Say goodbye to Toonami...

*DrSpengler* · 09-20-2008, 09:42 PM

Because you won't be seeing it again.

This is both depressing and relieving at the same time.

While I have loads of fond memories of Toonami (I'd been watching since the Moltar days), I do admit that it'd become a shadow of its former self, if that.

I mean, the weekend timeslot...no more custom intros...TOM looking like an idiot...no more NON ANIME PROGRAMMING...

When it became the All Naruto Block, I just stopped caring completely and without regret.

Whelen4004 · 09-20-2008, 10:05 PM

One of my finest memories was coming home from school anxiously waiting until 4 or 5 just to watch Toonami, especially Dragonball Z. Watching Toonami, along with the rest of CN go down the drain was hard enough, now a piece of CN history is now gone, just like Cartoon Cartoon Fridays before it.

RIP Toonami 30/17/97 - 09/20/08

*Dr. Doom* · 09-21-2008, 12:55 AM

I'm frankly shocked this didn't happen several years ago.

*Ninjinister* · 09-21-2008, 01:12 AM

Anybody else find TOM's last word fitting...?

Spoiler:

Zog the Equalizer · 09-21-2008, 01:38 AM

Truly this is the end of an era for me. Goodbye old friend.
And thus my childhood ends with a single word:

Spoiler:

Stay gold.

*Drtooth* · 09-21-2008, 08:03 AM

How do you get a job at Cartoon Network anyway? Seems like anyone who isn't qualified is qualified.

OOOH!! And they're showing a live action movie that everyone has seen a hundred times... a good one, but still it has bullox to do with cartoons. if they aired the cartoon version of Spider-man, I could see it... but who wants to see the heavily edited version when you can rent the actual one. If you haven't seen it by now, you obviously don't want to see it.

Yet another dunderhead move by a bunch of dunder head schmucks that hardly even care about what they do.

*ToTheNines* · 09-21-2008, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

I'm frankly shocked this didn't happen several years ago.

I thought it did happen several years ago.

愛 · 09-21-2008, 09:26 AM

Toonami died the moment it left its daily time block.

*Drtooth* · 09-21-2008, 10:21 AM

Stay tuned for "If you didn't see it on any other network before it hit us you probably don't give a rat's ass about it" Movie theater and 10000000 straight hours of Skunk Fu on Cartoon Network!

FlawedCoil82 · 09-21-2008, 06:10 PM

It's amazing to me how channels and networks can go to hell so easily. Is Cartoon Network connected to the same company who own MTV and Nickelodeon? It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are all connected. MTV (Money Television) especially enrages me to no end. They actually used to play music on that station, and now them (and MTV2) are nothing but "reality" tv hogwash. Anyways the only show I watched religiously on Toonami was Dragonball Z (although for some reason I liked Sailor Moon before I got into DBZ). But it's still sad....I guess that will give them more timeslots to play even more of the ugly, distorted, cheaply drawn cartoons that already plague that station. God, I simply cannot wait for this current trend of cheap/ugly-looking cartoons to (hopefully) die a very painful death.

Jack

*DrSpengler* · 09-21-2008, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlawedCoil82

It's amazing to me how channels and networks can go to hell so easily. Is Cartoon Network connected to the same company who own MTV and Nickelodeon? It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are all connected.

MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central (among others) are owned by Viacom, while Cartoon Network, TNT and Spike TV (among others) are owned by Turner Broadcasting.

Still, they all think alike in terms of programming.

So far as networks straying away from their initial purpose, I don't think Mtv or Cartoon Network have ANYTHING on G4/Tech TV. Started out as a video game network, now its mostly fap material for undersexed teenagers. They got a little too into their demographic and killed their own network.

*J Legault* · 09-21-2008, 06:34 PM

A real shame, I remenber when that time slot had all sorts of cool things to watch. But I hated Cartoon Network for not having an interest in airing more One Piece episodes.

Biggest mistake ever, cause the Funimation version is more superior than the 4Kids Version. Course sadly I don't think many people besides us One Piece fans heard the news that 4Kids no longer owns the rights to One Piece back when it was still being aired. But no matter as long as the Uncut DVDs are being made, I'll be happy.

Cartoon Network took away and tossed other cool things into the trash bin. Ever since they started to showing non-cartoon related stuff on their channel, I knew they weren't the same anymore.

FlawedCoil82 · 09-21-2008, 06:36 PM

Haha, geesh I have never heard of Tech TV/G4. I didn't think anyone could stray so far from their original purpose as MTV has. But after I saw the way they mutated, I am sure you do not exaggerate about Tech TV. It just makes no sense to me why stations feel they MUST follow trends. That kills them off even faster. They might as well stop giving themselves names since they change their programming every 5 years or so. The Weather Channel is about the only one who has remained faithful to their original mission. haha

*Drtooth* · 09-21-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlawedCoil82

But it's still sad....I guess that will give them more timeslots to play even more of the ugly, distorted, cheaply drawn cartoons that already plague that station. God, I simply cannot wait for this current trend of cheap/ugly-looking cartoons to (hopefully) die a very painful death.

Jack

What "Ugly" cartoon shows? The only ones I've seen are Flapjack and Chowder... everything else is endless Skunk Fu reruns and Johnny Test reruns.

Quote:

A real shame, I remenber when that time slot had all sorts of cool things to watch. But I hated Cartoon Network for not having an interest in airing more One Piece episodes.

Biggest mistake ever, cause the Funimation version is more superior than the 4Kids Version. Course sadly I don't think many people besides us One Piece fans heard the news that 4Kids no longer owns the rights to One Piece back when it was still being aired. But no matter as long as the Uncut DVDs are being made, I'll be happy.

Cartoon Network took away and tossed other cool things into the trash bin. Ever since they started to showing non-cartoon related stuff on their channel, I knew they weren't the same anymore.

Oh, I'm sure that Funimation will stick it on its only 5 people in the country get it channel. I feel sorry for Funimation... they spent all this money FINALLY getting One Piece, since Toei had the minus minded idea to give it to 4Kids because they offered a little more money or something. We finally get the show the way its meant to be shown... and nothing... nothing!

I can whine and piss and moan about CN... but there's nothing anyone can do. These anus brains that run these networks CLEARLY don't like their jobs, and don't even like to show what they show. Movie channels with original programming? Original programming networks running old movies?

To me, I don't think they have a right to whine about how internet piracy is killing television. They bone-headed over competitive "Daddy, buy stock in another company so I can get a real job" ways are doing it. These people can go eff themselves, and chances are they do...

*Ninjinister* · 09-21-2008, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J Legault

A real shame, I remenber when that time slot had all sorts of cool things to watch. But I hated Cartoon Network for not having an interest in airing more One Piece episodes.

Biggest mistake ever, cause the Funimation version is more superior than the 4Kids Version. Course sadly I don't think many people besides us One Piece fans heard the news that 4Kids no longer owns the rights to One Piece back when it was still being aired. But no matter as long as the Uncut DVDs are being made, I'll be happy.

Cartoon Network took away and tossed other cool things into the trash bin. Ever since they started to showing non-cartoon related stuff on their channel, I knew they weren't the same anymore.

Made me sad that they just completely 86'd One Piece. Just like YuYu Hakusho and Zatch Bell....

Leogeddon · 09-21-2008, 09:45 PM

Used to love Toonami myself then these new animé and ridiculous new shows were flooding it, I stopped watching. Just like with Kids WB, lol

NameGoesHere1066 · 09-21-2008, 09:51 PM

good bye! don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

*Drtooth* · 09-21-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The S

Made me sad that they just completely 86'd One Piece. Just like YuYu Hakusho and Zatch Bell....

Yeah! We were THIS CLOSE to having decent merchandise.

*ZariusTwo* · 09-22-2008, 03:29 AM

It was quite fitting to close it out with a line that is undoubtedly one of the most memorable final lines in anime history, it gave the block back it's dignity just as the remainder of it had been stripped away.

I couldnt beleive they had made the decision to have TOM resemble some reject from WALL-E by the time it ended. Sheer lunacy.

*That Matt Guy* · 09-22-2008, 06:27 AM

i only watched it for the moltar commentary, after they got rid of him it should have been cancelled. what was that, like 10 years ago?

09-20-2008, 09:42 PM	#1
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Say goodbye to Toonami... Because you won't be seeing it again. This is both depressing and relieving at the same time. While I have loads of fond memories of Toonami (I'd been watching since the Moltar days), I do admit that it'd become a shadow of its former self, if that. I mean, the weekend timeslot...no more custom intros...TOM looking like an idiot...no more NON ANIME PROGRAMMING... When it became the All Naruto Block, I just stopped caring completely and without regret.

09-21-2008, 12:55 AM	#3
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	I'm frankly shocked this didn't happen several years ago. __________________ I love you, Pickle.

09-21-2008, 01:12 AM	#4
Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	Anybody else find TOM's last word fitting...? Spoiler: Bang.... __________________

09-21-2008, 01:38 AM	#5
Zog the Equalizer Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 534	Truly this is the end of an era for me. Goodbye old friend. And thus my childhood ends with a single word: Spoiler: Bang... Stay gold. __________________ "Pork rind?" "Pork rind!"

09-21-2008, 08:03 AM	#6
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	How do you get a job at Cartoon Network anyway? Seems like anyone who isn't qualified is qualified. OOOH!! And they're showing a live action movie that everyone has seen a hundred times... a good one, but still it has bullox to do with cartoons. if they aired the cartoon version of Spider-man, I could see it... but who wants to see the heavily edited version when you can rent the actual one. If you haven't seen it by now, you obviously don't want to see it. Yet another dunderhead move by a bunch of dunder head schmucks that hardly even care about what they do. __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

09-20-2008, 10:05 PM	#2
Whelen4004 Random Punk Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bermuda Triangle Posts: 21	One of my finest memories was coming home from school anxiously waiting until 4 or 5 just to watch Toonami, especially Dragonball Z. Watching Toonami, along with the rest of CN go down the drain was hard enough, now a piece of CN history is now gone, just like Cartoon Cartoon Fridays before it. RIP Toonami 30/17/97 - 09/20/08

09-21-2008, 09:26 AM	#8
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	Toonami died the moment it left its daily time block.

09-21-2008, 10:21 AM	#9
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	Stay tuned for "If you didn't see it on any other network before it hit us you probably don't give a rat's ass about it" Movie theater and 10000000 straight hours of Skunk Fu on Cartoon Network! __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

09-21-2008, 06:10 PM	#10
FlawedCoil82 Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 523	It's amazing to me how channels and networks can go to hell so easily. Is Cartoon Network connected to the same company who own MTV and Nickelodeon? It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are all connected. MTV (Money Television) especially enrages me to no end. They actually used to play music on that station, and now them (and MTV2) are nothing but "reality" tv hogwash. Anyways the only show I watched religiously on Toonami was Dragonball Z (although for some reason I liked Sailor Moon before I got into DBZ). But it's still sad....I guess that will give them more timeslots to play even more of the ugly, distorted, cheaply drawn cartoons that already plague that station. God, I simply cannot wait for this current trend of cheap/ugly-looking cartoons to (hopefully) die a very painful death. Jack

09-21-2008, 06:34 PM	#12
J Legault Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West Coast Posts: 2,054	A real shame, I remenber when that time slot had all sorts of cool things to watch. But I hated Cartoon Network for not having an interest in airing more One Piece episodes. Biggest mistake ever, cause the Funimation version is more superior than the 4Kids Version. Course sadly I don't think many people besides us One Piece fans heard the news that 4Kids no longer owns the rights to One Piece back when it was still being aired. But no matter as long as the Uncut DVDs are being made, I'll be happy. Cartoon Network took away and tossed other cool things into the trash bin. Ever since they started to showing non-cartoon related stuff on their channel, I knew they weren't the same anymore. __________________ I am a fan of TMNT and I'm still one today. I got into the habbit back in 1992 or 93' when I was little. I would like to thank my 2 year older cousin for getting me in the habbit. 2001 was when I revised my knowledge on TMNT. And today I'm a bigger fan than I was years ago. I have all 3 TMNT Movies, current Toon, and old school Toon on DVD.

09-21-2008, 06:36 PM	#13
FlawedCoil82 Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 523	Haha, geesh I have never heard of Tech TV/G4. I didn't think anyone could stray so far from their original purpose as MTV has. But after I saw the way they mutated, I am sure you do not exaggerate about Tech TV. It just makes no sense to me why stations feel they MUST follow trends. That kills them off even faster. They might as well stop giving themselves names since they change their programming every 5 years or so. The Weather Channel is about the only one who has remained faithful to their original mission. haha

09-21-2008, 09:45 PM	#16
Leogeddon Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 502	Used to love Toonami myself then these new animé and ridiculous new shows were flooding it, I stopped watching. Just like with Kids WB, lol __________________ Click me for group discussion!

09-21-2008, 09:51 PM	#17
NameGoesHere1066 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at home LOL Posts: 957	good bye! don't let the door hit your ass on the way out! __________________ ]

09-22-2008, 03:29 AM	#19
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,494	It was quite fitting to close it out with a line that is undoubtedly one of the most memorable final lines in anime history, it gave the block back it's dignity just as the remainder of it had been stripped away. I couldnt beleive they had made the decision to have TOM resemble some reject from WALL-E by the time it ended. Sheer lunacy. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

09-22-2008, 06:27 AM	#20
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	i only watched it for the moltar commentary, after they got rid of him it should have been cancelled. what was that, like 10 years ago?