I gotta say 'bumps' guy for Toonami was ahead of his time. Using anime shorts coupled with precise kinetic animations and musical synchronicity was quite timeless.
They need to have a channel dedicated solely to replay these EXACT runs. Nothing changes. They should even play commercials from the late-90s and early-00s.
i'm happy i got to live and grow up in this era, this is a beautiful thing to look back on. I remember how peaceful things were back then. Times have changed :/
22 years ago Toonami started… The internet was new and it was the golden age of Flash and Anime, the web was full of silliness and innocence and all of us were younger and perhaps less jaded… Let us look back to that Golden age and reflect on what once was.
This was THE best anime late night cartoon show ever.Seriously the longer it ran the better it got.I miss this awhole lot anyone remember Tenchi Muyo? that was a crazy show lol.
Toonami was how I even learned about Sailor Moon. Granted the dub aged like milk but man does it still hit me in the feels. Hell, it was how I learned about anime in general with Sailor Moon, DBZ, Zoids and of course, Gundam. And I still remember when Transformers Armada premiered.
Decades later, and this still hits me like it used to, making me excited for the wonders of anime. There was just something so different about that world of animation, and Toonami hyped it up perfectly....
For me adding DBZ to the lineup made this block better than before. Feel it peaked when it went to three hours and just didn’t feel quite the same when they got rid of most the shows I liked watching. Even when the added the third hour back there were only three shows on the lineup.
I think there’s a Toonami rhythm game that came with this album. It’s where you play as TOM 2 and you run through obstacles to the beat of the music. It’s a bit like Vib Ribbon, but with Toonami.
Man I freaking LOVED Reboot, that was my show! But at 5 you dared not miss DBZ! And Tom, the instrumental remixes, and atmosphere of Toonami fit so perfectly, you knew this wasn't the normal cartoon block hour.
Great time in life and history! I’ll always remember coming home from school after trading Pokemon cards and having to choose between watching Pokemon and DBZ. I’ll never forget all the great anime that I was introduced to. Reboot was great too!
Look at how much its grown from this in 1999 to the peak with TOM 3... It gives me hope that it can grow to at least, a good portion of its former glory :)
Drum n bass, named after a tsunami..... I'm genuinely surprised the name hasn't been changed or come under fire yet. I'm sure it'll come. It took em a few decades to get aunt jemima so we'll see
That was the great time that my brother and I watched Toonami back then when the program was in it's prime. Reboot, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho. Oh man so many great action cartoons and anime that we watched when we was were kids. The best period ever that Toonami had it's A game on when the program used to be on weekdays.
I like the new intros but I hope in the future the intros will be more like this again 0:30 or 9:34 or different. Nice vid, it brings back memories and the new toonami's also making new memories for us. It keeps getting better and better :)
This was when Cartoon Network was at it's absolute peak when it came to content. I am blessed to have grown up during this era and experience it when it was happening.
Thank you for this the feeling is indescribable feel like I'm back at my grandmas apt after school watching t.v getting goosebumps watching goku turn super syaian or some good Gundam battles to samurai jack.. good times
Um In that time, when changed Moltar to Tom Love the Changes adding NEW SHOWS 1999 - 2000. Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, The Gumdam Shows, Reboot, Batman Superman Animated Series, Midnight RUN. Tom being the new Host. Greatest times Ever! There's Nothing going to be like this Ever Again.
The Toonami creators were going to have multiple designs for TOM, he was going to be part of a band consisting of a rabbit drummer, a monkey bassist, a chicken guitarist, and an AI keyboardist who would later become the second version of Sara. Along with this, he was going to wear a Playboy bunny costume, and then have a human girlfriend named Hecate.
Was def there for this.... miss that Kenshin hype back then... 100% responsible for my love of anime... lived for this after school... had to move on to subs though, sooo much better!
Wow! So many promos from the golden era of Toonami! I haven't seen most of these finds since they aired and some I've never seen at all. Toonami was the only place i remember encouraging kids to stay up past their bedtime, haha. I only wish this wasn't stretched. You can fix this using most editing software.
What do you call that type of music that plays during these early ones? Like house? Im afraid too many people have corrected me on what a certain genre is that i dont know how to differentiate specific ones
OMG Reboot, i could not remember the name of that show to save my Life. but man i miss the old Toonami, but it is back and with even more Anime now. so i am fine with that, but i can bet the old Toonami.
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Thanks for posting this. When I was cast as TOM it was when I first realized I had stumbled onto a career.
Thanks for providing the voice to many childhoods including mine!
my pleasure
Thanks very much. But Steve's done a magnificent job with TOM
Ok. I'll just say thank you very much and leave it at that :)
wait, your telling me krillin and tom were voiced by the same guy? O_o
I gotta say 'bumps' guy for Toonami was ahead of his time. Using anime shorts coupled with precise kinetic animations and musical synchronicity was quite timeless.
Ah. Little four year old me watched the hell out of classic Toonami. The nostalgia's so powerful it physically hurts.
No truer words have been spoken, dude. 😌
Toonami’s intros sometimes were more epic than the actual anime being aired.
They need to have a channel dedicated solely to replay these EXACT runs. Nothing changes. They should even play commercials from the late-90s and early-00s.
They still do, it's called toonami aftermath, look it up.
I would pay $
@@spirit_shadow9590 holy shit! Don't know how I missed that. Thanks a ton!
You remember when we used to say “I cant wait to grow up”, I really regret saying that now...
Maaaaan spot on 🤦🏾♂️
i'm happy i got to live and grow up in this era, this is a beautiful thing to look back on. I remember how peaceful things were back then. Times have changed :/
didnt seem so peaceful with all those monsters/demons/giant robots/super saiyans/bounty hunters smashing everything on the planet
No Responsibilities!!!!😎😂😂
I can't stress enough to some people how different the world was before 9/11....
toonami+ps2+skateboarding everyday+dbz obsession =my childhood
Don't forget to mix in MTV before it went to shit. This is right around the time jackass was taking off..... Good times
The nostalgia hits you like a train
Ahh, classic late 90s/early 2000s CGI graphics.
(Crying) I miss the old days
Blaise Suck It Up Son! & Be A Man?
*breathes* Toonami Forever…
Toonami was my everything back then. The drum and bass soundtrack wil never not slap
Best times of my life... watchin toonami..
22 years ago Toonami started…
The internet was new and it was the golden age of Flash and Anime, the web was full of silliness and innocence and all of us were younger and perhaps less jaded…
Let us look back to that Golden age and reflect on what once was.
yes, i remember everytime i got out of school cartoon network: Toonami 4-7
I get sad everytime i see this, ive been here since the beginning and it just shows how fast time flys
Think how I feel. I was 33 when I played TOM
damn lmao
Seems like a fever dream now looking back. Amazing! 😮
Oh my god, this is why I like Drum and Bass
For real haha i listen to it all the time and it always reminds me of early 2000's toonami and ps1 and ps2 games!
Drop. That. Beat.
this is so much cooler than what we have now.
I would love a documentary about how all this came together. This was a part so many ppls childhood.
This was THE best anime late night cartoon show ever.Seriously the longer it ran the better it got.I miss this awhole lot anyone remember Tenchi Muyo? that was a crazy show lol.
Meh this makes me nostalgic. I was 10/11 yrs old at the time. Toonami was my favorite thing on tv.
Hope you're enjoying your 30s! I'm just about there myself lol I was like 7-8 it's crazy to think 20 years went like that in a flash
Toonami was how I even learned about Sailor Moon. Granted the dub aged like milk but man does it still hit me in the feels. Hell, it was how I learned about anime in general with Sailor Moon, DBZ, Zoids and of course, Gundam. And I still remember when Transformers Armada premiered.
Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama! 🔥💯
This is awesome to see again. It's like watching a chunk of my childhood over again.
This was SO hype back in the day. Still gets you hyped.
this blows my mind thank you for sharing this with everyone who grew up watching and loving toonami
Decades later, and this still hits me like it used to, making me excited for the wonders of anime. There was just something so different about that world of animation, and Toonami hyped it up perfectly....
For me adding DBZ to the lineup made this block better than before. Feel it peaked when it went to three hours and just didn’t feel quite the same when they got rid of most the shows I liked watching. Even when the added the third hour back there were only three shows on the lineup.
At 5:51 T.O.M begins to say something very true he got so right on.
Nostalgia so strong the goosebumps hurt.
these hit different then regular adult swim bumps
6:03 almost 25 years later, I'm now almost 40 years old and this shit still hits. . . .fuck yea Toonami, fuck yea Tom!
if you guys like the music,theres a toonami music album..i think its called deep space,i recommend it.
I think there’s a Toonami rhythm game that came with this album. It’s where you play as TOM 2 and you run through obstacles to the beat of the music. It’s a bit like Vib Ribbon, but with Toonami.
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Wish we could turn back time to the good old days ~
Toonami needs to be its own channel!
These were the best years of toonami
This is more precious to me than than I can express..
Omg the nostalgia..... :,)
Man I freaking LOVED Reboot, that was my show!
But at 5 you dared not miss DBZ! And Tom, the instrumental remixes, and atmosphere of Toonami fit so perfectly, you knew this wasn't the normal cartoon block hour.
back in high school i would go back home and get ready for toonami
6:03 Best Intro Ever Since (1999) 15 Years Later. #Toonami #TBT #ThrowbackThursday
Man I loved toonami I was young a.f too
Great time in life and history! I’ll always remember coming home from school after trading Pokemon cards and having to choose between watching Pokemon and DBZ. I’ll never forget all the great anime that I was introduced to. Reboot was great too!
Love these classic Toonami bumps!! Takes me back into the good ol' days
Look what kids have these days.... IPhone, girlfriends & what not! Toonami was the best thing to happen to Cartoon Network!
whywhyman they don't all have girlfriends.lol
^ ohh lol.. yes, not everyone has girlfriends! :D
Toonami > girlfriends anyway
Long live toonami you will always be in my heart
Look at how much its grown from this in 1999 to the peak with TOM 3... It gives me hope that it can grow to at least, a good portion of its former glory :)
Drum n bass, named after a tsunami..... I'm genuinely surprised the name hasn't been changed or come under fire yet. I'm sure it'll come. It took em a few decades to get aunt jemima so we'll see
That was the great time that my brother and I watched Toonami back then when the program was in it's prime. Reboot, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho. Oh man so many great action cartoons and anime that we watched when we was were kids. The best period ever that Toonami had it's A game on when the program used to be on weekdays.
I remember those drawings, I sent in one myself
I like the new intros but I hope in the future the intros will be more like this again 0:30 or 9:34 or different. Nice vid, it brings back memories and the new toonami's also making new memories for us. It keeps getting better and better :)
Nostalgasm! They don't make stuff like they used too.
FUCK iM OLD........
Redfieldchaos us too
Thanks for making me actually cry 😭
wow i cant believe i forgot how cool these were
This was when Cartoon Network was at it's absolute peak when it came to content. I am blessed to have grown up during this era and experience it when it was happening.
I wanna go back to those years so bad. Someone please make a time machine
Back when toonami came on every week days
i remember watching toonami when i was like 5,I still like what they have today but it just isn't the same
Thank you for this the feeling is indescribable feel like I'm back at my grandmas apt after school watching t.v getting goosebumps watching goku turn super syaian or some good Gundam battles to samurai jack.. good times
This shit is so badass, big thanks to Toonami and Adult Swim!
I literally teared up watching this 😢😢😢
YOOO I Remember this Man!! DA FEELS ARE REALLL T^T
***** A little piece of my childhood. Thanks a lot, really.
Hey! Don't Blame ***** :)
tom cute :3
Ah brings me back memories
WOW brought back so many memories!!!!
Um In that time, when changed Moltar to Tom Love the Changes adding NEW SHOWS 1999 - 2000. Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, The Gumdam Shows, Reboot, Batman Superman Animated Series, Midnight RUN. Tom being the new Host. Greatest times Ever! There's Nothing going to be like this Ever Again.
R.I.P. Tom 1.0
The Toonami creators were going to have multiple designs for TOM, he was going to be part of a band consisting of a rabbit drummer, a monkey bassist, a chicken guitarist, and an AI keyboardist who would later become the second version of Sara. Along with this, he was going to wear a Playboy bunny costume, and then have a human girlfriend named Hecate.
This was the stuff growing up
2:35 You know these TV spots are old when they say "New School" and it's followed by a clip of early Ocean Dub DBZ.
Oh yes, that takes me back to the good days. #ThrowbackThursday
Never forget that
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Thank u for making me feel like I'm 10 again. Idc if it's for tiny fragments of time. They r magical
I miss this so much
Was def there for this.... miss that Kenshin hype back then... 100% responsible for my love of anime... lived for this after school... had to move on to subs though, sooo much better!
Wow this was part of my childhood
I started looking at Toonami in 1999. I'm 21 now.
Old
Wow! So many promos from the golden era of Toonami! I haven't seen most of these finds since they aired and some I've never seen at all. Toonami was the only place i remember encouraging kids to stay up past their bedtime, haha. I only wish this wasn't stretched. You can fix this using most editing software.
I wish had these commercials when I rewatch my old anime like it was a vhs recorded off the TV but remastered
Ah, good old sailor moon, my fave show on toonami
Man, TOM 1 was a pop star back then. He’s so cute :3
I LOVE ALL THIS !!!
Wooo boy, that nostalgia hit me like truck-kun
What do you call that type of music that plays during these early ones? Like house? Im afraid too many people have corrected me on what a certain genre is that i dont know how to differentiate specific ones
Play this video on a TV or computer and use your phone's Google music ID feature to check what song it is.
OMG Reboot, i could not remember the name of that show to save my Life. but man i miss the old Toonami, but it is back and with even more Anime now. so i am fine with that, but i can bet the old Toonami.
It’s kinda strange how nobody’s talking about TOM 1 being cute, instead, everybody’s getting nostalgia from Reboot :P
"Phase one complete."😁😁😁
Rini completely misses, "GOTCHA!!!"
Throwwbacccl!!! So hype
Sailor moon!!!!!
Dude I could cry watching this shit
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Am I the only one who thinks TOM’s voice sounded like he was computer generated and the music at 3:58 sounds like Vocaloid?
Take me back
Tom is so fucking cool
he cute, ngl.
Play this as I go to sleep
"Thats right. We got that "Good Good"" lol That seems like a light stoner welcome.
"Draw like the wind."
Optimus prime narration lol
toonami- prayer
We all supported tom 1 he rocks
In Toonami Swarm, TOM’s origin story, TOM 1 has a girlfriend named Ruby. The relationship between them is kinda adorable.
Oh god, TOM 1 was so cute, he was a pop star :3
Memories
That old absolution looked so bad ass!