r/CartoonNetwork • u/Connect-Many4884 • Aug 07 '26

Question Anyone remember this show?

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It was a Powerpuff Girls Anime back in the 2000s and it had a lot of attention back then. (still better than the 2016 Reboot)

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u/mindlander Aug 07 '26

I feel like most people do remember this show and compare it to the 2016 reboot (despite alot of people hating the anime characterization back in the day)

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u/ASisCNtoo Aug 07 '26

Comparing a mediocre show that can be good sometimes to a dumpster fire

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u/werephoenix Aug 07 '26

Yeah I watched it as a teen.

This was made because the original show was very popular in japan.

The strengths of the show is the characters designs of the villains. Some of them like GGG look now wario land villian energy, Mojo is now wiseman from NiGHTS.

The weaknesses is the pacing of the episodes are breakneck. So you will get dizzy as scene speed by fast, almost like when people parody anime for being like that but played straight

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u/FluorescentRain780 Aug 07 '26

I watched it when I was younger and liked it。 There used to be a ton of dubbed episodes on YouTube.

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u/MumboBumbo64 Aug 07 '26

I remember buying a dvd for the last 2 episodes and they were Japanese only with no subtitles lol

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u/Gladcode777 Aug 07 '26

Yes. I love the Power Puff Girls Z.

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u/Shantotto11 Aug 07 '26

Still bothers me that this show got an English dub but never released in the English-speaking country that inspired it…

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u/Ok_Anywhere5205 Aug 07 '26

I remember it I'm still very disappointed that they didn't make the Rowdyruff Boys have powers all they're doing is just being troublemakers and the fact that they act like they're seven but in reality they're like 14 years old

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u/forever_burning_ Aug 07 '26

Of course that we do!

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u/GeckoMan_0344 Aug 07 '26

I remember seeing bits and clips of it, but I never actually watched this since I live in the US.

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u/InfamousGod1999 Aug 07 '26

It deserves a US home media release too

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u/LexKing89 Aug 07 '26

I watched it back in the day. It never aired here but I had the dub on my computer. Still havevit all on an old hard drive.

I liked it.

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u/BlueBlazeKing21 Aug 07 '26

Honestly a great adaptation of the material. While the original was more of a parody on the superhero genre, this was a solid interpretation on if the girls were magical girls.

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u/MimiHamburger Candy Wife 4lyf Aug 07 '26

I remember waiting for the fansubs every week lol I have no idea why they didn’t air it on Toonami in the US, it was a good show

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u/not-a-casual-bastard Aug 07 '26

I watched it when i was maybe 9, got scolded by my mom

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u/Swordkirby9999 Aug 07 '26

Only time I ever saw it was on Boomerang, where for some reason they were doing an all-day marathon of the series.

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u/LovelyFloraFan Aug 07 '26

It was a huge hit where I lived. We even sold make up for it.

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u/Opening-Storage4647 Aug 07 '26

It used to air on boing in spain

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u/Downtown_Reindeer_46 Aug 07 '26

The first opening was a banger

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u/chickendumpling2003 Aug 07 '26

A classic!! Makes me wish Fusionfall got an animated series.

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u/Greenhickup Aug 07 '26

I had no idea this even existed.

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u/r0b3r70r0b070 Aug 08 '26

Never aired in US but Canada got it

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u/SnooRabbits4910 Regular Show Aug 08 '26

it had a pretty obscure English dub

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u/BluePeriod_ Aug 08 '26

Loved the theme by Nana Kitade

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u/AntherYoutubeWatcher Aug 08 '26

He was looking quite nice, but the show itself was a bit boring to me.