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[Instro]

This was by far the best anime Toonami ever showed on its block. The dub was pretty fantastic too if I recall, even considering the massive hackjob they had to perform to make it airable.

Still not sure whether it beats Tenchi Muyo for "most obvious yet oddly effective censoring for US broadcast" or not.

Big O was better, also had a better dub.

 

[Articalys]

Wow, I sure missed a lot while I was off watching Cowboy Bebop 23-26 (coincidentally it got mentioned somewhere in those last few pages).
Even going into the series knowing the end result (hard to avoid in today's anime culture) I had never actually seen The Real Folk Blues, just a handful of the other episodes, so I feel like I still got the full effect. Now I can check off one of the most iconic series from the 90s off my list. What to move on to next... maybe I'll get around to Evangelion now. Of course then I'd have to join the wait for 3.0 like everyone else...
Also, Blue is an amazing song.

Oh, I guess if we're talking anime on US television it's worth pointing out that Bebop was the first show ever aired on Adult Swim, way back in 2001.

 

[Haly]

This was by far the best anime Toonami ever showed on its block. The dub was pretty fantastic too if I recall, even considering the massive hackjob they had to perform to make it airable.

Still not sure whether it beats Tenchi Muyo for "most obvious yet oddly effective censoring for US broadcast" or not.

I don't remember what they censored, enlighten me?

 

[jman2050]

Big O was better, also had a better dub.

I knew this was coming so I prepared a carefully worded eloquent response to account for this:

Nuh-uh

 

[Nonoriri]

Big O was better, also had a better dub.

Beaten!

I knew this was coming so I prepared a carefully worded eloquent response to account for this:

Nuh-uh

It's totally true though.

 

[InfiniteNine]

This was by far the best anime Toonami ever showed on its block. The dub was pretty fantastic too if I recall, even considering the massive hackjob they had to perform to make it airable.

Still not sure whether it beats Tenchi Muyo for "most obvious yet oddly effective censoring for US broadcast" or not.

Well they didn't air the hotspring episode of Outlaw Star so it made the ending not make sense. They had gotten the caster shells he used in the final episodes there.

 

[Dresden]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

 

[iavi]

*snickers*

Ahaha, fck. I read it after I posting and said, "well that sounds like nothing I intended..." didn't care to change it though .

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

Now that I think about it, I've yet to meet a person who hasn't.

 

[Haly]

Back then anime was just cartoons, no one gave a shit where they came from.

Also Big O is kind of an unfair comparison because it was perfectly suited for a dub.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Romance Te Puedo Dar, motherfucker!

Or how about this one.

Damn, now I'm nostalgia-ing hard. :'(

Voy a sonar güey pero Dragon Quest me aburría.

Slayers' op was pretty badarse. And Ranma too, though I always hated how they changed the visuals for that.

 

[Infinite Justice]

I don't remember what they censored, enlighten me?

if its Outlaw Star they took out an entire ep which messed with the ending eps

 

[Nonoriri]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

I got VHS fansubbed animu from my local comic shop as a kid!

 

[Dresden]

I got VHS fansubbed animu from my local comic shop as a kid!

I stole DBZ volumes when I was ten or so. Korean ones, too. Feel bad about it now.

 

[Geneijin]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

One of the first late night animes I've watched was Tenchi Muyo and subbed episodes of Urusei Yatsura...

 

[Nonoriri]

I stole DBZ volumes when I was ten or so. Korean ones, too. Feel bad about it now.

That's messed up man :x

 

[Infinite Justice]

I got VHS fansubbed animu from my local comic shop as a kid!

i still remember watching uncensored DBZ on VHS and my mind was blown.

 

[iavi]

Nah

This was my anthem as a kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlAy2p4RHM They never played the whole thing, of course.

 

[jman2050]

if its Outlaw Star they took out an entire ep which messed with the ending eps

Well I was more specifically referring to what they did with Melfina.

Can't find a screenshot of the censored version oddly enough...

 

[Regulus Tera]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

The earlier you brainwash them the weirder they will be.

 

[Lafiel]

my friend referenced that while we saw Summer Wars
i nearly raged

Why? because the director of summer wars did direct digimon the movie you know. (or at least parts of it).

 

[Crash Station]

i still remember watching uncensored DBZ on VHS and my mind was blown.

All I remember was thinking "HIS NAME IS HERCULE, NOT MR SATAN! THESE PEOPLE ARE WRONG!"

 

[Haly]

Well I was more specifically referring to what they did with Melfina.

Can't find a screenshot of the censored version oddly enough...

Ah yes I remember this. It could've been much worse really.

Gundam SEED laser guns come to mind.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Well I was more specifically referring to what they did with Melfina.

Can't find a screenshot of the censored version oddly enough...

They put her in a black skin-tight thing right?

 

[Branduil]

Also, Blue is an amazing song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qBqP2I4p8

 

[jman2050]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

My first non-TV anime was UY.

Thank god for Animeigo and my friend's VHS tapes.

 

[Nonoriri]

Why? because the director of summer wars did direct digimon the movie you know. (or at least parts of it).

Mamoru Hosoda directed Digimon Adventure and Our War Game.

 

[Instro]

I knew this was coming so I prepared a carefully worded eloquent response to account for this:

Nuh-uh

Sorry cant hear you over awesome music

Spoiler

I miss Toonami, they cut some awesome promos too

 

[Regulus Tera]

All I remember was thinking "HIS NAME IS HERCULE, NOT MR SATAN! THESE PEOPLE ARE WRONG!"

Speaking as a member of the rest of the world weeaboos, you Americans weird us.

 

[Uchip]

Why? because the director of summer wars did direct digimon the movie you know. (or at least parts of it).

didnt know that
its still the lesser movie though

 

[Haly]

They put her in a black skin-tight thing right?

The little bars covered up everything below her neck.

 

[Branduil]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

I watched a few episodes of the shows on toonami now and then, but I didn't really watch any anime all the way through until Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Uchip]

My first non-TV anime was UY.

Thank god for Animeigo and my friend's VHS tapes.

see i got introduced via Now and Then Here and There
and my love for anime was forever inspired by serious mode animation

 

[InfiniteNine]

I never get why William's Street always reruns just Inuyasha, Bebop, and FLCL. I'm honestly tired of seeing that crap for the 1000th time. Put on Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, fucking Sailor Moon, or something else I haven't seen over and over again on their programming blocks.

 

[Lafiel]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

Yep, i watched the full runs of pokemon seasons 1-3, dragon ball z, zoids, and digimon season 1 when i was younger, look how big of a weeaboo i am!

 

[jman2050]

The little bars covered up everything below her neck.

No I'm pretty sure it was the digital black suit. Basically the same thing they did with Tenchi.

Speaking of which 'that' episode of Tenchi was damn confusing to me as an ignorant teenager.

 

[Articalys]

I never get why William's Street always reruns just Inuyasha, Bebop, and FLCL. I'm honestly tired of seeing that crap for the 1000th time. Put on Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, fucking Sailor Moon, or something else I haven't seen over and over again on their programming blocks.

Should I put Outlaw Star in my Netflix queue? Though I'm not sure if I want another space-themed show right after Bebop.

 

[iavi]

I watched a few episodes of the shows on toonami now and then, but I didn't really watch any anime all the way through until Cowboy Bebop.

The first show that I actually sought out, outside of tv, was fucking Inuyasha. Never did go anywhere. Movies were fun though.

 

[jman2050]

Should I put Outlaw Star in my Netflix queue? Though I'm not sure if I want another space-themed show right after Bebop.

It's really good, and really not at all like Bebop outside of the setting. Criminally underrated as well.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Hey wasn't there a new season of Inuyasha or something recently? How did that fare out?

 

[InfiniteNine]

Should I put Outlaw Star in my Netflix queue? Though I'm not sure if I want another space-themed show right after Bebop.

Do it! You can just watch something in between if you want a break from space themes though. The show is one of my favorites from my childhood.

 

[trejo]

Voy a sonar güey pero Dragon Quest me aburría.

Era un poco lento por partes, si.

Slayers' op was pretty badarse. And Ranma too, though I always hated how they changed the visuals for that.

Mostly everything back then was exceptionally well done, really. It's a damn shame about the current state of affairs.

 

[iavi]

Should I put Outlaw Star in my Netflix queue? Though I'm not sure if I want another space-themed show right after Bebop.

Give it some time. There's no way that you won't be running comparisons in your head, and Outlaw Star will suffer for it. Clear your palette for a bit.

 

[Dresden]

It's really good, and really not at all like Bebop outside of the setting. Criminally underrated as well.

Yeah, it's good stuff.

Hey wasn't there a new season of Inuyasha or something recently? How did that fare out?

IIRC, Inuyasha: The Final Act. It ended the series or something.

 

[psycho17]

It's like almost everyone here became weeaboos early on as a child.

The Toonami era made a lot of young weeaboos.
That and Ronin Warriors airing at 6:30 in the mornings.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Give it some time. There's no way that you won't be running comparisons in your head, and Outlaw Star will suffer for it. Clear your palette for a bit.

I always found Outlaw Star more entertaining and never made comparisons really when I watched it.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Well I was more specifically referring to what they did with Melfina.

Can't find a screenshot of the censored version oddly enough...

oh yeah, i think they added more so it just showed her crossed arms (plus a "bathsuit" also)

This was my anthem as a kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlAy2p4RHM They never played the whole thing, of course.

The song was great, just not toonami's handling imo

 

[jman2050]

Hey wasn't there a new season of Inuyasha or something recently? How did that fare out?

It ended last year. Yes, actually ended. For real this time. No, stop laughing I'm serious. Really, I am. Stop laughing already!

Spoiler

But no seriously, the story is actually over

 

[Regulus Tera]

Era un poco lento por partes, si.

Traté de ver un episodio en Youtube hace poco. Me sorprendió escuchar música de los juegos, pero más allá de ello era una pifia.

Mostly everything back then was exceptionally well done, really. It's a damn shame about the current state of affairs.

I haven't watched any Latin American dubbed anime since I moved six years ago. What is the current state of affairs?

 

[Nonoriri]

I always found Outlaw Star more entertaining and never made comparisons really when I watched it.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Heart of Sword as a pretty great song. I really looked forward to hearing it whenever I watched Kenshin.