Mr. Idea Box

Yeah, that tracks. Classic DeMarco. (exasperated sigh)

Just looked at the HiDive dubs section, and I don't think there's one for Lupin Zero. Still, I based that suggestion around Toonami's deals with Sentai Filmworks. Guess Scavengers is better suited for 2025 or later. Well, at least they have something for next year. DeMarco is aware of Urusei Yatsura? Since when? I hope they add a fourth show to Rewind instead of dumping Sailor Moon and Naruto to Saturday. But knowing how lucky animation of any sort gets at WB, I should brace myself for Usagi Tsukino at 2 in the morning.

I'll take "Things I Didn't Think Were Possible" for $5,000, Balik.

Not a bad lineup, but that's nothing compared to late nights and early mornings. That's where the REAL fun begins!

Okay, so it's been close to half a year. Here are my updated predictions: June 1st to July 6th, 2024: 12.0: My Adventures with Superman: Season 2 12.5: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 1.0: One Piece 1.5: Naruto Shippuden 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Ninja Kamui (reruns) 3.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District (reruns) July 13th and 20th, 2024: 12.0: My Adventures with Superman: Season 2 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: One Piece 1.5: Naruto Shippuden 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Ninja Kamui (reruns) 3.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District (reruns) July 27th and August 3rd, 2024: 12.0: Rick and Morty: The Anime 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: One Piece 1.5: Naruto Shippuden 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Ninja Kamui (reruns) 3.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District (reruns) August 10th and 17th, 2024: 12.0: Rick and Morty: The Anime 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: One Piece 1.5: Naruto Shippuden 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Ninja Kamui (reruns) 3.0: IGPX HD: Season 2 August 24th, 2024: 12.0: Rick and Morty: The Anime 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Scavengers Reign 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (rerun) 2.5: Ninja Kamui (rerun) 3.0: IGPX HD: Season 2 August 31st to September 28th, 2024: 12.0: Rick and Morty: The Anime 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Scavengers Reign 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: IGPX HD: Season 2 October 5th through 26th, 2024: 12.0: Uzumaki 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Scavengers Reign 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: IGPX HD: Season 2 November 2nd, 2024: 12.0 - 2.0: Uzumaki Marathon 2.0 - 4.0: Housing Complex C Marathon November 9th, 2024: 12.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Scavengers Reign 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (rerun) 2.5: IGPX HD: Season 2 November 16th, 2024: 12.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Scavengers Reign 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (rerun) 2.5: Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (rerun) November 23rd to December 7th, 2024: 12.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village 12.5: My Hero Academia: Season 7 1.0: Lupin Zero 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (reruns) December 14th to 28th, 2024: 12.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village 12.5: Dr. Stone: Season 4 1.0: Lupin Zero 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (reruns) January 4th to 18th, 2025: 12.0: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village 12.5: Dr. Stone: Season 4 1.0: Urusei Yatsura (2022): Season 1 1.5: One Piece 2.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 2.5: Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (reruns) Toonami Rewind: June 2024 to January 2025: 5.0: Sailor Moon (Viz Media Dub) 5.5: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 6.0: Dragon Ball Z Kai (reruns) 6.5: Naruto (Uncut) That's what I currently think the Toonami lineups for the next 7-8 months might look like. I could be wrong in some cases, and very wrong in others, but this is my take.

I thought I'd bring this back to relevance with something I just realized. Assuming the final hour of mainline Toonami gets no changes for the rest of summer, and it likely will with Ninja Kamui and Demon Slayer, then Toonami Rewind would have caught up to the 2 AM repeats of DBZ Kai in mid-August, and outright surpassed them by the end of the month. August 9th-10th: Toonami Rewind airs Episodes 21 and 22, mainline Toonami airs Episode 22. August 16th-17th: Toonami Rewind airs Episodes 23 and 24, mainline Toonami airs Episode 23. August 23rd-24th: Toonami Rewind airs Episodes 25 and 26, mainline Toonami airs Episode 24. My current hypothesis is that DBZ Kai becomes exclusive to Toonami Rewind like Sailor Moon and OG Naruto in September. (Un)fortunately, between that and Shippuden's finale, the 3 AM slot would almost certainly have its Toonami branding removed and given back to Adult Swim.

Hi, guys. If this article is to be believed, then the Rick and Morty anime will in fact drop in July or August. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/rick-and-morty-anime-release-date-summer/ In conclusion, this looks to be the summer plan for Toonami. May 2024: My Adventures with Superman premieres its second season. Toonami Rewind launches on Fridays. June 2024: Zom 100 comes back for the remaining episodes. Ninja Kamui begins its second rerun cycle, its first in a once-a-week cycle. The sub is presumably never getting reruns. July 2024: My Hero Academia premieres its seventh season on Toonami. Rick and Morty: The Anime replaces My Adventures with Superman at Midnight. August 2024: Naruto Shippuden finally reaches its series finale. One Piece moves back to 1:30 AM. It's just there. Scavengers Reign takes up the 1 AM slot behind Rick and Morty and My Hero Academia. IGPX gets its remastered second season on Toonami after being snubbed in February. Fall 2024: Uzumaki airs in October, culminating in a marathon of both it and Housing Complex C on November 2nd. I admit my current prediction for July, August, and October might be muddled, especially with DBZ Kai theoretically becoming exclusive to Toonami Rewind if its two episodes a week plan holds water. But given the episode orders in place, I have a feeling either Demon Slayer or Dr. Stone would have to wait until January. Or both of them wait for the new year and Primal takes its place. Who can say at this point?

I'm keeping my expectations tempered for the next season. As hyped as I am for it, there's a chance it could not live up to the fans' desires.

Oops. I mixed up the nights. EDIT: Fixed.

I really hope this Saturday does better than the last two weeks. It's the two-episode premiere of MAWS, in fact. Meanwhile, I don't expect Toonami Rewind to be that successful in the ratings, but who knows?

I sincerely hope Sakamoto Days can escape Netflix Jail, because I don't see Funimation or Crunchyroll involved in this, and TMS Entertainment does have a connection with Toonami. But if it's a Netflix exclusive like Stone Ocean, I can only wish the One Piece fans shed some light on this thanks to how good the remake's first season was.

As glad as I am that this exists, and let the record show that I am happy to see Toonami Rewind (especially the return of Sailor Moon), I hope this doesn't mean a tighter budget for the Saturday Night block. That, and it would stink to see Rewind get closer to completing Kai than Saturday does. Knowing my luck, the answer to both questions is yes. On the one hand, I would have waited until June to do this. See how the ratings hold up. On the other hand, there's a long list of shows I'd like to see in this typing exercise.

If I've said this once, I've said this a hundred times: Z***** was too nice by giving WB top billing over Discovery. It should have read "Discovery Warner Bros." the same way AOL took over TimeWarner. And we all know how the AOL merger went.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. There is a rumor going around social media that Invincible Fight Girl is moving to Adult Swim instead of being a Cartoon Network premiere. Apparently, one of the reasons for this, if not the main reason for this is because "the executives were worried about the excessive punching and kicking going on." My brother in Chuck Jones, YOU GREENLIT A WRESTLING CARTOON! AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THEM HITTING PEOPLE? And what's worse is this takes away ANOTHER CN original from the pipeline. My Adventures with Superman and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal previously moved to AS, and Supes even got a cushy Toonami premiere timeslot. Checkered Past has aired Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Samurai Jack, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Evil Con Carne in the first year alone. Samurai Jack was the first to relocate to Adult Swim. Craig of the Creek is ending, with We Baby Bears possibly on the chopping block. Tiny Toons Looniversity technically premieres on Max first. Total Drama Island and Ivandoe took a year to premiere on CN here in the States. Neither of them have very good marketing. Cartoonito takes up only one hour a day, and usually airs Bugs Bunny Builders and Batwheels. The early morning hours, Cartoonito included, are now airing commercial-free. All that's realistically left to premiere is Teen Titans Go! and the Gumball reboot, and even the latter might not last long under these conditions. At this rate, I can see why we're digging up old Cartoon Network material now. It's clearly the part of the channel treated worse, and it's the one said channel is named after. I'm just.....so tired of all this.

Fresh face here. Exactly how much could [as] have aired if those two channels never existed? I just want to know how mournful I should be in this case.

Unfortunately, the original Dragon Ball has not gotten a redub. However, I would argue that DBZ Kai would be too recent for MeTV Toons anyway, being firmly in the 2010s category. The short answer? No. The long answer? Nnnnnnnoooooooooooo.....

Maybe not at launch, but if enough people demand it, sure. Between SilverHawks, GoBots, Speed Racer, and Marine Boy, that's a two-hour action block already. Not to mention most of the late-night hours backed up by Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson projects. Speaking of SilverHawks, I'm amazed we don't have ThunderCats or Super Friends on the channel already. But maybe those will be out by September.

I've heard news of this elsewhere, but my interest is piqued regardless.

This would explain why hasn't been on Toonami earlier. Let's hope what happened to Zom 100 happens here, too.

You're right. I didn't expect that. Glad it's getting more attention this year, but that likely means it won't be on Toonami this year. Maybe 2025 at the earliest.

Gee, I wonder why studio profits are down by 70 percent. It couldn't be the constant setbacks made by its CEO. It surely couldn't.

Figures that we have two Uzumaki-led shows that are long in the tooth in Toonami's current record books. I stand by that if it's not out this year, I'm assuming it's been written off Batgirl-style. Toonami remaining a three-hour block with the same graphics just makes me hope they get better shows in the future. It's a start with Ninja Kamui, though. The idea of Gundam: Witch from Mercury still being on the table is just copium at this point. And even if it was on the table, someone's pet cat would knock it off anyway. For Demarco's sake, I hope the Naruto replacement is something long-running that we don't know about. But I'm of sound mind to assume we're just getting a second DBZ Kai episode. Every six months? Looks like the only way to truly get a Crunchyroll project on Toonami is to go directly to the animation studio like with One Piece. The problem is not every anime studio has the notoriety of Toei Animation, if there's any that come close to begin with. On a more positive note to end on, a Mad Max anime could actually be great.

I'm morbidly curious on what this means for MeTV's baseline animated offerings. As much as I would enjoy this network, I have a sinking feeling this would cannibalize the existing blocks. To say nothing about Boomerang.

On the one hand, I hope this is meant to be a joke. On the other hand, between My Adventures with Superman and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal being meant for Cartoon Network and the "reputation" this show has amassed, plus the original show's prior history on Miguzi, it wouldn't be that out of the ordinary when given a second thought. Maybe even a third or fourth.

While I agree that 3:00 AM is useless now, there are good elements of this lineup. Shippuden's last cycle of episodes have a chance of getting higher ratings. It might not be a big chance, but it IS a chance. They're airing more Demon Slayer, meaning they still have the show available. My Hero Academia's season premiere could be the same night as Superman's season finale, meaning July 20th could be a passing of the torch. Fitting, considering All Might in particular. But yeah, I would have tossed that slot or given it to IGPX if it was up to me.