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Cartoon Network's 1st Original 'Toonami' Series
Rick Ellis writes "Sunday at the 2005 Tokyo Anime Fair in Japan,
Cartoon Network unveiled the highly anticipated new series, IGPX. It's a co-production with Production I.G. and Bandai Entertainment and will be the Cartoon Network's first original 'Toonami' series."
I'd love to personally see Naruto on Toonami. Nice to see CN is diversifying though. Production IG has been involved with lots of anime intros for video games like Xenogears.
Toonami's one of the most popular "programs" on CN right now- what are the odds that we'll start to see things subbed, or at least competently dubbed?
(First?)
Nickelodeon is running a new show too. Who cares?
I want a season 3 of Big O!
why is this on /. and why am i commenting?
Get your torrents...
Where is he, now that we need him to write up another petition to change the name to something less offensive?
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Gah. Mechs. Before I clicked on the link I knew there would be mechs in there somewhere. I could care less about damn gun mech-centric anime.
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Maybe this explains the Anime version of the Powerpuff Girls that has been spotted? Maybe CN is trying to get a presence in Japan?
Its not another cartoon with girls with big eyes short skirts and mystical powers. I will give it a chance.
IIRC, it wasn't all that great either.
It doesnt take a genious to realise why this is here. "Geeks" stereotypically love stuff like Gundams and whatnot, with it's well developed universe. What Cartoon network are doing is capitalizing on the (Also mentioned here on Slashdot) fan-subbing movement, and producing an original series in that style, meeting a growing need. It's not going to make CNN, but for a place that covered the relevent material, and since the subject matter has a clear link to the readership of this site, that is why it's here. Obviously you arent the part of the demographic with a degree in anything. Regards,
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Toonami is just riding the Japanese fad right now, anyone who has access to a PC has already found fansubs and is downloading them rather then watching the poor quality dubs. Do we honestly care what a children's channel does?
How about we start seeing news on how Tech TV has started a new show based on sex, drugs and sports instead? Same thing really, anyone who cares isn't here..
I like muppets.
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Am I the only one who thinks Top Cat was the best cartoon show ever made?
What do you suggest, that they change their name because of the Tsunami. I bet you think that Anthrax should change their name too, because of the anthrax scare. People aren't going to change their name after spending all the effort to popularize it in the first place because some event happens after-the-fact that offends a few people.
You do realize that Toonami has been around since 1997 on the Cartoon Network. The world was a much different place back then.
I agree the tsunami was a terrible tragedy but there is no reason for them to change the name of their Saturday evening block of cartoons because of it.
Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths....
I stopped watching toonami when they stopped showing it on weekdays. The worst part was they replaced it with meguzi or something, which is total crap. Now I hardly watch cartoon network. I used to watch it a lot.
I remember the good old days, when Moltar hosted toonami...
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Didn't the Cartoon Network pretty much pay for the 2nd season of Big O?
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Maybe for the kids block "toonami", but CN shelled out at least for the translation of Big O, and IIRC, they co-produced it.
/. is just parroting another press release.
That was for the Adult Swim action block (Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Big O). This is Toonami (Dragonball, Pokemon, Teen Titans).
Frankly, I'd say that Teen Titans anime' style would qualify it as the "first".
There's nothing special about this announcement,
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I didn't realize it's been around. My mistake ... ignore my original post.
I know, they need to get a real hobby, like D&D, frikkin' nerds.
See Megas XLR. Probably one of the funniest, and best cartoons around.
It doesnt take a genious to realise why this is here.
Hmm. Perhaps that's why I didn't get it. Obviously, you don't have the problem with 'genious' that I have.
"Geeks" stereotypically love...
Hmm. Perhaps it should be on a site for "geeks", then. This site is clearly labelled "News for Nerds".
with it's well developed universe
Did you mean "with its well-developed universe"?
What Cartoon network are doing is capitalizing on the (Also mentioned here on Slashdot) fan-subbing movement, and producing an original series in that style, meeting a growing need.
Okay, suppose there is a 'need' for fake fan-subbed anime. How on Earth does that translate to a 'need' for a slashdot article?
It's not going to make CNN, but for a place that covered the relevent material, and since the subject matter has a clear link to the readership of this site, that is why it's here.
Wow. Just....wow. I am in awe of your linguistic "abilities".
Obviously you arent the part of the demographic with a degree in anything.
Obviously, you aren't the part of the demographic with adequate writing skill. Why would you assume I don't have a degree just because I don't think the formation of a new cartoon equals news for nerds? Do you always make completely unrelated blanket generalizations against those with whom you disagree? Should I have inserted a large number of spelling and/or grammatical errors in my post to aid you in reading and understanding it?
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to the toonami relief fund?
It's a co-production with Production I.G. and Bandai Entertainment and will be the Cartoon Network's first original 'Toonami' series.
Um, no.
Not new? Are you kidding? It hasn't even happened yet!
Cartoon Network first partnered with Production I.G. in 2032 to produce five 5-minute episodes of IGPX for an on-air Toonami event in 2003.
Of cour'e. Now that A'ia ha' had their t'oonami, everyone el'e al'o want' their t'oonami...
Just what we need, more bug eyed cartoon freaks. Is there some sort of contest among the anime people to see who can do a whole cartoon in the fewest frames? Can't they be a little more..oh, I don't know,animated?
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"Blending the quality and style of anime with Western storytelling, IGPX will be the first instance of a U.S. cable network working directly with a Japanese animation studio to create an original series."
The reason I watch anime is because I like the Japanese storytelling. If I wanted Western storytelling then I would watch one of the normal shows that are on TV! While I do enjoy the anime art style, I certainly am not going to watch a bad show just because of its art.
[adult swim] already has their own original series, so it's great that Toonami has their own series. I mean Toonami to me is it's own network. I mean a few days ago, the Nielsen ratings started couting [adult swim] as it's own network.
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As much as I like anime, I don't think I can sit thru another mech vs. mech anime program. That particular genre has gotten very stale and repetitive. Ghost in the Shell, Big O, Cowboy Beebop, Full Metal Alchemist offer much better entertainment.
Some of the best anime CN had came from Pioneer, not Bandai. Programs like Tenchi Muyo and Pilot Candidate were cool. Unfortunately, CN and Pioneer parted company which is too bad, because Pioneer has a lot of good programs to offer.
BTW CN, If you're listening: TGTTM totally blows goat's balls. Bring back Space Ghost.
When all else fails, run.
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It has Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer dualing to the death! Aah! How we love the toonarmy! Oh wait.....!
as tasteless as it sounds, i initially read the caption as reading 'tsnuami series', I thought the article was about a tastless pun on the recent tsunami. Thought I'd share my misreading.
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Making a cartoon out of one of the worst natural disaters in recent memory?
The cartoon claims that it will be based 30+ years in the future and will involve a race circuit of giant robots.
Exactly which natural disaster are you talking about?
The article states "IGPX will be the first instance of a U.S. cable network working directly with a Japanese animation studio to create an original series", but isn't Nickelodeon already doing that with Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Dragon Ball Z is a kiddie show
Just FYI: Rick Ellis (submitter for this article) owns the site the article was posted on. Add /. + Ads. You do the math.
"holocaustoon"
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Perhaps you should let the professionals handle the brand name marketing.
"9/eleventoon"
"Abu Granime"
I'm glad you're trying to come up with offensive names and all, but these ones would hardly have meant anything in 1997 when Toonami began airing.
So, why didn't you complain back in 1997? Did you not think tsunamis were a bad thing until Fox News showed you one on TV a few months ago? If you want to be a political activist then go ahead, but don't make up non-existant fights just for the sake of arguing. It gives real activists a bad name.
Is it me, or does Toonami sound suspiciously like Tsunami?
Truly, you are a marketing genious. With your trusty decoder ring you have managed to crack their elaborate ruse and reveal to the rest of us the true origins of their brand name.
Origins which, of course, were not exactly hidden given how FUCKING OBVIOUS they made it.
But thank you for alluding to the most redundant and retarded point being made throughout this thread. Now go crawl back into your hole while the rest of us enjoy our cartoons.
Umm, yeah, I want to see Samurai Jack back. I'm a long time fan of animation (Japanese or otherwise) and also love well-written or uniquely written stories. One of the, ohh call it top 20 comics for unique stories was one that had no words in it at all - it was a story for GI Joe that centered around Snake Eyes. All emotions, everything, was conveyed through artwork and the story was, well, well written (drawn). The same is true for one of the best Samurai Jack's that aired - basically no words and all was conveyed through imagery and natural sounds.
Still, all in all, I want to see more Samurai Jack back on Cartoon Network. GitS: Standalone Complex, Cowboy Bebop, and Full Metal Alchemist are also good to watch plus I'd also like to see a complete run of Witch Hunter Robin.
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Exactly which natural disaster are you talking about?
Anonymous: He probably didn't RTFA, thought "Toonami" was the name of the anime series, and thought the anime was about the disaster in Asia. Unfortunate no?
Well, this is Slashdot, after all. By the way, have you considered joining one of the local grammar/spelling-nazi clans here? I understand that they're looking for people with your particular skillset.
Making stupid comments so you don't have to.
"Cartoon Network first partnered with Production I.G. in 2032 to produce five 5-minute episodes of IGPX for an on-air Toonami event in 2003."
"Hideki -- we have no capabiliity to produce these episodes using current technology!"
"Aoki, any word from Project X on Titan?"
"No sir -- it was overrun by the Trog raiders!"
"Damn. Well, we'll need to turn to the Balrog Omega Ultra Option!!!!"
*gasps*
"No arguments! Fetch BoingBoing The Happy Fuzzball and prepare for integration! If we can't make these episodes now, we'll make them in the future! We're going through time!!!!"
Tartakovsky's "Samurai Jack" is, hands down, the best-directed 30 minutes on television, animated or otherwise.
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They've made the basic mistake that most people do: Anime is not just a style of drawing, it's about the content. We've already seen a couple of series produced in the USA where they have tried to incorporate the style without understanding what makes anime so good. Needless to say, they have been soulless flops.
I'm not looking forward to IGPX.
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They have some of the best animation studios around. If any of you ever watched Kill Bill, the animated scene with O-ren in it was done by Production I.G. Top notch stuff there.
Because it requires effort to come up with conflict to lead a narrative all the time. There are only so many little old ladies that can be kidnapped that the hero cares about and will feel a deep sadness when the villain... offs her! resulting in him breaking through and reaching Super Saijin Eleventeen.
It's also easier to come up with tougher villains. "Wow, that's Johnny Loadeddice, he ALWAYS ROLLS 20s." Just have him crush more kittens as he walks into the arena then the last guy, and you know he's a badder dude than the last.
But I think you're on to something there. Transformers: Final Deck, where the fate of the universe is in the hands of Yoshiro Someguy who must use his Autobot themed deck to defeat the many foes of Standard Highscool with their Decepticon decks or else the fate of teh universe is teh badsss!11. The more I think about it, the more I like it. Season two they could tap into the obvious expansion, Beast Wars. Season three they can get the Transformers who were all trains and stuck to the train system expansion. Then they can get autovices in season four when the fabric of reality begins to unwind, so that the protagonist and his converted from evil previous seasons' villains buddies can all summon their Autobot Force while searching for the legendary seventh autovice!
Maybe it wasn't very good because there wasn't time to develop much more than the absolute basic plot.
Of course, if all they have in the full series is an absolutely basic plot and no worthwhile characterization, then maybe they shoulda stuck to commercial-length spots between shows. We'll see.
ruined the ending. bah.
Anonymous: He probably didn't RTFA, thought "Toonami" was the name of the anime series, and thought the anime was about the disaster in Asia. Unfortunate no?
Unfortunate that he was stupid enough to post emotional drivel without even reading the article first, yes.
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Jeez, who was the marketing wizard behind this name? Why not "holocaustoon" .
Ah yes, equate everything that you don't like to the holocaust. Genius.
"The characters act in a very hyperbolized manner"
Welcome to television!
"Look at Teen Titans!"
Made in the USA!
Tsunamis have been around long before 1997, they've been killing millions of people since the dawn of time, it was a thoughtless name back in 1997, they may as well have called it Toonberculosi
So have hurricanes. And tornados. And asteroids. And comets. But nobody complained when Honda called their motorcycle the Honda Hurricane. I guess if the PC-police were around back then, they would have came up with sensational arguments such as "How could you name a motorcycle after a horrible storm that kills millions of people?". Or maybe you should blame GM for naming a truck "Typhoon". Right now, the word "typhoon" means a powerful force of nature in most people's minds. But let a typhoon kill thousands of people and people will associate it with death and destruction for a while.
Currently, the word "tsunami" is fresh in the vocabularies of many Westerners and they strongly associate the word with the most recent tsunami on Dec. 26, and they're letting their emotions override their sense of reason. "Toonami" was named after the word "tsunami" long before most people in the US even knew what a tsunami was.
It may have been made in the USA, but it was definitely influenced by the Japanese Anime. Anime has a huge following, but it can't count me as a fan.
Not only is this not the first time an American cable network has had a hand in producing an anime, it's not even the first time Cartoon Network has... They were the driving force behind the production of the second season of 'Big O' (An homage to all the old super robot shows...with an unfortunate name.), several years after the original was produced.
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Personally, I can't see this being good, I'll reserve judgement of course, but still... We Americans tend to destroy even the best of series with general carelessness when it comes to execution.
Without resorting to non-opposable digits, I can count the English dubs that don't make me reach for the nearest sharp object with which I can kill myself. And I can't even begin count the number that are so bad that I'll settle for a blunt object to just beat myself unconscious.
We have more movie and television media than any other country on the planet...why can't we find voice actors who can, you know, act? Of course, the simple answer is, we can, even I know they're out there... But the licensees don't feel like paying for a decent dub...and so, that's all we get exposed to. Just once, I'd like a mainstream channel to air anime with SUBTITLES. (Even International Channel changed most of their anime programming to dubs...so what exactly is the point of the channel now?) But then, I don't really care. I don't have cable or broadcast or anything... I just download raws of the latest series from Japan and wait patiently for the DVDs. ^_^
As usual, just my 2 yen. I hate everything, deal with it.
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Unfortunate that you all can't take a joke
"Blending the quality and style of anime with Western storytelling, IGPX will be the first instance of a U.S. cable network working directly with a Japanese animation studio to create an original series."
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Well, this is Slashdot, after all. By the way, have you considered joining one of the local grammar/spelling-nazi clans here? I understand that they're looking for people with your particular skillset.
Although I am aware of the existence of such groups, I prefer to work alone, to fly solo, to .
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...to use proper tags.
or not.
too much work. fuck it.
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I've heard that Haley Joel Osment may be cast as the lead role. He was excellent in some other voice-over roles, like Sora from Kingdom Hearts. It'll be interesting to see what this joint production will look like.
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