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Toonami UK underrated?

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misty'scorsola

Beginning Trainer
Ok, I know most people won't agree with me *prepares self for several pages of cyber-abuse* but I think that toonami takes a lot of flack for a channel that really is keeping the pokemon anime alive in the UK. Let's face it, we're all frustrated by the length of time it takes them to completely show a full season of pokemon, due to their "release 10 episodes every few months approach", but I think that toonami having the rights to pokemon is better than sky one having them. Here, let me set it out for you:

1) There are roughly 50 episodes in a season of pokemon (I know there are many exceptions, but bear with me) and so sky one showing one episode a week, will mean roughly a year of new episodes as there are 52 weeks in a year. On toonami, with a new series, it takes roughly the same amount of time, seeing as advanced battle started this time last year and has just finished.

2) The amount of "pokemon half-term marathons" on toonami tells us that pokemon is their most popular show. And even during normal weeks, Pokemon is shown pretty much all day, including peak hours like tea time. Sky one showed pokemon roughly twice, perhaps three times a week, and if they decided to show more, it would be at about 6am on weekdays.

3) We now have viewing access to a wider range of seasons on toonami, repeats of older seasons like kanto were few and far between on Sky one, whereas toonami often show kanto, orange islands, johto and hoenn episodes within the space of a week.

Don't get me wrong, I think that toonami's schedule can be incredibly annoying, but I'm glad to see that there's a channel with pokemon high on it's
list of priorities. And even the biggest sky one fans have to admit, pokemon was often pushed aside to make way for newer shows like Yu-gi-oh.

Well that's my opinion, feel free to add in yours.
 
D

dechoudens

Banned
misty'scorsola said:
Ok, I know most people won't agree with me *prepares self for several pages of cyber-abuse* but I think that toonami takes a lot of flack for a channel that really is keeping the pokemon anime alive in the UK. Let's face it, we're all frustrated by the length of time it takes them to completely show a full season of pokemon, due to their "release 10 episodes every few months approach", but I think that toonami having the rights to pokemon is better than sky one having them. Here, let me set it out for you:

1) There are roughly 50 episodes in a season of pokemon (I know there are many exceptions, but bear with me) and so sky one showing one episode a week, will mean roughly a year of new episodes as there are 52 weeks in a year. On toonami, with a new series, it takes roughly the same amount of time, seeing as advanced battle started this time last year and has just finished.

2) The amount of "pokemon half-term marathons" on toonami tells us that pokemon is their most popular show. And even during normal weeks, Pokemon is shown pretty much all day, including peak hours like tea time. Sky one showed pokemon roughly twice, perhaps three times a week, and if they decided to show more, it would be at about 6am on weekdays.

3) We now have viewing access to a wider range of seasons on toonami, repeats of older seasons like kanto were few and far between on Sky one, whereas toonami often show kanto, orange islands, johto and hoenn episodes within the space of a week.

Don't get me wrong, I think that toonami's schedule can be incredibly annoying, but I'm glad to see that there's a channel with pokemon high on it's
list of priorities. And even the biggest sky one fans have to admit, pokemon was often pushed aside to make way for newer shows like Yu-gi-oh.

Well that's my opinion, feel free to add in yours.
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i agree with you
 
M

Metagross

Well-Known Member
good on you to make this thread i completely agree Sky one only showed one episode per week,even though Toonami's schedule is annoying and confusing,it still works.
 
V

Vent's Theme

Pretty Dolls
Nobody here would deny that Toonami showing the Pokemon anime is a good thing. However, that doesn't change the fact that, in days of distant past, Toonami was about, y'know, anime, cartoons and all that good stuff.

What it wasn't about was crappy 'sit-coms' from the eighties.

To directly answer your question, no, Toonami is not underrated, the fact that they haven't abandoned the few soiled tatters of what they used to be is not to be commended nor encouraged. It is in fact, impossible to think too lowly of a station which would replace decent anime with the utter **** they show nowadays.

Y'know what? If I wanted the kind of entertainment that 'Life with Derek' 'Parker Lewis Can't Loose' or 'Mr Cooper *****s the Colour of his Skin' I'd go and hang out in some back alley and get brutally raped, because that's the closest I could come to simulating the emotions stirred when that rubbish is shown on what was once a good channel.
 
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Gravy

Contaminated KFC
I actually burst out laughing at the concept of Toonami being considered 'underated'. I must say, that has to be the most bizarre statement I've heard in a long time. And I've been called 'cute', so that's saying a lot.

Look at it this way: If all the channel is good for is a bunch of old pokémon reruns and the occassional new episode, then girl, you ain't looking at no good channel no mo'.
And if it wasn't already obvious, I'm 100% with Vent's Theme on this one.

Although to their credit, they do still air Megas XLR late at night.
But then again, they DID boot off Outlaw Star...and Cowboy Bebop...and Tenchi Universe...and all those Martial Arts movies...
 
J

Jorah

What do I put here?
The only reason I watch Toonami is for Pokemon. Its quite cool because it had an episode every hour yesterday.
 
K

Korobooshi Kojiro

Funnnngaaaaa
Toonami UK has Life With Derek?

Oh, you poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor poor souls.

You guys don't have BoBoBo or Zatch Bell either?
 
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Gravy

Contaminated KFC
The only animé we do have is Rave Master, Dub Piece, Beyblade marathons during late nights and one of the recent Transformers series.

I'm dying to see some BoBoBo and Zatch, but it just ain't happening.
Instead, we'll be recieving Kirby and the first series of Digimon apparantly, along with Cardcaptors (A mystic adventuuure!!!).
...yeah, I'm confused too.

I can see where Misty's Corsola is trying to come from here, But while this may be all well and good for a fan of the pokémon animé, where does that leave everyone else? Up the creek without a paddle, most likely.
 
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Torkoal Stu

D:
Nick used to have Cardcaptors like years ago. I used to watch every weekend <3. Digimon 1-3 has already been shown sooooo many times its pointless watching anymore DX. But Kirby, that shows we're getting something new rather than our regular programming, right? XD.

You can buy some Anime DVDs in the UK, i've even seen Ghost in a Shell and FullMetal Panic DVDs, while I was looking for some FMA ones (which we also get but I prefer the DVDs). However BoBoBo and Zatch aren't going to happen, unless Rapture TV starts picking up animes like how it picked up Full Metal Alchemist....

AND I prefer Sky One showing Pokemon, 1 episode a week for sure is better than 10 every few months and repeat hell until new ones. Plus with Sky One we know the exact time of new ones with Toonami it could be 4, 6, weekends, who knows?!?!
 
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nap*

Yeah Baby!
Gravy said:
Cardcaptors (A mystic adventuuure!!!).
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Lol Cardcaptors

Toonami UK has lost it's touch, before when it was only on CN from 4-7 thats when it was good it showed DBZ, tenchi muyo/universe/in tokyo and other things that a vaguly remeber, Now it's full of cartoons that have no plot what so ever and if it does have a plot, it won't last

My tv schedule when tv was good
Weekdays
4:00pm Digimon on Fox Kids
4:30pm Sailor moon on Fox Kids
5:00pm Tenchi Toonami
5:30pm DBZ Toonami
6:00-7:00 anything
7:00 Simpsons Sky One
 
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Ashy Boy

Paul's #1 Rival
I don't know if the channel should still be called Toonami, with all the live-action shows such as Life with Derek & Hangin' With Mr. Cooper.
 
blob

blob

Well-Known Member
I know :/.

I miss Digimon but, CardCaptors? Where did you get this from anyway? Also... I don't remember seeing Ravemaster on Toonami.
 
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dark trainer

Well-Known Member
toonami is the worst channel on uk tv worse than channel 5 and is ran by a bunch of idiotic old men who dont know there arse from ther head
there my opinoin
 
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nap*

Yeah Baby!
I don't see the point of having pokemon 1 on 1 if your going to show pokemon just show it, instead of having pokemon, the batman, pokemon, the batman, pokemon, the batman.
Sky should just make an anime channel the get rid of toonami
 
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trainer of dawn

Well-Known Member
hahaha you lost your Pokemon XD:Gale of Darkness file hahahaha lmao
 
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