Toonami news: Blade Runner anime joins Toonami in November; Shenmue arrives in 2022

I hope everyone is enjoying the Crunchyroll/Adult Swim anime Fena: Pirate Princess because we’re going to be getting more original anime like this in the future. Revealed at New York Comic-Con, Adult Swim announced that the Crunchyroll original anime Blade Runner: Black Lotus will be joining Toonami on November 13th. Blade Runner: Black Lotus take over once Fena: Pirate Princess is finished and it will consist of 13 episodes. This Blade Runner anime takes place 10 years after Blade Runner Blackout 2022.

Another anime that got revealed was a trailer for the upcoming anime Shenmue the Animation. Based on the Sega game, Crunchyroll will be in charge of making this Shenmue anime. While the game had players explore lands Yokosuka, Hong Kong, & Kowloon, the anime will still have a linear story. There is no release date, but Shenmue the Animation will be joining Adult Swim and Crunchyroll in 2022.

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My Hero Academia season 5 joins Toonami on May

Not surprised, because this was bound to happen soon. It has been announced by Funimation and Crunchyroll that the fifth season of My Hero Academia will be joining Saturday night block at Toonami. The anime will join Toonami on May 8th. Here is the schedule on May 8th:

  • 12:00AM – Dragon Ball Super
  • 12:30AM – My Hero Academia
  • 1:00AM – Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
  • 1:30AM – THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
  • 2:00AM – Fire Force
  • 2:30AM – Black Clover
  • 3:00AM – Naruto Shippuden
  • 3:30AM – Attack on Titan

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The Promised Neverland season 2 joins Toonami on April

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Hey everyone! This is Matthew and I am here to give you some anime news regarding to Toonami. If you guys are enjoying the new seasons from Attack on Titan and Food Wars, get ready for another anime title to rejoin Toonami. The anime The Promised Neverland is coming back to Toonami with a season 2. The Promised Neverland is expected to take over SSSS.Gridman slot in the schedule on April 10th. Here is the new schedule for April 10th:

12:00 a.m. – Dragon Ball Super
12:30 a.m. – Attack on Titan
1:00 a.m. – Food Wars!
1:30 a.m. – The Promised Neverland
2:00 a.m. – Fire Force
2:30 a.m. – Black Clover
3:00 a.m. – Naruto: Shippuden
3:30 a.m. – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Are you guys looking forward to seeing this anime return?

Food Wars season 3 joins Toonami

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Looks like another anime returning back to Toonami. Just like Black Clover, another Shonen Jump anime title is coming back to TV. It has been announced that the cooking, fanservice anime Food Wars is coming back and this time, the third season will be aired on TV. According to the schedule posted on Twitter, this anime is going to replace Assassination Classroom. This anime will be on TV on February 27th at 1 AM (depending on your time zone).

 

According to co-creator of Toonami Jason DeMarco, he is hoping to air the second season of Assassination Classroom soon. For now, Food Wars will take over the spot until we get news for the return of AC.

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SSSS:Gridman joins Toonami in January 2021

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Looks like Toonami is going to be adding a new anime on their Saturday night block. In a livestream in Adult Swim Festival, Toonami is planning to add some anime for Saturday nights. The planned anime horror Uzumaki will be in Toonami sometime later in 2021. For now, get ready to start the year of 2021 with an anime made by TRIGGER and Tsuburaya Productions.

In January 2021, the anime SSSS:Gridman will be on Toonami for the public along with other anime on the block.

synopsis:

Yuta Hibiki can’t remember who he is, and now he’s seeing and hearing things that others don’t! A voice from an old computer tells him to remember his calling, and he sees a massive, unmoving creature in the distance. Nothing’s making sense—until the behemoth springs to life! Suddenly, Yuta is pulled into the digital world, reappearing in the real one as the colossal hero—Gridman!

 

Assassination Classroom joins Toonami!

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Great news for Toonami fans! You’re anime viewing experience is going to be fun! We have a new (relatively) anime joining Saturday nights. On August 29th, get ready for the Shonen Jump anime Assassination Classroom. This also means Toonami returns with the usual anime schedule considering these past Saturdays, they been showing DC animated movies in dedication to DC FanDome. Here is the schedule:

12:00AM – Dragon Ball Super
12:30AM – JoJo: Golden Wind
01:00AM – Assassination Classroom
01:30AM – Black Clover
02:00AM – Fire Force
02:30AM – Naruto: Shippuden
03:00AM – Samurai Jack
Synopsis:
The series follows a tentacled alien who destroys most of the moon, and promises to destroy the Earth in a year. Rather than let the destruction unfold, the alien takes residence as a teacher, and encourages the students of Kunugigaoka Junior High School’s Class 3-E to find a way to kill him.

Toonami adds Batman movies in August schedule!

Toonami is constantly changing and even with COVID-19 going on in the world, there won’t stop giving us something fun to watch on Saturday nights. It has been announced that Toonami is teaming up with DC comics and will be airing some animated Batman movies in the two weeks of August; Aug 15th and 20th will air back to back of Batman movies. Depending on the timezone you live, you wouldn’t want to miss these epic movies.

On August 15th, Toonami will be airing Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One. On August 22nd, Toonami will be airing the anthology movie Batman: Gothan Knight and the finale called Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part Two.

Batman: Year One 

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Two men come to Gotham City: Bruce Wayne, after years abroad feeding his lifelong obsession for justice and Jim Gordon, after being too honest a cop with the wrong people elsewhere. After learning painful lessons about the city’s corruption on its streets and police department respectively, this pair learn how to fight back their own way. With that, Gotham’s evildoers from top to bottom are terrorized by the mysterious Batman, and the equally heroic Gordon is assigned to catch him by comrades who both hate and fear him themselves. In the ensuing manhunt, both find much in common as the seeds of an unexpected friendship are laid with additional friends and rivals helping to start the legend.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1' review | Batman News

In a dystopian near-future version of Gotham City, 55-year-old Bruce Wayne has retired from being Batman following the death of his former Robin, Jason Todd. Criminals now run amok and the city is constantly terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. However, the escalating brutality of the Mutants prompts Bruce to take up the mantle of Batman again, but the public opinion over Batman and his methods is sharply divided.

Batman: Gotham Knight

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In this 6-story anthology collection, Batman faces villains both new and old in a timeline set after Batman Begins. In “Have I Got A Story For You”, three kids tell wildly different stories about Batman during a fight through Gotham. “Crossfire” focuses on two policemen who end up getting in the middle of a crime battle. “Field Test” has Lucius Fox creating a new technology for Batman, but is it too powerful? “In Darkness Dwells” features Killer Croc and Scarecrow, who have kidnapped a priest. “Working Through Pain” goes through flashbacks of Bruce Wayne’s training while Batman finds his way through the sewers. Finally, “Deadshot” focuses on the titular sniper, who has a new target in Gotham.

Batman: the Dark Knight Returns Part Two

5.2 Reasons We Loved BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, PART 2 | DC

After a 10 year absence, the Dark Knight has returned to Gotham to fight the Mutant threat. After defeating the Mutants, he has taken control of a gang loyal to him in order to make Gotham a safer place. But, the Joker has decided to stop this and fights against Batman in a deadly duel. Meanwhile, Superman is ordered to stop the Dark Knight because the government believes that his ways are wrong. As Batman fights the Joker, the Man of Steel prepares for his greatest fight.

What do you think about Toonami adding these movies? If there is any plans for more what other DC movies do you want to see on Toonami?

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Toonami news: JoJo Part 5 returns to TV! Fire Force season 2 joins in October!

Saturday nights have been shrinking in the schedule with COVID-19 becoming an issue. With Paranoia Agent concluded, it is tough to find other anime to replace them. Fortunately, we do have some anime to pick up the call of duty. It’s been announced that the anime JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures Part 5: Golden Wind is coming back this Saturday on Aug 1st. This anime took a break due to COVID-19 just like My Hero Academia season 4.

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Also coming back and replacing Mob Psycho 100, we have the return of Fire Force. According to the Toonami News Twitter, Fire Force will be back on TV starting on episode 15 of season 1. To make this even more exciting, Toonami will air season 2 of Fire Force. Season 2 will be on TV on October 24th, this fall.

Fire Force (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb

 

Top 5 “new” anime that should join Toonami

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Almost like my top 10 post about Toonami and previously aired anime, I have another top post to share with all of you. Last time, I talked about what anime should return to Toonami. Today, I want to talk about “new” anime that has yet to join this Saturday night block. When I say new, I don’t mean new as in current year/season anime that was made in this current year. I say new as in anime that never showed up on Toonami. For example, the anime Hunter x Hunter joined Toonami with an English Dub on 2016, but the anime original aired on 2011-14 in subbed online. Even though anime wasn’t brand new to most viewers, this anime was new and fresh for TV users. We also got some new anime joined Saturdays such as Dr. Stone, Mob Psycho 100 and The Promised Neverland. In this post, I want to list my top 5 new anime that could join Toonami.

5. Fairy Tail

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We had many long-going anime before such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, Bleach and even the current Naruto Shippuden. Now joining along these titles is these Funimation titles Black Clover and My Hero Academia. I never watched Fairy Tail. but I heard from people that this is a great Shonen anime that is fun to get into if you like anime like One Piece and Naruto. Oddly enough, despite this anime having a huge fanbase, this anime has not appeared on Toonami. One of these days, I do want to get into this series. With this COVID-19 going on, Funimation has been dealing with the dub for the anime My Hero Academia . I feel like once they are done with recording the English Dub of season 4 of the anime, I think it would be nice to see them take a break and give fans something different that is already recorded and will keep people wanting more Saturday nights.

4. Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online

Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online (2018-)

Just like My Hero Academia, Sword Art Online Alicization next arc is hit by the COVID-19 delay. I feel like until things get busy again, I think it would be cool if Toonami includes this spinoff anime, Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online. In this anime, taking place in the same world of SAO, the story focuses on new characters besides Kirito and the group and the anime centers on Gun Gale Online, which was a game introduced in season 2 of the main SAO story. This anime does have Kirito, but this anime does have cute and likeable characters and it will be a breather from the main story’s “serious tone” in plot. I seen this anime and I like it.

3. Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga

Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Review | Brutal Gamer

Anybody remember Blue Exorcist joining Toonami? This is not a sequel to the main anime that aired in 2012. According to sources, Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga focuses the Kyoto Impure Arc from the manga; specifically, according to Otaku Magazine, this anime takes place after episode 17 where the story sticks to source material. In short, this new version of the anime replaces the second half of the old version. I really like the anime and if you like themes like exorcism and fighting demonic evil, this is something to watch. I would like to see Toonami add this anime on TV. Similar to One-Punch Man season 2, this anime can be streamed anywhere, but last time I checked, the English Dub is exclusive in Hulu.

2. Accel World

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Made by the same creators of Sword Art Online, Reki Kawahara created this series called Accel World. Unfortunately in the community, this anime doesn’t get much attention like SAO. I seen some of the anime, but I say it’s a good and fun series to watch. If you like Sword Art Online and video games, this something to watch. This anime about 24 episodes and I think it will keep viewers entertain.

1. The Rising of the Shield Hero

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I haven’t seen this anime, but I have others saying this anime is really good, while others say controversial stuff about it. Despite this anime getting bad reviews from ANN and this series dealing with controversial themes, fans have said this anime hits the nail and it’s a great isekai anime. With an anime popular and having the green light for more seasons, I wouldn’t be surprised if Toonami adds this title on Saturdays.

These are just suggestions. What about you guys? What kind of anime you want to see on TV? What new anime deserves a chance for public?

Top 10 previous-aired anime that should return to Toonami

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Greetings anime fans! I hope everyone is doing well. By the time you read this, it’s already days after Saturday (05/02/20). I am going to cut to the chase and tell you why I am sharing with you a top 10 posts. Recently in Toonami, we have many anime leaving Toonami and this means the Saturday night block has been cut short. It’s already been announced that the anime Mob Psycho 100 season 1 will be returning to Toonami. If you look at the schedule for May 9th, there is only 6 anime titles premiering. Since Food Wars season 3 won’t be airing on TV and Demon Slayers recently finished the season, Toonami has been removing titles from left to right. It also doesn’t help that some anime won’t be airing until summer or fall. Dr. Stone and season 2 will be back later in 2020 and the final season of Sword Art Online Alicization will be pushed back in summer.

I really like how Toonami does its best and give us the recent anime titles in the same time as fans are watching seasonal anime. Despite some people finishing some titles early, in essence, viewers from Toonami can still participate in the anime viewing. However, as much as I like the direction Toonami is going with these new anime series, I sometimes miss the old anime that was once aired on TV. One of the cool things that Toonami sometimes does is bring back previous anime in their time slot for new and old fans such as FLCL, Paranoia Agent and Outlaw Star. In this post, I want to share my top 10 previously aired anime I think people will enjoying today. This is won’t be ranked and it will be anime that has been in my mind. These titles are anime that was on Toonami in the past!

(Anime in Toonami Wikipedia)

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