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Cartoon Network Dropping Gundam and Bebop?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-is-going-on-here dept.

Lhadatt was among several who noted unannounced changes in Cartoon Networks' anime lineup. It's easy to speculate that Mobile Suit Gundam and Cowboy Bebop were dropped because of Tuesday's terrorist attacks since each show has a fair amount of violence, but nobody really knows. You can see the evidence on Cartoon Network's Listings. Tonight, episode 5 of Bebop was scheduled to air: one of the best episodes, too.

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  1. Is the media getting paranoid? by Xpilot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do they think the terrorists were somehow subliminally influenced by Mobile Suit Gundam??? What's next on the ban list? Godzilla?

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  2. Re:??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's news because we knew it would piss you off.

  3. The Die Hard connection.. by KFury · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone else notice that the whole thing sounds like a plot hatched from watching all three Die Hard movies in one night?

    You've got your big tall building blowing up from DH1.

    You've got your airplane hijacking and deliberate crashes in DH2.

    You've got exploding everything (including the subway under the WTC) in DH3.

    And of course, as has been reported (too lazy to find the link) there's still several tons of gold buried underneath the WTC rubble, just like in DH3...

    I'm not trying to make light of anything. It's just interesting how Hollywood and terrorism follow similar paths, with Hollywood leading the curve.

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    Kevin Fox