Toonami on right now!? Is this an April Fool's troll?

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That's what I always loved about Vegeta, he fucked Cell so hard. Gohan came into that shit and blew that mothafucka to the core.
 
Tawney Bomb said:
I wish they would have left it at that, the Buu saga really lost me.
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I thought original ending was the Freeza saga, but due to popularity they came up with Cell and Majin Buu saga..

Android and Cell Saga were fine for me. But yeah Buu Saga was too weird and ridiculous for me too.
 
So watching Toonami in 2012 last night made me realize two things:

1) There are no action/adventure cartoons for young boys to watch today. That fucking sucks and I hope they don't grow up into a generation of pussies because of it.

2) Whenever anyone mentions this supposedly glorious future wherein all programming ceases to exist and all television is a la carte, I repel in horror. Toonami is a large reason why. Gooding programming, good curating of shows that complement each other and together become more than their disparate parts, is nearly an art in of itself. I don't want my kids to grow up scrolling through a Netflix menu. I want them to stumble upon new and exciting shows like I did, I want them to know the joy of discovery and of the shared experience of having a must-see show on at a solid time so you and all your friends can watch it together or talk about it at recess the next day.
 
SoulPlaya said:
I'll say this, I don't know if it's because they just hit in the middle of the series, but nostalgia made me think they better than it actually was. The DBZ episode shown was terrible to me, and Tenchi was just silly imo. I didn't remember the voices in Tenchi being so damn annoying, and the animation seemed a bit sub-par to me. These were shows that I loved too, although I'll say that I think I always started to dislike Tenchi as the series got more and more ridiculous.
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I don't agree whatsoever about the DBZ episode, but that shitty Tenchi episode was from like season 3 of the OVA, meaning it was basically some shitty episode of a shitty arc of a show that should have ended early. It didn't even ever air on TOONAMI or CN for that matter. Tenchi as you know it is still solid, just not that episode or series.


shadyspace said:
So watching Toonami in 2012 last night made me realize two things:

1) There are no action/adventure cartoons for young boys to watch today. That fucking sucks and I hope they don't grow up into a generation of pussies because of it.

2) Whenever anyone mentions this supposedly glorious future wherein all programming ceases to exist and all television is a la carte, I repel in horror. Toonami is a large reason why. Gooding programming, good curating of shows that complement each other and together become more than their disparate parts, is nearly an art in of itself. I don't want my kids to grow up scrolling through a Netflix menu. I want them to stumble upon new and exciting shows like I did, I want them to know the joy of the discovery.
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Yeah, I really think TOONAMI and its shows shaped my childhood, as did it with many others. Those action shows still have good underlying tones to them that kids can hang their proverbial hats on.
 
The DBZ episode was amazing, what the fuck are some people talking about?
 
wwm0nkey said:
Wasnt there a vampire arc or something that was pretty much filler?

(I don't watch the show so i really have no idea)
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That was just a filler arc compared tot he manga, but it was a full-fledged story arc. While not great, it's still better than a bajillion different one-off episodes like "Naruto bakes a cake"

Bleach only really had a few filler episodes like that, mainly as an excuse for a lot of drawings of Soul Reapers in swimsuits.
 
What boys are watching nowadays:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/...ls-and-boys-but-not-adults-helped-build-a-hit

One of the things Elizabeth Blair mentions in the story is that as fractured as the show is by age — in that it holds little appeal for anybody who isn't either a kid or watching it one — its audience isn't as lopsided by gender as you might expect. Despite the fact that it's a show centering on a pair of girls, the audience is about 45 percent boys.
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smh, smh
 
Zapages said:
I thought original ending was the Freeza saga, but due to popularity they came up with Cell and Majin Buu saga..

Android and Cell Saga were fine for me. But yeah Buu Saga was too weird and ridiculous for me too.
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I liked the Buu saga, but I don't know if I loved it as much as Cell, and nowhere near as much as the Frieza saga, which is obviously still the pinnacle of all the Dragon Ball shows. (Although Dragon Ball has some really great moments.)
 
shadyspace said:
What boys are watching nowadays:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/...ls-and-boys-but-not-adults-helped-build-a-hit



smh, smh
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I know, it's really, really sad, but I can at least say that Adventure Time is an admirable effort to bring back some of the good old childhood imagination magic with some action, while still being funny. I don't really watch any new cartoons besides that, but it seems that's about all they have to go on right now, at least for shows that have quality to them. (I've heard that Regular Show is pretty solid as well.)

EDIT: Double post. :(
 
shadyspace said:
So watching Toonami in 2012 last night made me realize two things:

1) There are no action/adventure cartoons for young boys to watch today. That fucking sucks and I hope they don't grow up into a generation of pussies because of it.

2) Whenever anyone mentions this supposedly glorious future wherein all programming ceases to exist and all television is a la carte, I repel in horror. Toonami is a large reason why. Gooding programming, good curating of shows that complement each other and together become more than their disparate parts, is nearly an art in of itself. I don't want my kids to grow up scrolling through a Netflix menu. I want them to stumble upon new and exciting shows like I did, I want them to know the joy of discovery and of the shared experience of having a must-see show on at a solid time so you and all your friends can watch it together or talk about it at recess the next day.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra would like to speak with you outside.
 
The Buu saga just went on for-fucking-EVER. I just lost interest after awhile.

But the great thing about Toonami is that just last week, some of my classmates were talking about DBZ and the Buu Saga being too damn long, and as 20-something college students, we all totally got it and were able to discuss, "Yeah, that shit with fat Buu, and then kid Buu? WTF man"
 
Jintor said:
Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra would like to speak with you outside.
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A drop in the bucket. I used to come home from school and watch a solid three hour block of dudes fucking wrecking bad guys every day. And through those ass-kickings they'd teach us about honor, never giving up, sticking by your friends and other tenants of masculinity that young boys should aspire to. Now? iCarly. Boys are getting worked over.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
The Buu saga just went on for-fucking-EVER. I just lost interest after awhile.

But the great thing about Toonami is that just last week, some of my classmates were talking about DBZ and the Buu Saga being too damn long, and as 20-something college students, we all totally got it and were able to discuss, "Yeah, that shit with fat Buu, and then kid Buu? WTF man"
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The fact that the Buu Saga lasted into the follow up series (GT) was a testament to how poorly written the series had become.
 
The problem is that Avatar, Thundercats, Voltron, Young Justice and other action cartoon is that they are alone shows like how Zoids and Beast Wars that first came on tv. They are not in a block where they are centered towards the boys and young male adults audience.
 
I'm in the same boat as thinking the Buu saga was way too long, hell before the fusion/vegeta bomb part started happening there was like 10-20 episodes before that, maybe more 0_o


LOL at that episode where Goku has to watch some dinosaurs eggs, that has to be the biggest filler episode ever.
 
shadyspace said:
A drop in the bucket. I used to come home from school and watch a solid three hour block of dudes fucking wrecking bad guys every day. And through those ass-kickings they'd teach us about honor, never giving up, sticking by your friends and other tenants of masculinity that young boys should aspire to. Now? iCarly. Boys are getting worked over.
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The sad thing is One Piece should be doing that right now but 4kids fucked it over so badly.
 
shadyspace said:
A drop in the bucket. I used to come home from school and watch a solid three hour block of dudes fucking wrecking bad guys. And through those ass-kickings they'd teach us about honor, never giving up, sticking by your friends and other tenants of masculinity that young boys should aspire to. Now? iCarly. Boys are getting worked over.
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Legend of Korra
Young Justice
Thundercats
Green Lantern
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (shit even aired on Adult Swim for a while)

And there's some others too.

Is it as good as it was back then? Hell naw. But you're over-dramatizing how bad it is today.

EDIT: Not to mention that DBZ is still airing on Nicktoons as well. Sure, it's neutered as fuck compared to what we got, but still, it's there.
 
Yeah, the block structure and the curating thing and the wrapping is essential.

A drop in the bucket. I used to come home from school and watch a solid three hour block of dudes fucking wrecking bad guys every day. And through those ass-kickings they'd teach us about honor, never giving up, sticking by your friends and other tenants of masculinity that young boys should aspire to. Now? iCarly. Boys are getting worked over.
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It's a quality drop in the bucket.

Fuck me, Trigun is so good. Man. This fucking show.
 
Zapages said:
The problem is that Avatar, Thundercats, Voltron, Young Justice and other action cartoon is that they are alone shows like how Zoids and Beast Wars that first came on tv. They are not in a block where they are centered towards the boys and young male adults audience.
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Well, CN does a block on Fridays and Mondays of stuff (comedy on Monday, action on Friday).
But it isn't nearly as focused as Toonami was.
 
Hex said:
SO we still have no idea if this was a one off?
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Not for sure, but all signs point to it being a one off, at least for now.


AceBandage said:
Well, CN does a block on Fridays and Mondays of stuff (comedy on Monday, action on Friday).
But it isn't nearly as focused as Toonami was.
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Ace, tell me you wouldn't be pumped as fuck for Toonami on Saturday nights with the classic shows, with a few new one sprinkled in?
 
This whole thing makes me really optimistic about the possible future of Toonami. The work they had to do to revive the block isn't staggering, but it's a pretty large amount to do for a throwaway day of April Fool's, especially since they had to get the rights to reair all these shows.

I'm not sure if the anime boom would have even happened if it weren't for Toonami leading the way with a lineup of well-curated, well-presented shows, broadcast at an hour where any kid could watch. I don't expect those days to return, but I think what happened here is a good possible compromise. The people who were kids growing up with Toonami are now becoming adults who can watch shows at 2 am on a weekend if they want to. I don't think that this is a particularly lucrative block now, so success here is all upside.

I hope this test was as successful as it needed to be. I'd be incredibly happy to have a healthy Toonami.
 
Izick said:
Not for sure, but all signs point to it being a one off, at least for now.




Ace, tell me you wouldn't be pumped as fuck for Toonami on Saturday nights with the classic shows, with a few new one sprinkled in?
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I'd be pumped for Toonami any night of the week.
Hell, give it to me on Wednesday and replace that shit reality show stuff.

sonicmj1 said:
This whole thing makes me really optimistic about the possible future of Toonami. The work they had to do to revive the block isn't staggering, but it's a pretty large amount to do for a throwaway day of April Fool's, especially since they had to get the rights to reair all these shows.

I'm not sure if the anime boom would have even happened if it weren't for Toonami leading the way with a lineup of well-curated, well-presented shows, broadcast at an hour where any kid could watch. I don't expect those days to return, but I think what happened here is a good possible compromise. The people who were kids growing up with Toonami are now becoming adults who can watch shows at 2 am on a weekend if they want to. I don't think that this is a particularly lucrative block now, so success here is all upside.

I hope this test was as successful as it needed to be. I'd be incredibly happy to have a healthy Toonami.
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Correct. Toonami (and more specifically Toonami Lockdown which spanned multiple channels) helped make DBZ the phenomena it was in the West, which helped breed an audience for anime.
Then the internet came and destroyed it.
 
Thundercats and Young Justice are in the Saturday Morning block on Cartoon Network. Don't know why they got switched over from the Friday lineup.
 
It would be really awesome if they kept this exact format every saturday night. Aired a bunch of older/more obscure anime in single episode with an ad for the DVD. Each week we have different shows. It'd be really fun to watch not knowing what was going to air.
 
AceBandage said:
I'd be pumped for Toonami any night of the week.
Hell, give it to me on Wednesday and replace that shit reality show stuff.
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SoulPlaya said:
I'll say this, I don't know if it's because they just hit in the middle of the series, but nostalgia made me think they better than it actually was. The DBZ episode shown was terrible to me, and Tenchi was just silly imo. I didn't remember the voices in Tenchi being so damn annoying, and the animation seemed a bit sub-par to me. These were shows that I loved too, although I'll say that I think I always started to dislike Tenchi as the series got more and more ridiculous.
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Tenchi sucked, but you best be trolling about DBZ.

Try the Japanese version if you don't have dub nostalgia.
the dub is garbage
 
Seraphis Cain said:
Legend of Korra
Young Justice
Thundercats
Green Lantern
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (shit even aired on Adult Swim for a while)

And there's some others too.

Is it as good as it was back then? Hell naw. But you're over-dramatizing how bad it is today.

EDIT: Not to mention that DBZ is still airing on Nicktoons as well. Sure, it's neutered as fuck compared to what we got, but still, it's there.
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That's not my point. With the unique exception of Korra (which as we all know is heavily influenced by golden era shonen anime, everything else is happy go lucky fair. You're never going to have Lion-O or Hal Jordan's father motivating them from the afterlife to destroy the enemy they've been fighting for 100+ episodes, to put aside childhood and become a man to save the people and planet he loves. They're not going to be pushed to point of crying because of the power they're expending to defeat a demon who is having his mind-controlled servants hunt down their girlfriend. These shows taught us shit. They were so much more than jokes and sanitized fight scenes. That's the state of action cartoons today.
 
shadyspace said:
That's not my point. With the unique exception of Korra (which as we all know is heavily influenced by golden era shonen anime, everything else is happy go lucky fair. You're never going to have Lion-O or Hal Jordan's father motivating them from the afterlife to destroy the enemy they've been fighting for 100+ episodes, to put aside childhood and become a man to save the people and planet he loves. These shows taught us shit. They were so much more than jokes and sanitized fight scenes. That's the state of action cartoons today.
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Adventure Time does that.
Father's Dungeon.

Such an amazing episode.
 
shadyspace said:
That's not my point. With the unique exception of Korra (which as we all know is heavily influenced by golden era shonen anime, everything else is happy go lucky fair. You're never going to have Lion-O or Hal Jordan's father motivating them from the afterlife to destroy the enemy they've been fighting for 100+ episodes, to put aside childhood and become a man to save the people and planet he loves. They're not going to be pushed to point of crying because of the power they're expending to defeat a demon who is having his mind-controlled servants hunt down their girlfriend. These shows taught us shit. They were so much more than jokes and sanitized fight scenes. That's the state of action cartoons today.
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So your argument is, basically, that they're not 90's shounen anime.

Okay then. I mean, you're right. They're not. And perhaps nothing will ever be again. But times change. You can't expect them to air Outlaw Star and Gundam Wing and YYH in their main programming blocks these days.
 
shadyspace said:
That's not my point. With the unique exception of Korra (which as we all know is heavily influenced by golden era shonen anime, everything else is happy go lucky fair. You're never going to have Lion-O or Hal Jordan's father motivating them from the afterlife to destroy the enemy they've been fighting for 100+ episodes, to put aside childhood and become a man to save the people and planet he loves. They're not going to be pushed to point of crying because of the power they're expending to defeat a demon who is having his mind-controlled servants hunt down their girlfriend. These shows taught us shit. They were so much more than jokes and sanitized fight scenes. That's the state of action cartoons today.
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I totally feel the same way about that. I feel like all these shows had similar backdrops, teaching kids that they should always do the right, and honorable thing, and that good always comes out on top. That and no matter how hard it gets, you always have to keep on fighting through.

That's what makes the TOONAMI promos so good, and emotional. They boil down those sentiments and pieces into a couple of minutes, into their purest for. It's very motivational, even today as an adult. At least it is to me.
 
God that was amazing. Haven't overloaded on nostalgia like that in quite awhile.

Since a promo aired for it, ya'll definitely need to see The Raid. One of the best action movies ever imo.
 
AceBandage said:
I'd be pumped for Toonami any night of the week.
Hell, give it to me on Wednesday and replace that shit reality show stuff
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As far as I know none of those reality shows air on CN anymore. I think the only live action show that airs now is (the also completely awful) Level Up.
 
Izick said:
I totally feel the same way about that. I feel like all these shows had similar backdrops, teaching kids that they should always do the right, and honorable thing, and that good always comes out on top. That and no matter how hard it gets, you always have to keep on fighting through.

That's what makes the TOONAMI promos so good, and emotional. They boil down those sentiments and pieces into a couple of minutes, into their purest for. It's very motivational, even today as an adult. At least it is to me.
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I was shocked to see them play the Space Promo last night.
Goosebumps
Every fucking time.

Dishwalla said:
As far as I know none of those reality shows air on CN anymore. I think the only live action show that airs now is (the also completely awful) Level Up.
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Thought they did Dude What Would Happen still.
I dunno, never watch TV anymore. Glad to hear those are gone, though. No idea what they were thinking...
 
I wish I had cable so I could've watched this. I've been rewatching all of DBZ though for about the past 6 weeks. I'm at the part in the Buu saga where Vegeta...you know....

So awesome!

LET'S MAKE A BUNCH OF DRAGONBALL Z THREADS LIKE IN OLDGAF DAYS.
 
AceBandage said:
I was shocked to see them play the Space Promo last night.
Goosebumps
Every fucking time.





Thought they did Dude What Would Happen still.
I dunno, never watch TV anymore. Glad to hear those are gone, though. No idea what they were thinking...
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So good.
 
AceBandage said:
I was shocked to see them play the Space Promo last night.
Goosebumps
Every fucking time.
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Amazing stuff.

Whoever mixed that is alright in my book, it looks and just sounds perfect. All the right quotes with all the right imagery, just some very evocative stuff.
 
The music when it shows the episode title (right after the intro) with the cheesy fake synth guitars is so fucking good!!!

Also, the buu and the android saga were better at the beginning than the end. I actually like this Gohan in high school/Great Saiyaman bullshit, it's fun.
 
shadyspace said:
I'm sure kids today will look back on the Green Lantern cartoon and Ultimate Spider-Man with awe and consider them formative childhood experiences. Yep, that'll happen.
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You could exchange either of those titles for any show that's ever aired in any decade, and it would still be a sentence that someone has said at some point in time. Things change, people change, societies change, and nobody ever thinks "man, cartoons today are so much better than when I was a kid".
 
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