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11:30pm Primal would be before Toonami so they don't have to make bumpers or anything or expand Toonami for it.

It was a really neat project. Honestly great to see Adult Swim throw money at something like this.

Looks like the Dan Da Dan ep that’s airing on January 3rd isn’t ep 9 but rather ep 11. So I think it’s safe to expect Primal encores to start on January 17th and Dan Da Dan will be off the block until after Mashle finishes on January 31st. I won’t rule out the possibility they just want to start Dan Da Dan season 2 three weeks sooner but if that’s the case why not just start on January 3rd? It would however be pretty great if Primal was at 11:30 and both it and Dan Da Dan season 2 started on January 17th.

We don't exactly know how well Ninja Kamui would do on Netflix. Despite it's reputation for shitting the bed after episode 5 it did pretty well for itself on Max and theoretically would have done very well on Netflix and maybe still would if it was thrown on there now.

Kamui has a 7/10 on iMDB and RoR has a 6.6/10. RoR does have a better MAL ranking but both are sub 7/10 there. RoR might be more popular but to say it dwarf's Kamui popularity seems inaccurate. There's certainly Netflix anime that do dwarf Kamui's popularity though but also many that are much less known or even more infamous than Kamui became by the end. Netflix is always throwing basically whatever they can onto their platform so I don't think they'd cancel Ninja Kamui's second or third season given it's cheap enough to produce.

Probably a fair prediction. If it is made then it will air on Adult Swim per the contract but season 3 could easily be cancelled before season 2 even finishes production.

Maybe Kamui season 2 will be ready by Fall of 2026 but it seems much more likely for 2027. MAWS should be sometime in the 2nd half of 2026 but I'm thinking Summer. And then who even knows about Get Jiro, the production seems troubled to say the least but considering how long ago it was announced it feels like late 2026 should be feasible.

Seems like something they'd toss on as filler at some point but it's just as likely that they won't air it.

Oh I messed up too. Forgot Dan Da Dan didn’t air on the first Saturday of November. So yeah 9-12 will air in January. Annoyingly off by one week for a clean swap from Mashle but they could double up OP that week or do some other one-off filler then have Mashle make way for new Dan Da Dan. Perhaps they throw on The Elephant at 2am on January 31st.

Union rate is like 1,000 for an hour. So they probably have him record like once a month or less for 1 hour for around that much money. Definitely could have added up back in 2013 so it makes sense they cut way back on those recording sessions. Idea Box, Dan Da Dan season 1 should finish on Jan 17th though they might resume on a different episode after the marathon, that would be very unusual.

A sneak peek of Dan Da Dan season 2 bookending a marathon was not on my 12/27 bingo card. A marathon of Dan Da Dan sure but not with anything new. And only one night off is a welcome surprise though I was looking forward to a podcast break. They finally remove Naruto and immediately replace it with ZOM, which I suppose they still have TV rights for so a rerun was long overdue but ugh… RAMTA is back. That did not have to be Toonami. I know they are desperate to fill post Toonami hours without Futurama and King of the Hill but come on guys. Maybe remind people that Ninja Kamui exists. As for where to fit Primal, I actually think the solution will simply be to move everything down so they have even less post Toonami space to deal with. Or they don’t bother with encores and they use it like Common Side Effects as glorified filler whenever they next have an opening.

Yes I have heard the CNN angle and it makes sense given the political side of things. Absurd as it might seem, if Netflix walks away with WB, the studios, DC, HBO, the interactive games division, etc that leaves CNN and the rest of the cable networks to get snatched up by Ellison and that my friends is just as bad or worse than if Ellison bought all of WBD.

Seems odd they're running this on a Friday rather than Sunday. Wouldn't be terribly surprised if it was used for some filler on Toonami within the next year.

We need people to be allowed to make more shows like Common Side Effects. Good to see it's getting its flowers.

Seems like Ellison just has a bug up his ass because he's not getting his way right now so he's doubling down but as for why he wanted WB in the first place... because Paramount wasn't a big enough deal I guess and the company wants even bigger IPs to exploit.