Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Reminiscing Mode, Activate - Ghost in the Tank

I have certain issues with Adult Swim. Though some of it still makes me laugh from time-to-time, I feel its brand of humor has drifted considerably from its roots to a point where it no longer resonates with me. Really, part of it is the fact that it's so entirely driven by humor now - when AS started, it was anime-driven, featuring Cowboy Bebop and Yu Yu Hakusho, as well as Pilot Candidate/Candidate for Goddess, Inuyasha, and several other series. But good luck trying to get AS to play anime on more than one night a week, now.

Which is why that one night a week - the revival of the Toonami block on Saturdays - has been pretty rockin'. Toonami was a huge part of my teenage years, serving as an introduction to many series that I had never heard of, and when Toonami Midnight Run premiered - featuring "uncut"(read: "with some of the swearing left intact") episodes of a few shows - I was glued to my TV every midnight. Shortly after I started college, TMR evolved into Adult Swim, and the rest is history.