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I’m thinking of a few years back, some kickboxers came to our gym to get ready for MMA fights. Big dudes, tough but nice, but they needed the help of us grappler/wrestler types for their fights. I then remember DBZ randomly coming up in a conversation and all of them revealed themselves to be huge fans of it. One of them even named his dog Gohan. I don’t doubt that similar stories of guys in the martial arts/combat sports sphere occurred all over the world.

I’m just reminded again of how many people got into martial arts and other combat sports because of DBZ. How many people got into art, animation, storytelling, etc. Yeah, this one will take a bit.

He was 68. Not that old, just hitting retirement age. Damn.

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I’d bet anything this was originally meant as a tie-in with the Netflix show and after that blew up like the bomb it was they sat on it for a few years waiting for a rainy day.

Too many horror stories from staff there, not to mention an executive recently claiming RWBY was never profitable for them.

Ramen. But the delivery guy came super late and I had to reheat it. Thankfully Uber Eats refunded me the credit.

I’d say it was a good run, but I’d be lying my ass off.

“I hope that you’re all proud of the work you’re doing and if you don’t have work, ask.” FUCK YOU. PAY ME. If you don’t pay me, I don’t give a fuck.

Well it got renewed for two more seasons.

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I don’t see Zaslav wanting to bother with the negotiations. Pibby was done in-house in the hopes of getting a show going (which it did not).

Memories of the eye catches that Telemundo kept in. A whole generation of Latino weebs grew up watching this on Spanish television, where they didn’t edit a damn thing.

Yeah, blaming Kai at the ass end of 2:30am doesn't seem logical. The problems are far deeper, namely what's airing and if it's worth recording or staying up for when you can access more, elsewhere. When Toonami/Adult Swim Action was the only game in town, it was perfectly logical to blame the shows and their quality. A rerun was bad for business, people only cared about the big shounen debuting, and DeMarco's shit taste kept threatening to take the block into a tailspin. Well the tailspin is here and it's not DeMarco's fault as far as the existing shows goes, because no matter what you air there, if it's easier to watch elsewhere, it will be watched elsewhere. Chainsaw Man, Goblin Slayer, Chained Soldier, Oshi no Ko, none of it matters if it's easier for the consumer to watch it elsewhere on their own time. And then some people are willing to wait so they're not on the network's schedule. Ninja Kamui is doing surprisingly well on Max, which speaks to Toonami no longer being the primary source, even for stuff it's technically premiering. I make fun of this block a lot, but I do like it. I just don't know how much longer it has, especially with anime fans being, at least in legacy views, tech-savvy and more willing than other groups to be early adopters of technology like streaming. I mean, the war between linear television and streaming is over. Streaming won. Even Adult Swim has conceded defeat, with Max leaning on Adult Swim programming for their value add.

Tacos. There are a lot of taco places around here. More surprising is they all are pretty good.

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At this point I’m wondering what the shows could put in to attract more people.

Huh, checking Max, Ninja Kamui is the fourth most popular show on the service today, behind only Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Detective, and John Oliver.

I think the real culprit is just people watch these shows elsewhere, and Kamui is still pretty generic, even if it is tempered by DeMarco’s tastes.

Imagine Dragons doing the OP. Sure, why not?

Not dunking on the show, just Toonami’s disconnect from the rest of the world. OP - 34 episodes away from the dub catching up with the Japanese releases. Naruto - Just got the Shang Chi director for the live action movie. And then Demon Slayer with a glorified arc preview pulling down $11.5 million at the box office. These are successful franchises. Just not on Toonami.

It’s telling Toonami’s airing of Demon Slayer bombed the same weekend the next arc preview pulled down $11.5 million.