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maoyen
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 Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:40 am
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| Megiddo wrote: | | Oh wow. I know Shiki has a slow start and all, but surely that would have been a better "horror" selection than Is this a Zombie. |
Agreed. "Another" also would've been a good choice
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MischievousMelody
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:47 pm
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Chiller isn't available for me. Dang it!
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Greed1914
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:32 pm
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| Asrialys wrote: |
It reminds me of Tenchi Muyo GXP being on Toonami. They had no idea it would be that kind of show  |
I don't know about that. There was an ANNcast with the guy who helps pick shows for Toonami, and he seemed pretty on the ball. Plus, he has been watching anime long enough to know the name Tenchi Muyo, and Toonami previously aired other Tenchi Muyo properties, so I think they knew exactly what they were getting.
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Ronin2081
Joined: 28 Jan 2014
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:32 pm
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| Greed1914 wrote: | | I'm just curious how Is this a Zombie made it in there. It has monsters in it, which fits for Chiller, but it is decidedly out of the normal context for that network. I almost wonder if Funimation didn't just throw it in on a list of shows with monsters without any expectation that Chiller would actually take it. |
Looking at the show that airs right before Is this a Zombie, I don't think ITAZ stands out as much as some people say. Todd and the Book of Pure Evil seems like a tongue in cheek series for the most part so something like ITAZ may not be as odd as people think by just looking at the list of anime Chiller is showing.
| Greed1914 wrote: | |
I don't know about that. There was an ANNcast with the guy who helps pick shows for Toonami, and he seemed pretty on the ball. Plus, he has been watching anime long enough to know the name Tenchi Muyo, and Toonami previously aired other Tenchi Muyo properties, so I think they knew exactly what they were getting. |
Jason DeMarco does watch plenty of anime but some of the choices are odd ones, Tenchi GXP was one of the biggest oddities. They were hoping that just having the name "Tenchi" would get viewers for GXP but that obviously didn't happen and he has admitted that was a mistake.
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Grungehamster
Joined: 27 Feb 2015
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 5:37 pm
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| Felicity dash wrote: | | I forgot to mention the Devil May Cry anime isn't that bad either. I mean it's canonically between dmc 3 and 4 on the timeline. Plus it's animated by Madhouse.
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I've never played any DMC, couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters, and barely remember the series plot... but damn if the episode with Mermaid Rock wasn't worth the price of admission alone. It mixed the song with the narrative so well it gave me Cowboy Bebop flashbacks.
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CatSword
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:02 pm
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To anyone who managed to catch the first night, any edits?
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tobeast777
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:16 am
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Well... I like Black Blood brothers! Always happy to have US channels play anime though.
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epicwizard
Joined: 03 Jul 2014
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:44 am
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Is there any reason why anime blocks are airing at a time in which most people are asleep? First it's the revived Toonami, and now it's Chiller's anime block. Why not air it from 10:00 pm to 12:00 am?
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Ronin2081
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:20 am
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| epicwizard wrote: | | Is there any reason why anime blocks are airing at a time in which most people are asleep? First it's the revived Toonami, and now it's Chiller's anime block. Why not air it from 10:00 pm to 12:00 am? |
Probably because anime can't pull enough ratings at those hours. With Toonami it airing at midnight Saturdays is probably the best thing for the block, since people can stay up later on Saturdays.
For Chiller, midnight on Wednesdays is going to be a little tougher to get people to stay up late and watch it.
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FLCLGainax
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:23 am
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Devil May Cry's my favorite in the line-up. Black Blood Brothers comes in second, but would be better suited for Toonami. Is This a Zombie? provided some balance to the block, but is too weird. Tokyo Majin is clichéd.
Edit: Based on first episodes only.
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Haterater
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:25 pm
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It looks as though the anime Chiller block might be canceled. Looked up the schedule and its been replaced with something else. Hoping for maybe a special thing and it'll be back next week.
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EricJ2
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:41 pm
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| FLCLGainax wrote: | |
Devil May Cry's my favorite in the line-up. Black Blood Brothers comes in second, but would be better suited for Toonami. Is This a Zombie? provided some balance to the block, but is too weird. Tokyo Majin is clichéd.
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ITaZ? at least has a quirky sense of harem comedy humor, or indeed any humor, which is something otherwise not found on US cable anime, except for isolated moments on the fight anime.
Although yes, it doesn't make too much more sense as it goes on (I'm halfway through and even I don't know what the heck it's about--They keep making up the plot arc as they go along!), and may be a little too weird for the horror audience who, yes, probably would watch Devil May Cry instead.
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LagannImpact
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:15 am
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Unfortunately, it appears it's already been yanked, probably due to absurdly low ratings (18-49s did especially bad in Week 2).
http://www.chillertv.com/schedule/1438747200
Well, that was fun while it lasted. If the timeslot was the problem, they could always try 3:30 AM Saturday nights, piggybacking off of Toonami's weekly "LATER" end...
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Haterater
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:03 am
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Very unfortunate. I think a later Saturday slot like you said would be ideal. Was hoping for some success, as maybe it could have led to Toonami or another to have more anime during the week. Then again, Syi-Fi channel showed it wouldn't turn out too well, I suppose. I hope to see BBB on Toonami at least. Could have more potential there.
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Ronin2081
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:05 am
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A Friday night slot would have worked just fine I thin k instead of trying to ride the Toonami wave or compete with Toonami on the same night.
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