Predict Toonami in 2026

[Mr. Idea Box]

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Fresh schedule is up. As already revealed, Dan Da Dan S2 takes 12:30.

Glad to see a visual confirmation of this.

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

And you wanted to watch Lazarus again, right? No? Too bad! Toonami really needs to trim down its rerun section if it’s just gonna be the same handful of junk on loop. 

Then why did they expand to 4 AM in the first place?

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Also, Rooster Fighter continues to be listed without a distinction between dub and sub, while Lazarus specifies dub. So I think they might really be airing the same episode twice a night. 

I've got bad news. If Swimpedia is anything to go by, they really are airing the same Rooster Fighter episode twice in the same night.

https://sites.google.com/site/swimpediaiscoming/toonami-schedules/2026?authuser=0

That's a whole hour of reruns wasted on filler. This isn't the 2000s anymore, Mike.

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Now we just need to hear what replaces Daima and the schedule is set till June. 

Definitely gonna be another rerun. The question is, how old is the rerun?

[PokeNirvash]

Hey, the reruns in back may as well not exist for me, so they can stick whatever they want back there for all I care.

[PokeNirvash]

40 minutes ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

That's a whole hour of reruns wasted on filler. This isn't the 2000s anymore, Mike.

Mike retired six years ago. It's Michael who's in charge now.

[Toonamiguy321]

2 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Definitely gonna be another rerun. The question is, how old is the rerun?

If BE S5 is in the summer pipeline, they might toss on S4 to build up to it. If not, my money is on Mashle. 
 

I have a feeling they can’t get another run out of Bleach based on its absence from streaming. Probably a necessary cost cutting measure to get it on the block in the first place. 

[Top Gun]

Super hyped to start things off with the Cock and Balls Hour.

[Mr. Idea Box]

6 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

Hey, the reruns in back may as well not exist for me, so they can stick whatever they want back there for all I care.

With reruns like those? I'm sorry to say this, but you're pretty much better off just tuning out at 1 AM after Rooster Fighter and DDD. But I won't stop you from watching as much as you can stomach.

6 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

Mike retired six years ago. It's Michael who's in charge now.

Funny, because Michael's who I was referring to. I just thought calling him Mike would annoy the son of a gun.

4 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

If BE S5 is in the summer pipeline, they might toss on S4 to build up to it. If not, my money is on Mashle. 

Decent shows to place at 2:30 in the morning. Doesn't hurt they're better received than the two originals they have bringing up the rear.

4 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

I have a feeling they can’t get another run out of Bleach based on its absence from streaming. Probably a necessary cost cutting measure to get it on the block in the first place. 

Darn. I was hoping they could do some reruns, since they amassed 40 episodes so far.

[Mr. Idea Box]

4 hours ago, Top Gun said:

Super hyped to start things off with the Cock and Balls Hour.

...

You're not wrong. Except that there's only one Ball and two Cocks.

[Toonamiguy321]

So, a couple things with the online schedule. First, it’s showing Ninja Kamui, not Lazarus, as the replacement for Zom. This is reflected on two weeks.

Second, Blue Exorcist reruns replace Daima, but all the way back to S1 ep1, which sucks for anyone hoping S5 might drop in this year. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

6 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

So, a couple things with the online schedule. First, it’s showing Ninja Kamui, not Lazarus, as the replacement for Zom. This is reflected on two weeks.

Second, Blue Exorcist reruns replace Daima, but all the way back to S1 ep1, which sucks for anyone hoping S5 might drop in this year. 

Putting aside BE S5 likely not in the cards for 2026 if this happens, I'd say this is a marked improvement overall. If we have to air reruns, we might as well air decent shows.

[Toonamiguy321]

Quiet schedule update - Blue Exorcist has been removed and replaced by the second episode of S2 of MAWS. 
 

An odd place to start, which synchronizes it to a 12 episode Rooster Fighter run. Could we see S3 dropping in as its replacement?

[Mr. Idea Box]

27 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Quiet schedule update - Blue Exorcist has been removed and replaced by the second episode of S2 of MAWS. 

I don't see Blue Exorcist anywhere on the March lineup. But according to Swimpedia, Ninja Kamui has replaced Lazarus at 3 AM.

27 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

An odd place to start, which synchronizes it to a 12 episode Rooster Fighter run. Could we see S3 dropping in as its replacement?

If what I've found is to be believed, it could also be Ninja Kamui's second season that drops in June. Just saying.

[Toonamiguy321]

1 hour ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

I don't see Blue Exorcist anywhere on the March lineup. But according to Swimpedia, Ninja Kamui has replaced Lazarus at 3 AM.

They made that change Facebook official on Monday. Strangely, no one posted it here. Can’t blame them I guess, rerun 1 and rerun 2 don’t have much difference. 
 

1 hour ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

If what I've found is to be believed, it could also be Ninja Kamui's second season that drops in June. Just saying.

We haven’t heard a peep about S2 or S3 outside of their initial announcement. Zero percent chance it could be ready to air in June. I wouldn’t even say they have a shot at 2026. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

They made that change Facebook official on Monday. Strangely, no one posted it here. Can’t blame them I guess, rerun 1 and rerun 2 don’t have much difference. 

I see.

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

We haven’t heard a peep about S2 or S3 outside of their initial announcement. Zero percent chance it could be ready to air in June. I wouldn’t even say they have a shot at 2026. 

So, it's Toonami's equivalent to The Elder Scrolls 6, where they just made the announcement on a whim to make sure consumers don't flock elsewhere. Got it.

[Toonamiguy321]

38 minutes ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

So, it's Toonami's equivalent to The Elder Scrolls 6, where they just made the announcement on a whim to make sure consumers don't flock elsewhere. Got it.

Not really, that was more what Uzumaki was. Ninja Kamui is still going pretty standard for an anime, announcement of new season, then about 1.5-2 years before release. 

[Toonamiguy321]

The online schedule uncertainty continues. Ninja Kamui is out (despite a Facebook official reveal), and MAWS is taking Zom’s slot.

Then the following week, Ninja Kamui is back, taking Daima’s slot. 
 

They seem to be setting up an immediate transition from RF to MAWS S3, but can’t get the numbers quite right. We will see tomorrow if they make anything official. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

30 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

The online schedule uncertainty continues. Ninja Kamui is out (despite a Facebook official reveal), and MAWS is taking Zom’s slot.

Then the following week, Ninja Kamui is back, taking Daima’s slot. 
 

They seem to be setting up an immediate transition from RF to MAWS S3, but can’t get the numbers quite right. We will see tomorrow if they make anything official. 

I'm just as confused as you are. Here's hoping we get some coherence for once.

[Toonamiguy321]

And here is the official. 
 

With that finally settled, we get a pretty long break from schedule watching, as this lineup is locked in till June. And even then, they are laying some pretty heavy implications that MAWS S3 is what will replace Rooster Fighter. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

5 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

And here is the official. 
 

With that finally settled, we get a pretty long break from schedule watching, as this lineup is locked in till June. And even then, they are laying some pretty heavy implications that MAWS S3 is what will replace Rooster Fighter. 

Looks like it's settled. We're definitely getting a Superman/Saitama Adventure Hour this summer.

[Toonamiguy321]

On the 5am front, Sailor Moon gets the boot in two weeks, and is replaced by Cell saga DBZ Kai. 
 

Personally I don’t give a shit what they do with the weekday slots, but you just know since they went out and spent precious money on DBZ reruns AGAIN, those are going to end up stinking up a Toonami slot in the near future. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

2 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

On the 5am front, Sailor Moon gets the boot in two weeks, and is replaced by Cell saga DBZ Kai. 

Yawn. Let me know when they---CELL SAGA? Hold on a moment. That true?

2 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Personally I don’t give a shit what they do with the weekday slots, but you just know since they went out and spent precious money on DBZ reruns AGAIN, those are going to end up stinking up a Toonami slot in the near future. 

Guess we know what one of the June reruns is. But man, that just sounds like a waste of money. Mind you, a waste of money is certainly not what we need right now.

[PokeNirvash]

Meh, if it's taking a slot already belonging to reruns, then who cares? I don't, and you can't make me.

[Mr. Idea Box]

1 hour ago, PokeNirvash said:

Meh, if it's taking a slot already belonging to reruns, then who cares? I don't, and you can't make me.

That's a great perspective to have on this. Really.

[Toonamiguy321]

As was pretty easy to tell from the extra length blank spot on the schedule, 6/6 will be a full series marathon of Rooster Fighter. 
 

Despite MAWS being confirmed for 6/13 at midnight over 3 weeks ago, they still haven’t released a full 6/13 schedule. 

[PokeNirvash]

[sighs in relief] Good, they didn't spring a surprise "oops we baked too much" 13th episode on us.

[Top Gun]

Aww yeah, cock that lasts for hours. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

3 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

As was pretty easy to tell from the extra length blank spot on the schedule, 6/6 will be a full series marathon of Rooster Fighter. 
 

Despite MAWS being confirmed for 6/13 at midnight over 3 weeks ago, they still haven’t released a full 6/13 schedule. 

Given that the year's nearly half over, or at least nearly packed til August, here are my updated predictions for the rest of 2026:

• June 2026:
  • My Adventures With Superman premieres as scheduled on the 13th.
  • At the end of the month, One-Punch Man replaces DanDaDan as the anime headliner of the summer.
  • Dragon Ball Z Kai gets brought back for even more reruns, likely airing the Cell Games.
  • Another old rerun rears its head at 3:30 in the morning. No clue what it could be.
• July 2026:
  • No Independence Day marathon. But Season 1 of Ninja Kamui might end that night.
  • DBZ might move up half an hour, as the most evergreen rerun currently (as of May) airing at the back.
• August 2026:
  • Ninja Kamui finally premieres its second season at Midnight. Continuing the new tradition is a rerun of the same night's premiere at the tail end of the Absolution.
  • Blue Lock and Tokyo Revengers air their second seasons right after finishing their first ones.
• September 2026:
  • Get Jiro may air here as OPM's replacement. Or, something else takes its place during the Fall lineup.
• October 2026:
  • All the surprises this month happen on Halloween. Uzumaki makes a dreaded return in the literal and figurative spirit of the holiday. But to smooth over those fears, the last available episode of Blue Lock airs after your regularly scheduled Ninja Kamui.
• November 2026:
  • Ninja Kamui ends during the beginning of the month, leaving not one but two programming vacancies to cap off the year.
  • If the Paramount merger actually succeeds, one of the highlighters might be Avatar: The Last Airbender. If that happens, all Hell breaks loose.
• 2027:
  • Tokyo Revengers ends its run in February.
  • Toonami signs off, likely for good. Chances of using the brand to run a free channel on Pluto TV are minimal.

[Toonamiguy321]

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

At the end of the month, One-Punch Man replaces DanDaDan as the anime headliner of the summer.

I hope as hard as I can that you are wrong about this one. Schedule has more than enough mid and sub mid on it as is, and Dan Da Dan is one of the only bright spots. It needs to be replaced by something similarly bright. 
 

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

No Independence Day marathon. But Season 1 of Ninja Kamui might end that night.

The 4th is actually ON Saturday this year. This is one of those years where a marathon is entirely justified and it would be comically irresponsible to not run one. Since MAWS is their own show, they actually do have the freedom to put it on pause. 
 

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Ninja Kamui finally premieres its second season at Midnight. Continuing the new tradition is a rerun of the same night's premiere at the tail end of the Absolution.

There is just no way Ninja Kamui is just gonna drop out of the blue without at least 6 months of lead up showing some kind of work that had been done. Annecy is in June, but Kamui is not on the AS lineup of content. 

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Blue Lock and Tokyo Revengers air their second seasons right after finishing their first ones.

Another thing I hope is wrong. If anything, I’d like to see Blue Lock hit the road after its first season ends. Been a total dud. 

 

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Get Jiro may air here as OPM's replacement. Or, something else takes its place during the Fall lineup.

Just as with Ninja Kamui, it’s been radio silence on Get Jiro for years, and it’s also not in the Annecy lineup. This seems to be the new Uzumaki. 
 

5 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

If the Paramount merger actually succeeds, one of the highlighters might be Avatar: The Last Airbender. If that happens, all Hell breaks loose.

Even if the deal goes through, (and looking at Oracle prices right now, it won’t), I doubt they would muddy the waters on either side like that. Avatar is still marketed to kids, which an AS run would harm. 
 

 

Anyway, for me, I can see Bleach S4 replacing Superman in August. That will have given the dub 1.5-2 months of breathing room. And Viz has been very cooperative with the show. And I’d say we work in Blue Exorcist S5 somewhere before 2026 ends. 

[Toonamiguy321]

Well, even with no Facebook official schedule, the online schedule is fully populated. As with Rooster Fighter, Superman will have an immediate rerun of the new episode in the last slot of the block. 
 

In the second to last slot, Blue Exorcist is listed as restarting from s1. Of course, that may end up not being true like the last time it happened, but if it is, that’s a really dumb move. 
 

Easily could have just cut an hour off the block instead tbh. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

I hope as hard as I can that you are wrong about this one. Schedule has more than enough mid and sub mid on it as is, and Dan Da Dan is one of the only bright spots. It needs to be replaced by something similarly bright. 

Believe me, I don't want that either. But from a business perspective, it makes sense to pair up Superman and Saitama. I mean, what else could they air at half past midnight? Genuinely asking.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

The 4th is actually ON Saturday this year. This is one of those years where a marathon is entirely justified and it would be comically irresponsible to not run one. Since MAWS is their own show, they actually do have the freedom to put it on pause. 

Take my opinion on OPM as their next anime headliner, and multiply that. Seriously though, I do want a Fourth of July marathon this year, but at the same time, the Rooster Fighter marathon might have eaten into their summer budget like that.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

There is just no way Ninja Kamui is just gonna drop out of the blue without at least 6 months of lead up showing some kind of work that had been done. Annecy is in June, but Kamui is not on the AS lineup of content.

So, pencil that in for next year, then. Okay.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

Another thing I hope is wrong. If anything, I’d like to see Blue Lock hit the road after its first season ends. Been a total dud. 

Granted, I haven't seen Blue Lock, so I can't comment. But in terms of programming, I'm non-plussed in either direction.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

Just as with Ninja Kamui, it’s been radio silence on Get Jiro for years, and it’s also not in the Annecy lineup. This seems to be the new Uzumaki. 

If it helps, I don't know what they could add in November. I'm open to any suggestions.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

Even if the deal goes through, (and looking at Oracle prices right now, it won’t), I doubt they would muddy the waters on either side like that. Avatar is still marketed to kids, which an AS run would harm. 

Guess I found myself acting too pessimistic during the predictions. I do hope beyond hope that merger doesn't happen, but let's leave it at that.

On 5/22/2026 at 10:24 PM, Toonamiguy321 said:

Anyway, for me, I can see Bleach S4 replacing Superman in August. That will have given the dub 1.5-2 months of breathing room. And Viz has been very cooperative with the show. And I’d say we work in Blue Exorcist S5 somewhere before 2026 ends. 

Those can work fine.

9 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Well, even with no Facebook official schedule, the online schedule is fully populated. As with Rooster Fighter, Superman will have an immediate rerun of the new episode in the last slot of the block. 

Didn't expect that, but maybe I should have.

9 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

In the second to last slot, Blue Exorcist is listed as restarting from s1. Of course, that may end up not being true like the last time it happened, but if it is, that’s a really dumb move. 

On the bright side, DBZ doesn't clog the schedule again, even if it is reruns. On the other hand, BE is a lot more recent in terms of Toonami programming.

Tough call.

9 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Easily could have just cut an hour off the block instead tbh. 

Probably.

[Jman]

I'm admittedly expecting a premiere date and our first look at the animation for Get Jiro at SDCC in July.  

[Toonamiguy321]

8 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Believe me, I don't want that either. But from a business perspective, it makes sense to pair up Superman and Saitama. I mean, what else could they air at half past midnight? Genuinely asking.

Honestly? Static would be a better option. All OPM S3 would achieve is making MAWS look a LOT better in comparison. 
 

Huh, maybe that’s the plan

8 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Take my opinion on OPM as their next anime headliner, and multiply that. Seriously though, I do want a Fourth of July marathon this year, but at the same time, the Rooster Fighter marathon might have eaten into their summer budget like that.

Marathons don’t take budget, they preserve it. They have a bunch of premiers no one will watch because they will be outside doing 4th of July stuff. This is the way marathons are supposed to be used, a pause for inconvenient nights. The way they used to he mandatory, even if the 4th was way before or after that weeks Saturday, was always stupid and I’m glad it’s stopped, but this year is one of those years we need it. 

8 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

If it helps, I don't know what they could add in November. I'm open to any suggestions.

I’m as out of ideas as you are here. We may just see a return to the usual year end stall session, cause the fall will bring a lot of open slots with no clear answers on what could fill them. 
 

8 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

Guess I found myself acting too pessimistic during the predictions. I do hope beyond hope that merger doesn't happen, but let's leave it at that.

Don’t get too comfortable, if Paramount fails at the acquisition, Netflix still has their offer. And they are worse for the cable networks. 

8 hours ago, Mr. Idea Box said:

On the bright side, DBZ doesn't clog the schedule again, even if it is reruns. On the other hand, BE is a lot more recent in terms of Toonami programming.

Tough call.

For the moment. Ninja Kamui rerun ends a few weeks later, that could be where Kai ends up. 
 

My main gripe with BE is it means there is a zero percent chance S5 airs anytime soon. 

[PokeNirvash]

40 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

My main gripe with BE is it means there is a zero percent chance S5 airs anytime soon. 

Man, you are gonna look so stupid if they wind up announcing Blue Night Saga as DAN DA DAN's replacement next month...

[Jman]

1 hour ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Honestly? Static would be a better option. All OPM S3 would achieve is making MAWS look a LOT better in comparison. 
 

I don’t think Warner is making a new Static show any time soon. J/k

There are active efforts from the Dems to undo the merger but we’ll see if they amount to anything.  Remember, Warner still wanted to spin off the networks regardless.

 

[Blatch]

9 hours ago, Jman said:

I'm admittedly expecting a premiere date and our first look at the animation for Get Jiro at SDCC in July.  

Ahh, Jiro... might as well be the last of the Jedi at this point.

[Toonamiguy321]

3 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

Man, you are gonna look so stupid if they wind up announcing Blue Night Saga as DAN DA DAN's replacement next month...

If the schedule is wrong and they are not starting a rerun of it from the first episode, yes there is a pretty good chance that’s what is happening. 
 

They aren’t gonna run S5 consecutively with a full series rerun. 

[Toonamiguy321]

Here it is Facebook official for those who like it that way. 
 

Will be interesting to see what replaces Dan Da Dan since we know for sure now it’s not gonna be BE S5. 

[Mr. Idea Box]

2 hours ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Here it is Facebook official for those who like it that way. 
 

Will be interesting to see what replaces Dan Da Dan since we know for sure now it’s not gonna be BE S5. 

I mean, at this point, BE is pretty much a long-runner they can afford, a statistic that I'm sure the people running Toonami are secretly happy to admit.

If they do plan out a July 4th marathon, then whatever replaces DanDaDan might need to either wait until the week after on the 11th, or get an unfortunate gap between its first and second episode. Neither outcome is very smart at first glance.