Dragon Ball Kai Rerun on Fuji TV Two

[kei17]

On March 30th, a rerun of Dragon Ball Kai starts on Fuji TV Two, a satellite TV channel. It seems that they will broadcast two episodes every week.

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/911200040.html

[JulieYBM]

On March 30th, a rerun of Dragon Ball Kai starts on Fuji TV Two, a satellite TV channel. It seems that they will broadcast two episodes every week.

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/911200040.html

Well now...I wonder what this means. O.o

[wjbraden]

I knew that Kai wasn't going to end with the Cell Saga. Although, it will be a year before the airing catch up up on Fuji TV2, with the current ones, assuming they don't skip any episodes.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

I knew that Kai wasn't going to end with the Cell Saga.

Well, there isn't anything saying Kai is going past the Cell arc.

[Goku100xKamehameha]

Do any other Toei-produced shows like One Piece has a re-run on other Japanese channels?

[dan2026]

Well this is a promising sign.
Maybe the Buu arc will surface after all.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

How is this a sign that DBK might go past the Cell arc? To my understanding isn't this just another channel playing DBK repeats?

[JulieYBM]

How is this a sign that DBK might go past the Cell arc? To my understanding isn't this just another channel playing DBK repeats?

Yeah, it's just going to be repeating the ninety-eight episodes already produced. Although this time it will only take them forty-nine weeks to air them all.

[Mewzard]

But, they might be reairing them to be the new station that airs Kai for the Buu Saga.

...I'm hoping, dammit, and nobody can stop me! : /

[Hujio]

Am I the only ones that's confused by the "Yay! I knew Kai wasn't going to end!" comments. They're simply re-airing old episodes of Kai, which in no way implies anything about the Buu arc. They're re-airing DBZ too, but that doesn't mean they're gonna create a version of GT after it. Let's just all calm down a bit and not jump to some outlandish conclusions. We'll know if they're continuing Kai when we know. Oh, and I highly doubt they'd move Kai to a cable only channel. Sorry...

[Chibi Gohan]

There might be "signs" out there that Kai will end with Cell, but until something is officially announced that Kai is ending after Cell arc, I'll continue to assume that they'll eventually do Buu arc... It really won't bug me if they end it at Cell though, because I always thought the Cell arc could've served as a proper ending to Z.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

Am I the only ones that's confused by the "Yay! I knew Kai wasn't going to end!" comments...

No. I thought I missed something when I read the responces.

[Kendamu]

This feels like a further cementing of the idea that Kai's ending rather than the exact opposite, but that's all just gut feeling with no substance.

[PuppetDoctor]

I don't understand either how this helps the idea that Kai will be continuing into the Majin Buu arc. Personally, I think this adds more reason that Kai will be ending after the Cell arc. I mean why else would they start putting on re-runs of Kai?

[Mewzard]

Because if they air new episodes on another channel, airing the previous episodes prior will allow new fans to jump on board? The Toonzai version didn't start where Nicktoons last was on it's debut, despite being old episodes.

Hell, even Nicktoons re-ran their old episodes several times during hiatus periods.

Of course, I'm not guaranteeing it will continue, I'm just putting my Blue Lantern Ring of Hope on, and doing what I do best, believe.

[TripleRach]

Because if they air new episodes on another channel, airing the previous episodes prior will allow new fans to jump on board? The Toonzai version didn't start where Nicktoons last was on it's debut, despite being old episodes.

Hell, even Nicktoons re-ran their old episodes several times during hiatus periods.

Nicktoons re-running their own episodes is just another difference in the American and Japanese TV business models. American networks almost always play reruns of their shows between new episodes. In Japan, reruns are usually more similar to the concept of syndicated reruns (IE, different timeslots or channels).

And the situation with Toonzai and Nicktoons is almost the opposite of this, because The CW has far more exposure than Nicktoons does.

I suppose it's possible that if the Kai reruns do extraordinarily well, it could convince Toei to do a Boo arc. But I think it would take a lot more than that. Family Guy was renewed due to amazing ratings on another network in reruns, but it also had really good DVD sales, which Kai does not.

[MetaMoss]

I think this means that Fuji TV is willing to take up its secondary channel space (and in extension, their precious money) for Kai. Whether it is a last-ditch milking, or a sign that they're willing to continue support remains to be seen. I do hope its a sign of the Buu saga being Kai-ized. Though I could see a scenario going down now that the primary Fuji TV airing of Kai would be canceled, though Toei would still make animation for the international versions, and then have maybe a continued Japanese version production for Fuji TV Two.

[alakazam^]

Oda should say he won't draw any more One Piece chapters unless Toei continues to the Boo saga

[JulieYBM]

Oda should say he won't draw any more One Piece chapters unless Toei continues to the Boo saga

Why would he do that? He probably owns all of the comic and anime.

[Super Sayian Prime]

This feels like a further cementing of the idea that Kai's ending rather than the exact opposite, but that's all just gut feeling with no substance.

Actually, not at all. While Kei17 will have a greater grasp on this than I will, but in Japan the network affiliates usually ignore a show once it has moved out of production and pull it off the schedule entirely. It's at that point the show is usually run on syndication on the children's channels, or simply forgotten. The only times networks devote space for repeated programming is if the show is on hiatus (see Gintama, or Sgt. Frog). Though, this run will be on Fuji's secondary channel so the comparison isn't exact.