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Toonami |OT4| Set Sail for One Piece!
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It's the only way to make it fair for his opponent.
Schadenfreude
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I feel like that's something he would say.
He probably has at some point.
It happened early on when he fought Cabaji, and he cut opened his own wound to "make it fair". This only happened in the manga, in the anime he let Cabaji cut him there.
Aaron Strife
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Zoro has more blood than a Red Cross bank. He'll be fine.
I feel like it happens less often after that. Only one or two later instances that I can think of, really
They'll regret it later.
Not really, and it's a nice rebound from last week. One Piece had basically the same drop from its lead in that Naruto did. Seems fine to me.
800s would be great for Davy Back and Ocean's Dream. 900s would be terrific. Water 7 might be able to be in the millionaire club if it can get enough of a core audience now.
Even occasional dips into the 700s would be alright, so long as they don't become the norm.
Anyway, those ratings look more or less like a "normal" night for the block. Everything in general ranges that you would logically expect.
mightynine
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I'm just happy that Soul Eater is holding its own despite moving down a half hour. I'm really enjoying the show - even going back and rewatching from the beginning on Netflix.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Ah, afternoon ToonamiGAF. I see the ratings are back to the steady numbers, One Piece is as expected on filler.
Meanwhile, I get bored making cover photos:
Meanwhile, I get bored making cover photos:
Aaron Strife
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If last week is a low point for OP's ratings, I'd say we're doing good.
I need to watch Little Garden
KuwabaraTheMan
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Glad to see One Piece up over last week.
Sad to see about 800,000 too many people waste their time with IGPX.
Sad to see about 800,000 too many people waste their time with IGPX.
The Frankman
Banned
[adult swim] was and still is breaking the law? WOOHOO!!!
Gucci Messiah
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Have we ever had a show at the 1AM spot crack 1mil?
ThatObviousUser
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Yes, I believe. I don't know if a 1:30 show has ever done it, though.
ThatObviousUser
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Ah yeah, the two hour power shower.
Gucci Messiah
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Thundercats cracked 1 mil as well? Was half the country snowed in or something?
mightynine
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Thundercats did quite well in its first run.
It did well enough that people on the Tumblr were demanding a second run. I'm stunned they held on after Episode 13.
Speaking of ThunderCats, Death Battle premiered their second season with He-Man vs. Lion-O. Both the original 80's version. http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/death-battle-he-man-vs-lion-o
If it was between 2002 He-Man and 2011 Lion-O, 2002 He-Man would devour him.
Gucci Messiah
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Yesss, I've been waiting for a new season of death battle
EDIT: Here is screwattack's youtube page with all the season 1 battles, Goku vs Superman/Spiderman vs Batman are my personal favorites - http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWyVMmLsX7FZ0
EDIT: Here is screwattack's youtube page with all the season 1 battles, Goku vs Superman/Spiderman vs Batman are my personal favorites - http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWyVMmLsX7FZ0
One Piece is going to be here far far far longer, so it's more important to have it earlier in a higher profile slot.
They're not going to switch back unless one of them totally tanks.
Exactly this.
Soul Eater is set to end in February since it only has 51 episodes. One Piece is still going and going and going and going and going and- *fizzzzt*
Basically, having a show that's going to run for YEARS in an early slot is better than a show that will only last one year.
mightynine
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Pretty quiet ratings PR this week:
I'm in the same opinion as Metatron, Toonami compared to Toonami YOY should be interesting going forward.
I'm in the same opinion as Metatron, Toonami compared to Toonami YOY should be interesting going forward.
TheAbsolution
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Yeah, I don't see it doing as big a ratings YOY jump as it has been.
Now that we are in the second year, we won't see the huge YOY increases, but a YOY bump is still a YOY bump.
TheAbsolution
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I agree.
metsallica
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Do people dislike IGPX? I loved it back when it initially aired, bought the DVDs, and am enjoying this rewatch. I feel like there's a ton of negativity about it in this thread, but you guys move way too fast for me to really follow. Maybe I just come in at inopportune times?
A lot of us just find it boring. We were hoping the first original Toonami show would be a lot more exciting, but it's full of inappropriate music and long stretches of people talking about racing instead of actually racing.
Plus, I'm starting to notice too many similarities to Cowboy Bebop.
Several people who have watched it have said they enjoyed it for what it was. KuwabaraTheMan thinks it's garbage through and through. I thought the first 2 episodes were okay in just setting stuff up, and then 3 and 4 were very slow moving. 5 began to set up this rivalry between Takashi and River, which we'll have to see where that goes (but it was another slow moving episode). I think a lot of us agreed that 6 (the most recent one) was actually solid.
Don't let the negativity shun you away though.
This. If the rest of the series is more like episode 6 and less like the others then it'll be fine.
metsallica
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Oh wow, it didn't even cross my mind that some people would be watching it for the first time... Figured most everyone here had been around the block from the beginning. Maybe some of my enjoyment is rose-colored, but I genuinely like the characters, the music -- it's like the Toonami bumps scored a full show! --, and think it still has some of the best CG work I've ever seen in anime (it's a smartly-designed production based around NOT blending 3D with 2D content so it sticks out like a sore thumb, kinda forward-thinking). Heck, I still occasionally rock the awful shirt that came with the special edition DVD set back in the day! I also think it's one of the few great English dubs; hell if something can make Michelle Rodriguez palatable that right there is an overwhelming success. I do remember the story being a bit thin and predictable, but it's been so long since I watched it I hope my recollection is off. It's certainly stylish, so that'll keep me around for another run.
Now that I've seen some episodes, I'm certain I caught a few of them before, but I didn't really pay much attention nor watch them in sequence. That's actually true for a lot of old Toonami shows.
That's because we're now comparing Toonami to Toonami, rather than Toonami to Adult Swim Action.
I still have little to no opinion on IGPX as a whole. I find it incredibly generic and tedious at times, but there are some solid moments here and there, and aside from the somewhat asinine conceit of the episode itself, this week's episode was actually pretty good overall. So...jury is decidedly out.
TheAbsolution
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I know, which is why I came to that conclusion.
Gucci Messiah
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Count me in the camp that thinks IGPX is total garbage. I hated it when it originally aired and still do now.
IGPX seemed to have a bit of a mystique to it, a show many had heard about but never watched and given the excellent hype job given to the program the desire to watch the show remained and indeed built up over the years. In short, we did not know it was a massive pile of boring until we actually watched it.
Dr.Palutena
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Last episode was decent, but before that was a bunch of boring and informed tension all the while chill music played.
J-Roderton
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Does Toonami ever show full movies?
It'll probably be a once a year type thing, twice a year at most. They showed Evangelion 1.11 on their birthday in March.
J-Roderton
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Damn. I missed that. Thanks.
Gucci Messiah
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Give me another Month of Miyazaki and I'll die a happy man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0hC5c8PDw
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