Born in 95 and raised with toonami, me and my four bros loved it growing up. It held some kind of binding to it, its part of why I'm goin to college to animate. So maybe one day I can give to future kids the same gift that Clyd and Toms 1,2,3.....and 5 gave me.
It's funny seeing the fans split between the different versions of Toonami. Usually it's whatever version of Toonami they discover first: the Toonami of 1999-2003 vs. the Toonami of 2004-2007. Both are good. There are even some people that prefer the first Toonami of 1997-1999, and the final Toonami of 2007-2008....and I guess some people are discovering Toonami for the first time from 2012 onward (though with it not airing until Midnight, it's pretty clear the target audience is those who grew up with the old Toonami and who are now young adults)...
My Toonami years were 2004-2006. I started watching with DBZ in The Frieza Saga. I watched everything else but when DBZ was taken off, I stopped watching. Now it's back on TV since April Fools in 2012.
It's amazing how much Toonami got away with. They aired barely censored Dragon Ball, DBZ, and other perverted anime between 4pm-6pm Mon-Fri. We were so lucky as kids
i can't believe that we got Toonami back last year.And its all thanks to SteveBlum,RichiBranson and our Twitter storm.Man i loved Toonami as a kid and without it half of my beliefs would be nothing of what i am today.Anyways Toonami will forever live on in the adultswim universe.Im glad that its not truely forgotten.
Wow, nostalgic. I was 5 when Toonami was new, and I remember Tom 1, but I remember I missed the day he died, and then there was Tom 2 and I was like wtffffff. I don't clearly remember 3 but maybe because he looks so much like 2. Don't remember 4 at all so I must have stopped watching before that point.
narrator: watch dragon ball z tenchi universe gundam wing zoids ronin warriors and outlaw star weekday afternoons and weeknights at midnight on toonami sleep is for the weak.
I like the idea of toonami being on adultswam. This way tom not tiye down to kid friendley anime Thar is so maney good anime out thar. Long live Toonami!
you know the funny thing is...that every time i've watched tom 1 introduction of toonami (1999-2000), i get this feeling inside my brain a little bit that i am getting the asking to myself that actually did started to watch toonami around 1999 or 2000. but i do remember watching toonami on kids' wb! back around 2001 and 2002. that what i really thought that toonami was cartoon network while kids' wb! promoting the block.
NOICE! This is what I was lookin' for! ^~^ Tom was the ultimate Otaku; an alien just jonesin' offa earth cartoon shows. Funny that for the 4 years absense from 2008 to 2012 Ididnt have tv. Then tom came back in his stylin format ^~^
i've witnessed the coming and going of Toonami many times and the 2nd long coming return of Toonami yet again.i hope it stays this time around.And doesn't go away for a very long time.Also hopefully doesn't get cancled like CartoonNetworks Toonami and a new TOM5,SARAH.and Absolution is on saturdays as of last month they updated the look of it and it's beasly
you guys probably hear this alot and think its stupid, but once DBZ was taken off toonami that was the end for me, i'm old school, 2003 was my last year with toonami, but i am trying to get back into it with Adult Swim, which is awesome, because i also grew up with adult swim, and now that i'm older the mature theme is better for oonami
I feel exactly the same way. although tom 3 in 2003. notice how he talks and no tom intro before that does? I don't know it just seems like he wasn't as epic as the older toms. its like things started to go downhill back then and then finally in 2004 toonami was taken to saturdays, cartoon network was now "cn". the whole network just fell apart in 2004 it seemed like and I was only 12 back then.
yeah I was around the same age as you the time that happens I'm 20 now and I was born in 1993 so you do the math but like I said I'm trying to get back into it but its hard without DBZ I'm trying Naruto out just like a new anime but I'm having difficulty and I'm really not interested in one piece I have been watching that space dandy show and I think it's pretty funny
eric gaza yea toonami just not the same anymore. if they can't get dbz on their I would hope they can at least get yu yu hakusho on there cause I didn't see the whole series and remember it was pretty bad ass. but I'll definitely try space dandy out. that and samurai jack look to be the only good things on toonami right now in my opinion. but yea like you I pretty much used to only watch toonami for dbz. if you want a little nostalgia you should click on my channel and click on the video called "Toonami - Dec 2000 bumpers". its awesome stuff ;)
Ian Bowman yeah, but it's going to be kai, the music in kai just doesnt do it for me, now hear me out for a minute, alot of people actually like the kai soundtrack, but i have to use the bruce falcunor composure. Even more people would say they could care less about what music is playing during dbz, but the bruce falcunor composure is what did it for me as a kid, that's like playing zelda with mario music and pretending everything is ok, it just doesnt work like that for me
2003 era Toonami will always be the best. It started to drop off after that, TOM 4 definitely killed it for me. but that last intro is TOM 3.5. TOM 5 is silverish
actually tom#5 is actually tom 3.5 because there was no transaction between tom 3, tom#4 is a different tom on a planet and tom 1,2,3 are the same software just different bodies, also tom 3.5 is the same as tom 3, just upgraded by a bit
This brings me back, Everyday after school, I would get an hour of tv, before she flipped it to "Trading Spaces" or "The Forensic Files". I would flip on Toonami and watch Dragon Ball Z. I still remember the big campaign when they killed off Tom #1 and brought him back in the blue suit. Does anyone have video of the whole thing where they kill of tom 1?
I’ve been digging for this and I gotta tell you the whole is DEEP. Joe Boyd Vigil is where you should start looking but the exact song escapes me, I can’t find it on any of the albums. I found a couple more RU-vid videos of the exact song but everything about it is vague 😢
@@TheeDreemTeem Dude, what a hero at least pointing me the right way, haha! Would you mind linking me your favorite starting place for me to start looking, too? Looks like you're the veteran here 🤞🏼
yeah never liked the #4 model, practically brought the end of Toonami. Even Moltar was still better, for a villain of Space Ghost! I'm Glad Tom 5 brought it back, he's like the new #2 model! Heard there's a #6 now, almost died by the 1st model too!
toonami 2012 is way more awesome FUCK SLEEPING. plus i heard there bring past animes like dbz and gundam wing this yr soooo yeah i love how there bringing back GOOD animes
