Toonami Rewind: Fans Are Divided Over Toonami's Risky Move - Our Reaction

Published 2024-06-01
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Sharing my thoughts on the newly launch Toonami Rewind program block on Adult Swim and ad bumpers. Broadcasting Toonami weekday anime such as Sailor Moon Dragon Ball Z Kai and Naruto. is very interesting. Let's see if Cartoon Network / Adult Swim is taking the right approach to attack nostalgia.

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SlimD716 & CNFAN1995 for the bumper footage

All Comments (12)
  • @Celwind
    I enjoyed it, but I hope they can extend more hours and re-work the schedule. But, this is a good start!!😊
  • @haustyl12
    I just want old toonami bumpers & promos. Tom was essential to Toonami and not having old school Tom/promos really kills the “rewind” brand they are trying to push
  • @mupty
    The first time I was introduced to Naruto was watching the first episode in anime club in college...with sub no less. I don't think anyone back then could have predicted what a massive anime it would become.
  • @JamieSnowdenYT
    All of your opinions on what you think should be added to Toonami Rewind - I completely agree! And I wanted to take a minute to say 'Thank You' for having actual legitimate constructive criticism of ways Toonami Rewind could improve. And not just legitimate and constructive, but actually intelligent. Thank you so much for that. The amount of comments I see daily that say things like "Oh, they should've used the original Sailor Moon dub." or "Oh, why didn't they air the original Dragon Ball Z?", or my absolute favorite, "Why did they include Naruto and not something like Reboot or Gundam Wing?" They didn't use the old DiC dub of Sailor Moon for a multitude of reasons, most of which are common sense. They didn't air the OG DBZ also for a multitude of reasons, but think about it, would you pay a couple hundred thousand dollars for a license for a 291 episode show to put on your fresh, just starting out block when you don't even know if it will a be success? You already have the license to DBZ Kai so you might as well air that. And finally, they included Naruto because what Toonami Rewind is, at its core, is a celebration of ALL of Toonami, not just 1999 to 2002 like some of these people think. They included Naruto because that was a huge show for Toonami in the mid-2000s and including that will also include fans who have nostalgia for the later years of Toonami. < That last part btw believe it or not is the most incredibly hard-to-understand thing for most people I've tried to explain it to. They always respond with, "They should've just aired [insert anime here]." And it's like... sigh TL;DR - Great video, keep up the good work.
  • @Manuel32_
    I just wished they were on an hour and thirty minutes longer, i always miss it when its on, haven’t been able to catch it
  • @tech-bore8839
    Agreed, I would've liked to see more of the Tom 2 era branding. Only other thing I'd like to see is Saturday night being extended to 6am. Other than that, I'm happy with Toonami being limited to Friday & Saturday.
  • @DcComfy2011
    Checkered past was OK, but I’m more grateful that I have toonami every Saturday for me will be a core memory for years to come
  • The three anime that got people into anime. This time, it's the uncut dubs.