So, I'm getting back into watching Toonami

What the hell is going on in Bleach?

(And yes, I'm watching because of Soul Eater. Shut up)

 

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Same, I've missed the past couple nights, and I stopped paying attention completely once Deadman Wonderland ended, but now that Soul Eater is on I may pay attention for that.

 

Wait a sec, they have Soul eater now!?
Btw your probably in the Aizen saga for bleach if I'm correct

 

It premiered last night

As for Bleach what do you think is going on?
Talking
Talking
Talking
Talking
2 seconds of fighting
Rest of episode spent explaining what was going on throughout that 2 seconds of fighting

We've actually almost gone an ENTIRE year without having even a GLIMPSE of the main character of Bleach.

 

Haha seems about right, but don't most shows do that?
I know Hitman Reborn did that in the Varia arc.

 

Synopsis of the Previous Episode of Bleach:
Fighting
Plot
Fighting
Ichigo's gonna die.

Synopsis of the Next Episode of Bleach:
Ichigo lives.
Fighting
Plot
Fighting

 

are you familiar with the manga?

 

They need to add Elfin Lied to Toonami, I think it would be perfect on there.

 

they wouldn't be able to.


and i disagree

 

I personally feel they need to add Panty and Stocking.

 

Implying the Toonami plebs would acknowledge it any more than Japan did.

 

I personally think they, funds allowing, need to completely re-structure their line-up.

I really don't like it as it is now, and I would like them to add one or two of the shows they ran back in their other run. They already got Naruto back, and while that's not one that I would have chosen (I would have chosen something from the 90's or early 2000's) it is nice to get one of their old shows.


I think it would be great if their line up looked like this:

12:00-1:00

• Bleach
• Soul Eater

1:00-2:00

• Naruto
• Anything Gundam

2:00-3:00

• Deadman Wonderland
• Sym-Bionic Titan

12:00-1:00
Their first hour needs to be where they run their two big shows, the ones that will be running for a while, and the ones they will promote the hardest. Bleach has been on for ages, so you can't really take that away from it, and Soul Eater is the big new thing, instead of shoving it in halfway through the run they need to put it up front where people will see it. No one is going to take to Soul Eater if it's not getting attention.


1:00-2:00
One thing I think they really need to do is have some sort of nostalgia hour, where they run two shows from their old run and when one of them ends they pull another one from their old run. One of the things that the current Toonami is based on is the desire for old, people wanted it to return because of how great it was, they need to acknowledge that and take advantage of it. Naruto is not one that I would have chosen, but it is undoubtedly very popular, and was probably a smart choice on their part. However, they need to stop riding on that popularity and allow other shows to shine, they're going to get views for Naruto regardless, that's not something that needs to be shown so early. I just said Gundam because that's something I would love to see again, and something that Toonami really became known for, but I suppose it could really be anything.


2:00-3:00
This is one I'm not really sure about. I put Deadman Wonderland down because it did pretty well while it was on, and it's one of the shows they built their new foundation on. This is not the hour where you want to be running a new show like Soul Eater or Bleach or something, this is where you want to put a show that ended recently that did well as a re-run. I haven't watched Sym-Bionic Titan, but I put it here because Toonami needs to have more than just anime to add variety, and that seems like one that could easily be put on a line-up where it won't hurt it too much, but it won't bring much either. Pretty much it's just something to fill out the three hour block.



I didn't put Thundercats on because I like that show too much, and it doesn't belong on Toonami. It needs to be on regular Cartoon Network where it belongs. Putting it on Toonami will only hurt it.

I would like to see regular cartoons again like Batman TAS, Justice League and stuff like that, but I'm pretty sure other stations hold the rights to those now, and one thing that they have had a problem with since they started running again is having the finances to obtain the rights to shows.

One of my biggest complaints with Toonami right now is that it's basically just Saturday night Adult Swim with Tom as a host, and one thing that they need to do to get rid of this feeling is take off the shows they've been running for ages: Cowboy Bebop, FMA, Ghost in the Shell, etc. To make Toonami really come into it's own again, which it still hasn't done, is re-structure the line up, promote new shows, and get rid of the shows they've been re-running for ages (except for Bleach.)