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It’s the 25th anniversary of TOM breaking up with Johnny Quest and arguably changing action animation in the West as a whole


Jman

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When you consider everything that has happened between 1997 and 1999, primarily picking up Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, and Ronin Warriors, and compound that with everything that happened since, including the launch of Adult Swim, it really feels like this hesitant yet hasty approach signified the true changing of motives from "building a better cartoon show" to "building an anime block".

Sure, the term "anime" describes animation in general in other languages, and Toonami would still pick up American cartoons like ReBoot, the 2002 He-Man revival, and Megas XLR, they usually don't get as much awareness as whatever Funimation's making in the pipeline.

And now, 25 years later, with The Venture Bros. having a conclusive finale, shows like My Adventures with Superman getting the better timeslots, and even Jonny Quest and Space Ghost getting high-profile comics from Dynamite Entertainment, one thing seems clear...

Toonami needs Jonny Quest again.

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