Toonami is back brehs, May 26th

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well the day is finally here. im at least going to watch the 2 new shows.
 

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Not even a huge Anime fan but god damn, Gundam Wing is one of my favorite stories in any medium. Hope it makes it back, as many people should see it as possible.
 

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The line up is understandable. They barely have the money for more shyt. Did anybody really expect them to go all out at the start?

Better ratings= more content. The original Toonami went through the same thing.

And let's be real, the new Toonami is going to be better than whatever Adult Swim has on Saturday so I'm not complaining.

DMWL is a good series. I'd rank it somewhere in the 7.5-8/10 range. I still havent watched Casshern Sins.
You gotta understand that [AS] and Toonami both had a lot of reruns back in the day. Shows like Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, DBZ, etc were ran numerous times which since it costs a lot to license these shows. They only pick up new series every 2-3 years.

I think they just picked up two new shows last year. So if the ratings are good we might see something new next year.
I was just hoping for some shows I never heard of :manny:

These would be fair points, but there is A LOT more riding on Toonami being successful now than there was in 1997. They've already said they need twice as many viewers as [as] Action normally gets for this to be considered a success, but that's extremely unlikely with this lineup, not to mention that they're not even promoting it outside of the block itself.

If this fails, it doesn't just kill Toonami for good. It kills one of last places for anime on American TV and does serious damage to the anime market as a whole (and, no, this is not an exaggeration). And for what? Just so people can watch some promos that'll be on YouTube the next day?

I'll still watch, but I don't know how long this is going to last.
 

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These would be fair points, but there is A LOT more riding on Toonami being successful now than there was in 1997. They've already said they need twice as many viewers as [as] Action normally gets for this to be considered a success, but that's extremely unlikely with this lineup, not to mention that they're not even promoting it outside of the block itself.

If this fails, it doesn't just kill Toonami for good. It kills one of last chance places anime on American TV and does serious damage to the anime market as a whole (and, no, this is not an exaggeration). And for what? Just so people can watch some promos that'll be on YouTube the next day?

I'll still watch, but I don't know how long this is going to last.

When you say it like that. :sadcam:
 
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cotdamn brehs I was so pumped for this and then they show a promo with the lineup :wtf:

so this is the same shyt except with tom? :rudy:

fukk it I'll torrent outlaw star/yyh and call it a day
 

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bout to get to the house...im watching just to support and to see the 2 new shows.
 

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These would be fair points, but there is A LOT more riding on Toonami being successful now than there was in 1997. They've already said they need twice as many viewers as [as] Action normally gets for this to be considered a success, but that's extremely unlikely with this lineup, not to mention that they're not even promoting it outside of the block itself.

If this fails, it doesn't just kill Toonami for good. It kills one of last places for anime on American TV and does serious damage to the anime market as a whole (and, no, this is not an exaggeration). And for what? Just so people can watch some promos that'll be on YouTube the next day?

I'll still watch, but I don't know how long this is going to last.
Demarco said in order for Toonami to grow (meaning expanding into earlier times slots) they have to double the ratings. Not for it to be a success.

Regarding them not promoting it, they just aired this during King of The Hill


Granted, they could've aired it earlier in the week but at least their not pretending Toonami doesn't exist.

If it fails, oh well. Adult Swim can at least say they tried. I would much rather them give Toonami a chance and try to help anime over in the US as opposed to being content and letting things die.
 
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:yeshrug:I liked Deadman Wonderland at least. that other show, Casshern Sins...:dwillhuh:I didnt know what was going on at all. It just started with him beating ass for no reason and didnt explain why.

That's all I really watched. I mean everything else is the same old stuff. I like that they did the reviews too.
 
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