Personally I feel pretty optimistic overall we were successful at bringing back Toonami because of the love and support we all showed via the [adultswim] message board, facebook, twitter, letters, and I'm sure even in videos and fan art. Thanks to being able to share thoughts, and emotions in whatever kind of form you feel best conveys them to everyone in the world in a matter of seconds we didn't just bring back a TV series, we brought back an entire subchannel on a channel(with the help of Steve Blum, [as], and Jason DeMarco).
I know some of us might of got caught up in nostalgia during and after April 1st it was easy to do if you were a big fan of Toonami years ago, and you were a fan of some of the old school shows that we got to enjoy while having our fond memories of Toonami fresh in mind but we were making memories too. However memories are memories they are done & gone but that is the way of life everything changes in life and we have to accept that and be thankful for what we have/had and do our best with the changes. Yes the line up isn't the greatest one ever invented but it is far from the worst ever besides we got Toonami back and that's what we missed most I think. It wasn't just the shows that were on the block that made you love Toonami they were only part of the memory even if they are big part or good part. I know from reading peoples threads and posts that we also fondly remember TOM, SARA, the Absolution, of course Steve Blums voice, and everything else Toonami gave us aside from the shows.
I agree a 3 hour block is waaaay too short, and it's sad not to see any retro Toonami shows but on a good note not only does it have good shows with strong followings and appeal like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost In The Shell, and Full Metal Alchemist which right there is a decent chunk of retro goodness although FMA: Brotherhood is new and revamped it's still has a lot in common with the original FMA series which is familiar to a decent portion of us and to those who don't know it might just get into it. Plus there is Bleach which is still releasing new episodes and has a pretty strong following, and there is Casshern Sins, and Deadman Wonderland which are new shows to American television which all in all I think fits the original spirit of Toonami fairly well which was to try and bring people the best possible action shows and ones that were new to American airwaves. Trigun was a show new to American airwaves once upon a time and it didn't have a super strong following until it ran on [as] for a while, or Yu Yu Hakusho is another good example better suited for Toonami I think.
I am not saying we should just be perfectly content with the current schedule, the block size Toonami was granted, or the fact they don't have the funds for Sarah but they are on budget at the moment this is a rebirth and they are doing the best they can they aren't doing this with the hopes of failure. Toonami wasn't always what it was in the early to about mid 2000's(until later 2000's becasuse some seriously ill decision making at Cartoon Network which lead to it's cancellation. To get Toonami back up to prime it will need our support again like it did when it was born, and just like when bringing it back it will need us to flourish, and from what I've seen I honestly believe the support is there. Personally I think there is far more good then bad, we're just starting small and there is nothing wrong with that.
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