All is grand in TV land, because Toonami is back! That’s right! By fan demand, the gravely voiced Tom will open the hatch to the Absolution once again on May 26 for Cartoon Network’s premier action animation block, this time as a part of Adult Swim.
It’s fair to say that most of us have fond memories of coming home from school and getting pumped with two hours of the kind of programming that adrenaline junkies demanded. Toonami aired a lot of solid shows like ReBoot and ThunderCats, but it was most notable in introducing anime to a wider audience. Shows like Ronin Warriors and Tenchi Muyo were my jam, and it was nice to have them all collected in a dedicated time slot. It felt like something special, as opposed to having all those shows scattered throughout the weekly lineup, as tends to be the case nowadays. And now that Toonami is part of Adult Swim, maybe we’ll see an influx of new shows with a much harder edge, like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun from back in the day (by this I mean NEW shows LIKE the ones I listed, not just reruns).
Other than that bit of news, today welcomes a new Podtoid, previews of FIFA 13 and The Last of Us, a review of bland Sniper Elite V2, and more Diablo III dickery.
Destructoid Original:
Podtoid 202: Your Humble Anal Caretaker
Live show: Serious Sam giveaway on Mash Tactics
The Network Roundup: Time to play
The DTOID Show: Mass Effect 3 DLC, Halo 4, & Diablo 3
Community:
Community blogs of 5/16
Forum thread of the day: The Last of Us
Reviews:
Review: Sniper Elite V2
Previews:
Preview: Making FIFA 13 ‘predictably unpredictable’
First look: The Last of Us
News:
Get Castle Crashers half off on XBLA through May 21
Devil’s Third is having production troubles
Kingdoms of Amalur dev misses $1.25 million loan payment
Treyarch: Black Ops II doesn’t need a new engine
Metacritic user reviews tear Diablo III apart
Halo 4 Limited Edition offers multiplayer maps and more
Mass Effect 3 ‘Rebellion’ multiplayer DLC detailed
DiRT Showdown console release pushed back to June 15
The voices of DCUO: The Last Laugh
PlayStation Vita gets access to more PSP games and minis
First Tony Hawk HD DLC will be Pro Skater 3 stages
Media:
Kenka Bancho’s back with some more punk ass whoopin’
Time to get hyped with this cinematic for The Last of Us
Epic Mickey 2 dev diary talks up camera, co-op play
‘Sausage Fest’ DLC coming soon to Swords & Soldiers HD
New Arkham City behind the scenes vid talks sound design
More fire in the belly with another Dragon’s Dogma video