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If they’re doing the first obligatory Black Lotus Saturday night marathon on December 4th then what the fuck are they even doing the rest of the month? At this point it had better be movies because three more weeks of rerun marathons would be disgusting. Holy shit Toonami you guys are acting like you want to be canceled.

Nah they’ll double up Shippuden before they triple YashaHime.

And if you're wondering what Adult Swim will be airing before and after Toonami's Blade Runner block on Black Friday... 09:00 PM - King of the Hill 09:30 PM - King of the Hill 10:00 PM - Bob's Burgers 10:30 PM - Bob's Burgers 11:00 PM - Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 11:15 PM - Blade Runner 2049 03:00 AM - Blade Runner: Black Lotus #01 03:30 AM - Blade Runner: Black Lotus #02 04:00 AM - Blade Runner: Black Lotus #03 04:30 AM - King of the Hill Encore 05:00 AM - Bob's Burgers Encore 05:30 AM - Bob's Burgers Encore Because nothing says cyber-punk like the Belchers and the Hills 😆 Yes, Adult Swim got King of the Hill back and it will be replacing both the 9pm and 4am hours of Naruto Shippuden on Saturdays and the 5am hour of Samurai Jack. Toonami's lead-out will be 2 hours of everyone's favorite anime: Kingu o Buzuhiru and the lead in will be Kingu o Buzuhiru followed by 2 hours of Amerika no Otousan. Not a Rikku to Moruti in sight.

If they start a new show (or two) on December 4th then I think they'll run the regular lineup for 3 weeks in December but if they have to stall until January then they're probably going to take December 18th off. They are going to run out of YashaHime season 1 episodes if they keep double stripping it and if they have absolutely nothing... they either have to throw on another rerun or start doubling up Shippuden on December 4th. If they don't run the regular lineup on December 18th they might still start the night with a new Black Lotus. I've been thinking they might promote The Matrix: Resurrections by airing The Animatrix or maybe even one or more of the live-action films since Blade Runner 2049 is setting that precedent. They could potentially do that on a Friday though, if WarnerMedia wants them to shill for that. Jessica Henwick the actress of Elle is in The Matrix: Resurrections, so they might tie that into an event with an exclusive interview or preview. They could of course do a clip or interview during a regular Toonami block rather than during a movie night but either way I would be a bit surprised if they don't use that connection to cross-promote both.

It's not really an update because it's the same schedule as November 20th but I'll tell the social media folks that it would be a good idea to call attention to it.

Pretty sure plan A was to run the movie on that night but for whatever reason they changed their minds and decided they should finish Food Wars and run the regular lineup. It’s not even a change from the November 20th lineup so I don’t expect there to be a Facebook post about this.

It was the highest rated rerun on Adult Swim for the 18-49 demographic anyway, there were some episodes of R&M and American Dad that did better in total viewers. Thanks for finding that chart, it's quite interesting. Only 39 reruns the entire week topped 0.20 with 18-49, only 11 topped 0.29 and only 1 topped 0.37 proving Yellowstone as an outlier at 0.60 18-49. There is no doubt that cable television is struggling beyond news programs and some live sports. The best rated reruns on Adult Swim in the 10-12am time frame aren't even hitting 400,000 anymore, that's just yikes. It does however make Toonami look decent by comparison. Despite those low numbers Adult Swim still got 20 reruns into the top 200 so that's 10%. They were all Rick & Morty and American Dad episodes, oddly not a Bob's Burgers in sight. Bob must be having a hard time in the 9pm hour but it did well in the 8pm hour on Sunday on FXX. The Big Bang Theory is decimating Adult Swim in total viewers but is just a bit above the best Rick & Morty episodes with 18-49. The best rated Family Guy episodes on FXX and Freeform are around 0.15 18-49 and Bob's Burgers managed to beat Family Guy on FXX with a 0.16 on a Sunday at 8pm.

Yeah they should have saved Taz Skylar for the role of Eneru. I'd like to beat the living shit out of the creeps that are saying Emily shouldn't be Nami because of her figure. 😠

Yeah it's a Warner Bros movie so it SHOULD be free but it's understandable why someone might assume otherwise given there were several Warner Bros owned shows and films that Toonami wanted to air but couldn't afford at the time. But things are different now and they seem to be able to get Warner Bros movies and shows at no cost under certain circumstances. That's how it seems anyway. It's an exceptional level of doom casting to suggest that Attack on Titan's remaining episodes will be the last acquisition made for Toonami and 2022 will just be that, the original series and continuing Shippuden. They're not THAT broke.

Given the critical lows the Fena marathon reached and the only modest performance of the Batman films, they might actually just want to avoid preempting the regular lineup even if they have to keep doubling up YashaHime. But more likely they do have a show to start on December 4th and/or November 27th.

Maybe they won’t air it because it’s from the 80s but yeah that’s a head scratcher. Toonami on a Friday is cool and odd. Perhaps plan A was to run this on Saturday but they changed their minds for whatever reason.

I hear this guy was in one of the live action Kenshin films as Enishi. He’s no slouch with a sword.

They look thoughtfully cast. The producers are clearly listening to Oda’s input.

The first episode of Demon Slayer season 2 is standard length. I believe the 7th one will be double length.

Make no mistake, I would not be pleased but I probably would not be that frustrated by it. Especially if they’re running more movies. But if they hold off on starting new shows until January I would rationalize that they are doing that to ensure they’ll have new content while they wait for the 2022 budget (they don’t get that on January 1st). And maybe whatever show they are getting isn’t ready till January regardless. I think we can look at the doubled up YashaHime as potential evidence that they aren’t giving up on starting a show soon because they could have just started another rerun if they had nothing coming. On the other hand, doubling up YashaHime to finish it sooner could be looked at as preparation to close up shop. So hell if I know.

Nah, they’re probably getting season 2 and want to finish season 1 a bit sooner.

At this point you gotta wonder if they are trying to make us think they’re about to go off of the air or at least lose an hour or two. They so far haven’t announced a marathon for November 27th but there’s no reason they can’t do one. If they have to wait till December for Demon Slayer then it is what it is but geez what a waste to start Black Lotus with nothing else.

It's real disappointing that they aren't airing Black Out but I'm intrigued about the short that will be airing. Basically no surprises in that November 13th schedule, they surely could have announced it with the November 6th one. The big opening now is on November 20th, hopefully they announce something for that soon. It would be a real waste not to pair a new show with Black Lotus.

There’s nothing exciting about this update. We can only hope the show presumably starting November 20th is a great one. Whatever it is will probably be announced by next Friday if not a bit sooner but their focus is clearly on Black Lotus right now, which it should be. But that doesn’t mean they should avoid announcing anything else till Black Lotus starts airing.

They potentially could have waited, if they had another premiere ready to start. Take that as you will.

“See see they don’t have any new shows coming! They’re sunsetting the block quietly.”

As expected, double MHA. Not surprising but still disappointing, Fena reruns replace a premiere. At least for now. The shorts block is probably all the Rick & Morty anime shorts. This forum continues to hate my posts.

Yeah I feel that. Always disappointing when I actually watch a whole Toonami block and feel like it was a great experience and then I see that it did about as well or usual or worse than usual.

Dunno about that but the HD version is what's on Adult Swim's site and app right now, complete (or incomplete rather) with a shortened "Tank" which is just a crime against nature.

Well it only aired after 2:30am and it beat Black Lagoon when it was at 3am (probably due to DVR but still). Who knows how well it might have done at a decent time on Toonami?