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Jason DeMarco, SVP of Adult Swim and Creator of Toonami, did a Q&A on his Twitter earlier today.
Bit of down time here so let’s do a quick Q&A for anyone who wants to. Ask me anything!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Below is a rundown of Q&A’s that were noteworthy:
I’ll be talking a lot more about that at C2E2, Dragon Con, Momocon and Comic Con, among others, so I’ll save those stories for the folks who show up there! You’ll hear about it!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Jason and the Toonami crew will be heading to a lot of cons this year so expect to hear a lot more news regarding FLCL and other stuff to be announced this year.
Hm good question. Probably trying to keep the block relevant with a minuscule budget compared to our streaming competitors.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
The hardest part of running Toonami is keeping the block relevant while working with the small budget they have compared to their streaming competitors.
I’m more interested in new projects, but there are several shows we’ve aired that I’d love to see updated seasons of…
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
While Jason is more interested in doing more new projects there are several shows that have aired on the block that he’d love to see have new seasons.
Popularity, cost, personal preference, relationship with the distributor.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Popularity, cost, personal preference, and relationship with the distributor are all deciding factors on what shows do and don’t make it on to the block.
Well, obviously bringing back Toonami!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Bringing Toonami back was Jason’s favorite April Fool’s Prank that Adult Swim has pulled on April Fools. I think we can all agree with that lol.
Everything. Particularly some comedy, some horror, some slice of life, some sports anime, some magical girl stuff, some hard sci-fi…
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Comedy, horror, slice of life, sports anime, magical girl, and hard sci-fi are all genres outside of the traditional action shows that Jason would like to bring to the block in the future.
No album, but yes there will be billboards, some premiums, and lots of on and off channel advertising. It’s a network priority.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Just like for Season 5 of Samurai Jack there will be lots of marketing/advertising, however at this time there will be no album release.
Nothing planned but we will definitely do another mixtape at some point.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Nothing is planned at this time but the Toonami crew will definitely do another mixtape some at point.
Probably not, tbh.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Jason doesn’t see other genres of anime outside of action getting a Toonami-like block on U.S. TV.
You’ll have to watch and see!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Want to know if Toonami is doing anything for April Fools this year? You’ll just have to watch and see to find out. 😉
IGPXjust kidding. I wish Gundam Unicorn had done better.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Jason wishes Gundam Unicorn did better during its run on Toonami.
Mostly looking forward and we have big things for next year but you never know!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Jason and the Toonami crew are mostly looking forward and have a lot big things planned for next year.
Besides the obvious ones, I always dug the music in Gurren Lagann.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Some of Jason’s favorite OSTs from Toonami shows are from Gurren Lagann among other great shows.
Series.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Jason would prefer to make original series over original movies.
Maybe!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
Big O could return for another run on block.
Yes, always.
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
The Toonami crew keeps a list of shows they would like to air on the block.
Not much of a chance, no. And can’t answer the other, it would spoil the surprise if we got something back!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
For those hoping for a chance of One Piece returning back to block unfortunately that is still out of the picture right now.
And that was it for the Q&A!
Okay, that was fun! Don’t wanna clog up people’s timelines so I’ll close this for now. Thanks to everyone who asked a question!
— DUKE TOGO DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 25, 2018
