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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 7:20 pm Reply with quote
I find it kind of odd that the series will air on [adult swim] in the U.S. and Latin America, but that it also will be streamed on Disney+. ¿Has this happened before? I think Bleach was the only series that aired on both [adult swim] and Disney+/Hulu
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wjbraden



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 7:28 pm Reply with quote
I'm wondering if it's possible that Adult Swim merely co-funded the series, rather than co-produced it (there's a difference, the former just throwing in money to get partial rights rather than helping to fund/build the thing from the ground up - Space Dandy and GITS:SAC was done this way).
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Cypher997



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 7:30 pm Reply with quote
Tempting, but I've got Hulu/Disney+ under a boycott due to a well known incident back in 2025 and won't be giving them my coin nor clicks in response.
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Cypher997



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Silver Kirin wrote:
I find it kind of odd that the series will air on [adult swim] in the U.S. and Latin America, but that it also will be streamed on Disney+. ¿Has this happened before? I think Bleach was the only series that aired on both [adult swim] and Disney+/Hulu


Streaming and distribution rights are a real pain in the tail to figure out. Learned that the hard way with the various Macross series over the years.
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YagamiBlackstone255



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 8:50 pm Reply with quote
I am starting to see a symbiotic relationship between Disney+ and Adult Swim/Toonami.
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 9:42 pm Reply with quote
I think it's likely going to Hulu/Disney+ because Viz owns the master license and they put all their anime on Hulu.
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NJ_



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 11:15 pm Reply with quote
Cardcaptor Takato wrote:
I think it's likely going to Hulu/Disney+ because Viz owns the master license and they put all their anime on Hulu.


They're also a co-producer on the show so it's higher than that.
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SinisterOracle
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 4:40 am Reply with quote
Will this show stream in only 480p like recent VIZ dvd announcements? Asking for a friend.
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Chiyosuke



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 12:16 pm Reply with quote
SinisterOracle wrote:
Will this show stream in only 480p like recent VIZ dvd announcements? Asking for a friend.


DVDs plays in 480, that's a given. What does that have to do with streaming?
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 2:21 pm Reply with quote
Murder, She wrote:

The anime will first debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States on March 14 at 12:00 a.m. EDT (effectively, March 15). The anime will also receive an English dub.

The anime will debut on April 5 in Japan on the Tokyo MX channel at 24:00 JST (effectively, April 6 at 12 midnight JST). The anime will also air on BS NTV on April 6 at 11:30 p.m. JST.


Will be seen in the US 3 weeks before Japan - it does look more like a Western animation
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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:07 pm Reply with quote
Cypher997 wrote:
Streaming and distribution rights are a real pain in the tail to figure out. Learned that the hard way with the various Macross series over the years.

I'd say one of the most confusing instances of distribution rights is how both Netflix and Crunchyroll acquired the rights to Dan Da Dan, but Crunchyroll had to make its own dub in other languages except for English, which was the same on both platforms.
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Covnam



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 10:44 pm Reply with quote
So does this mean that even though it's on Toonami it won't stream on HBO Max or should we expect it there too?
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SinisterOracle
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 4:10 am Reply with quote
Chiyosuke wrote:
SinisterOracle wrote:
Will this show stream in only 480p like recent VIZ dvd announcements? Asking for a friend.


DVDs plays in 480, that's a given. What does that have to do with streaming?


I was being facetious and making a dig at VIZ.
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