Blatch

The Demon Girl Next Door #12 (end) Last Period -the journey to the end of despair- #1 Trinity Blood #1 Machikado was great, and I'm glad people have started seeing at it as a hidden gem. Also, it was cool to see a show that aired on [asa] as part of the club.

Attack on Titan reruns also return at 4:00 on that date, starting point unknown. Oh, and The Forge also starts then. Should be pretty hype. 😋

At this point, I don't know what I can say about the ratings that isn't beating a dead horse. It was fun in the earlier years when Toonami had to rate well while having a much larger variety of shows to choose from, not to mention a schedule with more moving parts. But now things have shrunk to the point where we have a pretty good idea of what is going to replace what else, and where the shows are placed barely matters, on top of other things that are inherently impossible to predict like world premieres. It was fun in the early years when we could armchair quarterback and get away with it, but now this topic has become a thinly-veiled excuse to complain, because there's rarely anything to get excited about. It's all become rather frustrating. 🤔

So it is happening after all. Neat! I shouldn't have set my expectations too low. According to this article, the series will stream on Rooster Teeth's own service after being exclusive to HBO Max for 90 days. I assume this doesn't preclude an eventual Toonami run.

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And I'm someone who thought DBS reruns could work just on name recognition, but I guess it's nice to be proven wrong. Regarding the post on cable TV, I have a feeling we'll see some growth in it over the next few years as people get overwhelmed by the massive amount of streaming services and paying for all of them turns out to be more expensive than just getting cable, but you never know. Personally, I'm happy my family continues to foot the bill and I get access to a reasonable selection of stuff that I can DVR and watch whenever.

Well, that's... oof. I know it's too early to tell if anything is tanking after one week, but DB Super reruns aren't helping their case. Here's hoping they only last for three more weeks. On the plus side, it looks like the middle isn't going to be so bad, and OPM S2 actually beat gen:LOCK's total viewer average (415K). Where we stand, it looks like the block has fallen so far that even the front taking a massive blow won't dent the rest much.

In his defense, Fire Force was probably picked up without anyone knowing about Tamaki. That might also be the case for other shows that aired on short notice. But yeah, I somewhat feel this. Maybe we'll luck out with OPM S2 and it'll have less of Puri Puri Prisoner?

[as] dodging the question again, huh? I'm shocked they didn't slip in another potshot towards anime fans. But all bitching aside, it makes more sense to say this when it's more likely Super will be continued eventually.

911K, huh? I'm never going to forget this night... Perhaps with the end of DB Super's run (for now, anyway), we can also see an end to people taking the ratings seriously? 🙃

The Demon Girl Next Door #10 PUCHiM@S! S1E21-23 and OVAs Pandora Hearts #1 It's that time of year again. And I liked that while the anime club chose an older series, it looked pretty cool and was able to sustain my interest. 😗

It's never really felt like Boruto earned its place on the block. It came at a time when Toonami was more concerned with future-proofing, wanted any long-running shonen they could get, and then Viz gave this one to them probably for a good price. I also remember hearing there was no reaction whatsoever at the live Pre-Flight panel they announced it at, which is hilariously damning. They could bring it back once they can't air JoJo's anymore, or if Food Wars! is starting to run out of episodes, but with the middling ratings it's gotten and the full-throated apathy Toonami fandom has given to it, it will probably be dead weight no matter the circumstance. And is that a shame? If you like Naruto, maybe.

I wouldn't go that far, as there's a lot more people who like this one than DW. It's got a great art style and some episodes with really fluid animation, and the more recent episodes have apparently been a step up by those who have seen them. And even though it has some misogynistic themes, they're more due to aloofness on the writer's part than the feelings of someone who hates women. I've also heard from people who read the manga saying the series gets a lot better with time, so if you want to like this one, I think you should. It might get you some street cred down the line. 😌 I watched the last episode of DBS on yesterday's block just to send it off, along with my usual choices of Dr. Stone and Food Wars!. All in all, a good night. I'll have to bust out a hideously long essay talking about these shows (and gen:LOCK) at some point.

Well, we have a new development on this: This is presumably only for the last four episodes... and MHA's rerun also has that many remaining. I think you can put two and two together.

KonoSuba! S1E7 PUCHiM@S! S1E13-20 The Demon Girl Next Door #7 [omay yad]

In other DeMarco tweets, he's claiming a combo pack is coming next year... as in, it'll have Alternative and Progressive on Blu-ray and DVD.

0% surprising, but I still like it. A shame I haven't watched all of Part 4 by now, though. Oh, and as for Boruto, here is the explanation from le No Budget Anime Man: [based?]

What's to say that Dragon Ball reruns don't have more staying power than those of Attack on Titan? Or even Samurai Jack S5, if you've forgotten about that attempt. No matter what, Super is almost out of episodes. It's either they take what could be a big ratings loss or try to offset that with reruns, and DB has been the most successful property to ever air on Toonami across its entire history. Reruns of it aired on the classic Toonami many times, and they were probably as responsible for keeping things afloat back then as new episodes. As I've said before, they can always bail on this idea if it doesn't hold up. And it's not like any ratings tank no matter how major will instantly murder Toonami, as they've got things planned through two years from now at least. Seriously, you'll live... and it'll be a lot easier if you just watch the shows and enjoy them rather than try to do this armchair quarterback stuff. 😴

Am I the only one who thinks this isn't completely stupid? I mean, we can complain about reruns at the front all we want, but this time, it's Dragon Ball. A series that makes fucking money. I imagine it won't hold up too bad in reruns, and this goes double considering all the episodes it has. And if Toonami is proven wrong about that, they can always abort and take a ratings decrease. Demon Slayer at 1:30 is a little suspect, but certainly better than getting deathslotted. It's a touch older than the two almost-simuldubs premiering before it, but why slot it after Food Wars!?

Ah, yes: the series that got turned from an enjoyable chunnibyou power fantasy to a super serious edgefest, presumably to compete with Shield Hero. And this was after the production got blown up and they had to start again from scratch. Lo and behold... it still looks like shit.

I'm actually away on vacation this week, so this week of almost no premieres is ridiculously convenient. Though I could watch Toonami up here if I wanted to, it's nice to have an early sleep and not have to worry about taping the shows.

I don't think you can compare Final Space to this show, because that one was always designed for linear TV as opposed to being ported from streaming. And the expectation nowadays is that shows on a streaming service will attract more eyeballs, which plays a role in managing budgets and setting expectations. To Warner, airing such a program on TV was probably a consolation that got them little in return. And maybe the rumors are true and Toonami only played it because it was cheap? I dunno. Honestly, I've already moved on from this matter, but you don't have to. It's just that gen:LOCK was a bomb and it's probably never coming back, regardless of how the production turmoil would be resolved. I'm more looking forward to whatever series the RT staffers can come up with next... maybe even something with good animation. 😝

You're being too greedy. I want KonoSuba! on this block as much as the next guy, but I also think Toonami is doing well enough with airing hot properties while they're still fresh. Dr. Stone, Fire Force, Demon Slayer soon to come... and the ratings have been holding up. Really, I just want to know why CR is dragging their feet with KonoSuba!, since the English dub took ages to come out and is still on Season 1, whereas the foreign dubs of it are past that. And we still have no news of a home video release. Heck, the movie is being screened in America soon, and how can we expect that to be shown dubbed when S2 is nowhere in sight? It boggles my mind. 🤔

They could still make it up with an "Oopsie" on Pre-Flight. That'd be nice, even if it's not like the stinger is ever going to matter.