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The Mike Toole Show: Old's Cool

Out of all of these, Star Blazers was never mentioned. I think that is one of the fundamental anime's that opened the door for others to enter. That and Macross. Those are old schooled in my opinion.

Now, finding a VHS of the original Astro Boy dubbed would be very interesting.

One of the first anime titles I saw was Mazinger Z back in kindergarten or first grade. That is a sort of a dub that time forgot.

StudioToledo wrote:

TAS314 wrote: "free to watch in North America on Hulu." No, Hulu is only available in the United States, it is blocked in Canada. Last time I checked Canada is a large chunk of North America. Same for Viz as their streaming site is just a skin over a Hulu back end. It's sad for you guys since they should at least make these things available for both countries anyway. Prince Planet isn't going to find any takers up north anytime soon.

Quite. It should be released on an official ad-stream channel at YouTube, which does not have the US-only restrictions that Hulu is built upon (or Crunchyroll, though Crunchyroll is not likely to run a petition drive for it like the current petition drive to get Bleach simulcasts).

agila61 wrote:

StudioToledo wrote: TAS314 wrote: "free to watch in North America on Hulu." No, Hulu is only available in the United States, it is blocked in Canada. Last time I checked Canada is a large chunk of North America. Same for Viz as their streaming site is just a skin over a Hulu back end. It's sad for you guys since they should at least make these things available for both countries anyway. Prince Planet isn't going to find any takers up north anytime soon. Quite. It should be released on an official ad-stream channel at YouTube, which does not have the US-only restrictions that Hulu is built upon (or Crunchyroll, though Crunchyroll is not likely to run a petition drive for it like the current petition drive to get Bleach simulcasts).

They do have Prince Planet on YouTube otherwise, or is that blocked in your country too? But yes, too often I feel they should at least arrange the rights for these to be in both country from the start if it's possible to make it a joint North American effort.

I seriously wonder if I'm the only person who recognizes the name of every show Mike mentions in the article. Good stuff.

Copyrighted Name wrote:

I seriously wonder if I'm the only person who recognizes the name of every show Mike mentions in the article. Good stuff.

I do too! As for you, Mr. Toole, you are my hero! Since I am old enough to be the mother or perhaps even grandmother of some of the posters, I shake my head sadly when people speak of the 90s as old school!!!

Gerald McBong-Boing

Thanks to being in South Korea a while back, I got a chance to experience Sally the Witch (color series). The Korean dub does have a better opening (more rockish). Anime sure has come a long way since the ancient days before we were all born.

StudioToledo wrote:

Gerald McBong-Boing

This would've been a vastly different show, I think!

Nah, it's just been cyclical in the US. The 60s was the first wave, the late 70s saw the 2nd wave with Battle of the Planets and Star Blazers. The 80s brought us Robotech and Voltron, the 90s had Sailor Moon and Dragonball and Pokemon. The emergence of the internet and the persistence of media (both online and off) has seen anime carve a longer-term niche since then, but relatively speaking, we're in a valley. Anime will produce another breakout hit that will fuel some new growth, it's just a question of when.