Originally posted on the Anime Guidepost blog, September 23rd, 2008.
While
this isn't as timely as the rest of the comments about this, I cannot
say nothing. While I must admit that I haven't seriously watched
Toonami for quite a long time now, to know that it has stopped for good
is depressing. Toonami was a major part of my teenage years.
I
started to watch it because of Voltron and Robotech, then, later, my
friends got me into Dragon Ball Z, and I was addicted. Then they showed
Gundam Wing and I was an anime fan for life. From there, it only got
better: Tenchi, Outlaw Star, Big O, Blue Sub Six, and so on. I loved
Toonami and all that they did.
Then I went away from Toonami
(serving a 2-year LDS Mission didn't help) and when I came back, it just
wasn't the same. They weren't trying new things anymore, not like they
used to. And Naruto just wasn't enough to keep me coming back. So
maybe, in the end, I didn't help Toonami continue; who knows. Still,
it's sad to see such a good friend die. I mean, it's like the death of
Mr. Rogers, except not so universal.
I can only hope that there
will be other avenues for anime to reach mainstream culture. Adult Swim
just isn't enough, and their treating their anime properties quite
poorly. I've been doing more online, especially now that Funimation is
really using their YouTube Channel, and more On Demand, through the
Anime Network and Anime Selects (POST YOUR SCHEDULE!). The Sci-Fi
Channel has picked up with Gurren Lagann and I am REALLY looking forward
to Gundam 00 appearing on Ani-Monday's here in November. Maybe someone
else will pick up the kind of legacy that Toonami left us with. I can
only hope.
As for the guidepost, I apologize for not being more
consistent in my writing. I've been watching anime quite regularly,
thanks to the internet, On Demand, and my local library. I'm slowly
powering through Naruto still, I'm looking forward to Tsubasa Season 2,
and I've been enjoying Slayers and Code Geass online. I promise to do
more with this site (especially if I can figure out how to get to the
CSS for it) and I've got all sorts of titles to tell you about.
That
is if I can get a job and keep myself from getting buried in
schoolwork. Yeah, yeah, I know, the same old excuses, but life comes
first, right?
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