Cosmo Samurai

Cosmo Samurai is a Toonami Total Immersion Event (T.I.E.) that will premiere on February 6, 2021 at midnight and conclude on February 27, 2021. Cosmo Samurai, the ninth Toonami T.I.E., was announced on January 30, 2021 through a promo during the Toonami broadcast. Unlike all previous T.I.E.s (except IGPX) which are animated in 3-D using CGI, Cosmo Samurai is animated in 2-D in an anime art style. This will be Toonami's first non-canonical T.I.E., meaning it will feature the Toonami characters (i.e. TOM and SARA) but will not impact the ongoing Toonami narrative or the characters themselves. All dialogue in the T.I.E. is spoken in Japanese with English subtitles, similar to the April Fools 2018 broadcast.

The event is directed by Toshiyuki Tsuru and animated by Telecom.

Episode 1
Air Date: February 6, 2021

Episode 2
Air Date: February 13, 2021

Episode 3
Air Date: February 20, 2021

Episode 4
Air Date: February 27, 2021

Trivia

 * The promo that teases this T.I.E. features the remaints of what looks like TOM 3, along with the exploded remaints of a spaceship. That promo also has TOM speaking Japanese with English subtitles, referencing Toonami's 2018 April Fools prank.
 * Jason DeMarco revealed on Twitter that the reason this T.I.E. will be non-canonical is because Jason stated that the director of this event had a bright idea for a T.I.E. but didn't want to use Toonami's current hosts, namely TOM 6 and SARA v4. The director then talked to the Williams Street and Adult Swim executives and they told him to "just do what you want to do".

Voice Cast

 * TOM 3 - ¿?
 * SARA v4 - ¿?
 * Narrator/Voice-over - Howard Parker