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“Hold on, before we start: If you think you can beat me, think again. Cause I’m gonna beat the stuffing out of you, with my fists.”
– Mash Burnedead, Mashle (Ep. 08)
This is the Toonami Trending Rundown for the month of January 2025. Toonamii begins its 13th year back on Adult Swim as the block is in a “transitional period” of sorts with Invincible Fight Girl presently rerunning after completing its first season and Toonami Rewind being “merged back” into the block at the rear half of the lineup.
The first scheduled Toonami of the year, January 4-5, was a holiday marathon night of Uzumaki, so no trends were spotted during the 4-episode marathon. For the night of January 11-12, #Toonami trended in the USA on Twitter alongside Mashle, Invincible Fight Girl, and Blue Exorcist. On the night of January 18-19, only Toonami would trend. And for the night of January 25-26, #Toonami would trend alongside Mashle and Blue Exorcist.
The feature for the January 4-5 edition of Toonami featured a new Toonami ID titled “Laser TOM.” You can check it out below:
January 11-12’s feature was a game review for Squirrel with a Gun, an indie action-adventure game developed by Dee Dee Creations and published by Maximum Entertainment. It received a 7.5 out of 10 score.
The developers of Squirrel with a Gun, were quite happy about the Toonami bump on Twitter.
🏳️⚧️Squirrel with a Gun🔫🐿️ On PC/PS5/XBox! on X (formerly Twitter): “🔥🔥🔥 / X”
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January 18-19 saw another new Toonami ID, titled “Strange Ritual.”
And the feature for January 25-26 was supposed to be a game review for the newest Indiana Jones video game by Bethesda, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Game. I say supposed to as the Cartoon Network broadcast control accidentally showcased a promo for Barney’s World, the newest animated series in the Barney franchise, which was probably meant to be showcased during the Cartoonito early morning hours rather than on Adult Swim/Toonami. Nonetheless, it received a score of 9/10 and you can check out that game review below.
Unfortunately, Adult Swim has decided to pull the plug on Toonami Rewind in the new year as the Friday afternoon throwback lineup was retired by the end of the year, with said timeslots being given back to Checkered Past. No official reason was given why Toonami Rewind was canceled. Alongside potential issues with Toonami bringing in additional programming for Rewind, it is likely that Adult Swim is seeing a change in strategy with the network inking a deal with Disney to bring Family Guy back to the late-night programming block for the first time since 2021. It’s not all lost, however, as the Rewind lineup would be “merged back” into the Saturday night Toonami lineup, with Naruto starting over from the beginning starting January 11th, while Sailor Moon returning on January 25th.
Mike McFarland, voice actor and ADR Director whom has lent his talents to many Toonami shows over the years including Dragon Ball, Full Metal Alchemist and Attack on Titan, was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor after originally dealing with symptoms of an ear infection. Fortunately, Mike underwent emergency surgery to successfully remove the tumor and is presently recovering. Our thoughts go out to Mike as he recovers, and if you wish to help Mike in a philanthropic way, feel free to donate to his GoFundMe set up by his colleagues.
Brandon McInnis is Apollo in EPIC: The Musical on X (formerly Twitter): “Master Roshi is a legend and so is Mike McFarland. Let’s help him out while he recovers! pic.twitter.com/sZSpBLBlQz / X”
Master Roshi is a legend and so is Mike McFarland. Let’s help him out while he recovers! pic.twitter.com/sZSpBLBlQz
Studio MAPPA on Friday has released new info and a key visual for Shinichiro Watanabe’s new series Lazarus. The season will be 13 episodes in length and will be airing in Japan on TV Tokyo this April 2025. Adult Swim has also announced on Instagram that Lazarus will also be airing on Toonami stateside in April with a concrete premiere date TBA. We’ll keep you posted.
Finally, The Pillows, the band best known among anime fans for creating the theme music for FLCL, has just announced that they have disbanded after 35 years following their January 31st concert in Yokohama. The band members plan on continuing their respective careers individually. All I can say is, Thank you, our twilights, and Ride on Shooting Star.
the pillows monument on X (formerly Twitter): “the pillowsを応援してくださっている皆さまへTo all fans of the pillows, pic.twitter.com/PrObDArrAb / X”
the pillowsを応援してくださっている皆さまへTo all fans of the pillows, pic.twitter.com/PrObDArrAb
Until next time, hope you have a Happy Black History month, congratulations to the Ohio State Buckeyes for winning the National Championship, and of course, our thoughts go out to all those affected by the Southern California Wildfires. While the major fires have been fully contained after weeks of effort from first responders, at least 29 people have lost their lives; and thousands of residents, including voice actors Amanda Winn Lee and Melissa Fahn, have lost their homes. If you wish to help in a philanthropic way, make sure to donate to a reputable organization, including the Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles, the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, The Los Angeles Police Foundation, and gofundme (including one for Melissa Fahn. Amanda herself, in lieu of donations, has requested donators to purchase something from her Amazon Registry for her.)
Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.
January 11-12, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#6]
- #Mashle [#14]
- #InvincibleFightGirl [Trended with #Toonami and #BlueExorcist]
- #BlueExorcist [#13]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,505 tweets]
- #Mashle [1,379 tweets]
- #BlueExorcist [1,825 tweets]
January 18-19, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#27]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,224 tweets]
January 25-26, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#4]
- #Mashle [Trended with #Toonami]
- #BlueExorcist [Trended with #Toonami]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,445 tweets]
Tumblr Trends:
- #one piece [#7]
If you wish to send me a tip for the work on the trending rundown, donations can be sent to PayPal.Me/DanielLimjoco.
It’s not the year, SARA. It’s the mileage. Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.