Toonami Summer 2024 Predictions Thread

[Mr. Idea Box]

As the Summer season approaches us, we should consider what lies ahead for Toonami.

Gone:

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead: July 6th

Naruto Shippuden: August 17th (pending)

To Be Added:

My Adventures with Superman: Season 2: June

My Hero Academia: Season 7: June

IGPX (HD): Season 2: TBA

Scavengers Reign: TBA

This leaves a couple slots open throughout the months, likely with a marathon or two within.

[Jman]

We’re getting MAWS by June if for no other reason than it fills a slot and DeMarco probably really, really wants Creature Commandos.

Uzumaki will continue to not exist.

[Toonamiguy321]

Demarco continues to be brainless so there will probably be a 4th or July marathon on July 6 so that pushes Zom out an extra week. 
 

The early stretch of summer is gonna be pretty stable. Even once we hit July, Zom is our only swap and we stabilize again till September. 
 

Here’s my June 1 expectation 

12:00 - MAWS S2 (rerun)

12:30 - MHA S7

1:00 - Zom 100

1:30 - One Piece

2:00 - Naruto Shippuden

2:30 - DBZ Kai

And that’s where we will chill till mid July. Similar to Lycoris in the spring, there is no way to predict what replaces Zom as there are no definitive sequels on deck and when Demarco goes to the left field you never know what he will run back with. Might be something cool, might be another One Piece. Perhaps as it approaches there will be a hint somewhere we can chew on. 
 

Superman and Naruto will end late August but accounting for typical delays I expect their replacements to not show up till September. Or I should say, replacement. I’m still putting my chips on Kai being the early Naruto replacement that will simply be elevated to 2a when the time comes. That may be when they decide to tag in IGPX S2 for 2:30. 
 

No doubt that when Superman ends, MHA slides into midnight. If anything takes 12:30, my money would be on a 12 episode show so the slot can be clear later in the year for Dr Stone’s final season. 

[Blatch]

On 4/29/2024 at 11:53 AM, Jman said:

We’re getting MAWS by June if for no other reason than it fills a slot and DeMarco probably really, really wants Creature Commandos.

You're just exactly perfect on the first point:

[Sketch]

Actually premiering on Toonami this time

While we all saw Supes replacing Ninja Kamui most weren’t counting on Toonami getting the premieres and probably none of us had a Memorial Day Weekend premiere on our bingo cards but here we are.

Really makes the two weeks of NK marathons feel extra needless because if they are in fact holding space for MHA on June 1st then they could have kept airing extra One Piece till then and kept ZOM going.

But perhaps we are trading two weeks off in May in exchange for normal lineups on May 25th and July 6th. That would finish Supes on July 20th and leave 10 weeks till October. 10 weeks where they could potentially air Primal season 3 (it’s actually been 2 years since season 2) or most of Scavengers.

[Toonamiguy321]

Well, them passing up Memorial Day is a surprise, but we are still on track of where we expect them to go. When Papa Max says to jump, Demarco doesn’t get to do his dumb delays. And it’s actually going to premier on Toonami? That will be a nice bump for viewership. 
 

I’ll still stick with my June 1 prediction, as MHA is still the most logical choice to fill in the extra Superman slot. 

[Sketch]

7 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Well, them passing up Memorial Day is a surprise, but we are still on track of where we expect them to go. When Papa Max says to jump, Demarco doesn’t get to do his dumb delays. And it’s actually going to premier on Toonami? That will be a nice bump for viewership. 
 

I’ll still stick with my June 1 prediction, as MHA is still the most logical choice to fill in the extra Superman slot. 

Your June 1st prediction seems spot on besides Superman being reruns but that was the safest bet.

That looks to be the Summer schedule till ZOM ends. I’ll give a slight chance to IGPX season 2 replacing subbed Kamui but otherwise 3am is gone till Uzumaki in October. IGPX is more likely returning when Shippuden ends.

Though I’ve had a thought recently that maybe they’ll move Shippuden to 1am when ZOM ends to 1) hold a premiere till later and 2) give Shippuden a higher profile exit after over a decade of service. They probably won’t do that but I certainly could.

[Toonamiguy321]

1 hour ago, Sketch said:

Your June 1st prediction seems spot on besides Superman being reruns but that was the safest bet.

And im very glad to be wrong about that. It was such a waste to put it on Thursday. So long as it performs comparable to S1, that will be a very healthy lead in for Toonami rather than a frustrating lead rerun. 
 

1 hour ago, Sketch said:

Though I’ve had a thought recently that maybe they’ll move Shippuden to 1am when ZOM ends to 1) hold a premiere till later and 2) give Shippuden a higher profile exit after over a decade of service. They probably won’t do that but I certainly could.

I am also thinking they will do something for Naruto on its way out. I know it’s a bold assumption since we know they hate doing it, but I’m not completely writing off the chance of a mini marathon of the final stretch of episodes. Finishing out any show that long is cause for celebration, so they might slip out of their comfort zone for it. 

[Sketch]

11 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

And im very glad to be wrong about that. It was such a waste to put it on Thursday. So long as it performs comparable to S1, that will be a very healthy lead in for Toonami rather than a frustrating lead rerun. 
 

I am also thinking they will do something for Naruto on its way out. I know it’s a bold assumption since we know they hate doing it, but I’m not completely writing off the chance of a mini marathon of the final stretch of episodes. Finishing out any show that long is cause for celebration, so they might slip out of their comfort zone for it. 

The last 7 episodes are centered around Naruto’s wedding to Hinata. Blowing all 7 is unlikely but maybe the last four? All 7 will remain after ZOM 100 ends so maybe they actually will move it to 1am for single episodes 3 weeks before airing the final 4 from 1am-3am and refresh the lineup with an additional premiere the following week.

[brianycpht]

2 hours ago, Sketch said:

The last 7 episodes are centered around Naruto’s wedding to Hinata. Blowing all 7 is unlikely but maybe the last four? All 7 will remain after ZOM 100 ends so maybe they actually will move it to 1am for single episodes 3 weeks before airing the final 4 from 1am-3am and refresh the lineup with an additional premiere the following week.

I got to say: they should do something to cap it off. A 500 episode show running straight through without taking a break or changing networks is a monumental achievement 

[Mr. Idea Box]

(whistle) Well, I certainly wouldn't have expected THIS to show up so soon!

Back-to-back Superman premieres on Memorial Day Weekend. Neat. And from the looks of that trailer, they're really shooting for the stars here. No pun intended.

I wonder if the 4-episode MHA recap airs on Toonami as well as the new season. If it does, that means November could see a double dose of Plus Ultra. Either way, we're fully booked until mid July.

Naruto pushed up an hour for its last 10 episodes does sound good, though. Better not expect that to happen, then.

[KageRageX]

Here's what I see going down June 1st:

12:00: My Adventures with Superman
12:30: My Hero Academia
01:00: ZOM 100: Bucket List of the Dead
01:30: One Piece
02:00: Naruto Shippuden
02:30: Dragon Ball Z Kai
03:00: Immortal Grand Prix
03:30: My Adventures with Superman

Then after ZOM 100 and Superman ends:

12:00: Scavenger's Reign
12:30: My Hero Academia
01:00: One Piece
01:30: One Piece
02:00: Naruto Shippuden
02:30: Dragon Ball Z Kai
03:00: Immortal Grand Prix
03:30: Primal Season 2

After Shippuden

12:00: Scavenger's Reign
12:30: My Hero Academia
01:00: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
01:30: One Piece
02:00: Dragon Ball Z Kai
02:30: Dragon Ball Z Kai
03:00: My Adventures with Superman
03:30: Primal Season 2

[Toonamiguy321]

3 hours ago, Sketch said:

The last 7 episodes are centered around Naruto’s wedding to Hinata. Blowing all 7 is unlikely but maybe the last four? All 7 will remain after ZOM 100 ends so maybe they actually will move it to 1am for single episodes 3 weeks before airing the final 4 from 1am-3am and refresh the lineup with an additional premiere the following week.

If I’m understanding the synopsis right, the first 4 wedding episodes are just set up. Those can stay in the weekly rotation. The last 3 are where the meat of the wedding is, and having all 3 of those back to back would be an excellent sendoff to Naruto. And with the Kai marathon and these two upcoming ones, they have 3 skipped episodes nights to play with anyway that wouldn’t offset its end date from where it was at the start of the year. 
 

37 minutes ago, Otakuninja9000 said:

Here's what I see going down June 1st:

Again, they aren’t going to extend Toonami for more reruns. Especially Primal which most of the Toonami crowd is sick even thinking about. Plus, I’m pretty sure Primal just had a 3:30 run not that long ago. Even keeping 3 is a longshot right now. 

[Sketch]

4 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

If I’m understanding the synopsis right, the first 4 wedding episodes are just set up. Those can stay in the weekly rotation. The last 3 are where the meat of the wedding is, and having all 3 of those back to back would be an excellent sendoff to Naruto. And with the Kai marathon and these two upcoming ones, they have 3 skipped episodes nights to play with anyway that wouldn’t offset its end date from where it was at the start of the year. 
 

Again, they aren’t going to extend Toonami for more reruns. Especially Primal which most of the Toonami crowd is sick even thinking about. Plus, I’m pretty sure Primal just had a 3:30 run not that long ago. Even keeping 3 is a longshot right now. 

Hmm yeah that could work out for Naruto but then they'd need some weeks of double One Piece leading up to that after ZOM ends.

Primal finishes a run at 3:30am this Saturday but it starts right back up from episode 1 on May 11th/12th after the Kamui marathon.

[Jman]

If movies weren't a complete no-go I would suggest seeing Naruto off with an airing of The Last, but that seems very unlikely.  

Scavengers Reign seems like an obvious choice to the point I'm surprised it hasn't aired yet.  

MAWS is getting reran for at least Season 2 unless Gunn and Zaslav personally step in.  And the only way I see that happening is if they get to air Creature Commandos, which as per Gunn's latest update, is still on track for a Fall release.  Then again, I'm pretty sure if DeMarco is given the opportunity to air Creature Commandos over a glorified Y7 show, he'll take it without a second thought.  Cue what Gunn has been hinting is the theme song.

Unfortunately besides that the pickings are slim.  IGPX will probably be used to patch up the block later in the summer, although I don't see Unicorn returning since DeMarco probably sees the optics of two Y7 shows airing at once.  

[Toonamiguy321]

Fresh schedules are in, and MHA S7 won’t be joining us any time soon. With Zom staying at 12:30, I guess MHA will replace that. 

Gotta say though, this is a real dumb way to handle the schedule going forward. Why not just cut 3am? They obviously don’t have the content for it. Why another Ninja Kamui run? This is the first original people actually liked and they are gonna make people hate it like Primal S2 by overusing it. 
 

Notice they are already trying to normalize 2am Kai. 

Edited May 3 by Toonamiguy321
Mistake

[PokeNirvash]

Can't hate an overplayed rerun if you don't watch it.

[Mr. Idea Box]

While I agree that 3:00 AM is useless now, there are good elements of this lineup.

1. Shippuden's last cycle of episodes have a chance of getting higher ratings. It might not be a big chance, but it IS a chance.
2. They're airing more Demon Slayer, meaning they still have the show available.
3. My Hero Academia's season premiere could be the same night as Superman's season finale, meaning July 20th could be a passing of the torch. Fitting, considering All Might in particular.

But yeah, I would have tossed that slot or given it to IGPX if it was up to me.

[Top Gun]

So uh, guys, I think I know what's coming down the pipe:

https://twitter.com/ToonHive/status/1785716178343596163

[Toonamiguy321]

2 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

While I agree that 3:00 AM is useless now, there are good elements of this lineup.

1. Shippuden's last cycle of episodes have a chance of getting higher ratings. It might not be a big chance, but it IS a chance.
2. They're airing more Demon Slayer, meaning they still have the show available.
3. My Hero Academia's season premiere could be the same night as Superman's season finale, meaning July 20th could be a passing of the torch. Fitting, considering All Might in particular.

But yeah, I would have tossed that slot or given it to IGPX if it was up to me.

1. Naruto probably will get better ratings simply by airing earlier, but why does that matter? There isn’t really an audience benefit there. 

2. They have the stuff they already aired available. Not really something anyone will be excited about, especially with how much you have to trudge through to get to it.

3. It will either replace Zom or Superman. My money is on Zom because MHA will be yesterdays news by the time Superman ends. 
 

53 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

So uh, guys, I think I know what's coming down the pipe:

https://twitter.com/ToonHive/status/1785716178343596163

Ah my favorite show, The Writers Barely Disguised Fetish.

[Mr. Idea Box]

59 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

So uh, guys, I think I know what's coming down the pipe:

https://twitter.com/ToonHive/status/1785716178343596163

On the one hand, I hope this is meant to be a joke.

On the other hand, between My Adventures with Superman and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal being meant for Cartoon Network and the "reputation" this show has amassed, plus the original show's prior history on Miguzi, it wouldn't be that out of the ordinary when given a second thought. Maybe even a third or fourth.

Spoiler

On the third hand, merfolk transformations are just about the only niche this series hasn't officially covered yet.

 

[Sketch]

10 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Fresh schedules are in, and MHA S7 won’t be joining us any time soon. With Zom staying at 12:30, I guess MHA will replace that. 

Gotta say though, this is a real dumb way to handle the schedule going forward. Why not just cut 3am? They obviously don’t have the content for it. Why another Ninja Kamui run? This is the first original people actually liked and they are gonna make people hate it like Primal S2 by overusing it. 
 

Notice they are already trying to normalize 2am Kai. 

Air IGPX season 2

Level: Impossible

I’m not surprised they are rerunning Entertainment District, they surely would if they could, so they are. But drop 3am if all you’re gonna do is toss Kamui reruns on at 2:30am.

Double One Piece is tapped for now and they aren’t rushing to finish Shippuden much less ZOM, so now we get a full hour and a half of reruns.

ZOM doesn’t even air the night Superman returns… That’s 3 weeks off for ZOM specifically but nah we gotta make sure Kai airs and start Demon Slayer reruns that night. Purely stall tactics and it does ZOM no favors.

If we don’t get the recaps in the contract then MHA won’t be too far behind the dub in July but if we do get the recaps then Toonami will be like 12 episodes behind Japan by July. That’s half the season including the 4 recap episodes. If that happens then I’m seriously questioning if it’s Toonami trying to spread out big premieres or if CR is forcing an even wider gap. But for all we know, this could be the season where negotiations don’t pan out and Toonami is denied MHA for a long time if not “forever”. Nothing’s a sure thing these days.

We’re lucky Superman isn’t encores this time because if it was then this schedule would kinda reek. But speaking of lightly used programming, Scavengers Reign would have been much preferred to an extra block rerun. Come on WBD!

[Toonamiguy321]

3 hours ago, Sketch said:

We’re lucky Superman isn’t encores this time because if it was then this schedule would kinda reek.

I didn’t even consider this. 3 premiers and 4 reruns, and 2 of the premiers are weak shonen. Would have been a trash schedule to rival last year. Might be all our luck for the year to save us from that. 

[Sketch]

The latest preview confirms Rickanime for Toonami (and Max) so actually a Toonami premiere it seems. Potentially what will replace Superman unless they still wait till fall. Would they dare do a subbed hour with Rickanime and Uzumaki in October?

[brianycpht]

31 minutes ago, Sketch said:

The latest preview confirms Rickanime for Toonami (and Max) so actually a Toonami premiere it seems. Potentially what will replace Superman unless they still wait till fall. Would they dare do a subbed hour with Rickanime and Uzumaki in October?

I think they’ll do a Saturday premiere/ Sunday encore. They probably figured doing the reverse would give worse results since people would have a whole week to watch it and it is an established Sunday show, so they’ll want to get that audience in there- especially with no season 8 this year 

Real risky to lead off with a subbed show- but it’s such a big IP that I think it’ll get away with it. 

[Toonamiguy321]

6 hours ago, Sketch said:

The latest preview confirms Rickanime for Toonami (and Max) so actually a Toonami premiere it seems. Potentially what will replace Superman unless they still wait till fall. Would they dare do a subbed hour with Rickanime and Uzumaki in October?

Did they say Toonami premier, or just that it would be on Toonami? Unfortunately, I do agree that a Saturday premier, Sunday encore makes a lot of sense, I just really don’t want it to be the case because that almost guarantees it gets parked at midnight. The R&M crowd doesn’t care about it, the anime watchers don’t care about it, it will make for a brutal lead in if that’s the case. Then the obligatory rerun, and marathon, bleh. 

[OwlChemist81]

8 hours ago, Sketch said:

The latest preview confirms Rickanime for Toonami (and Max) so actually a Toonami premiere it seems. Potentially what will replace Superman unless they still wait till fall. Would they dare do a subbed hour with Rickanime and Uzumaki in October?

That would be ALMOST Fall. Supes ends in like August.

[Sketch]

1 hour ago, OwlChemist81 said:

That would be ALMOST Fall. Supes ends in like August.

Fall starts in late September but I’m talking October or November, the usual time they start Rick & Morty.

So if Rickanime isn’t 4th quarter then big AS premiere in November is potentially Primal season 3 or Get Jiro.

[Mr. Idea Box]

Hi, guys. If this article is to be believed, then the Rick and Morty anime will in fact drop in July or August.

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/rick-and-morty-anime-release-date-summer/

In conclusion, this looks to be the summer plan for Toonami.

• May 2024:
  • My Adventures with Superman premieres its second season.
  • Toonami Rewind launches on Fridays.
• June 2024:
  • Zom 100 comes back for the remaining episodes.
  • Ninja Kamui begins its second rerun cycle, its first in a once-a-week cycle. The sub is presumably never getting reruns.
• July 2024:
  • My Hero Academia premieres its seventh season on Toonami.
  • Rick and Morty: The Anime replaces My Adventures with Superman at Midnight.
• August 2024:
  • Naruto Shippuden finally reaches its series finale.
  • One Piece moves back to 1:30 AM. It's just there.
  • Scavengers Reign takes up the 1 AM slot behind Rick and Morty and My Hero Academia.
  • IGPX gets its remastered second season on Toonami after being snubbed in February.
• Fall 2024:
  • Uzumaki airs in October, culminating in a marathon of both it and Housing Complex C on November 2nd.

I admit my current prediction for July, August, and October might be muddled, especially with DBZ Kai theoretically becoming exclusive to Toonami Rewind if its two episodes a week plan holds water. But given the episode orders in place, I have a feeling either Demon Slayer or Dr. Stone would have to wait until January. Or both of them wait for the new year and Primal takes its place. Who can say at this point?

[Toonamiguy321]

That’s not the only place to be claiming a summer release so I think it might be truth. I’m not interested in it at all, but the sooner we get it, the sooner every single AS premier doesn’t have to have a sneak peek of it tacked on. 
 

I think your roadmap is pretty much correct, but I’m holding the theory that MHA will start in June and replace Kai. That would leave the Zom slot open for a different show in July. I also have doubts about Scavengers now that it’s cancelled, not much sense promoting it on cable now.

We should probably also consider the potential curveball if Rewind shits the bed. All that stuff has to get dumped somewhere. So please nostalgiababies that always beg for these shows, do your duty and watch Rewind.

[brianycpht]

8 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

That’s not the only place to be claiming a summer release so I think it might be truth. I’m not interested in it at all, but the sooner we get it, the sooner every single AS premier doesn’t have to have a sneak peek of it tacked on. 
 

I think your roadmap is pretty much correct, but I’m holding the theory that MHA will start in June and replace Kai. That would leave the Zom slot open for a different show in July. I also have doubts about Scavengers now that it’s cancelled, not much sense promoting it on cable now.

We should probably also consider the potential curveball if Rewind shits the bed. All that stuff has to get dumped somewhere. So please nostalgiababies that always beg for these shows, do your duty and watch Rewind.

I really want this to do well, but I can see the plethora of complaints already about why it’s a bad time and people can’t watch. For the average working adult, it is kind of at a bad time. But I’ve also seen every other type of reason why other times are bad too. There is just a certain segment of the population that just won’t do appointment viewing anymore and don’t like to be told they have to watch at a certain time. People say they want this stuff, but when it’s time to tune in- will they?
 

 Hopefully DVR will heavily factor in here. They will never put things in prime time and take FOX time away, but perhaps 7pm is a possibility after the encores of Superman end. But this has to do well