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In 2024, you can’t throw a stone without hitting an anime fan — not literally, of course. But what once felt like an exclusive club has become a mainstream, global phenomenon, appearing on everything ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toonami was one of the most chill places to watch action cartoons. The Cartoon Network block embraced lo-fi beats and a sleek sci-fi setting. Hosted by the smooth-voiced Moltar and TOM, there was a ...

John is a writer and podcaster based in New York. He's passionate about comic books, superhero movies, Star Wars, and anime. Toonami was a popular television block on Cartoon Network, started in 1997 ...

Toonami has introduced countless viewers to old and new anime series in its history, and later this month, the Cartoon Network programming block is bringing fans back to its past. Toonami Rewind will ...