The1gairon Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Toonami also announced, a day after the announcement of SAO III on the block, that they're getting rid of the 4-5 hour. Reruns of Pop Team Epic and Iron-Blooded Orphans will be gone. While I never watched late that night to begin with and I doubt they even care about whatever airs in that timeslot, this means the block will soon be reduced to 5 hours long, further heightening the competition for other anime that many have wished would get more exposure on cable TV. This is now matching the length the crew wanted to work with a year ago. Personally, this means that my usual last anime of the night, Hunter x Hunter, will only end ONE HOUR away from the end of the whole block. I'm not too happy that I will have to stay up til 3 in the morning knowing a show as good as that is now so close to the end of the block by comparison. Edited January 25, 2019 by elfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korosu Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, elfie said: Personally, this means that my usual last anime of the night, Hunter x Hunter, will only end ONE HOUR away from the end of the whole block. I'm not too happy that I will have to stay up til 3 in the morning knowing a show as good as that is now so close to the end of the block by comparison. ideally every show on the lineup is good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, korosu said: ideally every show on the lineup is good Well they achieved the goal of the ENTIRE block being filled with hits at least, instead of only half of the block being filled with hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 This is reminding me of what the block turned into in 2015: fewer hours, almost no reruns, and a new season of Sword Art in the middle. But this time, the fandom is more toxic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Less hours but still a solid line up of shows i can dig it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 they also Discontinued the Marathon stream all this worries me 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Wait a minute--they're saying a HALF-HOUR earlier; are we SURE we're not just assuming Gundam's not just moving up to 4?? Edited January 26, 2019 by OwlChemist81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, OwlChemist81 said: Wait a minute--they're saying a HALF-HOUR earlier; are we SURE we're not just assuming Gundam's not just moving up to 4?? The image above says the last show of the block starts at 3:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Gundam is receiving the same fate as most of its characters. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Yeah, but they DID make this mistake previously with the most recent DBS marathon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 2:08 PM, Blatch said: This is reminding me of what the block turned into in 2015: fewer hours, almost no reruns, and a new season of Sword Art in the middle. But this time, the fandom is more toxic. More toxic now? I dunno about that. I think people have mellowed. Maybe I'm just not going to the right places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 7:56 PM, mochi said: they also Discontinued the Marathon stream all this worries me TOONAMI IS DYING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 At least this means less opportunities for them to reanimate the corpse of Bebop. Anyway, since the front part already got chopped off, and these were just reruns, I don't think this will affect acquisitions too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'd say Toonami is actually quite likely to expand back into the 10 PM hour at some point. Now starting February 9th, the whole first 2 hours will be covered up with long-runners, and there won't be any room for seasonal series. That won't work for things like the new seasons of Lupin, Attack on Titan, or One-Punch Man (already assuming Mob Psycho Season 2 gets to replace MegaloBox). There is also that Gundam Origins show that must go SOMEWHERE if Toonami's airing that. So at some point I feel Saturday night will either go back to just having an hour of Family Guy as far as non-Toonami programming in prime-time goes, sandwiched between two episodes of Dragon Ball Super, or the Kai rerun will go to weeknights once Jack ends its run and DBS will lose its power hour encore. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korosu Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 at the very least i can't see them not getting 10:30, if only temporarily for attack on titan, out of necessity. they would likely keep the half hour until at least the end of MHA season 3 and both should end around the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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