Toonami

[Avaitor]

I wonder how it'll do leading the block when premieres are a month behind.

While I was initially on board with KnY showing in the middle of the block, now I think that maybe it should start it instead, and MHA should be on a little later. The show's growing mad hype, and its dub is also premiering on the lineup, while I feel like most MHA fans are already up to date.

[Daikun]

TOM now has his own Funko Pop.

Wow. Okay.

[Avaitor]

TOM 1.0, no less.

I won't lie, I kinda need it.

[Painted Outlaw]

"Is Lupin Still Burning?", a memorial episode to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monkey Punch's Lupin the Third manga series will air December 14th at 3am on Toonami.

[Daikun]

By some miracle, Sym-Bionic Titan is now on Netflix.

Also, Dr. Stone has been greenlit for a second season!

[Avaitor]

Good news all around!

[Avaitor]

Schedule updates for the next few weeks- OPM marathon this Saturday, then a Dr. Stone marathon the week after. Regular lineup returns on the fourth, aside from the aforementioned shows swapping positions, and Promised Neverland repeats replacing Lupin's slot.

[Avaitor]

OPM's replacement on the 18th has been revealed.

11p: My Hero Academia
11:30p: Dr. Stone
12a – Sword Art Online Alicization War of the Underworld
12:30a - Fire Force
1a – Food Wars!
1:30a – Demon Slayer
2a – Black Clover
2:30a - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
3a - Naruto: Shippuden
3:30a – The Promised Neverland
4a - Attack on Titan

Meh.

[Daikun]

MHA is now getting reruns outside of Toonami.

A full hour of MHA will air Saturdays at 8PM, replacing the DBZ/Super hour.

[Painted Outlaw]

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Starting February 8th, the schedule's shifting around due to various circumstances (losing the 4am slot, Fire Force leaving, Demon Slayer:KnY moving up, etc.) The resulting schedule will look as such:

11p: My Hero Academia
11:30p: Dr. Stone
12a – Sword Art Online Alicization War of the Underworld
12:30a - Demon Slayer
1a – Food Wars!
1:30a – Black Clover
2a – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
2:30a - Naruto Shippuden
3a - The Promised Neverland
3:30a – Attack on Titan

[Avaitor]

I do wish that Mob season 2's dub would be ready by now, but it is cool for KnY to move up a little. Probably for the best that I'm not adding another show to my lineup, as I dropped Fire Force partway in. The nicest animation in the world couldn't distract from such a weak plot, flat characters, and dumb fan service.

[Dr. Insomniac]

They haven't aired season 2 yet? I'm pretty sure the dub premiered on Crunchyroll months ago. Unless they're having a hard time redubbing Reigen's lines after his first VA was outed as a sex pest.

[Daikun]

Toonami is shrinking again. Twice.

February 22 - 11:30-4:00
February 29 - 11:30-3:00

[Painted Outlaw]

SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO
Attention #Toonami fans! A note about the lineup shrinkage. In an effort to keep rumors and speculation under control, here's a little context: a couple months back, our programming department came to us and asked how we felt about shaving some time off of the Toonami broadcast.
Yesterday at 8:24 PM

SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO
Essentially, at 5-1/2 to 6 hours, Toonami was getting too expensive and unwieldy to handle. Too many shows rotating in and out, which are costing more and more these days. And frankly, as I've said before, our preferred length for the block is three hours.
Yesterday at 8:24 PM

SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO
So: we are going to go back to the three hour Toonami for a while and see how that works! The block will still expand periodically as opportunities for new shows pop up, Toonami originals come in, etc.
Yesterday at 8:24 PM

SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO
In short, don't worry! We are not going anywhere. We have 6 (yes, six) shows in production for Toonami, including Uzumaki and Blade Runner. That's all! Stay gold.
Yesterday at 8:24 PM

So tl;dr: the block was getting too pricey to handle at its current length so they cut it down. But new shows may still have "opportunities" and they have six shows in production so, the whole shindig hasn't completely drained their funds I guess.

[Avaitor]

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter too much, because they're only really losing reruns, and it should now be easier to stick around for the whole block.

But it's going to take a while before we get a new show. I don't think we're even halfway through KnY, let alone this season of MHA. Not even factoring in the longer runners.