New Anime Block Starts Tonight Cartoon Network

Silverhammer writes "Just a reminder that the new five-hour Saturday night Toonami block starts tonight on Cartoon Network. It includes the american premieres of three of Bandai's new (or at least newly dubbed) anime series: Yu Yu Hakusho (11pm EDT), Pilot Candidate (12pm), and Gundam 0083 (12:30pm)." Also in the list is old favs Tenchi, Bebop, and Outlaw Star as well as the non-anime but still cool Justice League, which I've been enjoying, but is it just me, or are there only like 4 episodes that they just keep looping? I'll be Tivo'ing each of the new shows for a few weeks in hopes that they are good. I'm still first in line to vote for a Toonami channel.

Comments

Re:reasons for anime?

[MisterBlister]

Anime is popular with a certain group of people for the same reason Linux is/was. In short, its different than the norm.

The people who are anime fans, just like the people who are Linux fans (often the same people) ignore the fact that what they are consuming is vastly inferior to the mainstream and use/watch it simply because they think doing so gives them some elite-cred for being 'different' and supposedly 'in-the-know'.

A quick look at the subject matter, though, shows that Anime is soap opera with bad art and a decidedly pedophelic bent. There's no redeeming 'art' value to 99% of Anime -- there are exceptions, of course, but they are few and far between; and when they are exceptional the 'hardcore' tend to see them as 'sell out' toons/products because they must have sold out if the mainstream pays attention at all.

Re:reasons for anime?

[Dark Paladin]

Sorry, at first I was going to ignore this as the troll it is.

Then I figured "Eh, my pot roast is still cooking, I might as well respond."

Ah, yes - people only like anime and Linux because of an elite attitude. I used Linux for 2+ years after being exposed to it not because of the great tools (Gimp, Image Magick, able to set up a mail server, fetchmail), or because I had it running 10 months without a reboot, or even on the day that a physical hard drive died, the system kept running so that when I got home I could do something to fix it.

I only watch anime because I have bad taste and I'm a pedophile. Not because of fascinating shows (Lain, Utena, Boogiepop Phantom) that challenge conventional ideas with symbolism, or for heart wrenching shows (like Grave of the Fireflies), or works of art (Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso), courageous tales (Magic Knights Rayearth, Gunsmith Cats). Yes, there is the crap (Bastard), but I only watch it because I like to watch young girls getting nearly naked (let's see, I don't like Sailor Moon, but I do admit to liking Jubei Chan because it's so damn funny).

Sorry. I have seen the error of my ways, and I will now only comform to the crowd.

Asshole.

Brad Siegel: Moron At Large

[The Spie]

Glad to see that Brad Siegel's reverse Midas touch is working perfectly. For this we're losing Late Nite Black and White? First it got moved to Saturdays from Sundays, and now it's gone, replaced by some crap anime? And I thought Siegel was a complete Stallman when he let World Championship Wrestling die a very hideous public death on his watch as AOLTW's overseer. This takes the cake.

How nice that Chuck Jones and LNB&W die on the same day. Piss on history some more, why don't you? Screw anime, give me classic Warner Brothers!

Hand humper...

[Anonymous Coward]

If Taco wasn't getting married I'd think he's as big a hand humper as the rest of you all.
God most of these cartoons are terrible!! No they don't have good stories, yes they do have fights and flying people with big eyes that shimmer when they are mad or conveying some other emotion and no, they don't have good animation. Get off your fat asses, go jog or walk and enjoy life a little more.

News for nerds?

[pongo000]

I've never been able to make the connection between the "news for nerds" thing and anime. Especially when Cmdr Taco already takes care of his anime fix via Anime Fu.

Am I the only one here who doesn't see the connection? Maybe it's the "stuff that matters" part...in which case I'll just go away (for now).

Frost pist

[the time you read th]

did i get it? woot, i rox0r baby oh yeah. I wish my internet connection was a bit faster though...

Anime

[The Comic Book Guy]

Worst animation ever.

ow

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh it's too bad I'm such an idiot, oh yes and by the way my name is jesse.swanson@kirtland.af.mil thanksyou

You talk too much, JH

[Ralph JewLover Nader]

You gotta bigger pisk than most of the yentas here in Brooklyn. Why don't you find a nice, quiet kibbutz in Isreal, get yourself a nice jewish gal, and live the good life?

It beats being a 2nd rate troll on slashdot, that for sure!