@@julioacceus253 For now, hats off to them for keeping the block as good as they have but between Warner Bros' shenanigans and Sony's owning most of the American anime biz it'll be hard to keep up.
I think the part of Toonami people missed the most was their ability to get us excited for their shows. I really hope the guys who put these promos together went on to be very successful.
Over the years I've been in and out of contact with a few people that worked in that toonami-era. I was only a kid back then, but Toonami & its whole underground subculture played a huge influence on me. Lots of people went on to do great things but never received NEARLY the amount of attention they deserved.... some (morgan studios, dj clarknova) are still making content today, i dont know much about the video editors though... wish i did.
DBZ and Gundam Wing were easily the two defining shows on Toonami, each setting the standard for all subsequent anime on the block. Of course Voltron, Robotech, Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors helped contribute to that as well during Toonami's first couple years.
Toonami dominated the 2000s. If you are millenial between 25 and 40 chances are you grew up watching this stuff every day. Good times back then much more sane times.
No matter how many times I watched this promo when I was kid, that last scene always gave me a very cold shiver down my spine and a massive amount of goosebumps (and still does)! So AWESOME, oh and um....ONLY TOONAMI!!!
Pretty much. I went through every show used in this to find all the clips (except the very last one). And I placed the new clips over the original video frame by frame. For a longer video like this, gathering all the clips can take a while. I had to find around 75 different clips from the shows to put this together.
Man so many sleepovers where we would watch Toonami and then they would have a DBZ movie or something else later in the night. 90's and early 2000's were so great!
MAN I wish I could go back. Even if only for one night to relive all this again for the first time. Getting out of school and rushing home to turn this on to see what happened after the previous episodes of Gundam Wing, Dragon Ball Z, & Ronin Warriors. Sitting down with some dinner my mom made. Then hopping on the Nintendo afterwards and playing some Mario and Star Fox. Those were the days. No bills to pay. No work deadlines to worry about all night. Blissfully unaware of all the bad in the world that was going on and about to unfold.
When i was younger i would get so excited right when i heard the music start playing for this Promo. I would stop what i was doing and move right in front of the TV. Every part of this and all the other promos, bumpers, and intros are imprinted in my brain forever. Nothing will ever top Toonami.
Toonami after Tom became the icon, and only when it had great iconic shows, truly solidified itself as a timeless classic. Anime really gave a lot of people's lives purpose.
I remember as a kid coming home from school and being able to watch Gundam Wing followed by Dragonball Z and Outlaw Star. Toonami defined by childhood.
Shows today are fucking trash, the late 90s-early 2000s was the last decade for good animation. AoT doesn't come close to the awesome shows we had on toonami and the OLD adult swim
I watch toonami when I was 10 and it was one of the greatest history of my life. So much anime to watch I will never forget this. And I want to thank toonami for live on over this 17 years of anime, Everytime I come home form school I watch toonami every Evelyn and midnight thank you so much for all these memories your legacy will be remember
Thanks! I put a lot of time and effort into this one to make sure it looks good :D The scene transition from Hexadecimal to Lady Kayura required some patience lol.
To you Mr. Slim,much like a brilliant artsist, you remastered a memorable masterpiece of our childhood with care and patience. I truly commend you for this one my friend, I truly commend you. :)
Many years later, Dragon Ball Z is still getting the most ratings for the block. Granted, it's Dragon Ball Kai now, but still, it's kinda funny to think about that.
I think a belief held in common by a lot of animators in the current industry is that there's nothing really Innovative or revolutionary going on like there was in the early 2000s. The core reason Toonami was so successful and cool was because there was nothing else like it in the animations that they had been able to amass, you could only see them on Cartoon Network. There were other channels that had similar cartoons, but nothing like the Japanese animations that were specifically being shown on cartoon network. There hasn't been anything Innovative or hip or cool like this in the last decade and the market is stagnating. Nothing's changing, there's no new animation style coming out, everything's relatively the same and because of that, viewers are starting to notice.
Thank you so much for doing this. I know it's gotta be hard to go through all those different DVD/BD's and pull each short clip to make these. Just know that there are a lot of us who truly appreciate the effort you put into remastering our childhood. :)
Okay. What's the coolest clip from this? (Hard decision I know): I'm deciding between: Ginyu tossing that henchman into the sky behind him Anubis stabbing a jerk in the back and then jumping out of the way Vegeta murdering Recoome Wufei blowing a ship with a frickin' laser cannon
My favorite was always the one with Ginyu tossing that guy lol. And I like the transition from Hexadecimal laughing to the scene with Megabyte and the bright light.
I Love This Guy he takes his time and actually remasters every bit of toonami promos from the old days. to very crisp HD. i reward you for that slim and hopefully others as well.
This was a few years before I came of age to really appreciate these shows but I remember the day toonami went off air and Tom gave his goodbye and I was incredibly sad...
Great upload, haven't seen this in forever and to see it in HD. If cartoon network wanted great ratings all they have to do is re-air the original toonami. Children will love it along with young adults.
It's been making a pretty good comeback so far, but I seriously hope they'll put it on more often than once a week. At least they gave us good Tom and they're making promises with Sara.
My god, Toonami truly was the absolute coolest thing in the world. We were spoiled back then. Had NO idea how good we had it.
Let's be thankful it's still here.
Jeremy Burge FACTuals!
@@julioacceus253 For now, hats off to them for keeping the block as good as they have but between Warner Bros' shenanigans and Sony's owning most of the American anime biz it'll be hard to keep up.
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This will only be a memory 🫡 I would run home pretending to be goku running on snake way trying to get home on time to see the episode 😢
I think the part of Toonami people missed the most was their ability to get us excited for their shows. I really hope the guys who put these promos together went on to be very successful.
I know man, brings me to tears thinking about how epic life was as a teenager when 5:00 o clock hit :)
@@Boogerslov
Hell man, it got us 24 year olds watching back then all excited too!
I hope so too
@Milestonecomics That's cool. What's her name?
Over the years I've been in and out of contact with a few people that worked in that toonami-era. I was only a kid back then, but Toonami & its whole underground subculture played a huge influence on me. Lots of people went on to do great things but never received NEARLY the amount of attention they deserved.... some (morgan studios, dj clarknova) are still making content today, i dont know much about the video editors though... wish i did.
DBZ and Gundam Wing were easily the two defining shows on Toonami, each setting the standard for all subsequent anime on the block. Of course Voltron, Robotech, Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors helped contribute to that as well during Toonami's first couple years.
Saint Seiya would've been right at home on Toonami, and would've fit perfectly into this video...but there would've been too much blood to edit out!
@@tomspiegel5322 They did put it on the Saturday Video Entertainment System block.
Ruronoi Kenshin, Outlaw Star, etc
Cowboy Bebop was one of the most popular shows on Toonami and still gets reruns even today
@@tomspiegel5322They did release it when they started airing on Saturday.
Toonami dominated the 2000s. If you are millenial between 25 and 40 chances are you grew up watching this stuff every day. Good times back then much more sane times.
to all the pioneers and dreamers still out there, much love!
We still out here bro
@@jas.digitalnative Still dreaming, still pioneering.
dat drum and bass. Toonami started a lot of things for me!
Only Toonami could make Sailor Moon look badass.
Also, Hexadecimal is creepy AF!
King Kai: Time ooooooout! Get set!??????? 'n go!
Vegeta: UGH
More violence in two minutes than would be allowed in two years on kid's TV today.
We really had it good, didn't we?
+Yonkage Reboot Season 3 was so fucking violent that even as a kid I thought sometimes it went too far.
Yes we did have it good.
Damn right.
Indeed we did. There was nothing like the good old days.
this is actually not true
You damn right we did.
So much action...so much explosion...so much death...so much adrenaline...so...much...nostalgia...
No matter how many times I watched this promo when I was kid, that last scene always gave me a very cold shiver down my spine and a massive amount of goosebumps (and still does)! So AWESOME, oh and um....ONLY TOONAMI!!!
Same here; Got the chills again during that last scene just now.
Whoever was responsible for taking this wonderful blessing of a programming block........What the Hell is wrong with you!?!
Clean up in isle everywhere.
These were the hypest things ever.
Pretty much. I went through every show used in this to find all the clips (except the very last one). And I placed the new clips over the original video frame by frame. For a longer video like this, gathering all the clips can take a while. I had to find around 75 different clips from the shows to put this together.
@SlimD716 -- I'm from 9 years into the future, and I have to say, nice work.
Man so many sleepovers where we would watch Toonami and then they would have a DBZ movie or something else later in the night. 90's and early 2000's were so great!
I fucking loved this promo back in the day. Damn!
MAN I wish I could go back. Even if only for one night to relive all this again for the first time. Getting out of school and rushing home to turn this on to see what happened after the previous episodes of Gundam Wing, Dragon Ball Z, & Ronin Warriors. Sitting down with some dinner my mom made. Then hopping on the Nintendo afterwards and playing some Mario and Star Fox. Those were the days. No bills to pay. No work deadlines to worry about all night. Blissfully unaware of all the bad in the world that was going on and about to unfold.
When i was younger i would get so excited right when i heard the music start playing for this Promo. I would stop what i was doing and move right in front of the TV. Every part of this and all the other promos, bumpers, and intros are imprinted in my brain forever. Nothing will ever top Toonami.
let us praise the person behind the music.. with a cornucopia of samples too choose from.. they were truly a master of their craft..
My childhood in 2 minutes
That's the way Toonami rolls
My God the nostalgia feels.......we were so fortunate to grow up with this GEM.
Toonami after Tom became the icon, and only when it had great iconic shows, truly solidified itself as a timeless classic. Anime really gave a lot of people's lives purpose.
The team that was making these vids were on fucking fire back in the day, every toonami promo was a certified banger growing up.
I remember as a kid coming home from school and being able to watch Gundam Wing followed by Dragonball Z and Outlaw Star. Toonami defined by childhood.
**Nostalgia overload**
Man I took this stuff for granted when I was young
Buck Nasty me too sadly
kids today have no idea!
I do
uncle grandpa and teen titans go is what they know. lol
I feel so sad for them......
very...
Shows today are fucking trash, the late 90s-early 2000s was the last decade for good animation. AoT doesn't come close to the awesome shows we had on toonami and the OLD adult swim
This was the best Toonami bump EVER!
I remember seeing ReBoot, DBZ, and Gundam Wing in 5th grade, Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors in 6th. Now THAT was a line up.
Toonami In The CN Era Rules With A Iron Fist Back In The Days!
R.I.P. Old Toonami
I watch toonami when I was 10 and it was one of the greatest history of my life. So much anime to watch I will never forget this. And I want to thank toonami for live on over this 17 years of anime, Everytime I come home form school I watch toonami every Evelyn and midnight thank you so much for all these memories your legacy will be remember
0:00 that music in the beginning always gave me the chills
Damn this so epically badass. Love the music, the tempo, the beat, the scenes, and everything put together. It is too awesome
This is when toonami (cartoon network),had actually something good to show.
Toonami's in-house advertising team clearly believed in the product they were selling. Their commercials were awesome.
Thanks! I put a lot of time and effort into this one to make sure it looks good :D The scene transition from Hexadecimal to Lady Kayura required some patience lol.
You are amazing for doing this!
This is all I want from life, drum & bass with scenes of anime violence.
The best toonami video ever!! I love it!!
I remember thinking, "This is so cool."
This was my 4th 5th 6th grade afternoons and man do i miss em
ronin warriors. toonami was the best series of cartoons ever made .PERIOD
I remember seeing this promo in the TOM Mk-II era. :D
Toonami really created AMVs.
I always liked seeing the promos. Recorded them also on VHS back in the days
I fucking love drum and bass. Thanks Toonami!!!
I lived for these Toonami promo, gotdamn.
I miss those days, when Tv use to be fun.
IM SO HAPPY I GREW UP IN THE EARLY 2000'S !
i miss these
Mischeif Trainer X. toonami is trying to bring these back in a new sytle so that's cool. The "Determination to win" one was tight.
TheTimon64 well nice to know that they are trying
Those years of Toonami was the coolest s**t ever
Damn I can only imagine wat it was like working in this studio just so much epicness coming from them
what a great run through my classics
This is part of my childhood.
1:25 Is the coolest fucking charge up sound for anything.
damn right.
Active Lolicon gets me every time
space laser in Gundam Wing
Make Toonami Great Again!
Lol
Indeed my friend this is in their golden age.
Woah! I just realized how Kudelia Aina Bernstein's red dress resembled Relena Peacecraft's!
Lol yeah that totally caught me off guard.
I love this This promo when i was a kid and i love this promo now... OLD SCHOOL TOONAMI WAS THE BEST
omg the memories these promos bring.... #toonami4life :D
pardon the tears for this video
I'm glad you took the time to restore these amazing videos.
To you Mr. Slim,much like a brilliant artsist, you remastered a memorable masterpiece of our childhood with care and patience. I truly commend you for this one my friend, I truly commend you. :)
I wish I could go back and watch this Toonami for the first time again.
Many years later, Dragon Ball Z is still getting the most ratings for the block. Granted, it's Dragon Ball Kai now, but still, it's kinda funny to think about that.
I think a belief held in common by a lot of animators in the current industry is that there's nothing really Innovative or revolutionary going on like there was in the early 2000s. The core reason Toonami was so successful and cool was because there was nothing else like it in the animations that they had been able to amass, you could only see them on Cartoon Network. There were other channels that had similar cartoons, but nothing like the Japanese animations that were specifically being shown on cartoon network. There hasn't been anything Innovative or hip or cool like this in the last decade and the market is stagnating. Nothing's changing, there's no new animation style coming out, everything's relatively the same and because of that, viewers are starting to notice.
dont remember seeing this one, but its awesome enough for me to favorite it
Timeless
I want this toonami back
jeez no wonder i'm still super into chopped up break beats!
I wasn't aware how much work you put into these, really appreciate it. Love the DBZ ones.
Thank you so much for doing this. I know it's gotta be hard to go through all those different DVD/BD's and pull each short clip to make these.
Just know that there are a lot of us who truly appreciate the effort you put into remastering our childhood. :)
Damn I miss these
Okay. What's the coolest clip from this? (Hard decision I know):
I'm deciding between:
Ginyu tossing that henchman into the sky behind him
Anubis stabbing a jerk in the back and then jumping out of the way
Vegeta murdering Recoome
Wufei blowing a ship with a frickin' laser cannon
My favorite was always the one with Ginyu tossing that guy lol. And I like the transition from Hexadecimal laughing to the scene with Megabyte and the bright light.
+SlimD716 Megabyte that was the name of it thank you. but yeah Wufei with the cannon is my fave just cause how the music pauses as it charges up
+Big Core Mk X Goku blowing away the Ginyus with just the power of wind.
Yeah, I love the transition between Ronin Warriors and Reboot! +Darienlynn87 yeah those speed lines are awesome.
As soon as this commercial came on, I knew what time it was. Toonami: ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!
I Love This Guy he takes his time and actually remasters every bit of toonami promos from the old days. to very crisp HD. i reward you for that slim and hopefully others as well.
Awesome job Slim!!!! I was waiting for this to be remastered. Time Out!! Get and Go!
Holy shit... I'm the first to comment on one of my favorite Toonami ads next to Broken Promise??? This is a dream come true!
This was a few years before I came of age to really appreciate these shows but I remember the day toonami went off air and Tom gave his goodbye and I was incredibly sad...
So awesome. Toonami at its finest.
They say you don't know how good you have something until it's long gone that really was a special era wasn't it
Man do I miss these days
2 minutes of awesome!
good fucking times
GOOD FUCKING TIMES
One thing I noticed is . . .EXPLOSION 🔥
The coolest seizure I'll ever have.
Man this and Animondays on the sci-fi channel were the best.
Great upload, haven't seen this in forever and to see it in HD. If cartoon network wanted great ratings all they have to do is re-air the original toonami. Children will love it along with young adults.
Yes!!!!
Thank you Slim! So excited that this one is Remastered now!!!!!!
You're the best
HELL YES
“TIME OUT!!!”
“Get set...”
“And go.”
Incredible.
Awesome stuff
I love this one.
Right in the middle of the Tom 1.0 era. Good times.
you are pardoned.
It's been making a pretty good comeback so far, but I seriously hope they'll put it on more often than once a week. At least they gave us good Tom and they're making promises with Sara.
I almost forgot about Hexadecimal...lol
I remember those days during my first two years in high school