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Trigun Coming to Cartoon Network

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-on-the-insurance-girls dept.

MoeMoe writes "Well I was just watching Cartoon Network and it looks like Trigun will begin airing in just a couple of weeks. The CN website gives a brief description here" Trigun is among my favorite anime series. It gets a little crazy by the end, but for the most part it's pretty lighthearted fun, with some great action. CN sure seems to love the Anime Sci Fi Westerns. I wonder if they'll carry some of the fluffier stuff besides Tenchi. Love Hina would be a fun choice. Or Excel Saga.

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  1. Re:Ranma 1/2 by blitzoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What I don't understand is how these shows are targetted at adults, yet still have many of the restrictions that children's shows have. I mean, look at a prime time show on FOX. Probably a lot more violent and with more sexually suggestive dialogue/scenes than an anime, yet anime aired in North America still gets heavily edited - even for trivial things like someone drinking water instead of beer.

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  2. Voice Actors and culture by StriderA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In Japan, voice actors actually have some prestige. It's a job people want to be. I can think of a few, like Megumi Hayashibara, whom is an idol out there. People love her! She's Ranma, Lina, or Lime. She's a million other characters, and she's a goddess!
    Why is it when these great shows come here, they try to do a quick voiceover, and just get it out. I've been fansubbing for a long time now, and I cringe when I hear dubbed anime. There are very few shows that I've seen that I can even think of watching in english. Ranma 1/2 for one, wasn't terribly bad, but I don't have a clue who the english voice actors are.
    I guess I want to know why such a great form of entertainment, and a job thats so honored where the entertainment comes from, gets the back burner here. Is it because they're trying to gear it for children and they feel that children don't need the emotion or force that normally becomes the character, or is it just that they want to save money and time by hiring someone off the street to quickly say the lines and send it to production?

    What do you think?

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