2D2Will
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Post by 2D2Will on May 16, 2012 16:17:26 GMT -5
From Adult Swim's twitter: "Attention Toonami Faithful: We heard you. On 05.26.12 #ToonamisBackBitches" ow.ly/i/D8Rj |
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Post by The Chief on May 16, 2012 19:36:15 GMT -5
Best. Birthday. Ever.
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Post by Badalight on May 16, 2012 21:37:46 GMT -5
I'll watch it, but it won't be the same. Just in general I don't watch as much TV anymore, and anime is so much easier to access than it used to be. Toonami's appeal was to see these shows we normally were unable to, but now I can get anything I want at the drop of the hat. The line-up is going to have to be really important.
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 17, 2012 11:05:53 GMT -5
Kinda mixed on this, "yay toonami" because I grew up on it, on the other hand... eww dubs... And this is assuming they're showing good stuff, not s*** like bleach that [adult swim] already has...
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Post by VenusHeadTrap on May 17, 2012 15:51:37 GMT -5
I'll believe it when I see it. The reason the show was cancelled in the first place was how much money it took to buy all the shows and all the computer animated graphics. I don't expect those difficulties to just evaporate out of thin air, but I'll be optimistic.
Coincidentally, I'm making Toonami themed Sasuke 28 videos at the moment
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Post by Badalight on May 17, 2012 18:35:01 GMT -5
No, that wasn't really the reason at all. It was mostly corporate bulls**t and its downfall started once the old president of CN left after the whole aqua teen bomb threat fiasco. The new guy slowly led toonami to its death. First of all, he hated anime and left very little on Toonami. The next step was pushing it to 1 night a week, and the line up consistently got worse and worse. Less new shows, and less noteworthy ones with each year. Ratings got bad and they axed it.
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Post by VenusHeadTrap on May 17, 2012 18:41:33 GMT -5
Whatever. You have your evidence and we have ours. It's a debated subject, different sources have different conclusions.
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Post by Badalight on May 17, 2012 19:05:07 GMT -5
Well I've talked to Steve Blum directly about it, and considering it was his job I think he knows his stuff on the subject. I have also helped run a Toonami panel 3 years running at my local anime con, in Tandem with SB last year.
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2D2Will
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Post by 2D2Will on May 17, 2012 20:35:20 GMT -5
I believe Bada is right, mainly because it was revealed by Bandai employees that CN didn't pay that much for the rights to show anime. In fact, there were instances where Bandai paid CN to keep their shows on the air, so the "anime is too expensive argument" doesn't make sense to me.
Personally, I liked the Saturday only version of Toonami partly because it was directly followed by AS's action lineup resulting in a crap ton of anime. Even if you don't know any of the things that went behind the scenes, it's pretty obvious that Toonami (for whatever reason) ran out of things to show. When the segment ended, the only show they had left with new episodes was Naruto. And at the time, they were in the filler portion of that show.
AS is more known to take risks, so I think Toonami will be better there.
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Post by arsenette on May 17, 2012 20:38:47 GMT -5
Yeah I heard about that entire fiasco in an ANNCast Podcast interview. Mindblown that some series they didn't pay a dime.. they were throw ins so they can get some exposure over here. I believe Tenchi fell into that category actually.. I liked Toonami.. LOL Believe it or not that's how I saw Code Lyoko even though that was French  I don't have cable atm so I can't take advantage of what they show. That said, I hope it works since there's almost no anime whatsoever shown on US television on a regular basis. Given how the anime industry crashed in Japan I'm hoping something can help it out even if it's the current generation being introduced to anime and clamor for more. |
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Post by Badalight on May 17, 2012 23:56:44 GMT -5
Err, Code Lyoko was Miguzi wasn't it? I don't believe it was on Toonami, though I could be wrong. I KNOW it was on Miguzi, just not sure if it was also on Toonami.
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 18, 2012 0:10:23 GMT -5
I think it was on it early on if I remember correctly
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Post by The Chief on May 18, 2012 0:49:08 GMT -5
When it first started, it was on Toonami. Then it moved. Loved that show. Ending was good.
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Post by mrbignich128 on May 18, 2012 23:41:46 GMT -5
So since Toonami is returning DBZ, Gundam, and Naruto would be most likely be on there. But there should be new programs to draw in the younger audience and for those that are not familiar. Does anybody agree.
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Post by dudesky1000 on May 18, 2012 23:43:29 GMT -5
*Tries badly to stay on topic*
...I'd love to see sasuke on Toonami, but that will probably never happen.
/move topic
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Post by Badalight on May 18, 2012 23:44:52 GMT -5
1.) Wrong section
2.) Already a topic on Toonami
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Post by Philip on May 19, 2012 11:07:15 GMT -5
As stupid as it sounds and even though this show was Canadian, I think Kappa Mikey should be syndicated for Toonami. It was the show that got me into Japanese culture.
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Post by RiderLeangle on May 19, 2012 11:36:55 GMT -5
Not really possible, I'm pretty sure Nick has the rights to it...
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Post by Badalight on May 19, 2012 12:23:43 GMT -5
Plus Kappa Mikey is god awful.
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2D2Will
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Post by 2D2Will on May 19, 2012 18:34:07 GMT -5
As stupid as it sounds and even though this show was American... Plus Kappa Mikey is awesome. Fixed. Anyway, for those who don't know, here's the current Adult Swim schedule for the 26th (all times eastern): 12:00 - Bleach 12:30 - unknown 1:00 - unknown 1:30 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2:00 - unknown 2:30 - Cowboy Bebop 3:00 to 6:00 - The previous three hours repeated. I'm going to say that the mystery shows will be brand new show, as well as they should be. Bringing back older shows that used to be on Toonami will kill the block faster than it took to bring it back. I'm going to guess we may see Gurren Lagann, Panty & Stocking: with Garterbelt, and Darker Than Black next Saturday, but these are pure guesses. |
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I don't have cable atm so I can't take advantage of what they show. That said, I hope it works since there's almost no anime whatsoever shown on US television on a regular basis. Given how the anime industry crashed in Japan I'm hoping something can help it out even if it's the current generation being introduced to anime and clamor for more.
