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So was Chisato

Again it’s one night so far. If this continues a 2nd much less 3rd week then your theory holds some water. Plenty of hardcore Toonami viewers are interested in rewatching Kai even at 2:30 but I completely agree it’s wasted at 2:30 and should be at 7pm or even filling 5-7pm on Saturday instead of KOTH. There was zero reason to re-up it for 2:30 but I do generally expect people will start tuning into it. It would be hilarious if they didn’t though. On to other business, the return of Superman is expected to be announced soon. If it resumes before Kamui ends or even replaces Demon Slayer then I must wonder if they’ll stick Kamui 2nd behind a Thursday encore. If they must stick Superman before Kamui then I hope they give Superman 11:30.

So you really think people bailed on the back half because IGPX left? Even most Toonami regulars are less interested in IGPX than DBZ Kai much less the casuals. Never thought I’d see you imply even Toonami regulars care that much about IGPX.

They’re not even remotely similar shows.

I can’t say I buy the theory that DBZ Kai replacing IGPX tanked the block. Why would a show at 2:30 make that much of a difference by itself? I mean who even knew about the change before hand besides people like us?

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.

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