Post by Sorrum on Sept 22, 2008 21:14:00 GMT -5
On September 20, 2008, Toonami had it's final broadcast, cancelled by Cartoon Network.
Toonami was a few hours of cartoons that played on Cartoon Network on the week days. From about 3-5 p.m, it played japanese cartoons, which everyone refers to as Anime.
Later, it was moved to Saturday night and replaced by Miguzi(which has long since ended.) It had a bigger variety of shows on at this point, running from 7 p.m to 11 p.m.
With more time, they could start airing movies! Cartoons, of course. They ran most of the Dragonball Z movies, A straight month of Miyuzaki movies(referred to as A month of Miyuzaki,) and numerous animated films, both american and japanese cartoons.
Finally, Toonami aired Naruto, definitely their most successful show to run. It ran well, even past the finale and into the filler season. But as time went by, people lost interest in Toonami's trump card(the fillers, most likely,) and stopped watching. Eventually, Toonami had lost too many viewers, and had been ultimately canceled.
I don't know what this means to anybody now, but I remember Toonami being the first source of anime available to me as a kid. I used to watch cartoons like Gundam Wing, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Voltron, Outlaw Star, G. Gundam, Yu Yu Hakusho, Cyborg 009, Rurouni Kenshin, and many others that I can't remember. It introduced me to this whole genre of cartoons, comics, and eventually, people.
I regret to say that I didn't watch Toonami at it's end either. I had to see it online. Stings a little. Now that it's gone, I want it back.
RIP, Toonami.
Bang..~
Spike Spiegal - Cowboy Bebop
TOM2 - Toonami
Toonami was a few hours of cartoons that played on Cartoon Network on the week days. From about 3-5 p.m, it played japanese cartoons, which everyone refers to as Anime.
Later, it was moved to Saturday night and replaced by Miguzi(which has long since ended.) It had a bigger variety of shows on at this point, running from 7 p.m to 11 p.m.
With more time, they could start airing movies! Cartoons, of course. They ran most of the Dragonball Z movies, A straight month of Miyuzaki movies(referred to as A month of Miyuzaki,) and numerous animated films, both american and japanese cartoons.
Finally, Toonami aired Naruto, definitely their most successful show to run. It ran well, even past the finale and into the filler season. But as time went by, people lost interest in Toonami's trump card(the fillers, most likely,) and stopped watching. Eventually, Toonami had lost too many viewers, and had been ultimately canceled.
I don't know what this means to anybody now, but I remember Toonami being the first source of anime available to me as a kid. I used to watch cartoons like Gundam Wing, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Voltron, Outlaw Star, G. Gundam, Yu Yu Hakusho, Cyborg 009, Rurouni Kenshin, and many others that I can't remember. It introduced me to this whole genre of cartoons, comics, and eventually, people.
I regret to say that I didn't watch Toonami at it's end either. I had to see it online. Stings a little. Now that it's gone, I want it back.
RIP, Toonami.
Bang..~
Spike Spiegal - Cowboy Bebop
TOM2 - Toonami