Help Wanted

Recently it was brought to our attention (the administrators of the sight), that we aren’t doing as much as we could to let people know what’s going on with the project behind the scenes and recruiting new help. With that in mind, we have started a new thread in the forums dedicated to keeping everyone up-to-date with the different aspects of the project.

Whether you’re about whether that new character model is finished, or you want to find out who to talk to about putting your skills to work for the project, all the info on what’s going on under the hood can be found here: http://www.neotoonami.com/forums/index.php?topic=72.msg624.

Keep creating, and we’ll see you on the forums.
-omnivarious

Coming Attractions


Though many of us here working on the NeoToonami project have continued our work despite heavy course loads and busy work lives, the fact remains that we haven’t produced any original content for our fans and audience in a long time.

Realizing this, I would like to inform you that I (omnivarious) have started work on another game review and hope to have it completed within a month. As you may have have guessed, it will be for Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories.

The reasons for this announcement are threefold:
1) To produce original content that our fans will enjoy (hopefully).
2) To gain some practice using new audio and video techniques I’ve picked up.
3) I would like to use this opportunity to experiment with several different things.
3a. First, I ask that everyone provide as much feedback as possible so we can we adjust our writing, producing, and acting to better match the feel of the original Toonami.
3b. Alongside the finished video I will be posting detailed notes on how it was produced, including script drafts, the process of picking out scenes to use, communicating with actors and recording voice, audio editing, etc. By doing all this I hope to give you all an idea of what exactly it takes to bring this project to life, attract new talent, and (again) get feedback on my own work ethic so that I may improve it.

So please be patient and bear with us; as someone once said, “the best is yet to come!”

Madhouse Matinee


Here’s a riddle for you: What are two things Microsoft loves and involve the use of your computer?

Answer: Money and Batman.

In effort to promote the newly added Marketplace feature to its Games for Windows Live service, which allows users to download full versions of games over the internet like Valve’s Steam and Stardock’s Impulse clients, Microsoft has a sweet deal for PC gamers. Through Monday, March 1, 2010 you can score a copy of Batman Arkham Asylum for just $12.49! This disc free version comes with the complete achievement set from the Xbox 360 version, connects to Xbox Live, and already has free DLC available on the Games for Windows Live Marketplace. So hurry over to http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/index.aspx before this deal makes like the caped crusader and disappears into the dark night.

P.S. – Check back here!throughout the month of March for more Games for Windows Live deals!

A Rainbow Runs Through It

Following its release not a week ago, Adult Swim’s Robot Unicorn Attack has taken the internet by storm– a rain storm. For me, the game was love at first sight; thanks to some mutually-obsessed college buddies, I’m hooked. What I didn’t see coming, besides that third-wish star collision at near-relativistic speed, was the game’s ultimate destiny of utter memehood. Adult Swim, whatever manatees are responsible for this gem deserve, at the very least, an extra head of lettuce each come feeding time.

-PompousClown

(My high score stands at 49,790. Beat that… though I’m smalltime compared to the leaderboard scores.)

Old Media Mania!

Feeling Nostalgic? Don’t worry, we got you covered. Head over to http://www.youtube.com/user/ToonamiRevolution for a tour de force of past Toonami greatness featuring TOM, SARA, and the rest of Absolution crew throughout the block’s near 12-year history. Enjoy!

-Omni

The Universe is under our complete control!

Just a little preview of NeoToonami’s forthcoming broadcast and ‘new look.’ Props to Zipper for this amazing intro.

Progress Report: Keep the Faith

It’s been a while since the front page has been updated and it seems when that happens people begin to lose faith. But fear not Toonami faithful, NeoToonami is still on course and will see its magnificent launch in the indefinite future. For now, there is still work to be done and we are currently pushing for creative work to be finished. Once we get that done then we’ll be well on our way. Forum member thehiddenice has finished our wonderful TOM 5 as you guys have seen in the previous update and I’m amazed every time I lay eyes on it. That’s one major hurdle down and two to go.

Work is currently being done on SARA 3 by forum member digitani and is in the very early stages of development. Please direct your eyes over to this preview video digitani has set up of his progress on SARA.

Please leave a comment on his work and give him some feedback. Creative ideas are always welcome. Let’s work together to make this a reality.

In addition to SARA, we still need work done on the ship TOM and SARA will be cruising in, a ship which we’re dubbing “The Renascent.” We are still looking for talented 3D artists, so if you think you have what it takes to give us a hand, please do and join the forums and let us know what you can do. We’re a small staff and with most of us being college students with jobs, free time can be hard to come by — so help is always welcome.

I myself have been working on some creative issues for the project and also plan to revamp the site. So look forward to that.

So that’s the haps at the moment. The project is alive and well. We’d like to thank everyone who stuck with us and who will continue to stick with us as we rebuild Toonami from the ground up.

Never doubt the revolution. Only NeoToonami.

-Zipper

TOM 5, Fully Operational

Ride the Riptide

After much trial and tribulation, forum member hack3r has finally worked the kinks out of our Google Wave page. What this means is that, in the very near future (i.e. when more of us actually have Wave accounts– still waiting on my invite), NeoToonami will host both private meetings and public chats via our Wave client. Stay tuned!

For Wave invitations or general Wave info, see hack3r’s two forum topics, here and here, respectively.