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It all comes down to Comcast throwing enough money at SYFY to get stuff and Warner Media not doing much of that for Adult Swim.

Here's the thing about Jason and Gill. They're not the best when it comes to remembering shows that aired on Toonami.

I filled it out. Apologies to Batman, Cowboy Bebop and especially Space Dandy but they lost to shows I hold more dear. If I was going by more objective reasoning the final four would have been those three and either FLCL or JLU but there was no freak'n way I wasn't going to give those wins to Megas XLR, Gurren Lagann and One Piece respectively.

Adult Swim doesn't even have a service, they put their shows on Hulu. Now they'll be on HBO Max instead of Hulu. I'm still thinking the CR library will be very limited on HBO Max, possibly to just CR co-productions and other shows they have the master license for. But there might also be some catalog anime from other providers like Toei, TV Tokyo, Discotek, Nozomi, etc but far from the entire catalog. Meanwhile... Syfy just acquired the Harley Quinn animated series. That definitely would have done better on Adult Swim or even TBS but Syfy was willing to pay for it.

The only time you’re gonna see Bebop lead Toonami, will be for a marathon of Bebop on one of the last two weeks of a year. They’d much much sooner rerun MHA at the top or Kai or Super if they had nothing fresh to try.

They should totally replace Demon Slayer with the recent Boogiepop anime. That would pair well with Paranoia Agent.

They must have really wanted to replay this gem, considering they are throwing it on very quickly after it escaped licensing limbo. FUNimation probably see's this as an opportunity to promote the upcoming Blu-ray release. It's pretty wild they are throwing this on in the middle of Weekly Shounen Jump. If anything I would have expected it to slide in after Shippuden and have the rest move up. So I do give them props for not burying it because that would have felt pointless like when they brought back Outlaw Star and it went largely unnoticed. I would have liked to see something else get a chance to air for the first time but it's such a great show and new anime viewers ought to see it, so I'm for it.

The Gundam Thunderbolt films might be doable since they're on good terms with Sunrise. They didn't run the OVA versions of Unicorn or The Origin but it's either short episodes or movies in Thunderbolt's case. I don't know if they'd try leading with Gundam even for a few weeks but they could try leading with Food Wars for a special schedule.

Yeah they probably can't do 1 episode a week like this. We'll have to wait and see. I would not want to be Cliffy C's neighbor right about now.

I strongly had my doubts but it looks like buying one week with a DBZ Kai marathon was exactly what Toonami needed to do for My Hero Academia. FUNimation is pulling off something really wild here.

Yeah but he probably draws the line with “positive” slavery and false rape accusations from a woman being two major parts of a series.

The best deals tend to be for whatever show the licensor wants to pimp at the time. They have been known to raise the price of older shows when they’re not trying to pimp a new Bluray or DVD set.

If he did. It’s probably not that one.

It should be quite interesting to see what they managed to get during this situation.

A very bad flu doesn't require a ventilator to survive. The burden on the healthcare system greatly sets this apart from many other ways people die in the thousands every year. If you don't take COVID-19 seriously enough to avoid coming in contact with other people as much as you feasibly can, you're essentially asking doctors to choose whether someone less likey to survive should get a ventilator and proper care for their recovery over someone who is more likely to survive. They shouldn't have to make that choice. I can't even imagine having to make that choice. That's not a concern with those other ways people commonly die. The spread is much too rapid to ignore. You don't lock down the country over a bad flu season. This is an entirely different beast.

That's what I get for thinking this was a safe place.

Back in 2008.

Does that pre-date the ReZero chibi show?

LOL only Ace episodes of One Piece. They uh.... run out of those pretty quick. Princess Principle is an inspired pick.

I could finally have Ninja Turtles on Toonami! Of course 4Kids doesn't own the rights to any of their old dubs anymore, nor their Ninja Turtles series.

Yeah Netflix exclusivity also takes plenty of good shows out of the running. Not that they'd be able to air Devil Man Crybaby uncensored anyway. If those were an option I'd love to see Seis Manos and Castlevania aside from various Japanese cartoons. Also the upcoming He-Man series that's targeted to older audiences. For that matter it really pisses me off that ReCreators, Babylon, Blade of the Immortal and Banana Fish are locked down by Amazon. But I'm mainly frustrated that they may never be dubbed. That said, I think the Hulu lock-down on Blue Exorcist Kyoto Arc, Erased and The Asterisk War may be over soon. Aniplex recently added Charolette to FUNimation's site and I believe it was among the shows Hulu had an exclusive deal for (for the dubs in particular).

To be the least bit realistic here it's probably best to steer clear from a show with as many tits and High School DxD. They couldn't air it uncensored for one thing. The story and the lore is really quite good though. Digging way back for Gungrave. That would be interesting to see. We are all in agreement thus far that Vento Auero should air a bit earlier.

Funny... both Yamato and Gridman slipped my mind. I'd love to see both. I'm a bit surprised you're still pulling for Yamato given how Gundam and Lupin have done. I'd be a bit concerned it would put the audience to sleep.

Here's what I'd do May Schedule: 11:30 - Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 12:00 - Blood Blockade Battlefront 12:30 - Made in Abyss 01:00 - KonoSuba 01:30 - JJBA Golden Wind 02:00 - Black Clover 02:30 - Shippuden Blood Blockade Battlefront and Made in Abyss are stellar shows with a good mix of action, drama and comedy (Blockade certainly the more comedic of the two but not without many dramatic moments). KonoSuba is a hilarious take on isekai and we could all use some more laughs right about now. Mob is well overdue and it would be a good opportunity to air that second season. If Food Wars were to continue then I'd wait a bit on Made in Abyss and pair up Blood Blockade with KonoSuba. Other shows I'd consider: Astra: Lost in Space, Re:Zero, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, No Guns Life (the first season anyway), 91 Days, Cautious Hero, Grimore of Zero, FLIP FLAPPERS, The Ancient Magus Bride, Sarazanmai, Keijo!!!!!! and Danmachi. I don't think it's too late to run Madoka Magica, Tiger & Bunny, Log Horizon, No Game No Life, Psycho-Pass or Magi but they should probably air later in the block if they do air. Going even older, I'd like to see them run Darker than Black and Baccano if Aniplex can even offer those.

I made this a separate thread because a fantasy schedule discussion doesn't really suit the existing threads. Here's the scenario. Pick replacements for My Hero Academia, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer and Food Wars (unless you continue it into season 3). They have to be shows that are already dubbed. There's plenty of feasible options so I'd like to see what you folks would pick up if you suddenly had to grab three or four shows for Toonami to start airing in April and May. If you want you can post a whole schedule or you can just list the shows. Perhaps go into detail as to why you picked those particular shows. You can also go a step further and select possible replacements for JoJo and Black Clover for the Summer as well. Again, only shows that are currently dubbed because dubbing probably wont resume for at least a couple of months.