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Toonami |Jan15| Sold Our Car for Gas Money
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TheAbsolution
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That's how they make money and always have so yes?
Toonami usually only changes the lineup when a new show is coming, and that's usually when they'll switch around other parts of the block if they have too. But now I think we could see changeups more frequently even if a new show isn't coming.
New shows are brought for the sole purpose of ratings. The former obviously doesn't take importance over the latter under any stretch of the imagination.
That's good. I'd still have preferred it be the lead-in show but this is still early in the block, and heck, maybe being after midnight will help reduce the amount of censorship needed. Only downside is that this pretty much guarantees that the OPs & EDs will have edits.
I was thinking the same thing the other day. Seems like there was a time around when Soul Eater and Space Dandy were airing that the block stayed pretty stable for months. We haven't had any stability of length for a while now.
TheAbsolution
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That's very true. Sounds like the network execs are raising the bar on what good ratings are now.
I think the addition KLK will be the last big shake up of the block for a while. It seems they are better aware of how each show has been doing and adjusting for that. I think they also finally realized that reruns should either come off or get pushed to the back half of the block.
It's a necessary change, but it's not something they should do on a regular basis.
It's a necessary change, but it's not something they should do on a regular basis.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Kill La Kill at 12:30? Bleh, Dandy treatment.
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Imperial Bishop
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12:30 isn't bad, I guess.
Oh really? I don't remember that. That's cool. Hopefully they will do that.
There are also a few episodes in the series that omit the ED and run the credits over the last bit of the episode. Certainly they will have to at least allow enough time for that to happen.
If you haven't noticed the block is actually running a bit short right now because of One Piece and Shippuden.
mightynine
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I also think after KLK joins the block, there won't be any major lineup changes - except for shows ending, of course. Stability helps the block and they'll need to give it some to truly get an idea of how these ratings are shaking out.
At least until Gurren and Deadman end on the same day in March.
mightynine
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I was talking more about moving shows around when I meant changes. The long runners need to be in the same time slot for a while, and that will happen once KLK comes in. After that, it (hopefully) will just mean new shows sliding in to those time slots, not another shuffling of the lineup.
I'm pretty sure they'll re-air it unless it absolutely bombs, but yeah, they've hopefully learned their lesson on reruns airing too early.
BassForever
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We still don't know whats being dropped to make room for kill la kill
I hope it's Bleach, but it's probably Deadman.
Won't be surprised if DMWL drops.
Bleach, Deadman or AoT. No reason to air repeats if they don't have to.
NOT BEING DROPPED:
DBZ KAI
SHIPPUDEN
ONE PIECE
INUYASHA:FINAL ACT
TENGA TOPPA GURREN LAGGAN
UNLIKELY TO BE DROPPED:
DEADMAN WONDERLAND
COWBOY BEBOP HD
BLEACH
ATTACK ON TITAN
LIKELY TO BE DROPPED:
SPACE DANDY (ends at an even break for the series)
GITS 2nd GIG (ends almost exactly when TOONAMI began)
DBZ KAI
SHIPPUDEN
ONE PIECE
INUYASHA:FINAL ACT
TENGA TOPPA GURREN LAGGAN
UNLIKELY TO BE DROPPED:
DEADMAN WONDERLAND
COWBOY BEBOP HD
BLEACH
ATTACK ON TITAN
LIKELY TO BE DROPPED:
SPACE DANDY (ends at an even break for the series)
GITS 2nd GIG (ends almost exactly when TOONAMI began)
If they were going to drop Attack on Titan they would have done so last week for good.
mightynine
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Deadman is a possibility, but I'm expecting GiTS.
BassForever
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The fact they've been silent about it is weird, perhaps it will be Bleach and they don't want to upset people until the last minute
Gits actually would make sense, yeah its free to show but that also means they can drop and add it back at will unlike dmwl which they probably had to pay to reair
Gits actually would make sense, yeah its free to show but that also means they can drop and add it back at will unlike dmwl which they probably had to pay to reair
I have no idea why they would willingly drop Bleach. It's the former anchor of the front half, and now it's the anchor of the back half.
BassForever
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Opportunity cost, Bleach does good ratings in the back, but its also the most expensive show currently airing back their, and its not like we haven't see Viz shows randomly disappear without warning
Bleach is the most expensive show to air of those?
Bebop is probably on a cheap deal, they have a stake in 2nd Gig and Space Dandy, DMWL wasn't a big hit and is also a repeat, meaning it was cheap, so it's down to AoT and Bleach. Both of which probably cost a lot to get but not a ton to reair, but they'll probably have to reair it within a certain time frame.
Aren't they coming to the end of their deal to air Bleach? I can't see them renewing it just to rerun it later in the night, that's money they could use for another simulcast or to pick up something big.
Same. It makes no sense to keep it around considering what it costs. When the terms of the deal are done that'll be it for it.
Yeah hopefully.
It probably didn't help much, it isn't a series that lends itself well to multiple watches, and I doubt rerunning the movies helped either.
Gucci Messiah
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i would be shocked if bleach left
No way would DeMarco be willing to shell out the same kind of money he's been paying for Bleach now that it's in reruns, unless they give it to him way cheaper I don't expect it to stick around.
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