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Caitlin Glass, Zeno Robinson and several other VAs are Christians and seemingly nobody in their field shuns them for it. There are some people who don’t like how Vic tries to convert fans to Christianity but I don’t believe for a second that any reputable actor would have beef with Vic for being religious. Jamie Marchi has less prominent roles under her belt but Chris Sabat and Monica Rial being jealous of Vic seems pretty absurd. They’re constantly working and have more beloved roles in their repertoire than Vic does, especially Sabat. Schemmel I can see trashing Vic (he has) but Schemmel is also the kind of douche who picks fights with other voices of Goku.

Marc Thompson. He was Casey Jones in 2003 TMNT, Duke Devlin in YGO, Chazz Princeton in YGO GX, Kid Muscle in Ultimate Muscle and lots of other characters in 4Kids and NYAV Post shows. Seems like he’s doing a Rocky Balboa impression here for the Rockian. Heh.

It’s written in Japan by Tetsuhiro Ikeda https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=202423 The script was then adapted for English by Stephanie Sheh. She’s not known to punch up scripts or deviate from the Japanese translation. This stuff isn’t hard to find, it’s literally in the credits. And if DeMarco flat out said it was written by Tetsuhiro Ikeda or even “someone in Japan” people would still say he’s lying or half truthing.

The first season did all the heavy lifting with great action animation, an interesting enough premise, an excellent score, a gripping dramatic pull and plenty of brutal deaths. Though some people who didn’t love the first season did like the turn toward politics in season 3. It could have been even bigger if they didn’t take 4 years to do a 2nd season but it managed to keep its hooks into people via the manga and the eventual anime seasons.

Let’s be real. Approximately 200,000 people watched episode 1 live and within the same day. That’s likely where the bulk of its viewership is rather than Max or piracy. It also aired on Adult Swim Canada but I doubt it pulled in even as much as the US airing. Potentially less than 500,000 people alive in the whole world have given even a single thought to FLCL: Grunge and that’s including everyone who worked on it in any capacity. There’s certainly less exposed anime any given season but not ones tied to a beloved series. I would not say it’s underpromoted per say but hardly anyone has noticed it and among those who have the ratio of positive to negative reception leans negative.

Probably depends on if they have something for a headliner after Grunge ends. If they run Uzumaki just in October then they need something else by mid October or at least by November. They could stall that to mid November if they don’t strictly adhere to limiting Uzumaki to October. The dub has at least started production so I think it will be ready before the end of October for a drop on HBO Max and/or a marathon on October 28th. So I think they could actually do the opposite of your suggestion and run it subbed week to week in October and marathon the dub after the final subbed episode on October 28th. And while I initially thought they might just marathon Housing Complex C after Uzumaki on October 28th. They’re so short on shows that I could see them toss HCC on for all of October. Even if they just go back to double One Piece in November. FLCL Grunge 7th & 14th / New Show 21st & 28th Uzumaki Subbed HCC or One Piece One Piece Shippuden MHA

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.