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M e a n w hi le , o f f t h e si l v er s cr e en a n d o n t o t h e
Meanwhile off the silver screen and onto the television side of
t e le v i sio n side o f t hin gs, Te d Tur n er wa s t h e m a n t o
cr e a t e CNN a n d C a r t o o n n et w o r k. C h a nn
things, Ted Turner was the man to create CNN and e l s
w er e cr i t ici s e d b ac k in t h e d a y, f o r a ir in g
Cartoon network. Channels were criticized back in the
o n l y a sin g le t yp e o f co n t en t, 24/7,
day, for airing only a single type of content,
w hic h w o u ld l a t er b e co m e t h eir
24/7 which would later become their
m a r k et in g p o in t. B u t hi s ga m b le
marketing point.
w o u ld p a y o f f , a s t hi s w o u ld p r o v e
t o b e a h ug e s ucces s, a n d w i t h hi s
But his gamble would pay off, as this
im p r es si v e li b ra r y, c h o c k f u l l o f
would prove to be a huge success, and
f unn y, y et h e ad t ur nin g co l le c t io n s
with his impressive library, chock full of
s uc h a s t h e “ Flin ts t o n es ”,
funny, yet head turning collections such
“ S co o b y D o o”, “ To m a n d J er r y”,
“ Th e L o o n e y Tun es ” a n d co un t les s o t h er s.
as the “flintstones”, “Scooby doo”, “tom and jerry”, “the looney
tunes” and countless others.
A n d t h e co m p et i t o r t o C a r t o o n n et w o r k a t t h e t im e
wa s N ic k e lo de o n, w h o s t a r t e d i ts o w n o r ig in a l
And the competitor to Cartoon network at the time was
a nim a t e d s h o ws in 1991, w i t h w inn er s s uc h a s
Nickelodeon started its own original animated shows in 1991 ep a n ts ”
“ R ug ra ts ”, “ H e y A r n o ld ” a n d “ S p o n g e b o b S q u a r
w hic h b e c a m e t h eir m a s co t l a t er o n.
with winners such as “rugrats”, “hey Arnold” and “Spongebob
Squarepants” as their mascot later on.
On t h e o t h er side o f t h e p l a n et, in J a p a n, a nim e wa s

o n t h e r i s e . I f y o u do n’ t k n o w w h a t a nim e i s,(a ga in,
On the other side of the planet, in Japan anime was on the rise. If
h o w co u ld y o u n o t k n o w?)a n y J a p a n es e a nim a t e d s er ies
a n d m o v ies a r e c a l le d a nim e . “ C o w b o y B e b o p”, “ N e
you don’t know what anime is, (again how couldn’t you know?)any o n
G en esi s E va n g e lio n”, “ Sa i lo r M o o n”, “ Dra g o n B a l l ”, a n d
Japanese animated series and movies are called anime.
“ S p ir i t e d Awa y” w er e a f e w o f t h e
“Cowboy bebop”, “neon genesis evangelion”,
m a n y ac hie v em en ts o f J a p a n es e
“sailor moon”, “dragon ball”,
a nim a t io n s o f t hi s era.
“spirited away” were a few

of the many achievements
of Japanese animations

of this era.