Author Archives: Alexander Case

Toonami Jetstream shuts down.

The last vestage of Toonami is gone. Anime News Network.com is reporting that Cartoon Network has shut down their free online streaming anime service Toonami Jetstream. This service previously streamed episodes of a rotating lineup of series, starting originally with Dominion Tank Police, Cowboy Bebop, and other older series when it orginally started, and continuing to change it’s lineup over time to reflect the programming on Toonami, with a bit of a focus on anime adapted from Shonen Jump manga, particularly Naruto and Hikaru No Go. Viewers are being directed to other sites, including Viz’s own streaming anime service to pick up where they left off on the series they were watching.

Red Dwarf Returns!

The BBC is reporting that they will be transmitting a new Red Dwarf series after going 10 years without any new episodes being aired. The BBC’s own article contains material that I would vaguely consider to be spoilers – though these spoilers would be in the title of the two-part special itself. Nonetheless, I’m not giving the title of the episode, or even the headline of the article (which is slightly spoileriffic as well) so consider yourself warned if you read the article and get spoiled.

Correction: Apparently the show will not be broadcast on the BBC, but rather on a Digital Station called Dave. Which, as far as station names go, is slightly worse than A Radio Station Called Frank.

Weekend Review – Bleach (Season 1)

Alright, this weekend I’ll be starting off one of the biggest Shonen Anime to be released stateside in the past few years that don’t involve knucklehead ninja – Bleach. I’m not going to do a “Complete Bleach” thing this time – the show is still running and and not all of the currently released seasons have been released in the US yet.
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