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Just thought this was interesting. Despite the roughly 730k people who follow Toonami on Facebook, it’s post usually don’t see much engagement. A high end topical post is around 1k likes, and maybe 10 comments from the same people who feel obligated to comment something meaningless to every post just to engage with it. Average like numbers are more like 500 or so. But check out how the first trailer for the One Piece special is doing. 83k likes and climbing, 6.9k comments (nice!) and 25.5k shares? That’s nearly a years worth of Toonami Facebook engagement on ONE post. Hopefully some of these people actually bother tuning in for it, but if nothing else this has reminded a lot of people that Toonami still exists.

I don’t even think nu-AS wants to do April Fools at all anymore. The last two years have been shameful. 2021 was 45 minutes of kid voiced shows where they only really tried on Aqua Teen, and last year I think was 5 total minutes of Pibby edits. They are probably glad Toonami is outside the April Fools window because that means not having to think something up Toonami specific. Since Royal Crackers premiers on April 2nd, I have a feeling the prank will somehow be associated with that

Nothing. Toonami technically isn’t on Saturday as it starts at midnight Sunday. When Toonami starts, it’s April 2nd. Only way Toonami would be in the zone for a prank is if the upcoming schedule shifts the block to 11:30 or earlier. I believe the next time Toonami falls on April Fools is 2029. So, we are likely never seeing a prank for the block again.

This is promotion for a 10 year old crossover special for a show that hasn’t been on the air in 7. Yea there are better places to promote stuff, but this ain’t something worth promoting beyond insomniacs on television. Per Demarco everything they have aired on AS Toonami has been something they at least marginally liked themselves. He has admitted outright if he does not like a show he won’t bother with it regardless of fan demand. Maybe they didn’t love every show, but there was never one they hated. I thought they needed an anime research intern back in 2016 when they started saying they preferred long running shonen because it meant they had to do less work researching shows. The whole staff has always been oblivious to modern trends and they really would have benefited from someone with a younger viewpoint on the show selection team. Unfortunately, you are correct that it’s far too late to enlist someone for the job. This is a problematic way to run the block though. They can’t just blow their load on one show and leave the block in an awkward holding pattern for months at a time. It’s not even an effective tactic for preserving ratings based on the ups and downs we have seen with MHA. If they really are doing this, maybe it’s time to have a talk about dialing the block down to 2 hours so at the very least they can consistently deliver and not have us in holding patterns every few months. When was that mentioned? November? At this point they should know what kind of extra time they need to budget to get things done. Online schedules are blank, so they haven’t made any commitments yet. But I do agree they have now waited too long to start a show and will likely keep stalling till it’s ready. Which a conservative estimate would mean new show announcements would be late March/early April

I think I have said it before, but if the block is already in budget crisis in February, that’s a more damning statement for the future than anything else. If that’s the reality of the situation, all we should expect is to bounce between originals, with all in between time being like it is now. And it will never improve. We only have one side of the story to that claim. For all we know “failure to communicate” is Demarco calling them one time and never bothering again. Somehow they made Made in Abyss happen fast last January, then nailed down S2 before it’s dub even finished releasing. I have a strong feeling the lack of Sentai shows has been a failure to communicate on both sides, primarily because Sentai didn’t have anything Demarco was motivated to pick up. This is an interesting breakdown, but not something the average viewer cares about. Very few people were waiting for the next dub premier confirmation, but rather just new shows. Similarly, while the OP special is interesting, a single week premier for one episode from 2013 isn’t getting that many people excited, especially since we still have no shows announced for the following week. I don’t think Toei is that eager. Rather, they just use the block for promoting stuff when it’s convenient to them. We are still looking at OP running single episodes per week after this special. If Toei was a true ally we could rely on, they would set us up with the material to go back to 2x episodes. The fact that we dropped down to 1 per week at all proves Toei is only willing to help Toonami out to the extent their budget can buy help, which ain’t much.

Concerningly, no schedule update for 3/11. So presumably they still have no news show and don’t even know what stall method they want to roll out.

The actual series doesn’t look like that. It has a very unique style. The special, for reasons I’ll never understand, tossed out that unique style and replaced it with a very generic anime parody style.

After Rubicon aired last night, the Facebook page reminded people about the Toonami rerun, but for some reason they made an entirely new graphic that cuts off the Rick and Morty short

She was 16. Japan’s AoC laws are pretty confusing, even more so back in 2002. Interestingly, just 5 days ago did Japan put forward a piece of legislation to official raise the AoC from a near global low of 13 up to 18. This is more of a symbolic move, as most prefectures had already elevated the AoC to 18. But there were still some fringe circumstances where you could use the old law to get away with 13. 16 was not that out of the ordinary in 2002. But it’s when Japan was starting to kind of half ass changes due to rising western pressure to do so, and Toriko’s author was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

What Toriko’s creator did is hard to even view as a sex crime. He visited a prostitute at a time in Japan where they were just starting to properly crack down on prostitution. It’s widely believed that him as well as a few other minor celebrities at the time were made an example of, rather than committing an actual serious offense. And that’s further supported by the fact that Toriko exists. His active series at the time was cancelled in response to his charges, but not long after he was back to a premium slot in Jump, so they probably thought he got a raw deal too. Im of the opinion that Toriko is at best, bland garbage, and I’m not familiar with his other works, so I’m not here trying to defend my favorite show/creator. I’m just pointing out that sometimes it feels like if people are not angry, they will dig something up until they have a reason to be angry.

Mate, that happened in 2002. 21 years ago. I could see if it was something recent, but people gotta learn to let this stuff go. Mike Tyson is a sex offender too, and AS gave him his own show. It’s not like this is going to do the creator any favors anyway. It’s a silly crossover episode for a show I’d wager at least half the Toonami audience doesn’t even know exists. And the half that does know it exists thinks it’s trash.

I had no idea that we were able to edit our own thread titles here I know they don’t care about optics, but I hate that they insist on consistently doing the wrong things just because they have always done things wrong. It would quell some worries if they would just drop a title. Though to do that, they actually need a show secured. Which I’m still skeptical of being the case.

I’m a little worried about this as well. It definitely feels like they are keeping the block on stall mode until AoT is ready to air. They have started shows them had them take a week off right away before, I see no reason to be afraid of doing that here. AoT wouldn’t even take up the entire night, so if they could at least get one show started it shouldn’t face any interruptions. With the current hiccups with dubs, I don’t see AoT getting turned around by the 11th. So that would mean the majority of March would also be stalling. At this point, I’d be fine with them just announcing new shows, but not giving a date. They have had enough time, they should at least have something secured.

Thankfully it actually looks like Venture Brothers. I was pretty worried after seeing how atrociously off model Ballmastrz Rubicon is.

Likely, if for no other reason, there is a limited amount of times they can do this with MHA. I doubt they want a repeat of Yashahime S1 where they burn through months worth of content in a few weeks. I’d have a hard time believing it considering they are having so much trouble landing even second rate shows. Plus, if they did have something to air ASAP, there’s no reason MHA can’t move to 12:30. In the old days, Toonami usually shot for a solid first hour, not just first slot. Stop spying on me in my house.

It’s a strange scenario for sure. I highly doubt Toonami cashed in a favor with Toei to get a single oddball episode dubbed. Toei likely did it just for completions sake and threw a bone to Toonami as a bonus. Toei promoted this on their twitter almost immediately after Toonami put their schedule up, further supporting it’s a little gimmick thing Toei is doing that Toonami can coast on for a week as a bonus. What is getting a little overshadowed here is that they are doubling up MHA. Normally they would move the heavens to prevent a premium lead show from being exhausted any faster. Even if (for now) it’s only for one week, it’s troubling they are doing that.

People made the exact same jokes in 2011 when this episode originally aired. Toriko was never very popular, and propping it up next to Goku and Luffy was seen as a comically desperate move. This special is the only reason Toriko hasn’t been entirely forgotten. And I really hope this doesn’t lead to the show joining the lineup one day.

So apparently, it’s a world premier dub of the episode. Whoever runs the Facebook page should be fired. This is a crucial piece of info that makes this event quite a bit more significant

Because it’s probably more like this Gill: Hey Jason, here is a list of shows I’m going to look into for the upcoming schedule gaps, any preferences? Jason: Yea I like the sound of X, Y and Z Gill: Ok, I’ll see if any of those are available to us and get back to you I do agree that they do have pretty similar tastes though

The Facebook post did not indicate anything about it being dubbed. As that would be significant, I took that as a sign that it’s just going to air subbed.

I think it’s time to start worrying about the future of the block a little bit

Made in Abyss did a lot better than I would expect from it most weeks of S2. Especially as a transition show from MHA, they are night and day difference, but it still managed to hold MHA well. Shit, this week it actually had a couple thousand extra viewers. We can’t expect too much from its finale when MHA started us off at a near record low. Steering show choices isn’t something that takes much time. If Gill brings him a list of potential shows, he can circle his picks in 30 seconds. Where he is likely off the wagon is the actual legwork of trying to secure those shows. My main point being, I don’t believe he has completely handed the reigns to Gill in regards to what airs, and it will still very much be programmed to his personal tastes. If Gill wants to make a statement that this is “his” block now, he is going to have to do that with programming choices that break away from Demarco’s normal fare.

Stop making me tap the sign Toonami is not significant enough to take time off for every single holiday on the calendar. We have seen time and again that the weeks they do take off besides Christmas and New Years have very little shift in their ratings. Marathons and delays are entirely pointless and serve no other purpose than to waste time and make it take longer to finish shows. As you say, MHA is still airing, so even if you did want to take a vacation, you still gotta tune in for at least 30 minutes. It really isn’t. I haven’t watched one second of Velma, but I have seen Redo of Healer, and I HIGHLY doubt Velma has a 5 ish minute long, well detailed rape scene. And that’s just the tip of the Redo peni- iceberg.

Demarco is hands off in regards to the blocks day to day maintenance. He still has full involvement in major changes and show acquisitions. Fanart event went south? - Not Demarco Show pickups not happening? - Demarco That’s been a problem for a long time. He really isn’t the anime pro he wants people to believe he is. If it’s from the 80s-90s (his own generation for anime) or is trending on Twitter, he is an expert. Beyond that, he knows nothing. Which is why we so often fall back on cheap nostalgia cash grabs and Gundam. He goes to what he knows. His logic for old shows made sense a few years ago when they could seemingly pick any show. Why pick something old when you can pick something 2 weeks behind it’s dub release? These days, they don’t have the room to be picky. Annoyingly, despite those comments about old shows, they would still go after stuff like Outlaw Star. IMO that was more just an easy excuse to justify not picking up stuff people were requesting.

I feel like a big part of it is Demarco is just incapable of getting out of his own way. In 2019, Toonami was riding at its peak height. We had simuldubs on top of simuldubs and every popular seasonal show fell into the blocks lap with a snap of their fingers. Then they started dialing things back in 2020, and then Covid followed that, and then Crunchyroll started devouring the market, and then Discovery came in and told everyone to stop wasting money. They went being treated like royalty in the market to being seen as a dog turd to avoid stepping on. The fans for the most part have accepted this, it sucks, but things change as time goes on. Demarco though, really doesn’t seem to want to let that royalty feeling go. It really shows when he goes to twitter to complain about not being allowed to air stuff like Demon Slayer or Witch from Mercury. He is trapped in an outdated mindset where Toonami is entitled to popular shows and it’s madness distributors won’t give them to him. There’s no telling what goes on in the background. Demarco did shaft Sentai pretty hard after Parasyte ended, so perhaps they just don’t feel a need to help out more than one show at a time. Or maybe they just pinch their pennies in a foolish hope of being able to land one premium show down the road. Maybe a little of both. You may be right as well, the overlords may want Toonami entering a conclusion phase. In the Zaslav era, nothing should be considered 100% safe. The time for an announcement is closing in pretty quickly. Two weeks ago, it felt like they were buying time for FLCL. If that’s not announced in the next two days, maybe not. If it’s not FLCL I certainly hope there is something else on deck.