CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Those of you who can't watch the Jetstream can stop whining! Prince of Tennis and MAR are going to start airing on Dec 23 on Toonami! Sorry, Hikaru no Go fans, but you're gonna have to sit this one out. (No surprise, I didn't think that show would make it to our TVs anyway. I'm not saying I don't like it, but it just doesn't seem Toonami material. Not enough action.)

Yes, because Hamtaro and Prince of Tennis are action-packed. 0_o

WeWt even though the dub isn't that great (For PoT I haven't seen MAR)

Interesting.

Yep they will air at 10 and 10:30 respectively,replacing Bobobo-bobo-bobo and
One Piece.

rocklobster wrote:Those of you who can't watch the Jetstream can stop whining!

That's great news, but I think I'll shall continue to whine anyway. *mumbles* Blasted computer viruses and equally blasted no talent repairmen...

it's cool that prince of tennis is coming to toonami but i don't know much about mar. all i know is that the author of mar did flame of recca and that manga's pretty awesome. too bad i don't have cartoon network.

that figures. i have been watching it on the website thinking this was the only way i was going to be able to see it and right when i get half way thru the series what do they do? they bring it to the t.v. so now i can watch all those reruns. lol

Both series look interesting i'll have to check them out .

Mar is a decent although pretty unexceptional tournament fighting series.
Although the episode that I watched had flashbacks I don't remember from the manga...

Prince of Tennis is...well it has more "action" then one might think from a show about tennis.

When will these two shows be coming on toonami? I just checked toonami's weekly schedule and they are not coming on this Saturday.

Just answered my own question (did some research) they start on Dec 23. (and no im not trolling, this is the last time i plan to post on this thread )

So this looks to be the last Saturday for One Piece then,if it's on.

I've seen Prince of Tennis and yes, I agree for a tennis-show it has a lot of action (I'm on Episode 20), but keywords:

FOR_A_TENNIS_SHOW

Hikaru No Go has a lot of action for a show about a board game. Regardless, Prince of Tennis has a lot more action.

Forget I used PoT as an example.

Ahem..

Retry: Because Hamtaro was so action-packed...0_o

Since no one seems to know anything about MAR I'll chime in.

Basic story (few spoilers): A young Japanese boy is transported to another land/dimension, only to realize it's the same place he's been having dreams about for a long time. He makes friends with all kinds of people and they all join together to fight the great evil that is trying to take over the whole world. Of course he has a super rare wepon that is powerful and has a personality.

The animation style is much more cartoon-like then most current animes, and the battle scenes get old after awhile. Most of the characters do have some dimension to their stories though so that keeps it interesting. It kind of reminds me of a RPG actually. Other then the fight scenes there really isn't much questionable content, so I would suggest you check it out and decide for yourself if you like it or not.

I agree Myrrlynn. I love MAR

Ok,now's the time to ask about the cast lists.Who are the VAs for the dubs?

Marchen Awakens Romance

# Spike Spencer - Toramazu Ginta
# Michael McConnohie - Babbo
# Michelle Ruff - Koyuki/Snow
# Yuri Lowenthal - Alviss
# Derek Stephen Prince - Phantom
# Bryce Papenbrook - Jack
# Wendee Lee - Dorothy
# Lex Lang - Alan
# Stephanie Sheh - Bell
# Liam O'Brien - Nanashi
# Richard Epcar - Halloween
# Eddie Frierson - Edward

The Prince of Tennis

Cindy Robinson as Sakuno Ryuzaki
David Lodge as Kaoru Kaidoh, Shusuke Fuji
David Neil Black as Ryoma Echizen
Doug Erholtz as Takeshi Momoshiro
Jack Bauer as Sadaharu Inui
Jack Lingo as Shuichiro Oishi
Kirk Thornton as Kunimitsu Tezuka
Liam O'Brien as Nanjiro Echizen, Masahi Arai
Steve Cannon as Eiji Kikumaru
Darrel Guilbeau as Shin' Ya Yanagisawa
Doug Erholtz as Kippei Tachibana
Jack Lingo as Shuichiro Oishi
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Ann Tachibana, Tomoka Osakada
Richard Cansino as Takashi Kawamura
Wendee Lee as Kachiro Kato, Saori Shiba
Yuri Lowenthal as Katsuo Mizuno
Barbara Goodson as Sumire Ryuzaki

Both LA dubs from the looks of things.

The animation style is much more cartoon-like then most current animes, and the battle scenes get old after awhile. Most of the characters do have some dimension to their stories though so that keeps it interesting. It kind of reminds me of a RPG actually. Other then the fight scenes there really isn't much questionable content, so I would suggest you check it out and decide for yourself if you like it or not.

It reminded me of a RPG too... I found the manga decently entertaining, although Anzai basically reused some of his ideas from FoR.

I imagine they removed the decapitations and certain other things from the anime...

I find Flame of Recca far superior.

Is it just me or does the dubbed Ginta sound like the dubbed Usopp?

The humor in MAR I just find sad compared to FoR. Also, the whole plot is a lot more corny and predictable.

[SPOILER] Boss is Ginta's father, I'm assuming. A lot of things in FoR were unpredictable.[/SPOILER]

But according to Ginta:
"It's about to get REAL GOOD!"