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nokomiss · 5 years

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So I've had a few days to process the Magicians season finale and basically I've come to the conclusion that:

a.) They actually killed off Quentin Like That, did their cast and crew dirty Like That, treated their fans Like That, and thought that the plotting of that story was actually decent, which, loooool.

b.) They are clumsily attempting to pull a Jon Snow, where they want everyone to believe Quentin is dead, but will bring him back at some point in the future.

If it's option A, it's supremely gross. Everyone has listed the reasons already -- the killing the 'white male protagonist' to show how edgy and subversive your show is? Gross. If you've written a show where you have a generic white male protagonist, that's the failure of the writing. And if you've written a show where the protagonist is canonically linked romantically to both women and men (even if you don't put a label on it) and is ALSO explicitly shown to mentally ill and suicidal, and you think the best solution to that is to have them heroically commit suicide, after a season of buildup to a romantic climax with a male character, and have no resolution to that? Gross. The self-congratulatory attitude of the showrunners is really what made this such a betrayal.

AND then there's option B.

Option B was something I kept thinking about shortly after hearing about the 'oh it's permanent' thing, and then one of the actor's tweets mentioned GoT, which isn't evidence at all but does open the door for the comparison. I'm going to speak here as a longtime ASOIAF fan/GoT viewer. (I have my own issues with Game of Thrones as a TV show that I won't get into here, but suffice to say I love it but don't view it with rose-colored glasses.) The reason the Jon Snow thing worked and no one revolted? Was that it was earned. Jon Snow was a central character, but not the central character; GoT has a huge cast, multiple storylines, and if one character dies, even a beloved one, there's plenty of story remaining and, vitally, plenty of bonds to hold the remaining characters together. And, possibly most importantly, it was consistent with the show’s own internal rulebook.

Quentin is the emotional heart of the Magicians -- even the show itself explicitly brings his love of magic and his love of Fillory as the beating heart of the story. Ripping that away, to use a metaphor from the show itself, will be like when Julia was severed from her soul -- still present, but missing a vital piece. And the show has a long history of characters fighting against death, and finding ways to cheat it. It’s not a tragedy. It’s a very different kind of tale.

I have a lot - a LOT - of feelings about this, so I’m going to put them under a read more. Some spoilers for GoT ahead, and a lot of feelings about earned narratives, storytelling, characters, hope and betrayal.

Jon Snow's death didn't come out of the blue, either. The tensions and discontent in the Night's Watch were building until there was only one real possible outcome to the situation, and it made sense within context that his brothers would turn on him. Quentin's death, as part of a really ham-handed finale, was not earned? It didn't have any build-up or gravitas. You had a character who had been depressed, put in to an awful situation with the possessed body of his ex-love, found the fire within him to fight against the Monster, and then... instead of any logical emotional arc, they had him hook up with an ex and go on the most deux ex machina quest I can remember on the show, and then kill himself over a forgettable villain. All the campfire sing-alongs in the world can't make up for the emotional momentum they lost when they took away Quentin's spine.

When they took away his heart.

And -- here's the thing -- both of these series are based on books. And you know what? In ASOIAF, in canon right now, the last thing to happen to Jon Snow was to die bleeding out in the snow. And yet, when he died on screen, and Kit Harrington spent a year telling everyone he was done with the show, everyone still knew that Jon Snow would return. It made narrative sense. I've honestly only read the first Magicians book, but I did read the summaries of the later two, and Quentin doesn't die. Quentin is given an ending filled with hope.

And the reason I keep coming back to the 'maybe they're doing a Jon Snow' is that his death? in that manner? Just does not make any sort of narrative sense. Probably (undoubtedly) it's just me trying to see meaning where there is none, trying to optimistically think that the showrunners had more care for their own story than they do. But Quentin dying with no emotional fulfillment with Eliot, after a full season of fighting to save him, of being dragged through hell by the Monster, makes no sense. If they'd had the two speak at all, conclude their plotline, I would have accepted the death much more calmly. At least there would be emotional catharsis, even if plot wise I was left frustrated.

Because, here's the thing. When I read that the show had been renewed for Season 5 before Season 4 even aired, I immediately figured that it was a two-season story arc. When Season 4 was so slow to solve the Monster plot, it seemed obvious to me that they were planning on dealing with the repercussions with Season 5. Probably -- again -- that was me putting way, way too much faith in the writers of the show. But there are just so many dangling plotlines, and things that were dealt with so clumsily that they might well have never been addressed at all -- the library, the hedge witches, the magic rations, the old gods, Fillory's issues, really almost EVERYTHING from the season except for getting the Monster out of Eliot's body, and even that failed to address why his growing humanity was even a THING -- that they apparently decided no one would notice because of the Shock and Subversiveness of killing Quentin. I went into the finale with the absolute lowest of bars, because I could see there was no possible way of wrapping up everything, and I totally expected a To Be Continued at the end. Somehow they still managed to disappoint.

And that doesn’t even begin to address how they treated the other characters. Kady, reducing herself to just Penny’s girlfriend. Alice’s own character growth stunted to shove her back into what had already been shown as a failed relationship. Margo, beautiful fierce Margo, abandoning her own plan to save her own best friend because… she liked a dude? And had already solved the fish-issue with her fairy eye? Penny23, reduced to just a puppy trailing after Julia, even though he had telepathy and was a traveler? Julia, with her choices concerning her body and entire existence stolen from her again. (because a telepath couldn’t talk to her????) Fen, totally ignored for the finale? Eliot, never getting his chance to be brave?

That doesn’t exactly inspire a lot of faith for them to make a shift to a show that focuses on diverse characters, when this is how they treat them.

Where does that leave me? With a bad taste in my mouth either way, basically. I told a friend before the finale that "It's a universe where magic exists! They can fix things!" and it's so simple to canonically bring someone back. All the writer's talk about realism is ridiculous, this is a show that thrives on the ridiculous and the absurd. Even if Jason Ralph chose to not return, that doesn't mean Quentin can't. It's very in-the-box thinking if so -- I could think offhand of a half-dozen ways for him to return in a different body, hell, make it a POC one if they're actually that worried about having a White Male Protagonist -- but ultimately I felt most betrayed because this death was not emotionally EARNED by the writers. It is lazy. It is banal.

And it's ultimately incredibly tone-deaf. Sci-fi and fantasy stories offer escapism, and when the real world looks like it does now, literally no one wants their dumb show about magic grad school to be about death and despair. The message the fans look for is one of hope. Quentin as a character offered hope -- you could struggle with depression and still find the beauty of all life, you could find yourself in a magical land, you could find love and friendship and bravery within you that you never realized. That you didn't have to be the hero to be important. So if his death is permanent, like the writers claim -- and at this point I have literally no faith in them whatsoever -- then it's an incredible waste of what could have been a beautiful and groundbreaking story.

And if they're toying with the fans... it's misguided, and just frankly has not been earned in the way they think it has, and frankly means they're blind to their own storytelling faults. It's downright mean, and I'm not sure that I would be willing to support their show even if they brought Quentin back, knowing how little they thought of their fans.

#the magicians #the magicians meta #meta #it's been two days and i'm putting into words why this finale hurt so much #it wasn't because i was mourning a character #it was because i'd put trust in a show and had it betrayed #the whole thing feels like a stunt #and that's what lead me here #i had a LOT of feelings

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grivessillus · 5 years

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Bendy And The Ink Machine Theories, etc. Chapter 5. Part 1.

SPOILERS!

So, I was going to wait till I played it. But may as well do it now.

There will be more.

So. Chapter 5.

That was surprising, terrifying, and confusing.

Bendys Sad Story.

Poor Bendy!

That is so cruel!

They make him. He's wanders round the GENT area. But he isn't what is wanted. No more like him are made. Like him. It doesn't mean there weren't diferent Bendys made.

Joey has them get rid of him and lock him up.

So he's told he's going to be a star in Bendyland or something. Then gets sent away.

Lives in the Archives.

And never sees his final cartoons end.

That is beyond evil to do that. To make someone, then hurt them so much.

No surprise he's angry. But his behaviour isn't always angry. At one point he looks like he's trying to surprise him in the vents. He fights Norman then looks right at Henry.

Were Was The Final Reel. And was Anything Else Needed.

So The End was in the the Archives. And Bendy took it.

But was some of what was needed in Norman Polk? Is that why he fights him and takes his body? Was Norman holding something needed. Did he know something needed?

He fights him for some reason.

Maybe to save Henry. Maybe for what Norman has?

Maybe Norman wasn't entirely agressive when he comes at Henry. Or he is.

Bendy fights him then looks right at Henry.

The Something In The River

Who is the being in the river?

It looks like a giant Bendy. There's giant arms about.

Is it a giant animatronic? Is Bendy controling it? Is it Bendy himself?

Joey Drew's Motivations.

Joey Drew has quite clear motivations.

He was very success focused. Ruthless, nasty, very evil.

He was doing fine, built a amusement park, was going to have living beings instead of people in costumes.

The popularity went down. He lost money.

The Park got cancelled.

He did many evil things.

He experimented with many things. Used employees for experiments.

There are signs of the park being a more usual one. The terrifying Bendy Costumes. The Bendy Robot. Attempts at doing it more basically.

Maybe they didn't work. So he got in GENT to make ink models instead. Which didn't work so well. But some of it did. Because it implies that the some of or most of the rest were as wanted.

They were 'souless', so he said he would give them souls.

Made Susie Campbell into Alice Angel. Made Allison Pendle into Alice Angel. Made loads of Boris'.

But not all the beings have to be people turned into toons. Some could be made by the machine.

The Studio has parts that are showrooms, part of Bendyland, tour areas.

Alice Angels area has a massive public proof viewing screen. To show off Alice Angel. And to stop Alice Angel escaping maybe.

Joey Drews Apartment.

I don't think that apartment is real.

He's not the sort who would appear in casual clothes. Washing up. He uses his performance voice. His real one is diferent.

It is a act.

Does he really seem like someone who would have nice things said about them. That ex employees would write to.

No, he doesn't.

I don't think he was sent those letters at all. Its a front to cover up what he did to them. They sound 'likely' the contents. As in, stuff you might expect. But that isn't quite how things turn out.

They didn't leave or they got lured back and killed and ressurected. But they didn't send those letters.

The rest well, they might be real some of them. But carefully selected real.

Its an illusion. He's back there, hiding out, looking smart. Sitting about smoking a cigar, being vile.

It'd be a big reason for him to make out like he's casual.

He has his public persona and his real one. The public one is all pr and dreams etc. And the real one one is cynical, very evil, and only cares about money, power, and control.

Henrys Return.

So Henry was a partner. And left in 1930 to spend more time with his family.

Then he got a letter 30 years later from Joey.

He went back then the game happens.

I always said he was a Ink Being. He got hurt and healed or resurected as a Ink Being. Then left.

He is called back to complete something or do something. Because he's a original.

He won't be the same after going into the Studio maybe. Maybe he is turned into a Perfect Bendy.

But there's no reason he can't leave.

The Ending After The End, The Epilogue.

So, the Epilogue.

Someone is looking at a picture given to Joey Drew by Henry Stein. As a child calling him uncle Joey asks about a story.

I don't get why people are so confused on the picture.

Henry probabely gave it him when he left. In 1930. Nothing too complex.

The child? Maybe it's a niece. Or grand niece.

If it was Henry's child, they would call him Daddy, dad, etc.

Maybe it's a memory.

Now as to who is looking at the picture.

It could be Henry after escaping and he's about to give Joey a nasty shock. As he has his grand niece over.

Maybe he gets out, and goes back to his family. I really hope he does. I want them all to leave and have happy endings!

It could also be Bendy. Or many people. But they only had that view set up in game. Or Bendy and Henry.

It could mean Henry and everyone else can get out and be happy. I really hope it does.

Who Made Which Character.

So there's stuff about who made which characters.

Well, I think Henry made all the mains and the rest.

He created them all or most of them.

............

Well that was some of my theories.

What do you think?

More next time in Part 2. Because if I put them all here it would be a long article.

#bendy and the ink machine theories #batim theories #chapter 5 #the last reel #henry stein

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Batwoman: Black Mask, False Face Society, and the Rise of Sophie Moore

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This Batwoman feature contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 11.

Last week, False Faces ambushed the Crows and abducted Angelique, leaving several Crows dead and Jacob Kane fuming. In this week’s “Arrive Alive,” the masked gang is pulling heists at pharmaceutical companies across the city, all in an effort to create more Snakebite. Batwoman and Sophie are both looking to stop them, and to save Angelique in the process, but when Batwoman intercepts a False Face driver during a heist who turns out to be an undercover Sophie, she ruins the mission and they lose their one lead on Angelique. Failure to catch up with Black Mask gets Sophie replaced as lead on the investigation, setting up a Sophie-centric episode that ends with a game-changing discovery for her character and the show.

Sophie has been trying to affect change in The Crows, but Jacob Kane puts a new obstacle in the way of that progress by placing Agent Russel Tavaroff (Jesse Hutch) in charge of the False Face investigation. If All Crows Are Bastards (ACAB), Agent Tavaroff is HBIC (Head Bastard in Charge), the archetypal white, male authority figure. He is dripping with barely-concealed hostility, and there is absolutely no doubt that his approach to the investigation will be more aggressive, which will only lead to more violence and more casualties. Sophie doesn’t want Angelique to get caught in the cross-fire, and she knows her colleague won’t hesitate to escalate.

Sophie takes the investigation into her own hands, and after blowing the operation as Batwoman, Ryan (as herself) convinces Sophie to let her go undercover as a driver instead. What ensues is a cute little scene where Sophie introduces Ryan to Luke, and they pretend not to know one another while he sets up Ryan’s false identity for the Tokyo Grift. Ryan takes Mary’s borrowed car, outfitted with the Batmobile AI—which Ryan didn’t know was responsible for her improved driving skills—and auditions for the False Faces. Batwoman isn’t meant to be comical, but it could stand to be a little more funny, and scenes like this can serve to break up the angst. It also gives us more opportunities to connect with the characters and find them more likable.

Luke warns Ryan that Sophie is smart and will figure out that she’s Batwoman, and Ryan insists that Sophie only sees her as a criminal. But there is a trust forming between Sophie and Ryan, and her assessment doesn’t take that into account. Sophie has become a more empathetic person, and cop, because of their growing friendship. Now Sophie’s discovery of Ryan’s secret identity will test their newfound camaraderie. Ryan will need Sophie on her side, since it seems it won’t be long until Tavaroff discovers who Batwoman is as well.

Batwoman is keeping the story fresh by revealing new layers of the existing narrative. Agent Tavaroff is a relatively new face, but he is the physical manifestation of the ideals that Sophie is trying to move the Crows away from. He is a foil for Sophie, but unlike the entire structure of policing—the real enemy here— he is a single person who can be fought and beat, like last episode’s prison warden. It is easier to take on a person than a system, and even the best intentioned writers can get stuck trying to tackle concepts too big for one episode, or one season. Acknowledging that there are systemic issues at play, and giving our heroes avatars of those systems to interact with, allows for deep storytelling that isn’t bogged down by minutiae. These conflicts also result in something tangible, that we can see and be moved by.

Batwoman is constantly shifting the dynamic of the characters, between each other, and their established norms. Alice, who has been on a journey of self-suppression, inadvertently taps into her vulnerable side. In the process to rid herself of memories of Kate, she unlocks memories of Ocean—who is coincidentally back in Gotham to retrieve the one surviving Desert Rose. With their memories intact, and feelings reignited, a united Alice and Ocean could be trouble for any number of people, including Batwoman, Jacob, and Safiyah. Sophie is a Crow, but her actions align more and more with Batwoman and vigilantism. Her morality will be tested alongside her loyalty, and it’ll be interesting to see what choices she makes now that she knows who Ryan, and who Batwoman is. With almost everyone in play having crossed each other’s paths, it’s only a matter of time before the conflicts come to a head, and I am excited to see how characters align when that time comes.

Additional thoughts.

Sophie looks good in braids.

Ryan refers to Angelique as her ex, we love growth.

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The two above points are unrelated, but iykyk.

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“There was something about the folks at Anteku. Everyone was full of life, you know. Always smiling. And you fit right in with them. You finally found a place where you belonged. You were happy, I wanted to do what i could to keep you that way. I tried to protect you guys, i really did. But who would've thought it would end up like this? I wanted to help so you wouldn't take the burden all by yourself. You see, you don't always have to be the hero, Kaneki.“

- Hideyoshi Nagachika, Tokyo Ghoul √A (Ep. 12)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for September 30-October 1, 2017. The times are a-changin’ for several shows as Tokyo Ghoul showcases the finale of √A, while Zenigata manages to lock up Lupin, but has difficulty in throwing away the key, and Naruto wraps up the Pains Assault arc as Nagato stands down to Naruto, among other great moments.

On Twitter, Toonami as well as every show would successfully trend in the US during their respective East Coast airings. Meanwhile on Tumblr, Toonami would trend as well as JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Hunter x Hunter.

Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Super would come up short this week, failing to trend in some capacity this week or getting on Nielsen Social’s top 5 list, ending a streak that has lasted (holiday marathon nights aside) since June 17.

Huge news for Sword Art Online this week for those that haven’t heard. Just as Toonami was beginning in the East Coast, Aniplex had announced that a season 3 of the series is indeed in the works. And after a 3 year hiatus from television (2 since it last aired on Toonami), SAO is coming back in a big way.

Season 3 will be fully focused on one story arc, titled “Project Alicization”, which takes place shortly after the events of Mother’s Rosario that ended season 2 as well as the events of the Ordinal Scale film (which takes place in between). Alicization runs from Volume 9-19 of the original light novels, and considering that the previous 2 seasons covered the first 8 volumes in total (with roughly 2 volumes max per story arc), this will be the longest story arc in the franchise to date. It is presently unknown how many episodes there will be or if Alicization will required to be split into several cours (as was seen with Durarara x2, Gundam IBO, and My Hero Academia for instance) due to its length.

This new story arc will take place in a new fictional video game titled “Underworld” and will feature two new characters to the story, Eugeo, and Alice. For obvious spoiler reasons, I can’t say much story-wise until the time comes, but you’ll likely be hearing much more about those two and this upcoming story during the show’s run-up in the months to come.

There’s more to it. Aniplex has also announced that a side story to the series, “Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online” is also in the works. Based off the light novel originally published in 2014 and written by Keiichi Sigsawa of Kino’s Journey fame, as the title suggests, this new series is directly related to the Phantom Bullet story arc seen during the first part of season 2. However, instead of following Kirito and Sinon in their mission to stop Death Gun, this side story will introduce a new crew in GGO.

You can see the promos for season 3 by clicking here and Alternative GGO by clicking here.

No word yet on when these two new additions to the franchise will premiere, but given the success of Sword Art Online seasons 1 and 2 previously on the better cartoon show, no doubt these new additions to the franchise will be ones to watch for to Toonami to potentially air at some point ahead. We’ll keep you posted on the developments ahead, but as with all potential shows, if you do wish to see Sword Art Online return to the block for Project Alicization, Alternative GGO, and perhaps even Ordinal Scale as well, continue supporting the show and the block overall as always and let Toonami and Aniplex know (ex. Toonami's Facebook and Tumblr message boxes, among other places).

In terms of trending, SAO 3 would trend worldwide as a result of the announcement.

Ever since the original manga made its debut on Weekly Young Jump back in 2011, Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul would go on to make a big impact on the anime and manga scene, becoming a regular best seller on both sides of the Pacific, with 25 volumes combined and counting. Tokyo Ghoul would be adapted into a anime series by Studio Pierrot, with part 1 airing in Japan from July 4 to September 19, 2014, and part 2: √A or Root A airing from January 9 to March 27, 2015, which also helped the series reach new heights in terms of popularity.

Given the show’s success, it came at no surprise that Tokyo Ghoul would regularly be among the most requested shows for Toonami to eventually acquire. Despite this, it would take several more years before it would get its shot on the better cartoon show, and on March 10th, 2017, Toonami announced that it finally would beginning on March 25th. However, this airing would come with a catch. The catch that One Piece’s Toonami run would have to be canceled to make way.

Of course, Tokyo Ghoul isn’t the reason One Piece was booted, as I mentioned during the OP retrospective 26 weeks ago, declining ratings combined with the high costs of airing the show and fans wanting a shakeup to the block made its continuation on the better cartoon show unsustainable, and Tokyo, Ghoul was just merely next in line to air, so to speak. Understandably, One Piece fans were very upset at this move, and some have questioned Tokyo Ghoul’s presence on the better cartoon show, with critics arguing that the anime’s quality being not up to par to the manga, among other things. Nonetheless, One Piece’s downfall and Tokyo Ghoul’s rise as Toonami shows, combined with Sword Art Online’s continued success, and Naruto’s resilience, may well be defining examples (Toonami-wise) that acclaim doesn't mean much if you don't have the ratings to back it up, and perhaps vindicates something Toonami head Jason DeMarco has said: “television is a democracy and people vote with their eyeballs”. We always hate it when something like this happens, but the moral of the story is to support your favorite shows, or watch them leave as well.

During the show’s 24 episode run, the show would successfully trend on Twitter in some capacity during all 12 weeks of part 1’s run, including in the US during 11 weeks as well as worldwide during week 1. Things were a little slower during Root A on the other hand, with the show trending in the US for 6 out of 12 weeks. The show would also trend on tumblr for 9 weeks of its run (8 of them during Part 1), including during the week before its run as the show was being promoted.

As those that have read the manga would tell you, the anime has made quite a few notable changes from the original material, with Tokyo Ghoul Root A diverging from the manga by around Volume 6. The manga continues on to this day with 12 volumes total of Tokyo Ghoul, as well as its sequel series in Tokyo Ghoul:re with 13 volumes/143 chapters and counting. For those interested, Viz Media has translated and released part 1 in US shores and is currently working on releasing Tokyo Ghoul:re, with the first volume set for release on October 17.

In addition, there’s a brand new live action film adaptation, which premiered during Anime Expo and released in Japan on July 29th. Funimation will be showcasing the new Tokyo Ghoul live action film from October 16-22 in select theaters. Click here for more information.

But that’s not all. There has been some developing news released this week regarding a continuation or reboot of the anime, with the announcement of an adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul:re in the works, set to premiere sometime next year. Before this announcement was made on Thursday, publisher Young Jump has announced that they will have plans to reveal new information regarding what is next for Tokyo Ghoul on October 12, and assuming that this wasn't the announcement released in advance, we may hear more regarding this new series then.

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It is currently unknown how the creators will address the previously mentioned diverging of the story from the manga, whether the show will just start off from the Root A ending and work their way back to following the manga, much like a Shonen Jump long runner returns to canon, or follow a similar path several other Toonami shows took when they were continued, such as restarting from the beginning much like FMA Brotherhood, or have Root A “retconed”, similar to Blue Exorcist when episodes 18-24 of the original series were ignored from the canon when the Kyoto Saga began. Of course, this is all just speculation at the moment, but it will be interesting to see how the story continues with this in mind.

Nonetheless, as I mentioned with Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, and Sword Art Onilne among potentially many others, given the show’s success, I think it is safe to say that Tokyo Ghoul will be a potential candidate to make a return to the better cartoon show for this new series. Assuming Funimation and Toonami can successfully negotiate and pull off a broadcast dub, Tokyo Ghoul may likely make a return as early as next year. Of course, it’s too early to say anything on this matter, but as with all potential shows, if you do wish to see Tokyo Ghoul:re on the better cartoon show, continue supporting the show and the block as always, and let Toonami and Funimation know.

Regardless of what happens, Tokyo Ghoul was a pretty interesting ride, for better or for worse, and given recent news and its continued support, I doubt we will be hearing the last from Kaneki, Touka, Hide, and the Anteku. What happens next should be an interesting one, and we’ll keep you posted.

Of course, we haven’t heard the last from Mikazuki and the Tekkadan, as Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans makes its return to the better cartoon show for Season 2 tonight at 12:30am Eastern, while Naruto Shippuden will begin the Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha story arc, and Lupin the Third continues the 2nd half of Part 4, among other great moments.

We’ll see you again then as always, but we do wish a Happy 25th anniversary to Cartoon Network. From all the good times and despite the bad times, From the Cartoon Cartoons and later the Cartoon Network originals, to [adult swim], Boomerang, and Toonami, CN has brought fans both young and old many great shows and allowing us to enjoy the great medium that is animation. Thanks for the memories, and here’s to many more.

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/#Toonami [#7]

#DBZKai [#24]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [#7]

#TokyoGhoul [#4]

#HunterXHunter [#8]

#LupinThe3rd [#5]

#Shippuden [#6]

#OutlawStar [#6]

#CowboyBebop [#6]

#AttackOnTitan [#7]

Worldwide Trends:

SAO3 [#9]

Tweet Counts:

Toonami [6,219 tweets]

#Toonami [3,246 tweets]

#DBZKai [1,226 tweets]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [2,625 tweets]

#TokyoGhoul [2,275 tweets]

#HunterXHunter [1,989 tweets]

#LupinThe3rd [1,491 tweets]

#Shippuden [1,063 tweets]

#OutlawStar [1,013 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#toonami

#jojos bizarre adventure

#hunter x hunter

Notes and Other Statistics:

#HunterXHunter: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @Mike_Daniels76 started the trend in the US.

#CowboyBebop: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @XavierWoodsPhD started the trend in the US.

Special thanks to @coreymbarnes, @jmb70056, and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.

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