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Just about anything Sentai licenses these days falls under the radar to most baring the rare Oshi No Ko, so if CR just won’t play then they really ought to keep their eyes on whatever Sentai dubs. They probably won’t though.

I'm a weirdo that pays for Sling almost entirely for Toonami, some other stuff on CN/AS and Boomerang. Though I do occasionally watch other things on channels like AMC and FX. But I'm also at the point where if I have the option to hang out with a friend or see a movie, I'm more inclined to do that then stay home to watch Toonami. There were long swaths of last year when I wasn't watching much besides the current original and One Piece (which would be a rewatch for me) and I wouldn't blame anyone for not watching much of the block last year, other recent years or the current year.

I guess folks aren't really hyped for ZOM 100 and given it's available on Netflix, Hulu and Crunchyroll it's pretty easy to find where you can watch the rest of the season. The upcoming 2-3 week break isn't going to help matters either. It's a great show regardless but great shows that are widely available just don't tend to do Toonami any favors.

It’s entirely possible One Piece is more affordable than Kai, in which case it only makes sense to double it up instead but regardless they should focus on keeping 12-1:30 worth watching. 2:30 should be the lowest priority and they can certainly fill it with a rerun that doesn’t cost anything starting with IGPX season 2. I seem to recall a lot of us rationalized Kai was Shippuden’s replacement joining early. So let it be so.

I’d genuinely rather have double One Piece forever than Boruto or more Dragon Ball. Shocker, I know. But this is what Toonami should look like going forward 12:00 - Original / Big Acquisition 12:30 - Newer Acquisition 01:00 - Newer Acquisition 01:30 - Older Acquisition 02:00 - One Piece 02:30 - DBZ Kai Try to fill the first 1.5 hours with 3-6 month long shows and the 1:30 slot with shows that run 6 months to a year or longer

They have enough episodes to have a different show every half hour but most won’t please advertisers the way FOX reruns do so they limit the originals to a few hours a night and tend to avoid doing anything interesting outside of the DVR theater slots and Toonami. 05:00 - Dexter’s Lab 05:30 - Courage 06:00 - Cow & Chicken 06:30 - Samurai Jack 07:00 - Space Ghost C2C 07:30 - Home Movies 08:00 - King of the Hill 08:30 - Bob’s Burgers 09:00 - American Dad 09:30 - Futurama 10:00 - Robot Chicken 10:30 - Comedy Rotation 11:00 - Rick & Morty 11:30 - Smiling Friends 11:45 - YOLO 12:00 - Primal / Action Rotation 12:30 - Anime Rotation 01:00 - The Boondocks 01:30 - The Venture Bros. 02:00 - Mike Tyson Mysteries 02:30 - Aqua Teen 03:00 - Squidbillies 03:30 - Metalocalypse 04:00 - Superjail 04:15 - Mr. Pickles 04:30 - Morel Orel 04:45 - The Shivering Truth 05:00 - The Eric Andre Show 05:15 - Your Pretty Face 05:30 - Tim & Eric 05:45 - Tom Goes to the Mayor

I’m somewhat expecting a Thursday premiere, Friday on Max, encores on Saturday and Sunday but with no season 8 this year they might premiere it on Sunday which would mean the Saturday encores would be essentially a week behind.

If Rickanime isn’t on Toonami, they’ll definitely put it right before. They’ll probably rationalize that Demon Slayer at 12:30 can make up for any damage.

Maybe November but I doubt it. They need something for 2025.

I hope it’s significantly more interesting

Here's my latest build which brings back IGPX (even that might be wishful thinking) and includes Scavengers after Superman. The only additional show that isn't a continuation or an original here is Mashle. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p21mNh_67YwBTi2blcBIMnC0tLZa4bo9svpwXFy_brk/edit?usp=sharing

Two NK marathons is beyond stupid. They really couldn’t just run part of the show or have Toonami extend to fit all 13 one night? This is one of the most egregious stall tactics they have ever done, right up there with the excessive FLCL marathons last year. Makes me wonder if they intend to do this sort of nonsense with every original going forward. So what are your guesses for Memorial Day weekend? I’m thinking DBZ Kai or both Attack on Titan specials one last time. But they could do an MHA or Superman recap. Perhaps a ZOM 100 recap since it’s getting interrupted mid-run for probably 3 weeks. As Guy said, Toonami didn’t want to be left out of the ZOM 100 hiatus club.

Well no dice for May but June seems very likely now.

Brak-rolled

Nice to see it actually back on the weekday schedule at 1am this week. Probably won’t last. But they really mistreated the people who made that show so great. They ought to compensate them properly for their work.

You keep saying he’s gonna prevent DC from renewing this show but you don’t really know that for sure. I’d be more concerned with Zaslav than Gunn’s creative vision for connecting all DC media.

Glad the armor broke off because that fight was pretty meh animation wise

There’s murmurs of season 2 starting soon but no official announcement yet. Here’s an additional adjustment, Ninja Kamui is 13 episodes not 12. Ep 13 is on the AS Canada schedule. So the timing actually will work out that Superman season 2 could start the Thursday after Royal Crackers ends and Toonami can swap the encores in to replace NK. If they’re going that route. Likewise if they do that Thursday / Saturday crap with Scavengers Reign out of the blue.

I’m thinking Superman replaces Ninja Kamui and double OP keeps a spot warm for MHA in June. Memorial weekend they could honor the dead by avenging them with a Ninja Kamui marathon but I wouldn’t put it past them to do another Kai marathon. It’s almost too perfect to do an MHA season 7 marathon featuring the American hero Star & Stripe.

I'm somewhat hopeful Lycoris will be replaced by Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken or another Sentai dub but if they don't say what's happening then it's probably doubling up One Piece or DBZ Kai temporarily or resuming IGPX. They might quietly start airing Scavengers Reign but I would hope they'd give that more than about a week of promotion. I don't doubt for a second that their original replacement for Lycoris could have hit a snag but making sure it aired the week of the DBZ Kai marathon might not have had anything to do with future plans. It might have just been the choice not to disrupt anything but One Piece, Shippuden and the current Kai run. And lets also consider that Lycoris will end when Ninja Kamui has two episodes left. They COULD do an hour finale the following week.

Gotta give Majima some credit, he understands how to manipulate the playing field to his advantage. Chisato was entirely blind in that instance while he has the benefit of Daredevil type hearing. It’s a good foil to super sight / super reflexes. When he was fighting out in the open he had no advantage until he spit blood in Chisato’s eyes and he was able to avoid Takina and get away because he had the element of surprise when she came to Chisato’s safe house but if he stuck around she probably would have gotten the better of him eventually. Preparation and subverting expectations are the keys to any successes he has thus far. And while I don’t quite buy that he’s enough of a match for Takina even in this instance where the dark can assist him. Chisato’s not in the best shape due to her heart.

Bob Carter and Lizzie Freeman were incredible during the yukata scene. A beautiful exchange. From a practical and personal standpoint she doesn’t want the others around when her heart fails on her. It’s frustrating that she’s already given up on finding a replacement heart and seems to be deterring the others from looking for a solution.

I think so too but I also remember that topping the HBO Max chart’s didn’t save Infinity Train

I suppose we can take solace in the thought that if it wasn’t on Max it still wouldn’t be doing any better on Toonami… probably

It’s a running joke at this point that it’s not a pirate related team.