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“There’s nothing guaranteeing tomorrow. We could die today or we could die 60 years from now. Either way there’s never enough time to do everything we want. With that in mind…I’m gonna…”
– Akira Tendou, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Ep. 01)
The Toonami Trending Rundown for March 30-31, 2024. With a zombie apocalypse striking Tokyo, Akira is freed from the toxic environment of his former job to complete his bucket list of things he wants to do, as Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead makes its premiere on Toonami.
On Twitter, #Toonami trended in the United States alongside Ninja Kamui, Zom 100, and Lycoris Recoil. #Toonami also trended on Tumblr.
This past Monday marked the 12th anniversary of “The Night no 90’s Kid Slept.” When on April Fools Day 2012, what was originally thought was another rerun of The Room turned out to be a sudden revival of Toonami after being cancelled for over four years. Thanks to incredible fan support, the block would be resurrected for real nearly two months later, which has now surpassed the lifespan of its original 1997-2008 run. Here’s to many more years of Toonami to come.
Last week, Toho Animation released a new trailer for the upcoming 7th season of My Hero Academia, which will begin airing on May 4th. You can see an English translated version of the trailer below. In addition, four special recap episodes titled My Hero Academia: Memories, will be airing weekly beginning on April 6 and through the weeks up to the season premiere. As with previous seasons, Crunchyroll will simulcast the new season and will be producing dubs for season 7.
Toho has also announced this morning that a new My Hero Academia film is also in the works. Titled “You’re Next”, the film will be premiering in Japanese theaters on August 2, 2024. Plans for a release stateside have yet to be revealed as of this writing.
On Tuesday, the anime world bid adieu to Funimation, as Sony has shut down the FunimationNow service (with funimation.com now redirecting to crunchyroll.com), completing its merger with Crunchyroll. Funimation is one of Toonami’s long time media partners, going back as far as when DBZ first aired on the block in 1999.
Toonami Squad on Twitter: “Today, we bid adieu to Funimation, one of Toonami’s long time media partners, going back as far as when DBZ first aired on the block in 1999.Thanks for the memories, Funimation. May the Toonami partnership be renewed and continued with Crunchyroll & Aniplex for years to come. pic.twitter.com/O2g5ktxYVG / Twitter”
Today, we bid adieu to Funimation, one of Toonami’s long time media partners, going back as far as when DBZ first aired on the block in 1999.Thanks for the memories, Funimation. May the Toonami partnership be renewed and continued with Crunchyroll & Aniplex for years to come. pic.twitter.com/O2g5ktxYVG
And on that note, if you missed it, I posted an Op-Ed this week titled “The 2020’s Anime and Streaming Service Bubble Burst,” as I look into the controversies regarding the Warner Bros Discovery merger, the Funimation-Crunchyroll merger, their respective effects on Toonami, and how what’s going on with both could lead to another anime bubble burst, and one for streaming services overall.
Not much else to say other than tune in tonight for another edition of the better cartoon show. Later.
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.
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#Zom100]
- #NinjaKamui [Trended with #Toonami and #Zom100]
- #Zom100 [#6]
- #LycorisRecoil [Trended with #Toonami and #Zom100]
Tweet Counts:
- #Zom100 [2,927 tweets]
Tumblr Trends:
- #Toonami [#2]
If you wish to send me a tip for the work on the trending rundown, donations can be sent to PayPal.Me/DanielLimjoco.
Get Ready to Run for Your Life. Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.
