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I'm thinking since they list Fuji TV for One Piece, that it's counting not only Netflix but also Hulu, Crunchyroll and FUNimation but regardless that's wild to see on a US chart. I know people have been enjoying Wano but there's no doubt in my mind that Netflix is the primary reason One Piece is doing that well right now. Netflix only ever had the first season of Attack on Titan (subbed) but even that's gone now. Gotta wonder how well it would have done if they kept adding more episodes.

Here's another case of "gee I wish this success helped Toonami even a little bit" https://www.cbr.com/attack-on-titan-most-popular-series-united-states/ Attack on Titan is the most popular show available to watch the US right now (apparently by some metrics) but it can barely manage even 300,000 viewers on Toonami this year.

It was most likely a matter of time, some exclusivity window had to end. I suspect that happened with Gridman and is what is currently keeping Mob season 2 out of reach for now (if it's two years, then it's almost time). I'm bracing myself for the high likelihood that Food Wars season 4 and 5 will not immediately follow season 3 (which is probably good for variety sake) but I'm hopeful that both will be able to air before the end of 2022.

A lot of committees do exactly that but that is not the case here. Episode 23 when it resumes is technically still during their trip but they wrap up the situation they are currently facing by the end of episode 22.

It can complicate things when the two seasons are under different contracts. I do believe Assassination Classroom will finish the current arc before it takes a break.

Nice of him to be that transparent about the situation. I’m excited for Food Wars.

I'm thinking Final Space moving to 10:30 like hurt the 11pm hour of Family Guy and prime time in general. I'd like to see those numbers if we ever get them. Titan held DBS quite well and after it beat DBS in demos last week it really makes you wonder how Titan would do without DBS reruns ahead of it. Seems like people didn't start Gridman and the people who did are decreasing in number every week. It's a shame but it does make their decision not to move it up seem a tad more reasonable. It's probably not going to see a significant increase in viewership even at 1am so there's no sense screwing over the other shows for its sake. I just really wish it didn't turn out this way. Mecha other than gen:LOCK keep getting the shaft on Toonami. Hopefully Ass Class can bounce back with it's move to 1am. If it can't then they really screwed the pooch by pushing it so late when it was doing well.

They've come down to the wire plenty of times so I'm not calling it just yet. They can push it as far as Friday before they confirm that schedule. But if they do contract or add a rerun then I hope they try moving Gridman to 1am. It probably won't salvage it now but I think it would pair nicely with Attack on Titan. And if they do contract it's possible that they could get it back when maybe Dr. Stone, Neverland or something else is ready to air.

And had it gotten on Toonami as either a dub premiere for season 1 or maybe up to a year after the dub premiered on FUNimation, then Toonami might have actually had a notable impact on its popularity back in 2016 and 2017. I guess we'll never know. Now Toonami definitely benefits more for having MHA than MHA benefits from being on Toonami (this is also true of DBS of course). But you can't really say that about many of the other popular shounen. Attack on Titan breaks CR weekly but that's not translating to anywhere near the performance it once had on Toonami. The way things have been going makes me feel like any show that's popular enough for people to watch it in Japanese when it comes out isn't likely to bolster Toonami's performance, especially if they air less than a season behind Japan. MHA is really the only outlier to that, but as well as it does on Toonami, it is unquestionably more of a powerhouse on streaming services. Netflix hasn't gotten Attack on Titan beyond season 1. I get the feeling if they were able to get the other seasons it would have ranked in their top 10 plenty of times even if it wasn't available dubbed. MHA could have cleaned up on Netflix as well even if it was uploaded until 6-12 months after the simulcast. I hate how Netflix doesn't simulcast and how most of their exclusives don't get home video releases but I cannot deny that they the top dog when it comes to offering anime to the general public. Even if they had all of CR and Aniplex's backlog, FUNimation's service won't ever have that kind of reach outside of the anime viewing community.

Yeah I see it's currently #9. And if that just doesn't say everything about how little reach Toonami has now. It happened with JoJo of course and supposedly One Piece. It's a bit of a head scratcher but Adult Swim programming arguably goofed by premiering Demon Slayer at 1:30am. Sure at the time they had OPM season 2 and MHA was just weeks away but they even put it behind Food Wars (which admittedly was doing well at the time). They moved it up once other shows ended but by then it was too late for anyone to care. Way to squander the biggest new show of 2019. Hopefully they learn from that.

So hopefully without UFC to compete with, Toonami will do much better next week.

Well played.

I did too actually.

Just stopping by to say I appreciate this TMNT 1990 film reference.

The Straw Hats are much more treasure seekers than pirates. It’s kind of how they get away with being the heroes. They usually help people and they don’t pillage. The navy and the world government is constantly shown to be corrupt with a few exceptions among the leadership so naturally outlaws end up being the foil to their twisted ideals. There are plenty of pirates who act like pirates though. Many without any super powers. I suppose you could argue there is also more to being a pirate than stealing, at least in the romantic sense of what it means to live the life of a pirate. But from a marketing standpoint pirates sound more interesting than sailors or even world trekking adventurers.

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of it.

I suppose G8 would have been a better start than Foxy. I honestly think skipping straight to when Aokiji showed up would have been the best place to start in the HD episodes. If Foxy wasn't so loaded with filler it wouldn't have been too bad of a place to start but it just feels like it drags on and on. If not for all the extra padding it would have been a short warm-up for the build story coming in Water 7 but because of that padding it quickly outwears its welcome. Then they have the stolen memories arc which does offer insight into the backstories of the characters but in a pretty obnoxious way. So while it would initially be perplexing for Foxy to be on screen for a moment when Aokijii arrives, that's over in mere moments and Aokijii leaves a compelling first impression. Being a long time fan of these characters I can't easily see things from the perspective of someone who has never seen any One Piece before but I don't think it's that difficult to pick up the show after most of the crew has been introduced. Starting back at Jaya might not have been a terrible choice either but starting back at episode 1 would mean taking 3.5 years to get to where Toonami left off in 2008. How much more disappointing would it have been if they started at the top and didn't actually reach beyond Skypiea? Water 7 overall is a fantastic arc but I'll grant you that major moments within it wouldn't have nearly as much impact for someone who hasn't seen the previous arcs. Maybe starting from the top would have succeeded and it would still be on today (and they'd be somewhere in Thriller Bark by now) but unless they swapped to the cropped HD masters (which are lousy in their own way) they would have ended up airing the SD episodes stretched to 16:9 for over 4 freak'n years. And that would have been pretty awful to see.

When did Netflix publicly compliment the performance of One Piece?

I honestly wonder if shows like Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing and Yu Yu Hakusho would be such fan favorites if they never aired on Toonami. And likewise for Bebop, FLCL and InuYasha on Adult Swim. If all those shows went under the radar in the early 2000s, would they have significant fandom in the US today? And let’s not forget both DBZ and Sailor Moon nearly died in syndication. By the time Naruto, FMA and Bleach were gaining momentum from fansubs, a cable broadcast was still helpful but arguably not necessary for a big shounen to become a hit here. That was even before simulcasts much less simuldubs. MHA has gained very little from airing on TV and arguably even DBS has gained little from airing on TV. Demon Slayer’s popularity has next to nothing to do with Toonami and One Piece gained interest after leaving Toonami. The only things that can potentially benefit from a Toonami broadcast are lesser known shows and originals. But Toonami still needs to balance that with some shows that casual viewers will definitely care to watch. Ergo DBS and MHA.

That's an oddly large drop in 18-49 for Demon Slayer after Shippuden. Funny how GSDB being a rerun didn't seem to affect it at all.

Never looked actually

To be more accurate the discord isn't at all official, it's the discord created by the Adult Swim subreddit (r/adultswim) but they do have some AS staff that pop in there. I only ever read /co but even that is a cesspool 95% of the time.

Unless there's some secret voice actors among us, that's gonna be a no.

They're such asshats in those threads. As much as I enjoy watching them practically tear their hair out over every little thing, the amount of righteous indignation they have about everything is insufferable. And on top of that they're often wrong about behind the scenes stuff but preach their interpretation of reality as the absolute truth. Like they were still going on about the bracket being rigged so Bebop would air.

And as proof they could have expanded... Attack on Titan's final season joins on January 9th and does expand the block. They could have expanded to 4am on January 2nd in order to air the final segments of Gemusetto and have Shippuden and Demon Slayer air from 3am-4am as they will be doing the following week. I'm starting to think Gridman might wait until February when SAO ends because they could slide Black Clover back on at 2:30 on January 16th with no muss and no fuss.