Mr. Idea Box

Look on the bright side. Between Daima, Dandadan, Bleach, Blue Exorcist, and One Piece, this is the earliest Subbed Lazarus would be able to air. Heck, even if you move the schedule around, it wouldn't air until 1:30 AM at least. But I will agree that I'd rather see something else occupy that slot, like Sailor Moon or IGPX.

I saw someone say the plots of Captain Planet villains are now considered guidebooks for real life politicians, so reviving the show might as well happen. Unfortunately, I agree wholesale with that person.

I expect Simpsons or Bob's Burgers to get the win, but if Common Side Effects doesn't nab it, my next vote goes to Love, Death, and Robots.

Credit where it's due. If the new Superman movie wasn't released this weekend, this Lazarus marathon would've been done last week. So it's not like AS wanted to do two marathons in a row.

Welp, guess this explains why Daima got an extra episode on the 19th. Dandadan doesn't have exactly 13 episodes. But seriously, I'm also happy Toonami got this show in the first place. Pun intended, but that takes balls of steel.

Look on the bright side. Since the Midnight slot is almost always going to be something Williams Street has a direct hand in, Primal and Rooster Fighter have 2026 pretty much booked in that timeslot for the first half of the year. Filling in the summer and fall seasons, though? That might be trickier. Personally, I wouldn't mind if an entire hour was cut after October, given the playbook so far.

That surprised me. Releasing in nine months? That anime had better be good. GKIDS might have more leeway than Crunchyroll at this point, which is not exactly a pleasant truth. Let me guess. Daima's the new headliner, and the stalling is for no real reason, right?

With the early reveal of them trying to stall for time with Daima instead of adding to their One Piece debt, allow me to make some loose predictions for the back half of 2025: If the summer headliner is Rooster Fighter, its first week will have two premieres instead of one, bumping Daima down to 1 AM. This allows them to stall until the first week of September, when they'll have something new planned after DB and Original. Blue Exorcist would be replaced by something else in mid-August, likely getting a headstart before the show it follows. That, or the show airing at 1 AM has at least 15 episodes to air and can take double duty for the rest of the semester. Given the duo of Lazarus and Naruto and their remaining episode counts, Naruto reruns will be carried to term, ending at Episode #39 before the Halloween marathon takes place. If Rooster Fighter has 13 episodes, its season finale will also air as two episodes for an hour long, bumping Daima to 1 AM for that week as well. Daima's own finale would allow Toonami to stall for time for an extra week. This year, the Halloween marathon would be a two-week marathon of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. The end-of-2025 marathon would be a three-week send out to Dragon Ball Daima, airing on December 20th, 27th, and January 3rd, 2026. After that point? Only One Piece is a surefire prediction on what Toonami will air. I have no dang clue what the November and December schedules would look like.

Well, so much for the suspense. If this was going to be their midnight show for the summer, they must've thought getting that new Dragon Ball anime would mitigate the pain. Unfortunately, they thought wrong. I would have to agree, as sad as that sounds, that Adult Swim not getting programs from WB's own Japanese branch would be telling. But they are planning to split the studios from the networks for the most part, which may conveniently explain, or more likely excuse, the bias towards streaming.

I mean, the two final episodes could be 45-minute broadcasts. Just a hunch. I mean, they could simulcast Primal Season 3 alongside Adult Swim's regular hours. That's a possibility for next year. So I forgot those shows were through the other Sony anime distributor. I can afford to mess up.

It could be Hashira Training, or it could be something like Dr. Stone or Fire Force. But I am adjusting my predictions accordingly regardless.

Okay, it's starting to bug me that Daima is on Adult Swim. Two PG ratings and a Y7 rating do not an adult series make. Even regarding Invincible Fight Girl... ...and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal... ...and My Adventures with Superman... ...and the Checkered Past block... Scratch that. It's a perfect fit for them, which I don't like to admit.

I can safely say I didn't expect this! A subbed Lazarus marathon starting before Midnight? That was never on my bingo card. I appreciate your optimism, but I heavily doubt they would make this schedule. Yes, Ninja Kamui is greenlit up to Season 3, and Superman and Daima do fit the 11 PM slot by American standards, but we still have a One Piece debt to pay after this. Don't be surprised to see all of November and December as marathon months. However, if your prediction comes true for the July schedule, I will eat my gym socks.

"All pickups are created equal, but some are more equal than others." -Demarco, probably

I was hoping the monotony would be broken up in this thread. Like, I get that Zaslav is your typical entertainment executive when it comes to fictional programming, but for Lazarus, the water has been muddied. Now, the Megas XLR reboot that was pitched? That, I agree with the majority on.