Toonami: Anime for Insomniacs

[Lantern7]

5 hours ago, InDueTime said:

It looks like Shenmue the Animation premieres on February 5.

. . . and Toonami is bringing back One Piece this Saturday.

[Vermicious Knid]

I had never heard of Made in Abyss, and I also never hated a main character so much after just one episode. So I looked it up and basically, torture porn. Was anyone asking for this? Why does Toonami think this is a good idea?

[Lantern7]

30 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

I had never heard of Made in Abyss, and I also never hated a main character so much after just one episode. So I looked it up and basically, torture porn. Was anyone asking for this? Why does Toonami think this is a good idea?

Attack on Titan. Granted, that’s more emotional torture porn.

Once again . . . One Piece! Nothing porn-like about that!

[SVNBob]

On 1/19/2022 at 11:56 PM, InDueTime said:

It looks like Shenmue the Animation premieres on February 5.

But will there be sailors?

[Vermicious Knid]

No Demon Slayer season 2. It's success has made it too expensive for Toonami.

[Lantern7]

42 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

No Demon Slayer season 2. It's success has made it too expensive for Toonami.

Huh?

How expensive could it be to import? C'mon, doesn't Toonami have Time-Warner money? Maybe they could run the second season and not air . . . oh, I dunno . . . the next batch of filler in Naruto: Shippuden. I heard the Infinite Tsukuomi filler is six months long. Who needs that?

[Lantern7]

Heads up: Blade Runner: Black Lotus wraps up tonight. Its replacement starting next week: Attack on Titan. I’m assuming this is the last batch of episodes.

[TheGreenKnight]

Glad to hear Blade Runner is over... No interest in that one. And Shenmue is terrible.

That really sucks about Demon Slayer. :(  I hope they could still at least afford to re-run the first season sometime. If they're re-running Shippuden, Bebop, and One Piece, I wouldn't mind seeing Fairy Tail or Bleach in the lineup again. I wonder why they've never ran Sailor Moon (the VIZ dub) or Sailor Moon Crystal--also too expensive for them?

[Lantern7]

Cut to Saitama going "OK."

[Vermicious Knid]

The previous two additional series of FLCL brought absolutely nothing to the franchise and I expect the same of these.

Shenmue is more watchable than Fena, although I realize that's a pretty low bar. And Shippuden desperately needs a Kai version with all the filler cut out.

[Vermicious Knid]

Shenmue ends tonight, schedule changes for the next two weeks. AS will lead at midnight with an extra Shippuden, then Primal season 1 takes over. Surprised they don't have anything new on deck. We still don't have a premiere date for Uzumaki or the new horror series they announced. Dr Stone season 2 has already been broadcast in Japan so maybe we'll get that next.

[Lantern7]

54 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Shenmue ends tonight, schedule changes for the next two weeks. AS will lead at midnight with an extra Shippuden, then Primal season 1 takes over. Surprised they don't have anything new on deck. We still don't have a premiere date for Uzumaki or the new horror series they announced. Dr Stone season 2 has already been broadcast in Japan so maybe we'll get that next.

Way past bedtime for me, but I should mention the second season of Dr. Stone has been broadcast on Toonami already.

Also, I think Attack on Titan is over . . . at least the latest batch from the “final season.” My fear is that Luffy will become King of the Pirates before that series ends.

[Vermicious Knid]

Season 3 then. I know it hasn't been shown in the US yet.

Yeeaaah, I fear just how many 'final' seasons there will be with AoT.

[Vermicious Knid]

Uzumaki delayed again. It's only four episodes, and they've been working on it for like three years.

Interesting they have also chosen not to add anything new and instead thrown on an extra episode of Naruto.

[Terrafamilia]

New show tonight. A horror-themed anime called Housing Complex C.

https://youtu.be/5cyTGR1Rbds

Also, I wasn't aware Yashahime has been back. I didn't notice it showing up on my t.v.'s channel guide before now.

[Terrafamilia]

So, Housing Complex C.

Lovecraft in Japan. They start with a flash-forward, then a flash-back to ancient times. I'd rather they hadn't done that, it seemed way too spoilery for me. It would have been better if they let the creepiness build on its own and have the horror blossom from that instead of front-loading your expectations. YMMV.

[Vermicious Knid]

I was thinking it's like a Japanese equivalent of building on an ancient Indian burial ground. We didn't see Kimi's mother did we, just Kimi talking at her. Very sus. Only four episodes so they will have to move the story along quickly.

[Lantern7]

On 10/3/2022 at 8:00 PM, Terrafamilia said:

So, Housing Complex C.

Lovecraft in Japan. They start with a flash-forward, then a flash-back to ancient times. I'd rather they hadn't done that, it seemed way too spoilery for me. It would have been better if they let the creepiness build on its own and have the horror blossom from that instead of front-loading your expectations. YMMV.

On 10/3/2022 at 11:48 PM, Vermicious Knid said:

I was thinking it's like a Japanese equivalent of building on an ancient Indian burial ground. We didn't see Kimi's mother did we, just Kimi talking at her. Very sus. Only four episodes so they will have to move the story along quickly.

Watching the last episode now. What. The actual. Fuck. Exposition and gore in an unholy slurry, and I think a lack of knowledge of Japanese culture doesn’t help me at all.

[Vermicious Knid]

According to my DVR new season of MHA starts next week along with season 2 of Made in Abyss. It's also the end of DST which can mess with recording.

[Lantern7]

Next three weeks, next three “events”:

THIS WEEK: Injustice, based on the video game where Superman goes totalitarian after the death of Lois.

NEXT WEEK: Justice League vs. Fatal Five, featuring the new take on the Legion of Super Heroes:

MARCH 4: This is a weird one . . . the half-hour special starring the casts of One Piece, Dragon Ball Z and Toriko. I’ve never watched the last one, but I did read some of the manga. Good stuff.

[Vermicious Knid]

Which is presumably why they haven't run any promos for whatever is replacing Made in Abyss. 

[InDueTime]

FLCL: Grunge premieres on September 9th.

 

 

[Lantern7]

Not bad. Looks like we'll be sliding into that after original FLCL wraps up.

There seems to be a lot of original content coming out for the Toonami block. We got trailers for two other series . . .  Ninja Kamui . . .

. . . and Lazarus . . .

. . . . and, at long freakin' last, Uzumaki.

My concern is that they'll stop trying to bring in established series from Japan. I know, that's what streaming services are for, but I like seeing that stuff on Toonami. Besides, haven't past original Toonami offerings been hit or miss for the most part?

[Vermicious Knid]

Well that does explain the seemingly random showing of FLCL for the umpteenth time. Still not thrilled at them trying to squeeze another buck out of the property. Also wondering if Marvel/Disney will sue over using The Thing?

[InDueTime]

Demon Slayer's Mugen Train Arc is Coming to Toonami

It begins November 11th.

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, InDueTime said:

Demon Slayer's Mugen Train Arc is Coming to Toonami

It begins November 11th.

Along with the continuation of Dr. Stone.

[InDueTime]

Lycoris Recoil Is Coming to Adult Swim's Toonami

It begins January 24, 2024.

[Lantern7]

Here are the threads for Toonami’s latest shows. I hope we can chat about them soon.

Lycoris Recoil

Ninja Kamui

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (coming to Toonami later this month)