Toonami 2014 DBZKai Ratings!

[jelleline89]

8:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai (r) 0.65 1001 0.33
8:30 One Piece (r) 0.54 799 0.27


TIME PROGRAM HH VWRS(000) A1849rtg A1849(000)
12:00a Dragon Ball Z Kai 1.0 1501
12:30a Kill La Kill 0.8 1191
1:00a Naruto: Shippuden 0.7 1046
1:30a Inuyasha: The Final Act 0.7 1042
2:00a Gurren Lagann 0.6 842
2:30a One Piece 0.6 879
3:00a Deadman Wonderland 0.6 838

[Lord Beerus]

8:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai (r) 0.65 1001 0.33
8:30 One Piece (r) 0.54 799 0.27


TIME PROGRAM HH VWRS(000) A1849rtg A1849(000)
12:00a Dragon Ball Z Kai 1.0 1501
12:30a Kill La Kill 0.8 1191
1:00a Naruto: Shippuden 0.7 1046
1:30a Inuyasha: The Final Act 0.7 1042
2:00a Gurren Lagann 0.6 842
2:30a One Piece 0.6 879
3:00a Deadman Wonderland 0.6 838

Another great week for Kai!

Kill La Kill lost a shit ton of viewers... again.

[Theophrastus]

Kai continues pulling in good numbers.

Back-to-canon One Piece outperformed Gurren Lagann's finale. Huh. Will be interesting to see whether Shippuden dropping to 2AM next week will have any noticeable effect on anything.

[Dbzfan94]

Those are some amazing ratings.

Dragon Ball Z Kai is now officially the highest rated show in the history of Toonami.

Only DBZ could have pulled off something like this.

Really? Kai has better ratings than Z did back in it's prime?

[Lord Beerus]

Those are some amazing ratings.

Dragon Ball Z Kai is now officially the highest rated show in the history of Toonami.

Only DBZ could have pulled off something like this.

Really? Kai has better ratings than Z did back in it's prime?

I meant the rebooted version of Toonami. Toonami from 2012.

[Cure Dragon 255]

Nope. It(Toonami at its prime) had a solid 1.7 million on the 6-11 demographic alone. It had even more if you counted adults and smaller children.

But its IMPRESSIVE that its still pulling more than Bleach ever did. And keep in mind Kai is a glorified rerun that's been rerun to death of a show that was also rerun to death. Its just really addictive. Dope and Crack got nothing on DBZ!

[Theophrastus]

For what it's worth, here's the info graph that includes the 18-49 demographic information (which is the most important range for a channel like Adult Swim since advertisers don't really care about people under 18 - total viewers is more of a bragging rights thing):
http://www.tvmediainsights.com/tv-ratin ... h-madness/


Notably, the drop from Kai to Kill la Kill is a lot less disastrous-looking for that demographic. Kai is basically attracting a bunch of 17-and-under viewers, who then leave when it's over.

[Big Momma]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

[DBZAOTA482]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

Doesn't matter. Kai is taking big, massive shit on their mouths in favor.

[Lord Beerus]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

Doesn't matter. Kai is taking big, massive shit on their mouths in favor.

Can you imagine if Toonami still had the 11:30PM slot? Kai would do even better there.

[Kid Buu]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

Thankfully, Family Guy, a show with superior fight scenes to any Toonami shows, outpaces all of them even on 10 year old repeats.

[MarcFBR]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

Thankfully, Family Guy, a show with superior fight scenes to any Toonami shows, outpaces all of them even on 10 year old repeats.

And don't forget that Family Guy is what we have to thank for Kai's ratings in the first place (also, it's a touch harder to find what airs prior to pre-Toonami Kai, but it's interesting to see how that affects the ratings. Was Shrek last week apparently.)

Also, no one complains when the chicken comes back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 4WGQmWcrbs

[TKA]

I know they're on at later hours, but it pains me to see Shippuden and Inuyasha outperforming TTGL and One Piece.

Different markets. One Piece has never done great on US tv.

[Lord Beerus]

12:00a Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.9 1338 0.6 755
12:30a Kill La Kill 0.7 979 0.4 570
1:00a Sword Art Online 0.6 922 0.4 522
1:30a Inuyasha: The Final Act 0.6 794 0.4 489
2:00a Naruto: Shippuden 0.6 775 0.4 469
2:30a One Piece 0.6 791 0.3 410
3:00a Attack On Titan (r) 0.6 785 0.3 369

Dragon Ball Z Kai doing good as usual.

Kill La Kill losing a crap ton of viewers as usual.

Saturday encores:

8:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai (r) 0.47 696 0.1
8:30 One Piece (r) 0.34 435 0.14

Jeez, those One Piece ratings. That is not good at all.

[EXBadguy]

So even if 4KIDS didn't dub One Piece first, One Piece would still be a failure in the US? Won't surprise me if that's the case.

[Naruto6583]

So even if 4KIDS didn't dub One Piece first, One Piece would still be a failure in the US? Won't surprise me if that's the case.

I'm pretty sure it would have done better if it was done with a decent dub instead of 4kids dubbing it.

[EXBadguy]

So even if 4KIDS didn't dub One Piece first, One Piece would still be a failure in the US? Won't surprise me if that's the case.

I'm pretty sure it would have done better if it was done with a decent dub instead of 4kids dubbing it.

Yeah, it would've, but I still think it wouldn't have become popular like it is in Japan. The art can really be wacky and turn some people off. Some anime fans I know say that Dragon Ball's art is tame compared to One Piece.

[Lord Beerus]

So even if 4KIDS didn't dub One Piece first, One Piece would still be a failure in the US? Won't surprise me if that's the case.

I'm pretty sure it would have done better if it was done with a decent dub instead of 4kids dubbing it.

Yeah, it would've, but I still think it wouldn't have become popular like it is in Japan. The art can really be wacky and turn some people off. Some anime fans I know say that Dragon Ball's art is tame compared to One Piece.

This is the most likely reason why One Piece has such difficulty reaching western audiences. Western anime fans tend towards anime because it's not like western media. One Piece, however, looks substantially more western and, unlike most other anime, makes liberal use of Tex Avery-style cartoon physics, especially in its over-the-top promotional artwork. Because One Piece looks so much like western animation, this turns a lot of western anime fans off of the series before even trying it. And that's not even mentioning the number of episodes. The concept of One Piece also isn't typically Japanese - pirates. Many people read and watch manga and anime because they like Japanese culture, and entirely Japanese concepts like ninjas or samurais may seem more interesting to them than pirates which also star in tons of Western shows.

[Hellspawn28]

Kill La Kill losing a crap ton of viewers as usual.

Kill La Kill was poorly market in the US compare to newer anime like Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online. Not to mention I don't think people are into a show with fighting clothes.

[Lord Beerus]

Kill La Kill losing a crap ton of viewers as usual.

Kill La Kill was poorly market in the US compare to newer anime like Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online. Not to mention I don't think people are into a show with fighting clothes.

Well, Kill La Kill gained a lot of interest within several anime communities and I honestly thought that it would reach somewhere near AOT level of popularity. But it looks like it's just gonna be a one hit wonder, which is such a damn shame because the show is so awesome. But I can see why wouldn't appeal to the mas audience because its premise is incredibly outlandish and absurd. But ironically, that is what makes the show so crazy awesome and unique. Oh well.