Something I been pondering in my mindbrain lately. I mean, Toonami has in the fans' eyes frequently been the source of making anime popular in America again, which hyped up a lot of shows, and thus made companies like Crunchyroll catch interest. Netflix's investments in anime for 2018 answers the lingering question about if anime would ever die in the short-term out of repetitive subject matter and niche target demographics (I will not). But Netflix and other streaming services are now whipping Toonami's ass to the floor in ratings, and I find a bit of irony on the possibility that this is all Toonami's doing. Netflix appears to be their competition, when really they could be allies. The anime industry has earned 2.9 trillion yen for the first time in its history, yet maybe that's just Netflix pumping more fuel into the engine. And I highly doubt any CEO from places like Hi-Dive, Hulu, or Amazon Strike will ever thank Toonami for it. No wonder Hollywood has been on an (mostly bad) anime adaptation kick recently.