Duke
04-28-2004, 12:21 PM
From IGN Filmforce (http://filmforce.ign.com/)
Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/)
One could argue that Cartoon Network has done the most to help advance the genre it has chosen to showcase. From its early days as an outlet for animation that Ted Turner had acquired through his purchase of the MGM and Hanna-Barbera libraries, Cartoon Network has done more to help advance the general public's perception of animation than 20 years' worth of protestations by anime fans. The network's "Adult Swim" lineup has not only helped bring Japanese anime to the general public but has also done more for animation as a tool for comedy than anything since The Simpsons hit the air 15 season ago. The use of Adult Swim characters in paid advertising for such sponsors as 1-800-COLLECT and Maxim Hair Color for Men along with the innovative use of white text on black background 'cards' between shows have helped make Cartoon Network one of cable's most innovative channels.
Boomerang (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/)
This sister channel to the original Cartoon Network is still unavailable in many cable systems and to those who use big dish satellite, despite it ranking high on the list of most desired channels in most polls. Free of advertising and running uncut material that has mostly come from the Hanna-Barbera vaults, Boomerang is exactly what viewers look for when browsing the on-screen program guide: a channel that stays true to concept and is always running something that will either reignite a childhood memory or satisfy the curiosity for a show you've always heard about but never seen.
Full article here (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/509/509413p1.html).
No mention of Toonami or the Cartoon Cartoons, but still nice that it gets mentioned. Sister Turner channel TCM also gets the Filmforce Seal of Approval.
Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/)
One could argue that Cartoon Network has done the most to help advance the genre it has chosen to showcase. From its early days as an outlet for animation that Ted Turner had acquired through his purchase of the MGM and Hanna-Barbera libraries, Cartoon Network has done more to help advance the general public's perception of animation than 20 years' worth of protestations by anime fans. The network's "Adult Swim" lineup has not only helped bring Japanese anime to the general public but has also done more for animation as a tool for comedy than anything since The Simpsons hit the air 15 season ago. The use of Adult Swim characters in paid advertising for such sponsors as 1-800-COLLECT and Maxim Hair Color for Men along with the innovative use of white text on black background 'cards' between shows have helped make Cartoon Network one of cable's most innovative channels.
Boomerang (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/)
This sister channel to the original Cartoon Network is still unavailable in many cable systems and to those who use big dish satellite, despite it ranking high on the list of most desired channels in most polls. Free of advertising and running uncut material that has mostly come from the Hanna-Barbera vaults, Boomerang is exactly what viewers look for when browsing the on-screen program guide: a channel that stays true to concept and is always running something that will either reignite a childhood memory or satisfy the curiosity for a show you've always heard about but never seen.
Full article here (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/509/509413p1.html).
No mention of Toonami or the Cartoon Cartoons, but still nice that it gets mentioned. Sister Turner channel TCM also gets the Filmforce Seal of Approval.