Jman Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-10-14/crunchyroll-announces-most-viewed-anime-for-summer-2019/.152231 Maybe this explains their middling ratings. People are watching the shows...elsewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Jman said: People are watching the shows...elsewhere. We kinda knew this for a long time. It doesn't help that Crunchyroll NEVER plugs their old pal Toonami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hmm do I want to watch anime when it comes out... or wait 3 months to 3 years and hope Toonami gets it. Decisions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Daos said: Hmm do I want to watch anime when it comes out... or wait 3 months to 3 years and hope Toonami gets it. Decisions.... The show's still the show no matter when you watch it. I'm fine with coasting by on inertia. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) If you count legacy shows that aired on Toonami prior to 2019, it's actually 15 out of 20! But you are correct that if you consider subtitles, not one of these shows aired on Toonami before Crunchyroll. And that's something that needs to change. Toonami is making inroads with the likes of FLCL Progressive and Alternative, and next year's Uzumaki and Blade Runner, but they need to go after the golden goose: a World co-Premiere with Japan of a continuation of Dragon Ball Super. An 11 PM Saturday Night dub premiere in the U.S. Combined with like a 2 PM Sunday afternoon Japanese premiere seems about right to me! Keep in mind that Japan is like 15 hours ahead of us. That means that a 5 PM show in Japan that would be simulcast (and dubbed) on Toonami would air at 2 AM at the earliest, if the multilingual aspect is part of the pre-production of that theoretical show. So far, of course, the closest we've come to that is Space Dandy (which was like 9 hours behind in Japan) or FLCL Progressive (which got a theatrical premiere in Japan weeks after its Toonami Premiere). Edited October 15, 2019 by OwlChemist81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmpressAngel Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, OwlChemist81 said: a World co-Premiere with Japan of a continuation of Dragon Ball Super That sounds fucking awful. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Daos said: Hmm do I want to watch anime when it comes out... or wait 3 months to 3 years and hope Toonami gets it. Decisions.... I do this all the time. I did this with SAO: Alicization, OPM Season 2 and Demon Slayer, and now I'm doing this with SAO War of the Underworld. It's called patience. Edited October 15, 2019 by elfie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 If Toonami airs something I've already seen, I do as any good Toonami supporter would do and rewatch it. I did it with JoJo S1 and Pop Team Epic, after all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I have a life, so I DVR Toonami and watch whatever it happens to have that isn't awful. I rarely watch any shows streamed, save perhaps one or two that really have a lot of hype, or are new seasons of shows I liked. (Psycho-pass) Otherwise I just don't watch anime like I used to. Come to think of it, I don't watch TV like I used to. Maybe that is why I'm happier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapinator_X Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I'm pretty sure it's because Toonami airs normie anime like shounen and isekai. It's not that big of a shocker that a popular anime on TV is also popular online and vice versa. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 6 hours ago, imchapp.in said: I'm pretty sure it's because Toonami airs normie anime like shounen and isekai. It's not that big of a shocker that a popular anime on TV is also popular online and vice versa. Actually Toonami barely airs any Isekai. SAO is pretty much it, and it barely counts. Of all the big hit Isekai... Re Zero, Shield Hero, Gate, No Game No Life, Overlord, Slime, Tanya the Evil, Konosuba... well we've aired zero of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Daos said: Actually Toonami barely airs any Isekai. SAO is pretty much it, and it barely counts. Of all the big hit Isekai... Re Zero, Shield Hero, Gate, No Game No Life, Overlord, Slime, Tanya the Evil, Konosuba... well we've aired zero of those. Which is odd because isekai has become the second-fastest growing popular genre in anime, beat only by male idol shows. Each season sees no less than 4 isekai titles. Edited October 18, 2019 by elfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Thank Christ we don't get them on the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/18/2019 at 3:30 AM, Daos said: Actually Toonami barely airs any Isekai. SAO is pretty much it, and it barely counts. Of all the big hit Isekai... Re Zero, Shield Hero, Gate, No Game No Life, Overlord, Slime, Tanya the Evil, Konosuba... well we've aired zero of those. The only one not airing that surprises me is Shield Hero, because Crunchyroll funds the damn show. It would be as easy as getting gen:Lock was, only no massive scandal about fund appropriation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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