Mr. Idea Box

The upside? This is certainly an unexpected thing to air on present-day Toonami. It vaguely reminds me of Interstella: 5555 in theory. The downside? It airs at 3 in the morning, below even Naruto reruns, and it looks like the lone bright spot of Toonami Rewind's remains might be leaving early. Overall, not something I would've presented without an update for next month.

At this rate, I'll take an update. This tracks. I would've given them another month, if I wasn't given a full year for those shows. But since we see seven slots taken by the block, cutting the last two of them sounds a bit unlikely. A new show at the end of a month? Absurd, yet interesting.

Still worth noting, compared to previous years.

I didn't think any of those would happen, but if one of them did? It would be the one where they up the Straw Hat budget.

On the one hand, this is head-turning news to a degree only seen under the Court of the Owls. On the other hand, these seasons will have 15 episodes as opposed to 22. Still, 60-episode pickups for four shows all at once? That's a lot of trust in Fox's adult animation offerings. Then again, this does explain the issue I gathered with how many shows they have on standby Sunday nights.

Well, well, well. Adult Swim managed to throw a curveball, swapping one Rick and Morty prank for another one. Can't say I expected this, though.

I'm betting on #1 myself.

To invite more activity into this thread, since the block is basically locked in until May, I have a question. What are your pie-in-the-sky wishes for Toonami going forward? I'll go first: Urusei Yatsura (2022) gets a timeslot. - I doubt this'll ever get past clearance, but I still think it checks off all the boxes. Even if it's just Season 1 that airs, UY is based on a popular manga, it's something other than Shonen Jump, it's a B-tier show from a streaming site not owned by Sony, and Toonami has aired comedies before, such as Ballzmastrz: 9009. A permanent expansion. - Considering Toonami Rewind didn't make it to January, moving their shows to the back end of Saturday, this would be a miracle. Nevertheless, I do not care how early or late they expand. They can take the whole 13-hour night for all I care. Actually, that would be too big even for ME to wish for... One Piece gets more than 50 episodes a year. - The show's run on Toonami is not only a few years behind the Japanese schedule, but they had to skip a few arcs to match up to the five-year limit Toei has. Couple that with mainstream awareness of the Straw Hats, and I think they have leverage on the States to grab more episodes per year. To make things easier, let's put it at 60 episodes a year for starters. Toonami airs classic American animation. - While animation from the U.S. can find a home on Toonami, 99 times out of 100 it turns out to be an anime pickup that fills time. I'd like to change that. Maybe they can pick up ThunderCats, now that the franchise is on hiatus. 80s, 2011, Roar, you name it. Barring that, Captain Planet could use some longevity, especially in today's world. I'd even accept Cartoon Roulette. Toonami FAST channel. - Between these five, I see this as the most likely answer. I guess Max could have this on their service, possibly with Ghibli movies chewing up airtime once a week. IGPX Season 2 - Come on, AS. The next season's right there! But those are my long-time wishes.

Honestly? Good for them for getting another season.

At this point, calling this sentient piece of filth "despicable" would be an offense to Felonious Gru.

So Dynamite Entertainment is doing crossovers within their WB licenses, meaning those comics actually did sell well by their standards. I don't want to push my luck, but I have a hunch more crossovers can be on the table.

I was thinking Hulu would get the new seasons, assuming that even happens, but a return to broadcast cable is surprising.

If anything, this adds more credibility to the block shrinking down to two hours later this year. Swapping subbed Lazarus for Two Piece, while being a knee-jerk reaction if I've ever seen one, is an unexpected scheduling choice any way you put it. As for what can cover the tab in the back half of 2025, I highly doubt we'll get more than 50 episodes this year, so my second choice is a feature film or two. Hey, it happened the last time WB put their chips into a major DC Comics feature.

I was willing to enjoy this in principle, but this is legitimately good!

While this would make sense, I think a 10-minute sneak-peek at Lazarus might be a potential prediction, since we know it'll premiere five days afterwards.