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Funimation will probably be the de facto distributor if it gets dubbed. I can't guarantee this, however, since Viz recently got Mr. Osomatsu out of NOWHERE and will be dubbing it themselves.

Mediocrity is the name of the game. And besides, nobody will care if the block is only two-and-a-half hours again.

Watch it be for a Hellsing Ultimate rerun.

The Stardust Crusaders anime actually took a break halfway through, and I feel like the Toonami broadcast could copy that. In fact, maybe that's how you fit FLCL 2 in.

For ratings predictions, I'll be a little generous: 900K for DBZ Kai, 750K for JoJo's, and Outlaw Star will be low, but at least 400K.

This weekend belongs to the shorts, I'd say. Some of it's to clear out the backlog. Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat #1 to #6 Knight's & Magic #8 Nyanko Days #8 to #12 (END)

Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02 OVA... ~Between You and Me~ Birdy the Mighty Final Thoughts: The iDOLM@STER Preview: So I got all of that done, and I can now break free of these archaic text blocks. See you people soon enough, and in the meantime, let's all never stop striving for a better world. [and I'll be joining you there]

For those not in the know, they call that "pan and scan". Though [as] tends to ignore it and do the 16:9 stretch for their old shows. At least it stopped for Toonami around the time Cowboy Bebop first aired in HD.

Birdy the Mighty: Decode OVA (END) Log Horizon #1 (dubbed) [750th post]

It could also be grey, you know. The first especially new episode of this season, and the first one where our heroes are actually leaving to do the thing they... well, you know: Go to Egypt. But who knows if they'll actually get there soon. Enjoy all of this, even if I'm not around for it. As always, no flaming in this thread, nor most others, since it's what Luuv always wanted.

I support doing individual threads for each episode of this show. It's been so long since the original Toonami airing that, arguably, most of the people watching it are an entirely new audience, including me.

That's actually scheduled for Sunday.

Luuv was arguably a paragon of this kingdom of shit. And he managed to survive it for 14 years? My god. In the end, I thank him for introducing me to the old ASMB (I joined in April 2014), and his unbridled enthusiasm managed to make me see it for what it really is... a rather decrepit place, yes, but one with people who genuinely care about things. As well as the belief that me could be one of them. There's a lot of people I think I'm better off having known and hobbies I'm happy to have (content ratings!) because of him, and his little slice of heaven, but I want to keep the spotlight on him and nobody else. You got up, but now you'll never get down. Rest in all the platitudes, and do say hi to Chris for me if you have the chance. I didn't know him until it was too late.

I was actually thinking of if Black Clover would be a valid replacement for DBZ. I know nothing about it other than that it's an up-and-coming Shonen Jump property, but that's arguably the point.

[I tried to start shit]

Just from the sound of it, Live PD has the same general appeal as Cops, but this time it's definitely live. Though I honestly hold the opinion that a lot of people watch it merely because they might see a black guy get shot. I'm not sure why so many younger people would be intrrested in this show, however, with general distrust of the police seemingly getting bigger every year. :painfap:

Like... politics? I had to stop following him on Twitter because his feed made me think he was so perpetually miserable. I would actually prefer he get sacked just so we can have someone who is excited about things and/or open to criticism of the block.

Well... out of all those, I think new Outlaw Star is the least likely to happen. You most likely came up with it off the top of your head. Maybe they could instead go for more Big "O". A third season of that was floated (and the ending made more vague to potentially accommodate it) before the high brass at Turner got cold feet and walked away. New HxH and a Vento Aureo adaptation will probably happen at some point, assuming those franchises remain profitable. Though if there's nothing new for the former by 2019, yet there's enough manga material to do something, I guess Toonami and Viz could partner up and try to make more. It'd be too audacious not to try. That last one is by far the most interesting choice. I'd like to imagine, if Toonami were given a blank canvas to make any Gundam thing, they would come up with a show like G Gundam, or at least one with elements of the Super Robot genre, since the recent choices for this current block have not been so successful. But you never know.

I think I've said this before, but do we have the data to prove college football has ever been a particular downer towards Toonami? I guess you wouldn't be saying this unless it was true, but you are OwlChemist[?], after all. I'm just going to assume there won't be an overlap. Chances are, someone who likes both would only miss Toonami if a team they like lots and lots plays a game at the same time.

Co-productions were something we all pretty much dreamt about in Toonami's early days, but never expected to become reality. And yet now, world premieres are pretty much how Toonami will be forced to stay in business if they want to. Talk about ironic.

Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02 | Cipher 12... ~Before Long~

Well fuck this shit. I thank Luuv for merely bringing me to a community I thought was cancerous... but actually turned out benign. Even to this day, however, it still smells. Which is why I wanted to give it a fresh orange scent. <3

In regards to the general lack of promotion? That's more of a flaw inherent in the system, but it could easily be fixed.

Outlaw Star doesn't even have an episode title nor content rating up there yet and it's just three days away. Methinks those schedule people are being lazy.