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I think Toonami is pretty solid where it is. The only feasible expansion is to 10:30 for the next batch of new Titan episodes, just because of how simple that is. If Megalobox is replaced by a new one-cour series, that would end (accounting for marathons) in June, and probably late enough in the month that an Independence Day marathon would be an issue. Now, three weeks after the sub premiere is most likely for the premiere of AoT S3P2... but that's the weekend before Memorial Day, which also muddies the waters. They might just wait until after that and premiere on June 1, or it could be two weeks after the sub. Either way, I separate these ideas from each other.

Yeah... one of the people who helped spread the swatting rumor deleted their tweet, and they said the person who started it isn't mentally well. I normally detest the "LOL both sides" argument, but neither of 'em are looking good here. Even a broken South Park-themed clock is right sometimes.

Yuppers.

Point taken, but it actually gets a lot worse than that. Look under the spoiler of my reply to mochi for one of the most explicit examples.

Yeah... no ethical consumption and all that. I get it, although I am the kind of person who makes clear what I believe in, so it was at least nice to give them a slap on the wrist for that. But it does suck that you can't support the biggest purveyor of anime in North America without giving money to productions like this. And CR is so proud of this that it hurts. Regarding High Guardian Spice, it makes me wonder if they were even serious about making that show to begin with. Maybe someone who works for them took a closer look at Shield Hero, got horrified at what it represented, and then quickly commissioned the most generic Steven Universe-like bean mouth American show possible to preemptively satiate the libs? Either way, it doesn't seem like they stand for anything now.

That show is usually the answer to "What sports anime could Toonami feasibly air?" Maybe Megalobox is on the block now, but their point still stands. I'd try to watch it.

Caboose doesn't have a topical on his YouTube channel, so almost certainly not.

The last rerun slot doesn't matter anyway. If a fan of IBO wants to rewatch it, they've probably already bought the Blu-rays and are doing so now.

I've become really angry and cynical about the industry lately, although the #KickVic thing actually has little to do with it. I'm mostly miffed about Crunchyroll's decision to keep promoting that Shield Hero crap, to the point where I totally deleted my account with them. I'm wondering if I should ever give them my money again... but I'll cave eventually. It's just really sad to see everything come to this.

It's nice to see confirmation that they ended the blog because Tumblr sucks. As for the other news, I say good riddance. MHA never needed topical promos, and arguably not Boruto either.

If you didn't know about it until you looked at this thread, you did miss it... and honestly, there's no help for you.

It has more to do with the natural degradation of Toonami's ratings over time. Comparing Alicization to the last season, which aired in the revived block's highest-rated year, is just unfair.

The pacing was tolerable for me. Do you think it would've worked better as two episodes? The reason they made the premiere extra long is probably because the first half was something different that would've confused people without context, but I thought it would've made a great cliffhanger.

When you're presented with a giant pile of evidence suggesting that Vic did at least most of this, you should feel empathy for the victims. Claiming neutrality and blaming both sides is a bad tactic has to do with the conservative mindset invalidating the experiences of others that don't affect you. It could also be based off of someone's incapability to take a stand on anything that has even a whiff of politics, but that's a bizarre trait I haven't seen anywhere else. Now, the funny thing is when "anti-SJWs" try to claim that I'm enforcing my morality on others. I am, and rather proudly, but I'm not trying to be militant about it... which is something I can't say for the other side.

I haven't actively used Tumblr in years. Heck, I only logged back on there to see what the reactions were to the NSFW content ban. Anyway, the Toonami blog stopped being relevant years ago. Remember when it used to host live Q/As and be the first place where new shows were announced? Then it slowly moved away from that and turned into a hive for reposting cool images. I understand the decision to close it as trimming the fat, just like with the marathon stream's demise.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." ~Desmond Tutu

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I'm under the impression that Vic's employers always knew. It was probably at least an open secret for so long that someone wanted to do something, but were either too scared or got blocked by higher management. It should also be emphasized that that it took the previous scandal with Hazu for someone to even make a move on this. This thread from a former ANN staffer details the pain some of them felt from knowing they'd been taken advantage of by a predator. What we're seeing here is the changing attitudes of those who realized they could've done more, as they become empathetic for survivors and want to get their abusers brought to justice. I think that's what we should be focusing on, rather than pointing the finger at those who were complicit in enabling sex crimes for years.

Alternative was pretty good... but everyone ignored it like the plague after seeing how underwhelming Progressive turned out.

The most important thing is that the isekai with the false rape accusation is #1, so Toonami will have no choice but to air it.

Are we confused at every single thing that happens nowadays? What weakness. The ratings are decent, but seeing everyone lose their minds over the recent episode of Mob Psycho (from Season 2) is really making me wish it got to air on Toonami immediately. And it's even sadder because I completely whiffed on the the first season's TV airing.

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They wouldn't, but the average casual [as] viewer might be intrigued and tune in. And we have a general interest in the ratings for the whole network around here.

Okay, two things: It looks like the backdoor schedule is officially finally dead. The XML links no longer work, so the "enhanced backdoor" just shows the current list from [as]. You can still look ahead with cable guides, though, so this just means we're back to the dark ages of 2012-14 or so. Reruns of Adventure Time are replacing Samurai Jack (and a half-hour of [as] originals) starting February 4. This isn't a bamboozle; DeMarco personally confirmed it.

Or you can stand up for what you believe in and not mind losing a friend or two. I've started ignoring people for less.