[JGZinv]

(I know there's a few anime fans here... so figured this may be of interest)

The programming block that revolutionized anime in the US
and perhaps even across the world outside of Japan ran it's last
showing Sept 20th.

I've followed them since their earliest days of Moltar and Tom, with ThunderCats and Sailor Moon....
with the group adding their own funky beat flair to a world of boring tv.

"As of September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network has canceled the block and aired its final transmission. Employees who worked on the block will be going to other parts of the channel. Anime will be mostly handled by Adult Swim, and there will be an action block replacing Toonami on Friday nights afterwards. Toonami Jetstream will remain without the Toonami name. At the end of Toonami's final airing, the host, voiced by Steven Blum, ended the block with a final monologue and then "bang", echoing the final word of his character Spike Spiegel at the end of Cowboy Bebop."

You can watch the final farewell video's here....

http://www.toonamiarsenal.com/

Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonami

If you want anything from the archive sections at TDA... better get it while you can.


*salutes*

In memory of 'bringing you a better cartoon show'...
you will be sorely missed.

[BlackDove]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Ghostavo]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Admiral_Stones]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Mobius]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Turambar]

**** you guys the dub for Gundam Wing was actually pretty good!

(seriously, the narrator was the goddamn Bentusi!)

[Dark Hunter]

Bonus points for them showing the uncut episodes (at later times, but still, at least they did show them).

Too bad. Toonami was pretty much the most awesome thing on TV when I was a kid, and I have naught but fond memories of it. Haven't seen it in years, though, so I don't know if it declined in recent years.

DragonBall, Gundam Wing, Zoids, Outlaw Star... they were my source for anime.

[BloodEagle]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Mongoose]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

...lolno.  There have been a minuscule number of truly bad dubs over at least the past ten years, and there have been a fair share of English casts that have easily surpassed their Japanese counterparts.  (See: Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, etc, etc.)  It all comes down to personal preference in the end; some of us like hearing audio in our native language, some of us like reading text at the bottom of a screen, and a few of us know enough Japanese to make either option needless.  It's the same damn series no matter how you watch it.

Anyways, I kind of wish I had been a Toonami fan, so I could justify feeling as bummed as I do that it's gone.  It had one hell of a run and introduced a whole slew of people to the world of anime.  At least Steve Blum gave it a good send-off.  Bang.

[Akalabeth Angel]

      I find that humour doesn't translate very well without a dub.

[Titan]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

ditto. i hate anime... well, zoids was cool, but i hate how everyone in them is just another idiot with a dirty balloon face.

[Hellstryker]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Jeff Vader]

I eat mop who

Srsly. Some people like anime. Some people don't. Some people mourn the loss of Toonami.  Some people don't. Hell, some anime fans might not mourn the loss of Toonami since they have had no access to it in the first place.

Life goes on. Until you die.

[NGTM-1R]

Pretty much gave up on it a long time ago.

Also, lol at the dub haters.

[BloodEagle]

Also, lol at the dub haters.

Watch the Death Note dub that Adult Swim has, then watch it subbed. Aside from getting better (suited) voices, you get dialogue that doesn't sound like it was churned out by middle-school students. 

[Akalabeth Angel]

Also, lol at the dub haters.

Watch the Death Note dub that Adult Swim has, then watch it subbed. Aside from getting better (suited) voices, you get dialogue that doesn't sound like it was churned out by middle-school students. 

     Why watch death note at all?
     Death note is like a freaking audio book. As are many recent anime in my experience.
     Just read the Manga.

[tinfoil]

Thank god.

The less dubbing in the world the better.

[Mongoose]

Watch the Death Note dub that Adult Swim has, then watch it subbed. Aside from getting better (suited) voices, you get dialogue that doesn't sound like it was churned out by middle-school students. 

Death Note is one of the best-cast dubs in the past few years. L in particular is absolutely fantastic.  And the middle-school dialogue is thoroughly a function of the generally-mediocre source material.

[redsniper]

Although I haven't watched it in years, and from the few glimpses I saw while my little brother watched, it seemed like a shadow of its former self... I'm still sad to see it go.

Farewell Absolution. Farewell Tom! You're gonna carry that weight.

[Eishtmo]

I'll be honest, I thought it was canceled YEARS ago.