This night changed my life. Not only was I introduced to a whole new world I never knew about (animated music videos weren't as common back then), two of my favorite bands, but the final video of the night literally awakened me. Seeing a video like that changes a person (especially when you're only 11).
@@drewwilson45 the song in the last video is hell bent by kenna. highly recommend checking out more of his music he is/was (not sure if he's active anymore) a tremendous artist
Dude I stayed up for both special editions...my childhood was the greatest, toonami was the greatest thing to happen to 90,s kids..and to my little show host Tom...see ya space cowboy
This moment in Toonami history changed my life for the better: it made me open up to different music which caused me to get my first Daft Punk CD in *"Discovery"*.
How could 1 night of my 10-year-old life have such an impact on my future...amazing. What would I be like had I simply fell asleep? This 1 hour of TV changed everything.
Sorry to necro you 3 years later but I have noticed that countless of us watched this episode at that late night hour. I think it truly opened up a whole new world of music to the newest young generation at that time, us. Now its weird that WE have kids we are not the new anymore. Crazy huh.
Yup August 31st 2001. The day before I turned 12, and 11 days before everything went to shit in America. I got one of the best Bday gifts that night. Glad Toonami is coming back, I knew about Gorillaz before Toonami, but they introduced me to Daft Punk.
One of the most EPIC nights of my (back then) ten-year-old life. This folks...THIS, among MANY other reasons was why Toonami was, is, and always be something special.
I remember taping this the night this first aired. Daft Punk and Gorillaz helped open that door to these endless animated music videos. Which in turn, influenced me to make my own AMVs and still do to this day.
I love how this one night literally shaped the musical taste for the REST OF MY LIFE. I've still got my old G-Sides CD and a copy of Interstellar 5555 around, too.
Ahhhh NOSTALGIA!!! I remember fighting to stay awake to watch the whole thing! Why can't CN have great stuff like Toonami again? ;A; I remember Toonami and Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy were my favorite shows as a kid.
Dude, you just made my day........scratch that, you just made my week! I almost cried with joy when I saw this. Thank you so much for posting something that took me back to my awesome child hood and this life changing night.
It now makes me sad that I never knew about or watched this, back when I was only 6-years-old. From my (pre-)teens, I've always known about Gorillaz, but I never got into them until last month, when I finally decided to start listening to them. My younger sister, on the other hand, strongly believes that she had seen the "Clint Eastwood" video on TV before.
I remember when this came out, I was at home helping my mom and my sister move something into our house, so I turned this up so I could hear it outside.
The night this aired was the same time I knew about Adult Swim coming onto Cartoon Network for the first time. Very short notice, but still...it was once great Labor Day Weekend of 2001. Good thing I came home an hour before that started, and this was back when I was in marching band. We had an away game, and it rained on us throughout the whole high school football game. Lost my Bret "The Hitman" Hart/Emmitt Brown shades on the way back :/
I actually stayed up late by accident and saw this air. Best day of my fucken life as a kid. So epic. I didn't understand what the hell was going on, but the music was awesome. I got my headphones, plugged it into the TV, and watched the special run to the very end. No other Network airing on today was this cool
Why have I never searched for this on YT until now? We all need to give some massive credit to dankrug571v2 for having this gem stashed on a VHS. Like many others here, this night changed my life. I remember exactly where I was at the time and it really was the first time I found music that *I* liked without anyone telling me about it (Well, aside from Toonami). Edit: Straight up- after this, I emulated my clothing and style form 2-D at like, nearly 12. That black-eyed bastard still influences my wardrobe 'til this day.
I still have the entire block on a VHS tape on my shelf, the episode is in better quality on Archive. I wore my tape out from watching those Gorillaz videos haha.
The music video for "Rock The House" hadn't been finished then, and well, uhhh, I doubt it would have gone through the censors for obvious reasons. Yeah, it was after midnight, but this was not part of the Adult Swim block or anything. They wouldn't have shown that type of content back then.
@@ShaDHP23 I'm surprised I never noticed that after all the years of watching. I did notice they censored the word "sh**", though, when Del says "hype sh**". The official clean version still retained that, since the clean version of the album was all I had for the longest time.
I’ll never forget it. I was sleep in my living room I was 9 years old and forgot all about Toonami coming on that night. All of the sudden I’m literally dancing out of my sleep to Digital Love. First time I ever heard it in my life. It was magical. Toonami introduced me to Daft Punk and Gorillaz...that is an enormous statement.
I did too, and I wanted to show my kids but now I cannot find it 😫 I have been trying to find this on any platform for 2 years. Honestly though best night I ever spent up all night.
I don't think the "Rock The House" video was out at the time, and it obviously would have been too risque at the time even if it was. In any case, I'm glad they showed Kenna, because it turned me onto him, and I went through a phase digging his music.
While I did watch the Toonami Midnight Run, but of course I did not see every broadcast of it but most of it. However, I can't believe I missed the special edition of the Midnight Run because back then I never heard of the Gorillaz when they made their debut. I did know about Daft Punk back then but I didn't know the name of the duo or the titles of any of their tracks at the time. I gladly thank u for posting this vid of the promos of the SE, now I see what I missed back then.
I would say Midnight Run Special Edition was responsible of the popularity spread of Daft Punk and Groillaz in the US. Another hit for Toonami's history! Great edition, it looks awesome!
ALL TOONAMI FAITHFUL!!!! Theres a petition for toonami on a facebook page called "Petition to bring back toonami" its looking pretty good, we all should sign it and spread the word about it.
Toonami has not only given me my favorite anime, but 2 of my all time favorite bands, this was the first time I saw both Daft Punk and the Gorillaz, after hearing One more time and Clint Eastwood, well, the rest is history
the blue alien music video was actually an anime movie called, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. it's an okay movie worth checking out.
I knew it was midnight when this took place lol. I only know of the Gorillaz because of Toonami, they put me onto them first way before MTV or any other network. Man my childhood was awesome as fk. Feel bad for yall who didn't get to experience this
I still have a tape of this whole special somewhere. Damn, was it a wonderful thing to behold. Introduced me to Gorillaz, and the short at the end, More/Hell Bent, is one of my favorite pieces of animation ever. Wish Cartoon Network was still awesome enough to air stuff like this.
I wonder - well more on the side of wish - that they'd bring back the midnight run in the form of 'early hours'. I know it's on saturday but if they had maybe the last hour or the four to five timeslot to just play really dope music videos alongside their Off the Air stuff that would be pretty dope
For me TH-cam recommended the video to me to remind of the good times I had as a kid staying up to watch this. TH-cam sure is recommending Daft Punk related videos lately after their retirement. Sad to see them go because these Interstella 5555 music videos were amazing.
The song is Hellbent by Kenna. The actual video was taken off youtube due to copyright problems, but a quick Google search can probably find it for you on another site.
Such a shame I missed out on of Toonami's initial run. :/ (Strict parents) Wasnt until 2012 that I started fully watching Toonami. Glad I could make some memories.
+James Robinson + Jeremy Canton I have it, too. I taped on it on VHS when I was 8, then transferred it onto a DVD using a VHS to DVD recorder several years later. I might be willing to make some copies, and sell them for $15 plus shipping if anyone is interested. I am backing up the DVD to my computer right now. There are some VHS artifacts, especially during "One More Time", which have pretty much always been there. (I should have used a better tape.) You can find these videos on the official Gorillaz and Daft Punk DVD's in far better quality, but hey, if you still want to see them in this format, then by all means, let me know.
I am still a huge fan of Daft Punk and Gorillaz and it's all because Toonami happened to show this special when they did! I'll never forget this!
One more tom. Opps. time
@@Lavawaffles I was
Gorrilaz are gay, but still love Toonami.
@@Damitsall you must be remedial or have no taste b/c Gorillaz aka Damon Albarn & Jaime Hewitt are Hall of Famer’s & Daft Punk are a Worldwide sound
i love all 3 of them :D
This night changed my life. Not only was I introduced to a whole new world I never knew about (animated music videos weren't as common back then), two of my favorite bands, but the final video of the night literally awakened me. Seeing a video like that changes a person (especially when you're only 11).
True facts. It got me good.
Same thing here.
Same here.
Yes do you know the name of that band
@@drewwilson45 the song in the last video is hell bent by kenna. highly recommend checking out more of his music he is/was (not sure if he's active anymore) a tremendous artist
Dude I stayed up for both special editions...my childhood was the greatest, toonami was the greatest thing to happen to 90,s kids..and to my little show host Tom...see ya space cowboy
Well T.O.M. is still around. Just has gone through many changes over the years because of the T.I.E. events.
This moment in Toonami history changed my life for the better: it made me open up to different music which caused me to get my first Daft Punk CD in *"Discovery"*.
How could 1 night of my 10-year-old life have such an impact on my future...amazing. What would I be like had I simply fell asleep? This 1 hour of TV changed everything.
Sorry to necro you 3 years later but I have noticed that countless of us watched this episode at that late night hour. I think it truly opened up a whole new world of music to the newest young generation at that time, us. Now its weird that WE have kids we are not the new anymore. Crazy huh.
Yup August 31st 2001. The day before I turned 12, and 11 days before everything went to shit in America. I got one of the best Bday gifts that night. Glad Toonami is coming back, I knew about Gorillaz before Toonami, but they introduced me to Daft Punk.
One of the most EPIC nights of my (back then) ten-year-old life.
This folks...THIS, among MANY other reasons was why Toonami was, is, and always be something special.
This was also still part of that 2000 - 2001 Peak Era of Toonami 🔥
I remember taping this the night this first aired. Daft Punk and Gorillaz helped open that door to these endless animated music videos. Which in turn, influenced me to make my own AMVs and still do to this day.
I love how this one night literally shaped the musical taste for the REST OF MY LIFE.
I've still got my old G-Sides CD and a copy of Interstellar 5555 around, too.
Ahhhh NOSTALGIA!!! I remember fighting to stay awake to watch the whole thing! Why can't CN have great stuff like Toonami again? ;A; I remember Toonami and Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy were my favorite shows as a kid.
This was the first time I ever heard Daft Punk as a kid and had no clue but loved it. Till this day, one of my favorite bands.
I remember my older brother taping these in his apartment and bringing them home. A the wonder.
ahhhh midnight run. I always couldn't wait to watch outlaw star. thank you tom, for helping me sleep through my first class in Jr. High
This night was magical. You literally had to be there. Summer of 01’ was god like.
I wish they brought this back, And do a throwback thing were all the songs they used to play on it they could play it again.
Morty Smith maybe the could air some of the newer gorillaz music videos
Morty Smith I see you on every Gorillaz comments section *burp*, M-morty
The 1st music videos Toonami aired, they bring back memories.
#Toonami
Oh my God yes! I've been looking for this for a while. Damn I was in middle school when they aired this. Thank you so much
At 0:53 T.O.M. does what he's good at: pressing buttons! Aw yeah! #PressDatButtonTOM
Dude, you just made my day........scratch that, you just made my week! I almost cried with joy when I saw this. Thank you so much for posting something that took me back to my awesome child hood and this life changing night.
this...this is what made our childhood better than the ones of today
It now makes me sad that I never knew about or watched this, back when I was only 6-years-old. From my (pre-)teens, I've always known about Gorillaz, but I never got into them until last month, when I finally decided to start listening to them. My younger sister, on the other hand, strongly believes that she had seen the "Clint Eastwood" video on TV before.
I remember when this came out, I was at home helping my mom and my sister move something into our house, so I turned this up so I could hear it outside.
The night this aired was the same time I knew about Adult Swim coming onto Cartoon Network for the first time. Very short notice, but still...it was once great Labor Day Weekend of 2001.
Good thing I came home an hour before that started, and this was back when I was in marching band. We had an away game, and it rained on us throughout the whole high school football game. Lost my Bret "The Hitman" Hart/Emmitt Brown shades on the way back :/
My god…. I remember being introduced to one more time as a kid and I STILL play it regularly to this day.
I remember watching this as a kid good times and great memories man still listening to all of those bands today
I actually stayed up late by accident and saw this air. Best day of my fucken life as a kid. So epic. I didn't understand what the hell was going on, but the music was awesome. I got my headphones, plugged it into the TV, and watched the special run to the very end. No other Network airing on today was this cool
I knew I remembered seeing a Gorillaz music video on tv before I became a fan!!! I just couldn't remember where... Thanks for posting this!!!
seeing this brings back a lot of memories, i was so hyped in anticipation waiting until it started, watched and jammed out until it was over.
This is the night that changed everything
that was one the bestest midnight runs ever!
Just thank you Toonami. And Thank you Slim for saving this. 😁
My username that I have had since I was 10 is proof that I still pay homage to this night.
Why have I never searched for this on YT until now? We all need to give some massive credit to dankrug571v2 for having this gem stashed on a VHS. Like many others here, this night changed my life. I remember exactly where I was at the time and it really was the first time I found music that *I* liked without anyone telling me about it (Well, aside from Toonami).
Edit: Straight up- after this, I emulated my clothing and style form 2-D at like, nearly 12. That black-eyed bastard still influences my wardrobe 'til this day.
I still have my own VHS, too, and a DVD copy from that. I thought I was the only kid who got that obsessed with Gorillaz.
I had no idea Kenna was on Toonami
Yep.
Toonami SHOULD HAVE done this annually, every year ! 🔥 😒
God I miss my childhood watching toonami and playing video with my cousins
Dude, you just made my day......no, scratch that, you just made my week! I almost cried with joy when I saw this. Thank you so much
I still have the entire block on a VHS tape on my shelf, the episode is in better quality on Archive. I wore my tape out from watching those Gorillaz videos haha.
You should upload it to TH-cam
@@Synonymous_Legion its already on Archive in far better quality than my tape.
Gosh dammit Steve Blum, why is your voice so awesome!?
Your comment is 11 years old now.
i remember this well the feel of those nights i try to relive and always will
So sublime.
Oh god I remember this! It was a blast!
my two favorite bands combined... also on toonami, something else i grew up with. PERFECTION!
Even though it was on after Midnight that time, I wonder why they didn't show the 'Rock the House' music video instead of that other one...
The music video for "Rock The House" hadn't been finished then, and well, uhhh, I doubt it would have gone through the censors for obvious reasons. Yeah, it was after midnight, but this was not part of the Adult Swim block or anything. They wouldn't have shown that type of content back then.
@@psychedelicpiper999 not to mention they slightly edited Clint Eastwood. They slowed and blurred the video when Murdoch got groped
Simple words to explain
*Pickle man thrusting hours*
@@ShaDHP23 I'm surprised I never noticed that after all the years of watching. I did notice they censored the word "sh**", though, when Del says "hype sh**". The official clean version still retained that, since the clean version of the album was all I had for the longest time.
I remember sitting in my parent's room, watching this until my mom woke up.
Good times.
1:52-1:56 digital love!! XD that was awesome
I’ll never forget it. I was sleep in my living room I was 9 years old and forgot all about Toonami coming on that night. All of the sudden I’m literally dancing out of my sleep to Digital Love. First time I ever heard it in my life. It was magical. Toonami introduced me to Daft Punk and Gorillaz...that is an enormous statement.
this changed my life
I remember being a wee babe staying up EXTRA-EXTRA late to see this! :D
The quality :0 It's so...so... beautiful. You know, for old Toonami bumps
i remember watching this and having no idea who either of these bands were
Thanks for the quality!
i recorded this on VHS! i still have this! :)
I did too, and I wanted to show my kids but now I cannot find it 😫 I have been trying to find this on any platform for 2 years.
Honestly though best night I ever spent up all night.
What if Midnight Run Special Edition from Toonami on the Gorillaz turn will show "Rock the House" (after "Clint Eastwood") instead of that Keena song?
I don't think the "Rock The House" video was out at the time, and it obviously would have been too risque at the time even if it was. In any case, I'm glad they showed Kenna, because it turned me onto him, and I went through a phase digging his music.
While I did watch the Toonami Midnight Run, but of course I did not see every broadcast of it but most of it. However, I can't believe I missed the special edition of the Midnight Run because back then I never heard of the Gorillaz when they made their debut. I did know about Daft Punk back then but I didn't know the name of the duo or the titles of any of their tracks at the time. I gladly thank u for posting this vid of the promos of the SE, now I see what I missed back then.
Toonami did a lot of great events back in the day.
One of the moments that shaped my future....kids love it!!!!
GORILLAZZZZZZZZ
Los simpson lo predijieron
but no hay pedo por que eres amogu
but un papu misterioso
Adelantado a su epoca
Un saludo al TH-cam Basuraposting 2
I remember watiching this. The video with the alien freaked me out as a child.
They need to bring this classic back one more time!
2000s Daft Punk was so melancholy, I never knew why.
Had to sneak to stay up and catch this..good times :D
toonami was just great in anime it was awsome in music tracks to
I hate myself for missing this. I really do.
Digital love!
Why don't you play the Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyymme!
Holy crap at the quality, I'm floored
WE WERE SO BLESSED OH MY
Music peaked in the early 2000’s
I would say Midnight Run Special Edition was responsible of the popularity spread of Daft Punk and Groillaz in the US. Another hit for Toonami's history!
Great edition, it looks awesome!
I remember wacthing this sneaking popcorn in my room that's how I know about Daft punk and Gorillaz ahhh the good old times I miss tom ...... *sniff*
ALL TOONAMI FAITHFUL!!!! Theres a petition for toonami on a facebook page called "Petition to bring back toonami" its looking pretty good, we all should sign it and spread the word about it.
I am from the future and 2012 could be your year
Toonami has not only given me my favorite anime, but 2 of my all time favorite bands, this was the first time I saw both Daft Punk and the Gorillaz, after hearing One more time and Clint Eastwood, well, the rest is history
Welcome to the future; we still have elevators and they still take forever!
I have the whole thing on VHS, but it would take a long time to find it, plus I don't use VHS anymore since I have HD tv's
You can play VHS on a HDTV. That’s what I do.
@@edtifa I don't own a VCR anymore
the blue alien music video was actually an anime movie called, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. it's an okay movie worth checking out.
I actually still have this and the Toonami Endless Waltz Movie on vhs.
I knew it was midnight when this took place lol. I only know of the Gorillaz because of Toonami, they put me onto them first way before MTV or any other network. Man my childhood was awesome as fk. Feel bad for yall who didn't get to experience this
I still have a tape of this whole special somewhere. Damn, was it a wonderful thing to behold. Introduced me to Gorillaz, and the short at the end, More/Hell Bent, is one of my favorite pieces of animation ever. Wish Cartoon Network was still awesome enough to air stuff like this.
I wonder - well more on the side of wish - that they'd bring back the midnight run in the form of 'early hours'. I know it's on saturday but if they had maybe the last hour or the four to five timeslot to just play really dope music videos alongside their Off the Air stuff that would be pretty dope
I am here after Daft Punk announced the end today. :(
For me TH-cam recommended the video to me to remind of the good times I had as a kid staying up to watch this. TH-cam sure is recommending Daft Punk related videos lately after their retirement. Sad to see them go because these Interstella 5555 music videos were amazing.
When was this on TV?!?!?!? I NEEDED TO WATCH THIS!!!!!
Also, who the FUCK would dislike something about Toonami, let alone this?
Nostalgia never played so good
The song is Hellbent by Kenna. The actual video was taken off youtube due to copyright problems, but a quick Google search can probably find it for you on another site.
I remember when I first watched this back in 2001 when I was 8
I remember this night!!! Was sad that there was no anime, but if I had missed this I never would've known about Daft Punk! I miss the old Tom...
@blades34AK Unless you have a television which can show things from the past. Like old commericals and such.
The name of the song is "Verbal"
2:16 Childhood flashback goes
Such a shame I missed out on of Toonami's initial run. :/ (Strict parents) Wasnt until 2012 that I started fully watching Toonami. Glad I could make some memories.
August 31st 2001 and November 16th 2002
Toonami revolutionized T.V.
This was amazing.
I hope Toonami gets back to a place where we can have the Midnight Run back every weeknight.
Interstellar 5555 was a great movie, and the Gorillaz music was equally great.
Those are awesomeness awesome music Toonami aired!
Outlaw Star was on Toonami?! Was there just a month where I lived under a rock or something?
I would consider Gorillaz to be part of the Cartoon Network Family.
Helps that they had an in-universe connection to PPG. Ace (of The Gangrene Gang) filled in for Murdoc for ‘The Now Now’.
What the film at 2:37? I forgot what it was called, but I always loved it
I have the full midnight run but it's on VHS.
frfr how much for it.
+James Robinson + Jeremy Canton I have it, too. I taped on it on VHS when I was 8, then transferred it onto a DVD using a VHS to DVD recorder several years later. I might be willing to make some copies, and sell them for $15 plus shipping if anyone is interested. I am backing up the DVD to my computer right now. There are some VHS artifacts, especially during "One More Time", which have pretty much always been there. (I should have used a better tape.) You can find these videos on the official Gorillaz and Daft Punk DVD's in far better quality, but hey, if you still want to see them in this format, then by all means, let me know.
+ZakiTaquito3 E-mail me at psychedelicpiper@gmail.com I already got a copy ready for you.
Astr On VHS you say? Well, I think it’s time I put mine to use.
I remember this
Nostalgia.
@TheStampedeVash1
They're both songs by Daft Punk. The track playing at 1:01 is called "One More Time". The one at 1:52 is caleld "Digital Love".