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Pretty darn sure. The moment he started talking I was like "oh it's Vic, of course"

Next week is the Q&A and starting in January they will not have a show topic anymore. I'm disappointed they are leaving some shows unspoken of. There will be a new segment starting in January but they didn't say what it will be about.

I got to thinking about what shows are more likely to remember watching on Toonami and Adult Swim Action and I came up with some lists.

The schedule has Shelter listed at 12:30AM but I wouldn't be surprised if it aired during the first or second DBZ Kai so I would recommend recording the whole first hour of Toonami.

Ya know that's a fair point. Reign is a fugly show but I wouldn't necessarily say it's a bad show. It was one of those "Peter Chung doesn't give a fuck what you think" shows like Aeon Flux and in retrospect the story may actually have been decent or even good. Though it was also pretentious and heavy handed but that's how Chung rolls. I haven't seen enough of Blue Gender to judge. Trinity Blood had some interesting ideas. Able was amusing MC. I liked Moribito when I saw it a few years after it was off ASA. Balsa is a bad ass. Kekkaishi was milk-toast shounen of the most boring calibur IMO and Pilot Candidate was definitely trash.

I'll tune in for Shelter and a few DBZ episodes probably.

Think of it like that Space Dandy / Shippuden promo for the first Saturday in 2014. They did a full line-up promo soon after IIRC and I'm sure they'll do one soon as well. I appreciate that they are doing a group promo like that for their upcoming big premiere night. Kinda shitty not to include JoJo and skip to Gundam but it's good that they are including Gundam. There's also a 30 second Dragon Ball Super promo floating around which is a shorter version of the long promo.

Yeah they were. Now we've moved on to blowing JoJo's drops out of proportion! But seriously, everything is fine.

I don't recognize Koala on the first viewing. I would have to listen more carefully. Vic's performance isn't like his Ed. It's more natural and reserved. I suppose you could say he's trying to sound cool. The tone works though.

I'm serious about the casting. It's Vic. He's not bad in the role at all but I imagine some folks will hate that he's cast as such a significant character. I'm not a really a fan of Vic but I don't think he's a terrible actor, he's just got a grating personality.

That is does not but ANN has a lot of the cast listed.

Yes that's the actor I meant. IS JOKE

The other one that I think is a reasonably big spoiler is...

It's ratings fluctuated but in the first season it never dropped below a million viewers and as you may recall the lead-in was not Family Guy but rather The Boondocks when that show was on the decline. Given that, Dandy did plenty well for itself in season one. It only lost to Bleach one time before it started reruns and kept pace with the Boondocks. Season two dropped a bit from Bleach and really didn't work well between Bleach and Shippuden but had an upswing toward the end. Season One total viewers (not enough 18-49 data is available for this time period) 1,135,000 1,204,000 1,411,000 1,251,000 1,357,000 1,464,000 1,370,000 1,169,000 1,211,000 1,276,000 1,099,000 1,328,000 1,211,000 Total Viewer Average: 1,268,154 Season Two 18-49 Viewers: 432,000 508,000 410,000 396,000 434,000 522,000 519,000 538,000 697,000 556,000 624,000 565,000 702,000 18-49 Average 531,000 I wont say the second season was a smash but it certainly did not tank despite the very weak start on 4th of July weekend. It averaged around a 0.41 18-49 rating which isn't bad for 12:30AM at all and it didn't drop tremendously from it's lead-ins. Summer of 2014 wasn't exactly the ratings high point for the block either.

Yeah that's not how it works unless you marathoned chunks of IBO. I watched it week to week on Daisuki and the pacing was pretty dang bad. The dub in some ways makes IBO more enjoyable because all the information thrown at you at once is easier to process when it's not fast moving text but other than that it's just as bad on streaming sites as it was on Toonami.

How many anime or cartoons in general get references on SNL skits? That's a ridiculous bar. One Piece was referenced on The Simpsons and has plenty of merch in specialty stores.

Weebs wont care for this, it's not showing subbed. That's kind of a problem since they're relying on an audience that will watch the dub but are aware of events that happen in the Dressrosa arc lest they have those things spoiled for their own viewing. I gotta imagine there's not a huge number of people that fit that description. I got the screener and I can honestly say I don't think it was as good as Strong World or Film Z. It's entertaining but it's more flash than substance. It's would be a fine taste of One Piece for a new viewer if not for the major spoilers.

Including ASA only shows, really? And yet nobody said Pilot Candidate Bottom 10 (the shows I would argue were the worst Toonami has ever aired) 10 ) Blue Exorcist 9 ) Akame ga Kill 8 ) Pokemon Chronicles 7 ) Dragon Ball GT 6 ) Tenchi Muyo GXP 5 ) 4Kids One Piece 4 ) Yu-Gi-Oh GX 3 ) D.I.C.E. 2 ) Wulin Warriors 1) Bakugan Battle Brawlers Dishonorable mention to the Card Captors, Sailor Moon and OG DBZ dubs because they have NOT aged well but quality of those shows can still shine through their overwesternized, censored and/or poorly acted dubs. Gotta be honest, I like SAO, Beware the Batman and even the 2012 ThunderCats well enough to keep them off the top 10 but they were close and InuYasha: TFA barely missed the list. I maintain the stance that while Hamtaro was a terrible show to air on Toonami it was cute and not a bad watch. Top 10 (the shows I liked seeing on Toonami the most) 10 ) Batman: The Animated Series 9 ) Parasyte - The Maxim 8 ) Black Lagoon 7 ) One-Punch Man 6 ) Space Dandy 5 ) Justice League / JLU 4 ) Gurren Lagann 3 ) Megas XLR 2 ) Hunter x Hunter 1) One Piece Top 10 (what I would argue are the best shows Toonami has ever aired) 10 ) Sym-Bionic Titan 9 ) Black Lagoon 8 ) Gurren Lagann 7 ) Justice League / JLU 6 ) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 5 ) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 4 ) Space Dandy 3 ) FLCL 2 ) Cowboy Bebop 1) Batman: The Animated Series Top 10 OVERATED 10 ) Dimension W (strictly from a Toonami ratings stand-point) 9 ) Gundam Wing 8 ) InuYasha 7 ) Naruto 6 ) Sword Art Online 5 ) Akame ga Kill (mostly from a Toonami ratings stand-point though this shit is oddly popular) 4 ) Naruto: Shippuden 3 ) Bleach 2 ) Attack on Titan 1 ) Dragon Ball Z One Piece would have made this list if the Toonami ratings weren't as low as they are.

For most of 2016 Toonami has been monotonous and it has only become more monotonous and will be yet even more monotonous in January. There are some great shows airing but it's too much of the same shit over and over and over again. I happen to enjoy most of the shows on Toonami but I'm still burnt out on the same shit all the time. I don't think ASA has ever gotten quite as monotonous as Toonami has become but it definitely had dry spells and 2011-2012 was boring as hell once Durarara finished it's first run.

I dunno Summer 2014 might have that beat. Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, Gurren Lagann, FMAB and Cowboy Bebop. I suppose if you don't like One Piece, Shippuden or Bleach then it's lacking a show comparable to YYH but I'd say One Piece suffices. Lets not forget most of the shows on ASA in 2002 were considerably censored compared to what Black Lagoon was allowed to get away with. I'd take Gurren over Gundam 0083, Dandy and Lagoon are as good or better than Outlaw Star IMO and FMAB is shounen done right. Sure you could argue some shows on the line-up drag it down but lets not forget Pilot Candidate was on Adult Swim Action back then and you can't tell me that even Shippuden filler, Bleach and Beware the Batman are worse than that.

Okay you're trolling. I would have believed you were serious until you suggested Toonami would run 8 hours 6 days a week. You must be very bored today.

You'd never write in to support One Piece or Hunter if you had a Nielsen Diary? That just seems spiteful. I'm a bit surprised you are not getting any enjoyment out of Hunter still considering you had the patience for Bleach but I suppose Bleach hooked you early and despite everything the characters remained endearing to you. I'm glad you aren't dropping One Piece entirely but trying to do everything in your power to get it pulled off Toonami seems rather extreme considering you don't even hate the show. Maybe you should sleep on that for now and decide whether to avoid it on Toonami in a few weeks.

Nonsense, it's airing at 2:30am at reasonable cost for it's position and performance. That really doesn't hurt Toonami at all. It even helps the lack of variety by being a bit more comedic than the other long series. Other shows might do better but it's not as if it loses a huge amount of 18-49 from Shippuden most weeks. The fact that it can even occasionally do better than a 0.35 18-49 at 2:30am gives them no significant ratings related reason to axe it.

It's a short film that is also a music video. Roughly 1 minute of it is narration from the girl the story is about. It tugs at many heart strings. It's also animated by A1-Pictures (studio that brought you Sword Art Online). I think you're gonna like it.

Makes sense to air it around the movie but if they were going to dip into the reserves the first stop should have been Dandy IMO. On the plus side HxH and One Piece aren't moving later to accommodate a new show and it seems even more likely Samurai Jack will get us an extra half hour.