OwlChemist81 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 THIS JUST IN!!! I was checking to see if Pre-Flight from SDCC would be replaced tonight (I kinda hope not), but I ended up seeing THIS shocking new development: And I thought they lost the rights to OPM on 7/16/18, but I guess they decided to renew it?? While I'm glad that Punchy is back, it's a shame that it couldn't be a Gundam show, as they're remaining curiously absent from the lineup. Also, I have a bad feeling about Shippuden. AOT has to go somewhere, and FLCL: Progressive's rerun has one episode left. Or, maybe AOT S3 temporarily replaces MHA and MHA comes back the following week? Either way, we need expansion of some sort in September to showcase FLCL Alternative. Alternative has already been announced for 11:30, so AOT pretty much has to be either 10:30 (with expansion) or 11 (with no expansion) in September, but it would suck for its timeslot to change right away. Either that, or its previously-announced timeslot needs to change. And if NO expansion, then that means Shippuden would be going "bye bye" on 8/25 right in the middle of the 5 Kage arc before the franchise returns on 9/29 with Boruto. I'm immensely enjoying the 5 Kage arc so I REALLY hope THAT'S not the case! So hopefully there IS expansion to 10 PM on 9/1 to showcase FLCL Progressive twice, and that continues on 9/8 with Dragon Ball Super, MHA, and perhaps AOT in new timeslots. That way Shippuden can keep on chugging along at 2! Also, this new almost unprecedented THIRD run of OPM will most likely end in early November; could that mean that's when Toonami gets Season 2? If not then, maybe to kick off 2019?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Staking their claim on Season 2 before everyone runs to watch it on Netflix and Hulu when it inevitably hits. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Maybe this time Viz and Madhouse will dare to do an international world premiere on Toonami? I mean, probably not, but MAYBE so?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korosu Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 shippuden isn't leaving expansion has to happen on 8/18 now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) It's official: Viz Media loves Toonami. They'll probably be at second base by the 11th. At this point, I think it's likely Megalo Box premieres in the next (early) open slot, and we get OPM S2 immediately afterward. Edited July 28, 2018 by Blatch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 So did they renew their license to run it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korosu Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 10 pm confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 hours ago, korosu said: 10 pm confirmed Sauce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMoltar Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, elfie said: Sauce? Backdoor schedule 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 You have to look at the negative spaces. It shows no Toonami shows but R&M is gone and Family Guy is at 9:30, with only a single episode of The Venture Bros. between them. That means Toonami is expanding to 10 PM to welcome AOT, but the question is "in what timeslot"? 10 PM would be awesome but insane. 10:30 would be great as well, and would only displace DBS, and if you're gonna do that and put it in an earlier slot than ever on Toonami, 3 weeks from now would be the time to do it. But MHA would be displaceable as well IF they're going to show the recap on the 11th. It turns out that's not the plan though as they're skipping over Episode 13.5 "Hero Notebook". Kind of a shame considering that might not be a bad way to introduce the show to a prime time audience. But it's actually quite possible that after AOT Season 2 got snubbed and placed in a late-night timeslot, they'll really be rolling out the red carpet for Season 3 and premiering it at 10 PM! At least it's likely that it will get 10:30. Problem is, I probably won't see it for most of the season at that earlier hour because I'll likely be watching College Football instead and catching it on my DVR, while DBS just might end up during halftime. But if the earlier time works out better, I say go for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 No fanfare for the 10 PM slot then? That seems weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 None YET. Generally they're not aware that WE'RE aware of the backdoor schedule. I'm sure that fanfare will be coming in early August, and people will wonder why they couldn't make this happen sooner. But I believe that there was some kind of tightrope walking this time to avoid the extensive use of "Voice of God" in the topicals that resulted from an earlier simuldub and giving the voice actors room to breathe, yet doing it early enough for FUNi's liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 great so I have to put up with Puri Puri Prisoner again (''-_-'') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Or you could not watch the rerun at all, like so many other people do. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 So are they not ever going to to put a new show in that slot again? At least it's a show that hasn't run in a while though. And it will be fun to have My Hero Academia and One Punch Man on the block at the same time. And yep, definitely locking things down so they can get season 2 as well. They need to get rid of Bebop, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 12 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said: None YET. Generally they're not aware that WE'RE aware of the backdoor schedule. I'm sure that fanfare will be coming in early August, and people will wonder why they couldn't make this happen sooner. But I believe that there was some kind of tightrope walking this time to avoid the extensive use of "Voice of God" in the topicals that resulted from an earlier simuldub and giving the voice actors room to breathe, yet doing it early enough for FUNi's liking. I thought somebody blabbed to Demarco about it and he had it disabled. Waiting so late to promote things really doesn't make sense, though. Most networks will promote stuff months ahead of time so everyone is sure to know by the time the new show premieres, to be there to watch it or set their DVRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korosu Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 the servlet only went out two weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The Williams Street guys are kind of idiots at promoting things. Lazzo said that the reason they didn't make as much anime promos in the ACTN days was because "promos don't bring people in". And let us not forget when Toonami first came back, and Demarco initially planned to save the announcement of Deadman Wonderland and Casshern Sins for the night of as a throwback to the "tune in to see what's on" days of basic cable, before he was forced to announce them the Tuesday of that week. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 "Promos don't bring people in". Say that to yourself three times. My GOD does that sound incompetent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Not advertising worked out pretty well for Chillers anime block. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 You know, I've asked for Toonami to do at least a tiny bit more advertising outside of the block... but since the FLCL Progressive promo that aired during an NBA playoff game seemingly failed to inflate the numbers, I guess I see their logic in it now. On the other hand, I like that we're getting show announcements earlier than usual as of late, even though Viz is probably contributing more to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Then again, that was before DeMarco became the big boss of Adult Swim, so maybe the stupidhead poop-person that ran it before him said all that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Blatch said: You know, I've asked for Toonami to do at least a tiny bit more advertising outside of the block... but since the FLCL Progressive promo that aired during an NBA playoff game seemingly failed to inflate the numbers, I guess I see their logic in it now. On the other hand, I like that we're getting show announcements earlier than usual as of late, even though Viz is probably contributing more to that. Yeah but it was an unneeded sequel to a cult hit. They knew it wasn't going to do that great... I mean they aired it after MHA which is years old and had already been seen by almost everyone. AOT S3 and OPM2 is what they should spend their advertising bucks on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 1:09 AM, ben0119 said: So are they not ever going to to put a new show in that slot again? At least it's a show that hasn't run in a while though. And it will be fun to have My Hero Academia and One Punch Man on the block at the same time. And yep, definitely locking things down so they can get season 2 as well. They need to get rid of Bebop, though. When they have 8-9 premieres before 2:30AM (which they seem to be doing soon) I don't think they really need another one that late. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 12:31 PM, OwlChemist81 said: THIS JUST IN!!! I was checking to see if Pre-Flight from SDCC would be replaced tonight (I kinda hope not), but I ended up seeing THIS shocking new development: And I thought they lost the rights to OPM on 7/16/18, but I guess they decided to renew it?? While I'm glad that Punchy is back, it's a shame that it couldn't be a Gundam show, as they're remaining curiously absent from the lineup. Also, I have a bad feeling about Shippuden. AOT has to go somewhere, and FLCL: Progressive's rerun has one episode left. Or, maybe AOT S3 temporarily replaces MHA and MHA comes back the following week? Either way, we need expansion of some sort in September to showcase FLCL Alternative. Alternative has already been announced for 11:30, so AOT pretty much has to be either 10:30 (with expansion) or 11 (with no expansion) in September, but it would suck for its timeslot to change right away. Either that, or its previously-announced timeslot needs to change. And if NO expansion, then that means Shippuden would be going "bye bye" on 8/25 right in the middle of the 5 Kage arc before the franchise returns on 9/29 with Boruto. I'm immensely enjoying the 5 Kage arc so I REALLY hope THAT'S not the case! So hopefully there IS expansion to 10 PM on 9/1 to showcase FLCL Progressive twice, and that continues on 9/8 with Dragon Ball Super, MHA, and perhaps AOT in new timeslots. That way Shippuden can keep on chugging along at 2! Also, this new almost unprecedented THIRD run of OPM will most likely end in early November; could that mean that's when Toonami gets Season 2? If not then, maybe to kick off 2019?? I'm kinda surprised they're bringing back One-Punch Man to rerun because it looked like they had just lost the streaming rights but with season 2 approaching it makes sense to rerun it. I welcome its return. Saitama makes for good late night rerun fodder. It seems kind of insane that they're expanding even more but they had the opportunity to slide things down to fit in Attack on Titan and chose to fill the opening with a rerun forcing expansion. Not sure if it's a good idea at this point but we'll see how it goes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 12:08 PM, elfie said: Then again, that was before DeMarco became the big boss of Adult Swim, so maybe the stupidhead poop-person that ran it before him said all that. Well, Toonami has proven that wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 9:43 PM, Sketch said: When they have 8-9 premieres before 2:30AM (which they seem to be doing soon) I don't think they really need another one that late. Maybe. But Bebop needs to be Thanos'd regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 10:17 PM, Sketch said: I'm kinda surprised they're bringing back One-Punch Man to rerun because it looked like they had just lost the streaming rights but with season 2 approaching it makes sense to rerun it. I welcome its return. Saitama makes for good late night rerun fodder. It seems kind of insane that they're expanding even more but they had the opportunity to slide things down to fit in Attack on Titan and chose to fill the opening with a rerun forcing expansion. Not sure if it's a good idea at this point but we'll see how it goes. Well the last time they moved the whole block it messed up ratings. Such drastic schedule changes aren't a good idea. They won't repeat that mistake, at least according to what Demarco said at the time. The audience didn't adjust so they moved it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Unfortunately, if you were hoping for Season 2 of OPM to air right after Toonami's rerun, you're shit out of luck. At least the wait means it's almost certain to look pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) ....... ...... ... then why do it? Hey here's a suggestion. Wait until 2020 to tell fans there will be a season 2! Now, instead, you got us waiting for 2 more years!! Way to go! Edited August 9, 2018 by elfie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 It's 1.5 years--hell, not even that at this point! And this crap is NOT corroborated on Anime News Network! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 It's already been almost two years since the new season was greenlit. Virtually all other anime are announced, produced, and then completely aired in that amount of time. The only way I can rationalize this is so that the animation studio (J.C. Staff, in this case) can make it look as brain-meltingly great as the first season. Yeah, the first week or so of 2020 is a while from now, but there are lots of other anime to watch. You don't have to hyperfocus on any one that you especially want to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I don't think you understand just how much time it takes to animate all this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Blatch said: It's already been almost two years since the new season was greenlit. Virtually all other anime are announced, produced, and then completely aired in that amount of time. The only way I can rationalize this is so that the animation studio (J.C. Staff, in this case) can make it look as brain-meltingly great as the first season. Yeah, the first week or so of 2020 is a while from now, but there are lots of other anime to watch. You don't have to hyperfocus on any one that you especially want to see. I mean, as an animator who took the lead in making a few projects, I understand having to take years to make a full season of immense quality to rival that of the first season! I DO think that if they have a new director, he MUST take his time to make the animation perfect and it will be a great challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ngag3 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 The plot thickens! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 DON'T KEEP ME IN SUSPENSE!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 http://toonamifaithful.com/one-punch-man-season-2-set-to-premiere-april-2019-new-trailer-released/ It turns out 2020 was just a rumor, and that S2 will actually premiere in Japan in 2019! Whew! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 This is why we don't listen to FAKE NEWS, @Blatch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 If there were ever a title for Viz and Bang-zoom to try a simul-dub on, it's THIS title! But where could it go? Perhaps to replace Diamond Is Unbreakable if Golden Wind is not yet available! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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