RIP Toonami 1997-2008

Post by **Triton** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:36 pm

Lets all bow our heads in remembrance and the passing of an era, the broadcast known as toonami is no more as of september 20th 2008

it kinda sucked in recent years but im sure many of you have fond memories of seeing some of the best shows ever put on tv on toonami! its (indirectly) because of toonami that i have the name i do online and it was my first exposure to anime and some of the better examples of western animation (batman animated series, samurai jack, REBOOT among others)

It is truly the end of an era! the last bastion of good animation for people ages 10-18 is no more! now all we have for anime is adult swim (which is also gone downhill imo)

please share your memories and opinions about the death of toonami in this thread

Goodnight sweet prince (1997-2008)

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:51 pm

Outlaw Star
CardCaptor Sakura
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Jack
Zoids
Tenchi Muyo
REboot
DragonBall and DragonBall-Z
Johnny Quest
Batman Beyond
Yu Yu Hakusho
Ruroni Kenshin
Cyborg 009
Megas XLR
MÃ„R

These were all my favorites over the years. Forever rest in piece, alongside others of my childhood such an Bill Nye the Science Guy, Newton's apple, Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern life, Sonic the Hedgehog (satam and weekday).

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:34 am

Wow. I was already in a foul mood, and this is genuinely depressing. Toonami was a huge part of my life as a kid, almost as big as my Super Nintendo or Fox News. Aside from Saturday morning cartoons, TMNT, and the Power Rangers, Toonami was what occupied a lot of my time. DBZ, Ruruoni Kenshin, all the Gundam iterations, Batman, I loved 'em all. I even remember, once they took Zoids off, I woke up at 6:00 every morning just to watch it, even though school didn't start until 9:00.

Rest in peace, Toonami, it's a shame you had to die in such a gruesome fashion...

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:45 am

Someone needs to petition cartoon network to bring it back!

Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:49 am

nah, they would only ruin it. it started going downhill dramatically in 2004 anyway. best to remember the golden years of toonami, from 1998 to 2003/4

for a bit of nostalgia hit up the Toonami Digital Arsenal they have videos and mp3s and all kinds of cool stuff

xtrmgam3r360 · Post by **xtrmgam3r360** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:35 am

i used to love toonami and watch dbz, cowboy bebop, gundam wing, and others religiously until we got rid of our cable. Even though i haven't seen it in recent years (2002+) i will still miss it.

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:40 am

Toonami's gone? why?!

HOW THE **** AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH ONE PIECE?!?!?!?!

*angrily storms out of room*

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:48 am

Well then it's official. Cartoon Network has no idea what they're doing anymore.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:11 am

I remember when I was in Elementary school that I would come home from school and watch Dragonball Z (Cell Saga anyone?). That was when Toonami was on in the late afternoon and still had beastly shows.

Yu Yu Hakusho, Megas XLR, Cowboy Bebop, Zoids, and Samurai Jack were also shows I used to watch as a kid.

Nowadays I watch a lot of Adult Swim, mainly just for Shin Chan and ATHF.

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:57 am

shin chan is the best ever! that, bleach, and deathnote was about all that was good recently

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:55 am

so it is officially gone now?

not a big deal, It got not worth watching a few years ago

gundam wing, zoids, dbz. so many awesome shows

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:43 pm

Aww....

SS

HBN · Post by **HBN** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:12 pm

Gods, I miss Reboot... Fricken' awesome show. Haven't seen it in years, and can't find it anyware. Love to get it on DVD.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:38 pm

NOOOO!

oh well. good times.

DBZ
Reboot
Ronin warriors
TENCHI FREAKIN MUYO!

I even remember when Moltar was the host.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:02 pm

While I'd love to join you all in morning, I gave up and considered Toonami dead years ago. When they stopped running anime completely I considered it over and done.

I really did love it when they ran all those anime series. It helped show me some nice series that were out there, even though they didn't have a terribly great selection, for the time it was good.

Guess we can only that they make a second incarnation that is better.