NEWS ARCHIVES FOR JUNE/JULY 1999

<-----07.29.99----->
Well, here comes the break.  As I move on in the effort to create version 3.0.0 of Toonami: The Unofficial I need to stop in trying to work with this page.  I'll go ahead and update the page when I have something really worth while to put up.  Until then, expect very, very, VERY little to be put up on the page.  See you at version 3.0.0.
 

<----07.21.99----->
Sailor Moon Wants You
This is what happens, I guess, if you don't keep an eye on the Cartoon Network's Toonami site.  The first Toonami contest from the Cartoon Network in some time, Sailor Moon is the subject of affection here.  This contest apparently started on Monday, where the object is you, the fan, must find the sailor scout that is hidden somewhere on Cartoon Network's site.  Enter your email once you've found the scout, and you're entered to win prizes.  That simple.

<-----07.14.99----->
Not as much news as it is your reminder to get some videos'.  Dragonball Z will be producing two more tapes as they continue to translate over epiosdes for the dragonball hungry fans.  Both can be ordered from the official Dragonball Z site (www.dragonballz.com) edited and unedited:
Frieza: The Summoning
Frieza: The Summoning - Episodes 61 - 63

Frieza: Transformation
Frieza: Transformation - Episodes 63 - 66

In the meantime, work continues on the Sailor Moon movie videos/DVD's.  For now you can go ahead and preorder your copies of the three Sailor Moon features - Romance, Super, and SuperS.  All are expected to be released on August 10th and all will be in Japanese text with English subtitles.  This will be your chance to see Sailor Moon as it's meant to be, in it's raw, unedited format:

Sailor Moon R movie (image from Amazon.com)
Sailor Moon R in English subtitles - $20.99 US from Amazon.com

Sailor Moon S in English Subtitles - $20.99 US from Amazon.com

Sailor Moon SuperS in English Subtitles - $20.99 US from Amazon.com

<-----07.07.99----->
Well, just about everyone else except me figured out this schedule.  Jeff Harris's CN2 site already had the schedule for Saturday Toonami up and several of you had emailed me letting me know what it was.  I had to do some major digging at TV Guide.com to get this info.  Go figure, at the surface, every time zone has different things listed for what will be on the Saturday Toonami, but when you select Cartoon Network to view their 24 hour schedule, you find the same things, and here are the shows with their times, all EASTERN:

12.0 AM - Dragonball Z
12.5 AM - Powerpuff Girls
12.75 AM - Sailor Moon
1.25 AM - Reboot
1.75 AM - Dragonball Z
2.25 AM - Sailor Moon
2.75 AM - Thundercats
3.25 AM - Robotech
3.75 AM - Voltron
4.25 AM - Real Adventures of Johny Quest
4.75 AM - Super Adventures (which should be the filler shows like Space Ghost, Birdman, Superman and such)
minute intervals ( .0 - :00 ; .25 - :15 ; .5 - :30 ; .75 - :45 ) minute intervals

So stop what you're doing and get in.  Enjoy the ride come Saturday night.  You've got alot of Tooning to do.

<-----06.30.99----->
Three years after it's humble beginnings, Toonami takes another bold leap.  Just announced on Cartoon Networks Toonami page is the expansion of Toonami.  While it isn't an expansion of the 4pm to 6pm Toonami we all know and love, it's still huge nonetheless.  Starting on July 10th, the 12:30am Dragonball Z will be getting company and Toonami will be getting a new family member.  From 12 am to 4:30 pm you'll be seeing:

The Powerpuff Girls
Sailor Moon
Dragonball Z
Thundercats
Robotech
Voltron
and of course...
The Real Adventures of Johny Quest

Exact schedule is still being researched, but rest assured, if you don't get your Toonami fix during the evening, you now will have a second chance to get it.

<-----06.27.99----->
Dragonball Z fans out there, I have seen the emails, and instead of replying to each one and explaining the same thing, I'm gonna say it here.  Toonami has had DBZ for some time now, and the first time though this was a major hassle.  Now the ghosts of the past have returned.  Alot of grief has been made as you watched 'Goku.. Super Sayian??' and then saw the series loop back to 'The Arrival of Radditz.'  The reason??  Because, only 53 episodes of DBZ were translated.  That excludes the movies, which have been made into episodes.  That 53rd episode, 'Goku... Super Sayian' did have a preview for the next episode, and alot of us the first time around expected to see the battle between Goku, Jace, and Berter.  That was not to be.  So for about 5 or 6 times now, the series has looped over and over again, ending at 'Super Sayian' and then seeing Radditz arrive again.

New episodes of DBZ are in the works.  7 have already been translated and are available on video and I think DVD.  By the fall, Toonami should be ready to air those 7 and possibly more DBZ episode, ending the long torturous wait.  Until then, all must have to deal with the 53 looping episodes.  It's a pain, and it's getting old, but Cartoon Network doesn't control this, and more importantly, nor do I.

<-----06.27.99----->
Okay, you heard the ranting above.  Cartoon Networks' Toonami page has an announcement on it's data screen.  This summer we will get the chance to get closer to some of our friends - Sailor Moon, Reboot, and Dragonball Z - while reacquainting ourselves with some old friends - Thundercats, Robotech, and I think Voltron.  Fellow Toonami bud, Jeff Harris, has made some headway here, but I don't want to put up that news until I'm totally sure about it myself, y'know.  But it seems big... really big.  The revolution is beginning to bear some major fruits.  What's next... new series?  If we're lucky, and if we keep moving on strong.

<-----06.17.99----->
Just covering what I did before.  After I got Professor Tomoe from a Sailor Moon adoption agency, an idea flashed into the helmet.  What if there was a Toonami based adoption agency?!?  You want to own a Moltar?  Remember, I like it when the temperature is a balmy 1200 degrees.  Maybe you would like to adopt Goku, or how about one of your favorite series villains?  I'm working on this one at the moment , so be patient.

<-----6.03.99----->
DBZ20XL
My head still hurts from all that dragonball.  HFIL Week wrapped up on Saturday last week with the three Dragonball Z features.  Now it's back to the same old, same old, with Sailor Moon, Reboot, and Johny Quest taking up their residence again.  I know some of you have seen some the new third season episodes, and aren't too happy with what's going on.  But at least you have the good ol' days still at hand.  Who knows.  Now that the talent is getting into their parts, DBZ could be experiencing a revolution of it's own with all the new episodes expected out.  I'm sure there will be little disappointing moments from this point on (unless those guys who are dubbing it don't learn from their mistakes, but I've said too much anyway).

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