“Most likely, Goku has used the Spirit Bomb’s energy to replenish his exhausted body. But as you said [Tien], that alone would not be sufficient to explain what we are seeing now. It was the start, a match that lit a much greater power within. My theory is when the Spirit Bomb exploded so close to him, its tempestuous power coursed into Goku and smashed into his own energy, which he was already pushing to his max. This was the collision he needed to shatter the ceiling of his power and reach an ever-greater potential that has always been locked within him that he could never fully reach. Yes, he is now in uncharted territory, and it remains to be seen what will happen to him as he tries to sustain this fairly.”

–          Whis, Dragon Ball Super (Ep. 110)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for May 11-12, 2019. It was a night of big and memorable fights, as Goku discovers the Ultra Instinct form during his battle with Jiren, while we are witness to the finale of All Might’s battle with All for One, and Kushina tells the story of her and Minato’s sacrifice to save the Leaf Village and locking the Nine Tails within Naruto, among other great moments.

On Twitter, Toonami would trend in the US along with Dragon Ball Super and Hunter x Hunter. The Promised Neverland, Sword Art Online, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Black Clover, and Shippuden would also trend alongside these shows, but not outright. In addition, DBS and SAO also produced character and in-show trends with Ultra Instinct, Ultimate Battle (the theme song that played as Goku unleashed his Ultra Instinct form), and Kirito (as he and Eugeo fend off the (Shining) Twins and Fanatio as they head up the tower).

On Tumblr, Toonami would trend along with The Promised Neverland and #JJBA. The full list including statistics and tweet counts from the twitter app and Amr Rahmy’s Fan Screening analytics app can be seen below.

This week’s feature was the debut of the new music video “More” by Flying Lotus in collaboration with Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy director Shinichiro Watanabe. You can check it out below.

Aspiring voice actors, want to appear in a future episode of Sword Art Online and potentially jumpstart your career? Aniplex and Bang Zoom will be hosting open auditions beginning at Anime Central in the Chicago area this weekend. We’re not sure if they’ll be doing this at other conventions at this time. For those trying out, good luck, and we hope to hear you on Toonami in the future.

Toonami has announced their first panel of the year as Jason DeMarco, Gill Austin, Steve Blum, and Dana Swanson will once again be at Momocon to make some announcements, answer questions, and give out special goodies for those in the room. The panel will take place on May 24 at 7:00 pm Eastern.

And finally, we’re less than two weeks away from the return of Attack on Titan, and on Monday, Toonami has revealed the schedule for when season 3 part 2 arrives in Memorial Day weekend. Toonami will shift a half hour earlier to air from 10:30 pm – 3:30 am Eastern, with Attack on Titan premiering at 11:30 pm, while My Hero Academia will move up to start the block off at 10:30 pm, and the AOT rerun at 3:30 am will be abolished, which means that Hunter x Hunter will end off the night at 3. The other shows will remain at their regularly scheduled times for now.

Not much else to say other than we’ll see you again next week for another round of the better cartoon show. Later.

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 [#9]
  • #DragonBallSuper [#11]
  • Ultra Instinct (From Dragon Ball Super) [Trended with #DragonBallSuper]
  • #ThePromisedNeverland [Trended with #Toonami and #HunterXHunter]
  • #SwordArtOnline [Trended with #Toonami and #HunterXHunter]
  • Kirito (From Sword Art Online) [#13]
  • #JoJosBizarreAdventure [Trended with #Toonami and #HunterXHunter]
  • #BlackClover [Trended with #Toonami]
  • #Shippuden [Trended with #Toonami and #HunterXHunter]
  • #HunterXHunter [#9]

Tweet Counts:

  • #Toonami [6,380 tweets]
  • #DragonBallSuper [6,029 tweets]
  • Ultimate Battle (From Dragon Ball Super) [1,292 tweets]
  • #MyHeroAcademia [5,060 tweets]
  • #ThePromisedNeverland [3,057 tweets]
  • #SwordArtOnline [1,824 tweets]
  • Kirito (From Sword Art Online) [5,219 tweets]
  • #JoJosBizarreAdventure [3,168 tweets]
  • #BlackClover [1,600 tweets]
  • #Boruto [3,797 tweets]
  • #HunterXHunter [1,283 tweets]

Fan Screening Counts:

  • #DragonBallSuper [#7 with 4545 tweets]
  • #MyHeroAcademia [#9 with 3586 tweets]
  • #ThePromisedNeverland [#11 with 2647 tweets]
  • #SwordArtOnline [#17 with 1211 tweets]
  • #JoJosBizarreAdventure [#11 with 2589 tweets]
  • #BlackClover [#22 with 1156 tweets]
  • #Boruto [#20 with 3096 tweets]
  • #HunterXHunter [#25 with 929 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

  • #Toonami
  • #The Promised Neverland
  • #JJBA

Notes and Other Statistics:

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

Now, it’s your turn. Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.