17847
« on: May 04, 2009, 07:51:44 PM »
The fact that I don't see The Bugs Bunny/Tweety Show on when I turn to Ch. 7 ABC at the appropriate time still bothers me.
The sad fact is that our generation is pretty much over with. As awesome as Toonami was, it sadly changed everything. It was almost too successful, and as much as I loved it, I think it's popularity with bringing Japanese shows over is one of the key factors to why US Cartoons are essentially non-existant now. LoL, that and most of the gems of the 80's were essentially 30 minute Toy Commercials (and [tornado fang]ing how!)
However, as Cartoon Network grew and grew in popularity, watching local channel cartoons just seemed to lessen more and more, as did the quality. As Toonami proved, they could simply bring over anime, dub it (decently or not), and people kept coming back. So there was really no need to make US cartoons anymore, even though a lot of US Cartoons were animated overseas anyway.
It's a natural progression, and as sad as it is, I can understand. My problem is mainly with the censorship thing. THAT's what upsets me more than anything.