Kenshin on Cartoon Network!
 

I just read this on ANN

According to Cartoon Network’s online programming schedule, Rurouni Kenshin will air weekdays at 6:30EST beginning March 17th. Although the online schedule has proven incorrect on occasion, it is very unlikely that a new acquisition would be posted unless broadcast plans had been secured, so viewers should expect to see Kenshin on television very soon.


Aint that cool!!

That's sounds like good news to me. I'll be sure to watch for it.

No, it sucks.

CN are the evil butchers of anime from hades/hell.

I hope they don't put Hellsing or Berserk on CN...........

Good thing, I don't like what CN does too animes, but I don't wanna miss out of seeing the series.

If they did put them on CN, they'd both be on Adult Swim. They'd probably instead of blood coming out of bodies it'll be nothing at all. o.o

The old version of Toonami > New version of toonami.

I don't want to either. That is why I think it's an alright idea. as long as I see it I don't care.

Oh, is that how it works now? I haven't watched CN in a while, so I'm not sure if they still have Toonami or if all animes just go into Adult Swim.

:laugh: That's probably what will happen. Reminds me of "The Big-O". On Toonami, they cut out the blood and some parts of the anime. On DVD, it's all in there.

Yes, that's why I said it's good they're doing this for the people who haven't seen it. But, some Rurouni Kenshin fans hate this because CN might cut stuff out. It's really sad because the RK series, though boring at times, have some really great parts. If they cut it off, you'll be missing a little part of the action. :(

I hate toonami. im really starting to lose alot of interest in anime because of them. they dont have anything i like anymore and curse them for taking off tenchi muyo! adult swim is good but i really dont watch it either. i would buy some DVD of these anime's but no cash......well i do have 90 doller's from my birthday......hmmmmmmmmm

I don't think Adult Swim is on at 6:30pm at night. CN is showing .Hack on the weekend and there is also Zoids: CC and GF that comes on toonami. Anything on toonami with blood has the blood cut out, except for when Vegeta was bleeding on his forehead. I think they left that.

Meryl, it's going to Toonami, meaning it's going to be butchered. I hear they're takin out all the blood and re-dubbing lots of it.

**** SPOILER ****(sorta)

Probably go to commercials at that time not showing you all of the scene.

I also wonder how they'll redub conversations between Sano and Yahiko...hehehe...it's going to be funny to see what they do.

Does that mean you are going to watch it just for laughs? I would, but I never saw much of it. Also, I would like to see what they do with the episodes I have seen.

Yea, I'll probably watch it for laughs. I've got a good amount of the eps downloaded, and by the time they get to where I left off in the series, the box sets will be out and I'll have even less of a life because I'll be watching Kenshin 24/7.

Well, I hope you have fun watching the episodes and getting agodd laugh at what horrible things cartoon networks has done to them. I'll only be able to do that with only the few episodes I saw.

I just got the entire set, but I havent even started watching it yet, i'm about to put it in in a few minutes. Glad I dont have to watch it on CN, i just dont like it how things are edited on tv...:disturb:

I've almost seen all of this show through fansubs so the Cartoon Network version would be sort of interesting to see now . . . not that I get that channel . . . buttt . . . I've never seen dubbed Rurouni Kenshin either.

The only Cartoon Network run dub I've seen is an episode of Outlaw Star . . . .

It was gawdawful, they had Gene wincing in pain and when blood was supposed to be on someone's hand as an indication of this it was just blank.

:P

That and the nudity was covered in badly doctored black briefs and bras on Gene and Melfina . . . .

Ugh, censoring.

NO! You have got to be joking! Omg...taking out all the blood? That's...that's...that's impossible! They can't do that! That'll just ruin the series! Oh man, I'm so ticked off. :frust: And what's the point of re-dubbing it anyway? The dub that comes on the DVDs were fine...this is really annoying. :disturb:

Well, since I've seen the entire thing, I would watch it for laughs and to see how much they screwed it up, but to tell you the truth, this is pissing me off. Rurouni Kenshin is such a great series and the way Toonami is going to mess it up so much...it's a disgrace. I really feel sorry for those who haven't been able to watch it and now watches these edited versions. :weep:

Don't worry, I was planning on getting the DVD boxed sets as soon as I can.;) :cool:

I agree wholeheartedly. People think it's good for them to get anime, but in actuality, it's not. It's horrible what they can do to a good series. Look at DBZ. An above average show in it's original Japanese form, a crappy show in it's CN form. Kenshin is a classic, and noted as one of the best anime ever...should not be edited. It's a masterpiece.

Neither have I, but the original voices are so cool I don't see a need to watch the dub.

Well, I've been watching some kenshin, and I can obviously see why people say its great. I think it'd just look horrible with the blood edited out on CN. So I just hope they don't air it. Doing so might just make people see the series as "crap", which it isnt. Take what suzuki_fanboy said about DBZ, the same could happen to kenshin. But I hope not.
Btw, I watched the samurai x: kenshin memories dvd's first, and it was just amazing, then I started watching the tv series, which is also great. But I noticed how himura kenshin's personality is different in both of them. Guess it was just added humor parts for the tv series. But how come the voice of the character sounds female? That puzzles me sometimes.

Well, if you've saw the OVAs first and then saw the TV, it's easy to see why the personalities are different.

Spoiler: show

Because Kenshin killed Tomoe (his first wife) and her fiance (the dude who died in the beginning) and his cross-shaped scar came from it, he promised to be a rurouni (a wanderer). He swore he'll never kill again.

The tone of the OVA is extremely dramatic and in the TV it's more light-hearted and "slapstick" mainly because Himura is a wanderer in the TV, while in the OVA, he's an actual samurai. He's...how would you say...."at peace" in the TV. Plus, in the TV, it's the Meiji era where it's a peaceful time. The OVA's setting was near the end of the previous era.

As for the voices, Himura's Japanese voice actor is a woman. Usually, for slightly feminine or feminine guys, they ask women to do the voices because only women voices can create that "soft and gentle" type of voice for those type of guys. Like Yahiko's voice actor is a woman too.

I agree, but the dub version is really quite good too. Actually, when I first watched Kenshin I watched the dubbed version and liked it for a while. The only reason why I saw the sub was because I couldn't wait for the VHS (yes, this was during the "VHS" period :laugh: ) so I went online and bought subs. Now, I do prefer the Japanese to the English, the but English really is great. Especially Yahiko's voice...terrific! It's so much alike to the Japanese, IMO. :)

I had seen one DVD and I watched it without the subtitles because I end up reading them rather than watching what's going on above. I thought the voices were really good, especially Saito's.

Are you talkig about for CN? If you are then all they do is take the tapes or DVDs already made and edit them their selves for television. That's why DBZ is going to be finished until sometime this spring or summer.

Meryl...the Samurai X: Memories OVA's are the same as the Seisou Hen OVA's...right? Or are they the same as Trust and Betrayal?

Thankfully, I haven't seen the Seisou Hen OVA's...I need to finish the series first.

Sounds interesting, thanks for the heaqds up.;)

So which ones are the "Memories" OVA's?

Aye, thank you Meryl.

I can't take this bashing of Cartoon Network! Not that it is a godsend or anything but without it a lot of people would not be exposed to anime. And you have to look at the majority of people who watch Cartoon Network. Kids. Oh well, with that out of the way I'd like to say I'm looking forward to the series.

I noticed that CN does cut out a lot of blood and language (though Adult Swim is no where near as butchered as Toonami) But if you watch Reign: The Conqueror on Adult Swim you will notice a lot of blood.

True, but why bother bringing over anime that are slightly for teenagers and not really for kids? Like, before, when they used to show Sailormoon, Outlaw Star, and a few others (I forget), they censored a lot all because it was "too adult" for the audience, which were kids. But, why bother bringing it over then, and cutting out many things, then showing it? Might as well bring over something like Doraemon. It was only later when they started showing Pokemon, Digimon, and all the other harmless animes.

That's because it's on Adult Swim, where it's aimed for older audiences, so a lot of blood isn't an issue. That's why Cowboy Bebop was shown on Adult Swim. The problem with the Rurouni Kenshin series is that it might be shown on Toonami, where even a drop of blood isn't even shown. And, like Spike Spiegel, Kenshin and other characters get into fights and blood will be around. But if they censor it, then all the cuts on the bodies will be completely "bloodless". That's why I am against Kenshin being shown on Toonami. I mean, what about the fight with Shishio (for those of you who watched that far)? Is Kenshin going to be completely cut and bruise-free? :disturb:

Good point. But I am not saying the kids don't like the blood and cursing. It's the parents I tell you! And who has the money and the power to win in court?

"Eat your peas and don't watch what your father is watching!" "Damn it Mom, I hate peas!" "Did you just say damn? Go to your room right now!"

I think the kids like the action and most parents are ok with that. But when blood starts flying around they get scared that their child will end up in prison for life. But what I was saying is that CN exposes a lot of people to anime and it has gotten a lot of people to go out and buy a lot of animes that will probably never make it to CN.

The parents are my biggest concern, if it wasn't for them there would be a lot better stuff on TV. I thought I remember hearing there was going to be an anime channel on cable or satellite?