CountFrylock

it is a little strange that they hyped up a new show to be on the block every week for a month or so but then 1/29 has nothing

excluding attack on titan final season part 2 of course(since the contract they made long ago prompts it to air first on toonami) i ask because all the tweets demarco has been sending out don't sound all that positive about the current situation at toonami mentioning several shows falling through(not just demon slayer)how the packaging budget has been slashed and how toonami will need to be different/more experimental moving forward but does that mean we can write off new funimation content coming to the block after AOT Wraps up? in the recent additions to the block we got 1 older funimation series in AC S2 A Sentai filmworks series(made in abyss) and an older funimation series that toei gladly gave them for exposure on american television none of these really do much to debunk the fan theory that funimation titles as well as CR/Aniplex titles(excluding the CR/AS partnership originals)are off limits

two things changed....1: sony acquired crunchyroll and 2: the demon slayer mugen train movie made so much money that second one most likely led to them wanting to keep DS S2 exclusively streaming because it's a major money maker and toonami likely couldn't afford to pay the price tag they'd put on it even if they were willing to give it to toonami so it's not so much that sony considers them competition...as much as it is they see no incentive in working with toonami now i guess seeing how much money they can make from demon slayer if they just kept it to themselves and since demon slayer wasn't the only show toonami was denied it's likely that toonami got denied a bunch of funimation shows as they are the dominant dub company in the united states and typically air the most content on the block

what happened to the funimation relationship is that sony probably wants to keep the newer funimation content exclusive to the funimation now streaming service demarco confirmed sony was blocking them from airing demon slayer season 2 and several other shows fell through around the same time so it's no doubt other funimation titles they tried to grab before sony forbid them from touching any of them because they see cable tv as irrelevent and why bring anything to toonami when they can make people come to streaming to watch the newest shows? excluding attack on titan due to that ancient toonami contract obviously

and when i say that....I Mean It's promoted and propped up like this massive blockbuster series but then once it ends and transitions into say assassination classroom it feels awkward....I Don't care as much for black lotus as some of the other stuff on toonami but that doesn't mean I don't see it as this dramatic hollywood like series i do and that makes it's position on toonami bizarre when you look at what's around it

looking back at this video with today's announcement is just weird.....the vibe was that one piece wasn't returning and that they couldn't justify paying toei's asking price for a show that was filler on the block not even sure if things will be any different now it's been five years and that's enough time for any one piece fan to just say "Screw it...I'm gonna watch this on funimation's service"

still...does this mean everything funimation has dubbed will be slapped with a covid-19 disclaimer? this didn't happen at the latter half of S1 so this change is confusing unless it's just something they are doing for the sake of people who think funimation is a brand new company and everything they've dubbed recently came out

yeah... i don't think it really builds interest and hype for most people if you just showed them this

yeah this promo feels very rushed...which makes sense for a promo put out 3 days before the series begins on toonami

weird that they made a facebook update about the hours changing only for them to not....

with the last show airing at 3:00...so probably one of the bebop airings got cut off for this upcoming saturday

probably but in that case It won't be much of a thing moving forward if it was a honest mistake then again Dr Stone S2 Aired entirely with the Opening missing the logo...so who knows

I'm just mostly confused because i don't get the reasoning behind pretending even stuff they dubbed years and years ago was dubbed today....there's covering your bases and then there's just lying for no apparent reason whatsoever this never appeared at all while AC S1 aired on toonami so why start now?

at the same time though....there's very little time to promote these new shows unless they are announced monday or tuesday....any longer than that would be cutting it close to a last minute schedule change again

or not at all...few people seem to think this is something worth complaining about and it's just a normal funimation process moving forward

it's just weird this never happened to AC during the first season but once it came back for season 2 on the block...there's a covid-19 disclaimer

well whatever the case is....Jason Demarco doesn't know why the disclaimer is there and he couldn't care less honestly(doesn't see the issue)

i don't think there's anyone working at the station....it's just on auto-pilot

yeah the fact there was no show promo tonight disappointed me....can't have every week be a last minute schedule

we all know that show was dubbed long before covid-19 so....what's going on?

looks like next week will be the exact same scenario....last minute schedule no promo tonight indicates it's another down to the wire pick up

mine isn't(dish network)

because the schedule was revealed at the last minute....Many Cable Guides list a 4 hour episode of american dad instead of toonami

so bebop is continuing from the marathon contrary to what the adultswim website schedule says

I've heard some speculate that because AC S2 is the second show on the lineup that it means the additional shows coming in will be more obscure if AC is seen as big enough to start after the lead show do you agree or disagree?