Toonami

[Dr. Insomniac]

Madagascar really killed the hype, I guess.

[Daikun]

Madagascar really killed the hype, I guess.

Um... What?

[Dr. Insomniac]

Madagascar really killed the hype, I guess.

Um... What?

Really big spoilers. Don't read if you don't want to know what happens in the manga.

Spoiler

All of AoT takes place on an island - Madagascar. The ruling family of the three walls escaped there after Africa revolted. See, there was originally a group of chosen people who made a "deal with the devil" to become titans. They conquered the world. Then the world revolted. The chosen people got segregated and discriminated against. Those who escaped went to Madagascar. Those who remained tried to revolt. This included Eren's dad Grisha, who was part of the rebellion. They failed. Grisha's homies all got turned into titans - the same ones from the first few episodes. Smiling Titan? Grisha's FIRST wife. Gentoo Titan and Anime Titan? Members of the rebellion, etc.

Remember Monkey Titan? Grisha's son by first wife. Eren's half brother (same dad, diff mom). Works with Nazi Steampunk Africa to kill the escaped chosen people.

Now Eren's like "Well, if we go past the walls, we got African Steampunk Nazis to deal with so what the fuck do we do?"

The answer? A four year timeskip into the perspective of the peeps on the mainland.

[close]

[Painted Outlaw]

It's times like this I figure, why should I make fun of AoT? Isayama does it for me.

[Daikun]

Really big spoilers. Don't read if you don't want to know what happens in the manga.

Oh. I thought you were talking about the DreamWorks movie.

[Avaitor]

I think at this point OPM has surpassed AoT in general popularity in NA. I would assume the ratings would remain unchanged since there won't be nearly as big a gap between the seasons like there were for AoT.

What, really?

Just a personal feeling. I see a lot of people going on about OPM, including non-anime fans and general audiences, like I used to for AoT. AoT doesn't get as much attention as it used to from non-anime fans.

Yeah, OPM is more recent and therefore fresher in people's minds. Not to mention that we should be getting season 2 by the end of the year, which is a smaller gap than Titan.

That said, hopefully we'll get Mob Psycho 100 soon as well.

[gunswordfist]

Is Mob's dub good?

[Spark Of Spirit]

Really good. It's one of Funi's best recent ones with BBB and MHA.

[gunswordfist]

Ah sweet, I knew it had potential.

[VLordGTZ]

Lupin III Part IV is coming to Toonami on June 17th!!! 

[Dreamer2]

Now this is exciting. I've always wanted to watch something Lupin, but I just never did. Here's my chance.

[Daikun]

So, remember when Adult Swim aired the old Lupin III show back in 2003?

They're bringing back the old dub cast for this new series. EDIT: Except Zenigata.

[Dr. Insomniac]

After watching one of his other shows, the writer for the new Lupin III series unnerves me in ways I never expected.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Obviously ratings can't be that big a deal for show pick ups. Lupin was not a good performer for AS back in the day, and I doubt this will change much.

Still, glad they're trying.

[VLordGTZ]

Lupin getting picked up probably has a lot to do with Demarco being a big fan of the franchise, though apparently it was still getting a number of requests.  In terms of how it will perform, it probably won't do gangbusters but it shouldn't be too difficult for it to be considered a "success" at 1:30 am.   What I find curious about this though, is that Lupin is replacing Gundam Unicorn.  IBO Season 2 should be ready by now, so you'd think that they'd replace the Gundam series with another Gundam.