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They literally start trying to make him sympathetic the second he dies, when they show the wedding ring on his hand. He was married to a woman that was killed by a ghoul.

Yes but this was back in the day when Champioo 2 slots down was hitting over a mil for half its episodes.

I don't think so, do other shows lose their spots when a new show is coming?

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I seem to remember DW taking the same fat 20 percent loss that most shows take after Kai. And they never ran it again. That's pretty bad for a hyped broadcast premiere. I looked at a random day in 2016 to check... 77 percent retention that night. That sucks. HxH? Ehh I seem to remember it floundered when it was near the top of the lineup and got booted down. It's hard to argue that a show that was quickly moved down and ended up airing behind IBO, Jojo and TG is a hit. It also gets beaten by Naruto at least once a month. Gundam IBO was a hit? I'm looking at a night with 69 percent retention. Jojo was definitely not a hit, a lot of people were puzzled by the low ratings and thought that it would do better once it got to the more well known parts. That didn't happen. Champioo did good for a rerun. Couldn't really use the word hit though.

Except Death Note, which didn't do well because it's a mostly non action slow burn psychological thriller.... I don't think any of those anime are particularly popular in the US. People are watching the hell out of Super... in Japan. Gundam? Japan. Jojo has a small and rabid US fanbase, same as HxH. But it's mostly Japan. Lupin and old reruns won't cut it either. The Japanese in general are way more in love with long running Shonen anime than we are. They also love Mechs and classroom themed anime more than we do. Oh and anime about Idols and sports. Angel Beats and Future Diary would probably beat the crap out of any of those shows in the ratings, even at their age. RE Zero was the top anime of 2016, except in Japan. They liked Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress better. Which is amazing, since it's an entertaining but completely forgettable anime. I've said it before, but as soon as they get better at determining which shows blowing up big in Japan will work on US TV, Toonami will start doing better. The other thing... they've gotta stop being allergic to breasts. There's a reason that 500 new harem anime get produced every year, there's a huge market for it.

Not only is it number 1 this season on Kissanime, it's already got an English Dub. People were excited for it and they're actually watching the anime.

Mado actually had some reasons though, his wife was killed by a ghoul. Not the best reason for slaughtering the innocent ghouls and their children but I guess it counts. But yeah, turning him into a sympathetic figure and bringing in the daughter to cry over him after he kills a little girls mother in front of her? Uh .. lol? How is that better in the manga? Maybe they don't do that in the manga? Also cloning technology exists, pretty sure society would have devoted a lot into that if it kept the super powered ghouls from ONLY having humans to eat. Lackluster manga plus horrible studio = trainwreck The same studio is currently fucking up Black Clover, people hate it. It was another highly anticipated release.

Ha yeah that was clearly the point of the series, kind of an X-Men theme... with mutants being persecuted just for being born. But it would have been different if every mutant had to consume human flesh to survive......and they were all crazy assholes instead of just some of them being crazy assholes. The amount of ghouls that were just plain crazy pretty much eliminated any chance of humans and ghouls ever living peacefully, so the entire concept of TG is just a big fail. I don't even really see any instances of humans being assholes to ghouls in the anime for no reason. So long story short, Kaneki's origin story is ridiculous, and the premise of the entire thing just flat out doesn't work.

Super churns out near 70 percent retention week to week and damages the block badly... I'd have to call that a dud.

2016 was a bad year for them as well Samurai Champloo Dimension W Hunter × Hunter (2011 series) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans One-Punch Man JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 6 shows. One was a ratings hit. Two of those shows have continued to be picked up for additional seasons despite being ratings duds. 2017 2017 Dragon Ball Super - Dud Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - Still retains well, but not nearly as popular as the first two sagas. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096- Dud Samurai Jack (revival series) - Hit Tokyo Ghoul - Dud Lupin the Third Part IV - Massive dud Tokyo Ghoul √A - Dud and just awful quality wise. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Dud Outlaw Star (uncut) - Dud .....After 60 something percent retention last week.. it's officially a dud So that's two straight years of picking almost nothing but ratings duds. You say they're anime fans but I think they're "classic" anime fans. I don't think they have much interest in anything new or they wouldn't keep getting surprised by stuff like MHA blowing up and becoming popular.

Haha yeah i think i posted that one in a early TG thread. The beams falling on them and organ transplant thing really is the worst setup I've ever seen. I don't see how that is any less stupid in the manga.

Ping pong the animation is the must watch sports anime =P

Hah yeah that is pretty bad. I mean TV's and comp monitors are generally different companies. Like Sylvania and Westinghouse make TV's, Dell and ASUS make computer monitors. What company was the monitor from?

Just buy some cheap speakers. Oh wait it has no audio output at all? You're boned then.

Wow Naruto did even better in the key demo. 120 percent. It beat IBO as well. Face it, we're never getting rid of Naruto or his son. Boruto till 2030!

Hey just think, we'll get another awesome video out of it.

Hey Tanya the Evil is great, it got simuldubbed, along with Worldend. Love Tyrant was a decent comedy, it got one. Akashic records as well. I still think someone like Sentai got the rights to Re Zero and Konosuba. They always take forever.

Kabaneri was made around the same time as RE Zero, so maybe it's coming soon. Danmachi and No Game no Life took their sweet times getting dubbed also, considering their popularity. Meanwhile, a generic harem anime like "In another World with my smartphone" gets simuldubbed.

Except I'm hearing rumors that the non cannon second season will be completely ignored and season 3 will act like none of it ever happened. What a mess.

Heh well it's only 10 episodes and they've been run to death soooooo yeah. Not a good call. Shoulda just ran more Kai.