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by **LOLtron** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:17 pm

Adult Swim has released Toonami's schedule. Plus Jason DeMarco, VP of strategic marketing for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, talks of what you can expect for this new Toonami.

The Toonami schedule will be the following as shown on their site:

Now Jason DeMarco said on his twitter about Toonami:

- So: New Toonami! First things first. For now, that IS the schedule. I know I said we wouldn't tell you, but the higher ups changed that.

- We will not be showing Naruto, DBZ, etc for now. The rights to those shows are owned by our competition or are out of our price range.

- SPEAKING OF WHICH: Something you should know about THIS Toonami: We have very,very little $. This experiment will need ratings success..

- ..to receive more funding for new shows, more Tom animation, etc. I'm thankful for the $ we've gotten, but it isn't a lot.

- TOM: Will be voiced as always by Steve Blum. Who is doing it for love. Just like we are. Tom will be an updated hi-res version of Tom 3.0.

- The Absolution will be a slightly different but almost identical version of the one from the Tom 3.0 era as well.

- There will be no SARA for now. She costs too much to make. But if we can bring her back, we sure will.

- We will try to have some new content each week- game reviews, music videos, content pieces etc. As much as we can afford and make.

- Music: Music will come from a number of places: Ghostly, Warp Records, Victory Records, Now Again records, as well as...

- ..friends of ours like @therealelp, @flyinglotus, Chris Devoe, Ben Burton, and many others. No, we won't be using JBV.

- Peter Cullen will NOT be the voice of the promos. He's busy with Transformers and Eeyore and doesn't do many promos. Love you Peter!

- Lastly, just want to say thank you to all who have supported and brought it back. If you can KEEP supporting us, we will have more $...

- That's it for now! I will answer GOOD questions for the rest of today. Fire away if you're not stupid. If you are... shhhhhh

Written or Contributed by: Zechs

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/entertainment-news/19503-toonamis-schedule-for-52612.html/

by **Cat-Scratch** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:24 pm

There are a ton of new anime they could play. But no...

by **Zechs** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:26 pm

I kind of figured they'd be pulling a rush job with this. But to not have old Cartoon Network animation THEY OWN like Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Thundercats, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and others. Is a dang shame. :cry:

by **Zechs** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:29 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:There are a ton of new anime they could play. But no...

The thing is.. rights to that show cost money. And unfortunately.. it appears CN didn't give this new Toonami much funding save for a new "paint job". From what DeMarco says on his Twitter, if Toonami gets better ratings it'll grow into what it used to be. They also promised old shows to return, but if it's true they can't get the rights to DBZ (which is all owned by Nick now) and Naruto (Disney owns the rights to it and it's sequel show) well there's always Gundam (though it might be owned by Sci-Fi channel) and Outlaw Star.

by **doombug** » Mon May 21, 2012 2:07 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:There are a ton of new anime they could play. But no...

So you can't read? They don't have a lot of money so there are things like newer anime that are outside of their price range right now.

by **Zechs** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:19 pm

doombug wrote:So you can't read? They don't have a lot of money so there are things like newer anime that are outside of their price range right now.

Yeah, I think if they get enough viewers they'll bring back some old and newer animes to Toonami.

by **ThatGuyRoman** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:53 pm

I'm just glad to have Toonami back, and hopefully the fan support will be enough to get it back up and prospering after awhile.

by **Herald** » Mon May 21, 2012 4:16 pm

Zechs wrote:I kind of figured they'd be pulling a rush job with this. But to not have old Cartoon Network animation THEY OWN like Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Thundercats, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and others. Is a dang shame.

Methinks they'd still have to pay royalties to the creators, voice actors, etc. behind those shows...

Oh, and they don't own Thundercats or especially STAR WARS.
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