The always changing Toonami lineup looks to have a few more changes coming up in January when Deadman Wonderland and Cowboy Bebop return for a run. Interestingly, for Bebop, the show will be different than how it was seen in previous runs. This time around, it’s getting a new edit to account for “modern” broadcast standards on the network, which have changed in the decade-plus since the series first aired (and re-aired repeatedly). It’ll also mark its high definition debut as well.
Deadman Wonderland doesn’t make out quite as well as it’ll be the same edit that we saw previously, according to information from the man behind the block, Jason DeMarco.
Cowboy Bebop: The Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck. This motley lot of intergalactic loners teams up to track down fugitives and turn them in for cold hard cash. Spike is a hero whose cool facade hides a dark and deadly past. The pilot Jet is a bruiser of a brute who can’t wait to collect the next bounty. Faye Valentine is a femme fatale prone to breaking hearts and separating fools from their money. Along for the ride are the brilliant-but-weird hacker Ed and a super-genius Welsh Corgi named Ein. On their own, any one of them would be likely to get lost in the sprawl of space, but together, they’re the most entertaining gang of bounty hunters in the year 2071.
Deadman Wonderland: Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He’s framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. Then it gets worse.
At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal deathmatches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro, an unusual female inmate, his dark fate crushes all hope – until he discovers a strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He’s determined to see justice served – but first he’ll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.
[Source: Crunchyroll]
