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NEWS: Adult Swim Announces Toonami Rewind Block With Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Naruto Anime

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If they don't have the rights, it would probably better to just not do this at all than to do a half-baked version of it with shows that aren't actually nostalgic to the target audience of the block.

I have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s Sailor Moon dub but I don’t understand the fans who think a version that changed all the music and names and made Sailor Uranus and Neptune cousins is better than an actual uncut and faithful dub but that’s just me.

Seems weird to do a nostalgia throwback block with versions of shows that didn't air during classic Toonami

Why am I suddenly seeing people starting to complaining about the dic dub of Sailor moon not going to be on Toonami rewind?

I feel the same way, but I suspect the original Sailor Moon dub has been sent to the Negaverse. It's been completely MIA for nearly 20 years now. I think the biggest issue for casual viewers will be the lack of English music. The original dub's re-interpretation of Moonlight Densetsu was pretty good and Viz left all of the music in Japanese.

Because this is a block meant to exploit nostalgia and no one's nostalgic for a 10 year old dub that was exclusive to discs and a streaming service. I mean, that seems kind of obvious.

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If we're going by that reasoning then none of the shows people are demanding for Toonami are going to fit that strict criteria of being exactly like the version that aired 30 years ago because most of those versions don't exist anymore or not in a way that would be presentable for American TV or the Japanese licensors don't want it to be used. Like everyone wants Gundam Wing back on Toonami. The old version everyone wants where they used laser guns and Duo was called "The Great Destroyer" is no longer available for licensors at all. So you either take the uncut version that exists now or you don't have any Toonami Rewind at all because none of those chopped up versions still exist. Same goes for other shows like Tenchi and Outlaw Star.

Also there's plenty of younger Sailor Moon fans who only grew up with the Viz dub and it's already nostalgic for a lot of younger viewers If you think there's no nostalgia for it, you should probably try interacting with younger fans who actually watch the dub.

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

Quote: If they don't have the rights, it would probably better to just not do this at all than to do a half-baked version of it with shows that aren't actually nostalgic to the target audience of the block. I have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s Sailor Moon dub but I don’t understand the fans who think a version that changed all the music and names and made Sailor Uranus and Neptune cousins is better than an actual uncut and faithful dub but that’s just me.

The nostalgic eyes and ears is a powerful thing but even it can't save me from what I thought was good voice acting. The Viz Dub is over 8000 times better than the DIC dub. Seriously, just look at a comparison on YouTube, and you'll be glad you don't have a villain of the week that sounds like Marge Simpson!!

I'm not sure if you're talking about disco guns (I haven't seen the edited version of Wing since I was a kid), but wasn't that SEED's Cartoon Network edit, not Wing?

I don't think any teen or young adult who could be nostalgic for Viz's Sailor Moon dub would be watching a weekly, cable TV broadcast in 2024. Their introduction to the show presumably came through Hulu, illegally or through the home video release. All of which are still easier ways to watch the show. Cartoon Network is going heavy on the '90s nostalgia because that age bracket are the youngest people who still watch their channel in any large quantity.

Primus wrote:

I feel the same way, but I suspect the original Sailor Moon dub has been sent to the Negaverse. It's been completely MIA for nearly 20 years now. I think the biggest issue for casual viewers will be the lack of English music. The original dub's re-interpretation of Moonlight Densetsu was pretty good and Viz left all of the music in Japanese.

Viz didn’t left all the songs in Japanese. They dubbed some of the insert songs and had Cristina Vee and Cherami Leigh sing the songs.

I feel a bit bad because Marge Simpson's Latin American voice actor played many roles on Sailor Moon Including Sailor Galaxia and she was AWESOME.

Cowards should have used the DiC dub if they were gonna do "retro" Sailor Moon.

Like everyone wants Gundam Wing back on Toonami. The old version everyone wants where they used laser guns and Duo was called "The Great Destroyer" is no longer available for licensors at all.