But the block came to an end in 2008. It had limped along for a while with a shortened schedule consisting more and more of reruns. Fans mourned the loss for four years. Then, on April 1, 2012, ...

We owe it all to Toonami. While anime spent decades arriving on western shores in irregular stages — and often with new titles, like Astro Boy, Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets, which scrubbed ...

Matt Villei is a News Writer for Collider. Having a deep appreciation for the games, films, and books he experienced growing up, Matt wanted to learn the inner workings of how these media pieces were ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Toonami originally began as an afternoon block that would introduce North American viewers to new ...

For a whole generation, Toonami was more than a programming block. It served as an entrance to a new universe of storytelling. When Cartoon Network first introduced Toonami in 1997, no one would have ...

For Americans of a certain age, Toonami served as the gateway to anime. Before streaming made thousands of shows available at our fingertips, we had a harder time coming by anime. Broadcast television ...