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* This probably has very little to do with Toonami, but what's with [adult swim] suddenly giving ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' an encore timeslot after essentially cutting Toonami in half?
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** Ironically, the ratings for the 24th were actually somewhat high (seeing as both Kai and Naruto got over a million hits, Inuyasha and One Piece got 800,000 and no show dipped under 600,000)
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** This is around the time ratings for the block usually come in. Last week, despite us livetweeting #watchtoonami like mad, the ratings probably didn't change, Programming saw that, flipped their s***, and pulled more hours from them also at the last minute.
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* Okay, so Toonami was having a bad run of things, so they loose an hour out of the blue. I get that. What I don't get, is why they lost two more hours not even a week after they are informed of loosing the first hour!?
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** They lost the rights after its first run in 2012, but Funimation is apparently doing them a favor by letting them run it again (which probably means this run was either free or very cheap).
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* Did Toonami still have the rights to ''Anime/DeadmanWonderland'' even after all that time it spent off the air, or did they have to buy the rights a second time just so they could bring it back?
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** They're running SamuraiJack.
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** Why would the makers of {{Toonami}} call a starship a synonym for "forgiveness"? Maybe they thought Toonami might not last and were asking to be forgiven ahead of time. Maybe they were saying:
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** Why would the makers of {{Toonami}} Creator/{{Toonami}} call a starship a synonym for "forgiveness"? Maybe they thought Toonami might not last and were asking to be forgiven ahead of time. Maybe they were saying:
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* I've heard conflicting thoughts about this, and I'd like some definite confirmation. Is Toonami restricted to picking up just shows owned by {{Funimation}} and VizMedia (with the exceptions being the AniplexUSA-owned ''SwordArtOnline'' and formerly owned BandaiEntertainment shows like ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''), or are they able to pick up shows from any distributor (such as SentaiFilmworks, MediaBlasters, DiscotekMedia, etc.) and just haven't bothered to do so yet (the crew has said that there's nothing wrong between Toonami and Sentai Filmworks, in case there are any doubts about those two working together)?
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* I've heard conflicting thoughts about this, and I'd like some definite confirmation. Is Toonami restricted to picking up just shows owned by {{Funimation}} Creator/{{Funimation}} and VizMedia Creator/VizMedia (with the exceptions being the AniplexUSA-owned ''SwordArtOnline'' Creator/AniplexUSA-owned ''VisualNovel/SwordArtOnline'' and formerly owned BandaiEntertainment Creator/BandaiEntertainment shows like ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''), or are they able to pick up shows from any distributor (such as SentaiFilmworks, MediaBlasters, DiscotekMedia, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, etc.) and just haven't bothered to do so yet (the crew has said that there's nothing wrong between Toonami and Sentai Filmworks, in case there are any doubts about those two working together)?
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** There is are no rules on Toonami's end restricting who they are allowed to buy shows from, no.
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* What's going to happen once ''Attack on Titan'' ends its current run? Will the show rerun at 11:30 PM (which, mind you, didn't really work out for ''Space Dandy'' ratings wise when its first season was airing), or are they going to move it down to the later half of the block (hopefully replacing ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'' instead of ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig'' if that happens) and, assuming Toonami gets to keep the slot, put a new show at 11:30 PM (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' has been confirmed to air at 12:00 AM, so it has to be something else)?
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* What's going to happen once ''Attack on Titan'' ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' ends its current run? Will the show rerun at 11:30 PM (which, mind you, didn't really work out for ''Space Dandy'' ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' ratings wise when its first season was airing), or are they going to move it down to the later half of the block (hopefully replacing ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'' instead of ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig'' if that happens) and, assuming Toonami gets to keep the slot, put a new show at 11:30 PM (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' has been confirmed to air at 12:00 AM, so it has to be something else)?
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* What's going to happen once ''Attack on Titan'' ends its current run? Will the show rerun at 11:30 PM (which, mind you, didn't really work out for ''Space Dandy'' ratings wise when its first season was airing), or are they going to move it down to the later half of the block (hopefully replacing ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'' instead of ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig'' if that happens) and and, assuming Toonami gets to keep the slot, put a new show at 11:30 PM (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' has been confirmed to air at 12:00 AM, so it has to be something else)?
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* What's going to happen once ''Attack on Titan'' ends its current run? Will the show rerun at 11:30 PM (which, mind you, didn't really work out for ''Space Dandy'' ratings wise when its first season was airing), or are they going to move it down to the later half of the block (hopefully replacing ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'' instead of ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig'' if that happens) and put a new show at 11:30 PM (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' has been confirmed to air at 12:00 AM, so it has to be something else)?
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*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IASVPQK4BCc Sentai Filmworks (or at least, a representative of them) said that they'd love to have their shows on Toonami]], and it's also not like Sentai doesn't have shows that would fit Toonami (hell, that same video mentions ''Log Horizon'' and ''Majestic Prince''). And Toonami having limited slots for premieres isn't a good excuse. Not only could you use that same excuse for any other licensing company, but with the world premiere of ''Space Dandy'', the block ''expanded'' to air about a half-hour earlier. Granted, that's more up to [adult swim] than the actual production crew behind Toonami, but it's still possible that Toonami could expand a bit further.
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** Despite what constant overblown internet rumors have been saying for years, Toonami and ADV/Sentai don't have anything against eachother. Toonami only has a limited amount of slots for premiers, and already has plenty of options to fill those slots with shows from the 3 licensors they already work with. They just don't have any reason to be interesting in working with Sentai, and its not like Sentai is coming to them like Aniplex did with SAO.
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* In their latest Q&A, the crew said that the rights to the first season of ''The Big O'' were unavailable (in response to a question asking if [adult swim] wrote the rights to that season off a la Cartoon Network and ''Megas XLR'')... which simply isn't true, since the whole show's been rescued by Sentai Filmworks. Why are they suddenly denying the existence of Sentai Filmworks? Are they hinting at something? Did something behind the scenes happen between Sentai and Toonami? Am I missing something here regarding rights?
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** Keep in mind also that Sentai Filmworks has few action shows under its belt, and those they do have may not be popular enough to get the ratings that Toonami wants.
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* I've heard conflicting thoughts about this, and I'd like some definite confirmation. Is Toonami restricted to picking up just shows owned by {{Funimation}} and VizMedia (with the exceptions being the AniplexUSA-owned ''SwordArtOnline'' and formerly owned BandaiEntertainment shows like CowboyBebop ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''), ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''), or are they able to pick up shows from any distributor (such as SentaiFilmworks, MediaBlasters, DiscotekMedia, etc.) and just haven't bothered to do so yet (the crew has said that there's nothing wrong between Toonami and Sentai Filmworks, in case there are any doubts about those two working together)?
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*** DBZ was also much longer, at over 200 episodes.
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* How does Toonami manage to make hits out of misses? Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon bombed when they first came to America, EurekaSeven didn't do so well on Toonami and DeadmanWonderland flopped, yet those series do well on Toonami. I'm sure there are other examples I don't have....how does Toonami do it?
** ''DBZ'' and ''SailorMoon'' not only got the advantage of finally airing on a network that had a specific niche (they premiered and bombed in syndication and on USANetwork, respectively), but being packaged with similar American shows to make them go down easier. ''EurekaSeven'' first aired during [as] anime's "wilderness years" and wasn't particularly well-promoted--though it's worth noting that it's still not a "hit", and rides pretty close to the other reruns. And ''DeadmanWonderland'' was clearly made with more American sensibilities in mind, so of course it'd have more appeal over here than in its native Japan.
** ''DBZ'' and ''SailorMoon'' not only got the advantage of finally airing on a network that had a specific niche (they premiered and bombed in syndication and on USANetwork, respectively), but being packaged with similar American shows to make them go down easier. ''EurekaSeven'' first aired during [as] anime's "wilderness years" and wasn't particularly well-promoted--though it's worth noting that it's still not a "hit", and rides pretty close to the other reruns. And ''DeadmanWonderland'' was clearly made with more American sensibilities in mind, so of course it'd have more appeal over here than in its native Japan.
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* How does Toonami manage to make hits out of misses? Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon ''Sailor Moon'' bombed when they first came to America, EurekaSeven didn't do so well on Toonami and DeadmanWonderland flopped, yet those series do well on Toonami. I'm sure there are other examples I don't have....how does Toonami do it?
** ''DBZ'' and''SailorMoon'' ''Anime/SailorMoon'' not only got the advantage of finally airing on a network that had a specific niche (they premiered and bombed in syndication and on USANetwork, respectively), but being packaged with similar American shows to make them go down easier. ''EurekaSeven'' first aired during [as] anime's "wilderness years" and wasn't particularly well-promoted--though it's worth noting that it's still not a "hit", and rides pretty close to the other reruns. And ''DeadmanWonderland'' was clearly made with more American sensibilities in mind, so of course it'd have more appeal over here than in its native Japan.
** ''DBZ'' and
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**** Actually ''SamuraiJack'' is still airing on Boomerang...grated it's on at 3:30 AM weekends only.
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* What exactly is the purpose of Toonami in universe? Why does a space ship need to transmit cartoons? cartoons?
** Well this is where you bring out the MST3KMantra and suspend your disbelief. For a fan guess, it transmits cartoons across the galaxy as a sort of central hub, and that is basically what TOM is built to do.
** Well this is where you bring out the MST3KMantra and suspend your disbelief. For a fan guess, it transmits cartoons across the galaxy as a sort of central hub, and that is basically what TOM is built to do.
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* What exactly is the purpose of Toonami in universe? Why does a space ship need to transmit cartoons?
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** You're asking the wrong people. It can be a whole heap of reasons; it might be bringing in the ratings and thus unwise to remove. It could be they are contractually obliged to keep showing it. It could be that the license for other shows expire so they remove those ones instead. They might be using it as a substitute ''Dragon Ball Z'' which they don't have the rights to, and back in the day (when I was actually able to watch it before leaving the US) DBZ was a permanent fixture for years. But really the only people who could actually answer your questions would be the people at Tonami and Cartoon Network.
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* Why is ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'' still airing? It's been around since [adult swim] started airing it in 2010 and Toonami came back in 2012, it's completed at least two runs already, and it's ''still'' airing, at this point having the distinction of being the only show (besides the long-running ''Bleach'') to have aired on Toonami since the block came back. It has essentially become the next ''[[AdoredByTheNetwork Cowboy Bebop]]'', which is ''not'' a good thing. It's especially jarring since the crew has had chances to remove the show (a good example being when ''Beware the Batman'' was announced to start airing... and ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' [[ScrewedByTheNetwork was chosen for removal instead]]), but has repeatedly refused to do so.
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*** That is still making the assumption that DC is interested in airing them on Tonami. ''Beware the Batman'' is also not the best choice since that is a series that is practically brand new and thus DC has an interest in airing it. All the other shows are old, concluded, and for the most part tied into the old DCAU; not exactly something you want fans pining for when you're about to roll out a new DCAU. Yes it's not smart business practice, but we could take up this entire page pointing out everything they did in defiance of common sense.
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**** The general consensus among Toonami fans was that DC Comics shows were considered impossible for Toonami to license and air. ''Beware the Batman'' coming to Toonami proves that said consensus is false, and that DC Comics shows ''do'' have a chance if Toonami shows interest and attempts to license them for airing.
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*** That's not how licensing works. Just because they got the license to air one show doesn't mean that they automatically get the rights to air everything DC Animation ever created.
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* What makes a Toonami program a "hit" or not? In the revival; there are seven programs who have made million view hits on episodes; ''Bleach'', ''Naruto'', ''One Piece'', ''Soul Eater'', ''Sword Art Online'', ''Deadman Wonderland'' and ''Thundercats''. What makes them better than other programs in the early parts of the block; like ''GXP'', ''Samurai 7'', ''IGPX'', ''Sym-Bionic Titan'' and ''Casshern Sins''? It is just the timeslot? Or is there something more? (Note that now Space Dandy is among the seven million hitters)
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