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A marathon premiere for subbed Uzumaki? I suppose they could do that then run each dub episode once a week in November but I doubt it. Or did you mean start Uzumaki on 10/07 and finish it on 10/28 at the top of a marathon? That’s probably what they will do to air it all in October but given Rick & Morty will air on October 29th they might actually just run a normal or normalish Toonami the night prior. And if they’re willing to run a Uzumaki premiere on October 28th then they might actually start Uzumaki on October 21st so it doesn’t overlap with Grunge. They don’t have to finish it in October per say. It’s probably airing subbed first but SAG-AFTRA database lists Uzumaki now so the dub could be ready soon.

Well if that is the case then you should at least give them kudos for having faith that One Piece live action would be a hit. They did after all make that schedule decision before the live action show even dropped. The post was on August 17th. But LAOP succeeding probably didn’t have anything to do with that schedule decision. They simply have no other options besides reruns and they took three weeks off of One Piece so a couple weeks of doubles make up for that.

I didn’t personally think you would but on the topic of signs, there were plenty with Roiland and Vic. It’s not at all hard to believe conventions and higher ups at FUNimation prior to Sony valued Vic’s pull enough to let him remain a broken step on the staircase that many young women had to learn to avoid. A good many people were complicit to his behavior either willingly or begrudgingly because he drew a big crowd. The bottom line is more important than protecting unknowing fans. They would also think “surely he couldn’t do anything so heinous that we’ll get sued so whatever happens we’ll be fine”.

I’m sure you know they meant if girls accused DeMarco of sexual harassment you’d believe them but aren’t you a funny one?

As far as I know, Scott Freeman tucked his tail between his legs and disappeared. I’m talking about creeps who got outted but tried to get back in the game.

Get John K and Roiland to collaborate on a series starring Vic. It’s the only series they ever get to work on.

Well at least this can be held as some evidence he still should have been fired because ever since he was deemed innocent in court people have been believing he didn’t ever do anything heinous and should be reinstated.

If you count the FLCL seasons as separate shows… Actually I originally wrote seven then couldn’t remember the 7th so I changed it to six. Then I remembered HCC was the 7th but forgot to change six back to seven.

It’s not just One Piece. It’s a single episode of six shows. One Piece, Attack on Titan, Dr. Stone, GITS, Housing Complex C, FLCL Progressive and FLCL Alternative. Its been streaming for about two weeks with no changes. The same episodes all day. There’s also Toonami promos, interstitials and previews of upcoming originals we’ve seen before.

The earliest I see this airing is Saturday December 16th but that's more than a little ambitious around the holidays.

This town smells like something but it’s not teen spirit

My take? It’s fine. The aesthetic works. It’s kinda fun. But… it’s not gonna wow anyone.

Oh I didn't even think about that but making such a big reveal in East Blue does spoil shocking reveal that takes over 250 episodes of the anime. Some would say that's a good thing and is better for character growth but I can understand why it would be upsetting for newbies who were working through the anime or manga at their own pace.

It was a neat concept for having a co-viewing night. No more PG-13 movies on CN time I guess.

Watched the last two episodes and cried at the usual times I did in the Arlong Park arc. Emily nailed Nami’s moments of desperation. Seeing the “let’s go” scene recreated was so great. Loved the declaration of dreams scene too. I’m mixed on various things and arguably Garp had too much focus at the cost of time to flesh out Usopp, Sanji and to a lesser extent Zoro but I thoroughly enjoyed the ride and I couldn’t have believed I’d be this satisfied with what we got. They did East Blue justice and planted some seeds for future arcs and characters. The soundtrack is also really great. I can’t stop listening to the ending song of episode 8.

Baratie made for some major changes to the story progression but the only things that irked me were Sanji’s send off lacking the emotional punch of the anime scene and Luffy acting considerate and acknowledging he made a mistake. Giving Mihawk more of a reason to show up was a good change.

I genuinely think FUNimation wanted Toonami to drive up interest in Fire Force. CR won’t do that now but Viz might. ZOM 100 is Viz’s big show this year besides Bleach and clearly everyone wanted it. Maybe Toonami doesn’t but it’s about as likely that they do and they’ll wait till they don’t have to pay for the early window price of the streamers or at least wait till the dub is further into production. The show had to take weeks off in Japan already. And it’s the hottest thing this season not in Crunchyroll jail so with the limited new options, they’re probably aware of it.

If 3 streaming services can get ZOM 100 at the same time and Toonami couldn’t then Toonami clearly doesn’t have the money. I think I just realized why YashaHime took so long. Hulu, FUNi and Crunchy were all willing to pay X amount of money for the simuldub. If Viz were to sell it to Toonami at the same time for less money just because they like Toonami it would not go over well with those streamers or the production committee. So Toonami had to wait for a certain window of time to end before Viz would sell them the sloppy fourths. The same might happen with ZOM 100. Hulu and Netflix’s increased interest in One Piece might lead to Toei taking the show out of Toonami’s price range again. But I see Toei wanting to keep the anime on TV even if those companies will pay more for the episodes. Hardly any other anime company still cares about linear TV exposure enough to cut Toonami a sweet deal. And the perceived value of a show surely affects how much Adult Swim / WBD is willing to pay for it. For sequels or proven commodities they’ll open their purse wider but there are limits as seen with Demon Slayer and Mob Psycho 100. We don’t know if TMS helped keep costs reasonable with Dr. Stone: New World or if Toonami was simply able to pay whatever amount CR wanted for it. And with Food Wars my best guess is CR knew that season was garbage and was willing to let Toonami have it for whatever both sides decided was reasonable. We have generally assumed the crew has no company oversight for how they use their acquisition budget but what if that isn’t the case? I get the feeling DeMarco, Austin and Manning had to negotiate with their bosses so they could go after Made in Abyss and the 2nd season looming helped. Maybe DeMarco tried to get Akudama Drive but the company vetoed the spending or Sony was asking more than he could reasonably spend on an unproven series that would last 3 months and maybe rerun once.

Fridays look to be one show blocks for the time being. Eds next week and Billy and Mandy the week after. Hopefully the Mon-Thur lineup does better than the 2 hour marathons on Fridays so they don’t make every day a marathon of one show.

MHA reruns will finish in November.

I’m inclined to agree. Luffy is more nuanced and not let’s be honest… ADHD with more than a little Aspergers. Overall he’s better for it but he’s a tad too observant and conscientious for my liking. They made Buggy way more sadistic and leaned way into the circus aspect. I finished ep 4 now and Usopp is a delight. Zoro’s snide remarks keep cracking me up. They changed the settings of many encounters arguably for the better. Garp and Koby are a lot more involved with the story so far rather than off in some other corner of the ocean doing nothing significant. I would not be surprised if Oda took this as an opportunity to tweak things with the betterment of hindsight.

Watched the first episode and honestly it slapped. Lots of tweaks but no bad changes IMO. I look forward to watching more.

Uneventful Programming quality besides Food Wars, Injustice and the filleryomi wasn’t dreadful but there were only brief moments of interest, a lot of stalling and not much to show for all that stalling. If they were not allowed to encore Unicorn and Superman the quality percentage would have been even worse and I can’t hardly imagine how they would have stayed 3 hours without them. Dr. Stone and Superman were the only shows I genuinely looked forward to watching week to week since MHA finished its season. 2020 wasn’t much better but it had some bright spots like JoJo, Paranoia Agent and Assassination Classroom. Less fresh content but only because 2023 had Unicorn and Supes encores. For acquisitions it was marginally better because Food Wars drags 2023 way down on that front. Honestly 2023 hasn’t been much less boring to me than 2021 or 2022 either and it’s not quite over yet. If they added a good acquisition before the end of the year and air Uzumaki then 2023 will be about the same as the past 3 years in my eyes.

Yeah it’s pretty stupid to fight Toonami for months instead of letting Toonami air it and then stream it the next day rather than disappoint their subscribers for months just to TRY to stream it before Toonami shows it.