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Planet With #12 (END) [beset by creatures of the deep]

"They" meaning ProgrammingInsider. I expected the ratings to come out late this week for some reason (Veterans Day), but I don't think it's happened in any year.

I'm under the impression that we'd see another big block cut like in 2015 in that case. The [as] management really wants this block to succeed, so they'd give it a bunch of leverage before actually cancelling it. On the other hand, it's possible that TV ratings might degenerate so much in the time until DB Super ends that they won't even need a show which does that well... if they haven't already.

How did we go from thinking MB would premiere early to this?

The first time I watched the show, this was one of the biggest complaints I had. It was a huge deviation from something that was literally called "Japan's version of The Walking Dead", and it made me wonder how much the stakes actually were in the plot. At least I warmed up to it over time. While I tried to get into AoT again after having been pleasantly surprised by the last season, I crapped out after two episodes. I've since set a goal that I want to (re)watch the entire series up to here by the time the next batch of episodes starts in April. It should be fun.

I'm under the impression that we're stuck with them. Are there any other really popular and well-regarded websites that do anime reviews?

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I like doing that, if only because it's typically a cheaper price you pay at once and don't have to worry about for a while. The biggest reason why I haven't joined VRV (aside from me not being a binging content fiend) is because they don't have that option.

It's crazy to me that seemingly every Toonami premiere, regardless of if it's big, gets topicals now... but on the other hand, they've all been pared down to less than thirty seconds.

Now that's just weird. There's no reason why they can't switch the dates. At least Megalo Box isn't affected, and it seems they're sticking to their guns (and my personal prediction) of premiering it on the 8th.

If you haven't realized it yet, that's before Thanksgiving, and it implies there could be another marathon the week after. Personally, I'd love that, but I'm probably in the minority.

This is an obvious choice for a rerun. Heck, I wonder how it'd do if they put it at 3:30 as a buffer to the [as] comedy.

You've started saying this every week the ratings come out. How come you can't you lower your expectations like everyone else?

I already have the full chart, courtesy of ProgrammingInsider. It seems they've posted it almost as early, if not earlier than other sites.

Maybe he got that idea from Joseph Joestar?

I'd love to know what the eggplant-headed girl was doing. For that matter, was she actually real, or was someone dreaming it? This show sure loves to throw weird stuff out and not explain it at all.

What about offensive gay caricatures? Does this work not have any?

Unless there's an explicit Sentairoll partnership, that's not going to happen. In fact, I wonder if CR even wants that, as there's a possibility another company might buy Sentai to get in on the anime game and cause them to split from VRV.

Simuldubs don't really work for a television block, as it's impossible to know if a show will be good based on how much is available. Sometimes, the first few episodes can be promising, but you ultimately end up with a bomb like Dimension W that you're embarrassed about but still have to air the last few episodes of. Even Adam West's Batman would scoff at this idea. I also want to say that Toonami doesn't need to air the freshest stuff in order to get good ratings. The shows can succeed based on if they're good and nothing else. That's how the [as] revival started off, and it eventually blossomed into the block we have today. Now they're getting Megalo Box, which will be airing its dub less than six nine months after the Japanese premiere... but it also happens to be a great show. That's got to account for something.

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I agree, albeit for personal reasons. Considering how early some of the premieres air now, I'd love to be able to watch them at a more typical time via a repeating block, and without needing a DVR.

If you're going to go that far, you might as well air actual porn.

Could [New Life+] Young Again in Another World be coming to Toonami? [no]

It always sucks when a dude dies of a preventable cause. My condolences to his friends and family. Although, and this is just something I'm pointing out, it feels odd whenever we point out whenever there are multiple famous people deaths in a short period of time. I guess the events of 2016 made us all more sensitive to this. At least the other seiyuu died at 83, and of natural causes.

Believe it or not, this rerun held DB Super better than any of the three episodes that premiered after it. That's probably due to that show having lower ratings this week, but it's worth mentioning. The first two hours were much weaker (except for DBZ Kai, somehow), and the back stretch utterly collapsed. It's crazy to see a rerun getting a five-digit total for A18-49s. This could be the new normal, but I think the numbers will snap back when Mob premieres this weekend.