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Just because they had stupid policy in the past is no reason to continue it.

So if the mecha is destroyed does that mean they die or...

More from the Demarco brain trust.

Star Wars as a fictional franchise exists in this world confirmed.

Will the war still be on by the time they're ready, Doc? Looks like we gotta edgelord on our hands. 6 months lol. How have you lasted against that nano BS even this long, much less another 6 months?!

They're acting like children lol.

In the show or in the thread?

Sarcasm helps us see things more clearly.

Jesus is that how they actually look?

More shenanigans from Frieza. Frieza's reaction to being called evil LOL. A constant death beam cage. That's creative. Gohan sacrificed himself to take out Dispo? Maybe it was worth it? So then we wait until next week for Goku and Vegeta vs Jiren battle to continue.

And why didn't Dispo do this earlier? How powerful are the Zenos really if they can't follow this battle? Gohan DAAAAAYUUUUUMMM.

So he's fast because he's a rabbit? You have big ears too, Beerus. Why didn't Frieza turn gold sooner?

THAT'S what Dr. Stone is about?! That's quite something. It's a whole lot to absorb. I hope that cute girl doesn't stay stone until the end of the series.

FUCK YOU, DEMARCO! Yes, we were all watching it on Toonami! And it's outperforming nearly everything in the lineup even now! So fuck off with that "LOL IF YOU DIDN'T WANT IT MOVED BACK SO LATE YOU SHOULDA WATCHED IT LOLOLOLO" crap!

Looks like it is coming to Funimation Now in October. That was in the Youtube description for the trailer for the dub of it. I didn't watch the trailer itself so I would avoid spoilers for the season finale. So there will be a simuldub on Funimation Now at least? I just read a Collider article that says Funimation is premiering (well premiered, now) the season 4 premiere at Anime Expo on July 6th? And I ended up getting a spoiler for a new character intro after I read this article anyway. The show is premiering October 12th. Surely Funimation wouldn't be showing the episode before Japan? I have to assume there was some Japanese convention where the premiere got screened at around the same time or earlier. Otherwise that's just really bizarre. But there is no proof that Toonami is getting a simuldub, possibly similar deal to what went on with Attack on Titan Season 3, or something. Just because Toonami is airing the reruns of the episodes they already have the rights to, doesn't mean they will get or currently have the rights to season 4. Guess we'll just have to wait and find out. I still think it's stupid to death-slot the last few episodes of season 3, either way. I'll just quote what I said in the Dr. Stone thread here - My thing is, is why are they going to the trouble to locking down MHA, after what they've just done with Season 3? Anyone just following MHA on Toonami has had to put up with a lot of schedule changes, most of them pretty tolerable, though, but going from decent time slot to ass end of the block is quite a lot to deal with, to expect people to keep following it. So, it goes from decent time slots, to death-slot, back to decent time slot? They want as many viewers as possible to follow on Toonami and not go elsewhere, right? But they pull a stunt like that? Yeah, lots of people are still watching it at that time, as MHA continues to outperform the shows coming on before it, and yeah they can watch on DVR or cable on-demand, but I'm sure a sizable chunk of them went elsewhere, and probably won't come back. They really expect viewers to be loyal through all that, or, if they left, to come back when they get season 4? This strategy is idiotic, to say the least.

Yeah I'm not quite getting the "logic" or "strategy" of Demarco here.

Demarco himself actually stated that Gundam Origin was moving to 1, and also that Toonami was contracting, remember? Neither of those happened, and they had to have been going after Fire Force at the time, so I have no idea what Demarco was thinking with those Twitter posts. It still remains to be seen if Food Wars was part of a package deal with Sentai or not. We're all assuming that because it's outright madness to get Food Wars otherwise. If not, Demarco is even more cracked than I thought.

Oh, well, I see. I'm sure we've seen other instances where characters blocked or withstood attacks by using their aura. Either way, Gohan didn't actually touch the edges of the discs! The Cell part was still cool, though. And I can legit see Jiren's working because he punched the discs on the flat part, right? And then he caught the other one. So he countered them while looking like a badass, but didn't touch the edges. I think that's valid. Is the Gohan thing canon? Super probably really isn't canon given that it's not wholly created by Toriyama, and it's not adapted from a manga, either. Even with all the craziness and goofiness of Toriyama over the years, he was consistent with the characters and their personalities, and a lot of the rules and lore, at least while he was making the series, anyway. Of course, I don't take any of the nonsense he's said since then as canon, since it directly contradicts things, like what he's said about Goku's personality, that he just cares about fighting strong people. Goku liked to fight but he clearly cared about people, and this was seen all throughout the series. So yeah, that's basically just like the random stuff that J.K. Rowling will say. It may be said by the original creator, but it's not in the actual story, so it's not canon.

What do you mean by premium? I don't get what you're saying here. My thing is, is why are they going to the trouble to locking down MHA, after what they've just done with Season 3? Anyone just following MHA on Toonami has had to put up with a lot of schedule changes, most of them pretty tolerable, though, but going from decent time slot to ass end of the block is quite a lot to deal with, to expect people to keep following it. So, it goes from decent time slots, to death-slot, back to decent time slot? They want as many viewers as possible to follow on Toonami and not go elsewhere, right? But they pull a stunt like that? Yeah, lots of people are still watching it at that time, as MHA continues to outperform the shows coming on before it, and yeah they can watch on DVR or cable on-demand, but I'm sure a sizable chunk of them went elsewhere, and probably won't come back. They really expect viewers to be loyal through all that, or, if they left, to come back when they get season 4? This strategy is idiotic, to say the least.

Other shows besides Dragon Ball can definitely lead off the block. It hasn't always been this way. Attack on Titan failed because they tried rerunning it in the same slot. My Hero Academia was before Super. I think if Super wasn't present and it was just MHA, the result might have been different? People have been so conditioned to think that Toonami starts with Dragon Ball, so they probably just didn't adjust to watching anything before that if they weren't already. And just in general I think performance might have been different if MHA was really given the chance to stand on its own without Dragon Ball in the equation, but I could be wrong. My personal pipe dream is we finally get Bleach's final arc animated, co-funded/produced by Adult Swim/Toonami. I think Bleach: Bankai has a nice ring to it. That means "final release," it's a major part of the series, and well - Bleach was a stalwart for ASA and Toonami for many years, after all. If not that (and most likely isn't that,) maybe Dr. Stone, MHA, or Fire Force can do it, or any other number of big shows still out there that have been mentioned before, if any of them last long enough and are popular enough, and if this popularity translates to Toonami. Toonami has been so dependent on Dragon Ball for so long, which is very funny when you think about Demarco saying "we don't need Dragon Ball," before it was available, then snatched up Kai as soon as it as available, and now here we are. If they really haven't made any serious plans for when Super ends, then they're extremely foolish. And I hope they don't try to just rerun it, at least not in the same time slot. Though maybe with most shows being seasonal and ongoing long-runners going the way of the dodo, Toonami may be in trouble and have to somehow adjust their strategy to deal with the current way things are done in the industry. I don't know. But they better come up with something. But I mean, getting things like Lupin (though I like it, it's not very popular,) Gundam Origin, and Food Wars at a time like this is wasteful and not smart. Toonami can't afford to be fucking around like that right now. They need to get their shit together.

Yes but then why did they death-slot it? If they're so intent on keeping it, you'd think they'd use it better. If it's purely just to keep it away from competitors, this makes them look like hypocrites after Demarco talked about being upset about other networks doing the same thing to them. Acquiring shows just to sit on them, so Toonami can't have them. I can't think of who it was right now, but it happened with 3 shows back in the old days, and Demarco seems to still hold a grudge over it even to this day (to a block that no longer exists that was original Toonami's competition at the time.)

To make up for the sins of last week -

Black Clover Page 83 Discussion Last time on Black Clover-- AS I WAS SAYING. Before that... The Black Bulls damn near killed Langris for his deadly attack on Finral, and no one would have shed a tear. The Wizard King actually decided to allow the match between Asta and Langris team to happen right away, impromptu. We learned that the Wizard King had set up this tournament partially to find out who might be an unwitting traitor helping the Midnight Sun, which is apparently why Langris only got off with admonishment and allowed him to continue fighting in the tournament. We also learned that Xerxe is an avenger of sorts, going after corrupt and evil Magic Knights. How will the match go? Find out tonight, on Black Clover, on Toonami!

Seems odd they're seemingly trying to lock it up, but death slotted the last few episodes of season 3? I don't get it.