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Postby El Squibbonator » Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:22 pm

So, while I was watching Adult Swim last night I saw on a commercial that the Toonami anime block's runtime has been shortened from 6 hours to 3 hours. Should this be a cause for concern for us fans? Is televised anime in the United States in danger of going extinct?
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Postby robersora » Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:38 pm

Animenewsnetwork did a podcast where they interviewed the Co-Founder. Listen to it.
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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:38 pm

Toonami is still a thing?
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Postby El Squibbonator » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:35 pm

They relaunched it in 2012. They call it The Night No 90s Kid Slept.
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Postby Compiling_Autumn » Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:06 pm

View Original Postrobersora wrote:Animenewsnetwork did a podcast where they interviewed the Co-Founder. Listen to it.


This interview is great. Interested to see what will be in the works for 2015
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Postby Monk Ed » Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:56 am

View Original PostCompiling_Autumn wrote:This interview is great.

Anything stand out that we who are too busy but interested should know?
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Postby El Squibbonator » Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:18 am

I wasn't able to get the podcast to play. Can someone explain what the basic idea of it was, and what's happening to the channel?
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Postby Compiling_Autumn » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:53 pm

View Original PostMonk Ed wrote:Anything stand out that we who are too busy but interested should know?


The interviewee goes into the history of Toonami, the specifics of why it is difficult to get certain anime franchises, how Space Dandy came to be and why there probably won't be another situation like Space Dandy in the near future (basically, the Adult Swim people knew the people behind Space Dandy really well, so brokering a simulcast deal was an easy situation). He mentions Kill la Kill a few times as a franchise they wanted to pick up right away. He explains that the cut from 6 to 3.5 hours is what everyone wanted; basically, showing Inuyasha at 5 in the morning wasn't doing anyone any favors. Now, almost none of the shows on are reruns. Apparently, reruns don't do nearly as well as original viewings, which is why Attack on Titan isn't currently rerunning. He explains that DBZ Kai and Shippuden are like the support beams that let Toonami branch out into other franchises.

That's all I can remember off the top of my head. Also, he mentions that there are three projects coming down the pipe in 2015 that anime fans will be excited about, but he doesn't mention any by name.
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