I remember watching this special on Cartoon Network about 2001, entitled "Yogi Bear: Us vs. Them!" I recall a good amount of it. It looked Billy and Mandy-esque, and was rerun once about 2 A.M. This was before Adult Swim, I'd say about February. What I remember of the plot is that Yogi tries to force himself into normal society, but keeps getting rejected and the humans and the bears are at odds. To solve this dispute, Yogi and Ranger Smith run for president of the United States, Yogi representing the bears, and Ranger Smith representing the "hoomins." After tons of campaigning, the two realize that fighting is never the answer and they forfeit, just as they draw in electoral votes. Instead, they let the third option win (forgot his name), and bears and humans coexist peacefully.
Back in the 1995-1996 television season, there was a girl-centric TV series called "Star Fighter Force" that ran on certain Fox affiliates through their Fox Kids block. It was a live-action magical girl series revolving around a group of five (later six) teenage girls called on to become the titular group of magical warriors fighting an evil empire from the Andromeda galaxy. The team consisted of:
Jennifer HartmanAKA Star Rose (played by Monica Blair) Sarah Lane AKA Star Blue (played by Amy Lynn Vincent)
Heather Wong AKA Star Red (played by Lori Sakamoto)
Hailey Morrison AKA Star Yellow (played by Allison McCann)
Aisha Jordan AKA Star Green (played by Jacqueline Marie Jones)
and Audrey Martinez AKA Shadow Dancer AKA Star Violet (played by Jeanny Luzano)
Contemporary reviews (what few exist) criticized the series for being a Power Rangers knock-off for girls and suggest that the production was done on a shoestring budget that led to frequent reuse of footage and special effects shot for fight scenes, but praise for the actress' performances (in particular Blair and Luzano's portrayal of the complex relationship between leader Star Rose and villain-turned-hero Star Violet) and high-quality writing for a children's show of the era. Sadly, due to low ratings, lack of promotion, and being pushed into the early morning hours, the show was canceled after airing 20 episodes, with the three-part finale never being aired, ending the show on a cliffhanger with four out of six Star Fighters dead after a battle. Creator Juniper Ryan-Knight claimed that the network hated the series despite giving a warm reception to the pilot, as the series became darker as it went on against their wishes. Parents also complained about the violence, comparing the later episodes to horror films and claiming that their children cried after watching the last aired episode, and most network affiliates refused to air the series.
The series was never reran due to both the network's dislike and the controversy of the show's contents, and never received any home video release. There are also no known home recordings of the series due to its obscurity, though it was rumored that the intro was posted on Youtube in 2010, but was swiftly flagged by Fox and taken down. Ryan-Knight has spent the last twenty-plus years campaigning for the series release, posting various pieces of production materials on her personal website (including the cast list and production stills) to drum up support. While this has drawn the attention of certain groups on the internet, especially when Ryan-Knight revealed that several of the characters were written as subtly as possible for the time to be LGBT, current rights owner Disney has refused to say anything on the matter. Ryan-Knight has confirmed she has copies of the series (including the unaired three-part finale), but that she has no desire to get into legal trouble with Disney. Fan attempts to contact the lead actresses (most of whom have little in the way credits and retired from acting soon after) in the hopes that one of them had any personal recordings have also been fruitless.
WOW That almost sounds like that American Sailor Moon pilot but done right. WTF?
Back in the 1995-1996 television season, there was a girl-centric TV series called "Star Fighter Force" that ran on certain Fox affiliates through their Fox Kids block. It was a live-action magical girl series revolving around a group of five (later six) teenage girls called on to become the titular group of magical warriors fighting an evil empire from the Andromeda galaxy. The team consisted of:
Jennifer HartmanAKA Star Rose (played by Monica Blair) Sarah Lane AKA Star Blue (played by Amy Lynn Vincent)
Heather Wong AKA Star Red (played by Lori Sakamoto)
Hailey Morrison AKA Star Yellow (played by Allison McCann)
Aisha Jordan AKA Star Green (played by Jacqueline Marie Jones)
and Audrey Martinez AKA Shadow Dancer AKA Star Violet (played by Jeanny Luzano)
Contemporary reviews (what few exist) criticized the series for being a Power Rangers knock-off for girls and suggest that the production was done on a shoestring budget that led to frequent reuse of footage and special effects shot for fight scenes, but praise for the actress' performances (in particular Blair and Luzano's portrayal of the complex relationship between leader Star Rose and villain-turned-hero Star Violet) and high-quality writing for a children's show of the era. Sadly, due to low ratings, lack of promotion, and being pushed into the early morning hours, the show was canceled after airing 20 episodes, with the three-part finale never being aired, ending the show on a cliffhanger with four out of six Star Fighters dead after a battle. Creator Juniper Ryan-Knight claimed that the network hated the series despite giving a warm reception to the pilot, as the series became darker as it went on against their wishes. Parents also complained about the violence, comparing the later episodes to horror films and claiming that their children cried after watching the last aired episode, and most network affiliates refused to air the series.
The series was never reran due to both the network's dislike and the controversy of the show's contents, and never received any home video release. There are also no known home recordings of the series due to its obscurity, though it was rumored that the intro was posted on Youtube in 2010, but was swiftly flagged by Fox and taken down. Ryan-Knight has spent the last twenty-plus years campaigning for the series release, posting various pieces of production materials on her personal website (including the cast list and production stills) to drum up support. While this has drawn the attention of certain groups on the internet, especially when Ryan-Knight revealed that several of the characters were written as subtly as possible for the time to be LGBT, current rights owner Disney has refused to say anything on the matter. Ryan-Knight has confirmed she has copies of the series (including the unaired three-part finale), but that she has no desire to get into legal trouble with Disney. Fan attempts to contact the lead actresses (most of whom have little in the way credits and retired from acting soon after) in the hopes that one of them had any personal recordings have also been fruitless.
WOW That almost sounds like that American Sailor Moon pilot but done right. WTF?
Sorry for the late reply, oops (life is busy, what can I say?) but YES I was very inspired by the Toon Makers Sailor Moon pilot being found.
There was a show called ´safe´ the show had 5 seasons and aired on CBS. the show was known to be very scary and show a lot of gore and also monsters that look very real. basically the show was about these kids who like to read creepy stories and then one day they all started seeing these monster that would try to kill them one by one. There was this one episode that scared me as a kid. i think it was called ¨grief¨ i don´t remember the plot but i remember the kid being killed in a very gruesome way by the monster that he was being chased by. The monster scared me a lot and i remember that the monster was distorted and the kid got his guts pulled out. if you have any information on safe. please contact me.
Episode list. Season 1 Crazy The Maid Nightmares The Ghost of Godsville Maybe Am not safe Stranger danger Christmas special
Season 2 I drink your blood Grief Lost (lost was a 1 hour special by the way.) Old friends Don´t trust the police TV time Go home Worst bully Eric Gods wraith (the TV movie)
Season 3 Kings The craziest game show Cereal man Cats Halloween special Talk show Help me Dad S.O.N.G Eat yourself
Season 4 Cartoons School Meth Sex, Condoms and drugs part 1 Sex, Condoms and drugs part 2 Sex, Condoms and drugs part 3 Slaves Food Vibe Rapper
Season 5 Back to the basics The death of Gerald Video games social media Computer The Darkness part 1 The Darkness part 2 The Darkness part 3 The Darkness part 4 The Darkness part 5 The end (5 hour special)
Bloody Roar: The Fang (ブラッディロア ザ・ファング) is a lost 2002 anime OVA. The story is based on the manga of the same name by Maruyama Tomowo that was originally published in Monthly Shounen Jump and released in 2 volumes in 2001. The manga was never released in English. It takes place in the same world as the Bloody Roar fighting game series that were released internationally. The OVA had an extremely limited DVD release as it was only available if you preordered the game Bloody Roar Extreme in Japan. The Bloody Roar franchise's popularity began to rapidly decline in Japan and internationally after the release of Bloody Roar Extreme (which was titled Bloody Roar: Primal Fury in some countries) so that's most likely why this OVA never got an international release.
This was a fun writing experiment. Everything mentioned above is true except for the existence of the OVA. I own the manga and it's pretty good, I wish this OVA existed and that the Bloody Roar franchise didn't fizzle out. BRII was always my favorite fighting game growing up, Uriko was my main.
I was watching Dora the explorer in 2009 and all was normal until the blue arrow that clicks on stuff turner red and it everything it clicked on lost all color until everything was black and white. The only thing it hadn't clicked on was Dora and she was running away from it until it finally clicked on her and all the background music stopped and there was hyper realistic blood on Dora and she killed Boots and I know people are going to say it's a creepypasta, they've been saying that for years but I know it was real because I remember Dora came out of the TV and she broke things in my house before returning and then the TV shut off. When it turned back on it was a normal episode with nothing wrong
Post by glossycherries on Dec 28, 2022 22:51:39 GMT
*based on a dream I had*
In 1995, Cartoon Network aired the classic sitcom Gilligan’s Island for a short time. You may or may not remember this happening. One day in 1995, I was flipping through channels and I happened to see a bumper on Cartoon Network for a Gilligan’s Island marathon, in which I remember seeing a clip of Lovey Howell (played by Natalie Schafer). I think I watched an episode or two, since I’ve always been a big fan of classic TV. I tried to find the bumpers on YouTube but didn’t come up with anything.
Gilligan’s Island being on CN kinda makes sense because WB has the rights to the show (and Turner did too).
So this one time when I was 8 years old, I was at a doctor's office with my parents for a checkup. In the waiting room, I watched the little tv in the corner of two walls. On it, it was playing a show that I still remember vividly. It appeared to be an anime adaptation of the Super Monkey Ball game series by SEGA. I only got to watch 16 minutes of the episode until it was time for my checkup.
This memory still bugs me to this day, and I can't find the show anywhere else, not even on YouTube.
Last Edit: Jan 11, 2023 22:22:32 GMT by TangleAlice
An anonymous source once told me a weird tidbit one day. According to them, the Super Mario World cartoon had a complete Vietnamese dub, but it was never aired due to some violent event that was currently going on in Vietnam. Because the dub was complete, I believe that it's tucked away somewhere in the hands of the show's creator, DIC Entertainment.
Cardcaptor Sakura was an unreleased Japanese puzzle game based off of the anime and manga of the same name developed by a company known as Hirosoft. It had a mostly complete prototype made, and was set to release Remembrance Day of 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast in Japan. But then, one night, an employee from Hirosoft accidently gave a collector the only prototype while drunken, and the game hasen't been heard of since.
"20 Second Countdown (Groovy) (JP Mix) - Kahoot!" is a lost high quality rip by youtuber SiIvagunner. Proof of this rip's existence is confirmed by a person who claimed to have heard it before it became lost. According to her, the rip started out normally, but then it stopped abruptly. After 6 seconds of odd silence, the song started again, with the melody changed to that of wowaka's "Ura-Omote Lovers".
A day after this video was uploaded, it mysteriously disappeared from SiIvagunner's channel.
Post by Ripley J. Smith on Jan 16, 2023 15:36:53 GMT
Kindred Blood is a 1993 anime OVA based on the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade by White Wolf and seems to be a joint collaboration between Japanese, American, and Italian interests. The OVA was comprised of three episodes, each an hour and ten minutes in length.
Based on the setting and lore of the game's first edition, particularly the books Blood Nativity, The Hunters Hunted, and Awakening: Diablerie in Mexico, the three-part OVA is set in an unnamed Gothic-Punk city in the American Midwest that combines both American and Japanese influences.
The story focuses on a pair of newly-embraced vampires, the young and brash prankster Roy of the Brujah clan (whose appearance and mannerisms seem to be a ripoff of Kintaro Oe from Golden Boy) and the cool and aloof Serena from the Tremere clan.
They explore their condition and through a mix of cunning, ambition, and a bit of astronomically good luck, begin to move up the ranks of the city's vampire population by the end of the first episode.
The second episode features new threats in the form of hunters, werewolves, and magi as well as the discovery of a slumbering ancient vampire Zelph in an ancient vaguely Mesoamerican tomb buried deep beneath the city. At the end of the episode, Serena and Roy are recruited by a mysterious cloaked figure known only as the Monitor to enter this underground tomb.
The third episode picks up shortly after the end of the second one, the first half being almost like a dungeon crawl as well as wrapping up some loose ends from the previous two episodes and culminating in both Roy and Serena performing the Ritual of the Bitter Rose to successfully destroy Zelph and absorb his immense power. The the Monitor puts them both on a series of strange quests until they finally achieve the mythical state of Golconda and the OVA ends with both Serena and Roy successfully regaining their humanity and redeeming themselves, dying in each other's arms shortly thereafter and their souls are implied to ascended into Heaven.
Supposedly, the infamous grindhouse director Joe D'Amato was one of the two executive producers for this project, with the director being Hideki Takayama of the infamous Urotsukidoji series. The art style is similar, though the content is a bit less extreme though still rife with violence, gore, and nudity.
The OVA was given a limited release in Japan and plans for an English dub and North American release had been in effect for years but were delayed for various reasons. The dub had been completed but sat unreleased and without any distribution.
In 1999, the White Wolf game developer Justin Achilli expressed a personal outrage at the OVA's existence and claimed that it went against the "proper themes" of the game and urged for it to not get a release in North America and it did not help that the OVA no longer fit with the game's metaplot that Achilli had been helming.
Former White Wolf employee Andrew Greenburg supposedly has a preserved copy of the dub, but for legal reasons, can't get it distributed or leaked and to this day, both Justin Achilli and Paradox Interactive (the current owners of the Vampire IP) are incensed at its mere existence.
The Source "Smith Family Christmas" is a lost The Source commercial that was greenlit and aired around Christmastime of 2013. The most notable thing about this commercial was that it featured characters from the mature animated show "American Dad", but the creators of the commercial forgot to acquire the rights to use the characters, and got sued by Seth McFarlene. This advertisement was reported to have only aired a single time on FOX and ABC, before the sue. The commercial still hasn't been found to this day.
Post by sakuraradiochan on Jan 20, 2023 6:45:15 GMT
People know about the Twilight Zone radio dramas from the early 2000s. What isn't anywhere as well known is that CBS in the early 60s transmitted a series of Twilight Zone radio dramas over its shortwave radio station, WCBX, in the sunset of the "Golden Age of Radio", transmitted over shortwave due to very few if any CBS radio affilates accepting the new programming. Fully dramatized and with expanded scripts to take advantage of an hour long format without commercials due to a lack of a sponsor (see The Stan Freberg Show, also unsponsored with Freberg lampshading it by saying where ads should be "Mmm, that's good Freberg!") these radio dramas were in the style of the acclaimed Columbia Workshop.
Tragically all the tapes were lost, and only thought to survive on primitive acetate disc recordings said to be in the archives of the Mongolian National Broadcaster in Ulaanbaatar, as reported on by Mongolian researchers allowed access to formerly closed Communist archives in the 90s, after Communism fell in the steppe nation.
The Rod Serling estate has been trying to get copies of these recordings for nearly 30 years to no avail. Sadly, the unsponsored broadcasts may have been a factor in Serling signing over the syndication TV rights to CBS, as he thought that there was no way to make a profitable franchise based off of the TV program and citing the radio series as a reason why.
Post by sakuraradiochan on Jan 22, 2023 13:22:40 GMT
In the early years of radio broadcasting of Japan, shortly after the NHK was established, a program known as 皆の誕生日会(Minna no Tanjyoubikai, "Everybody's Birthday Party") was put on station JOBK in Osaka. Originally meant as a five minute segment on Saturday afternoons for children to send in birthday wishes, it became carried over the whole NHK network, and became notable in October 1926 with a rare announcement of a telegram from a Hawaiian-Japanese man, a Ken Suzuki, wishing a happy birthday to all the children in Japan, who had heard it one day during a freak DX event that allowed mediumwave signals from Japan to propagate as far south as Hawaii (a distance of more than 6500 kilometers!) during a Saturday afternoon.
The program ceased broadcasting after the death of the Taisho Emperor in December 1926. Due to it being from such an early period of radio and audio recordings in general, this program was never recorded, and the only evidence this program existed is in radio listings found in old microfiche copies of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and letters found in the archives of the Center for Japanese Studies of the University of Hawaii.