Keep in mind that the alt-right is fairly organized & swarms videos like this.Good speech...but uh....
Good lord the human race truely is irredeemable.
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Tom from Toonami gives a #BlackLivesMatter speech
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Holy cats, I haven't watched Toonami/Cartoon Network in like over a decade (no cable) but did watch it all through school, and not once did I ever put together that Spike Spiegel's VA = Tom's VA. Nice message too, though I see the typical shitheads are racking up the thumbs down on the Youtube page.
Good video. Fuck the alt-right. Toonami knew that the hate machine would be out there to bitch and moan after this was posted so good on them for not backing down.
I don't particularly care for anime and I don't think I've ever watched Toonami, but I'm clicking through to watch and like anyway just to spite the little nazi weebs* who are losing their shit over this.
*Apologies in advance if "weeb" is frowned upon as a term, will edit upon request.
*Apologies in advance if "weeb" is frowned upon as a term, will edit upon request.
FUCK YEAH. The alt right scared of people uniting against them.
Its wild how some people have interpreted this little video. Im watching a video now that's basically saying Toonami is calling all white folks racist. A bunch of "what about this and that". It's crazy.
The basic message Toonami is trying to get across is "hey take a look at the issue, maybe you don't wanna hear it, but it is important to think about".
Somehow its twisted into "Toonami hates white people". This world is crazy man.
The basic message Toonami is trying to get across is "hey take a look at the issue, maybe you don't wanna hear it, but it is important to think about".
Somehow its twisted into "Toonami hates white people". This world is crazy man.
More people must've watched and voted, because right now it's 6.1k thumbs up versus 3.5k thumbs down.Good speech...but uh....
Good lord the human race truely is irredeemable.
Don't watch those videos. It feeds the algorithm and gives more spotlight to the racist content creators that already infest the platform.
Good stuff. I haven't watched Toonami in years, but I always got the sense that the people behind it were decent folks.
I don't know why I expected the like/dislike ration to be fairly positive. But yeah - maybe it's just trolls and alt-righters being dicks as always. Can't even watch a video with a good message without seeing themselves as the victim in some way.
I don't know why I expected the like/dislike ration to be fairly positive. But yeah - maybe it's just trolls and alt-righters being dicks as always. Can't even watch a video with a good message without seeing themselves as the victim in some way.
Yeah, as others have said- the alt-right/neo nazis have gotten really effective at quick mobilization. That video had over a thousand dislikes in it's first two hours. But a glimmer of hope that there is more good in this world than there is evil, the video has gone pretty mainstream and people are responding, slowly correcting the ratio over time.
Such a powerful speech. Toonami was a big part of my life growing up as a kid in the early 2000's. Missed when they retired the character then was glad when they brought him back. I couldn't care less about the usual disgusting people complaining about the speech, I'm just happy that it exists and is being heard.
Yeah, as others have said- the alt-right/neo nazis have gotten really effective at quick mobilization. That video had over a thousand dislikes in it's first two hours. But a glimmer of hope that there is more good in this world than there is evil, the video has gone pretty mainstream and people are responding, slowly correcting the ratio over time.
That seems to hold true for the most part in the US.
1/3 of Americans are absolute shitheads.
Yeah I love that they addressed this immediately. Such a fantastic move on their part. Thanks Toonami and Steve Blum.
Glad to see the Toonami staff are keeping it real all these years later.
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Like many of us here I grew up watching Toonami and Tom was, obviously, a regular part of that experience.
Tom is fictional but the voice behind him, the words the character spoke, are real. Watching this video made me cry, and am very appreciative of the message they broadcasted and HOW they broadcasted it. Encouraging kids to think about it. Encouraging families to have a discussion. Bringing up and tearing down common rebuttals to the phrase and movement of Black Lives Matter. This was a very good video.
Tom is fictional but the voice behind him, the words the character spoke, are real. Watching this video made me cry, and am very appreciative of the message they broadcasted and HOW they broadcasted it. Encouraging kids to think about it. Encouraging families to have a discussion. Bringing up and tearing down common rebuttals to the phrase and movement of Black Lives Matter. This was a very good video.
It's not wild. It's racists don't like being called racist so they need to project and deflect like it's their jutsu.
Most every anime on the block in the last decade has had political elements except maybe DBZ.
Freeza is literally from a race that believes they're destined to rule all, and that all other races are lesser than them. And he's white.
So...
Frieza is a commentary on imperialism. Conquering other lands and slaughtering the people.
The Androids could be considered a commentary on the rise of artificial intelligence, but that's probably reading too much into it and very "Death of the Author" stuff.
Well there are some things in DBZ but its never really a focus, at best its set dressing for the beam struggles and power ups whereas a lot of the shows, a good amount of them even the shounens deal heavily with politics during certain parts or overall in some cases.
Translations | Daizenshuu 2 - Akira Toriyama Super Interview
The second of six Daizenshuu interviews with Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama in which he discusses the series' story and development.
www.kanzenshuu.com
"From there, the enemy characters rapidly began to escalate.
Having become the strongest on the Earth, Goku and co. had also beat the Saiyans who came from outside of Earth and then they went out into the universe. I came up with Freeza around the time of the Bubble, and the land shark was the worst person of all. So I made him the #1 land shark in the universe. But merely escalating the enemies was a pain, so I brought out the Ginyu Special-Squad. My son really loved sentai stuff, and I always watched it with him. Well, I brought that in. It's put out by Toei, same as the Dragon Ball Z anime. (laughs)"
Exactly. Most people see Frieza as a "space racist" but DBZ is not overtly political.
One Piece, Attack on Titan and FMA Brotherhood on the other hand, are overtly political and arguably anti-fascist. HunterxHunter, Kill La Kill, Naruto, Parasyte, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo all have political elements or storylines.
People are dumb.
One Piece, Attack on Titan and FMA Brotherhood on the other hand, are overtly political and arguably anti-fascist. HunterxHunter, Kill La Kill, Naruto, Parasyte, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo all have political elements or storylines.
People are dumb.
Translations | Daizenshuu 2 - Akira Toriyama Super Interview
The second of six Daizenshuu interviews with Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama in which he discusses the series' story and development.
"From there, the enemy characters rapidly began to escalate.
Having become the strongest on the Earth, Goku and co. had also beat the Saiyans who came from outside of Earth and then they went out into the universe. I came up with Freeza around the time of the Bubble, and the land shark was the worst person of all. So I made him the #1 land shark in the universe. But merely escalating the enemies was a pain, so I brought out the Ginyu Special-Squad. My son really loved sentai stuff, and I always watched it with him. Well, I brought that in. It's put out by Toei, same as the Dragon Ball Z anime. (laughs)"
There we go then.
...I mean, I would say Frieza a commentary on people whose greed harmed the economy, which is what that article says, is also pretty political even if it was just inspiration rather being particularly pointed.
