Since I'm a mecha head I would have added Getter Robo and Mazinger Z and their respective movies. I think american kids would have been responsive to super robot shows like this since Gundam Wing cleaned house when it debuted on the programing block.

I wonder if the 2002 Hunter x Hunter series could have been brought over too.

  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Toonami was perfect in my opinion. It was my gateway to anime and other types of animation.

  • Infamousblt [any]
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    2 months ago

    Did they have Trigun? I honestly don't know but man Trigun was a fucking banger.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      The show later aired on Adult Swim in the United States with an English dub from March 31, 2003 to May 13, 2003. Reruns of Trigun continued to air on Adult Swim until August 2009, when the network lost the rights to air the show.

      I saw Trigun from bootleg dvds my friend had from hong kong lol

      • Infamousblt [any]
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        2 months ago

        Oh nice. At least I wasn't off with the vibe. Anyway I watched it recently and outside of the main character being an awooga type it holds up well and the 2 prominent fem characters are awesome so if recommend it. Can't say anything about the reboot I haven't seen it.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        I also had Trigun bootlegs! Mine had full art and everything but they were obviously not official (I think I paid like 20USD for the whole season.

  • buckykat [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    Did they have Bleach? I'm pretty sure I watched it on Crunchyroll when it was still an illegal free fansub site

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Is Getter Robo really appropriate for children though? I may be getting it confused with something else, but didn't it involve a lot of adult themes and some nudity?

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      Never get too into MR, played the first game but only for the novelty of the game reading music cds to make monsters. The anime was usually background noise for me in the morning getting ready for school if I wasn't watching Beast Wars.

  • DengistDonnieDarko [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    did Yu Yu Hakusho ever play on Toonami? I know it played in the very late night/saturday Adult Swim anime blocks. I would move it earlier into Toonami.

  • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Was the old HxH any good? Big fan of the later reboot but I've never watched the original or the OVAs.

  • thelastaxolotl [he/him]M
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    2 months ago

    i would Add the Jojo part 3 Ova i think it would have been decently recibed, plus since its only 6 episodes i think i would have been easy for it to have reruns and built a bigger fanbase for it, all tho if im remembering right the USA has more strict censorship laws than Mx so it would probably be censored a lot

    I would have added Getter Robo and Mazinger Z

    I dont know how similar toonami USA and MX were, but i do remember the MX use to rerun the Zoids anime a lot, so i think people really liked mecha animes

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    I would've done Gundam X instead of original Mobile Suit Gundam. MSG is a better show, but Gundam X definitely would have been a hit in the early 2000s North America

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Sunrise Japan fucked up and absolutely refused to license it since it bombed in Japan. Totally missed opportunity, but who knows, 9/11 probably still would have fucked with the release schedule either way.

        I've never seen HxH, but I totally agree that it would have done well. Yu Yu Hakusho and DBZ were massive back then. I haven't seen the 70s Getter or Mazinger anime, but the Getter OVAs would have done well on Adult Swim (like with 08th MS Team and some of the other stuff they had). Shit, they had stuff like Blue Submarine no. 6 that was super mid lol

  • Guamer [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Added: Berserk 1997

    Subtracted: Every other show