Variety in 2017 vs. 2016

[OwlChemist81]

The year 2016 only contained 14 series/movies on Toonami TV: DBZ Kai; Akame ga KILL!; Parasyte; Samurai Champloo; Naruto: Shippuden; One Piece; KILL la KILL; Dimension W; Hunter x Hunter; Gundam IBO; One-Punch Man; JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; Intruder III; and Children Who Chase lost voices. These 14 shows/movies were all a different franchise. Has 2017 turned up the variety? Let's see...

 

1. Dragon Ball Super (1/7/17)

2. Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters (1/7/17)

3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1/7/17)

4. Gundam Unicorn (1/7/17)

5. Hunter x Hunter (1/7/17)

6. Naruto: Shippuden (1/7/17)

7. One Piece (1/7/17)

8. One-Punch Man (1/7/17)

9. Ghost In The Shell (2/4/17, replaced OPM)

10. Samurai Jack (3/11/17, expansion show)

11. Sand Whale & Me (3/18/17, microseries)

12. Tokyo Ghoul (3/25/17, replaced OP)

13. Attack on Titan Season 2 (4/22/17, replaced JJBA)

14. Lupin the 3rd (6/17/17, replaced GU)

15. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (7/29/17, replaced AOTS2 premieres)

16. Outlaw Star (8/19/17, replaced GITS)

17. Cowboy Bebop (9/9/17, expansion show)

18. Gundam IBO Season 2 (10/7/17, will replace TG)

19. Show TBA to replace AOTS2 reruns on or after 10/21/17

20. Countdown (11/4/17, microseries)

 

And considering we might get another movie/OVA special for the DST hour on November 4th, that would be 21 total movies/series, or 50% more variety than last year! Then again, having a longer block helps with that, and since Dragon Ball, JoJo, and Gundam actually had 2 series each on the block, that would reduce it to 18 total franchises. Still more than last year!

 

The last 11 months of 2015 only contained 13 series, as Toonami contracted to its 3.5-hour format which prevailed for almost the next 2 years, but January adds 6 more series, making 2016 Toonami's least diverse year to date. Toonami's variety hit its grandest year in 2014, with 33 different franchises and a 6.5-hour block, but this year is close.

[Zenigundam]

What a nerd

[The1gairon]

That's mind-blowing.  2016 had a lot going against it, but they are still at fault on their own too. 2017 is so far looking more diverse despite everyone complaining that they only run the same long-running shonen as premieres. 

[OwlChemist81]

Last half 2014 variety vs. Last half 2017 variety:

 

Attack on Titan (11:30) -> Attack on Titan (12:30, 3 AM, 3:30)

Bleach (12 AM); FMA:B (4 AM) -> Hunter x Hunter (1 AM, 1:30)

DBZ Kai (12 AM) -> DBZ KFC (11:30, 12 AM)

Space Dandy (11:30, 12:30) -> Dragon Ball Super (11 PM, 11:30)

Naruto Shippuden (12:30, 1 AM) -> Naruto Shippuden (2, 2:30)

One Piece (1 AM, 1:30); Black Lagoon (2:30, 3 AM) -> Lupin the 3rd (1:30, 2)

Gurren Lagann (1:30 AM, 2) -> Gundam IBO (12:30); Outlaw Star (2:30)

Hellsing Ultimate (12 AM, 2 AM, 3 AM) -> JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (12 AM); Tokyo Ghoul (12:30)

Cowboy Bebop (3:30) -> Cowboy Bebop (3 AM)

GITS 2nd Gig (4:30) -> GITS 2nd Gig (3:30)

Samurai Jack (5:30) -> Samurai Jack (3:30, marathon)

 

The only shows that really have no equivalent are Beware The Batman and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And while there won't be any movies in 2017, there were movie reduxes in the first half at least (Dragon Ball Super remixed Battle of the Gods and Resurrection of F, while Gundam Unicorn Re:0096 was a remix of the OVAs).