Miguzi Retrospective: Attack the Block (Episode 8)

[@lalaland2107]

I remember coming home from school excited to watch Code Lyoko 😭

[@TajmirTheRandomFan]

That programming block will never be forgotten.

[@mechajay3358]

I had a blast catching up on Miguzi when it was running. This blocks introduce me to Code Lyoko one of my favorite shows of all time. It's a shame they got rid of Erin, I liked her.

[@GleekNicolas]

FINALLY! SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT MIGUZI!!!!!!!

[@mechajay3358]

He isn't the first: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ6akoempMuSaK8

[@Kevin-xv9pm]

This is a great episode. I'd remember watching the "Miguzi" block in the fall of 2004 (I was in the 4th grade at the time). And their first lineup was kind of one of it's kind. I remember watching "Totally Spies" on the block around it's 5:00 pm time slot, and that's the best part about "Miguzi". I was surprised that "Totally Spies" was moved to 5:30 pm while "Winx Club" took it's spot. And as for "Winx Club", ugh, lord, help me. Out of all the 4KidsTV animated series, "Winx Club" is the one for girls that I can not stand. And I'm not sure if you are "Winx Club" haters, but I respect for pain and decision.

[@kittymcgeeky8853]

I definitely remember watching CN pretty much every day and seeing this block come on after school. Code Lyoko always stood out in particular and it kinda stuck with me because of that. And...oh boy, Team Galaxy. I very vaguely remember seeing a few episodes like it was a fever dream, no wonder it felt so short since it only lasted a week.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Well, Team Galaxy actually debuted in August 2006 as part of Cartoon Network's Saturday morning lineup, which was *sort of* like Miguzi, as it had shows like Fantastic Four, Xiaolin Showdown, and Ben 10 (and even featured it in the coveted 7pm spot on Cartoon Cartoons one week in September, I recall), but by January 2007, the network was pretty much having buyer's remorse and effectively pulled it from the regular schedule and made it an exclusively "On Demand" cartoon until 2009. I mean, the show did have 52 episodes and was pushed more prominently in Canada and especially Europe, but it was never going to get anywhere near the heights Totally Spies did. And, yes, that's one of the characters in my avatar.

[@danielg.w5733]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Team galaxy aired alot in Canada for a while. that's where i mainly remember it

[@Sonic2332]

I loved Teen Titans and Static Shock back in the day! Great memories watching this block I’ve been oddly fascinated by lately. Guess I’m just hopelessly nostalgic.

[@joecool2987]

Miguzi wasn’t a bad block it was actually good. The reason it gets a bad rep is because it replaced toonami on weekdays. Many toonami fans still hold a grudge against miguzi and attribute this to why they think CN “died” in 2004 ( well really their have been 50 times when CN “died”

[@dwainsimmons3447]

Yes

[@1Soniccool]

Miguzi replaced Toonami when it was moved to early at night and Miguzi took the weekday afternoon time slot that Toonami has been always on that time slot.

[@EthanArtsAndStudios]

Childhood memories watching the block around 2004-2007. If you didn't know, Erin (the kid host) was voiced by my favorite voice actress, Jessica DiCicco. Ironically, 1 year later, she began her voice acting debut in the Disney Channel series, The Buzz on Maggie, as the voice of the title character. Today, she voices Lynn Loud (for retrospective) and Lucy Loud in The Loud House, Annie Bramley in It's Pony, and Candice in Close Enough. The block aired shows, that aired on the channel, a few from it's then-sister block, Toonami (including Zatch Bell, One Piece (4Kids dub, before Funimation today since 2007), and Naruto), programming from Kids' WB! (like Static Shock), FoxBox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series), and Winx Club), which later became 4Kids TV in 2005. Airing shows produced by Warner Bros. Animation and former film and TV studio, 4Kids Entertainment, which eventually, Winx Club, and it's production company, Rainbow s.r.l. got acquired by Viacom (now ViacomCBS, the company that owns Nickelodeon), and became co-owned by the company in 2011. And yes (obviously), she does sound very similar to Candice from Close Enough, Gwen Wu in The Mighty B!, and the title character in Hanazuki: Full of Treasures, all other characters voiced by her, as I know voice acting in animation, movies, video games, and commercials (interstitials).

[@KnightDark000]

She also voiced Malina in Emperor's New School.

[@dcb99filmz]

She was also Leanne in the batshit insane RPG Resonance of Fate, alongside Nolan North as Vashyron and Scott Menville as Zephyr.

[@chaewonsglasses]

Damn, I miss this block so much.

[@positiveproductions6699]

Anyone else miss the CN City era personally that was my favorite era and one of the reasons I love old cartoon Network so much

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

I know I'm 2 years late, but when you made this comment, I was enjoying the new G4tv, as much as it was a bit flawed. When they closed, I went back to CN and was greatly disapointed at how much CN had tanked in just a year. So I made my own replica of CN City era, though with some broader episode scheduling www.twitch.tv/classiccn

[@robertroy92]

i hope oneday miguzi makes a comeback one day or murch better make spiritual successor of the block one day

[@sonikku956]

I'm surprised you don't remember the Miguzi era, I was 10 as well when it ended.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

I remember how *ticked* Toonami fans were when Miguzi was given the primary afternoon/early evening block. I saw Miguzi infrequently (as my family did not have cable, so I only got a few glimpses or days of it when visiting my grandparents or friends of the family), but I did enjoy much of it. Totally Spies, Code Lyoko, Teen Titans, and 2003 TMNT were excellent shows, and Static Shock was as awesome as it had been on KidsWB. It was far less important/impactful to me however than say KidsWB, Toonami, Toon Disney, and Fox Kids.

[@doctorcragmire7299]

I think I'll vote for part 3 of your Kids WB retrospective.

[@robertroy92]

me too

[@DxBlack]

Pixels: Boston : This looks like a bomb! Also Boston : _Pressure cooker at the Boston Marathon..._ It might be Edgy, but I say they got what they had coming to them for being antsy for no reason, and then not being antsy when they thought the danger had passed for a far more realistic situation.

[@strechemall]

Man Miguzi was amazing it introduced me to One Piece which I've been watching and reading weekly to this day. Its wild seeing that old block again tho. I always made catching OP at 4pm a priority at that time lol.

[@G-96X]

Facts I totally forgot about this block until now, great video

[@brianlaureus]

You know it’s sad cause a lot of people don’t remember miguzi or even some or a lot of the shows that were in it hell even I forgot wine club was on it although I did Rene it was on the channel at some point just didn’t know it was on miguzi. I think the issue comes around 2006-2008 like you said by 2007 a lot of classic shows ended wit hot discontinued then cn started the whole live action thing. So I feel like a lot of people stopped watching Cartoon Network I stuck out till the cracked toonami and then even I left.

[@reidsewing6436]

9:50 Teen Titans: Am I A Joke To You? (Teen Titans Premiered On Kids WB AND Cartoon Network In 2003)

[@matthewmensah481]

Happy 20th Anniversary Miguzi 🟢🌊 ⬛⬜ 🥳🎊🎉🎊🥳🎊🎉 2004-2024

[@reesecates8620]

I was waiting for you to say Code Lyoko! :)

[@vongolajames]

Fantastic video as always! Thanks for the nostalgia and history!:)

[@sandrew8936]

The Boston Scare was the 9/11 for Cartoon Network. Everything changed afterward...

[@ryancarless7921]

Nice to see the return. Love these videos

[@Agent_K94]

I personally didn't even know Miguzi had existed until 2005, I think at the time I was more into Nickelodeon than Cartoon Network in the afternoons (except for watching DBZ and Hamtaro on Toonami and Samurai Deeper Kyo and Gokusen on EWAM). Miguzi was...neat. I remember hating it at first because of it replacing Toonami but it grew on me over time, especially since it had Yugioh GX and Code Lyoko. I honestly don't even remember it actually ending. It was like one moment it was there and the next it was gone, which is kind of weird since I would've been like 13 at that point. Anyway, awesome video!

[@jasongodwin1319]

KZbin is slow. I'm just now being recommended the content and im on youtube all the time. considering the types of videos I have watched in the 3 years since this was made it seem like it would have been recommended by now. I'm watcing the playlist which was in reverse order but I just started at the bottom now i'm here.

[@GatorRay]

Not gonna lie. This block is how I first watched the Pokemon anime as someone who was born in 98 and BARELY watched Kids WB.

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

1992-2008 Cartoon Network Was The KING 👑Of All Time💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@Dominickudo]

Great video as always.

[@savagedarksider5934]

Damn. I missed miguz.

[@cbm-analyst1507]

This could have been bigger but it came out at a bad time for Cartoon Network

[@redrussell2159]

I remember this era of Cartoon Network being great with meguzee but one of the things I remember was the oversaturation of Naruto that led to me believing that the over-saturation of Naruto is what killed Cartoon Network's greatness and it ain't come back until Regular Show and Adventure Time

[@DxBlack]

Naruto had a typical saturation on the network until well after they killed CN Real and started over saturation of Ben 10, Totally Drama Island (garbage), and re-runs of Samurai Jack as the decline into the late 2000's (around 2007-2008). It kept that same typical level of saturation until it was pushed into the dying Toonami block with those same shows (and the fact that they even dared to include B10 in that block shows they had lost sight of what made Toonami _Toonami,_ just before they killed that block and shoved it into [Adult Swim]).

[@ivancorredera4241]

Somebody help me here, I distinctly remember at some point, there were these short cgi animated action scenes involving three characters (two distinctly reddish-orangish figures, and one purple goth girl) in between shows in the mid 2000s and I cannot remember the name but I can remember watching them as a kid.

[@EtropolisGhost]

That was probably "Master Control" which took Miguzi's place. I don't remember watching it myself, but I've been watching videos about Miguzi lately, and one mentioned that master control replaced it and showed some visuals that look just like what you described. 4 years late, but maybe this helps :)

[@brycerunsabove2025]

For you younger guys, Miguzi was a great program. Replacing Toonami wasn’t probably cartoon networks greatest idea, If anything Cartoon Network should have put Toonami on during the evening hours like seven through nine o’clock at night. And follow it up with adult swim. I think if Cartoon Network would’ve done this Miguzi may have survived and toonami. But, Bad management really screwed everything up for everybody, Miguzi was replacing Toonami in a abrupt manner. If Cartoon Network would’ve gave people a heads up about what their schedule is going to be like maybe then we wouldn’t have such a grudge against Miguzi, But for you younger guys, Miguzi was a good program for y’all

[@brycerunsabove2025]

Side note, I’m aware of Toonami’s comeback in 2012 to present day

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

Miguzi Is A Block That’s another classic everything that work since 2008 was all gold of success💚Teen Titans03,TMNT 03,Totally Spies,Code Lokyo My Best Brother PauL Favorite show of that era We Loved All The Shows Of The CartOOnCartOOn Era Because all those shows were all classics shows and remember to this day I watch all the time hoping that cartoon cartoon will return in a way that will never see coming I hope it comes soon amen Jesus Christ👍❤️👏💚🙏🌈👋😊😍😭😱🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👏

[@kangaroofuno]

Hello again I can't believe it's not toonami

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

16:02 Team Galaxy being a one-week wonder remains one of the more baffling entries in CN history when you look back, but... I think I can explain this one. The show had a bit of a "soft launch" with some adverts throughout the late summer, coinciding with the show's actual debut in other regions, and at one point, it even appeared on a weeknight in September. However, it was often resigned to Saturday mornings, and in December 2006, it showed episodes at 8:30am. I think it having a bit of a negative stigma with it being "Totally Spies in Space" at the time, not to mention it's damn near confusing rights ownership (Cartoon Network ponied up some serious dough to make episodes as well as have the rights in the States thanks to the success of Totally Spies, but it was made primarily for Jetix Europe, which was the remnants of Fox Kids, now a Disney property, and also aired on YTV in Canada, which still serves as Nickelodeon Canada) meant CN wasn't that interested in its success since it meant it would mean they would have to share it with some conflicting partners. They still kept it until 2009, but you had to watch it on demand. When you don't own the property, instead just syndicate it, success and failure are somewhat irrelevant given that it's not your responsibility to encourage folks to get everyone on board. If they do, it's gravy, and if they don't, it was just another bad business decision and you try again. It's an alright show (and my avatar is one of the characters, Brett), but the fact it was the final Miguzi newcomer makes it an interesting trivia question.

[@toondisney1941]

Do har har tharsdays!

[@matthewmensah481]

My childhood memories #2000sNoatalgia

[@frlidk8207]

This has nothing to do with attack the block but I’m interested in see a video on what happened to the hub

[@strechemall]

God no not the hub, it killed my precious Discovery Kids.

[@frlidk8207]

@AREA51 GANG EARTHK lol

[@2wavybuckets]

Miguzi is how i got into Yu-gi-oh

[@keppi8055]

ANOTHER ATTACK THE BLOCK EPISODE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@darthfox45]

Please make an Episode on You Are Here!

[@jorgeacosta215]

You should do Fox kids next

[@casketking00]

good times

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

Cartoon Network Old Is😳Awesomeness😊

[@digitalq9702]

There was a time period without Tom on Toonami one of the guys from space ghost hosted it

[@MrAdam802]

Can you do a dedicated Attack the Block episode on Toonami?

[@digitalq9702]

Cartoon Network checkerboard era will always be my favorite not that that has anything to do with this video but I do like cartoon netowrk during that era the most

[@BrianAwesome]

Excuse my french,. but I F**k'n' hate how Cable overshadowed Non-cable. Fox Kids used to sh** on Nick. Then Non cable/cable were neck and neck (KWB, UPN, WB, Fox Kids, etc. Vs Nick, Disney, CN, etc. as examples). So as Saiyan Scholar would say, What the Hell Happened ??

[@pikachuhutch234]

Talk about sprout from nbc

[@supergodzillaxvlogs3044]

Cartoon Network1992-2008🌟Top LoveTime❤️

[@Nick-du7cc]

I vote for Cw4kids/Toonzai/Vortexx

[@DxBlack]

Pfft...I clearly blocked this out of memory because I remember all the shows, but not the block. Probably because of that stupid CGI.

[@memeelfman324]

Do jetix next or 1 Saturday morning

[@figueroastudios841]

Code lokoy

[@akimmulondo5747]

The ben10 reboot does not suck

[@FadingJack]

What happened to this channel?

[@digitalq9702]

The year I stopped watching cartoon netowrk was 2007 December of that year cartoon network was not the cartoon network I knew anymore and I've never watched it sense despite what people say about adventure time and all those shows I've never watched them cuz I dont care about present day cartoon netowrk it got ruined in 2007 and that's the last year of shows I'll watch

[@figueroastudios841]

Code Loyko

[@reidsewing6436]

It's Spelled L-Y-O-K-O

[@lionelrivera531]

The host of The Animated show meguzee is a girl.

[@themikellblock2154]

Do tonami

[@satishtilokani2990]

CARTOOON NETWORK 8S TRASH NOW

[@themikellblock2154]

Do nick@nite

[@frlidk8207]

Mann

[@themikellblock2154]

Do nick mom

[@singletona082]

I really didn't like miguzi. Mostly because it took toonami's place.

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

I think that's why a lot of us refused to watch it. That and it was getting to the point where being an edgelord "cartoons sucks now" 90's kid who fapped to nostalgia before it became a mainstream fad was starting to become more and more of a hype. With that said, hilarious how that would years later slowly but surely segue into the 2nd wave Nostalgia Market (1st wave was ironically enough in the mid 80's to early 90's. You had lots of Depression through Boomer Generation entertainment making a comeback and even movies and shows that capitalized on that Nostalgia Market fad. 2nd Wave Nostalgia Market is like that one only now with lots of 80's and 90's shit coming back instead lol). But yeah, those were the two reasons I refused to watch Miguzi as I think it was for a lot of us

[@strechemall]

@@NeurospicyBitch88 I also didn't like it because it replaced Toonami but One Piece and Zatch Bell was too lit to miss for me.