My statement about the white robot/steampunk-ish logo being really out of place stand.
And if they're reusing CG, shoulda gone with 2.0!
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And if they're reusing CG, shoulda gone with 2.0!
It would be nice to see some new movies like Red Line and maybe even of the Justice League films like League of Doom and Crisis on Two Earths . Although, it seems like they'll just be focusing on anime. 
Anyway, I was surprised by how bloody Deadman Wonderland is. It's not like we're used to seeing this on Adult Swim's lineup as far as anime goes. It makes me wonder if Toonami could get a hold of Hellsing Ultimate even though its still not finished. I guess we'll have to stick to most of the currently old lineup for now.
Anyway, I was surprised by how bloody Deadman Wonderland is. It's not like we're used to seeing this on Adult Swim's lineup as far as anime goes. It makes me wonder if Toonami could get a hold of Hellsing Ultimate even though its still not finished. I guess we'll have to stick to most of the currently old lineup for now.
Dragoon En Regalia
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I can't complain. All that really interests me are the new promos and shit. Cowboy Bebop alone is incentive to tune in.
ThatObviousUser
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*luck
No actual exact numbers just yet, but the ratings report for Toonami is really promising. Haven't seen them list this many anime shows in the general ratings notes in god knows how long. Even just a Bleach mention is a rarity.
Bleach - #1 in its time slot among adults 18-34 & 18-24 and men 18-34 & 18-24
Deadman Wonderland - #1 in its time slot among adults 18-24 and men 18-34 & 18-24
Casshern Sins - #1 in its time slot among men 18-34 & 18-24
The full report:
Source
Bleach - #1 in its time slot among adults 18-34 & 18-24 and men 18-34 & 18-24
Deadman Wonderland - #1 in its time slot among adults 18-24 and men 18-34 & 18-24
Casshern Sins - #1 in its time slot among men 18-34 & 18-24
The full report:
Source
Dragoon En Regalia
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That sounds good: the momentum from the April Fools block has carried over quite well. Let's see if it can hold!
Etrian Oddity
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YEAH!
Dragoon En Regalia
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Jason doesn't have a de-fib for this block should it falter in ratings, so it has to if we want more of the good stuff.
Still, though, it's a good sign right now.
Still, though, it's a good sign right now.
I read that and got all excited that the block was doing great. Then I went to Jason's twitter.
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971067497676800
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971622701891584
And this was the premiere night!
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971067497676800
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971622701891584
And this was the premiere night!
I read that and got all excited that the block was doing great. Then I went to Jason's twitter.
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971067497676800
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971622701891584
And this was the premiere night!
Yeah, if these ratings aren't getting him excited then this thing is dead in the water sadly.
Assuming they do actually need to double the ratings to count it as a success then I don't see what else they can do. Unless there is some miraculous word of mouth, their ratings won't increase magically.
He did say that it was all about the long game, and not something that would be decided in a week. It just needs to stay stable enough for a long time. Which is a tall order, since it's saturday night. It makes you realize why they stuck with the plain bumps and image cards for the AS Saturday night block for so long. Because they were super cheap.
Crash Station
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I would say advertise, but it's not like they can do much with the budget they've been given. I guess they'll just have to rely on word of mouth, but it probably wouldn't change much from premiere night :/
The Frankman
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Amazing how reality can set in.
Like I said on Saturday, the real test is what the ratings are in Week 3-4.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I read that and got all excited that the block was doing great. Then I went to Jason's twitter.
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971067497676800
https://twitter.com/clarknova1/status/207971622701891584
And this was the premiere night!
There's this, though:
https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/207989769886646272
At least it doesn't sound like Toonami will be going anywhere. Which is good.
Dragoon En Regalia
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They must have ridiculous expectations at Williams Street. Seriously: these are great ratingsif they can be maintained well-enough, I'd see no issue with funding the block and its staff further. At this point, without much advertising to speak of, the best people can do is go by word-of-mouth and hope for the best. These levees better hold!
The Frankman
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If they're not that different than last week no, they're not. Do you know what the ratings were last week?
ThatObviousUser
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They're not going to hold, either.
Dragoon En Regalia
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He's still doing it practically for free, even if it's something to speak of.
Tawney Bomb
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I must tune in Saturday, wasn't in town this weekend and ended up missing it.
Rebel Leader
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Start catching up with:
Deadman Wonderland (SUB) - 1
Casshern Sins (SUB) - 1 - At the End of the World
both subbed though
Etrian Oddity
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I can't see why they would can it for not being outstanding. It's not like it did bad. We'll see how things go.
shadyspace
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Casshern Sins is dubbed on Netflix Streaming.
Genesis Knight
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Just how the hell is a block that starts at 1AM supposed to perform better than that?
yankeeforever2
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The thing is your compare it to what was there before.
When TeenNick did there 90's block at midnight the ratings increased a huge amount over what was there. Remember nick didn't even spend a lot of money on it most of it was intern work. They just paid Kenan some money, aired shows they owned and called it a day.
With this you have to pay for animation for Tom, Tom's voice and new anime licenses instead of the previous reruns of anime(yes the new block has reruns too) and basic adultswim bumps.
So to see this as a success it needs to get higher ratings then what was before.
Dragoon En Regalia
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It's got higher ratings than what the anime block was getting previously, that much we can infer. What matters is how high Adult Swim feels the ratings need to be for the block to be deemed "successful", enough so to guarantee further support.
DeMarco did say roughly double. For what it's worth.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Yeah, so now it's sort of a numbers game. This is the Kickstarter Eraanything could happen if the right kind of support is given.
The Frankman
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BTW these were the ratings the week before TOONAMI aired:
Bleach - 321k
FMA: B - 288k
Bleach (4 am) - 192k
Those aren't real good at all, though Bleach is in filler that apparently isn't real good.
Bleach - 321k
FMA: B - 288k
Bleach (4 am) - 192k
Those aren't real good at all, though Bleach is in filler that apparently isn't real good.
Looks like I was wrong earlier in the thread.
It's still very cool of him for doing it at a lower rate though.
Probably got a dollar or two for a taco.
ThatObviousUser
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Watched it, pretty depressing anime
You don't know the half of it.
Edit- Or maybe you do.
How much did you watch?You don't know the half of it.
Edit- Or maybe you do.
All of it
ThatObviousUser
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Ouch. Glad you're still with us. My bathtub would be red all over if I watched the whole thing...
It was watching people be depressed while the world and everything around them is slowly dying. Still was a GREAT anime though.
Well Jason confirmed that the ratings only come from Nielsen. I already figured it was that way, but it still kind of annoys me that the support I and thousands of others are showing by watching is basically for nothing. For some reason I just don't picture many people with Nielsen boxes being hyped up about Toonami.
The Frankman
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... it's been that way for over 10 years on [adult swim]. How do you just know this now?
I've never payed attention to ratings until now so it's all new to me. I recently learned about the Nielsen boxes and so on and I pretty much knew that's how they'd measure Toonami's ratings, but still, I guess I kind of foolishly kept hoping they were counting our viewership some other way. Oh well, is what it is and I'll keep tuning in every week.
Looks like I was wrong earlier in the thread.
It's still very cool of him for doing it at a lower rate though.
That is cool of him, though the work probably takes all of 10 minutes for him :lol
The Frankman
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So by the time Deadman Wonderland is just about done and Casshern: Sins is nearing the midpoint (?) Bleach will finally work as a decent lead-in! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The Frankman
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The Frankman
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The "non-Nielsen" ratings are in.
Unfortunately I never look at them from an [adult swim] standpoint, but the feedback I'm getting is the numbers aren't bad, but you'd hope they were alot better than they were.
Unfortunately I never look at them from an [adult swim] standpoint, but the feedback I'm getting is the numbers aren't bad, but you'd hope they were alot better than they were.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Still not breaking into the millions, damn it all. But there's still room to improve, hopefully.
moving the time slot up would help a lot.
Crash Station
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That's still like triple the previous week. Isn't that essentially what they asked for?
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