OwlChemist81 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 This really bizarre news just in from FUNimation (well, actually, this news story is dated 9/5/19) regarding a screening of the final episode of Dragon Ball Super at New York Comic Con on Sunday, October 6th: https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/09/05/my-hero-academia-new-york-guide-to-funimation-at-new-york-comic-con-nycc-2019/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=092019-cv-nycc2019&utm_source=&utm_content=blog&utm_nooverride=1 Now reading between the lines, it's probably a sneak peek, which means that the final episode of Dragon Ball Super will have to air on Toonami after that. So, it would be airing at 11 PM on October 12th if that's the case, with a brand new show, or maybe its 2nd episode, following at 11:30 (and that's probably Demon Slayer). Now, we've got only 4 episodes of DBS left, so how can that be done? The answer is I'm anticipating another "one-time cut" to Toonami, like what we saw with the April Fool's Day stunt in 2017 where they aired Rick & Morty Season 3's first episode all night, for "Pete Smith night". He retired from Adult Swim in 2017, and ever since, [as] has aired a mixture of Bob's Burgers (which they're losing soon-ish) and The Brak Show (so I guess after that it will just all be Brak) on September 28th. So, I posit that it's likely that Bob's Burgers and/or Brak will air before Toonami on 9/28, then Toonami will begin at Midnight on 9/28 (technically 9/29, not Pete Smith day anymore) with Dr. Stone. So, Pete Smith gets his night and Dr. Stone gets to begin Toonami for once at Midnight. But this would only happen for one night, as on October 5th, DBS returns with its next-to-last episode, probably followed by Demon Slayer at 11:30. And then on October 12th, we finally see the English Dub of the final episode of Dragon Ball Super, followed by Episode 2 of Demon Slayer. Meanwhile, Gundam The Origin would have ended at 3 AM on 9/28-9/29, so Lupin can move up to 3 AM on 10/5 and the rerun of MHA would follow at 3:30--BUT I DON'T THINK TOONAMI ENDS AT 4 AM! Instead, we would actually get DOUBLE MHA both that night and October 12th so Toonami stays with its 4:30 end for a while longer, and so MHA Season 3 can finish up its rerun leading to the dub premiere debut of MHA Season 4 at 11 PM on October 19th! As for what would happen to 3:30-4:30 AM on that night, reruns of gen:LOCK and AOT I guess??? So what do y'all think? It's contrived, but it actually kinda makes sense--maybe too much sense? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 That is very interesting. FYI, you KNOW the convention and the streets around that will be a zoo because just think of how much trouble the original version of that episode caused? This WOULD be around the time the next Rick and Morty season would be ready to premiere, because a Rick and Morty panel is gonna be held at the Adult Swim live that we keep seeing advertised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Given FUNimation's tendency to ignore Toonami's existence with regards to "premieres", Toonami may still get to air episode 131 before this panel, specifically the night before on October 5th. Though I won't rule out the possibility that Toonami will have to delay Super a week. Owl's theory regarding Toonami losing an hour for Pete Smith Day may ring true. I kinda want them to do that. 4 hours of Bob's Burgers leading into a Toonami that starts with Dr. Stone? I'm all for it. Alternatively they could buy time by preempting 11-12AM on September 28th and double up DBS on October 5th. Then the week after they can start Demon Slayer and maybe another new show or a same day dub of My Hero Academia season 4. There's a handful of options that are plausible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I like the idea of making Pete Smith day an annual Adult Swim holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Four more episodes till we find out if Toonami can survive without Dragonball. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 31 minutes ago, Daos said: Four more episodes till we find out if Toonami can survive without Dragonball. It may not have to. They'll probably stick DBS Reruns at 3:30 AM after Lupin the 3rd. That's what I would probably do if we're getting MHA S4 in October. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 17 hours ago, elfie said: I like the idea of making Pete Smith day an annual Adult Swim holiday. I'm all for that. They really should give C. Martin Croker a day as well. That's the least they could do for him now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien_Nation Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Is there an actual, legitimate advantage to watching shows exclusively on Toonami these days? Doesn't Crunchyroll have weekly premieres as well? And isn't restricted to a handful of shows... On one channel... Inside of a cable package... One night out of the week... ...? Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Crunchyroll doesn't have the dubs of Dragon Ball Super, Dr. Stone, Fire Force, and Black Clover. For those, you have to go to FUNimation NOW. Also, its dub of DBS is way ahead of the others, which is why it tends to do much better in the ratings, along with the fact that *ahem* it's Dragon Ball. But you do have a point about gen:LOCK, Food Wars, and some of the other shows. And of course Crunchyroll has a larger selection--if you don't mind subtitles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien_Nation Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I didn't even have to watch Dragon Ball Super on Crunchyroll. There would be a tidal wave of subs flooded onto YouTube right after broadcast. I managed to catch every episode on YouTube every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alien_Nation said: I didn't even have to watch Dragon Ball Super on Crunchyroll. There would be a tidal wave of subs flooded onto YouTube right after broadcast. I managed to catch every episode on YouTube every week. They're illegally ripped youtube videos aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien_Nation Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Oh I'm sure they were all of highly questionable legality. Considering most of them were scrubbed within hours... Yeah. Probably yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Alien_Nation said: Oh I'm sure they were all of highly questionable legality. Considering most of them were scrubbed within hours... Yeah. Probably yeah. And I'll bet they were all questionable fansubs of questionable validity. And all from different sources each time, so you got a wildly different translation depending upon which one you stumbled across... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien_Nation Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Oh no. How am I going to understand what's happening in a tournament arc with such unreliable translations. It's going to be impossible to understand what's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 19 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said: And I'll bet they were all questionable fansubs of questionable validity. And all from different sources each time, so you got a wildly different translation depending upon which one you stumbled across... "People killed when they are die." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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