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Everyone has to be somewhere.

Meanwhile, Demon Slayer over the weekend was #7 on the Netflix Top 10 which is good because the new Castlevania series apparently sucks ass. We’ll see how the audience reacts to Shoegaze but I point this out because Demon Slayer wasn’t a big show for Toonami, then Netflix airs it, supercharged the Mugen Train release, and that was arguably the beginning of the end for Toonami as a major player. I guess there’s the Rick and Morty anime but that’s basically a curio for people.

Kengan Ashura S3 Ep 1-2. Castlevania Noctune was apparently Reddit tier shit (that’s not fair, most of the Castlevania Reddit hates it), so I’m watching something fun.

No worries, this one’s on NBC for the night game.

I know Colin is persona non grata under penalty of death but God Wilson sucks.

Women are a demo that frequently doesn’t watch football unless men make them so I get it.

I got Hogwarts Legacy on sale for 70% off. My first thought is a slight annoyance you can’t immediately ask out Natsai for a (butter)beer when you visit the village, but it’s not that kind of game.

Once the SAG AFTRA strike is resolved I fully expect Lionsgate to cast the Naruto movie.

Finished Band of Brothers. Still one of the best shows HBO ever made, and that is not a statement one makes lightly.

Fillet mignon, garlic bread, and salad with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The meal one has when they’re glad they weren’t caught in a flash flood.

This article was posted in another thread. It’s where DeMarco makes the quite frankly insane comparison between FLCL and Star Wars, and admits that he wants to keep making more of the damn things because no one else wants to play with him.

We have a buyer, several years later. Prime Video. And a trailer! It's apparently a two-season order.

Finished Baki: Son of Ogre. This show is insane. But I can’t look away.

Unique, horrifying, and probably a one season wonder. I do like they debuted the trailer the same day as Netflix’s little smorgasbord.

New clip of He-Man vs Scareglow.

Meanwhile Netflix is just “Oh, BTW. Devil May Cry anime.” How do you compete with this on the originals front? Hell, if you want to go “oh, but what about linear?” Pluto TV, which is free, has several 24 hour anime channels, right now airing stuff ranging from JoJo to Sailor Moon Crystal. This block is surviving on goodwill from yesteryear, but even now when people hear Toonami, they might start to think “that thing I watched as a kid” or in a few years, “that thing my mom and dad watched”.

First clip.

Well they’re now legally obligated to give out those numbers. Fun times are about to be had by statisticians, less so by executives.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/dan-harmon-interview-rick-morty-community-krapopolis-justin-roiland-1235600699/

Whoopi Goldberg praises One Piece on The View. No, seriously.

Yeah, right after the Chiefs game that people only watched because Taylor Swift is dating the QB and showed up in the box.

Well Netflix calls a bunch of shows anime that are made in Texas. Quid pro quo, right? Does DeMarco have any favors he can call in at this point that won’t get blocked by Netflix or local interests? You’d think the massive Gundam fan would throw money on the table and fund a Crossbone Gundam series himself, but I bet Sony and Netflix both would block any attempt at that. How about making a full series out of Bean Bandit? The pilot was released a while ago and no one has jumped on it, not even Netflix who you think would be all over something adjacent to Gunsmith Cats. I don’t suppose Cannon God Exaxxion is finally under consideration (spoiler: It’s not). If Kamui bombs, or if it ends up a joke series like Ninja Slayer, 2025 may not be reached by the block.

I’m presuming the contract on this one is still valid, or else the answer would shift from “November” to “never.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-max-disney-and-more-form-streaming-industry-trade-alliance-1235600700/

Huh, this is actually kind of last minute. They didn’t announce it until now.