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The Mike Toole Show - Only Toonami?

The Cyborg 009 dub completed the entire series (well the 2001 series). Only 8 episodes made it to DVD though from Sony. I believe all 52 were run on Cartoon Network though. I have really fond memories watching it!

Is it possible for someone like Discotek to pick up the show and do a new DVD release?

So as I said, at least for me, seeing a show make fun of its product didn't encourage me to invest in it, and it looks like no one else was investing in Duel Masters either. The problem with people who like the dub are so many say they like it because it makes fun of card anime. So basically the people who liked it were not the target audience for it to begin with who were into card game anime and trading card games. Or rather, the dub was aimed at the wrong people because they should have attempted to aim it at people who like card game anime, not your typical anime fan who hates card anime so they only watch it for the parody, but will never touch the card game. It was really sabotaging their own product from the get go and a stupid decision.

GVman wrote:

I hope Zoids gets a DVD release at some point. I mean, if Monster Rancher can get an uncut subbed release, anything's possible.

Sadly Zoids doesn't have the popularity that Monster Rancher does so I'd say the chances are low. Although it would be nice to get Zoids Genesis since a dub was made with LA cast and I think Viz lost the license. I've been waiting years to watch this show dubbed but it seems it will never

That's a strange opinion to hold when Japanese properties regularly go through the same sort of revamps. Even Duel Masters has gone through traditional animation with Shobu to CG stuff with his younger brother. Then there's Yu-Gi-Oh!, Gundam, Battle Spirits and others that start fresh fairly often.

So when Megas got written off, that means that Time Warner will now just sit on it, and no one will be allowed to do anything with it until Time Wanrer puts it out of dormancy?

I know that the creators of Megas care about their show very much, and I quite liked it, so it seems kind of frustrating that this sort of legal action can even exist.

Really? Monster Rancher has more popularity than Zoids? I always figured that it never did that well.

GVman wrote:

Really? Monster Rancher has more popularity than Zoids? I always figured that it never did that well.

While not as popular as Pokemon or Digimon a lot of those viewers would also watch Monster Rancher which aired on Fox Kids. It was bigger than Zoids which failed in America and even on Toonami it struggled and moved off the timeslot a few times.

Zoids? I knew a lot of people that liked it, at least the season with Bit Cloud in it, but I don't recall people going bonkers like they did with other shows on Toonami at the time. I know after that Bit Cloud season stopped, I didn't hear anyone talk about the series anymore, even when Fuzors started airing.

Zoids? I knew a lot of people that liked it, at least the season with Bit Cloud in it, but I don't recall people going bonkers like they did with other shows on Toonami at the time. I know after that Bit Cloud season stopped, I didn't hear anyone talk about the series anymore, even when Fuzors started airing.

Freyanne wrote:

Zoids? I knew a lot of people that liked it, at least the season with Bit Cloud in it, but I don't recall people going bonkers like they did with other shows on Toonami at the time. I know after that Bit Cloud season stopped, I didn't hear anyone talk about the series anymore, even when Fuzors started airing.

Zero(New Century) was more popular on Toonami but I don't think it was more liked. Just compare the fandom of a character like Raven to any character from Zero.
Zero is fun but forgettable with no depth to the characters or story to keep many attached. I even question if its more popular over time. At ANN Chaotic Century lists 2715 users compared to Zero's 1673 users. At MAL Chaotic Century is listed with nearly 20,000 members while Zero is listed with nearly 12,000. Of course this only takes into account groups of anime fans on these sites and not the masses but it might be saying something about its popularity.

Not exactly. First, Warner wasn't directly involved with Megas to my knowledge, it was a CN original. When a show is written off it might as well just be... gone. I'm not privy to exactly how such things work, but basically, they legally can't do anything with Megas in the US ever again, outside of the terms of the write-off. Whether that means CN actually forfeited rights to the show (and therefore no longer has anything left to sit on) or they technically still have them but can't legally do anything with them (and in that case, might as well pretend they don't exist), I don't know.

Apparently, whatever deals the shows creators tried to propose to CN conflicted with the legally-binding terms of the write-off. Perhaps they could still find some loophole allowing them to do... something... with the show, but after several years and multiple attempts, the creators have pretty much accepted that the Megas ship has sailed, sad as it may be.

While not as popular as Pokemon or Digimon a lot of those viewers would also watch Monster Rancher which aired on Fox Kids. It was bigger than Zoids which failed in America and even on Toonami it struggled and moved off the timeslot a few times.