Anime Back on TV?

Both Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura where at one point on TV and they were heavily edited because while at face value they seem like kids shows the reality is they aren't. They get into some themes that are quite frankly over kids heads.

I think if shows like that were to be brought back they would be butchered and edited again. For example the Edits to Dragon Ball Kai on Nicktoons are pretty heavy. The episodes seem to be half the length they should be which means they are cutting ALOT of content from a show that already had content cut.(i mean they have 3 commercials for a 30 minute show)

While I agree a show like Stellvia would be able to be aired with minimal edits its also a show that kids would not want to watch. There are points in the show where nothing happens for a couple of episodes in a row and while it's all character development during these times kids won't care. They want things blowing up and people making them laugh.

And cost isn't really something that comes into the equation when demand doesn't exist. Most of the anime that's on TV is that way because the anime companies are paying to have it that way. It's very rarely the other way around. Alot of the older shows you mentioned are owned by Bandai or Sentai Filmworks which quite frankly isn't in any condition to try to get things on TV. If Funimation isn't have alot more anime on TV with their resources it's gonna be nearly impossible for smaller companies like Sentai, Media Blasters or Bandai.

To me I think there are already enough kids show getting kids into anime. There is still stuff like Pokemon airing as well as Yugioh and once the kids get old enough they are gonna wanna see new stuff and that's where the problem comes. There isn't enough anime being aired that's aimed at the older audiences. A few years ago there was a ton(Showtime aired Peacemaker and Chrono Crusade IFC had Gunslinger Gril, Basilisk, Hell Girl, Witchblade, and Speed Grapher, Sci Fi had Tokko, Noein, Gurren Lagann Gundam 00 and Monster). But now it's really only Adult Swim and even they have cut back on Anime showing only 1-2 new shows instead of 3-4 like they used to.

There already hints Sci Fi or Sy Fy or whatever they call themselves may not be getting new anime because Monster is nearing it's end and there has been no mention of other shows they may pick up when they mention shows FAR in advance before. Leading a few to believe once Monster ends they will stop showing anime which makes Adult Swim the last place for more Mature anime fans to go on TV. While kids still have Fox morning cartoon block CW, Nicktoons and Catoon Network for stuff like Digimon Pokemon and Yugioh as well as the new shows 4kids will be releasing soon.