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and we know they never will because they think DBS is unbeatable and nothing can do better than DBS(even Reruns)in that time slot however if they never give anything else a chance how the hell would we know that? MHA S4 didn't sink the block when it was the lead show and toonami stuck by it even when they had to air reruns due to the pandemic i keep saying this but I'll say it again i could tolerate DBS Reruns upfront when toonami had no other options but that's not the case anymore and if they insist on leaving it upfront until it's run concludes then they'll be left with no major show to lead the block they can't just throw whatever into that time slot and expect it to work unfortunately i think that's what they'll do

Anytime you bring up toonami on some anime forum/sub-reddit/discord whatever You'll always have those people who say "That Still Exists?!" or "Who the hell watches television anymore?...lol are you in an old folk's home"

with the rise of streaming services it seems foolish to some that anyone would tie themselves down to an outdated way of watching anime Me? I Watch it for the community vibe i like discussing the shows weekly online with people in real time instead of watching something and realizing the discussion's already dead because the crowd's moved onto the next big show I Like having all these shows in one place instead of needing several subscriptions to watch it all I Watch the block every saturday night with my mother and it's become this ritual between us you can't really get that with streaming services

and we shouldn't have the lead slot taken up by DBS Reruns for nostalgia.....it worked last year when toonami couldn't find any new content and was desperate to air anything but that isn't so much the case anymore...Dr Stone S2 and MHA S5 will soon arrive on the block yet they insist it's not time to let go of DBS Reruns as the leader

i don't think they ever will...they seem to believe it's because nothing else can compete with it which is funny because really? you think Dub episodes of the newest MHA Season couldn't compete with 2 year old DBS Reruns?! they want more eyes on toonami however reruns of something the audience has already seen isn't a good way to do that it only seems like the surefire thing because they refuse to give anything else a chance they gave MHA S4 a chance and stood by it in the front position even when remote dubbing caused problems for it yet now they think it's some low tier show that had it's chance and failed

the chances of MHA doing that are very unlikely....we all know a significant portion of the audience leaves after the DBS Rerun and we all know the trend is for the block to do worse as the night goes on DBS has the lead slot so the chances of anything beating it aren't likely

I Don't even live tweet anything because I Know my opinions and thoughts don't affect anything i know the toonami fan accounts typically live tweet DBS because they live tweet everything toonami related regardless what they think(that includes the toonami news account) because they'd find it hard to just pretend it's not on the block when it is but who knows maybe if we all just stopped posting about DBS online and never said anything about it It would get demoted...pfft yeah right i think DBS reruns are here to stay even if nobody tweeted about them or very few did but because it's dragon ball You won't have nobody tweeting about it even in reruns because..."Nostalgia" pushes that dragon ball is the best mindset those of us who have a problem with DBS Reruns are unfortunately in the minority more people are actually happy DBS Reruns are on the block than unhappy if that wasn't the case then DBS Reruns wouldn't even be on the block

well a lot of us can't really do much about it's placement on the block since the majority of us who have a problem with it being the lead show have never been selected for the Nielsen survey so our viewership doesn't mean jack to Adultswim i imagine if a shit ton of people tweeted about MHA S5 it wouldn't have any effect on it's time slot it wouldn't suddenly be catapulted to Lead Show I've ignored super this long however it's presence on the block as the lead show continues to be a mystery and them insisting it'll be here until it's run concludes with a hint that perhaps it'll be replaced by a nostalgia fueled pick makes me think ignoring the lead slot will become a toonami tradition so regardless of what i say or do the result will still be the same toonami desperately trying to get people who don't like anime to watch anime

i think dragon ball needs to stop being seen as this amazing franchise that can never be topped and is the only anime worth mentioning Dragon ball super isn't anything special yet because it's dragon ball related you had people going nuts over it and acting like Ultra Instinct Goku was the hypest shit ever but now we know how much of a chore it was to watch the tournament of power and yet there are people still doing that for the reruns... I Think Nostalgia made a lot of people believe Dragon ball super was better than it actually was

they have to realize toonami doesn't need dragon ball all the time....there's other stuff than just dragon ball the audience who would still be drooling over dbs reruns probably don't care about any other anime and so they don't care about toonami another thing....someone on the anime superhero/toon zone forums mentioned "Nostalgia is the only reason toonami was brought back" however that shouldn't mean nostalgia has to be what's powering toonami A Weekly block filled with classic anime would seem neat at first but then You'd quickly lose interest

Uzumaki=Too Niche to expect a casual american audience to gobble it up(can't imagine a mainstream audience would easily get into Junji Ito's bizarre work) Blade Runner=The Last Movie was a flop so this surely isn't gonna be some super popular hit

I'm pretty sure MHA Won't stop abruptly and will be around 25 episodes like the last season it isn't attack on titan after all and looking it up on wikipedia just to make sure the series has never had that Stop-Gap(Part 1/Part 2)Set up in it's Japanese Release Schedule

which is why i think trying to pander to those people is a stupid idea trying to say "A Nostalgia Fueled Pick" for the lead spot on modern toonami would be a good way to draw an audience makes no business sense whatsoever You Don't See Fox Thinking of airing reruns of old shows in prime time ahead of newer shows like it's the best idea ever... so i have no idea where they are getting this business strategy from.... but it seems backwards and nonsensical Keeping DBS Reruns upfront ahead of MHA S5 is like keeping the Training Wheels on a bike and claiming it's better than one without them just like you can't improve if you never take off the training wheels toonami can't do any better if they stubbornly refuse to let any other show lead the block they want more people watching the block and keeping DBS Super Reruns in the first slot leads to that common problem the casual audience tuning out and never returning after The DBS Rerun Concludes so how does this help toonami at all? are they insane...has adultswim finally lost it's mind?!

Toonami Can't thrive off Nostalgia Alone(something those people should understand)and if toonami was still airing weekday afternoons we'd have heavily censored shows and some of these shows wouldn't air at all such as Jojo's Bizarre adventure would any of them truly be happy if we had what amounts to A 4kids version of toonami?....because that's what We'd get if toonami was still a weekday afternoon block on cartoon network and I'm tired of people who think Toonami Isn't Toonami unless it's airing all retro content Have they seen what happens to a block or even a television network that's entirely "Retro Content?" it either dies or is rebranded to be something else completely case in point Nicktoons Network it was once A Channel for Old Nickelodeon Content and now it's just the dumping ground for shows nickelodeon doesn't like you can't really hype up retro content that long eventually people stop caring and then you are up a creek without a paddle so back to toonami...the same would apply Nostalgia isn't a surefire plan for success The Amount of Retro Networks that have come and gone are proof of that

I"m getting mixed messages from them on one hand they want something that draws in a casual audience as the lead show but on the other hand they are thinking about a nostalgia pick to lead the block after dbs that doesn't sound like something that would draw in a casual audience that doesn't really know about anime they have to realize trying to pander to people who will never watch toonami no matter what they do isn't a smart idea

hopefully sooner rather than later they realize DBS Reruns remaining the lead show until it's run concludes isn't a smart idea....they aren't gonna find a better lead show than MHA S5 none of the originals will be it and a nostalgia fueled pick won't be either all because "DB Put toonami on the map!" I Guess they are fine with people seeing toonami as just Dragon ball and nothing else

Unless You Live in Bizarro World it makes zero sense to not have MHA S5 as the lead show instead of two year old DBS Reruns when it's likely it could outperform that crap if you just gave it the chance and didn't keep insisting nothing can do better than DBS Reruns

i still don't see them beating DBS Reruns because the trend is for the ratings to steadily decline after the first show and i don't see that changing

I'd be surprised if suddenly more people showed up for MHA than DBS Reruns because the ratings tend to decline after DBS and they never get any higher than what DBS Did what are the chances people show up half an hour after toonami starts in droves to watch MHA S5?

unless these people stick around for the other shows what does toonami gain from catering to people who don't like anything that isn't dragon ball?

- Cosmo Samurai was greenlit pre-COVID and it's much cheaper to produce than the TIE stuff. CGI is expensive and is getting more expensive. - They're still deciding what to do for the 25th anniversary next year. - Stuff like Cosmo Samurai and the Rick and Morty anime shorts come from a separate budget and it is not tied to the budget for acquiring shows. - We should be getting info about the original series in a couple months, such as premiere dates. He said everyone is pleased with how they're turning out, including the "high, higher-ups." - As always, Toonami plans are known well in advance before the public knows. For example, there was a funny moment where Jason forgot that Dr. Stone season 2 is coming to Toonami because he had known for a while it was coming. - And the last thing was the topic about DB: Super reruns. Basically, that's Kim Manning's decision and the reason why it's starting the block is what we have known for a while: it brings in the ratings. The Toonami people see more data than the general public and the show brings in the casual people to Toonami. Jason did say that they're aware that some people are unhappy about this and he said the show won't be at midnight "forever" but it's there for the foreseeable future. He also said that while he appreciates the die-hard fans of the block, they're still a television network at the end of the day and they need to bring in the eyeballs. He also mentioned that My Hero Academia reruns don't do well on the block compared to Super and he speculated it's because My Hero's audience is much younger, so they'll stream it compared to DB fans.

there was no way 16 episodes would be able to fit in the conclusion of AOT(from what I've been hearing anyway)

Yeah Jojo Part 6 will probably put fire force S3 on the backburner for quite sometime so if anyone wants to continue this...be patient or read the manga

i find it funny how Hibana's in the opening but she's barely been in this season

but what will replace it when it's rerun eventually ends? will they just restart from the beginning....