CountFrylock

i bet most people tuning in wondered what the fuck caused one piece to vanish?.... the send off they did made it seem like one piece's chances of returning are 0% it's like it's dead and one piece is basically dead in the mainstream now

pure filler

Naruto is a terrible reward for staying up through the whole toonami block...(GITS You Can Take Or Leave as a rerun that's been on there before)

but really the more we think about this....even my mom agrees the fuck kind of ratings were they expecting at 1:30 AM?! few shows can come up with even decent ratings at that time so the more time goes on the more the ratings excuse seems a bit too weak...(Plus since a lot of people DVR their shows i think Nielsen Ratings are far too outdated in this new digital age)

Demarco seemed a little annoyed by this whole ordeal as him and several crew mates are One Piece fans this happened all because adult swim finally got sick of one piece's ratings and put their foot down no other explanation

just seems like the adult swim higher ups are assholes if they are just gonna storm in on the toonami crew and yell at them about this(which i bet is what happened)

how many people do ya think will stay up late to watch Naruto being the last toonami premiere as opposed to it being one piece?

though it's pretty damn hard to accurately display a manga's story arcs in just 2 episodes don't believe that would ever be possible with Ennies Lobby or Thriller Bark

i feel sad for the toonami crew having to drop this....it'll never be the same

adult swim higher ups must have really been pissed

and it's final run on american television probably

i just feel my interest taking a hit with the departure of one piece

hopefully....but i feel like adult swim has given up on one piece and won't trust toonami with that anymore after the ratings bomb it became

no shit i actually lost sleep over this it pissed me off so bad....

you can stream the english dub of one piece so it wouldn't be that different

feels like it's been forever since AOT was regularly discussed online

problem with that theory is most people speculate one piece returning in a couple years but nobody has the patience for that....and even af it returns next year that's still too long to expect fans to hold out instead of streaming the series

yeah i hear ya ben.....Just makes me wish the manga volumes were easier to get ahold of in person around where i live.... but hey We'll just see how toonami does without A Iconic Status Symbol like One Piece on the block....One Piece will be around but will toonami?

I'm just sad about this because to me One Piece was my reward for staying up so long on saturday night Naruto isn't as good of a reward to me so it just encourages me to go to sleep early... this also hurts a lot because One Piece can never catch a break on american television and it seems like unless your DBZ You Won't be Popular on TV(there are some rare exceptions but they are pretty damn rare)

but i guess they can't due to costs....and sadly at this point you gotta ask yourself "what does toonami offer you that you can't get anywhere elser?" moves like removing one piece might as well say "Hey You Like this show? then go stream it online" and by that point they've already quit watching toonami and have subbed it out for viewing animes online nobody's gonna want to watch toonami if they start cutting out your favorite shows and replace them with Edgy Stuff or stuff that was relevant a couple years ago

this is more depressing now knowing one piece's toonami fate...

what? Demarco straight up said that the decision to remove one piece was out of their control and against their wishes on twitter basically translating to "The Higher Ups Got sick of their beloved anime tanking the ratings and told them to knock it off" there is no way in hell Funimation told them to quit it or Toei as that would just give them less of a vehicle to advertise

that was before adult swim put it's foot down and got sick of it's shit i don't think they'll hesitate to knock down the doors and fire people's asses if they try to keep naruto down there for two years

yeah now your kinda forced to if you wanna support the series(that or buy the manga's and they are on Volume 82 in May...) i kinda feel like this is america's fault since they can't handle any anime that isn't nonstop explosions or constant action it's why the ghost in the shell movie was dumbed down to the point where the story is "Derp They made me into a robot monster so i must kill them and run in like female rambo!!!"

i just think they need more then DBZ leading the pack We've Had DBZ Leading The Pack For Decades in America it's rather cliche and expected at this point to ride on DBZ's coattails i think toonami's at it's best when it has a mix of Proven Classics and New Shows you can't let one overtake the other if there's too many new shows then the block will be riding all it's hopes and dreams on DBZ more so than ever before if there are too many classics then there's a chance of things getting stale you gotta balance it out and have the Top Tier New Shows and classics that people want to tune in for