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flavius184
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For those of you who had access to CN's Toonami in the past, would you honestly say that this anime block had a tremendous impact on you becoming a full-fledged anime fan?
I ask this question because I've noticed so many people who credit Toonami as being the thing that jump-started their love of anime (myself included). My friends offline have told me that if they hadn't stumbled upon this block in the late nineties, they wouldn't be anime fans today. It wouldn't be surprising I suppose, since it seemed like a groundbreaking idea during a time when anime hadn't had much exposure to the public. |
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Bitter Almonds
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Nope, although it was quite cool to see the Toonami anime block of Sailor Moon and Thundercats. Here in the US, I'd credit Central Park Media, Streamline Pictures, and AnimEigo for getting me back into anime in a big way back in 1991-1992. Mangajin, Malibu Comics, Viz, and Antartic Press were what got me into manga around the same time
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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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Too..Too...TOONAMI!
Let me get a tissue I don't know if Toonami played a big part in me loving anime today, honestly. I mean, I watched it everyday like I'd die if I didn't, but I was 7 when it first came out and didn't know what anime was. I actually thought all those shows were made in America because I had no reason to think otherwise; they were in English after all. I'm sure Toonami softened me up to the idea that watching anime was OK and not just those sex cartoons like a lot people back then thought. The way I actually got hardcore into anime probably would've happened anyways without the help of Toonami, but I can't help but think that it helped a little. Bang.... |
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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Toonami was what got me into anime. They were playing a Sailor Moon marathon and I got sucked in while channel surfing. After that it was Tenchi, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop...and on and on and on.
Toonami was an EXCELLENT vehicle for developing new fans of anime. Too bad CN killed it. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Yes, yes it was. Without it I wouldn't have been introduced to Gundam Wing, therefore I wouldn't have bought Gundam SEED in the shops, therefore I wouldn't have gotten interested in Anime in general. I owe a lot to Cartoon Network Australia; why oh why don;t they have more Anime after all these years?
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Aura Ichadora
 Posts: 2349 Location: In front of my computer |
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Yep, it was a big part of how I got into anime. Dragonball Z and Tenchi Muyo was the big things in the beginning, not only for myself, but also for my brother and my dad (I know somewhere we still have the last episode of Tenchi Universe on VHS because we set up our VCR to record it while we went to Michigan for the day), and then later on I watched Naruto and One Piece on it, with my brother watching Blue Dragon on it. Of course, there was Hikaru no Go on the Jetstream, which made me happy.
Of course, I was one of the many that were depressed when Toonami was canceled. I loved the old promos for it, as well the game reviews they did, as well as all the incarnations of TOM. It was a big part of my childhood. -cries like a sad panda- T.T |
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Hepzibah
 Posts: 67 Location: Colorado, USA |
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Actually, it really didn't impact me very much. My sister and I got hooked on Sailor Moon when it was playing on UPN, and then Pokemon on Fox shortly after. I didn't really notice Toonami until I was in high school, and didn't really follow it. I had an ex that really liked Tenchi Muyo, so he had already sent me a few of the episodes on a disc (dubbed in English, and I have no idea where he got them, since it wasn't an official DVD). I watched some of Tenchi Muyo on Toonami, noted that they had toned it down for television, and that was that. That's still my favorite Tenchi incarnation, and really want to find it on DVD. He'd given me some of Tenchi in Tokyo as well, but I didn't like that one quite as much. He is fully responsible for showing me Cowboy Bebop, though.
Throughout high school, we'd get our fix by renting titles from Blockbuster and watching what we could from friends. We had a mini-anime club in high school, and managed to convert our teacher over to it. Yes, we were very proud of ourselves. I didn't really start watching anime on television again until I was in college, and then it was Adult Swim all the way. I was a little sad to hear when Toonami was ending, and felt badly for the people who did enjoy it. I think most of it has to do that we aren't very big TV people in my family, and my older sister had moved out by the time I found Toonami. Nobody to watch it with, so I didn't bother. Later, I could never get into Naruto, and when that was the last anime title showing on it, it didn't catch my interest. |
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tarheel91
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Big time. I watched it religiously from about 1996 on. First was Dragon Ball (Z), Tenchi, Gundam, etc. Then there was Zoids, Yu Yu Hakusho, and that generation of shows. I think what really got me was Naruto. I had missed an episode of Naruto, and when I was looking for it online, I discovered there was a Japanese version that was over a hundred episodes ahead. That was when I discovered anime. Unfortunately, I didn't really expand beyond Naruto, Bleach, and Death Note for quite some time. However, once I saw Trinity Blood, and more importantly, FMA and Eureka 7 on Adult Swim, I really got interested.
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Ggultra2764
 Posts: 4053 Location: New York state. |
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Even though I first seen anime via Sci-fi Channel when I was 9 years old, I never seriously got latched onto anime until I seen Toonami with Dragon Ball Z and Tenchi Muyo. Toonami and Adult Swim were pretty much my gateways to anime until 2003 when I went into college and discovered the world of anime fansubs online. Even though I strongly detest DBZ nowadays since seeing much better titles, Tenchi Muyo is still one of my favorite anime from Toonami that I frequently go back to watching now and then when I want a break from present titles.
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Mushi-Man
 Posts: 1537 Location: KCMO |
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Yeah, Toonami was what got me into anime in the first place. If it weren't for seeing shows like DBZ, Yu Yu Hauksho, Gundam Wing, ext I wouldn't be an anime fan in the first place. Even though I didn't really care for Toonami in it's final years it still played a major part in my anime fandom. Let us have a moment of silence in honor of Toonami.
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randomanimefan
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They had some very good stuff back in the day. I think it's safe the success of Toonami back then also made what's now Adult Swim ACTN possible (though it's been forever since I've actually seen any ACTN shows, probably since the Bount arc of Bleach began).
Definitely wouldn't be as much of an anime fan without Toonami. It was a good run while it lasted. |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 8016 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I probabally would not be an anime fan at all right now if Toonami hadn't existed to play good old Dragonball Z, Gundam series, and Tenchi Muyo.
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Beltane70
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It wasn't for me. I became an anime fan about 12 years before Toonami even existed. Heck, I was into anime before any of the American anime companies even existed!
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NGE1113
 Posts: 1081 Location: Alexandria, VA. |
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Sort of, I guess. It could be best described as cracking the door open for me with the likes of DBZ and Outlaw Star. What broke that door wide open was a combination of Eva being recommended by a co-worker, anime magazines, catching a movie or two on Sci-Fi, and renting out a whole lot of Ranma ½, 3x3 Eyes, and other titles at the local video store. (In other words, realizing that the anime world didn't consist entirely of shonen titles.)
I watched Toonami on-and-off since its creation. From about 1995 to 1997, I watched it when I could; I usually was busy with non-school- and school-related activities. After that, I couldn't afford the time for it anymore. I did watch its sister show, Midnight Run, when I could after getting home from work weekend nights. When that ended, that was the end of the story until [adult swim] started running Cowboy Bebop and Trigun during its first years. |
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Xshinobi
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For me Toonami was a big part of me becoming a anime fan. I can remember rushing home from school so that I could catch DBZ, Sailor Moon, Outlaw Star, Gundam, Ronin Warriors and more. If it wasn't for Toonami I don't think I would have been as big of a fan as I am today. In a way it saddens me to see what CTN has become.
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