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Toonami Premieres gen:LOCK Animated Series on August 3


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Punch Drunk Marc



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:34 pm Reply with quote
Kinda surprised this ended up on Toonami before RWBY. Though it might be because RWBY doesnt have an actual plot until V3 spoiler[(and even then it's not that good)]

Edit: Then again GL, does have legit star power in it in the forms of Micahel B. Jordan, Dakota Fanning, Maise Williams, and David Tenant so it would probably be better for the block anyway since they could market that.
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theNightster



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:55 pm Reply with quote
Punch Drunk Marc wrote:
Kinda surprised this ended up on Toonami before RWBY. Though it might be because RWBY doesnt have an actual plot until V3 spoiler[(and even then it's not that good)]

Edit: Then again GL, does have legit star power in it in the forms of Micahel B. Jordan, Dakota Fanning, Maise Williams, and David Tenant so it would probably be better for the block anyway since they could market that.

keep in mind episodes of RWBY are short wheres this series episodes are a half an hour long, better fit for the line up
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:09 am Reply with quote
I always thought Genlock would be a perfect fit for Toonami. I'm glad to see it got picked up.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:11 am Reply with quote
Really? This over Mob Psycho 100 II and other better options?
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IboughtYoulunch13times





PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:16 am Reply with quote
Yeah, I gave it like 4 episodes. Not a good show.
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veemonjosh



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:35 am Reply with quote
Zeino wrote:
Really? This over Mob Psycho 100 II and other better options?


This acquisition is a case of corporate synergy. Thanks to AT&T's purchase of Time Warner, Adult Swim and Rooster Teeth have both been put into the same entertainment umbrella. And unlike how Warner Bros operated previously, where corporate synergy was openly shunned and the different branches were encouraged to compete with each other, AT&T wants these companies they own to play ball with each other. Hence Crunchyroll co-producing anime with Adult Swim and Rooster Teeth getting one of their shows on Toonami.

Plus, it's not like this was your only hope of getting MP100 S2 on Toonami. There are quite literally half a dozen other slots opening on the block between now and the end of the year, and only one other show (Demon Slayer) announced. That means five other opportunities for whatever anime you might want to get a chance.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:54 am Reply with quote
IboughtYoulunch13times wrote:
Yeah, I gave it like 4 episodes. Not a good show.


They aren’t just gonna cut it in the middle of its season. That’s not how this works.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:28 am Reply with quote
veemonjosh wrote:
Zeino wrote:
Really? This over Mob Psycho 100 II and other better options?


This acquisition is a case of corporate synergy. Thanks to AT&T's purchase of Time Warner, Adult Swim and Rooster Teeth have both been put into the same entertainment umbrella. And unlike how Warner Bros operated previously, where corporate synergy was openly shunned and the different branches were encouraged to compete with each other, AT&T wants these companies they own to play ball with each other. Hence Crunchyroll co-producing anime with Adult Swim and Rooster Teeth getting one of their shows on Toonami.

Plus, it's not like this was your only hope of getting MP100 S2 on Toonami. There are quite literally half a dozen other slots opening on the block between now and the end of the year, and only one other show (Demon Slayer) announced. That means five other opportunities for whatever anime you might want to get a chance.


To tack on to this statement, between now and the end of the year, we’ve got:

-SAO Alicization ending

-AOT S3 ending (gen:LOCK replaces this)

-MHA S3 ending

-gen:LOCK itself ending

-DBS ending

-Gundam ending (Demon Slayer either replaces this or Super)

-Lupin ending

Five open slots (maybe four if they’re just dropping MHA’s)
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:41 am Reply with quote
Ughh.. Well it was nice to have toonami back while it lasted.. When... "stuff" like this starts getting put on it pretty much means we are near the end. Though I guess we could hold out a little hope given the nature of the current situation it's in with the funi stooges.. -_-
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Scion Drake



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:49 am Reply with quote
James_xeno wrote:
Ughh.. Well it was nice to have toonami back while it lasted.. When... "stuff" like this starts getting put on it pretty much means we are near the end. Though I guess we could hold out a little hope given the nature of the current situation it's in with the funi stooges.. -_-


Well Toonami has stated before that it’s an action block, not just an anime block soooo......... Heheh people & their doomsaying. Laughing
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Punch Drunk Marc



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:06 am Reply with quote
theNightster wrote:
Punch Drunk Marc wrote:
Kinda surprised this ended up on Toonami before RWBY. Though it might be because RWBY doesnt have an actual plot until V3 spoiler[(and even then it's not that good)]

Edit: Then again GL, does have legit star power in it in the forms of Micahel B. Jordan, Dakota Fanning, Maise Williams, and David Tenant so it would probably be better for the block anyway since they could market that.

keep in mind episodes of RWBY are short wheres this series episodes are a half an hour long, better fit for the line up


Keep in mind, that V1-3 have been compiled into an around 30-40 minute feature. Every episode V4-onward is roughly 15-25 minutes each. It's not that much of a stretch to fit it into the block if they wanted.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:36 am Reply with quote
Considering they all fall under AT&T in one way or another, this isn't surprising.
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Watanabefan



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:29 pm Reply with quote
Cool. I've been meaning to check this out.
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whiskeyii



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:44 pm Reply with quote
Hmm...on the one hand, I think Gen:LOCK has some really great moments that will enable it to do fairly well on Toonami. On the other hand, even as someone who *liked* Gen:LOCK, I do feel like the show starts off strong but sort of slumps towards the middle before picking back up, and even then, it's still not as polished as a lot of the other 3D shows we get on TV, which might honestly be Gen:LOCK's biggest problem.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:45 pm Reply with quote
Cool. Didn't really expect this to be something that would get on even though it fits rather well.
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