Future uncertain as Toonami UK is bought by Five

[zed101]

oh yeh and this is true it aint a rumor i saw the licence on that ofcom website

 

[arthur_webb]

I don't see what this has to do with anime. I see it as a kid's cartoon channel being bought by a mainstream TV channel. There's nothing that rings anime there to me.

Unfortunately, you've more than likely hit the nail on the head, there.

 

[Pomtry]

I can see channel five screwin up toonami just like they screwed up there own channel. should ask them to put anime on toonami

 

[Nyu]

someone needs to put a petition together so we can sign it

 

[afoia]

I doubt Five will have any interest in putting anime on the channel. The most likely outcome is that they'll make a "milkshake" channel with awful kids programs.

 

[McIcy]

I hope we get something good like Inuyasha so I don't have to buy it lol


But Thund3r's andwer is more likely

I doubt Five will have any interest in putting anime on the channel. The most likely outcome is that they'll make a "milkshake" channel with awful kids programs.

 

[HoukiBoshi]

someone needs to put a petition together so we can sign it

That rings a bell

petition to bring more anime into the UK (channel 5 or not) Sign it. Please :roll:
http://www.petitiononline.com/311987/petition.html

but everyone's getting my hopes up with this idea of anime on toonami

 

[McIcy]

ARGHHHHH is it the season for petitions I seem to have been signing loads this week

 

[Pomtry]

More petitions need to be signed

 

[random_pie]

More petitions need to be signed

But do they make a difference, the road tax one may not work and that was signed by over 1.5 million people.

 

[Pomtry]

Some petitions dont work but its better than doing nothing

 

[Charter_Mage]

Some petitions dont work but its better than doing nothing

Aye, i believe you might aswell give it a go, it's better than doing nothing.

I doubt this change over of licence will effect us in any way. But it is slightly annoying to see what could be, and what won't

 

[Mohawk52]

Past experience has proved to me that any online petition is a complete waste of time, but what the hell, it's a good placibo. Be sure to send it to Sky.com, Attention James Murdock, as well. I have to agree that, though Cowboy Bebop is a good series, I think something newer is in order, and it has to be something licenced for the UK. Just because something is licenced in the US means absolutely nothing to us in the UK, untill it gets a licence here. My pick would be "Samurai Champloo" or "Heatguy-J" to start. But again this is taking into concideration that Channel 5 will keep the channel as a children's channel. They could get the channel moved out of the "Kids" EPG into "All channels", or "Entertainment" and make it totally unrecognisible. If it happens that they include an anime title, it will probably be a childrens title anyway so I'm not holding my breath about this. Time will tell. :wink:

 

[Espy]

A lot of people in this thread are being overly optimistic.

 

[Nyu]

Better than being pessimistic, no?

 

[Sy]

Though not as logical as being realistic.

 

[ConanThe3rd]

But on the plus side, FIVE can't ruin it any worse than Turner did.

I meen it, it's physicaly impossible to be any more **** than Turner was.

 

[Charter_Mage]

Better than being pessimistic, no?

I prefer pessimism, means you don't get disappointed

 

[ConanThe3rd]

I perfere existilisum, It's not a half full glass, it's not a half empty glass, it's a FISKING GLASS OF WATTER.

 

[Meeko]

I would've thought it was more about bringing some of the American shows on Toonami to terrestrial television later on. Like Teen Titans and Justice League. Those are really popular, but kids that don't have Sky have never seen them.

Unless FMA did much better than I thought on Rapture, and maybe they wanna get in on that success.