Toonami

[Peanutbutter]

Like I said a while ago about Lupin, people in America want to root for old-fashioned heroes, not thieves. Granted, I love Lupin but while he takes down criminals bigger than him most people just won't look past that part.

[Foggle]

The problem with airing Lupin on Toonami is that a large amount of the people who'd actually want to watch it:
A) Have already seen it
B) Prefer the Japanese audio
C) Don't want to stay up until 3am to watch an episode with commercial breaks

Like, I am a huge Lupin fan/advocate and simply cannot be bothered to watch it on Toonami because of all three reasons. In general, I'd say the block is good for introducing people to shows, not airing niche series people have already made up their minds about; airing mainstream stuff like MHA or simulcasts like Fire Force makes way more sense.

[Avaitor]

Those are all fair points. I do like the dub cast, especially moreso with the last two parts as opposed to Part II's weird pop culture inserts, but there doesn't seem to be much more overlap between Toonami viewers and the (relatively) few fans of the franchise in the state.

[Peanutbutter]

The problem with airing Lupin on Toonami is that a large amount of the people who'd actually want to watch it:
A) Have already seen it
B) Prefer the Japanese audio
C) Don't want to stay up until 3am to watch an episode with commercial breaks

Like, I am a huge Lupin fan/advocate and simply cannot be bothered to watch it on Toonami because of all three reasons. In general, I'd say the block is good for introducing people to shows, not airing niche series people have already made up their minds about; airing mainstream stuff like MHA or simulcasts like Fire Force makes way more sense.

^All of that too. A lot of anime series would probably do fine if they were given fair chances in other time slots than Saturday night.

[Daikun]

Toonami is co-producing an anime of Junji Ito's Uzumaki.

[Avaitor]

Really cool! This will help give the block a little more diversity, considering how shonen heavy it's become as of late.

[Avaitor]

Dragon Ball Super marathon on the 28th, and season 2 of One Punch Man October 12th.

[Daikun]

Color me impressed. Toonami hasn't had any marathons AT ALL this year.

They usually start around May, then have a marathon every month or two. I'm impressed at their restraint.

[Avaitor]

tbh I think they've decided against them because ratings have been down across the board all over, so there isn't a point.

The only reason they're probably doing this one for DBS is because they needed another week to secure OPM. And maybe KnY, whenever we get that.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Considering the massive decrease in production quality from OPM season 1 to 2, KnY would have a pretty good shot at being their next big hit on the block should they ever get the rights to air it.

[Painted Outlaw]

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DB Super finale on October 5th followed by double eps of Dr. Stone (six and seven which would be new to the block).

[Avaitor]

Considering the massive decrease in production quality from OPM season 1 to 2, KnY would have a pretty good shot at being their next big hit on the block should they ever get the rights to air it.

They announced that they have the rights a while ago, but don't have a release for it. Which is definitely out of the ordinary for Toonami.

Edit: KnY starts on the 12th.

[Daikun]

Golden Wind is coming October 26!

Also, Boruto is taking a break.

[Avaitor]

Good news to me. Golden Wind isn't my favorite Jojo series thus far, but it was a good run, and I'm more than fine with it replacing Boruto, which I just can't get interested in.

What I'm less sure about is KnY going to 1:30 am. That's pretty late for a new series, but at the same time, it seems like none of the new shows Toonami has tried to follow up DBS with has done all that well in comparison. Maybe it'd maintain better ratings being sandwiched into the lineup.

[Daikun]

MHA season 4 starts November 9 at 11PM