment towards it. Funny enough, tomboy Lois has been one of the few factors I have seen actually encouraging people to give it a try. Tomboy is in right now in a big way. She might carry this show all on her own if they make her personality likable.

Toonami related advertising in recent years has always been pretty laser focused on one thing at a time. We gotta get close to finishing our UWE candy bar before they let us open our Superman one. They may also not want to make any Toonami related schedule statements until the Food Wars replacement is ready to go out. Honestly I think they are flying by the seat of their pants on these two shows. I’ll bet UWE Acme night reruns weren’t decided till the very last second.

I try not to get hung up on the 1% chance things. It’s getting your hopes up for no reason. AS number one priority these days is shilling things for Max. Airing this anywhere but midnight is putting Toonami first, something they couldn’t care less about. When it was first announced for AS it was stated it would also encore on Toonami. The lead show is always the face of the block. It gets the most promotion and has the most eyes on it.

This is a huge missed opportunity to trial a 8-9pm premier for tame content. If they are going to expand AS as much as they are, I’d like to see them use the time in a logical way. UWE is tame, but Genndy content often transcends its intended audience. People are tuning in for it purely to see Genndy’s unique animation style, and arent phased by the shows clearly intended juvenile audience. I don’t think the audience will extend that courtesy to Superman, especially since it’s just a generic “I wish I was anime” type of animation style. This show will be the face of Toonami for 8 full weeks, and to be frank, I’d be embarrassed to encourage someone to give Toonami a try and have this be the first thing they see. This isn’t midnight material.

My hopes are as low as they can be. But, until they roll out this years annual excuse reel for why it’s not coming, I still list it among things we have to work around.

Not surprised, I expected this to immediately follow up the conclusion of UWE. Now, if they are adhering to a strict one original at a time rule, the math for 2 FLCL and Uzumaki does not work out. At least, if they intend for Uzumaki to fill the 4 Saturday’s in October. Superman will run till mid September. If Uzumaki is delayed again they can just start FLCL immediately after it ends and both seasons should carry them till the end of the year. So here’s how things look currently. 12 - Superman/FLCL/maybe Uzumaki 12:30 - Dr Stone - early 2024 1 - New Show 1:30 - One Piece - forever 2 - Naruto - June 2024 2:30 - MHA - early 2024 Not many spaces for surprises left on the block this year. Only way they could squeeze another in is if they decide to drop OP after Punk Hazard, or drop MHA and slide the shonen hour down and use 1:30 as another short premier slot.

The original question was also vague and open to interpretation, a Demarco favorite as it allows him to tell the truth and let the community exaggerate its extent. The person asked if things improved “at all”. If Crunchyroll said, ok we will deal with you on sequel seasons and nothing more, that would still count as improvement as the question asked. It is then the community who lets their imagination run wild and suggest Crunchyroll has their door wide open with red carpet and caviar for Toonami, which quite obviously has not been the case. I’d love nothing more to be proven wrong about all this and have Demarco drop a Crunchyroll owned hit on us in the coming weeks. But for the moment, we haven’t seen one bit of evidence that could be a possibility, so I don’t consider it to be one.

“We hope so” instead of “yes”. I said this in December when he originally said that, until we see a Crunchyroll owned pickup that isn’t a sequel, I don’t believe for a second Crunchyroll is being cooperative. Lot of gaps on this years schedule that make it pretty hard to believe Crunchyroll is working with the block outside of the absolute minimum. That’s not even to mention the current unexplained limbo AoT is in. Assuming FLCL and Uzumaki are still on track for 2023, this Food Wars replacement is their last acquisition of 2023. The lead slot is spoken for, and Dr Stone is 2 cour. The only possible curveball would be if they decide to stop One Piece after Punk Hazard in roughly 2 months, though that’s a longshot. So if they want to prove Crunchyroll is working with them, now is their last shot till next year.

If they have to go to the Japanese side to coax them into giving them a show, that means Crunchyroll is blocking the traditional path of acquiring the show.

You can repeat this over and over again but all evidence we see shows Demarco still has significant involvement when it comes to actually acquiring the shows. He has even outright admitted to it. If the bumpers aren’t updated or someone airs the Dr Stone promo early, that’s not his department anymore. Show acquisition is. If they don’t fit his extremely narrow parameters, he won’t touch them. The proof is in the pudding, or in this case, lack of pudding. We are officially at the halfway point of 2023, with a whopping two shows under our belt. Both of which are Crunchyroll owned sequels. Sure looks like Demarco is only going for the known Crunchyroll properties to me. I’d love to see him prove me wrong though. Maybe when Food Wars ends. And let’s say you are right, Gill really is fully in charge. Nothing about what I said changes, then it’s Gill that wants a Lamborghini when he can only afford a Honda. It’s been this way for years, they are terrified of risk, even if the only options available are taking a risk or cutting slots/reruns. I fear the rare wins like Dr Stone just validate this tactic to them. Crunchyroll keeps them on the hook just enough, nothing too popular, and most definitely nothing that isn’t a sequel. But occasionally something so they feel like CR is still a willing source of content. Ratings are meaningless at this point. Especially with adult swim expanding. It’s gonna become a norm for patches of AS to do shitty, so why not play around and try to find some new things that work?

They have the funding. The problem is Demarco wants a Lamborghini when he has the budget for a Honda. Rather than accept the Lamborghini is impractical and unobtainable under the current circumstances, he would rather just walk over being seen in something that isn’t a Lamborghini.

I have no doubt he was a regular in those /co/ threads in the early years. You don’t just roll up to an unfamiliar website and just assume the people there talk about you like that. Once his snarky misspelling became a permanent nickname is probably when he stopped hanging around. I will give him the benefit of the doubt that back in those days, he was doing genuine research for what direction various groups wanted to see the block take, rather than just searching for stuff to be angry about. Like it or not, the /co/ threads had always been the most unfiltered opinions on the block back in those days, where most other places were just agreeing with everything that happened. I think the only time Toonami fans of all walks banded together was against GXP. Not to say all their opinions have value though. They have been saying the block is on the brink of cancellation since probably day 1, and while I haven’t browsed those threads myself in a couple of years, I have a sneaking suspicion that sentiment is still going strong.