Dude....Dragon Ball..... DBZ..... Outlaw Star.... Ronin Warrior.... The Tenchi series'....Gundam Wing.... Rurouni Kenshin.... Zoids.... Yu Yu Hakusho.... I remember BOOKING it home from scchool to catch these shows man. They meant so much to me at that age, and still do really. Classic weekdays Toonami changed my life.
Mr. Vengeance like damn dude your list just took me fucking forever back lol....hmm i guess was somewhat awesome to be a kid... lol..toonami brought anime to life in America...wow this shit just takes me back... WOW IM LIKE SO IN AH!!! LOL what a time bruh.😁 and I also remember booking home...from the school bus... to watch these awesome classical Anime's!!!
Dude, when they did the midnight run of the music videos, I stayed up and recorded it on VHS then made a fucking mix tape with the tracks, haha my age is showing
One little problem: If they're not associated with adult swim, we'd have no choice but to watch anime dubs aimed at children. It wouldn't be too bad but if you were given the choice to choose the toned down version or the almost unedited version, I'm sure you'd want the near untouched version
A criminally underrated anime, one not without flaws, but hugely outweighed by its incredibly epic moments, powerful soundtrack, and deep themes of identity, freedom, talent, and lawlessness. Its almost my 20 year anniversary of watching this the first time, still one of my top rated anime of all eternity.
You should watch "Monster" it was like the complete opposite of this, but on the sci fi channel(not toonami) around the same time period... one of the most unknown but amazing animes of it's time.. It completely nailed the anticipation factor.
i just finished this anime. it sucks. big time. it started off strong then just dies out. the character designs are great but they arent very deep characters... anyways yea. like a 6/10 anime
@@robertrogers074 mainly that it left me wanting more. The writer Takehiko had a lot more material to put in, but apparently Toonami wouldn't sponsor past a third season, and so many plot threads were rushed to be closed suddenly. Kinda messes with the climax since we don't get much screen time with Hasanko (the main bad guy). Shimi and Hanmio got episodes and they were amazing, but the rest of the anten Seven were unceremoniously crammed into the final episodes. They and Hasanko deserved to be fleshed out a bit more. Edit: Suzuka and Hitoriga for example were supposed to have an episode or two of their own, discovering Suzukas past and why she hates pirates. But in the finale they just showed up and fought each other while reciting the plot points of their past. Could have been cooler, but I'm still happy with what we got.
You can’t imagine the incredible wonder I had for this show. Caught it on an afternoon as a kid. Then, never saw it again. I desperately looked for it and could never find it again.
That's back when they made quality shows and profit wasn't their #1 concern. They had the best promos, the best show line ups, the best commentary. Now these shows that have no quality concept at all get aired because they're cheaply made and easy bids.
I've been coming back to these old toonami promos nearly every day for the past few years. I associate so many good feelings with toonami and it may seem trivial to some but it's really a treat to relive some of the best days of your youth in 1-2 minute clips. The late 90s to 2004 were some great years!
@@x-ra3849 Toonami never made any shows. They just aired whatever they got from Japan. Cheaply made or not. Alot of good with a lot Of bad. Nostalgia has distorted your mind. It was a “throw whatever at the wall and see what sticks” effect. Profit was always the number one concern but you were a child and didn’t no any better
I just now finished watching Outlaw Star on streaming, and it's even better as an adult. A lot of really good themes at play in this show, and it's not terribly long.
I’m watching it for the first time I have no idea how I never knew it existed but episode 2 the monologue about boys turning to men and dreaming is one of the best quotes of all anime
This still gives me chills evertime I watch it. I'm so glad I was in middle and high school when Toonami came out and was in its prime. It's not just nostalgia speaking, this is the greatest television promo ever made.
0:45 this part that starts with the quick succession of shots followed by Melfina starting a countdown for blast off with that horn like sound blaring in the background is just so insanely epic and well composed, the level of skill behind this promo is just unreal to say the least!
My favorite time as an Anime fan was the late 90's through mid 2000's when everybody relied on message boards to discuss each episode right after they dropped on TV. Now everybody watches a show months/years before it even hits the states and most of the Anime forums from those days are long gone:( The glory days of Anime in the US. Yeah, there have been some good shows since then but back in the late 90's-2005ish, when the internet wasn't what it is now and streaming was no where near as good and we had to rely on getting our fix from whatever CN could license, and Anime was still a fresh experience.
Ah, this is so nostalgic! I was a freshman in high school when "Outlaw Star" aired on Toonami. Every day after school, I'd always eagerly await the next exciting episode! I even recorded most of the episodes on VHS at that time. Although a lot was cut from the Toonami version, I still enjoyed watching it! One year later, I received the DVD boxed-set for Christmas. It was better than ever!
Even after it's been over 10 years, this promo STILL gets me pumped to see an anime I haven't seen since it aired on Toonami. It STILL makes me go, "I wanna see that shit!" >:D
Man, I have goosebumps and this promo made my eyes water. I missed like half of this show but I am glad I did. When I do watch this show in its entirety and uncut, I'll get to relive old memories of Outlaw Star and then some. Lucky me.
Even when everybody I knew betrayed me and left me swinging in the wind, this show was there for me. It gave me hope when I was younger and its giving me hope now.
Holy shit... I just now realized the narrator was Optimus fucking Prime. I hate myself right now for not realizing that when I was a kid and this was my first anime.
i remember when i saw the first Transformers movie, i thinking 'he sounds vaguely familiar.' I few weeks later i watched an old toonami promo for my first anime: Gundam Wing. And the rest is history.
"The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone." - Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams
Gotta love the longer promo, Outlaw Star live it good and give Toonami viewers the best moments. It give me moments too. An adventures through all of outerspace and the journey within. #ThrowbackThursday
Agreed. Who would you cast if you could be the director? It would be hard for me to cast the kid due to age 'volatility' (it should be a real 11 year old and who knows who'd be cast since children grow rapidly?) but for Gene I'd cast someone like Chris Pratt (maybe Chris Pine). Pratt would be too busy with Marvel to do a movie but I feel it'd have to be a comical actor who plays the ladies' man but often gets in over his head in setting his priorities. Lucy Liu for Suzuka, and Olivia Thirlby for Melfina.
The original anime like this on toonami is what I grewup on. I remember going to my grandma's out in the middle of the woods and watching old toonami late at night.
So many memories of running home from karate practice to catch this on thursdays and watch on my tiny TV. Would give anything to experience the magic for the first time again.
Re-watched the series on Hulu recently in glorious film-like HD, and caught the episodes I missed /because/ of karate practice, lol. Sure is a different experience 19 years later, but the battles are awesome as ever.
i jus downloaded all the episodes. god i forgot how awsome this show was! one of the best story plots out there, and just galactic and full of adult action!!!
Dang man I remember recording this every night when I was like 9! It came on at midnight but it was still so awesome I had to do it! I miss childhood, man...and by extension I definitely miss the glory days of Toonami
Hot damn, i remember these promos, it's the whole reason why I got into Outlaw Star and some of the animes they had on there.. Dammit I miss old Toonami
Be grateful they even brought the segment back. I don't know what happened, but after a certain year, all cables companies quit producing solid content for their viewers and started caving into corporate interest and profit.
The announcer guy made me watch everything that came on Toonami. I blame, and thank 😊, him completely. I never watched another cartoon afterwards. 1997 was my 7 year old self's year.
Man when this was aired on tv back in the day before all this social media and internet garbage wooooheeee. Those were the days. Wanna close my eyes and go back to than if I could
Among the few best anime around. Traditional yet epic all on its own. Those backgrounds are made of gouache!!! WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE AND STILL PULL AN AWESOME SHOW OFF?!?
Every word of narration, every mix from the soundtrack, every second of the animation...Flawless execution of art. Honestly I used to think I stopped watching cartoons cuz I got older and cartoons where generally too immature for me, but then I look back at Toonami and realize the quality went down, my taste was FINE as a kid.
Its crazy. As a little kid seeing this, I would say, "Alright, cool I guess I'll watch that." Now as an adult looking back, I'm saying, "OH MY GOD, THOSE WERE THE BEST CARTOONS OF MY LIFE, I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THAT TIME AND RELIVE ALL OF THOSE GREAT AMAZING MOMENTS" Nostalgia, right?
Dude....Dragon Ball..... DBZ..... Outlaw Star.... Ronin Warrior.... The Tenchi series'....Gundam Wing.... Rurouni Kenshin.... Zoids.... Yu Yu Hakusho.... I remember BOOKING it home from scchool to catch these shows man. They meant so much to me at that age, and still do really. Classic weekdays Toonami changed my life.
Nostalgia for real man. Also, don't forget Trigun :-)
And The Big O
same it was our childhood man
GOOD TIMES
Mr. Vengeance like damn dude your list just took me fucking forever back lol....hmm i guess was somewhat awesome to be a kid... lol..toonami brought anime to life in America...wow this shit just takes me back... WOW IM LIKE SO IN AH!!! LOL what a time bruh.😁 and I also remember booking home...from the school bus... to watch these awesome classical Anime's!!!
Man Toonami knew how to put together promos, this was so hype
joebeast15
Yup best promos ever.
joebeast15 very true
Sure did they even made powerpuff girls seem like it would be an epic show just from intros and promos
esp compared to the official promos for the DVD release of the series those SUCKED
Optimus prime always talks about the best anime :D
Yeah, like Hamtaro and Naruto.
Yep. Never gets old.
"Time to roll the dice."
And this is why we love Skrillex!
@@The__Creeper boo kiddie animes this was for men
whoever made this promo deserved a raise.
i did and i did not get raise tho :(
@@briancarpenter6413 Ah ha, you just playin, or did you actually work on those back in the day?
@@Naughty_Ram I decided how to chop scenes without revealing too much
Bonus points for asking Optimus Prime for the voice over!
@@briancarpenter6413 wow dude if you really did thank you ❤
Does anyone remember Toonami Midnight Run on week nights? Or better yet... Toonami Rising Sun on Sat mornings??? Ahh, nostalgia at its finest.
oh how i miss those D:
I'm getting teary eyed now, damn
Toonami midnight run on the weekends was the original adult swim for anime
I do. Those were some of Toonmai’s finest moments.
Dude, when they did the midnight run of the music videos, I stayed up and recorded it on VHS then made a fucking mix tape with the tracks, haha my age is showing
Toonami needs to be like this again!
+NYCParkourAddict You got that right!
One little problem: If they're not associated with adult swim, we'd have no choice but to watch anime dubs aimed at children. It wouldn't be too bad but if you were given the choice to choose the toned down version or the almost unedited version, I'm sure you'd want the near untouched version
Good news, Outlaw Star is back!
it's the uncensored version, YAY!!!
Yes with the same guy narrating.
A criminally underrated anime, one not without flaws, but hugely outweighed by its incredibly epic moments, powerful soundtrack, and deep themes of identity, freedom, talent, and lawlessness.
Its almost my 20 year anniversary of watching this the first time, still one of my top rated anime of all eternity.
You should watch "Monster" it was like the complete opposite of this, but on the sci fi channel(not toonami) around the same time period... one of the most unknown but amazing animes of it's time.. It completely nailed the anticipation factor.
i just finished this anime. it sucks. big time. it started off strong then just dies out. the character designs are great but they arent very deep characters... anyways yea. like a 6/10 anime
What were the flaws ?
@@robertrogers074 mainly that it left me wanting more. The writer Takehiko had a lot more material to put in, but apparently Toonami wouldn't sponsor past a third season, and so many plot threads were rushed to be closed suddenly. Kinda messes with the climax since we don't get much screen time with Hasanko (the main bad guy). Shimi and Hanmio got episodes and they were amazing, but the rest of the anten Seven were unceremoniously crammed into the final episodes. They and Hasanko deserved to be fleshed out a bit more.
Edit: Suzuka and Hitoriga for example were supposed to have an episode or two of their own, discovering Suzukas past and why she hates pirates. But in the finale they just showed up and fought each other while reciting the plot points of their past. Could have been cooler, but I'm still happy with what we got.
@@samriver3677 don't you me
mean past season 1 ?
When anime was most exciting in America, '97-'03.
agreed
The golden years
It’s the promos with Optimus Prime that made even the most basic anime super hyped. They made Hamtoro sound life changing lol
Amazing promos
I miss promos like this. Good memories right there.
agreed bro
Same
society just doesn't feel right without anything remotely like this present anymore
@@notafortnitegamer facts!!! These days aren’t the same.
Optimus Prime-"Time to roll the dice only Toonami" cooliest quote ever. Loved this show. My favorite Toonami show of all-time the best.
God I miss those days. No anime has ever touched my heart like outlaw star. My fav
for sure
100%
You can’t imagine the incredible wonder I had for this show. Caught it on an afternoon as a kid. Then, never saw it again. I desperately looked for it and could never find it again.
I could watch this 20 times in a row. Everything about Toonami during this time period was executed to perfection.
That's back when they made quality shows and profit wasn't their #1 concern. They had the best promos, the best show line ups, the best commentary. Now these shows that have no quality concept at all get aired because they're cheaply made and easy bids.
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I've been coming back to these old toonami promos nearly every day for the past few years. I associate so many good feelings with toonami and it may seem trivial to some but it's really a treat to relive some of the best days of your youth in 1-2 minute clips. The late 90s to 2004 were some great years!
@@x-ra3849 Toonami never made any shows. They just aired whatever they got from Japan. Cheaply made or not. Alot of good with a lot
Of bad. Nostalgia has distorted your mind.
It was a “throw whatever at the wall and see what sticks” effect. Profit was always the number one concern but you were a child and didn’t no any better
I just got chills watching this, Man! outlaw star was one of the illest Cartoons I ever saw!
true!
This will never get old.
I just now finished watching Outlaw Star on streaming, and it's even better as an adult. A lot of really good themes at play in this show, and it's not terribly long.
You got me hyped gonna watch it right now
Outlaw Star is one of my favorites of all time
Same here
I’m watching it for the first time I have no idea how I never knew it existed but episode 2 the monologue about boys turning to men and dreaming is one of the best quotes of all anime
I’m rewatching the show on DVD now. This old Toonami promo brings back so many memories!
Man that took me wayyyyy back I miss those days
This still gives me chills evertime I watch it. I'm so glad I was in middle and high school when Toonami came out and was in its prime. It's not just nostalgia speaking, this is the greatest television promo ever made.
same!
After all these years, this is still my favorite anime.
Seriously, that is childhood right there. What happened to toonami?!? Tenchi muyo, outlaw star, dragon ball z...ah good ol days.
I so remember seeing this on CN and watching it on Toonami!!! Good times!!!
"Time to roll the dice again!"
bought this on amazon never regretted it have watched it many times
0:45 this part that starts with the quick succession of shots followed by Melfina starting a countdown for blast off with that horn like sound blaring in the background is just so insanely epic and well composed, the level of skill behind this promo is just unreal to say the least!
My favorite time as an Anime fan was the late 90's through mid 2000's when everybody relied on message boards to discuss each episode right after they dropped on TV. Now everybody watches a show months/years before it even hits the states and most of the Anime forums from those days are long gone:(
The glory days of Anime in the US. Yeah, there have been some good shows since then but back in the late 90's-2005ish, when the internet wasn't what it is now and streaming was no where near as good and we had to rely on getting our fix from whatever CN could license, and Anime was still a fresh experience.
This is what Star Wars wishes it could be
dada bubz given how the last movie has gone over, I'd agree. I needed this to heal my soul
Correction, this what starwars used to be.
Under Disney, not so much.
Well...Outlaw star is like a combination of sci fi movies in one. Star wars is one of those influences
Don't be ridiculous the original Star Wars is untouchable
Mandalorian!
Ah, this is so nostalgic! I was a freshman in high school when "Outlaw Star" aired on Toonami. Every day after school, I'd always eagerly await the next exciting episode! I even recorded most of the episodes on VHS at that time. Although a lot was cut from the Toonami version, I still enjoyed watching it! One year later, I received the DVD boxed-set for Christmas. It was better than ever!
I recently just rewatched this series, I highly recommend it.
Even after it's been over 10 years, this promo STILL gets me pumped to see an anime I haven't seen since it aired on Toonami. It STILL makes me go, "I wanna see that shit!" >:D
Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime knows how to nail Toonami Promos
Thank you so much Mr. Cullen
The memories came flooding back as I watched this. Damn. I had forgotten how these promos were so tightly done.
Man, I have goosebumps and this promo made my eyes water. I missed like half of this show but I am glad I did. When I do watch this show in its entirety and uncut, I'll get to relive old memories of Outlaw Star and then some. Lucky me.
Man i really miss these times so much, when life used to be easy, R.I.P Toonami
I hope time repeats it self so that I can re live this life and experience old school Toonami all over again fresh.
most underrated and unappreciated animes ever
God i miss watching Toonami every afternoon as a kid. Such great series like this.
one of the hardest promos ever!
Even when everybody I knew betrayed me and left me swinging in the wind, this show was there for me. It gave me hope when I was younger and its giving me hope now.
I've been looking for this specific promo...this was my favorite one...rip TOONAMI
I remember seeing this promo as a kid. Me and my brothers couldn't wait to watch it and it didn't disappoint either.
Holy shit... I just now realized the narrator was Optimus fucking Prime. I hate myself right now for not realizing that when I was a kid and this was my first anime.
Omg bro that amount of feels we share is 1500% :'(
It's OVER 9000!!!!!!!!
Stevon Barrett
Harry Hernandez
i remember when i saw the first Transformers movie, i thinking 'he sounds vaguely familiar.' I few weeks later i watched an old toonami promo for my first anime: Gundam Wing.
And the rest is history.
This has been a Top 5 show for me. Such an amazing story an show.
great... now to go and watch the dvds for the 16th time this year. This show is one of my all time favs.
Freakin' childhood right there.
I felt a tear come to my eyes, makes me want to go watch it right now....wait a tick, i own the box-set!
Seriously though, i miss Toonami
These promos used to give me life!!!!!!
Good times and great memories of my childhood Outlaw Star was awesome
The things I would do to go back these times when this was released being 29 now
Me too
Toonami will always have a special place in my heart, it brought some of the best anime to america
One of the greatest.. Too short!
My thoughts exactly too short!
I still Watch Toonami till this day ❤️
Painful nostalgia. I truly believe those were some of the best days for people like us. Now, all we have is dust.
"The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone."
- Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams
@@NeoJiNeTiK I blame Bolshevism/Marxism.
Jean Starwind vs Starlord book it Vince!
Jeremy Fields *Gene
NO!! YOU'LL GET JOHN CENA VS SHEAMUS DAMMIT!!ACHOO
One of my favorites, such a fun time.
Cartoon Network/Toonami at its finest. One of the coldest promos. My favorite is DBZ Tree of Might
I can't believe I can't remember this Anime. I grew up on Toonami. I'm thankful for my Friend introducing me to this.
Literally same it makes no sense to me that always felt like I’ve had really good memory there must be a gap in my past or something
We had it f****** good in the late 90s -early 2000s we were EATING
Who ever edited this promo is a Genius. The Music, the sequence and narration are perfect. This is the type of detail many cartoons are missing today.
I love how they always remixed themes from the shows with Electronic or Hip Hop beats for the promos
I almost cried because I missed the good ole days! GLORY TO TOONAMI!!
I had completely forgotten about this
This was the best year and time to be a kid watching cartoons! This was peak anime/cartoons ! This new generation will never understand
Gotta love the longer promo, Outlaw Star live it good and give Toonami viewers the best moments. It give me moments too. An adventures through all of outerspace and the journey within. #ThrowbackThursday
I still watch this on my collection DVD. one of my fav anime right here eff Yeah! :D
If done well I could totally see a live action movie of this.. This show was so good as short lived as it was!
Agreed. Who would you cast if you could be the director?
It would be hard for me to cast the kid due to age 'volatility' (it should be a real 11 year old and who knows who'd be cast since children grow rapidly?) but for Gene I'd cast someone like Chris Pratt (maybe Chris Pine). Pratt would be too busy with Marvel to do a movie but I feel it'd have to be a comical actor who plays the ladies' man but often gets in over his head in setting his priorities. Lucy Liu for Suzuka, and Olivia Thirlby for Melfina.
Watch firefly, has many parallels shall we say.
dndrequiem fanfilm What about Aisha?
The original anime like this on toonami is what I grewup on. I remember going to my grandma's out in the middle of the woods and watching old toonami late at night.
When they brought this back to AS Toonami, with the original intro soundtrack! Chills went down my spine! Nostalgia at its finest!
So many memories of running home from karate practice to catch this on thursdays and watch on my tiny TV.
Would give anything to experience the magic for the first time again.
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Re-watched the series on Hulu recently in glorious film-like HD, and caught the episodes I missed /because/ of karate practice, lol. Sure is a different experience 19 years later, but the battles are awesome as ever.
And it's back on Toonami!
One of my favorite anime ever loved watching this series as a kid back in 2001 when it premiered on toonami so happy to have it in my collection
i jus downloaded all the episodes. god i forgot how awsome this show was! one of the best story plots out there, and just galactic and full of adult action!!!
Dang man I remember recording this every night when I was like 9! It came on at midnight but it was still so awesome I had to do it! I miss childhood, man...and by extension I definitely miss the glory days of Toonami
I used to watch this when I was little.
Toonami, skateboarding, videogames, and summer nights defined my childhood
Always helps when you have Optimus Prime doing the voice over as well. :)
dem feels,teh memories...I miss this series so much
One of the best dang animes, watched many many times
These Promo's are unbeatable! A+!
Hot damn, i remember these promos, it's the whole reason why I got into Outlaw Star and some of the animes they had on there.. Dammit I miss old Toonami
Man, you are so right. I used to love Toonami. I would stay up late watching all those cool shows. Don't forget Trigun.
I just recently remembered this shown when re-watching my VHS tapes of 0083. Good times, good times.
Man, Toonami knew how to make promos. I remember when I first saw this. All I could think were the words "awsome" and "I have to watch this".
Be grateful they even brought the segment back. I don't know what happened, but after a certain year, all cables companies quit producing solid content for their viewers and started caving into corporate interest and profit.
The announcer guy made me watch everything that came on Toonami. I blame, and thank 😊, him completely. I never watched another cartoon afterwards. 1997 was my 7 year old self's year.
movie trailers from now on need to be in this format. make it into law...stat!
I'll marry my firstborn to whoever edited these clips. You have so much talent.
20 years baby
I have to admit, this promo is badass. I love it.
CHILLS!!!!
anyone else get them!? We grew up with the good shit!!!
Not shitty Teen Titans Go 24/7!
Haven't seen this since I was a kid, I love this show and toonami was the best.
Man when this was aired on tv back in the day before all this social media and internet garbage wooooheeee. Those were the days. Wanna close my eyes and go back to than if I could
Among the few best anime around. Traditional yet epic all on its own. Those backgrounds are made of gouache!!! WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE AND STILL PULL AN AWESOME SHOW OFF?!?
I came here because I remember how badass the music for this promo was
Every word of narration, every mix from the soundtrack, every second of the animation...Flawless execution of art.
Honestly I used to think I stopped watching cartoons cuz I got older and cartoons where generally too immature for me, but then I look back at Toonami and realize the quality went down, my taste was FINE as a kid.
HOLY-COW! This brings back memories of my early, early teen-years.
i’m not sure any show captures the mystique of toonami quite as much as outlaw star
Its crazy. As a little kid seeing this, I would say, "Alright, cool I guess I'll watch that." Now as an adult looking back, I'm saying, "OH MY GOD, THOSE WERE THE BEST CARTOONS OF MY LIFE, I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THAT TIME AND RELIVE ALL OF THOSE GREAT AMAZING MOMENTS"
Nostalgia, right?
I loved this show so fucking much that i tract it down and bought it for my amusement and now i cherish every moment with it
this brings back so many memories. *sigh* they should really air this again. great anime like this deserve a comeback