C&C - Anything Else/Schedule [3/18 - 3/24]

[Rabi~en~Rose]

We're gonna have a tv party tonight!


New Episodes in Lime Green

http://adultswimhq.com/sundays.jpg March 18th
10.00/2.00 Futurama
10.30/2.30 Family Guy
11.00/3.00 Robot Chicken
11.15/3.15 Aqua Teen
11.30/3.30 Metalocalypse
11.45/3.45 Tim and Eric
12.00/4.00 Saul of the Molemen
12.15/4.15 Moral Orel
12.30/4.30 Frisky Dingo
12.45/4.45 Sealab 2021
1.00/5.00 Home Movies
1.30/5.30 Space Ghost
1.45/5.45 The Brak Show

http://adultswimhq.com/mondays.jpg March 19th
10:30/2.00 Futurama
11.00/2.30 Futurama
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Robot Chicken
12.30/4.00 Ghost in the Shell
1.00/4.30 Inuyasha
1.30/5.00 Inuyasha
5.30 Voltron

http://adultswimhq.com/tuesdays.jpg March 20th
10:30/2.00 Futurama
11.00/2.30 Futurama
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Robot Chicken
12.30/4.00 Ghost in the Shell
1.00/4.30 Inuyasha
1.30/5.00 Inuyasha
5.30 Voltron

http://adultswimhq.com/wednesdays.jpg March 21st
10:30/2.00 Futurama
11.00/2.30 Futurama
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Robot Chicken
12.30/4.00 Ghost in the Shell
1.00/4.30 Inuyasha
1.30/5.00 Inuyasha
5.30 Voltron

http://adultswimhq.com/thursdays.jpg March 22nd
10:30/2.00 Futurama
11.00/2.30 Futurama
11.30/3.00 Family Guy
12.00/3.30 Robot Chicken
12.15/3.45 Robot Chicken
12.30/4.00 Ghost in the Shell
1.00/4.30 Inuyasha
1.30/5.00 Inuyasha
5.30 Voltron

http://adultswimhq.com/saturdays.jpg March 24th
11.00/2.00 The Oblongs
11.30/2.30 The Boondocks
12.00/3.00 Bleach
12.30/3.30 Blood+
1.00/4.00 Eureka 7
1.30/4.30 Samurai Champloo
5.00 The Big O
5.30 Gigantor

[Zach Logan]

Lime green is the best type of green.

Stickied.

[livingfruitvirus]

Did I miss some ATHF movie ad? DirecTV threw a COB on after the Family Guy promo.

[Master Moltar]

First post schedule needs Robot Chicken at 12 and 12:15.

Tonight must be bump rerun night or something...at least they played the Blood+ promo during Family Guy, which is interesting.

[livingfruitvirus]

No extra scenes for us on Family Guy tonight. Although they changed "contents of your panties" to "contents of your vagina" in this one, and "13 inch member" on Fox was "13 inch penis" on AS.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

bloody good ratings!


Saturday, March 10th


E7: 260,000
Bleach: 253,000
Oblongs: 245,000

psyche!


Down: Bleach
New: Oblongs, E7

[v1cious]

interesting numbers

[Ahiru-kun]

I was expecting Blood+ to do much better. At least E7 was finally top dog.

[Master Moltar]

That's what happens when there is unnanounced schedule changes, a poorly promoted premiere, and a box-office monster opening that weekend.

I'm surprised E7 was able to get #1 though. Small, but dedicated fanbase.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Wow, terrible ratings.

Crazy that E7 actually won, although that was no prize.

Maybe Bleach actually could move to Toonami? *dodges projectiles*

[Scirel]

Once again, saturday without futurama is low as hell.

It dosen`t matter if it's comedy or action, it will do really low without futurama, and possibly FG if they ever put it there.

If this pattern continues, it should prove to naysayers that it is the night that makes the ratings low, not necessarily the programming. Even futurama does at least double its saturday take on every other night.

[Beat]

I think we can safely call Blood+ another strikeout in a long list of ASA strikeouts. I blame the lack of Futurama. Once the rights revert to Comedy Central, they're in trouble.


Maybe Bleach actually could move to Toonami? *dodges projectiles*

I'd argue this point, but after Hellboy, I'm not so sure.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Sunday, March 11th


Family Guy: 1,250,000
Chicken: 1,068,000
ATHF: 937,000

I guess they did get adjusted to 10:30 :sweat:


Up: Family Guy, ATHF, Chicken

[Master Moltar]

Didn't take people long to realize the Sunday schedule change...wow.

[livingfruitvirus]

Sunday, March 11th

Family Guy: 1,250,000
Chicken: 1,068,000
ATHF: 937,000I guess they did get adjusted to 10:30 :sweat:


Up: Family Guy, ATHF, Chicken

Now I hope the Blood+ ads that air during Family Guy are working.

[Ahiru-kun]

As the Saturday ratings get lower the Sunday ratings surprisingly spike upward. I can't believe ATHF almost got a million viewers and were months removed from that Boston scandal.

[Zach Logan]

Wow, terrible ratings.

Crazy that E7 actually won, although that was no prize.

Maybe Bleach actually could move to Toonami? *dodges projectiles*
Do you really want Bleach to be on Toonami after the terrible....well after it turned to ****?

Sunday, March 11th

Family Guy: 1,250,000
Chicken: 1,068,000
ATHF: 937,000I guess they did get adjusted to 10:30 :sweat:


Up: Family Guy, ATHF, Chicken

All I can say is wow. That looks like one of the highest top three I've seen in a couple of years.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Do you really want Bleach to be on Toonami after the terrible....well after it turned to ****?

But Toonami is still awesome, in my mind. And Hellboy proved that it could handle Bleach.

All I can say is wow. That looks like one of the highest top three I've seen in a couple of years.

Yup. Hopefully AS can keep this up on Sundays for all time.

[Master Moron]

I think we can safely call Blood+ another strikeout in a long list of ASA strikeouts. I blame the lack of Futurama. Once the rights revert to Comedy Central, they're in trouble.


I blame the lack of advertising. I know some people say that the anime will get the same rating whether it's advertised or not, but everytime a new series gets crappy promotion it bombs. Bleach and Trinity Blood got slightly better promotion, and they did slightly better when they premiered.

[Scirel]

I blame the lack of advertising. I know some people say that the anime will get the same rating whether it's advertised or not, but everytime a new series gets crappy promotion it bombs. Bleach and Trinity Blood got slightly better promotion, and they did slightly better when they premiered.


TB and Bleach are the only anime on As since FMA/GITS to get consistenly good/ok ratings. Heck, TB did well throughout its entire run. If it had a 2nd season, I owuldn`t put it past AS to get it after the impressive ratings it's gotten.

Bleach has also consistently done well.

also, to the card that complained of a lack fo a Blood+ footage promo, there was one. i saw it several times. But it was the standard ASA "EXPLOSIONS WITH ____" anime promo that always makes a series do worse.

[Beat]

also, to the card that complained of a lack fo a Blood+ footage promo, there was one. i saw it several times. But it was the standard ASA "EXPLOSIONS WITH ____" anime promo that always makes a series do worse.

Ironic when you consider WS started out as a firm specializing in advertising and promotional packaging.

[Scirel]

Ironic when you consider WS started out as a firm specializing in advertising and promotional packaging.



It's wierd becaise we all know they can do better.

The techno+explosions+random action scenes promos NEVER WORK.

The promos that say the PLOT of the show ALMOST ALWAYS WORK. not to mention, I`d think they'd be easier to amke to since they don`t have to sync up a million fast images from clips several times.

Toonami knows the difference between an AMV and a Promo. ASA apparently dosen`t.

[Zach Logan]

Just some interesting statistics I put together on Excel...tell me if you notice any patterns:

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[blitzkrieg]

Has anyone thought that the combination of no longer having a strong lead in and the later start time for the anime might have been a factor in the decreased ratings?

The fact that Oblongs didn't do all that great and Boondocks didn't even end up in the top 3 meant that for Bleach to do good in the ratings you'd have to have a lot of people tuning in just for Bleach. Which apparently some people did, the amount of which you can't really tell because you can't tell how much the ratings dipped from Oblongs.

Though it isn't that great of a sign that Blood+ didn't make the ratings because that means that it lost more viewers than the show after it picked up. Meaning you have some combination of people that stopped watching after Bleach but started watching again when E7 came on or that E7 has more people that tune in just for E7 than people that stuck around for Blood+ and this combination is also greater than people who potentially just tuned in for Blood+.

Though I suppose you could look on the bright side that anime did beat the two comedy shows opening up the night.

[Don_East]

Cool, they kept the fake infomercial at the end of "Edelweiss".

[Zach Logan]

Has anyone thought that the combination of no longer having a strong lead in and the later start time for the anime might have been a factor in the decreased ratings?

The fact that Oblongs didn't do all that great and Boondocks didn't even end up in the top 3 meant that for Bleach to do good in the ratings you'd have to have a lot of people tuning in just for Bleach. Which apparently some people did, the amount of which you can't really tell because you can't tell how much the ratings dipped from Oblongs.

Though it isn't that great of a sign that Blood+ didn't make the ratings because that means that it lost more viewers than the show after it picked up. Meaning you have some combination of people that stopped watching after Bleach but started watching again when E7 came on or that E7 has more people that tune in just for E7 than people that stuck around for Blood+ and this combination is also greater than people who potentially just tuned in for Blood+.

Though I suppose you could look on the bright side that anime did beat the two comedy shows opening up the night.

Yeah, but if you look at the graph I posted above, this has been a trend. Over the last ten weeks there's been a very steady decline from the 400,000s to the 200,000s. It has to be because of a single or a combination of multiple factors.

[blitzkrieg]

Yeah, but if you look at the graph I posted above, this has been a trend. Over the last ten weeks there's been a very steady decline from the 400,000s to the 200,000s. It has to be because of a single or a combination of multiple factors.

The only trend I'm really seeing on the graph is that every 3 out 4 weeks or so there will be a random drop, which is understandable. Though this being the lowest in a while would be a concern in my opinion.

I don't think the promotion or lack of promotion of Blood+ had that much to do with anything because Bleach's ratings were down which since it's slot didn't change I would attribute to Oblongs and Boondocks not being as popular as the shows that previously were in their slots. Could Blood+ have done better? Sure but at best it would have probably ended up in third. Third place on a horrible ratings night wouldn't have been much to brag about.

Course we won't be able to make a valued judgement for another 2-3 weeks since Saturday night ratings are always chaotic.

[Sketch]

Just some interesting statistics I put together on Excel...tell me if you notice any patterns:

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Looks like in general when Sunday has a rise Saturday has a drop but then they stablize then they do the same rise and drop again and when Saturday has a rise Sunday has a drop. Very interesting indeed.

Ah come on Zach the new Toonami isn't all bad. It'll just take forever to get use to the new TOM (I'm already chill'n with the other two robots for the most part).

[Master Moron]

It's wierd becaise we all know they can do better.

The techno+explosions+random action scenes promos NEVER WORK.


I think the biggest problem with the promo is that the air time is in the bottom right hand corner. I mean, the audience isn't going to focus on the corner, they should have had the time in the center. I mean, this is marketing 101.

In addition, I noticed that the promo doesn't actually have an Adult Swim logo or anything on it. Someone might see the promo and think it was a cob for another network or something. It seems unusual not to have the network's logo on a promo. Has Adult Swim done this before and I've just not noticed it or what?

Also, I think an announcer needs to say the name "Blood+" as the logo is kind of hard to read.

All in all, I could easily imagine a casual viewer saying "That looked cool, but what the hell was it?"

Looks like in general when Sunday has a rise Saturday has a drop but then they stablize then they do the same rise and drop again and when Saturday has a rise Sunday has a drop. Very interesting indeed.


Maybe everytime someone stays in on Saturday, they feel the need to make up for it by getting wasted on Sunday.

[Duke]

I think we can safely call Blood+ another strikeout in a long list of ASA strikeouts. I blame the lack of Futurama. Once the rights revert to Comedy Central, they're in trouble.
Oh, come on. It's been one freaking week! You can't judge how a new series will do after only one week, it's impossible. Especially since AS ratings flucuate a lot.

The promos that say the PLOT of the show ALMOST ALWAYS WORK. not to mention, I`d think they'd be easier to amke to since they don`t have to sync up a million fast images from clips several times.
The problem is that AS doesn't record any new dialogue for their action promos anymore. Except for FMA, all of the recent anime have had their "here's what the show's about" dialogue taken from the series. Since Blood+ doesn't have that, AS is using the "action clips set to music" style.

[The Myst]

I love Adult Swim so much for airing these old Space Ghost episodes.

I hate Adult Swim so much for not making new Space Ghost episodes.

[Mr. Manager]

That fake infomercial is one of the best parts of that episode. I think I've seen that episode about twenty times on DVD.

[jbanks97]

These early 3rd season Space Ghosts' are probably my least favorite, (but that's like saying getting a B+ is my least favorite). The third season is the one and only time the network made new SG's every week. Previously, (and eventually afterwards), they had made new SG's whenever they felt like it. Although eventually the shows from S3 are "brilliant", at first they seem a little rushed (at least to me).

I would hate "Live at Fillmore East' to be the last thing SG is involved in. At least get George Lowe another regular gig.

[The Myst]

Well, there's the GameTap episodes and George Lowe seems to still work Williams Street, he just seems to randomly pop whenever.

As far as these episodes, personally I've never seen an episode of Space Ghost I didn't like. Well, "Table Read" wasn't very good, though I liked the experimental idea of making an episode out of a table read.

Speaking of Space Ghost, I wish they would show "Chambraigne" next week when "Carl Wash" airs.

[Duke]

At least get George Lowe another regular gig.
From what I hear, George Lowe is in practically every single radio commercial down in Atlanta, so I doubt he's struggling for work.

[The Collector]

The low ratings on Saturday are no surprise to me considering the absolute lack of notification of a schedule change. Let's compare positions, shall we?

Futurama to Oblongs - 245,000

Trinity Blood to Boondocks - N/A

Bleach to Bleach - 253,000

Eureka 7 to Blood+ - N/A

Samuari Champloo to Eureka 7 - 260,000

Lupin III to Samuari Champloo - N/A

As I figured, the people who usually ducked E7 skipped out on Blood+ as well whether they knew it or not, and when the Futurama crowd saw that their show wasn't on they bailed on the whole night. Without any carry over from the comedy side, the results were predictable. The only show that confused me a little was the only show that actually kept its spot: Bleach. But, whatever, the night was doomed for a poor showing from the start.

In the end I think I will offer a little advice to AS. When you change nearly the entire schedule around it might be a good idea to let your viewers know about it in the form of an advertisement or two.

[beren]

So it seems there is a baselin of about 250k people who watch Anime, instead of tring to pad ratings with lead ins, changing the schedule around ot get a few hundred thousand more casual viewers why not try to expand the existing hardcore audience? I have been saying that for years, good news is this setup will not last long, bad news is anyway they change it will not bring the numbers back up quickly because they take some time to stabalize. With serial shows you have to keep the audience informed and watching everyweek, you can't try to pander to casual, every now and then, viewers. They should air anime on sunday/weeknights mixed with comedy or make saturday all anime and eat the bad ratings untill they improve (they will slowly over time assuming they have a quality product and can market it.).

[blitzkrieg]

So it seems there is a baselin of about 250k people who watch Anime, instead of tring to pad ratings with lead ins, changing the schedule around ot get a few hundred thousand more casual viewers why not try to expand the existing hardcore audience?

Because the existing hardcore audience hasn't been bringing the ratings.

I have been saying that for years, good news is this setup will not last long, bad news is anyway they change it will not bring the numbers back up quickly because they take some time to stabalize. With serial shows you have to keep the audience informed and watching everyweek, you can't try to pander to casual, every now and then, viewers. They should air anime on sunday/weeknights mixed with comedy or make saturday all anime and eat the bad ratings untill they improve (they will slowly over time assuming they have a quality product and can market it.).

There is not an infinite hardcore audience out there that is going tune into Saturday night. If there was the ratings wouldn't generally plummet when the block doesn't have a good lead in comedy show. Look at Bleach's rating this week and its rating last week. You can't blame it on schedule changes or lack of promotion because it was in the same time slot. That's your hardcore audience. That's your loyal fans.

Honestly it's not that Saturday night needs comedy, Saturday night needs a draw that is going bring in people and the other shows need to be strong enough to have decent ratings retention. It's only one week but at the moment it certainly doesn't look like the current schedule has that.

[Zach Logan]

Looks like in general when Sunday has a rise Saturday has a drop but then they stablize then they do the same rise and drop again and when Saturday has a rise Sunday has a drop. Very interesting indeed.

Ah come on Zach the new Toonami isn't all bad. It'll just take forever to get use to the new TOM (I'm already chill'n with the other two robots for the most part).
Sorry, but anything I saw positive about a move to Toonami for Bleach was swept far, far away Saturday night. Now I really hope things pick up so Bleach can stay on Adult Swim.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Sorry, but anything I saw positive about a move to Toonami for Bleach was swept far, far away Saturday night. Now I really hope things pick up so Bleach can stay on Adult Swim.

Yeah, damn Toonami airing something more violent than Bleach at 7 PM!

This Saturday sealed that Bleach belongs on Toonami.

[Zach Logan]

Yeah, damn Toonami airing something more violent than Bleach at 7 PM!

This Saturday sealed that Bleach belongs on Toonami.
Kuwabara, I'm not saying Toonami couldn't air Bleach (It won't air on Toonami, so say numerous sources), but I'm saying the only part of me that wanted Bleach to air on Toonami now would abhor that very idea. With the new look to the block the idea of having cool promos and bumpers (or even a cool custom intro) has been shot to sunshine. There is no way that Bleach belongs on Toonami anymore, and I don't say that because of the content of Bleach, but because Toonami is no longer the 'cool block' Sean Atkins wanted it to be in 1997. Adult Swim will air a guaranteed uncut Bleach alongside other great shows. There's no reason it shouldn't be on AS anymore, and although Toonami aired a TV-14 Movie, so does Adult Swim. That just means that the lines have blurred. As far as I'm concerned, in 2007, it's cooler for a show to be on Adult Swim.

[Ahiru-kun]

Aside from a few sexual innuendos, Bleach really isn't an adult oriented show. Neither is E7. They're both pretty much uncut Gundam and DBZ level. Plus, if I remember correctly Toonami is the block that has gotten away with flipping the bird not AS.

[The Myst]

From what I hear, George Lowe is in practically every single radio commercial down in Atlanta, so I doubt he's struggling for work.

He also does voiceovers for a morning show. The one he mentioned that Frylock was disturbing in the ATHF episode "Antenna".

[marklungo]

Aside from a few sexual innuendos, Bleach really isn't an adult oriented show. Neither is E7. They're both pretty much uncut Gundam and DBZ level.

Bleach, maybe. However, while Eureka Seven seems to be a Toonami-type show in the early episodes, the series becomes increasingly dark and violent as it progresses. Recent plot elements include alien monsters slaughtering helpless humans and gruesome, Mengele-style genetic experimentation. In fact, every E7 episode has run with the "extreme violence/American cowboys" disclaimer (whether the individual episode warranted it or not) for the last several months.

[livingfruitvirus]

He also does voiceovers for a morning show. The one he mentioned that Frylock was disturbing in the ATHF episode "Antenna".

That show got cancelled. They flushed the whole station.

Kuwabara, I'm not saying Toonami couldn't air Bleach (It won't air on Toonami, so say numerous sources), but I'm saying the only part of me that wanted Bleach to air on Toonami now would abhor that very idea. With the new look to the block the idea of having cool promos and bumpers (or even a cool custom intro) has been shot to sunshine. There is no way that Bleach belongs on Toonami anymore, and I don't say that because of the content of Bleach, but because Toonami is no longer the 'cool block' Sean Atkins wanted it to be in 1997. Adult Swim will air a guaranteed uncut Bleach alongside other great shows. There's no reason it shouldn't be on AS anymore, and although Toonami aired a TV-14 Movie, so does Adult Swim. That just means that the lines have blurred. As far as I'm concerned, in 2007, it's cooler for a show to be on Adult Swim.

I didn't realize we judged blocks based on how cool they felt. What is this? Middle school? "I'm gonna sit at the cool table!"

Aside from a few sexual innuendos, Bleach really isn't an adult oriented show. Neither is E7. They're both pretty much uncut Gundam and DBZ level.

What a horrible comparison. Gundam and DBZ look tame compared to both shows mentioned. We could dig out screenshots if you wish.

[Zach Logan]

I didn't realize we judged blocks based on how cool they felt. What is this? Middle school? "I'm gonna sit at the cool table!"

Replace cool with popular and we're set. Welcome to Cartoon Network!

[blitzkrieg]

I didn't realize we judged blocks based on how cool they felt. What is this? Middle school? "I'm gonna sit at the cool table!"

Regretfully the table they think was cool, at one point in time, has never ever been cool.

[The Myst]

That show got cancelled. They flushed the whole station.

Really? Sucks for George then.

[Duke]

Gotta love the episodes where Aramaki shows off how awesome he is.

Oh, and it's about time InuYasha transfers to digital animation. The show will now look a LOT better.

[lwitkop]

Gotta love the episodes where Aramaki shows off how awesome he is.


"Hey you - dumbass at the window!" is the best Aramaki line ever.

[Matt Hazuda]

Gotta love the episodes where Aramaki shows off how awesome he is.Yeah, this is probably one of my fav eps of the series just because we get to see what a mastermind he truly is, even when he doesn't have his normal resources.

[The Myst]

WTF? AS just showed Inuyasha's opening.

[Duke]

WTF? AS just showed Inuyasha's opening.
They only showed the opening narration, not the actual opening part (which makes me mad because right now the opening is "Grip," the best one in the show.

[vegetable]

Week ending March 18th.

TOTALS

1,007,000 households (#3) / +65,000
1,209,000 people 2+ (#4) / +149,000


ADULTS (aka - the ones that matter)

518,000 adults 18-34 (#1) / +83,000 !!!NEW RECORD!!!
659,000 adults 18-49 (#1) / +116,000 !!!NEW RECORD!!!
394,000 adults 25-54 (#7) / N/A


KIDS (aka - the ones we don't want to see go up)

245,000 kids 2-11 (#5) / +27,000 (1,000 under Nick at Nite)
172,000 kids 6-11 (#5) / +5,000
204,000 tweens 9-14 (#5) / +13,000


Top Telecasts (HH):

#13 - Family Guy: 2,496,000
#14 - Family Guy: 2,476,000
#20 - Family Guy: 2,367,000
#25 - Family Guy: 2,227,000

COMPETITION: WWE, I Love New York, Spongebob, Fairly Oddparents, Zoey 101, Drake and Josh, Law & Order: SVU, Ned's Declassified..., The Hills, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Riches, Scooby-Doo 2, El Tigre

NOTES: Anyone else glad Shin Chan will air on weeknights?

Top Telecasts (18-34):

#8 - Family Guy: 1,291,000
#9 - Family Guy: 1,248,000
#10 - Family Guy: 1,196,000

COMPETITION: WWE, The Real World, The Hills, I Love New York, South Park, Riches

NOTES: Same as before.

Top Telecasts (18-49):

#6 - Family Guy: 1,864,000
#10 - Family Guy: 1,709,000

COMPETITION: WWE, The Real World, The Hills, I Love New York, South Park, Real World, Riches, The Day After Tomorrow

NOTES: See last note.

[Master Moltar]

Wow, with numbers like those, I can see [as] getting the 10 PM slot from CN.

[Mugen]

Wow, with numbers like those, I can see [as] getting the 10 PM slot from CN.

I'm surprised they haven't taken the 10 PM slot already. It's not like CN is using that time effectively.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

I forgot about GitS on monday but saw last nights :) seemed kind of complicated :confused: what was with that explosion it must have been real weak if everyone walked away just fine

[The Myst]

They only showed the opening narration, not the actual opening part (which makes me mad because right now the opening is "Grip," the best one in the show.


Why show the narration but not the theme song?

[Duke]

I forgot about GitS on monday but saw last nights :) seemed kind of complicated :confused:
One of Aramaki's friends found out about what the military really did in Okinawa (I believe during WWIII, but I forget) and how that killed his wife. All that data was stored on the terminal that his son, Yuu, recieved for his 16th birthday. Yuu linked up, and the father's consiousness mixed in with Yuu's, creating a single entity bent on revenge.

what was with that explosion it must have been real weak if everyone walked away just fine
Only Batou and the Major were near the explosion, and their cyborg bodies are tough enough to withstand the blast. It helps that the Major through the bomb a few feet away seconds before it exploded, saving Yuu's body. The civilians were too far away to be caught in the blast.

Why show the narration but not the theme song?
...It's AS. Remember, they've shown the openings a couple times randomly before.

[Majin_Megabyte]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot tonight starts The Band of Seven Arc of Inuyasha. Almost time to see our favorite tank thing Ginkotsu, and the lovable killer Jakotsu again. ^_^.

[MarineCorps]

Only Batou and the Major were near the explosion, and their cyborg bodies are tough enough to withstand the blast. It helps that the Major through the bomb a few feet away seconds before it exploded, saving Yuu's body. The civilians were too far away to be caught in the blast.
.

:confused: I've always taken the explosion as only haven happened in Yuu's head. IIRC the Major said something along they had over written him with the memory of a successful kill. ie the explosion we saw didn't really happen.

[Duke]

Yea, but the target still wasn't caught in the explosion. He was clearly outside the main blast.

And we finally get into the Band of Seven arc, and I finally see the beginning. It feels a bit grander in the anime due to Ayame.

Oh, and that apprentice boy needs to stop being a monk. Every monk he studies under gets killed. First by Kikyo, then by Muso, and now by Kyokotsu.

Hey, AS. If you're gonna play the prologue, at least play the whole intro!

[The Myst]

...It's AS. Remember, they've shown the openings a couple times randomly before.


Hmm... I think I remember seeing it once before. I still wonder why though.

[Don_East]

I like the Robot Chicken Smurfs sketch, especially that it has the original Brainy Smurf. Nothing funnier than Brainy saying "Mother Smurfer".

[Kitschensyngk]

Even to this day I still find it hard to accept that Jakotsu is a guy. Especially with the female dub voice.

And thus begins the Band of Seven story arc, the longest arc of the Dogboy saga, and also the one that is easiest to lose interest in.

[The Myst]

Even to this day I still find it hard to accept that Jakotsu is a guy. Especially with the female dub voice.

It took the characters referring to Jakotsu as "him" to make me remember that it was supposed to be a dude.

[Duke]

Even to this day I still find it hard to accept that Jakotsu is a guy. Especially with the female dub voice.
I'm sure Jakotsu waving her scent out for MuttBoy to follow didn't help. :P

[herbkir]

Jakotsu was voiced by a female VA in the Japanese track, too. So on both sides of the Pacific, producers couldn't find a suitable male VA to portray the gay Jakotsu. At least the English track didn't make Jakotsu female, as happened in the dubs made for some other countries. (^_*)

[Rabi~en~Rose]

oh hey! complex episode DO exist :eek: and this one killed Togusa! :eek: well I mean of course he isn't dead but still :( a cliffhanger over the weekend is no fair :crying:

[Mr. Manager]

COMPETITION: WWE, I Love New York, Spongebob, Fairly Oddparents, Zoey 101, Drake and Josh, Law & Order: SVU, Ned's Declassified..., The Hills, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Riches, Scooby-Doo 2, El Tigre

COMPETITION: WWE, The Real World, The Hills, I Love New York, South Park, Riches

COMPETITION: WWE, The Real World, The Hills, I Love New York, South Park, Real World, Riches, The Day After TomorrowMost of those aren't competition since a lot of them aren't at the same time as AS's programs.

[Duke]

oh hey! complex episode DO exist :eek:
The first half was more "Stand Alone a couple times, then Complex, then Stand Alone, then Complex."

Then the series switched into a string of Stand Alones before going ending the season with a string of Complexes starting with this episode.