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The marathon could be ep 1-whatever with the DST hour extension but I think they would instead do a marathon of the second half of the show give or take. Either way they would still restart the rerun with ep 1 because marathons basically never affect which episodes they start a rerun on. If the marathon is the later portion of the series then restarting from ep 1 would at least feel fresher.

This regularly happens when a show reruns in the back. People think new eps are suddenly at 2:30am. To be fair, that has happened but come on people use your brains a bit. Sam from Toonami Squad got me thinking they will do a Daima marathon after the final ep on November 1st. And I agree with Guy’s notion that they decided to rerun Dan once a week rather than all at once. Though I wasn’t gonna put it past them to do both and fully expecting they will do both with Daima. And also maaaaaybe they will get One-Punch Man to replace Daima up front, especially if they can’t get Bleach yet. That largely depends on the original contract for OPM but there’s basically no chance Toonami gets the dub premiere all to themselves. So maybe November looks like this. 12:00 - One-Punch Man 12:30 - Bleach 01:00 - Mashle 01:30 - Blue Exorcist 02:00 - One Piece 02:30 - Dan Da Dan Rerun 03:00 - Naruto or Daima

The OP ep airing on 10/18 will be the 51st ep to air this year and the 3rd ep of the 4 ep filler arc after Dressrosa. They probably will air 52-60 eps this year which either means they start Zou and can double it up a few weeks or they have one ep left in November. However if they had just 1 ep left in this year’s deal then it would make more sense to air that on 10/18 instead of doubling up Blue Exorcist. So that also has me leaning toward more than 52 eps airing this year. But I won’t also rule out the possibility that before 10/18 they will pull OP from the schedule and they merely miscounted. Kinda surprised they aren’t stalling with Daima or Bleach and I’m somewhat hopeful Mashle or another cheaper show will start in November. Bleach probably moves up again when Daima ends and they stick Daima reruns in the back. i was kinda expecting a Dan Da Dan marathon on 10/18 but the first Saturday of November makes for a better night to do that due to the extra hour. So maybe that’s what they have in mind for November 1st on Halloween weekend.

Fixed was a passion project and Sony did not really want it in the end.

I swear everyone wants to own Warner except the people who currently own it.

Channing Tatum put in the work. I won't say he's on par with the seasoned VAs in this dub but he didn't phone it in. I flet like he fit Keizo pretty well. Lucien Dodge absolutely stole the show as Akusaka but the raw emotion from Zach Agular was the best he's done yet as Tanjiro IMO and Aleks Le as locked in Zenitsu was pretty great too. I honestly don't know how well these would work as episodes so it was probably better they did films. It did feel long though. I kept wondering where they were gonna pause. Demon Slayer's tendencies to shove the backstories of demons into their dying moments or in the middle of their final fights doesn't always feel satisfactory. Doma's back story and upper sixth's just kinda dragged things out while oddly enough Akasuka's backstory while being significantly longer felt much more worth seeing. I guess that's the difference between demons with personalities that are interesting and demons that lack personality. A whole bunch of revenge was going on in these fights but only one felt like it mattered in the slightest. Despite how long this was it also feels like they probably should have kept more of the lead in sequence of the slayers attacking Muzan before they started falling into the infinity castle. It feels really abrupt as it is. As an aside, I recently started reading the manga of Demon Slayer and boy does it give off a way different vibe than the anime. It's not just because of the animation either. I feel the anime staff put a lot more oomph into the dialogue and everything feels much more grandiose. I was surprised by how different the anime and manga feel compared to say Naruto or One Piece which feel pretty much the same as their counterparts despite extended scenes and annoying filler.

For the record, I asked the guys on the video about this and they clarified that the anime snobs that the rest of the network didn't like were gone by 2012 when the block was revived. So that is to say Jason, Gill, Kim Manning, the video editors and the sound designer that worked on Toonami since 2012 (and during the CN eras) were not among the anime snobs that was rubbing other creatives the wrong way. One can only wonder where these disliked people even found work elsewhere. I'm inclined to think Sean Akins also wasn't among the problematic people given he went on to develop the You Are Here block and stayed with the CN side longer than Jason and Gill did. Not sure when he left but he was gone by 2012, maybe he left around 2011. Through past conversations, Q&As and interviews we have heard the Toonami crew fought to get PPG and Samurai Jack onto the block when the network wanted to keep them off of Toonami. Though they could be the exception besides other works from Genndy, Craig or other well regarded cartoonists. Considering there was a time when Toonami filled a lot of hours on CN between afternoons, late night and Saturdays morning/afternoon blocks there probably was a time when the people working on it thought they were hot shit. You would think the drastic cut backs in 2003 and eventually 2004 would have humbled them but I wouldn't be surprised if Naruto becoming a golden boy inflated those egos again but it wasn't sustainable with so many anime failing to meet expectations at the time.

Bull confessing his true feelings to Honey as he takes it up the ass to protect her virginity from Sterling is certainly... uh... something. The journey was a lot more entertaining than the destination IMO. I'm pretty critical of Genndy's track record as of late and I thought this was a good time and quite a bit better than his prior attempts at writing relationships and romance. Most of all it's a fun buddy comedy.

I'm guessing you didn't watch Fixed. I mean it's not about dog schlong it's about dog testicles. Really it's the animated equivalent to 40 Year Old Virgin and you have to admit if nothing else that's novel for animation even today. And it's not playing safe with something like Family Guy or Rick & Morty and it's tremendously better done than Sausage Party. Much better visual gags and much better dialogue. Genndy certainly understands dogs and funny things about their behavior and leans hard into that.

Yeah probably

Generally mergers aren't a good thing for the workers of either company and I don't want to diminish that but... hard to imagine Sky Mount will run things worse than Zaslav and Casey Blows

Man he flat out said nobody but DIsney is making kids cartoons now... Yet another Genndy project that he slowly cooked for decades, he originally pitched the movie in 2008 and obviously the industry wasn't ready for that yet but the Sony exec at the time did like it but they got promoted and the next person didn't. Can you IMAGINE if this came out in 2010?

They were in the same dang company when Toonami tried to get Mob season 2. That was also when CR priced Toonami out of JJK, Shield Hero and KonoSuba (allegedly). He really wasn’t throwing CR under the bus until after Sony bought CR but CR was always difficult to work with even before Sony. And unfortunately that merger pushed all those attributes to FUNimation now under the same leadership. DeMarco certainly didn’t help but by the time he was public in his frustrations with CR that relationship was probably already burned by CR first. Like really what did he say that was so egregious besides “we would have promoted G Witch if we got it” and “they priced us out of X show”. It feels like CR management have always had a grudge against Toonami (and probably hated sharing originals with Toonami) and I really don’t think it’s because of DeMarco or anyone else that has worked on the block. We don’t even know if AXS got MHA from CR or if Toho controls the TV rights now. Fate is under Aniplex. The crypto bros might have gone directly to the Japanese companies. It would explain why they don’t have translated credits even though they exist for at least MHA.

They confirmed Spring 2026 which would be April-June for the anime Spring season but did they confirm April specifically?

You mean besides two more seasons of Ninja Kamui? Also they’re showing the first dubbed ep in October? I guess an early 2026 launch is feasible.

Mashle would be acceptable and I would welcome it.

Looks like Bleach is sticking around for part 2 of the Thousand-Year Blood War as well. Seems like Toonami is pretty well stocked until Daima ends in mid-November and there's a non-zero chance they actually will roll right into the 2nd cour of Dan Da Dan when the first cour ends. They should just stop being cowards and give Futurama Toonami bumps.

Naruto is still on and MAWS replaces CSE at 3:30 (that starts this Saturday). So they probably just forgot 3am on the graphic (again) because Naruto has Toonami bumps but MAWS most likely will not have Toonami bumps.

IGPX was remastered for BD. Jose really only expected to run eps on DST but provided the rest once Toonami decided to keep it around. Unfortunately probably did real bad so they dropped it again and don’t intend to show the 2nd season.

The popular ones probably will go to Hulu, Netflix or Amazon if they aren’t already on any of them but the more obscure ones probably won’t go anywhere. Maaaaybe Tubi will get some of the obscure leftovers, that would be neat. Any of them is a better choice than HBO Max but at this point the value of that service only will continue to diminish.

Baaed on current and recent developments, older AS shows will continue to stream on the AS website/app and on-demand through cable/satellite/slim packages when HBO Max doesn’t want them. CN shows are likewise available on-demand if they’re not on Hulu, Amazon or Netflix. Both libraries should have shows on Tubi and maybe some CN or AS shows will go there like Hanna Barbera and WB shows have already.

The whole panel is up? Awesome! I missed it because the line was insane.

This split would almost be good (besides the loss of jobs and projects) if AS/CN (and by extension Boomerang) and TCM were on the WB side with HBO. As it stands they feel like two islands in a sea of unscripted TV shows under the Discovery banner. Nothing much will change for Adult Swim because they mostly rely on Disney owned shows anyway and I don’t think they will lose R&M, the president spin-off, Smiling Friends or any other original series that does well for AS. I would not rule out HBO Max taking some or all of those away but they’re probably sticking with AS for a while yet. But now the network won’t own the rights to those shows and have to pay for the privilege of showing them. They can develop new IP for the network and on the AS side that probably will happen but the CN side? Not dang likely. Meanwhile WB will make shows for HBO Max or any streamer willing to pay the most. This could lead to interesting acquisitions for AS and maybe even some for CN if they even care to do that. Or CN will just air whatever WB catalog shows that are affordable enough and maybe WB won’t price them out of Gumball, Adventure Time and Regular Show reruns. Somewhat ironically TTG a WBA show itself is probably gonna stay on the network and even keep premiering episodes there. Its not all that different than when Turner was largely autonomous under AOL Time Warner but back then Turner had plenty of operating cash they pumped into CN and I don’t see Discovery’s regime doing that for a number of reasons. Honestly I don’t know why they don’t just kill CN outright. Maybe they’ll finally kill it now if it becomes too expensive to air library titles on it. But AS will probably be fine and Toonami by extension will stick around but Rooster Fighter might be the last anime co-pro besides more Ninja Kamui.

The night of new might maybe have the Rooster clip played at AX. It was like half the first episode. Maybe they will show something from Ninja Kamui season 2 but I wouldn’t expect much.

It does takes balls to both get it and air it given some of the content but it's Adult Swim so it shouldn't require edits. Would it really tick them off that Toonami got DDD now when it was already on Hulu and Netflix which are much bigger threats to CR's business? I suppose they would still be annoyed Toonami got anything hot thinking they could keep the block in destitute due to CR's monopoly of the industry. You'd think if anything they'd be mad that Aniplex still makes deals with Adult Swim seeing as that's a sister company. Yeah I get it, getting a dub a few weeks to a month after streaming isn't in the cards anymore but that's exactly why we'd all rather see something that isn't already popular right? Something Toonami could actually introduce to people? A few popular shows is good and arguably necessary but not when it's all they go after. But I will say getting DDD within a year is much better than say getting JJK or Spy x Family now. We absolutely should be satisfied with Toonami getting a show less than a year after it streamed. So when I see people say "why bother with Daima now?" when it hasn't even been a year I'm roll my eyes. I'm not saying getting Daima and DDD is pointless, I'm just not as excited about them as I would have been 3-6 months ago. Business is complicated and I don't want to just assume CR is being THAT petty but if MHA showing up on Anime dot com's block and a bunch of CR shows going to Hulu and Netflix doesn't say Toonami is the only venue they don't want to do business with I'm not sure what more would prove it besides them flat out saying it on the record. Though I did once talk to some CR reps at AX who were complaining about Hulu (mainly about how they weren't promoting anime) and when I brought up the suggestion to get Yu Yu Hakusho and Outlaw Star onto Toonami Rewind they didn't exactly seem enthused. Might mean nothing because they were just marketing people but it's kinda sus nonetheless. Meanwhile in Latin America CR is loading up Adult Swim with Freiren, Spy x Family, Haikyuu!, Apothicary Diaries, Black Clover and more of their big titles and I think they're also putting those shows on HBO Max. Quite a stark contrast. True, ratings mean basically nothing now so the focus should be on putting on the best shows they can. I just can't help but be less excited about shows that are already hits coming along no matter how good they are, especially if I already watched them once or more times. I think the Toonami audience will enjoy DDD a lot so that's great but now the most worthwhile part of Toonami for me is 1AM-2AM whereas before Daima I was locked in 12AM-1:30AM. Daima is fun but I don't really feel like watching much of it again. Also the guy I usually watched Toonami with will want watch Daima but probably not rewatch DDD to get to Bleach. So while this lineup is arguably better I'm both less inclined to watch it and less inclined to talk about the shows on the podcast but feel somewhat obligated to do both. Despite all that I am happy Toonami didn't miss out on Dan Da Dan and I like to see them prove to CR that they don't even need them to put on a great block. IMO they should talk to Hulu about getting the TV rights to a bunch of their anime licenses which would be another stab at CR. And if they could get a deal going with Sentai for 1 or 2 simuldubs acquired a year that would be fantastic.