Anime tv channel return in the UK?
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Vashdaman
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Out of interest M0nsoon, what is it that you find attractive about the idea of anime on TV over streaming?
I do sympathise with your desire for TV though, but as a 35 year old I think a lot of that is nostalgia based with me. Obviously TV still exists, but one of the things I miss about TV back in the day is how it made certain programs an event, sometimes even cultural events. You had to be tuned in at that exact time and you knew there were thousands or maybe millions of others doing the same all across the country. I guess it's still like that with some shows, but on the whole it feels like everything is more fragmented now, we all watch totally different things and at totally different times. TV was communal without the need to actually interact with community. TV really did tie us all together in a way streaming can't. Even the way you'd discover random oddities and weird gems late at night when you couldn't sleep that you'd otherwise never know about, just because turning on the TV was something you did. And you'd tell someone about it the next day, and sometimes find they'd also seen the same thing! That was great. But now I don't watch TV much, it feels too forlorn now, and ads are worse than ever. And being spoiled with the unfettered access on demand that streaming has provided has meant that not only do I not bother to watch new interesting shows in a timely manner as I would have previously, I now often don't bother watching them at all! There's too much access to too much, and interesting sounding shows have piled up in my backlog of things I want to watch, and then I forgot all about those shows. Sometimes I'll remember them and watch years later.
In terms of anime though, we never really had an awful lot of it on UK TV. If streaming existed as it does now when I was 14 I would have been in heaven.
I do sympathise with your desire for TV though, but as a 35 year old I think a lot of that is nostalgia based with me. Obviously TV still exists, but one of the things I miss about TV back in the day is how it made certain programs an event, sometimes even cultural events. You had to be tuned in at that exact time and you knew there were thousands or maybe millions of others doing the same all across the country. I guess it's still like that with some shows, but on the whole it feels like everything is more fragmented now, we all watch totally different things and at totally different times. TV was communal without the need to actually interact with community. TV really did tie us all together in a way streaming can't. Even the way you'd discover random oddities and weird gems late at night when you couldn't sleep that you'd otherwise never know about, just because turning on the TV was something you did. And you'd tell someone about it the next day, and sometimes find they'd also seen the same thing! That was great. But now I don't watch TV much, it feels too forlorn now, and ads are worse than ever. And being spoiled with the unfettered access on demand that streaming has provided has meant that not only do I not bother to watch new interesting shows in a timely manner as I would have previously, I now often don't bother watching them at all! There's too much access to too much, and interesting sounding shows have piled up in my backlog of things I want to watch, and then I forgot all about those shows. Sometimes I'll remember them and watch years later.
In terms of anime though, we never really had an awful lot of it on UK TV. If streaming existed as it does now when I was 14 I would have been in heaven.
i got a reply from channel 4 haha
'Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries, we appreciate your interest in our Adult Swim programming and understand you would like to see this extended to airing Toonami. Unfortunately, at present we have no information on this but can assure you that your interest has been noted and logged for the attention of those responsible for our programming. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us here at Channel 4 and for your interest in our programming.'
it could happen!!!
'Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries, we appreciate your interest in our Adult Swim programming and understand you would like to see this extended to airing Toonami. Unfortunately, at present we have no information on this but can assure you that your interest has been noted and logged for the attention of those responsible for our programming. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us here at Channel 4 and for your interest in our programming.'
it could happen!!!
haha! definitely not me lmao
apparently adult swim will no longer be on ch4 next year as hbo max is coming to the uk