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“If you find yourself unable to feel any kind of pain, then it is no different from being dead. While it is unfortunate, due to its dependency on Hapna, mankind as we know it is dead. Furthermore, we have become fixated on short-term gains in a never-ending battle against our fellow man. This struggle has irreparably destroyed the environment of our planet. Taking the lives of countless people in the process. And so, as a scientist, I’m forced to come to this conclusion…that is the true nature of the human race. Can we allow this evil to continue? Shouldn’t we, the human race, be held accountable and face punishment for our sins? As a matter of fact, I did not develop Hapna to act as a mere pain killer. I engineered it to remain in the body. Three years after ingestion, Hapna will mutate, killing all those who have taken it. It is impossible for Hapna to be neutralized or purged from the bloodstream. I have no intention of playing God. Nor do I intend to unilaterally decide what the fate of humanity will be. All I am doing is serving as the Seventh Trumpeter. I estimate in 30 days the first users of Hapna will die. But you should all know that I currently have the cure. You have 30 days. If someone can find me within that time, then humanity will survive. Whether we as a race are worth saving or not is something that I leave for all of you to decide.”
– Skinner, Lazarus (Ep. 01)
“We call ourselves “Lazarus.” Welcome aboard, Axel Gilberto.”
– Hersch
This Toonami Trending Rundown is for the month of March 2025 and April 5-6, 2025. These past few weeks would culminate in the World Premiere of Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest show, Lazarus.
Throughout the month of March, #Toonami would trend in the US on Twitter on all five Saturdays Toonami aired on the month. Blue Exorcist would trend in the US in all Toonami broadcasts alongside it with the exception of March 1-2. Meanwhile on Tumblr, Naruto would trend on March 1-2, while #Toonami and Sailor Moon trended on March 8-9.
And during Lazarus’ world premiere on the night of April 5-6, #Toonami and #Lazarus would trend on the USA on Twitter, while Naruto trended on Tumblr. And in a new first, Lazarus would also trend on BlueSky, the first for Toonami on the fledging social media site since they introduced trending topics back in December.
Also, Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding, and OD fame, is apparently a big fan of the show so far.
The feature for March 15 featured a new Toonami ID titled “Laser SARA.” You can check it out below.
And March 22 featured a Video Game review of Rogue Waters by Ice Code Games and Tripwire Interactive. It received an 8/10 score.
Milan Records has released some of the music from Lazarus’ original soundtrack this past week. With three separate soundtracks from Kamasi Washington, Bonobo and Floating Points respectively, these tracks are available to view now on many major streaming outlets.
For those who have been wanting some more Lycoris Recoil, Aniplex and A-1 Pictures plan on releasing six original short stories, titled Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time-. Depicting the new daily lives of Chisato, Takina, and the workers at Café LycoReco, these shorts will be released stateside weekly on Aniplex USA’s YouTube page every Wednesday starting April 16.
On a programming note, Toonami’s schedule will stay the same through the month of April, but on April 26 at 3:00 a.m. EDT, the block will wrap up with a one hour special from special musical guests Ginger Root with their visual album, Shinbangumi.
Not much else to say other than congratulations to the Florida Gators and the UConn Huskies for winning the Men’s and Women’s Basketball National Championships, respectively. And our thoughts go out to the families of voice actors George Lowe, best known for voicing Space Ghost in Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, as well as Dave Mallow, voice of Amaro in FLCL, Gotoh in Hunter x Hunter, Ernest Frederick Egin in Blue Exorcist and many more, both of whom would sadly pass away this past month. May you both rest in peace, and thanks for the memories.
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.
March 1-2, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#10]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,005 tweets]
Tumblr Trends:
- #naruto [#3]
March 8-9, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#12]
- #BlueExorcist [Trended with #Toonami]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,144 tweets]
Tumblr Trends:
- #Toonami [#5]
- #sailor moon [#6]
March 15-16, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#10]
- #BlueExorcist [#16]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,290 tweets]
- #BlueExorcist [1,588 tweets]
March 22-23, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#8]
- #BlueExorcist [#10]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,601 tweets]
- #BlueExorcist [4,444 tweets]
March 29-30, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#5]
- #BlueExorcist [#10]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,016 tweets]
April 5-6, 2025 Trends
United States Trends:
- #Toonami [#12]
- #Lazarus [#7]
Tweet Counts:
- #Toonami [2,943 tweets]
- #Lazarus [3,394 tweets]
Tumblr Trends:
- #naruto [#1]
Bluesky Trends:
- #Lazarus [#1]
If you wish to send me a tip for the work on the trending rundown, donations can be sent to PayPal.Me/DanielLimjoco.
Eyes on the Prize, Maties. Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.
