"Toonami" News & Discussion Thread

[TnAdct1]

You're an hour off.

Not if he's living in the Central Time Zone.

 

[Terror of Death]

God, I hope Black Clover takes a break. In this day and age, the concept of a continuous anime production based on an ongoing manga is a dying concept, and for good reason. I'll excuse Toei for continuing to do it with One Piece (though as a One Piece fan, the glacial pacing of the anime due to their refusal to do actual filler arcs is disgusting), but Studio Pierrot continuing to do so with Boruto and Black Clover is baffling, especially when all their Shonen Jump contemporaries (MHA, Dr Stone, Promised Neverland, Demon Slayer, etc) have gone the seasonal route.

Give the source material some breathing room.

The director confirmed this season will be 51 episodes so the series will either take a break in September or start airing filler arcs. The 20th anniversary Bleach project might be the show's replacement if they go the break route.

On a different note I wonder if Boruto will be Demon Slayer's replacement in April. The home media release for the episodes Adult Swim left off at actually come out that very same month.

 

[PicardMan]

At first, I don't mind the block being shorter, but then I see an hour of Primal and Samurai Jack on after that. Why can't they be part of the Toonami line-up again?

Because Tartavosky forbids Primal airing on Toonami. It's frequently airing reruns adjacent to Toonami so Adult Swim knows the action audience wants to see it.

The director confirmed this season will be 51 episodes so the series will either take a break in September or start airing filler arcs. The 20th anniversary Bleach project might be the show's replacement if they go the break route.

Based on what is airing in Japan, Black Clover is already doing a filler. Who knows how long it will last. They are up to 123 out of 125. Based on how close the series is to the manga, we will probably get a long filler arc. Also, because it will supposedly have 150ish episodes, don't expect it to get off Toonami anytime soon. Even if Black Clover does go on hiatus, it might come back by the time Toonami catches up. I think it will be a year round show with lots of filler. The early part had minimal filler, but we are catching up so close that this is happening.

 

[Gold Guy]

Most people don't think the Black Clover filler will last too long, because the latest opening, which updated last week, featured scenes from the next arc. But maybe that's a red herring.

 

[Daikun]

Uzumaki interview coming soon.

 

[slai]

I can barely find any new releases of Black Clover merchandise on that Japanese website I check. There hasn’t been any new Black Clover merchandise on their website since the beginning of season 1! I wonder if this means Black Clover isn’t popular in Japan whatsoever?

 

[Grenzer]

I can barely find any new releases of Black Clover merchandise on that Japanese website I check. There hasn’t been any new Black Clover merchandise on their website since the beginning of season 1! I wonder if this means Black Clover isn’t popular in Japan whatsoever?

I have no idea why that website you were on had no new Black Clover merchandise, but it has nothing to do with the series's popularity. BC is a very solid-selling title in Shonen Jump, ranked no. 7 (out of over twenty series) and moves over 1.5 million volumes of manga a year in Japan. It is only slightly less popular than Dr. Stone, if that puts things into context. Overall, I would say out of the hundreds of active media franchises in Japan at the moment, Black Clover would be in the top 10%, maybe the top 15% at worst.

The YouTuber Super Eyepatch Wolf gives a pretty good rundown in the below video:

 

[Space Cadet]

Geekdom 101 did a tour of Williams Street and we get some behind-the-scenes of how the promos are done. Lots of fun Toonami stuff in here:

 

[slai]

I have no idea why that website you were on had no new Black Clover merchandise, but it has nothing to do with the series's popularity. BC is a very solid-selling title in Shonen Jump, ranked no. 7 (out of over twenty series) and moves over 1.5 million volumes of manga a year in Japan. It is only slightly less popular than Dr. Stone, if that puts things into context. Overall, I would say out of the hundreds of active media franchises in Japan at the moment, Black Clover would be in the top 10%, maybe the top 15% at worst.

The YouTuber Super Eyepatch Wolf gives a pretty good rundown in the below video:

I shop here.

AmiAmi [Character & Hobby Shop]

www.amiami.com

I actively look for Black Clover merchandise, but there hasn't been any for at least 1-2 YEARS now.

 

[Grenzer]

I shop here.

AmiAmi [Character & Hobby Shop]

www.amiami.com

I actively look for Black Clover merchandise, but there hasn't been any for at least 1-2 YEARS now.

That site seems to be geared towards foreigners, and Black Clover merchandise may not sell well enough outside of Japan to justify stocking the latest releases. I would be interested to see what a Japanese website that exclusively caters to Japanese fans looks like by comparison.

 

[slai]

That site seems to be geared towards foreigners, and Black Clover merchandise may not sell well enough outside of Japan to justify stocking the latest releases. I would be interested to see what a Japanese website that exclusively caters to Japanese fans looks like by comparison.

I also shop Hobby Link Japan, and there are only 2 pieces of Black Clover merchandise there. I do admit AmiAmi and Hobby Link Japan do cater to foreign buyers, but still one would think they would want to cater to us foreign Black Clover fans too as they do all the other anime series out there.

 

[PicardMan]

Food Wars season 3 will not debut on Toonami as Hi-Dive will get it first. HIDIVE Orders Up a Serving of the “Food Wars! The Third Plate” Dub. Considering how niche Hi-Dive is, this seems to have gone without comment from most Toonami forums. We'll probably get season 3 as soon as season 2 ends without a break, I think.

 

[Yojimbo]

Food Wars season 3 will not debut on Toonami as Hi-Dive will get it first. HIDIVE Orders Up a Serving of the “Food Wars! The Third Plate” Dub. Considering how niche Hi-Dive is, this seems to have gone without comment from most Toonami forums. We'll probably get season 3 as soon as season 2 ends without a break, I think.

So by the time 2nd Plate ends its run on Toonami, 3rd will be 9 episodes in on HIDIVE. Yeah, seems like they will go straight into season 3 on Toonami. I heard 3rd Plate is two big arcs in one season so maybe there will be a break after the first arc completes its run?

 

[Terror of Death]

Also, Food Wars season 5 will premiere the day season 2 concludes on Toonami.

I'm curious when or if the season 4 dub will air. Sentai has been dubbing stuff faster in recent years years but Food Wars might not be ready until sometime in 2021.

 

[TheCartoonRailfan]

Just found out that Dragon Ball Z Kai will be airing for an hour at 8pm EST on Saturday.
Toonami Schedule

 

[RDG]

Just found out that Dragon Ball Z Kai will be airing for an hour at 8pm EST on Saturday.
Toonami Schedule

But not as part of Toonami

 

[TheCartoonRailfan]

But not as part of Toonami

I don't know how Adult Swim is still airing anime outside of the Toonami block. I wonder if this means that Toonami could be expanded to link with that hour. However, Toonami stated that they don't have the budget to air a wide variety of shows.

 

[PicardMan]

I don't know how Adult Swim is still airing anime outside of the Toonami block. I wonder if this means that Toonami could be expanded to link with that hour. However, Toonami stated that they don't have the budget to air a wide variety of shows.

Either Dragonball or MHA reruns have aired for a while on Saturdays outside Toonami as programming filler. Nothing big has come of it.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

I don't know how Adult Swim is still airing anime outside of the Toonami block. I wonder if this means that Toonami could be expanded to link with that hour. However, Toonami stated that they don't have the budget to air a wide variety of shows.

I presume it may be due to using them as filler, like what Picard Man said.

 

[Gold Guy]

In potentially huge news for Toonami, after almost a decade, the Bleach sequel series (which will cover the final manga arc) has finally been confirmed, although there isn't a date.

On top of that, a Bleach spin-off manga, Burn The Witch, is also receiving an anime.