Invincible Fight Girl premieres on Toonami on November 2nd

[Sketch]

One hour premiere on November 2nd on Toonami.

I’ll say I’m at least a little surprised Toonami gets the premieres instead of Thursday. Probably will get encores Fridays at 7pm like Superman did.

We know the first November show now.

[Jman]

I was hoping it would premiere opposite the second half of Kinnikuman Perfect Origin, or even funnier, the same night as Saturday Night’s Main Event in December.

Oh God, we’re going to have AEW talent advertising this show, aren’t we?  There goes my idea to have the promos for the show resemble pro wrestling promos.

 

Edited October 8 by Jman

[OwlChemist81]

3 hours ago, Sketch said:

One hour premiere on November 2nd on Toonami.

I’ll say I’m at least a little surprised Toonami gets the premieres instead of Thursday. Probably will get encores Fridays at 7pm like Superman did.

We know the first November show now.

The 1-hour premiere is an interesting development, since it implies an empty timeslot on November 9th. Hopefully that's gonna go to MHA S7.

This weekend we're up to 14-15 of S6, which has 25 episodes. With 10 left, there are a number of ways they can get there. It's a foregone conclusion, with extra long episodes of R&MTA, Uzumaki, and Demon Slayer, the 19th only gets 2. So running 4 episodes each the 26th and November 2nd seems most logical. But since if both nights are expanded to 4 AM, and there is a bonus hour on 11/2, it might make more sense to run only 2 episodes on 10/26 and 6 on 11/2, especially because an Uzumaki marathon would be longer than 2 hours, and they probably still plan on running DBZ Kai. So, we'd have IFG, OP×2, and MHA×6 from 12-4 AM on 11/2, and then MHA S7 would start 11/9 at 12:30, probably with double One Piece afterward.

Or, they COULD bring back IGPX REMASTERED for Season 2. That's ALSO an option!

[Toonamiguy321]

Whats surprising about it? No one cares about this, no sense trying to cash in on Thursday with this one. 
 

This is disappointing, but not surprising news. Two more slots to deal with now.

Id say best case scenario, they drop MHA S7 in on the 9th for 12:30. How can they get there? It’s simple. Run IFG for an hour, then after that utilize DST to blast through what’s left of MHA. Normally, that would be a stupid idea, but when the block has no other noteworthy premiers, who cares? One Piece fans know they gotta pay back all those double ups so they will deal. So this will be 11/9

12 - IFG

12:30 - MHA S7

1 - One Piece

1:30 some rerun

2 - some rerun

2:30 - some rerun

Once again, utilize the DST change confusion to sneak in a a cut and get the block back to 3 hours. And solve the problem of needing 3 premier shows by simply deleting one of the open slots. If they are feeling generous, and have any extra ones in the tank, One Piece can always take 1:30 as well, up to how much they can spare before the Jan reset. Remember, there are only 6 regular Toonami nights left starting 11/9, so it isn’t that long for them to be in a holding pattern. 

Edited October 8 by Toonamiguy321

[Jman]

See you say that but given how this adheres to the Twitter and Tumblr Approved Character Designs, you will have people marking out for what still looks like someone decided Tiger Mask W was “problematic” and made the socially acceptable version of it.  Honestly, with how badly their attempts at anime originals have panned out, this is quickly becoming their only source of steady programming.

[Sketch]

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Whats surprising about it? No one cares about this, no sense trying to cash in on Thursday with this one. 
 

This is disappointing, but not surprising news. Two more slots to deal with now.

Id say best case scenario, they drop MHA S7 in on the 9th for 12:30. How can they get there? It’s simple. Run IFG for an hour, then after that utilize DST to blast through what’s left of MHA. Normally, that would be a stupid idea, but when the block has no other noteworthy premiers, who cares? One Piece fans know they gotta pay back all those double ups so they will deal. So this will be 11/9

12 - IFG

12:30 - MHA S7

1 - One Piece

1:30 some rerun

2 - some rerun

2:30 - some rerun

Once again, utilize the DST change confusion to sneak in a a cut and get the block back to 3 hours. And solve the problem of needing 3 premier shows by simply deleting one of the open slots. If they are feeling generous, and have any extra ones in the tank, One Piece can always take 1:30 as well, up to how much they can spare before the Jan reset. Remember, there are only 6 regular Toonami nights left starting 11/9, so it isn’t that long for them to be in a holding pattern. 

Like I said the only somewhat surprising thing is Toonami didn’t just get the encore. That was always in question.

[Mr. Idea Box]

Oh look, it's the show we all expected to be the November premiere. But at this time, it doubles as damage control.

It would be nice if we got a "race to the finish" MHA S6 marathon on Daylight Savings Night, Season 7 premiering the next week, IGPX Season 2 filling a rerun slot, AND a third batch of new episodes at 1 AM. But at this point in the year, it's best to just be pleasantly surprised.

[Otakuninja9000]

Looks good! I'll check it out!

[Sketch]

They've given this a few different promos already. If they don't want it to succeed they sure are making it seem like they do.

[Mr. Idea Box]

10 hours ago, Sketch said:

They've given this a few different promos already. If they don't want it to succeed they sure are making it seem like they do.

Oh, I want it to succeed. I just don't want it to air at Midnight.

[Sketch]

I also want it to succeed and wish the premieres were on CN or at least at 7pm on Friday (probably will encore there though).

Its stupid that they threw this to Adult Swim and I strongly doubt it will get renewed but here's hoping for a miracle.

[Jman]

I'm admittedly annoyed by the series, but I think it's because it falls into so many of the checkboxes of modern pseudo-anime from the West that it's getting obnoxious.  Pseudo-anime in general seems to be losing popularity among casual viewers depending on the art style, with the Kong show from Powerhouse falling flat on its face and Tomb Raider on Netflix failing to make the Top 10 opposite DanDaDan, which did despite being a weekly release.  I'd probably be less annoyed if it weren't on Adult Swim.

Still, people are looking for the real thing.  

[brianycpht]

13 hours ago, Sketch said:

I also want it to succeed and wish the premieres were on CN or at least at 7pm on Friday (probably will encore there though).

Its stupid that they threw this to Adult Swim and I strongly doubt it will get renewed but here's hoping for a miracle.

I’m starting to think projects they don’t expect to renew will get the Toonami premiere but ones that have potential go to Thursday 

[Toonamiguy321]

I’m on the Jman team here, I want this to flop for two reasons. One, so it goes away, and second, as Jman said, it’s yet another western project that has no original ideas of its own and it just going to rip off anime for 10 episodes. The west needs to get out of this rut. 
 

The lead also seems like she is going to be insufferable. 
 

1 hour ago, brianycpht said:

I’m starting to think projects they don’t expect to renew will get the Toonami premiere but ones that have potential go to Thursday 

Well, Superman got to premier S2 on Toonami and got a 2 season renewal out of the deal. I’m thinking IFG is just something they do not care about at all so they are tossing it to Toonami as late year slot coverage. 

[brianycpht]

3 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

I’m on the Jman team here, I want this to flop for two reasons. One, so it goes away, and second, as Jman said, it’s yet another western project that has no original ideas of its own and it just going to rip off anime for 10 episodes. The west needs to get out of this rut. 
 

The lead also seems like she is going to be insufferable. 
 

Well, Superman got to premier S2 on Toonami and got a 2 season renewal out of the deal. I’m thinking IFG is just something they do not care about at all so they are tossing it to Toonami as late year slot coverage. 

It actually benefited Superman because I think they had mentally wrote if off when deciding to give it to Toonami 

[Jman]

3 minutes ago, brianycpht said:

It actually benefited Superman because I think they had mentally wrote if off when deciding to give it to Toonami 

I feel like for better or for worse that show ran on “Do the opposite of Snyder” and got a fanbase off of that.  But that got a Thursday release.  For better or for worse, it was also Superman, probably one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the entire world.

Edited October 14 by Jman

[Toonamiguy321]

57 minutes ago, brianycpht said:

It actually benefited Superman because I think they had mentally wrote if off when deciding to give it to Toonami 

I had seen the staff kinda tempering expectations on there being more before it premiered, so I think even they didn’t know. The final episode is also written in a very “this is the last episode” kind of way.  Superman and Toonami go together, I don’t know why they thought this show couldn’t stand on the block. 
 

 

57 minutes ago, Jman said:

I feel like for better or for worse that show ran on “Do the opposite of Snyder” and got a fanbase off of that.  But that got a Thursday release.  For better or for worse, it was also Superman, probably one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the entire world.

People have been wanting a return to this for a long time. The ol “what if Superman was actually a dick” thing ran its course. Technically, MAWS is supposed to be Lois Lanes show, featuring special guest star Superman and Jimmy, but it still feels like it’s Superman’s show where he gets to be a good boy and help people. 
 

I don’t expect the staff to do a Jack S5 pivot, but I do expect the staff to use slight increase in freedom for the new seasons. Some aspects, such as the junior reporter team, feel like aspects added to the show purely because it was going to be a kids show. Max still wants it on the kids section, but I don’t think they run as tight of a ship as CN. 
 

Anyway, back to the topic at hand, unlike Superman, IFG doesn’t have any long term fans showing up to give it a chance, or willing to look past some of the more childish aspects. So it’s gonna need some kind of miracle to gain enough traction for an S2. 

[viperxmns]

Dat whiplash when you're watching Uzumaki and then a promo for what was supposed to be a CN show comes on?

[Jman]

$5 says this special is introduced by AEW wrestlers.

I’m also pretty convinced I’d be on a normal level of dislike for this show rather than full bore chugging Hatorade if I hadn’t watched the new Kinnikuman arc during the summer.

[Toonamiguy321]

4 hours ago, Jman said:

$5 says this special is introduced by AEW wrestlers.

I’m also pretty convinced I’d be on a normal level of dislike for this show rather than full bore chugging Hatorade if I hadn’t watched the new Kinnikuman arc during the summer.

That’s even more out of place than on Toonami. Do they think people won’t notice this is a kids show? 

[Blatch]

5 hours ago, Jman said:

$5 says this special is introduced by AEW wrestlers.

I’m also pretty convinced I’d be on a normal level of dislike for this show rather than full bore chugging Hatorade if I hadn’t watched the new Kinnikuman arc during the summer.

Woah, that's a throwback to the AT&T years! For a while they'd cross-promote TBS shows by putting premiere episodes on [as] and maybe vice-versa.

[Sketch]

They are also encoring ep 1 on Thursday after some actual wrestling, which only makes sense

 

[MasqueradeOverture]

Kiddy-ass shit

[Jman]

18 hours ago, MasqueradeOverture said:

Kiddy-ass shit

This is why I'm seriously questioning how well this is going to do opposite an AEW whose champion is Jon Moxley, a stereotypical hardcore wrestler whose ideas tend to be focused on blood and guts.  The CEO of Moxley Plumbing isn't exactly someone I think would introduce people to a kids show.  At least in Kinnikuman, people get busted open, blood escapes from the mouth, and all that stuff.  

[OwlChemist81]

🤯

If you thought the lineup for Toonami was gonna be boring in November--THINK AGAIN!!!

 

Unknown at this time which season of Blue Exorcist it's gonna be, but it's LIKELY going to be the new one!

Edit: dammit, it's a rerun of the first season. I was hoping it would be something new to Toonami, but maybe if it's a mainstay, we get the new seasons in 2025? In the meantime, well, at least we're getting Mashle.

Also, MHA slows to one episode, but this run would run out November 30th.

[Mr. Idea Box]

I'm holding out hope for Kyoto Saga coming next year, if they're willing to pull this show out of the mothballs.

I do have a pertinent question regarding IFG, though: How many episodes did they say the season would have? I'm thinking between 10 and 13, but it could be one of those numbers.

[Toonamiguy321]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

I do have a pertinent question regarding IFG, though: How many episodes did they say the season would have? I'm thinking between 10 and 13, but it could be one of those numbers.

As with most western shows, it’s 10 episodes. So we should finish it before 2025

[Mr. Idea Box]

Just now, Toonamiguy321 said:

As with most western shows, it’s 10 episodes. So we should finish it before 2025

Thanks for clarifying. Wasn't sure if they announced the episode count or not.

[Otakuninja9000]

I thought IFG was gonna have 20 episodes....

[Sketch]

8 hours ago, Otakuninja9000 said:

I thought IFG was gonna have 20 episodes....

I’m honestly not sure what the total is at this point. Usually they green light 20 and split it as two 10 ep seasons.

[Sketch]

Just interviewed a director on the show (Matthew Bordenave) and I hope to have that up within then next day or so. After talking to him I am all the more excited to see more of the series.

[OwlChemist81]

My ideal scheduling of Blue Exorcist:

Nov. 2-30: Eps 1-5 (one/week)

Dec. 7-21: Eps 6-8 (same)

Jan. 4-25: Eps 9-12 (same)

Feb. 1-22: Eps 13-16 (same)

Mar. 1: Mardi Gras Blowout of Filler Eps 17-25 (Midnight-4:30 AM)!

Mar. 8: Kyoto Arc begins, DST begins

 

[Sketch]

It’s been up a few days. Give it a listen.

 

[Jman]

7 hours ago, Sketch said:

It’s been up a few days. Give it a listen.

 

Western animators trying to imitate anime are the equivalent of cargo cults.  How the hell do you mention a wrestling show based on anime and not mention Kinnikuman or Tiger Mask once?  Especially Tiger Mask if you’re a fan of pro wrestling given there have been six wrestlers that have carried the mantle and with the exception of Minowa (who’s a cult figure in MMA) they’re all legends?!  It’s not like the franchises have been idle either.  But your influence is Naruto?!

I know I shouldn’t be annoyed, but I can’t help it.

[Sketch]

32 minutes ago, Jman said:

Western animators trying to imitate anime are the equivalent of cargo cults.  How the hell do you mention a wrestling show based on anime and not mention Kinnikuman or Tiger Mask once?  Especially Tiger Mask if you’re a fan of pro wrestling given there have been six wrestlers that have carried the mantle and with the exception of Minowa (who’s a cult figure in MMA) they’re all legends?!  It’s not like the franchises have been idle either.  But your influence is Naruto?!

I know I shouldn’t be annoyed, but I can’t help it.

Given even the Kinikuman co-creator is disappointed at the performance of the new anime overseas, it’s safe to say it’s easy to miss Kinikuman and Tiger Mask anime and still have watched and enjoyed many anime.

[Toonamiguy321]

2 hours ago, Sketch said:

Given even the Kinikuman co-creator is disappointed at the performance of the new anime overseas, it’s safe to say it’s easy to miss Kinikuman and Tiger Mask anime and still have watched and enjoyed many anime.

Yea but that’s never the case for these people. The only anime they know is DBZ, Sailor Moon, Naruto and whatever the current FotM Jump series is. Whatever they watched on Toonami as a kid and whatever is reaching them through heavy cultural osmosis. And that’s why their final products always suck because they just rip from those 3 shows every single time.

I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised, anyone with an actual decent lineup of anime inspiration would never try to make fake western anime in the first place. 

[Jman]

9 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Yea but that’s never the case for these people. The only anime they know is DBZ, Sailor Moon, Naruto and whatever the current FotM Jump series is. Whatever they watched on Toonami as a kid and whatever is reaching them through heavy cultural osmosis. And that’s why their final products always suck because they just rip from those 3 shows every single time.

I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised, anyone with an actual decent lineup of anime inspiration would never try to make fake western anime in the first place. 

I might be expecting too much that actual professionals engage with their material outside of the most surface-level takes, but Ultimate Muscle was fairly successful in the US, to the point that it got a whole extra season because of its popularity here.  Why are you trying to imitate anime in the first place?  That's my first question.  The guy has experience on numerous comic book adaptations that didn't need to imitate anime.  We have our own distinctive art styles.  Use those.  

This already looks girlbossed to hell with the usual Current Year requirements, and the fact that it is a cargo cult of a production is not helping.

[PokeNirvash]

If I ever made a Western cartoon of my own, I'd namedrop Steel Angel Kurumi as one of my influences, just to see how bewildered the expressions on the interviewers' faces get.

[Toonamiguy321]

7 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

If I ever made a Western cartoon of my own, I'd namedrop Steel Angel Kurumi as one of my influences, just to see how bewildered the expressions on the interviewers' faces get.

“So Toonamiguy, your TV Y7 children’s show is about to air very early in the day on Nickelodeon, right after SpongeBob. What were your inspirations when making this show?”

Well you see, I love anime, always have for a long time. My main inspiration for this show for children was one of my all time anime favorites, Redo of Healer. 

“Oh, I have never heard of that one before, usually people I interview say something like DBZ or Sailor Moon! I’ll have to check that one out myself to see what it’s all about! I’d also encourage my millions of viewers to check it out as well!”

 

[Jman]

Apparently the creators of the show are graduates of the Jason DeMarco School of Searching for People To Start Shit With.

Now this may strike some viewers as harsh, but…

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Jman

[Toonamiguy321]

Oh ho ho yes, now this is where the entertainment happens. Western creator is immediately busted for their copy and paste work from anime (because it’s always the same anime they copy from so people can immediately sniff out the scenes) and immediately goes to social media to damage control. 
 

And of course, they never get it. The issue isn’t liking anime, it’s that YOUR show, distinctly not anime, is just a compilation of iconic anime scenes and tropes and has no identity of its own. They aren’t roasting anime, they are roasting the staff.