Blatch

You completely ignored my central question: why do you care so much that Toonami takes marathon breaks? Any normal person would be happy to get a week without anime, because there's other stuff to do.

I love how everything always fucking comes back to Hellsing Ultimate. Even though I don't mind the schedule moves much, they could've made things a lot easier by jettisoning the 9:00 hour only, so they'd only have to dump Shippuden to the ass-end of the block.

There is no proof that marathons cause the shows to lose momentum. They've only been getting lower ratings because the entire block has been that way all the time. We've seen a natural degeneration over the course of this year despite there being fewer marathons than usual. Why does one week without Toonami make you mad? Is it because there's nothing more exciting in your life than a stupid block of cartoons fewer people care about anymore? At this point, I'm not sure if I can change your mind, so I just want to know why.

Can the majority of your posts please not be about how marathons ruin everything? It's really not a big deal, and most others in Toonami fandom have moved past this.

Whoops, I changed my mind. You better bet your thunderballs that this show is entertaining, and so much so that I'm compelled to restart it after just two episodes.

We have a whole thread for that, so yeah. However, people have been making these predictions because they see the overall anime landscape and can predict what Toonami will air as a business move. It's because of this that I want us to go back to subjectivity being the driving force behind predictions, but that doesn't have to do with the topic of the thread.

I like this move and have no complaints regarding it. Toonami aired too early, and I couldn't be assed to watch stuff. While some might call Shippuden being on so late unfair, I think it's fitting for a show that's gone long enough and that no one really cares about. In fact, I'd rather see them take it off entirely. HxH being on at 2:30 also fits its status.

Would it kill you if I said people predicted those two as well? Heck, I personally called Dimension W on Twitter. That one had Funimation on the production committee (meaning cheap TV rights to anyone who'd want to bother with it) while BC was spearheaded by the Japanese companies to the point where many figured Toonami would air it for really cheap.

Megalobox wasn't a surprise either. There were people who called it airing on Toonami from the first weeks it aired, thanks to it being entertaining and having a music-heavy style. And when Viz got it, the calls for Toonami only accelerated, as they're seemingly the only company willing to work with them on most acquired shows nowadays. What was the last show for the block that a majority of this fandom didn't predict? Gundam Unicorn?

Actually, PPTP wasn't a surprise at all. When DeMarco said Toonami was going to start airing comedy anime, this was the first one people zeroed in on, because it was recent and Kim Manning said she liked it.

You know, I think Mr. Fukunaga has a point here, but it's misinformed. Companies other than Netflix have snuffed out what should've been tremendously popular shows with a lack of advertising. Just look at Crunchyroll and Planet With. On top of that, it's hard for any one show to make it to the top of the heap when there is so much fucking anime to watch across the entire industry. Shows from opposite services can often cancel each other out. If Evangelion doesn't make much of a splash with the anime community at large when the new dub premieres, I'm sure that'll be attributable to viewers being occupied with stuff like the newest trashy isekai show of the week (of the season) more than a lack of advertising. We need to spare the complaining about how one particular company is screwed up when these problems stretch across the entire industry... but why do that when Netflix has Back Street Girls available to stream right now? Thanks, I love it.

I was wondering why the heck all the boxers, MMA fighters, and whoever else weren't going nuts over Megalobox. It would be such a great combination. Does this crossover appeal only apply to the popular shonen series? The ratings suck either way, so I look forward to our expansion to 4:30 coming in a few weeks.

Mr. Osomatsu SP Between the Sky and Sea #1

For me, part of Toonami's appeal has been being able to watch less obvious (if not obscure) stuff like Michiko & Hatchin next to the usual shonen favorites. They're not required, but they make things more fun.

Eh... now I'm not sure why I typed that. It's not like any discussion of SAO is going to be constructive when Ben's around. But it would be good for containment purposes, if anyone wants a controversy-free discussion thread for the new season.

Yes. For as good as Mob Psycho and Megalobox are, both shows had a lot of people saying they'd be good for Toonami, especially in the latter's case. I even had one guy on my Twitter feed say how great it is that Toonami is airing the show, because it's similar to when Cowboy Bebop was airing in 2002. I hope a truly "out there" pickup will result as part of the Crunchyroll alliance, and that could manifest as soon as next month. But until then, my opinions of Toonami will still be low.

It would be so nice if we kept all discussion of the rape episode in here, though. This shit is why I could never get into SAO on my own. Heck, with this coming out, I'll probably skip Season 3 if Toonami airs it. It's not worth it anymore.

The big streaming players are here to stay, so there's no reason to complain about them. What nice chivalry from DeMarco... but I'm sure others will sarcastically say that he's not mad. Between the Crunchyroll partnership and more origlinal projects coming out over time (like the new Blade Runner show, which is from CR anyway), I think Toonami is a in a good position. They're also at an advantage as not needing to get shows that'll ensure good ratings, so they can focus on making them really good.

To make up for the dearth of content ratings talk on these boards lately, here are my personal ratings for the subbed run. Already, there's a disagreement. I gave most of the show at least a 14V for general boxing violence, but Turner might not go there unless there's a significant amount of blood in an episode. We'll see what happens.

It's something you want and less. EDIT: Okay, since I beat AnimationFan14 for this, but they had the superior and effort-laden post, here's the opening imported from there:

I alluded to this in the adjacent post, but if you glossed it over, the rest of the schedule from 2:30 on is the same.

Another one of the [adult swim] OGs gets away. At least DeMarco has that upcoming Blade Runner show.

And now we have the other marathon choice: I'm shocked they didn't choose any FLCL series. Progressive and Alternative together would've been a golden choice, even if it doesn't take up the entire time. Neither is the Boruto marathon, because it doesn't have enough episodes, but nobody will complain about keeping the reruns. Now go... go ignore Toonami for a few weeks. This fandom could be so much better when we come back.

The original Toonami eventually weened down to two hours a week, with half of that becoming Naruto filler, before being cancelled. On the contrary, you don't expand all the way to seven hours and then abruptly get cancelled. If any time is lost, that'll be like sounding the alarm, but it'll take at least this before it gets kicked off the air.