Blatch

Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms

If anything, Black Clover should be the 9:30 show, and simply swapping it with MHA seems like a good idea. I would be overjoyed to see that move royally piss off the Toonami hardcores.

Cowboy Bebop has a fandom in Japan. It's just that it was less of a huge phenomenon that shaped an entire country's view of anime and more of a cult classic, but American fans like to pretend it bombed over there. But to be fair, I can't say the same for Watanabe's other works, and they're probably not as known in his home country.

I probably like Megalobox more than you do (as I've seen it), and I wouldn't make a big deal of it coming to the block. These numbers look good enough. It looks like we're seeing actual stability where the block averages between 300K and 350K (in totals) a week. [less complaining is more]

Hot damn. This is the most effort I've seen anyone use to refute Ben since Gman was last on the boards. Don't worry, because I'm sure he'll blatantly gloss over all of this information and try to shift the target of the argument to something different. If that happens even once, let's get our asses out of here.

Anthem of the Heart

Damn. That's another thing I've seen no one mention. Now that this has largely been settled, people are losing their minds for another reason. Alternatively, maybe this is all a delusion, and everyone went insane months ago.

When people refer to the "girl power" lineup of early 2015, are they only bringing it up because of the ratings we had at the time? They were Toonami's best ever, but more than that, it was around the time where a new ratings source came in that gave us expanded demographics. People thought that was interesting and hyperfocused on it, even though we have no idea if the F12-34 ratings were any better before that. And it's not like Toonami lacked shows with female leads; there was the first SAO (ignoring the second half), Black Lagoon, and even stuff like Sym-Bionic Titan. The 2011 ThunderCats show probably also had strong girls/women, but I don't know for sure. Since both new FLCLs failed to make the numbers go up, the explanation for lower female viewership is the same as everything else: Toonami's numbers are down as a whole, but are still in okay territory. Let's not overthink this.

And the original dub itself should be made available again, if possible. Look at what Funi did with their new Escaflowne set; the first dub produced was edited, and far from perfect overall, but it was worth preserving for historical purposes as well as consumption by the people who like it.

It was also rumored that Khara didn't want to re-license the show for other countries until the final Rebuild movie was ready to release. This seemingly implies that it's coming soon, although I haven't seen anyone talk about it in relation.

And it was produced by Crunchyroll. In fact, this seems to be the first big project to come out of their partnership with Toonami. It helps that the same company owns both Turner, Ellation, and Warner Bros.' rights to the Blade Runner movies, which is a match made in horizontal integration heaven. Let's hope this is great.

It's a mildly entertaining account, but I'm not a fan of how it started up. Basically, the Toonami Faithful account did a meme/shitpost with a reference to SAO that was basically grasping at straws, some people got mad at that, and the solution was to divvy all non-serious content into alternate accounts. Nobody seemed to realize that the continuous tradition of shoving Sword Art in our faces and praising it constantly was the real problem. Alas, what people really need to do is stop injecting an agenda into everything and enjoy the shows for what they are.

It's more the realization that combining large amounts of caffeine and ADHD medicine (I take Vyvanse) is probably not healthy and killing me in some small way, even if it makes me feel good. Heck, there have been several occasions where I've drank a whole can of Monster with that stuff and got a nosebleed. But to get back to the topic, I've only seen the Rebuild movies for this series, and only about half of 2.22, as that was when it aired back on Toonami, I didn't want to stay up until 5:00 a.m. to finish it, and I didn't have a DVR then. So hey, this seems like a good idea... at least until somebody puts out English BDs.

There's a ratings delay because of Thanksgiving. Check back here tomorrow.

No one else had the raw power... or sheer cash expenses. Meanwhile, my biggest accomplishment today was deciding I need to go cold turkey on caffeine, if only for a few days.

Sometimes, people watching things they think they'll hate is how they find what they love the most.

Man, who knew that an anime with fucking zombie idols could manage to be this progressive? And they haven't even made a big deal out of what happened in the new episode. I hope you're taking notes, Crunchyroll.

Zombieland Saga #1 (second rewatch) and #2

Hardcore DB nerds will tell you that "sigh-yan" is the more correct pronunciation, although someone on NBC's staff probably thought Mr. Roker said it wrong.

Because they publish the manga? That's not a bad theory, but Sentai is the one who often gets Amazon shows that go unlicensed for a while, like Dive!! and Scum's Wish. Speaking of Viz, my gut thought they might get Planet With just for the sole reason that it's one of the year's most critically-acclaimed shows, popularity be damned. But since they didn't announce any show licenses at the recent anime con in NYC, I assume nothing is in the cards. Barebones mid-2020 release from CR released to no fanfare, here we come.

They aired one episode of GiTS 2nd GiG before breaking for a Halloween marathon. I think they'll do it again (but for two) with the Gundam rerun.

Violet Evergarden is confusing just because Netflix has it locked up. It would be an interesting (and very beautiful) show to see, however. Banana Fish is also in a bad spot due to Amazon, but I have a feeling Sentai is eventually going to license it after enough time. The other three choices are pretty cut and dry, but I wouldn't mind seeing any of these on the block.

I wasn't being ironic. I wouldn't have said that if it wasn't what I genuinely believe. There have been some pretty bad worst-case scenarios floating around regarding climate change. I think what will happen won't be quite as bad as those, but stopping the worst effects that will kill many is going to take a lot of manpower. I'll explain the fight in better detail elsewhere if you want. This thread has set itself on fire, but I do like the point someone made about Toonami's music videos, so I'll continue. Some of what Toonami has aired in bumpers in recent years, especially that "Dispel the Darkness" speech, has skewed more political. You could swap a few words in that one to make it about Trump, but the message would be entirely the same. However, this block has been promoting such values—that someone will get the strength to defeat their enemies, seek out their dreams, and be more compassionate to others—ever since it went on the air. Because of that, it's always been political; people don't think so unless a work trades on explicit names, or at least gives indirect mentions to the Democrats, Republicans, and/or whatever else. Knowing the affiliations of the creators helps with this. Many are only mad because they know what Jason's beliefs are and are afraid he's projecting them onto the viewers, and ironically, they're correct. If you don't like how this block is being run, that's understandable, but you'll eventually have to realize that everything is inherently political. Many of them express views in a subtle way because doing otherwise would alienate other viewers. So while we're not going to see TOM say how awesome Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is during a bump, a general expression that the awfulness of the world is worth fighting against can be powerful to the audience. Some may not like it, but many do, and that's why Toonami has kept up with the speech-ifying.

The "Beyond" project also suggests something new for IBO, which has been rumored for a while, as well as Wing. I wonder when we'll learn more about those. As for when Toonami could air the TV edit of The Origin, early 2020 seems like a good guess.

The reaction to Beware the Batman makes me think otherwise. Like... wow, that actually aired on Toonami. It seems weird to consider, if only because it's been so long.