Toonami: Anime for Insomniacs

[Matt K]

7 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Oh, and I'm guessing Black Clover will be the next casualty.

Funimation has Black Clover dubbed through episode 124 (which they did a month ago).  So currently there's 5 new episodes left.

[Terrafamilia]

Any chance of them bringing back Boruto?

[Vermicious Knid]

Bumping the schedule for a special preview. Adjust your DVR accordingly. My on screen guide has been listing this block as TBA since Monday and if it doesn't update I'll have to set a manual recording.

12:00 a.m. – Dragon Ball Super
12:30 a.m. – "Special Anime Short"
12:40 a.m. – Paranoia Agent
1:15 a.m. – Mob Psycho 100
1:50 a.m. – Black Clover
2:25 a.m. – Ballmastrz
3:00 a.m. – Naruto Shippūden

[Terrafamilia]

My DVR guide still shows an hours long block of Family Guy. 😬

[Lantern7]

Turns out it was a Rick and Morty anime short from the guy behind Tower of God.

Toonami made a lot of announcements on Saturday. Fena: Pirate Princess and the Blade Runner anime are set for 2021, and Uzumaki has been bumped back to next year as well. Here's the playlist for Adult Swim Con 2020.

Closer to the present:

1. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind returns this Saturday at 12: 30 a.m.
2. Second season of Fire Force debuts on October 24

[SVNBob]

2 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Uzumaki has been bumped back to next year as well.

That's good.  The last thing 2020 needs is inspiration from Junji Ito.

[Lantern7]

First season of Mob Psycho 100 is done. Checking the Adult Swim schedule, I see Toonami is replacing that with the first season of Fire Force. I'm thinking it'll run through October, before we get the second season.

[Vermicious Knid]

Just announced DC movies for a couple of weeks.

AUGUST 15
12:00 AM - Batman: Year One
1:30 AM - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One

AUGUST 22
12:00 AM - Batman: Gotham Knight
1:45 AM - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part Two

[TheGreenKnight]

Good to know about Fire Force. I went from watching nearly the whole lineup when it had Fire Force, MHA, Food Wars, Demon Slayer, and Dr. Stone to watching none of it right now. I don't know why they don't re-run MHA from the beginning if they can re-run Dragonball Super and Naruto.

Edited August 6, 2020 by TheGreenKnight

[lathspel]

Just curious what everyone is watching while Toonami has some holes in their schedule.  I’ve got most of the way through Eden of the East and I like it, I can’t really compare it to anything other than Death Note in concept, slightly. 

[Lantern7]

TENTACLES!!!!!

 

[Lantern7]

Here's the thread for Assassination Classroom talk.

[Vermicious Knid]

I'm not familiar with the game, but Crunchyroll and Adult Swim are teaming on Shenmue, a 13-episode original anime series based on the SEGA game franchise that will air on Toonami in the US.

[Lantern7]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be rerun from the beginning, starting tomorrow night at 3 a.m.

I think Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind has three episodes left. Now is as good a time as any to speculate what could replace it. Any initial thoughts?

[Vermicious Knid]

The back half of SAO: Alicization or Fire Force season 2.

I fully expect Toonami to acquire Yashahime, the sequel series to Inuyasha, when it's available to the US market.

[Lantern7]

2 hours ago, Vermicious Knid said:

The back half of SAO: Alicization

I checked Wikipedia . . . those episodes started airing in July over in Japan, so you’re probably right. The first season of Fire Force getting run again will probably lead to the new season.

Edited October 13, 2020 by Lantern7

[Lantern7]

Toonami has announced they will be airing every episode of The Promised Neverland on Halloween Night.
 

 

[Lantern7]

Toonami lineup starting November 7:

In case you can’t see it: DBS, SAO (repeats, I think), second season of Fire Force, Assassination Classroom, two episodes of Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) (the follow-up to the anime homage Gemusetto Machu Picchu), Shippuden (I have no clue when the filler ends), and Demon Slayer.

Edited October 21, 2020 by Lantern7

[Vermicious Knid]

Via ANN, the official Twitter account of Aniplex of America says it's SAO part 2. I am surprised we're getting that and FF 2 at the same time. Black Clover must have been doing lousy in the ratings to get booted so close to the end.

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Black Clover must have been doing lousy in the ratings to get booted so close to the end.

I think the dub people need a break. According to Wikipedia, there will be a dozen episodes between this Saturday's episode and the run over in Japan. And I like Black Clover. They're in the middle of a training arc (with too many cute tangents), but it isn't the endless filler slog that is Naruto: Shippuden.

[Lantern7]

Two bits of news:

1. Primal marathon on November 28 in celebration of the series arriving on HBO Max.
2. SSSS Gridman premieres in January 2021.

[Vermicious Knid]

After this week's DCAU movies, next week is showing up on my cable guide as a Cowboy Beebop marathon.

SAO has six more episodes and should finish in February. SSSS Gridman could be the replacement, because nothing will be finished in January now. We could also be getting:

• the second season of Dr Stone which starts airing January 14
• Possibly Yashahime
• Promised Neverland season 2 starts January 7

[Lantern7]

Also, for anyone following Gemusetto: Death Beat(s), the final four episodes will be run from 1-2 a.m. tonight.

[lathspel]

Is SSSS Gridman starting tonight?  If so my DVR hasn’t noticed.  I told it to record Gemusetto just in case that’s really it. 

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, lathspel said:

Is SSSS Gridman starting tonight?  If so my DVR hasn’t noticed.  I told it to record Gemusetto just in case that’s really it. 

Next week. Tonight. It’s the start of the final season of Attack on Titan.

[lathspel]

10 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Next week. Tonight. It’s the start of the final season of Attack on Titan.

Ok, that’s what I suspected.  I’m one of those people who are never clear when is “next Saturday”.

[Lantern7]

New lineup shuffle starting February 13. SAO is out, Black Clover is back in.

While I'm here . . . is anyone watching SSSS.Gridman?

[Vermicious Knid]

So many things out there, but they chose to revive Black Clover. :siiiigh:

Well next opportunity will be after Gridman finishes, unless there is a break after season 1 of AS. I don't think they've stated if they have both seasons.

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, Vermicious Knid said:

So many things out there, but they chose to revive Black Clover. :siiiigh:

I think the intention was to get a larger gap between the air dates in Japan and the US.

[Vermicious Knid]

This is kind of hilarious. A love for ‘Dragon Ball Z’ has infiltrated NFL locker rooms.

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Many NFL players said they began watching “Dragon Ball Z” on Cartoon Network’s “Toonami,” a program that primarily broadcasts anime, an umbrella term for animation produced in Japan. “Dragon Ball Z” began airing on that station in 1998. The show’s final episode premiered on ‘Toonami’ in 2003, but reruns continue to air.

The reporter fails to note that DB Super is a continuation of DBZ and has aired within the last few years, so it's still very much present.

[Vermicious Knid]

New update-Food Wars season 3 will replace AC, although they say they will have season 2...sometime. New schedule starts February 27.

12:00AM – Dragon Ball Super
12:30AM – Attack on Titan
1:00AM – Food Wars! The Third Plate
1:30AM – Fire Force
2:00AM – Black Clover
2:30AM – SSSS.Gridman
3:00AM – Naruto Shippūden
3:30AM – Demon Slayer

[lathspel]

There’s no Gridman forum, right?

I’m enjoying this one with the kids.  It’s obviously trying to have Transformers references, but so far it’s feeling a lot more like Big O!

Spoiler

 

Protagonist has lost his memory 

City is the only place that exists, and seems to have a boundary overhead.

Whole world run by a female god

and giant robots of course.  

 

I can’t wait to see where it goes from here!

[Vermicious Knid]

I was trying to figure out what was going on in Gridman; fever dream, kid's in a coma? So I read the episode descriptions through to the end and...it still makes absolutely no sense.

Also I hate Yuta's hair horns.

[Lantern7]

I just set up a SSSS.Gridman thread.

Are there any anime on the schedule close to finishing up? I'm curious as to what anime would be brought in to fill the gaps. Also, I'm thinking Demon Slayer doesn't get a second season for a while, given that the movie was released a while back. Huge hit in Japan, apparently.

[Lantern7]

The Promised Neverland returns on April 10.

[Vermicious Knid]

I saw some of the reviews, apparently season 2 cuts out a major manga storyline and people are hating it.

[Lantern7]

As the lineup gets adjusted today, Toonami presents a new shake-up starting May 8. The fifth season of My Hero Academia gets plugged into 12:30, while the latest Attack on Titan gets rerun at 3:30.

[TheGreenKnight]

Oh, yay, MHA is back! :D  So will Demon Slayer start over from the beginning again next week? I'm not complaining at all, just wondering. I'll buy that one on Blu-ray someday for sure, but until then, it's nice to re-watch it this way.

[Vermicious Knid]

Fire Force is almost over so there should be another change in a few weeks. Hopefully Dr Stone S2. Food Wars and Black Clover are also going to finish close together in about five months.

DS: Mugen Train, in a break with most anime movies is actual canon and not filler. Also now holds the record for top grossing movie in Japan. Which should mean that Toonami has to show it.

[lathspel]

It’s already been a tough week, so it’s pretty disappointing to learn tonight that Comcast dropped Cartoon Network (or raised it to a higher tier; or whatever).  

I’m probably no longer watching in real time, no matter where I end up streaming from.  It’s been fun, folks - I think I’m out.  

[Terrafamilia]

Either Toonami didn't tell anyone about a schedule change or my DVR just didn't get the memo because the only one of the shows I follow that it managed to capture was Naruto, which was in Black Clover's spot. 😒

[Vermicious Knid]

The Promised Neverland is almost over, so Toonami has announced it will be adding Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, starting June 26. And since Dr. Stone is also only 11 episodes there should be a new series premiering July 25. Or possibly a week later if they do some kind of Independence Day marathon/special programming.

[Lantern7]

In brief:

July 31: Two episodes each of My Hero Academia and Food Wars.

August 7: Marathon of the first season of Harley Quinn. I’m assuming it’ll be uncensored.

August 14: Premiere of Crunchyroll original Fena: Pirate Princess.

 

[Vermicious Knid]

Minor change on Oct 9, DC Fandome for Oct 16.

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Toonami is planning to air both Batman: Ninja and Batman: Under The Red Hood, two of the largest animated Batman movies to be released following the Dark Knight in two different scenarios.

[Lantern7]

Next week: Fena: Pirate Princess marathon. All twelve episodes run back-to-back, starting at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday.

It was okay. I dunno . . . it’s one of those things that was beautiful and intricate, but o felt it was wasted on me.

Any word on changes to the lineup after next week?

[Vermicious Knid]

Fena wasn't much of a pirate or a princess, and that ending was unnecessarily complicated and trying much too hard to Mean Something. Not expecting a 2nd season.

There doesn't seem to be anything that's leaked about what's next. Fena and Black Clover are both done so two slots are open. Demon Slayer has just started broadcasting in Japan so I'm hopeful for that. Maybe Assassination Classroom s2. Shenmue and Uzumaki are coming in 2022.

[Matt K]

I believe the Blade Runner show starts up in a couple of weeks.

[Vermicious Knid]

You are correct. Two episodes of Blade Runner are showing up on November 13.

MHA only has a few more as well.

Correction: MHA season 5 is now finished. No date for season 6 has been announced yet.

If you happen to get Starz, more specifically StarzKids, they are showing the movie MHA: Heroes Rising this week.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Vermicious Knid
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[Lantern7]

I think the schedule is still in flux after the holidays. Tonight: one episode of Blade Runner: Black Lotus, two “new” episodes of Assassination Classroom, three episodes of Naruto: Shippuden, and the first two episodes of Cowboy Bebop.

[InDueTime]

It looks like Shenmue the Animation premieres on February 5.