Jman

You couldn’t get a two bedroom in one of Trump’s buildings with $7.5 million. This is spite.

Privatize everything is the goal in other words.

Oda’s response.

Fun, weird story. A YouTube channel did a test between $1000 in scratch offs and $1000 in Pokémon cards. The POKEMANZ returned more money. This is still monumentally stupid of a criminal to do.

They’re very confident in S2 of the LA show, huh?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-bites-las-vegas-restaraurant-mgm-grand-opening-1236114520/ Among other dishes. Apparently their all-time subscriber count has made them lose any semblance of restraint.

Honestly, if it’s half as good as Space Ghost, it will at least be worth a quick read. Space Ghost and Thundercats have both been really good and the Johnny Quest miniseries felt like a return to form.

Given the success of Parasyte The Grey, I see this being a K-Drama Netflix funds.

Ribeye, leftover fries and a salad. With a French red to deal with the day’s news.

Sakamoto Days 2 Kinnikuman Perfect Origin S2 2.

I think COF-999 and the anti-CO2 research will save the world for one simple, stupid reason. There’s no profit to be made from the dead.

God, we’re at the point where I can safely say Steve Bannon was right about something. Elon is evil.

Hajime no Ippo New Challenger 5-9.

Hajime no Ippo New Challenger 1-4.

Went out and had squid ink ramen at a place in Manhattan decorated with sake bottles and Street Fighter figurines. But I prefer my ramen with a nice cold beer. Delicious ramen though.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That seems to be the mantra here. I do dislike the hard port stubs though, but those might be to reduce the dreaded drift.

I hope everyone realizes that the lack of any positive political capital in exchange for the crapstorm that forgiveness caused will ensure no one tries this again.

No word on Chopper.

Yeah, the Times just reported it. This is actual news, not hearsay.

If they’re going that route I could see Toonami’s name enduring as a FAST channel on digital TV and a continuous branding for the action cartoons. “Toonami Presents.”

Mashle S2 1 Macross Plus the Movie.

As for Toonami, I think unless they want to keep the name around as a brand, the best thing they can do is try to wind down the block gracefully, especially if 2025 sees the beginning of efforts to wind down the Cartoon Network gracefully and divest it from Warner, debt and all. I think Toonami and Adult Swim are fascinating time capsule of the highs and lows of animation as a medium and how it is distributed, but no one can deny the sun is setting on the ideas DeMarco championed through his block. Late night appointment television, the idea of a “bespoke” action block containing things you could not find elsewhere, and DeMarco being the tastemaker. Crunchyroll passed 15 million registered users last year. Netflix stock is through the roof. Designer clothing brands sell hoodies with manga panels from Berserk on them. And I would be willing to guess that the average age of the Toonami viewer is skewing older and older, while any Toonami original that does break through the zeitgeist is breaking through thanks to Max viewership and/or piracy. And now we have the old guard faithful pondering their own ways to wind down since they clearly see the writing on the wall. Crunchyroll-hime has scored the TKO win over TOM and he oughta be pondering hanging up his gloves. You know, I remember DECADES ago (Christ I and this block are old) during the infamous Giant Robot Week debacle when ADV wrote a check Standards and Practices would NOT let them cash, that everything they were going to show would be uncensored. Everything was heavily censored and the Toonami faithful IMMEDIATELY ran defense for the block, telling “haters” to shut up and that if they wanted uncensored content, they could put on Nickelodeon and watch uncut Wild Thornberry’s (Smashing!). Nowadays people immediately go to the streamer and/or the pirate site to not only avoid censorship, but to watch things on their time. There wouldn’t be that loyalty to forgive them for such a debacle since they were the only game in town unless you wanted to pay hefty premiums for home video releases. So maybe it’s time to wind down the block and find new life as branding for adult action cartoons.

You’d figure between the Netflix show being a megahit, the anime viewership skyrocketing in the US (no thanks to Toonami unfortunately) and the freaking Thanksgiving Day parade balloon he’d be pretty happy with the franchise in the US.