Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

It seems Adult Swim is going to be dropping a lot of anime starting May 26. Kekkaishi, Big O, and InuYasha (which I don't believe they've ever taken off the air besides for special occasions) will all be absent from their lineup.

To make up for the now empty time slots, they'll show Bleach 3 times a night (instead of the usual 2), show Cowboy Bebop 2 times during the night (instead of the current 1), and show an episode of the original FMA (in addition to the 2 episodes of Brotherhood they currently show).

Disregard this. I got this from my cable's "info", and while AS is changing their lineup, our cable company completely misconstrued the new line up.

The new line up is (from AS's website) as follows(starting May 26). Bleach, unspecified program, unspecified program, FMA: Brotherhood, unspecified program, Cowboy Bebop. They then proceed to replay that lineup for the rest of the night.

For comparison, this is their current lineup. Bleach, FMA: Brotherhood, Durarara!, Kekkaishi, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Ghost in the Shell, Bleach (replay from earlier), FMA: Brotherhood (replay from earlier), Durarara! (replay from earlier), InuYasha.

Given that they will start replaying things earlier in the night, it stands to reason that some current shows might still be taken off the air (such as the rumored absence of Kekkaishi, Big O, and InuYasha). Of course, since 3 of the time slots are "unspecified", it's always possible that some (if not all) of those shows are still in the lineup, and others are getting the axe. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Adult swim still does anime.

Anywuo still hoping for a toonami revival.

My cable's guide and Adult Swim's website are both showing me the same line-up as before.

just finished watching princess resurrection,it was really good but it was one of those animes where theres a fight in every episode,now to watch the ovas

Are you looking at the schedule for May 19, or 26? These changes are supposed to go into effect on the 26th.

When you're on the schedule page, click on "picture it old school", and compare the lineup of May 19 (their current one) to that of May 26 (the new one). there's a bunch of blank spots (the unspecified programs I mentioned), and FMA: Brotherhood & Cowboy Bebop are in different timeslots.

oh for a second I thought AS had also decided to pretend anime doesn't get ratings anymore.

I'm still surprised so many people still watch anime on TV. DVDs and streaming have become so convenient for me, I kinda stopped watching Cable entirely.

yes those convenient 50 dollar DVDs. (thank you rightstuf for bringing sanity to anime purchases)

Streaming yeah, but even nowadays tv is a big way for something to...be semi-relevent. Anime has more fans than ever yet is somehow less relevent. It's quite odd really. At least, that's what I've gotten out of this.

You gotta know how to shop, man. I've never paid much more than $30 for a complete set in my life, not counting Trust & Betrayal.

I mainly watch AS for old time's sake (also, they have been referencing Toonami a lot in their "bumps" recently, and coupling that with their upcoming schedule change, I'm starting to get my hopes up, lol).

Also, my iPod recently crapped out, so I can't watch videos online (I'm only on here, because my 3DS's browser can navigate the site).

i just learned one of my childhood games had a anime,legend of mystical ninja

i just watch it free on the net

I'm currently in the thick of the Alabasta Arc. I see elements of The Whitebeard War in here. Really liking it so far. Fights are freakin' intense. Wonder how/if they'll ever be able to top this one. And I'm seriously having deja vu right now...

BTW, @Fonis, if you're still watching Sgt. Frog, let me know when you at least make it to episode 10.

If I didn't know that spoiler, I would punch you through the internet.

Of course you're expecting this forum to have spoiler tags, your fault for using "logic".

Honestly, I thought it was abiguous enough that anybody not familiar with it wouldn't know what I meant. I'll make them bigger, though.

I've been watching the in-order show for the last two months, and it feels like ages since I last saw the Straw Hats in Alabasta.

Space ferret head mode activate.

I kind of hate the Alabasta Arc, it was shoved down my throat. I watched the 4Kids dub, read the manga, and watched the Funimation movie all in a matter of months. It was like that arc was never ending. =P

You know, I really liked Skypiea when I first watched it but that was because it was the first arc (well that and Jaya) where I didn't know a lot about it since I was part of Save One Piece towards the end of the 4kids era and thus was spoiled about a lot of Alabasta. But after rewatching it on the dvds I realize why it isn't the strongest of the story arcs. It's really not different enough from Alabasta or as interesting. I mean, it was still great overall but by comparison etc.

I haven't checked, are the dvds back yet? I really want to see Davy Back Fight again.