Nostalgia, mostly. It was a late 90s-early 2000s block that aired mostly dubbed anime. Since anime, dubbed or subbed, was somewhat hard to come by in the 90s, and most RPers are 16-20ish, they have fond memories of it.
The dubs themselves varied in quality, but for the most part they were pretty damn good, especially considering they were made in the 90s. You got some strange edits and weird lines added in, but when it came down to the important stuff they were fairly faithful (though there were a few stinkers here and there, like Cardcaptors). Sure, sometimes blood was digitally removed and such, but with regards to the actual plot? Something plot-critical being removed was actually pretty rare. That's a miracle, considering the time period and the fact it aired on cartoon network.
So, again, nostalgia, but at least it's nostalgia for something that was pretty noteworthy. Not to mention it gave us the dub of Big O.
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The dubs themselves varied in quality, but for the most part they were pretty damn good, especially considering they were made in the 90s. You got some strange edits and weird lines added in, but when it came down to the important stuff they were fairly faithful (though there were a few stinkers here and there, like Cardcaptors). Sure, sometimes blood was digitally removed and such, but with regards to the actual plot? Something plot-critical being removed was actually pretty rare. That's a miracle, considering the time period and the fact it aired on cartoon network.
So, again, nostalgia, but at least it's nostalgia for something that was pretty noteworthy. Not to mention it gave us the dub of Big O.