Toonami Returns AKA The Cruelest April Fools Joke of All Time

[Lencho01]

Awesome news!

 

[Soapy]

What newer shows would you guys want to see on the lineup?

 

[craigdbfan]

Soul Eater for one. Not exactly new but it would be great seeing it on T.V.

 

[UrbanX]

I would love to see Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Beebop and Yu Yu Hakusho on for at least a little bit.

 

[terry78]

This weekend they're bringing on Deadman Wonderland and Casshern. Bleach, GITS, FMA are still on board.

 

[craigdbfan]

Not bad. Glad they kept those three around.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

I made a video talking about Toonami after it's revival was announced.
Here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SN0Elo4Eo

 

[UrbanX]

I can't wait to see Tom 3.0 again and Sara.

 

[UrbanX]

Just found this:http://www.csicon.org/toonamis-debut-lineup-is-revealed/ The lineup is listed but sadly no sara or Peter Cullen. Toonami's Broke!

 

[Alistair]

Bah! It's on so late I won't even tune in, and nothing really interests me except Ghost in the Shell. Either way, I wish them luck!

Would have loved to see is:

1) Dennou Coil
2) Eden of the East
3) Escflowne
4) Ergo Proxy
5) The 12 Kingdoms
6) Kabia

That's pretty much when I stopped watching anime all together, and it's gotten pretty boring since then, IMO.

 

[craigdbfan]

Well I'll be tuning in but frankly I'm not sure if they're going to get the ratings to get new shows let alone keep it going.

I'll be doing my part though.

 

[Spade]

All of the shows aired trended on Twitter for hours, so hopefully that's a good sign.

Deadman Wonderland was the highlight of the new block. It's got those water cooler moments, and it fits well with the more mature Toonami. Casshern Sins might be really good. The animation's pretty, at least. But it was a little boring. More than just the anime and game reviews, though, they need to bring back the speeches and short films. Those were always sweet.

 

[craigdbfan]

I felt the same way Spade. I hadn't seen Deadman Wonderland or Casshern Sins before their premiere on Toonami and DW was definitely the one that stuck with me the most. Definitely some crazy stuff going on there.

As for Casshern it felt like Big O + Cyborg009 with very colorful animation and strong bold linings for the characters themselves. I liked it but it's definitely not in a hurry really telling its story whereas Deadman just went straight into it without hesitation really.

Glad that it was trending on Twitter. Hopefully the hype last. Right now I'm doing my part and watching the encore presentation of all the shows for tonight.

 

[Mr_GoldenAge]

What newer shows would you guys want to see on the lineup?

Hetalia maybe? English dub of course.

 

[Still Wynning]

What newer shows would you guys want to see on the lineup?

Steins;Gate. Viewers would eat that up.

 

[Soapy]

I liked both of the new shows, and it was great having Tom back.

 

[Darkb0rn]

cartoon network turned to **** w/o toonami

 

[gkokujin]

THAT is the line up?


thats not the toonami i watched.

oh well.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

So how was Toonami, fellas? I don't have cable or anything, so I missed it

 

[craigdbfan]

I enjoyed it a good deal.

Deadman Wonderland got my attention enough for me to give in and watch the entire the Japanese dub available on FUNI YouTube page.

Really liked it but I could tell they ran low on money throughout certain parts of the series as certain (a good deal) scenes were almost entirely blacked out. That got sort of annoying but I liked the characters enough for me to forgive that. I could also tell it was truncated a good deal from the source without even having to read it. You can just tell a lot was cut to fit in as much as possible.

I'll still be watching the dub on Toonami as I want to support it as much as I can.

 

[Hulk1968]

I agree. Maybe if Toonami does well, they might bring in Steins; Gate.
(Just a rumor, but hey...)

That would be epic