History Headscratchers / Toonami

* Why the hell are they rerunning season 2 of Primal over and over?! Even if you argue that they're getting ready for Genndy Tartikovsky's newest show- why only air season2? The show has 2 seasons, 10 eps each. If they reran it starting from season 1, that would be a nice 20 weeks! But it's getting tiring with the constant airing of the second season, which didn't even have that great of an ending! Is Genndy paying DeMarco under the table or something?!

* Why are western shows based on DC Comics properties (''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', etc.) not considered eligible choices for Toonami? The closest thing I've heard to an answer is that DC Comics doesn't want to be associated with an adult TV network, but I seriously doubt that for two reasons…

*** Just checked [[http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/schedule/index.html?atclk_vn=vn_link_tvschedule the regular Cartoon Network schedule]]. Other than ''Teen Titans Go!'', none of the DC Nation shows or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' appeared on that schedule. I even checked [[http://www.locatetv.com/listings/boomerang#10-Feb-2014 the schedule for Boomerang]], just in case, and the only show rerunning there is the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Fine, but that doesn't discount the other shows.

* How did they manage to lose the rights to Thundercats2011? Warner Brothers is owned by Time Warner, the same company that owns Cartoon Network!

* How broad is the 'do not air the same programs across CN/As line rule? For a bad example, could Toonami air Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ while CN airs the new Powerpuff Girls, or (A better and far more likely example) air Pokemon Origins for a movie event while CN airs Pokemon regular?

* The 2012 revival...why? Who decided it was a good idea to make Toonami more "adult" and air it at midnight? Especially since Creator/AdultSwim is the midnight 'adult' anime block on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Why not try to get new viewers by airing it earlier, instead of pandering to former fans who are high off nostalgia?
** ...Because those are the very fans that helped bring it back to ''begin with?''
** It's less risky that way. It's already a huge experiment. Only if the ratings are successful will they maybe decide to show it earlier.
** This is a case of embracing the PeripheryDemographic. Even at its hight the original Toonami was popular with an audience that skewed far older than what was being aimed for and now that the younger kids were that age too, why ''not'' aim it at older kids/young adults?
** I'll admit that the "more adult" Toonami is a little weird for me (I think it will get better once they break it in. Probably why they have been using the word 'bitch' so much.) but the point is that Toonami is, at least in the present, not a proven block. So the logical way to get it back up is to re-introduce it into what is most likely its original audience. If you are worried that the "nostalgia high" as you called it won't keep Toonami up; you are probably right. The old shows have drawn back the crowd but it will take new shows to stay on TV. I think they are anticipating this. If you are worried about the possible lack of new audience... well... A good portion of Adult Swim watchers are mid-teens. So I would assume that it will catch some new followers if it succeeds. Either way, it's understandable if it is not 'exactly' what you want but that is kind of an inevitability when such a long hiatus is taken. Support it if you enjoy it; don't if you don't.
** Sheesh. Kids watch AS anyway. I'm 14 at the time of this entry, I've been watching Toonami since I was 13 (earlier this year) and AS since I was 10.

* What's up with the new schedule for January 4, I mean sure its a good idea to have original Naruto remain on the block, but not to restart it, and moving Clone Wars to 5:00? Well, there goes any chance of Final Act in March

* Why the hell is ''Naruto'' airing at 2:30 AM? By this point in time, the show should be long gone, completely off the lineup (hell, the crew even said it themselves that the original ''Naruto'' would be removed from the lineup in favor of ''Shippuden''). However, it's still hanging around, and by doing so has screwed over three shows (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', ''[=InuYasha=]'', and ''Samurai Jack''). Even if it's somehow connected to the deal of ''Shippuden'' being able to air (how that's the case was never explained, and I doubt there even ''is'' a good explanation for it), at the very least, the show could air somewhere in the 4:00 AM and 5:00 AM range, completely out of the way without bothering the shows it has screwed over.
** Because people still watch it enough to justify keeping it there?
*** Ratings (or how many people watch a show) are irrelevant to this issue. ''Shippuden'' already has that covered. And even if ''Naruto'' draws in big ratings, like I said, Toonami could at least air the show somewhere at either 4:00 AM or 5:00 AM, where it doesn't get in the way of the other shows and might also boost the ratings in that area significantly (that was their intent with moving ''The Clone Wars'' from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM, but that isn't exactly working very well).
*** It got over 700,000 views down there a while back. I don't know why, but ratings have been sort of low in recent times, seeing as we haven't had any program from One Piece later get a million views.
*** One instance of getting over 700,000 viewers doesn't justify moving a show that hasn't aired on Toonami before down to 5:00 AM during its first run (I could understand moving it down to 5:00 AM if the show has already finished a run and Toonami wants to give it a second run, much like how ''IGPX'' was moved down to 4:30 AM for a second run after it finished its first run at 2:30 AM).

* This has more to do with the Tear Jerker section of this article, but it's still a legit question. Why is it that ''Cowboy Bebop'' and ''[=InuYasha=]'' leaving the lineup are considered Tear Jerkers, yet any other show such as ''Eureka Seven'', ''Samurai 7'', or ''Sword Art Online'' leaving isn't? I don't care if ''Bebop'' and ''[=InuYasha=]'' were shows that aired on [adult swim] before Toonami came back (''Eureka Seven'' also falls under that category, by the way). A show has to leave the lineup eventually. If ''Cowboy Bebop'' and ''[=InuYasha=]'' leaving are Tear Jerkers, then by logic, ''every time'' a show leaves should be considered a Tear Jerker.
** Cowboy Bebop is for nostalgia reasons, while I, the guy who wrote the Inuyasha tear jerker part, bases it on how it is the first new show (For AS Toonami) that did not complete its run, aka leaving episodes unaired.

* Why do the new Toonami videos (Reviews, Q&A's, Music Videos, ect) not occur during the Space Dandy in 11:30, but during Bleach at 12:00?
** Probably because that's where they've always been and they feel like there is not much point in changing it.

* [[spoiler: During Intruder 2, is TOM 1 alive or dead? When the original series aired in 2000 and TOM 1 was eaten, a promo aired narrated by Peter Cullen stating that TOM was dead. Here, the Intruder now can speak and has some form of intelligence presumably from TOM 1's matrix. Were the remaining parts of TOM 1 revived back to life overtime as the Intruder assimilated his body, or is TOM 1 still dead and the Intruder is merely using his corpse/eaten remains as an outer shell?]]

** 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.

* Does Toonami still have rights to any of its April Fools Day programing? Particularly Dragon Ball Z, which I have been told a hundred odd times is ''SpongeBob'' property now.

** ''DBZ'' and ''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. ''Anime/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 ''Deadman Wonderland'' 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 ''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. ''Anime/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.

* 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?

* During Intruder 2, is TOM 1 alive or dead? When the original series aired in 2000 and TOM 1 was eaten, a promo aired narrated by Peter Cullen stating that TOM was dead. Here, the Intruder now can speak and has some form of intelligence presumably from TOM 1's matrix. Were the remaining parts of TOM 1 revived back to life overtime as the Intruder assimilated his body, or is TOM 1 still dead and the Intruder is merely using his corpse/eaten remains as an outer shell?

## Their line of DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies. All of the movies, so far, have been rated PG-13 and are usually aimed more towards older audiences than young kids. Some of them are actually pretty damn dark, with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' pushing their PG-13 ratings way past the limit.

**** Actually ''SamuraiJack'' is still airing on Boomerang...grated it's on at 3:30 AM weekends only.

** They're running SamuraiJack.

** This troper believes that Creator/CartoonNetwork or AdultSwim extended/renewed the rights to air it.

## I don't know how big of a part they played in it, but DC Comics (along with Warner Bros.) did collaborate with AdultSwim to make the ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOI79rLovI Robot Chicken DC Comics Special]]''. Anyone who's seen ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' knows that that show is the complete opposite of kid-friendly.

## I don't know how big of a part they played in it, but DC Comics (along with Warner Bros.) did collaborate with AdultSwim to make the ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOI79rLovI Robot Chicken DC Comics Special]]''. Anyone who's seen ''RobotChicken'' knows that that show is the complete opposite of kid-friendly.

* 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 ''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.