...Missing Link(s)...

There seems to be a missing link somewhere out there… I am trying to find something that was lost... Way back in the day… of “Force Five”… Maybe it ended with “Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.” Perhaps lost in the final days of Hanna Barbera’s “Pirates of Dark Water” and “Swat Kats.” I remember a time when I could turn on weekday mornings and find a small, forgotten block of cartoons on “USA” that included the likes of “Gigantor” and “Robotech”… I recall that shining moment in “Toonami”’s life that heralded an era of ground breaking anime that swept into the U.S. market, from “DBZ”, to “Gundam”, “Outlaw Star” to “Big O”… Even in “Adult Swim”’s shinning moments as American “Home Movies” and “Space Ghost” met Japanese “Cowboy BeBop” and “FLCL”… In this unearthing age of technology and wizardry… channels erupt into the scene and are quickly bought out and altered to meet executive “ratings”… But… where is this link… Where is that mind altering block of animation or anime, past or contemporary, local or foreign, stunning, immaculate and life affecting… That link which really sinks into you… Creates an underlying theme… the days in the elementary school kid, the high school teenager, the groups of series, the block of shows… that really marked that time… helped to turn the page… of your time… of our time…