Forum - View topicNEWS: Soul Eater Anime to Run on Adult Swim's Toonami Block
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Good pick, but I'll probably never watch it on there. When a long series gets picked up for 1-a-week broadcasting, I always think where I'll be in life by the time it's done airing and I get all depressed. I think I'll buy the DVD.
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penguintruth
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Huh. Cool. I never did get around to watching that.
Seems like something they should have done years ago, though. When it first came out over here. But whatever. |
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Agent355
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I'm a Toonami fan & supporter, so I was very excited about the announcement. I miscalculated and thought that the Samura7 finale was last night, and was eagerly awaiting the new promo. I wouldn't have minded waiting another week. (They made a special promo for Samurai7's finale next week, and its great.)
Soul Eater is a solid choice for Toonami. I never watched the whole thing, so I hope it can engage me beyond the mediocre first couple of eps. They should rearrange the schedule and make it Bleach-Naruto-Soul Eater, put all the main shonen action shows upfront. Both Thundercats and Sym-Bionic Titan are ending their runs soon, and I'm still holding out for Inuyasha: The Final Act... 
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AbZeroNow
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Thundercats gets very good ratings for Toonami though. But yes, a Bleach-Naruto-Soul Eater trifecta is likely best back-to-back. I have heard that Symbionic Titan will be rerun, much to my dismay since I refuse to watch non-anime on Toonami since anime is ver hard to find on TV. I suspect that Inuyasha: The Final Act will air on Toonami when the original Inuyasha is done. Based on what Ryan said, I will check out Soul Eater. I would love for Toonami to get Angel Beats! or Shakugan no Shana though. |
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v1cious
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Christ, and how long did that take them?
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Agent355
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AbZeroNow you want to support anime on TV, so you refuse to watch any other type of show on the only network that airs anime on TV? There are plenty of excuses people have for not giving domestic action cartoons on Toonami a chance, and yours is pretty counterintuitive.
As far as I can tell, Toonami has always been a mix of anime and domestic action cartoons, and no harm can be done by giving the domestic shows a try. If they're bringing in some ratings, that's a good thing for the block overall, and Sym-Bionic Titan happens to be a very good show. Why don't you give it a try? |
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enurtsol
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Actually, the Japanese anime studios have been pretty good at keeping things under wraps until they officially announce it. I've always amazed how they've been pretty good at that, given the # of workers involved in animation. That's why leaks pre-official tend to be a big deal. (Not like American animation industry where clues are common.) As for Toonami, Williams Street hardly ever acquires anime too far ahead in time because they know they don't have to - they can acquire an anime and get it on air within a couple weeks. They tend to leave things late, except maybe for not-previously-released dub premieres, probably because what may be a good idea now may not be a good idea months later when it actually airs (like, say, if they acquired Series A for air 2 month in the future, but then they acquired more popular Series B 6 weeks later, so it may be a good idea to air Series B instead and break people's hearts who were waiting for Series A.) Because Toonami typically acquires already-made anime instead of producing it from scratch, they can afford to hold out for a better deal till the last minute before choosing. (Announcing already-available anime months in advance probably wouldn't make much of a difference either way.) |
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walw6pK4Alo
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You realize that's going to take about 3 years at their current pace, right? And I think this longevity is what Toonami prefers, they want longer and stable series rather than having to shuffle around a bunch of 12 episoders. |
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Mikeski
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If so, then rather than a case of "look how edgy we are!" it's a case of "look how incompetent we are!" Their PR/advertising/scheduling folks still told TV Guide about it. The fact that they're acting surprised that an outfit that prints TV listings on a set schedule printed a TV listing on a set schedule speaks poorly of them. If they didn't have their stuff ready, they shouldn't have told TVG yet. It wouldn't be the first "t.b.a." they published... |
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Hypeathon
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Heads-up, Sym-bionic Titan is repeating its run. |
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enurtsol
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Yeah, some cog in the chain likely gave out the info unwittingly. Either way, whether incompetence or accident, they need to do a better job keeping secrets. They should follow the Japanese model. |
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Fuzzy Pickles!
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Never though this show would happen, but it seems as unexpected moves after unexpected moves are made. Not all of them good, but this looks to be one of Toonami's good moves.
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KENZICHI
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Totally agree. I've never liked Maka's Japanese voice. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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I disagree, because I love hearing Chiaki Omigawa's signature honking. I remember a lot of discussion on her voice when the show was new, and it seems to still be divisive.
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KENZICHI
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Really? Sigh. Between the two I'd rather have Thundercats rerun. Well, I'm just glad Samurai 7 isn't going to rerun. At least I watch SymBionic Titan sometimes. |
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