Toonami Cancelled
Cartoon Network has cancelled Toonami. Cancelled. Toonami. Cartoon Network has made some bad, bad, choices, but this has to be one of the worst.
Over the last few years Cartoon Network has done a lot of things that are, well… stupid. I’ve really had no choice but to go along with it and try to accept the things I cannot change. I had to accept the fact that Toonami was replaced by Miguzi, before Miguzi was cancelled. I had to accept it when Toonami was cut back to almost nothing, just one show on Saturday night.
I always had hope, no matter how small, that Cartoon Network would realize the mistakes they were making. I had hope that Toonami would get the respect, and programming, that it deserved. Today the last of my hope is being drained away.
Toonami Set The Tone
Without Toonami we would never have had similar programming blocks like [adult swim], and yes, even the short lived Miguzi. Toonami was the very essence of Cartoon Network. Cool cartoons presented in an even cooler way. Now the cool is gone.
Why Cancel?
Could things have been handled differently? I think so. They could have taken Toonami back to it’s roots. They could have gone back to running the best action cartoons they could get hold of. Not only that, they could have gone back to making some of the best action cartoons. They already make cartoons like Ben Ten: Alien Force. So why not put that on Toonami? Add some action anime, like the Naruto episodes that they’re already playing, and they’re well on their way.
Toonami didn’t need to be canceled. Whoever made that call needs to be fired.
From a cannon.
By Moltar.
News, Opinion, Cartoon Network, Toonami, Toonami Cancelled, Miguzi, Adult Swim, [adult swim], Ben Ten, Naruto, Moltar, TOM
September 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Oh are you serious…
First they get rid of Dragonball, Gundam, and Rurouni Kenshin.
Then they destroy the original cartoons.
Then they put Naruto through a fucking MEAT GRINDER and put that dubbed piece of shit on the air.
Then they make these new cartoons about purple little kids with bras on their heads?
Then they destroy Toonami totally?! WHAT THE HELL!?
September 21st, 2008 at 8:10 pm
They could have easily, with no wasted or spent resources, thrown Ben 10, Naruto, and moved maybe *ONE* Adult Swim anime (Bleach?) into a block and called it Toonami, and it would be mildly successful. In fact, if they reacquired Reboot and played that, or got a license for some other popular anime for a single playthrough they could have easily salvaged Toonami.
What did they do? B&hammer? Is that really the answer? No. CN has failed once again.
I’ll still watch [Adult Swim] but damn I wish they would move some good programming to daytime TV. I guess they figure noone watches daytime TV. Ever.
(Well I do, and all CN is is infinite replays of Chowder, Flapjack, Total Drama Island, and Johnny Test. That’s it. UGH. MAKES ME SICK)
September 21st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Yeah, this is the way that Cartoon Network is going. Last week I cut Adult Swim off 100% because they pushed Code Geass and Moribito back to the 5 AM Death Timeslot. Then, just one week later, to my cousin’s consolation, “Well, at least you still have Naruto on Toonami” I hear poor mutilated Tom tell us that this is Toonami’s final transmission?! What the hell??? Well, fine, let them do this. I enjoy Flapjack and Chowder, as they have that random bizarre humor that I enjoy, and I’ll probably DVR the new season of the Venture Bros when it hits, but I’m done with the channel otherwise. And I’m gonna make it a point to avoid buying ANYTHING that’s advertised on their channel. It’s bullcrap, and I’m just plain done.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
Yup, I’m sad as well that Toonami is officially dead, though its been living a slow agonizing life in ‘08 when a lot of the good animes got pulled out in favor of very crappy looking cartoons.
Why would I want to watch Total Drama Island, very boring show btw, when there’s already LIVE reality shows and that Drawn Together. I played it cool when Futurama went over to Comedy Central, but Toonami’s death is the last straw.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Adult swim, for anime, died when they moved Code Geass and Moribito to 5am and 5:30am. And in their place? Mostly crap. I like Metal and Frisky…
And now toonami is out? What the hell damn guy? And hearing him say ‘bang’ and the end of the last toonami made me realize who did that voice. I couldn’t believe I didn’t know that till he said bang…
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
I flipping cried when I found that out! How teh hell could these guys do that to us! They could have easily fixed this whole mess by just by getting rid of that god damned idiotic shit they call “Chowder” or “Total Drama Island” GOD! do they realize that shit melts childrens brains! And WHY SO SUDDENLY TOO!!! They could have warned us ahead of time! instead of litterally coming out of no where and cancelling it!
Cartoon Network has done some of the stupidest things over the past couple of years but
CANCELLING TOONAMI IS GOING WAY TOO FAR!!
I say we should go to the Cartoon Network headquarters, rip off their friggin heads, throw them down the Grande Canyon, take over, and Have the whole stinkin channel called TOONAMI: TOM FOREVER!
With only the BEST OF THE BEST ANIMES!!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 am
The WORST part, maybe even more than the actual cancelling, is that it just came so suddenly. The first I even heard about it was the moment Tom came on and said, “Well, it’s been swell, but this is our last broadcast. Ciao.” And that was right at the very end of darn Samurai Jack.
CN’s action block is supposed to be shifted to Friday nights, with the Clone Wars, the new Ben 10 season (from what I’ve heard), and that Secret Saturdays deal. I’m still holding out some kind of faith in this new block (after all, it can’t get much worse than that YGO ripoff “Bakugan”), but the worst kind of blasphemy would be for them to replace the Saturday block with something like Johnny Test or Total Drama Island. (Still better than those “Scrubs” reruns on Comedy Central, I guess.)
As for “Naruto,” which was the only anime left on friggin’ Toonami, it would make more sense for Adult Swim to just take over and air Shippuden. I can’t even imagine CN bothering to finish the filler episodes, especially when they fed all kinds of other worthwhile animes to the shredder. (What the heck happened to Yu Yu Hakusho?)
Oh, and for the record, “anime” is not the only way to go. The Secret Saturdays, for instance, looks way more interesting than the Eastern-style ripoff they ended up doing with the new Transformers cartoon, which just looks God awful.
Tom: (Throws money at camera) “You want anime? Go buy some bootleg DVD’s, you f**ks.” (Finishes the whiskey…)
September 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Now this is just plain pathetic. How the hell do you go from doing changes and then some months later you decide to throw it all away?! What a retarded waste of funds that could have been used for licensing.
I origionally thought I was just getting older and out of watching cartoons, oh no. Toonami has been throwing itself away since 2003 and whatever the hell they did in the change made it official, Toonami was LITERALLY dead.
Now there may be a chance that Toonami will come back or something like a reencarnation of it who knows? If they can make something that was as cool as they did back then, Cartoon Network will be headed back in the right direction, but as it stands there is no reason to love or even like CN anymore outside Adult Swim.
The only thing I have to say is R.I.P. Toonami. You gave us many things to love back then, but now the love is gone and may never be the same
October 1st, 2008 at 10:56 am
Hmmm…
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Kenny C. Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Yeah, this is the way that Cartoon Network is going. Last week I cut Adult Swim off 100% because they pushed Code Geass and Moribito back to the 5 AM Death Timeslot. Then, just one week later, to my cousin’s consolation, “Well, at least you still have Naruto on Toonami” I hear poor mutilated Tom tell us that this is Toonami’s final transmission?! What the hell??? Well, fine, let them do this. I enjoy Flapjack and Chowder, as they have that random bizarre humor that I enjoy, and I’ll probably DVR the new season of the Venture Bros when it hits, but I’m done with the channel otherwise. And I’m gonna make it a point to avoid buying ANYTHING that’s advertised on their channel. It’s bullcrap, and I’m just plain done.
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That’s a KILLER idea!
I guess we can’t go cold turkey on CN. Not if we want to avoid buying ANYTHING that’s advertised on their channel.
Let’s see…there’s those Crazy Color Pens, that electronic dinosaur, there’s “Hulk SMASH!” the game, anything Polly Pocket or Barbie (leave it to them to air doll ads during “Naruto”), LifeAlert (well, that’s actually a life-or-death decision), those High School Musical dolls, Gerber Life Insurance, Tyco R/C, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Batman toys (I’ve seen some for the Dark Knight), those Naruto action figures and trading cards…some of this has actually been advertised during Toonami, and even Adult Swim!
Man, that’s a lot of stuff to not buy. I hope we can all survive…
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 am
OK, so I’m kinda monopolizing this page now, but here’s what I’ve picked up so far in terms of CN sponsors…
Pop-Tarts
Disney Baby Princess Dolls
Barbie
DACS (Digital Arts & Crafts Studio)
Chuck E. Cheese’s
My Little Pony (idk either…)
MyLife
Mr. Men
Disco-Dancin’ Wubzy (I’m assuming this includes anything “Wubzy”-related)
“This is Serious-Ming Ming”
Winnie the Pooh-Super Sleuth Changing Tree
Planet Heroes-Voice Comm
Power Wheels
Samba de Amigo (for Wii, I think)
Subway (eat fresh!)
Fuzion Sports Board
Playmobil (there was some ad for a Roman play set)
Leapster
Kirby Super Star (Nintendo DS)
Hungry Hungry Hippos (who’da guessed?)
Littlest Pet Shop et. al
Transformers: Animated (y’know, the cheap CN version)
McDonald’s
Lucky Charms
Mini-Match
Hot Wheels
Fruit Gushers
Iron Man (the new DVD’s coming out)
If Toonami’s going out, let’s at least put a dent in their pocket book.
October 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
@ The SECOND Jason >>Thanks for the notes on advertisers. For that to be effective, we’d need to let the companies that are advertising know that they’re losing money.
I’ll have to print that out and take it Christmas shopping with me. Just to make sure I don’t get anything on that list.
October 4th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
omfg!!! I dont even watch fucking cartoons anymore.. But shit on saturdays it was my damn day to chill and watch fucking naruto, bleach, moribito, and code geass. Shit like that is what I Lived for. Thanks guys for ripping my heart out!!! And btw all of you guys who didnt know. Im a jock and some of us love anime!!!!!!!!! cartoon network just made the biggest mistake ever!!!
October 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am
This is some bull 11 years and they didnt even fucking finish most of the animes im 14 and ive been watching toonami ever since i could change the channel cartoon network just fucked up bigtime without shows with an intrresting storyline theyll lose viewers and will hopefully return it or maybe theyll run toonami shows with adult swim i say we talk to these bastards and get our damn anime back and stop watching these dumbass shows like flapjack and chowder we lost too this bullshit that has no plot or acyion just mindless crap i am a toonami vet and proud of it we r the viewers we hold the power lets change this NOOWWW!!!!!!!!
October 8th, 2008 at 6:22 am
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October 8th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
i don’t understand why you canceled toonamie we have always watch it never a Saturday we never watched it i remember back in 2001-2003 they use to have toonamie on every day now your canceling it..why cant you just putt on the old shows that people never seen all the episodes like dual master yu yu haksho and ect…i always watched at 6 till they changed it to 7 then 9 now only naruto comes on ..that’s no fair
October 9th, 2008 at 6:04 am
@ eugene eaton >> No one here canceled Toonami. AnimeFansOnline is in no way connected to Cartoon Network. We’re just viewers. Well, we were viewers before they started giving us so many reason not to watch Cartoon Network.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Wow, the worst decision ever made by CN. I can remember the very show that got me into CN: DBZ, one of the best animes ever!!! Years ago Toonami was like from 5:00 - Night time, but over the last few years they have pushed Toonami away with stupid kid shows that must have been made by some people constantly tripping on acid. Chowder, Total Drama Island, Johnny Test= The worst stories, and gayest crap ever put on tv. Im happy they put Naruto on Toonami, unfortunatelly the last of the best animes that was ever shown on it. Oh well, CN better hope is has large enough audience of kids and people who put up with the stupid crap CN shows. Fortunatelly for them they decided to put Star Wars Clone Wars on the channel, that and Ben 10 are probably the only shows that will keep CN alive. Shame on you cartoon network >:(
October 29th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
man the only reason i’ve ever watch cartoon network was because of the anime. naruto is only going one episode now, bleach is moving slow and code geass has been moved up to 5am. cn just lost a viewer. they mine as well start a anime channel with good animes and no childish american cartoons. but i could live with ben 10 and avatar(even though it wasn’t on cn.) even nickelodeon has better cartoons now.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
wow. thats all i can say is wow. i cant believe they would cancel toonami.why would they do such a thing like that? i mean i grew up watching toonami. i’ve been watching toonami since i wuz about 7 or 8. back then they had some of the greatest shows ever like DBZ, yu-yu-hakasho, rarui- kenshin,dragonball, etc. they also had some other ones like zoids, gundam wing, BIG-O, cowboy bebop, cyborg 009, inuyasha etc. in all it juss pains me 2 know that CN would do such a thing. and in my opinion Toonami was the best thing CN ever had. well know that im no longer 7 or 8 i guess it’s time 4 me and everyone elese who grew up watching toonami to move on..
November 12th, 2008 at 3:23 am
Actually canceling Toomami was the second stupidest thing CN has ever done. the #1 spot goes to moving it in the first place. I could see back and hour or two but to late night then just once a week that is what ruined CN. and resulted in the loss of Tom. I say the should have just put toonami back to the day, slap FMA and another sweet license like bleach or Naruto and wallah reborn. put the more kiddie shows at the start and Finnish it with a bang. then do the whole midnight run thing before AS. I mean in all reality AS is pretty retarded to begin with. they show only 3 true anime,then robot chicken and family guy. everything else on it is crap, more or less. I mean i would give up all those other fillers to have them put up 2 more real anime like gundam, YUYU, Outlaw star, heck Evangellion would be perfect for it. I just cant stand why they go and promote these stupid shows when they are loosing their biggest advantage, ANIME that’s is where most of the cross over in ppl who watch happens. kids watch it teens watch it adults watch it. so play it. give the kiddies their shows but they need to push the anime. you want a lot of kiddie shows watch CB, fox, ABC fam because most of there stuff is fairly kiddie oriented. what puts CN apart is Anime and toonami made that happen. I myself wouldn’t even watch most other stations when i was younger except for that one or two shows that i really liked. anyway enough ranting I don’t know if i could boycott those things, but I can say that when the time comes and CN ratings go down the hole i will be there saying I told you so.
November 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
this is some fucking bull shit they took a way DBZ than they put some crap ben ten they could have put on the old school the best of tooniam cartoonnetwork has lost my doller that means I will not any more games they make in least their naruto
November 13th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I didn’t get cable until 2006, but I think that Toonami should still be on there (hearing that it’s been on Cartoon Network for 10 years or so). This is a little off topic, but I also heard on the news that in 3 years, the Simpsons will not be featuring any more new episodes! It’s like all of the good cartoons are going away! =0
November 14th, 2008 at 12:47 am
–> Quick insert about Simpsons.
It has been on forever and very few things last that long. but toonami wasn’t a show it was a way of life a religion… OK it was just a time slot but if it had to be something else it wot be a nice joint. why a joint? because weed is a gateway drug and for many toonami was our start into the great world of anime.
December 13th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I can’t believe!!! The only reason I watch CN is because of Toonami. First they took out all the best action anime and now Toonami is gone? CN is going to regret this mistake. 11 years of my childhood is gone…
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 am
It’s been almost half a year now, and I still hate “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” with a passion. It could be the single greatest show ever as far as everyone else is concerned, but I’m always gonna have that bad taste in my mouth knowing that George Lucas helped kill Toonami. (Plus I wish the Jedi would stop narrating the commercials. “We’re being attacked by General Grievous and his droid army/captured by Arquillian pirates/stranded on an unknown system with GENERIC THREAT #337…plus a bunch of hippie aliens WHO HATE LIGHT SABERS. Well, this should be interesting/is quite the predicament/is going to be a challenge/totally sux!”)
And what the heck happened to Action Flicks? They started off with that cool “Gotham Knight” movie, and now they just keep showing the same movies over and over again. It’s Naruto movies every other week, plus that Justice League video with the semi-patriotic theme, which is good about one or two times, not every couple of weeks.
On top of that, every time they go to commercial, it’s not even age-appropriate…for ANY age. I was watching “Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker” the other night (’cuz who wouldn’t?), and then during the break they had an ad for this little baby doll that MOVES and flails her little arms around. They’re not even trying to keep an audience anymore…
Adult Swim isn’t much better. I was watching the Boondocks, and then they had a commercial for a “Trucks” video. (”Watch the totally COOL, totally TOUGH TRUCKS, kids! PLUS…it teaches you SHAPES…and NUMBERS!”)
As if they’re isn’t little enough dignity in watching cartoons.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
yeah i’m with them i miss dragonball z, reboot, gundam, rurouni kenshin, and yu yu hakasho and i’m with moltar cartoon network really did bad i wish tom would get toonami back on air toonami and anime is what got me started on role playing on myspace i also think it sucks that they moved bleach and code geass back that sucks man o and if anyone role plays on myspace just go to my group heres the url look me up i make my own anime character and story line
groups.myspace.com
March 12th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
It really is all over for cartoon network no joke soon cartoon network will meet the same fate they know it they are trying to get back up but what they are doing now they will fall look at the’re members you look hard and you will see who ended Toonami all we can do now is watch as they go down in flames so yea it will be all over soon all in time all in time.
April 9th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
can someone tall me were i can get cartoon networks phone number i need to file a complaint about toonami being canceled
April 27th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Please tell me Cartoon Networks Phone number too. I need to talk to them about what they have done to the much loved Toonami. I can’t go on a single day with out shedding a tear after they canceled Toonami.
-Please E-mail me the phone Number at: Mushran90@gmail.com
April 27th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
OK guys listen we’re all here for 1 reason to bring Back the much loved and respected Toonami. These are the facts on making a very powerful petition:
1. The Petition can’t just have a few hundred or thousand people sign it. It need hundreds of thousands of people or even millions of people to sign it. The more people sign the stronger and more powerful the Petition becomes.
2. Instead of us all making 100 different Petitions all to bring back Toonami we should make 1 very big Petition that will make a big impact to Cartoon Network. If you make multiple Petitions they will just ignore them because the Petitions will only contain signatures from a few hundred people.
3. Its better to also send letters with the Petitions so its gives the Petition even more support.
4. Trying getting your friends, cousins, even your parents if possible to sign the petition so that it has a even bigger influence on Cartoon Network.
-OK guys 1 more thing don’t just give up and think its all over if you keep all the beautiful memories that Toonami has brought to you over the past 11 years then you’ll never give up. Also one of us has to make this Petition so everyone else can sign it. So if you think you can make a very good Petition please let me know and the rest of the Toonami fans know.
-My Email: Mushran90@gmail.com
-And remember “If you fail then try again, there’s only failure in not trying at all.”
LONG LIVE TOONAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 27th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Guys I got their phone Number its:
(404-827-1700)
also:
Want to help everyone Bring Toonami back? Then this is there phone number (404-827-1700)
There address is: 1050 Techwood Drive, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30318–5264
These are their Executives:
Michael Lazzo - Senior Vice President, Adult Swim
Michael Ouweleen - Senior Vice President, On-Air
Gary Albright - Senior Vice President, Trade Creative Services
James Anderson - Senior Vice President, Public Relations
Paul Condolora - Senior Vice President & General Manager, Cartoon Network New Media
Brenda Freeman - Chief Marketing Officer
Stu Snyder - President & Chief Operating Officer
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Guys, please, for the love of god, sign this
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/bring-back-toonami.html
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Good luck with that Knyle.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:13 am
When dbz and samurai jack came back i thought there would be hope and naruto but now its just bull yo naruto is gone toonami is gone and now chowder and flapjack those shows suck to the limit…need toonami and naruto back ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cartoonnetowrk is just a bunch of coorporate shit now money all they want is money nowww it makes me sick yo!!!!!!!!!!!!