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Wow... Maybe this is a fluke but that's pretty dang bad.

Sounds like some creative book keeping if Max is turning a profit. Or perhaps it’s all the money they made selling shows/movies to other streamers. Actually a sizeable chunk could be from ad-supported FAST channels. Yeah it’s probably mostly everything but Max. And yet they balk at 40-50 million for a Looney Tunes movie.

Billy and Mandy creator Maxwell Atoms is working on it too.

He sounds rather ragged in this episode so that’s a bit worrisome. His delivery remains flawless though. I like Moltar’s voice in this. I hope he returns in the show and maybe this guy can voice Moltar in something else too.

I understand boycotting Max because Zaslav is an idiot but if you don’t support the show through the legal means then you can’t expect it to do well enough there to get any more seasons. Just wait until these episodes pop up on CN because they probably will eventually.

It’s the same tapes from 2014 no doubt.

We were robbed!!!

They didn't say Jamie Lee Curtis? Wapol would be amusing but having Danny Devito as box man would be precious. They skipped box man before but there's no reason they can't sneak him in somewhere.

So if ya'll have been wondering, schedules show that DBZ Kai starts from episode 1.

Come on Brian nobody calls Twitter, X

Yeah it’s not even close

Should I take it up several notches? I dropped one of my rare f-bombs on the podcast regarding this. I’m mostly annoyed IGPX is getting pulled but make no mistake, DBZ returning to Toonami and wasting any amount of the budget is one of the things I least wanted to happen. I prefer it over having less than 3 hours, getting DBS or GT and getting Daima (but not over original DB) but not much else that was in the realm of possibility. All things considered I think Guy isn’t being anywhere near as obnoxious about this as they have been in the past. There’s nothing wrong with being passionate about media and even this barely acknowledged TV block and being critical of it. We don’t just have to accept the reality nod our heads and smile. Not that I think you even think that way but it’s okay to just let folks vent even if it won’t accomplish anything productive. Also booh to the mods, my thread title was way better!

Hey remember in the Q&A when DeMarco said DBZ returning was definitely possible… Yeah it’s already happening and IGPX leaves after episode 13 aka the end of part 1. Before you say maybe IGPX needs more time, according to Jose it was ready to air a complete run of all 26 episodes. This is probably a great deal from Toei and their long-term solution for replacing Naruto but no matter what amount of their budget they spent on this, I consider it a waste of money for after 2am. They could have shifted up subbed Ninja Kamui or doubled up One Piece if IGPX actually did hit a snag. But nah, DBZ is back to save the day. I’m only glad it is at 2:30am after the premieres but they should run it at 7pm or even 5pm on weekdays if Toei wants it back on TV so badly.

Very cheeky DeMarco. He knew it was coming back this month and teased it here.

I actually think the kid didn’t know about the disguise and they can all see each other’s real faces.

Arguably IGPX qualifies as both

Here's the only other review I've found and it's rather glowing. Are they on Adult Swim's pay roll? I'm sure not. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/ninja-kamui-review-adult-swim-preview/#:~:text=Ninja Kamui feels like the,on its vicious revenge story.

I've seen the first two episodes (in Japanese actually because that's what they sent) Here's my thoughts https://toonamifaithful.com/testing/ninja-kamui-preview/

Sakura deserves a good punch too if not all of those girls who talk shit about Takina. It's a good thing Takina could removed from DA and eventually she'll be able to see that for herself. Watching Chisato toy with those brats while she waiting for Takina to join her was reeeeeeeeal satisfying. I've seen the next episode and ya'll are not ready for the hijinks in that one.

AI is a tool. It’s neither good nor bad depending on how you use it.

And Crackers isn’t premiering on Sunday. Probably because our Max overlords demand tribute on Fridays instead of Mondays. That might become the norm for every original comedy.

DeMarco has pretty much only been able to achieve some good will from Shenmue fans with regard to doing something with existing IP. And without a single original concept that’s gotten positive buzz outside of Toonami fans, he’s probably considered one of the least liked anime co-pro producers.

Other websites than 4chan, ANN and Reset Era?

They had better. But beyond Adult Swim's own promotion and a few articles on anime centric websites there's hardly any hype for Ninja Kamui whether that's fair or not. Regarding Adult Swim's own promotion and lack there of... WBD is such a poorly run company that we first heard when Ninja Kamui would air via an Adult Swim Latin America press release. While it was arguably adequate to promote this new anime starting on February 10th on their social media on January 17th (24 days in advance) they just promoted Royal Crackers season 2 (34 days in advance). And one could argue it's more important to promote something entirely new than a returning show. I suppose Japanese co-productions might have some hang-ups with getting air dates secured and announced sooner but they could strive to do better than that. Compare that to the rest of the anime industry where dates are set much sooner and promoted much sooner. Netflix still lacks in that regard but they're getting better at giving adequate notice for when shows are dropping on the service. Credit where it's due though, Toonami is considerably better about pre-notice than Crunchyroll tends to be about when their English dubs will start streaming. Often giving only a few days notice and sometimes not even promoting the drop date before they stream, only giving the vague mention that a show's dub premiere is TBD. And they seem to largely rely on actors to promote their own role announcements because unlike with Toonami broadcasts the dub credits aren't required to be attached to the streaming simuldubs. Crunchyroll pisses me off daily at this point.

Much hyped? Literally only Toonami fans are even aware of Ninja Kamui.