Naruto Shippuden Will FINALLY Be Aired On Adult Swim

How's it going lurkers? On Wednesday night, a cyber friend of mine sent me a link to Toonami's Tumblr page. According to Adult Swim's Toonami, the block will FINALLY premiere Naruto Shippuden, literally 5 years later. 

Well, it's about damn time! Honestly, Cartoon Network should've premiered every Naruto episode before canceling the Anime and the Toonami block. It only had a few more episodes to air, before Naruto's 2-year time skip.

Cartoon Network didn't want to buy the rights to Naruto Shippuden YET  Disney XD bought the series, which was dumb. Naruto Shippuden never belonged on Disney XD.

Considering that Naruto was already violent, what made those in charge of Disney think Naruto Shippuden would be any LESS violent?

In Shippuden, the characters are teenagers, the arcs have more violence and death, along with more mature writing than the original series. Disney XD censored Naruto Shippuden more than Cartoon Network censored Naruto. 

To make matters worse, Disney XD put Shippuden on hiatus for the last 3 years. It would've been more logical for Adult Swim to have bought Naruto Shippuden years ago rather than Disney XD. 

Adult Swim would've premiered the series uncensored. Because Adult Swim's Toonami didn't buy Naruto Shippuden, when they network HAD the chance, American viewers were subjected to an extremely censored version of a more mature Naruto.

Furthermore, the viewers had to wait even longer for Adult Swim to acquire the rights to Naruto Shippuden. Well, I suppose it's better late than never. Right?

Even though Adult Swim's Toonami finally bought Naruto Shippuden, I'm only left with watching 1 hour of the network's so-called "Toonami" block. Currently, I'm only watching Bleach.

When Naruto Shippuden premieres next year on the block, I will watch it. The other Shounen Action Anime I can do without.

I recently said to somebody on FutureGohanSSJ2's Facebook page, that Adult Swim is limiting their viewership by only airing Shonen Action Anime. This particular genre is mostly about male teenage superheroes and anti-heroes.

Adult Swim needs to air more Seinen and Josei Anime for men and women. It's called "Adult Swim" for a reason yet Toonami only wants to pander to the male teenage demographic regarding Anime.

Japanese animation is so broad, that it has something for every age, genre, sub-genre, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

Why should Adult Swim limit their Anime viewers to only Shonen Action Anime?

The female demographic loves watching Anime. Not all of Toonami's male viewers like the currently premiering shows. 

It seems like Adult Swim's Toonami is purposely trying to alienate most their viewers, whether they are Anime fans or not.

Before Xanga 1.0 shut down, I published several blogs on Xanga about Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's sexism, along with their terrible acquisitions, over the last 5 years. 

Not only did I discuss their failbag programming on Xanga, but also made my ideal programming schedule for Adult Swim on Saturday nights. I still feel the network should remove the "Toonami" label and call it "Anime Night" on Saturdays.

If Saturday night became Anime Night, Anime would NOT  be limited to only Shonen Action Anime. Toonami could premiere Shonen, Shojo, Seinen, and Josei Anime, that are Comedy, Action, Romance, and Horror genres.

Here is the previous schedule I created earlier this spring for Adult Swim's Saturday night schedule. In addition, I shared some of their Anime trailers:

10:00 PM Special A

10:30 PM Naruto Shippuden

11:00 PM Bleach

11:30 PM School Rumble

School Rumble Clip (2004)

12:00 AM Kaicho Wa Maid-Sama Trailer (2010)

12:30 AM Vampire Knight Trailer (2008)

1:00 AM Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl) Trailer (2005)

1:30 AM Hellsing Trailer (2001)

2:00 AM Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) Trailer (2008)

2:30 AM Beelzebub

3:00 AM Repeat schedule from 10 pm

Any thoughts? Let me know in the comments below!