“I kill what I want. The weak die, and the strong survive.” - Cooler, DBZ: Cooler’s Revenge

The Toonami Trending Rundown for May 24-25, 2014. DBZ makes it’s grand return on Toonami with the film Cooler’s Revenge as every show including Dragon Ball Z but with the exception of Attack on Titan and Naruto Shippuden reached the US trending lists, while Cooler’s Revenge also trended worldwide, and it and Sym-Bionic Titan reached the mobile app trending lists.

We also got some special character trends from Attack on Titan (Colossal Titan), Coolers Revenge (Bean Daddy, Gohan, Piccolo, Saibaman, Super Saiyan, and Special Beam Cannon), Naruto Shippuden (Sasori), One Piece (Impel Down and Sanji) and Black Lagoon (Revy). DBZ in particular has set a record of such trends with 6 different characters or in show content from one single program, though AOT still holds the record for a single regular episode with 3 in it’s first two weeks.



In addition, in a first, Toonami for the first time reached the Facebook trending lists as both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z trended as news of the block bringing in the long anticipated DBZ Kai. Yes, for those that didn’t hear the news from Momocon, DBZ Kai will indeed be returning to the block this fall. It is not yet known what will it replace or if it will coincide with any schedule changes, but several of the block’s current shows will be finishing up it’s run by that time period.

Monday will mark the 2 year anniversary of the block’s revival, and things are looking up for both Toonami and the anime industry in the west. This could be the start of something special. So until next week, stay gold, and have a Happy Memorial Day. And for the troops and veterans out there, thanks for your service and God bless.

Legend: 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 mobile app trends, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

US Trends:

#Toonami (During Sym-Bionic Titan) [#6]

Colossal Titan (From Attack on Titan) [#8]

#CoolersRevenge (Also trended during it’s West Coast airing) [#1]

Dragon Ball Z (Trended during it’s West Coast airing) [#7]

Bean Daddy (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#7]

Gohan (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#9]

Piccolo (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#8]

Saibaman (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#7]

Special Beam Cannon (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#9]

Super Saiyan (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#10]

Sasori (From Naruto Shippuden) [#8]

#OnePiece [#7]

Impel Down (From One Piece) [#5]

Sanji (From One Piece) [#6]

#BlueExorcist [#5]

#BlackLagoon [#5]

Revy (From Black Lagoon) [#5]

#BewareTheBatman [#7]

#Naruto [#5]

#FMABrotherhood [#4]

#SamuraiJack [#3]

#StarWarsTCW [#2]

#SymBionicTitan [#3]

Worldwide Trends:

#CoolersRevenge [#1]

Mobile App Trends:

Colossal Titan (From Attack on Titan) [#10]

#CoolersRevenge (Also trended during it’s West Coast airing) [#1]

Gohan (From Cooler’s Revenge) [#9. Tweet Count Unverifyable]

Revy (From Black Lagoon) [#10]

#SymBionicTitan [#3]

Facebook Trends:

Dragon Ball Z [#1]

Dragon Ball [#7]

Notes and Other Statistics:

Special thanks to @Andy_Salcedo, @BlueAlexander93, @iMuhammadA, @musicdrummer01, @myanimewaifu, @MykeJinX89, @ItachiIshtar, @trendinaliaUS, @YonkouProd, and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

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