Mr. Idea Box

With the absolute confirmation that IFG will be the first November show we get, here's an updated theory on how the holiday season might play out. 12.0: Invincible Fight Girl 12.5: My Hero Academia (Season 7) 1.0: One Piece 1.5: Dragon Ball Z Kai 2.0: IGPX HD (Season 2) 2.5: Rick and Morty: The Anime (dubbed version; Toonami lead-out) This is under the foolish assumption that Daylight Savings gives us a MHA marathon, cuts the 3 AM half-hour, and brings back IGPX all in one sweep. There's no way I expect all three to happen though. And yes, I will try to predict Toonami next year. The keyword being try.

If nothing else, I'll watch it to prove Looney Tunes have a future.

Oh look, it's the show we all expected to be the November premiere. But at this time, it doubles as damage control. It would be nice if we got a "race to the finish" MHA S6 marathon on Daylight Savings Night, Season 7 premiering the next week, IGPX Season 2 filling a rerun slot, AND a third batch of new episodes at 1 AM. But at this point in the year, it's best to just be pleasantly surprised.

I'm sure the MASSIVE pool of animation directors is why this week's episode looks like that. But if the rest of the series has a similar-sized pool, this cannot end well from the viewer's perspective.

To put it as delicately as I can, this is strictly to make the suits happy enough to keep the lights on at Williams Street. About as corporate a decision as most pre-90s cartoons, actually.

I'll believe it when I see a trailer. But who am I to refuse more Primal?

Double post. Sorry.

On the one hand, it would make sense if Netflix grabs the last Toriyama-led DB anime as a dubbed exclusive, with shows like Terminator Zero and the Ranma 1/2 reboot joining it. On the other hand, this announcement is most likely for the subbed version. The dubbed version is likely coming later.

When you consider everything that has happened between 1997 and 1999, primarily picking up Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, and Ronin Warriors, and compound that with everything that happened since, including the launch of Adult Swim, it really feels like this hesitant yet hasty approach signified the true changing of motives from "building a better cartoon show" to "building an anime block". Sure, the term "anime" describes animation in general in other languages, and Toonami would still pick up American cartoons like ReBoot, the 2002 He-Man revival, and Megas XLR, they usually don't get as much awareness as whatever Funimation's making in the pipeline. And now, 25 years later, with The Venture Bros. having a conclusive finale, shows like My Adventures with Superman getting the better timeslots, and even Jonny Quest and Space Ghost getting high-profile comics from Dynamite Entertainment, one thing seems clear... Toonami needs Jonny Quest again.

And I thought being up against Hajime no Ippo was rough...

This is why I'm hoping for a January premiere on Toonami. If I wanted more stalling, I'd just watch some old Looney Tunes shorts.

Well, it's about time we got a general discussion board for Sailor Moon. Not that I'm complaining.

I mean, Xolo's already on Netflix's payroll depending on how you look at it. And we already know he can do his own stunts like the rest of the cast.

Well, I didn't expect two extended Uzumaki episodes, nor did I expect them to reveal the even-numbered episodes only. On the one hand, I'm glad they're not condensing the show into two hours. On the other hand, the Halloween marathon should be the dubbed version for their sake. As for what this means for the future, I have mixed opinions on this. To make a long, almost rant-like story short, I'm beginning to consider skipping most of the 2024 holiday season as far as Toonami's concerned.

Fair point. But I kinda thought Lazarus would be later in the year.

If Crunchyroll is getting the simulcast, I'd argue it's safe to assume it'll be dubbed exclusively there as well. I mean, not only is it a 100% new Dragon Ball anime, but it's also the final project that Akira Toriyama worked on. Plus, if that rumor regarding Nadolny holds any water, that just adds further reasoning to the Sony exclusivity. But if Daima does become a Crunchyroll exclusive dub? It'll join Spy X Family and Chainsaw Man as shows whose licensing money would eclipse Uzumaki's budget, and I'm not talking Naruto's ramen tab here. At any rate, the best hope now is for them to go directly to Toei. Otherwise, the future's gonna get more interesting than I predicted.

Cool!

I'd like to see that happen, but it would be more likely that Warner Bros. Animation would do that.

And the last week of What A Cartoon ends, presumably being the last time we see these shorts on television. As for my thoughts on the final six? At least they got the original openings back this week. Pat Ventura is one of the most bizarre creators this side of Ralph Bakshi. I don't want to say the Courage pilot looks bad, but you can tell Dilworth had a bigger animation budget for the series.

Funny how a Sailor Moon episode with the name Naru in it immediately precedes a Naru-to episode. Let the fan art commence.

Swap IFG and Daima, and this would be my dream November Toonami lineup.

If they did air this show next year, my hope is that they air it in September and give it the October marathon treatment. But let's be reasonable, it'll get a January or February cycle if that does happen.

The one show that would be deemed perfect for Toonami otherwise, and I forgot it in my predictions. Goes to show how sparse information was before now. Option B would be the best outcome for Toonami, while the worst would be Option A. Do you want the Undead Unluck fate thrust upon Goku and Vegeta? As for what I want out of these rumors, it's probably Option C or D, as I'm split down the middle.

Cool trailer! Now watch this be on Crunchyroll and too expensive for Toonami to get.

Thank God.