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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?)
Compared to a Hitachi press releas and some guy trying to get people to reqd his unfinished course-work, this is the high news of the day.
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I want a season 3 of Big O!
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.
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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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The Japanese fad is sure lasting a very very long time. I don't think something that has been around for over 20 years is considered a fad.
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Am I the only one who thinks Top Cat was the best cartoon show ever made?
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.
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yes we do, because:
/.'ers) its stuff that matters
A: CN is not a children's network, have you seen [adult swim] that was my first exposure to Cowboy Bebop, i, like many other people, never really knew about anime before that
B: this isn't a poorly dubbed show, this is coproduced in America, so the dialogue will be natively written and performed in both languages
C: they've been "riding this Japanese fad" for over 10 years, how long do fads last?
D: alot of kids watch anime on Cartoon Network because its their only exposure, this affects the next generation of sci-fi fans. alot of people on Slashdot probably have kids who are into Toonami and anime, and would be interested in this
E: because its cool, its news... its for nerds... and if you're an animation fan (like many
May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.
Maybe you and your friends are big on downloading fansubs, but the majority of people aren't. Most people get their anime on TV, some from the DVD rack at the store and a small minority from BitTorrent. And since TV exposure has a huge impact on popularity and DVD sales, what the Cartoon Network is airing matters.
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Theres fans who arn;t into the fad who have been round 20 years. I'm talking the current flood of "OMG YUGIOH! OMG OMG OMG!" fans. The fans CN sells to.
I like muppets.
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 know, they need to get a real hobby, like D&D, frikkin' nerds.
I'd rather watch high quality dubs than poor quality fansubs. In my experience, fansubs are usually really crappy video quality, while dubs (on the net) are usually ripped from DVD and are much beter quality. The oggs are nice, they have english/japanese audio and subs. And I do like Cartoon Network, shows like Megas XLR, Justice League, and Teen Titans are awesome Cartoon network only shows.
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?
Fansubs typically come out at low quality because they're done on a fast deadline. Many fansub groups crave popularity so they work to get the show subbed and on the torrent as fast as possible. So the quality suffers.
DVDs often have more accurate subtitles and the quality of dubs is good (in general) and continues to improve because the majority of the DVD buying market demands it.
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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.
[AS] is a seperate network as of last Friday.
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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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B: this isn't a poorly dubbed show, this is coproduced in America, so the dialogue will be natively written and performed in both languages
You mean, like Ghost In The Shell (the first one made by Oshii san) ?
It was the same situation than the one here, and the english dub was AWFUL. We french, english anime fans could tell you you would be far better off watching the japanese dub. Japanese staff would not even comment on it, to tell you how bad it was.
To allow you to understand my view of a quality dub, the last Vampire Hunter D film was just bearable (supportable, don't know the exact word). And I'm french, so english and japanese are both foreign languages to me, even though I know both, and understand english better than japanese.
Well, all this to say that the fact that it is done this way does not warrant a quality dub
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.
It has Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer dualing to the death! Aah! How we love the toonarmy! Oh wait.....!
I thought the same thing. Between the time change and the fact that it's monday, I think we can both blame it on fatigue.
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Some fansub groups work solely for speed. Others are heavily focused on good codecs, heavy use of filters, and quality encodings to get a really good picture.
But it's not so much "fansub v DVD" as "TV Rip v DVD." The vast majority of fansubbed series are recorded off TV, so of course they're not going to be as high quality as a DVD rip. But they're also out usually a few weeks after the show airs (sometimes days for popular series, such as Bleach) rather than years.
But quality is part of the reason there are so many fansub groups, and why they often work on series at the same time -- some focus just on speed and getting the show out there, while others will focus on accurate translations and will put the show on hold if there's a conflict or problem, pushing it back a day or however long until it's resolved. The group Lunar is one such group, and have actually released multiple versions of releases that were found to have a problem, whether it be a codec issue or even a flub in the subtitles. One recent episode they put out went up to version 3.
So yeah, a lot of it is speed, but the biggest reason the quality suffers is because they're ripping from TV.
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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this maybe true in some cases but fansubs have now almost perfected really high quality videos. As good as most movie rips.
and not all groups speed sub (The ones that do tend to have a veyr limited fanbase) people who do really old series they love (stuff like Godmars, Mazinger and the REALLY old Gundam) don't need to rush so they do really good subs. Fansubbing in the last few years has changed greatly..
Oh and go buy the Zeta Gundam box set and I dare you to say it's got good subs.. It's dubtitles.. and the fanbase begged for that release for several years, then it ended up butchered..
I like muppets.
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!!!!"
Nickelodeon is running a new show too. Who cares?
Perhaps Slashdot needs an "Anime" section, so people like you could filter such stories out completely, while those of us who can name the song used as the ringtone of Hoshino Aya's cellphone can still get our fix without bothering you.
(BTW: It's "Beatiful Dreamer", which also happens to be used by Yuya's phone. Yes, I'm a huge nerd for knowing that. Yes, you are also a huge nerd if you know what show I'm talking about.)
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Perhaps Slashdot needs an "Anime" section, so people like you could filter such stories out completely
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That's a good idea. Hoshino Aya? Yuya? It's like you're talking in another language or something
Tartakovsky's "Samurai Jack" is, hands down, the best-directed 30 minutes on television, animated or otherwise.
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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.
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"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.
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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When I think of fansubs, I think of the ones I've seen. Which are some really crappy quality DBGT (divx 3.11a) and YYH subs. I haven't downloaded many recently, as I perfer dubs anyway. I have seen some good quality tvrips though. I don't know how most fansub groups capture the tv show. Satellite, cable?
"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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