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Seemingly nobody has the TV rights or home video rights to Re: Zero here. A similar situation to what Parasyte and HxH had while they were simulcasting on Crunchyroll before Sentai and Viz were able to secure the distribution rights. The rights may be caught in a bidding war.

Okay I'll bite. What are the redeeming qualities of Gundam: IBO in your opinion? The pro's IMO - Mika isn't a typical mopey Gundam protagonist - The emphasis on family and brotherhood - Some side characters are likable despite how little we got to know most of them - The space mafia stuff has a certain charm to it - At least Kudelia isn't Relena Peacecraft - The battles are not poorly choreographed The con's IMO - Far too much meandering in the middle of the series - A sense that very little gets accomplished in the first season - All that talking yet characters aren't more fleshed out? - Kudelia taking so long to "do something" - Arguably poor attempts to make you care about some characters right before they die - When interesting things are happening they tend to rush through them, it's very "hurry up and wait" most of the series - Over the top / cartoonish enemies like Carta and Tiger Pants that feel very out of place in a serious drama and not in a good juxtaposition type way - Occasionally jumping ahead weeks into a battle not allowing viewers to experience the battle first hand Bottom line, it has it's moments but it meanders way too much while rushing through "the good stuff" to meander some more and doesn't get much done in 25 episodes. Considering it's not an adaptation of a novel or a manga the pacing should be considerably better and from what I've seen of season 2 it has only marginally improved in that regard. I do hope it manages to make good on everything that has happened thus far but I get the feeling it wont.

No, Academia isn't bad at all. And no they are not editing out battles. IBO's problem isn't even the frequency of battles IMO. It's boring and it spends a lot of time talking yet doesn't do a great job of fleshing out most of it's characters or giving me a reason to care. For the general audience the lack of battles might be a problem but the general audience stuck around for Michiko & Hatchin. If IBO's character interactions and story were more gripping then it probably would hold more of the audience because it has some genuinely cool moments and Mika is a welcome change of pace from the typical mopey Gundam protagonist. But everything else is decidedly lukewarm all around IMO. There's nothing magical about it airing on Toonami that made IBO worse it was always just this mediocre IMO. Or at least it quickly became mediocre after a decent and promising start.

It's very solid shounen. It's not exactly original for super hero stuff but it's unlike most shounen anime because of it. As for Gundam Unicorn. I liked what I saw of the OVA (2 or 3 episodes I honestly forget) so I hope the TV cut is just as good or better. At one point I figured they'd air UC between IBO seasons but when they were down to one rotating premiere slot I was of the mindset that they'd give Gundam a short break, well so much for that. Definitely a vast improvement over IBO. I hope people give it a chance.

We all know you're just trying to rattle cages. Man if FG and DBZ aren't also significantly down due to competition, hoooooooooo boy that is unfortunate for the rest of the night.

Which means they are at least aware of it. You can't say that about the majority of anime any given year.

It's not that Jason doesn't want to play a sports anime it's that the network wont let him air another one. After IGPX and Prince of Tennis, I can't say I'm surprised but they really should have tried Fighting Spirit and Keijo!!!!!!!! honestly does fit and the fights are surprisingly technical despite how ridiculous they are. We're talking over the top on the level of JoJo or DBZ sometimes.

Darn it AL, I wanted to be the first to call an encore of CWCLV on the 17th. Or a double JoJo perhaps.

Folks had better watch if they want the regular lineup to air on Thanksgiving weekend next year. Last year the Parasyte marathon did as well as a regular lineup. Halloween on the other hand tanked last year and it did this year as well so I guess they felt Thanksgiving weekend would do fine. On the other hand this could be to finish Kai before January but it also causes IBO to finish on Dec 10th. So it will be interesting to see how the Dec 17th lineup looks.

FUNimation can and probably will make a Y7-FV dub for Dragon Ball Super at the behest of Toei who is the company that is really going to decide where the show ends up.

I feel like I've seen this coming for a while now. Cartoon Network which once treated Pokemon like a golden goose has pushed it aside and limited it to one airing a week on the main network while Boomerang has an hour a day around 10PM EST on weekdays and nothing on weekends. I didn't think much of it when Disney got BeyBlade's backlog recently, I just kind of figured no one else was interested but now that they're throwing down big bucks for the 19 previous seasons of Pokemon on top of the new episodes and 15 movies I gotta started thinking they have some plans brewing. Even before this I thought DXD was a strong possibility for Dragon Ball Super but this has erased any remaining doubts in my mind. At the very least I'm sure DXD has interest in acquiring the Dragon Ball franchise and they can most likely outbid Turner for Super and renewing Kai if they want to. 2017 is going to be an interesting year for anime on US television but it looks like starting early next year the only anime on basic cable will be airing on Toonami.

Well considering that, this looks pretty alright in 18-49s.

When was the PPV over? Comedy looked to be doing about what it has done lately.

It usually feels a bit long to me.

Unlike JoJo AND IBO, HxH has always done well to retain the viewers from it's lead-in so you're talking nonsense boyo. The only thing that's gonna take one of those five long running series off is a contractual issue like say a potential conflict of interest. They're not gonna drop any of them of their on volition.

JoJo is not holding DBZ very well and that's disappointing to see but a 0.48 is anything but bad for 12:30AM premiere on Adult Swim. I know it's too early to say but maybe just maybe they should swap HxH and JoJo come January. Even though I figure Battle Tendency will get more interest, Hunter x Hunter is gonna really ramp up by then and it's already proven itself this year regardless of it's time slot. So maybe they could consider that. I figure they'll put something new at 12:30 in January but they could put HxH at 1AM and JoJo at 1:30 to see how that does. On the other hand Hunter will be fine at 1:30 and JoJo would probably look just fine if it wasn't following DBZ. So that movie, I think it did alright for where it was considering the first hour was not counted at all so what you have is an average of 4AM-5:30AM or 3AM-4:30AM if you want to think of it that way. Had that first hour been counted it likely would have averaged quite a bit better. I don't really see these results causing Toonami to air more movies but I do think it met their expectations for the time period. At the very least it bested Hellsing X and FMA Milos despite airing much later in the night either. It didn't quite beat EVA 2.22's rerun that ran from 2:30-5AM but again only the later hour and a half was counted in this case and it likely would have beat EVA 2.22's rerun had that been the case.

Jason and Gill have been rewatching Tremors and Dune lately I take it?

This season I've decided to watch the following: - Yuri!! on ICE (sub and dub) - Keijo!!!!!!!! (sub and dub) - Flip Flappers - Girlish Number - March Comes in like a Lion - Sound Euphonium Season 2 - My Wife is the Student Council President Season 2 - Show by Rock Season 2 (started sub, I'll switch to dub) - 91 Days (dub, already watched the sub) - Orange (dub) - Joker Game (dub) - Trickster (dub) - Izetta: The Last Witch (sub and dub) - Kiss Him, Not Me - Ninja Girl & Samurai Master - To Be Hero - Scorching Ping Pong Girls - Long Riders - Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Season 2 I watched one episode of Drifters but I think I'll just watch it dubbed same goes for Mob Psycho 100. Waiting for the ReLife dub though I've seen it subbed. Not sure when I'll start Dragon Ball Super and I'm very behind on JoJo and One Piece subs.

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