Like I said, it's Yu Yu Hakusho not Ghost Fighter!

Before Funimation (now Crunchyroll) acquired the anime series in the early 2000s, Media Blasters' Anime Works label released both versions of Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie on VHS in 1998. The one with the original Japanese version with English subtitles, the other with the English dub done in Arleta, Los Angeles. Also, the first film was 30 minutes short. In my country, the series was called Ghost Fighter for its Filipino dub & name changes. It's a good thing I couldn't find a Filipino dub of the first film titled "Ghost Fighter: The Next Mission", because the whole thing is lost media nowadays.

It's game time!

In 1993 during Super Bowl XXVII on NBC, Bud Bowl had a major change in the fifth edition. The bottles were transitioned to CGI by Pacific Data Images (later PDI/DreamWorks), & the hosts were Ahmad Rashād & Karen Duffy. The previous human hosts in the third & forth editions were the late Keith Jackson, Don Meredith & Chris Berman. Team Budweiser won 4 times in a row, which was coached by Joe Namath after Bud Light's The Illuminator was caught by a Budweiser blimp. Speaking of The Illuminator, it was transformed from a Bud Light truck using a morphing effect by Team Bud Light's coach Corbin Bernsen with a radar. The sixth edition the following year did the exact same thing, this time hosted by Marv Albert & the CGI bottles including The Basher were done by Boss Film Studios. Same thing with the Pillsbury Doughboy, from stop motion to CGI.

It's fun with Ronald at McDonald's

An American McDonald's commercial from 1993 was seen internationally in the mid to late 1990s, including my country where Filipino children remember it during commercial breaks of Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z on RPN & Bioman on IBC.

Before The Powerpuff Girls, There was Sailor Moon

Back in 1998, I watched Sailor Moon S on ABC 5 (now TV5) when the show was dubbed in Tagalog. I do know that the Tagalog dub version of Sailor Moon premiered on ABC 5 in 1994, one year before the English dub premiered both in Canada & the United States. One of a lot of things that annoys me in the Tagalog dub is Sailor Moon's speech before the battle begins, "Ako ang magandang tagapagtanggol ng pag-ibig at katarungan! Ako si Sailor Moon! Parurusahan kita sa ngalan ng buwan!" ("I am the good champion of love and justice! I am Sailor Moon! Punish in the name of the month!"). During the airing of Sailor Moon S on ABC 5 in the Philippines, Sailor Moon aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block every Weekday afternoon at 4 PM in the United States as of June 12, 1998 Friday. In Canada however, Sailor Moon still airs on YTV until 2004. The only season of Sailor Moon that was not English dubbed as of today is Sailor Stars, although the last season of Sailor Moon aired on ABC 5 in the Philippines in the early 2000s & it was Tagalog dubbed. Usagi Tsukino was named Bunny in the Tagalog dubs of Sailor Moon & Sailor Moon R while she was named Serena in English dubs of the four seasons of Sailor Moon. The English dub of Sailor Moon also airs in the UK, Australia & New Zealand. With the exceptions of a few anime shows such as Yaiba, all the anime shows on ABC 5 were dubbed in Tagalog, same goes to ABS-CBN, GMA 7 & IBC 13 prior to 1999, August 22, Sunday at 8 AM to be exact. The Tagalized Sailor Moon theme song was sung by Angelika Dela Cruz & I shouldn't dare to listen to that. The first English dub of Sailor Moon was done by DIC Entertainment for the first 2 seasons & edited down to 82 episodes, The next one was done by Cloverway Inc. for the next 2 seasons & the episodes were edited by Cartoon Network in the United States. It makes 166 episodes in total. In the Tagalog dub however, it had 200 episodes & 5 seasons so far on ABC 5. I hope I should be watching the English dub of Sailor Moon which was done by DIC & Cloverway & I should soon looking forward for the English dub of Sailor Stars by Viz Media for another year. Amen to the Sailor Scouts.
UPDATE 2/23/2019: Viz Media will release the English dub of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars this May.

UPDATE 7/7/2025: Here's a promo for Sailor Moon SuperS that aired on ABC 5 (now TV5) back in 1999 which was uploaded by UndustFixation on YouTube last year.

1990's Coca-Cola Polar Bears commercials

The Coca-Cola Polar Bears campaign started in 1993 & it continues in 2000's & 2010's in the United States. Here are the commercials.

Note: The commercials are done in computer animation.

1990's McDonald's commercials for children

I first saw those commercials on RetroJunk when I was 11 to 12 years old. I didn't know that Grimace, Hamburglar & Birdie the Early Bird can talk in every commercial. Speaking of Birdie, she's voiced by Russi Taylor which I know her as the current voice of Minnie Mouse.

Looney Tunes in Asia in the 90's

As of August 22, 1999 Sunday, the Post-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons on TV networks throughout Asia in the 1990's (even ABC 5 in my country) years before it aired on Cartoon Network in 2003. Also, Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck appeared in TV commercials in Asia like Mirinda for example:

However, the Pre-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons were aired not only on TV networks throughout Asia in the 1990's but on Cartoon Network throughout Asia starting in 1997. I watched The Bugs & Daffy Show as a kid on Cartoon Network during the late 1990's & the early 2000's before I watch The Looney Tunes Show in 2003.

It's Throwback Thursday!

Back in 1996, Filipino kids watched Ghost Fighter every Wednesday night at 6:30 pm on IBC 13 where it still ran until September 15, 1998. In the US however, the show is still called YuYu Hakusho & it only released 2 movies on VHS either English dubbed or subtitled as of between September 15, 1998 Wednesday at 4 am Pacific & August 21, 1999 Saturday at 5 pm Pacific. I've watched the English dubbed of YuYu Hakusho on Animax back in 2007 on TV when I was in Quezon City, Philippines & I enjoyed it really. It's even better than Ghost Fighter because it's still YuYu Hakusho.

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Many Filipinos watched Voltes V on television in the 1980's aired on various television networks in the Philippines such as PTV, ABS-CBN & RPN, it only aired 31 episodes due to reruns. However, the episodes that are not aired on Philippine television were episodes 27-30. Between 1989 & 1999, Voltes V begins airing on IBC & later GMA with a Tagalog dub. As of August 21, 1999 Saturday, all the episodes of Voltes V are dubbed in Tagalog when already aired on GMA every Friday night at 7:30 pm after Lupin the 3rd.

It's YuYu Hakusho, not Ghost Fighter!

When I was 4 years old, I watch Ghost Fighter every weeknight at 7 pm on GMA 7 since March 1, 1999. Between that date & August 6 of that year, all the episodes are dubbed in Tagalog right before Lupin the 3rd stole its' thunder on the Monday, Wednesday & Friday slot while Flame of Recca is on the Tuesday & Thursday slot as of August 22, Sunday of that year. I don't like that I watched that show briefly on IBC 13 when I was 3 years old, it was also dubbed in Tagalog. I should rather watch the English dub of YuYu Hakusho on the internet than watching on GMA 7 as Ghost Fighter, it's a total mess for me.