Toonami

Toonami is an animated programming block formerly on Cartoon Network, and currently on Adult Swim, geared toward action-oriented programming, mostly consisting of American cartoons and Japanese anime. The name is a combination of the words cartoon and tsunami, suggesting that the block is a "tidal wave" of animated shows. The block originated in the US on March 17, 1997 and ended its run on September 20, 2008. It was revived on Saturday May 26, 2012, as a more mature-geared incarnation on Adult Swim.

History
Toonami was Cartoon Network's primary action-animation block, which made its world premiere on Monday, March 17, 1997, initially replacing Power Zone, Cartoon Network's most recent incarnation of the Super Adventures block which had been a staple on the network since October 1, 1992. Toonami was originally a weekday afternoon cartoon and action block hosted by Space Ghost villain-turned-producer Moltar from the Ghost Planet Industries building from 1997 to July 9, 1999.

In the animated world, Moltar began the program by sending his mobile satellite probe, Clyde 49, to earth to retrieve data and transmit it through the Ghost Planet Studio, where "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast" was broadcast. After some time, Moltar passed the torch of being host to an AI named TOM, who was given the Ghost Planet vessel, GPS Absolution Mk. I, to travel through the universe and continue Moltar's work while he is stuck on Ghost Planet as punishment by Space Ghost.

With TOM in the driver's seat, Toonami began reaching out in new and unexpected programming and programming blocks (The Midnight Run, The Rising Sun, Toonami Super Saturday). At one point, an Intruder ate into the Absolution and killed TOM, leaving his successor, TOM 2 to take over and rid the vessel of the intruder. Tom hosted Hyper Space Movie Fridays after this, but got stuck once due to a computer virus. Sometime after, the Absolution was destroyed and SARA taken from it. TOM was destroyed, but rebuilt into a new body (referred to as TOM 3), and rescued SARA, building a new ship from scrap, dubbed the GPS Absolution Mk. II.

Kids WB version
From July 30, 2001, until June 30, 2002, Kids WB aired a Toonami block that was, more or less, the Kids' WB lineup with the Toonami name. It was critically panned by industry observers and fans, who noticed the action branding of the block did not translate content wise, which had added shows like "Scooby-Doo" and "The Nightmare Room", a live-action series created by Goosebumps author R. L. Stine. In spring 2002, Kids' WB announced that they would drop the Toonami name from their weekday lineup, once again making the Toonami brand exclusive to Cartoon Network.

Toonami Rules Saturday Nights
On April 17, 2004, Cartoon Network moved Toonami from weekday afternoons to Saturday evenings with a new demographic of preteen and teen audiences while adding a new lighter-toned action franchise, Miguzi, to weekdays in its place.

Toonami also replaced the block known as Saturday Video Entertainment System or SVES. One big reason for the move from weekdays to Saturday nights was because some of the shows on the weekday lineup (such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Cyborg 009, and Rurouni Kenshin) became too violent for a weekday broadcast on the network.

3.17.07 (Toonami's 10th anniversary)
On January 27, 2007, a teaser commercial aired during the Xiaolin Showdown marathon on Cartoon Network featuring close up shots of larger (the remote robot explorers that have been a fixture of Toonami since the beginning) along with the date 3/17/07 and TOM's chest emblem glowing blue.

On March 17, 2007, Toonami celebrated its 10th anniversary with the introduction of TOM 4, and the jungle control room called Flowus 3 with a trio of new robots- Flash, D and a new Clyde. There were also numerous montages celebrating the block's history.

The montages included a look at past hosts, former logos, and a decade's worth of clips and voiceovers from shows that aired on Toonami. There were a total of 4 montages, all of them having different clips.

As part of the anniversary (and to coincide with Cartoon Network's March Movie Madness event), Toonami planned a month of movies:


 * March 3 - The Invincible Iron Man
 * March 10 - Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic
 * March 17 - Hellboy: Blood and Iron
 * March 24 - Stan Lee Presents: The Condor
 * March 31 - Spirited Away and Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo

Cancellation
On Saturday, September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network canceled the block and Toonami aired its final transmission. Employees who worked on the block went to other parts of the Cartoon Network or Adult Swim. Anime was mostly handled by Adult Swim, and a new block titled "CN Real" replaced Toonami on Saturday nights. Toonami Jetstream remained without the Toonami name until January 2009. At the end of Toonami's final airing, the host, voiced by Steve Blum, ended the block with a final monologue simply reading:

"Well this is the end beautiful friends, after more than 11 years this is Toonami's final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun. And we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully, we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, stay gold...Bang."

The last part echoed the final words of the character Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, who was also voiced by Steve Blum in the English dub of the anime.

April Fools 2012 - Toonami Revival on Adult Swim
On midnight of April 1, 2012, just past Toonami's 15th anniversary, Adult Swim, which generally changes its programming for April Fools' Day, began to play The Room (as they had done the past several years). The scene then switched to TOM (in an updated version of his third incarnation) aboard the Absolution, greeting the viewers while commenting on April Fools' Day, before introducing that week's scheduled episode of Bleach. The Toonami-related programming and bumpers continued throughout the night, featuring Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo!, Outlaw Star, The Big O, Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Submarine No. 6, and Gigantor. Trigun and Astro Boy, two series that were never shown on the original Toonami, were also shown. TOM also presented a review of "Mass Effect 3" and promoted the recent DVD releases of the series shown that night.

Toonami Relaunch
On May 16, 2012, Adult Swim posted a message on Facebook announcing that Toonami would return on May 26, with a similar message on Twitter, ending with #ToonamisBackBitches. The network issued a press release later that day confirming the block's revival as a Saturday late night block. Toonami made its return on May 26, 2012, after a four-year hiatus from mainstream television airwaves, with all new bumpers, game reviews and an updated animation of TOM. This midnight timeslot block features more mature programming than any of its predecessors. The initial lineup continued some of the Adult Swim Saturday anime block programs and premiered two new shows, Deadman Wonderland and Casshern Sins.

On August 18, the initial Toonami 2012 program lineup was changed, with Samurai 7 and Eureka Seven replacing Deadman Wonderland and Cowboy Bebop. In addition, the program time slots within the block were rearranged.

On September 26, it was reported that Sym-Bionic Titan and ThunderCats would join the block taking the 2:00 AM and 2:30 AM time slots, respectively. It was also reported that the remaining 3-6AM time period formerly used to repeat the Toonami block would be replaced with two episodes (1 hour) each of Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. This new schedule began on October 6, 2012.

On November 3, it was confirmed that Tenchi Muyo! GXP will join the lineup along with Inuyasha. On November 22 it was confirmed that Toonami will air uncut episodes of Naruto and that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood will start over from the beginning. Also, Bleach had reruns for 8 weeks, beginning on December 1.

On January 6, 2013, Toonami changed its color scheme from dark red to blue after using the blue scheme to introduce Inuyasha on November 3. New episodes of Bleach began on January 26. On February 16, Soul Eater began airing on Toonami replacing Samurai 7.

During Momocon 2013, the Toonami staff unveiled designs for a TOM 5 and a new Absolution, and announced a look overhaul (New logo, schedule bumps, etc.) which will all debut in april. Toonami also announced that they would air Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone on the block's anniversary March 17, and One Piece would be added to the lineup some time in 2013. The color scheme changed to green on March 17, for one day, for Toonami's birthday celebration (and St. Patrick's Day), though on the official Toonami Tumblr, they said the change to green had nothing to do with St. Patrick's Day.

On March 26, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that TOM 5, the GPS Absolution Mk. III, and the new look of the block, will premiere on April 27. It was also announced that the formerly written off Toonami original series IGPX has been brought back to Toonami replacing one of the episodes of Cowboy Bebop (but not in that timeslot). IGPX will also begin airing on April 27. It was announced on April 12, on the official Toonami Tumblr that One Piece will be returning to the lineup on May 17, replacing Tenchi Muyo! GXP.

TOM 5 Era
On April 27, IGPX, TOM 5, The GPS Absolution Mk. III, and the new look of the block (logo, bumps, etc.) made their scheduled premiere along with the surprise return of the Absolution's A.I. Matrix, SARA, redesigned and now voiced by Dana Swanson.

On May 24, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that Sword Art Online would be premiering on Toonami sometime in August. On June 27, It was announced on the official Toonami Tumblr that Sword Art Online will instead be premiering, along with Season 2 of The Big O, on July 27, 2013. They will replace Sym-Bionic Titan and Thundercats (2011). They also announced that after July 20th they will no longer hold the rights to Thundercats (2011), so it will not be coming back to the block, but Sym-Bionic Titan will be back at some point in the future.

On July 31, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars would be replacing Eureka Seven on August 17th. Also, it was announced that Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance would premiere on August 31st. On August 31, Evangelion 2.22 premiered and was immediately followed by a special surprise, the short film Kick-Heart.

On September 26, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that IGPX would air twice in the 2:30 AM to 3:30 AM timeslot (preempting Star Wars: The Clone Wars) on October 19th. It was also announced that FLCL and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex would be replacing The Big O and Cowboy Bebop on October 26th.

On October 25, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that Toonami would be expanded by half an hour, making it a 6 1/2 hour block and would start at 11:30 PM on January 4, 2014. It was also announced that Space Dandy would be making its world television premiere on Toonami on January 4, 2014 at 11:30 PM. It was also announced that in December Toonami will have 3 more movie specials over 3 weeks.

On November 2, an extra hour was added to the block thanks to the end of Daylights Savings. After Sword Art Online and FLCL aired during the extra hour; King Star King, Korgoth of Barbaria, & Kick-Heart aired during the 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM hour.

On November 6, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that Naruto would be ending its run on November 30th and in January 2014 Naruto Shippuden would be added to the lineup in its place. It was later announced that Naruto would not be leaving the block. On January 4, 2014 Naruto Shippuden premiered on Toonami at 12:30 AM and Naruto moved down to 3:00 AM.

On November 15, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that December would now be a month of movies, with Toonami airing 4 movies over 4 weeks, as opposed to the previously announced 3 movies. The scheduled movies were:
 * Akira - December 7, 2013
 * Summer Wars - December 14, 2013
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa - December 21, 2013
 * Trigun: Badlands Rumble - December 28, 2013

On November 22, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that in March 2014, Blue Exorcist will be added to the Toonami lineup. On February 22, 2014, Blue Exorcist premiered on Toonami at 1:30 AM.

On December 10, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that in February 2014, Samurai Jack will be added to the Toonami lineup. On February 1, 2014, the series returned to Toonami at 4:00 AM.

On January 4, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that Black Lagoon would make its U.S. television premiere on Toonami beginning March 22, 2014. On March 22, 2014, Black Lagoon premiered on Toonami at 2:00 AM.

On February 5, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr, it was announced that The Intruder II, the sequel to the original Toonami Total Immersion Event, The Intruder, was in development for a 2015 premiere.

On March 22, 2014 it was announced that season 2 of Space Dandy would premiere on Toonami in July. On July 5, 2014, season 2 began airing on Toonami at 12:30 AM.

On April 5, 2014, the block received a surprise look (logo, font, bumps, etc.) upgrade.

On April 12, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that on May 3, 2014, Attack on Titan will be added to the Toonami lineup replacing IGPX. On May 3, 2014, Attack on Titan premiered on Toonami at 11:30 PM.

On April 16, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that on May 10, 2014, Beware the Batman will be added to the Toonami lineup replacing Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. On May 10, 2014, Beware the Batman premiered on Toonami at 3:00 AM.

On May 2, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that the movie Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge would air on Toonami on May 24, 2014 from 12-1 AM.

On May 24 at the Toonami panel at MoMoCon 2014, it was announced that Dragon Ball Z Kai would be coming to Toonami in the fall. It was also announced that Cowboy Bebop had been relicensed and would return to Toonami in July. On July 26, 2014, Cowboy Bebop returned to the block at 4:30 AM.

On July 20, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that Gurren Lagann would be coming to Toonami in August. On August 16, 2014 Gurren Lagann premiered on Toonami at 2:00 AM.

On August 15, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that there would be an Attack on Titan marathon on August 30th from 12-6 AM.

On August 23, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that Hellsing Ultimate would be coming to Toonami in September. On September 13, 2014 Hellsing Ultimate premiered on Toonami at 3:00 AM.

On September 16, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars would be leaving the block after September 20th.

On September 22, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumbler it was announced that Beware the Batman and Sym-Bionic Titan had been written off by Cartoon Network and will never appear on Toonami again. It was also announced that the final 7 episodes of Beware the Batman would air on September 27th from 2:30-6:00 AM. It was also announced that on October 4th Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG and The Big O season 2 would both return to the lineup.

On September 28, 2014, on the official Toonami Tumblr it was announced that Dragon Ball Z Kai would be coming to Toonami on November 8th.

Current Toonami Staff

 * Jason Demarco (1997-2008; 2012-present)
 * Gill Austin (1997-2008; 2012-present)
 * Mike Lazzo (1997-2008; 2012-present)
 * Jonny Rej (1998-2008; 2012-present)
 * Steve Blum (2000-2008; 2012-present)
 * Dennis Moloney (2000-2008; 2012-present)
 * Sara Hardy (2002-2008; 2012-present)
 * Brent Busby (2005-2008; 2012-present)
 * Chris Hartley (2012-present)
 * Howard Parker (2012-present)
 * Kim Manning (2012-present)
 * Dana Swanson (2013-present)

Former Toonami Staff

 * Sean Akins (1997-2008)
 * C. Martin Croker (1997-1999)
 * Joe Boyd Vigil (1997-2002)
 * Peter Cullen (1999-2008)
 * Sonny Strait (1999-2000)
 * Sally Timms (2000-2007)
 * Tom Kenny (2007-2008)
 * Dave Wittenberg (2007-2008)

Toonami Lineups (1997-Present)
Toonami Lineups (1997-Present) is a list of schedules that have been broadcast by Toonami since March 17, 1997.

Toonami has played host to many cartoons over its years on the air, broadcasting both american action cartoon series and japanese anime series.

Toonami Programming Blocks
The Midnight Run The Midnight Run was a Toonami Programming Block that ran from 1999-2003. Initially from 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM on Saturdays from 1999 to 2000. It was then moved to weekdays and ran from 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM until 2003. It consisted of series such as Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, among others. Midnight Run tended to have slightly more blood and violence than its day-time counterpart, at one point even running an uncut version of Gundam Wing.

The Rising Sun The Rising Sun was a Saturday morning Toonami Programming Block that started and ended in 2000, Toonami's Rising Sun initially ran from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, but later was changed to run from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. It consisted of series such as Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Batman: The Animated Series, and Ronin Warriors, among others. The Rising Sun was somewhat hampered to avoid competing with sister network Kids WB.

Toonami Super Saturday Toonami Super Saturday is a Toonami Programming Block that ran on Saturdays initially from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, then from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. It consisted of series such as Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series), Transformers: Armada, and .hack//SIGN. The final 4 episodes of Zoids: Chaotic Century were shown for the first and last time on any Toonami block on January 4, 2003 as part of Toonami Super Saturday. The block premiered in 2001 and was cancelled in 2003, replaced by SVES, a Non-Toonami action oriented cartoon block.

Toonami Events
Throughout its history (on both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim) Toonami has had several special events that usually consisted of marathons, showcasing a mixture of the shows on Toonami at the time or a single particular show such as Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, or Naruto. Most of these events occurred on holidays, such as New Years Eve, Valentine's Day, and President's Day, but occassionally the timing was random or coincided with the return of a series to the block, such as the return of new Dragon Ball Z episodes or the airing of the "Lost Episodes" of Sailor Moon. Toonami has also had a handful of special interactive events known as Total Immersion Events (T.I.E.s) that take place both on-air during Toonami and online at Toonami.com.

Toonami Reactor
On April 30, 2001, Cartoon Network launched Toonami Reactor, their first online streaming video service. The three-month service featured streaming episodes from Dragon Ball Z and Star Blazers, the latter of which was an online-exclusive series. Editorial content was provided by the now-defunct Animerica Magazine, published by VIZ Media. After the three-month "trial run" was over, Cartoon Network took it offline and completely revamped it.

On November 14, 2001, Cartoon Network relaunched Toonami Reactor with all online-exclusive programs such as Star Blazers, Patlabor, Harlock Saga, and Record of Lodoss War, as well as videos from Daft Punk and Toonami-themed games. In the summer of 2002, Toonami Reactor was revamped again under the Adult Swim brand and, with a joint venture with VIZ's Weekly Shonen Jump, programmed it as "Adult Swim Pipeline."

Toonami Jetstream
On April 25, 2006, a little over five years since the launch of the now-defunct Toonami Reactor, Cartoon Network and VIZ Media announced plans to launch Toonami Jetstream, a new ad-supported streaming video service featuring Toonami series like Naruto, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, and IGPX. As well as the U.S. internet stream premieres of Hikaru no Go, MÄR, Eyeshield 21, The Prince of Tennis, Megaman Star Force, and Kiba. MegaMan NT Warriors and Zoids: Genesis were scheduled to be part of Toonami Jetstream but never ended up being streamed.

Toonami Jetstream launched on July 17, 2006 (after a brief unofficial sneak preview that began on July 14), and offered episodes of Naruto, Hikaru no Go, MAR, Zatch Bell!, Pokémon, Blue Dragon, Samurai Jack, Kiba, Storm Hawks, and Transformers: Animated. On January 30, 2009, Toonami Jetstream ended it's run. After Jetstream's end, many of the shows aired until their cancellation on Cartoon Network Video on it's main web site, cartoonnetwork.com.

Adult Swim
In 2012, Adult Swim rebranded their action videos section on video.adultswim.com as "Toonami shows". The site features current Toonami shows such as Bleach, Naruto, and Soul Eater. As well as past Toonami shows such as Big O, Deadman Wonderland, and Samurai 7. The site also features a Non-Toonami, former Adult Swim Action show, Durarara!!, but all content from the show was removed from the site as of June 24th, 2013 and adult swim lost the rights to the show.

On July 3, 2013, Toonami got it's own section on video.adultswim.com, complete with full schedule, a tumblr feed from the official Toonami Tumblr, and links to show pages, also on video.adultswim.com, that host full episodes and clips from most of the current Toonami shows.

Music Releases
Toonami proved to be a haven for music throughout it's history, using original compositions; first by skater/artist Tommy Guerrero from 1997 to 1999, and then by Atlanta-based composer Joe Boyd Vigil from 1999 to 2002, many of which were compiled in the CD Toonami: Deep Space Bass in 2001, which is now out of print. In 2003, DJ Clarknova (the alias of Toonami co-founder Jason DeMarco) took Toonami's beats (both old and new) and mixed them with sound bites from recent Toonami and Adult Swim shows. This resulted in an hour-long compilation of Toonami remixes, called the Toonami: Black Hole Megamix, but for unknown reasons was never published. However, the Megamix recently was hosted by Toonami Digital Arsenal, a popular unofficial Toonami multimedia site. DJ Clarknova then released another Toonami album, entitled Toonami: Supernova Megamix, on Christmas Eve of 2012 as a free download through the official Toonami Tumblr webpage.

From 2003 through 2008, Toonami relied on original and library tracks from various artists from publisher Ninja Tune. On rare occasions, videos from musicians such as Daft Punk, Linkin Park, The White Stripes, Beck, and Gorillaz aired on the block.

Video Game Reviews
Frequently throughout it's history, Toonami aired Video Game Reviews, written by Jason DeMarco and/or Gill Austin. The reviews, delivered by TOM and occasionally SARA, were fairly short and ran during commercial breaks. The hosts scored the games on a 1 - 10 system: 10 signifying an excellent game, 1 signifying a very poor game. (The score system was originally 1 - 5 until 2001.)

Two games were given a "?" rating, Dropship: United Peace Force for the PlayStation 2 (because of many failed attempts to get past Level 6) and Slender by Marc "Parsec" Hadley of Parsec Productions (because of not finding all eight pages in time, and the fright of looking at the Slender Man).

Toonami Comics
Toonami has released multiple comics during it's history. The first comics were part of DC's Cartoon Network Presents series. The next two were online comics. Toonami Swarm (A flash comic) and Toonami Endgame, told overall plot-related stories about the origin of TOM 1 and the origin of TOM 3 respectivly. The fourth comic, that doesn't offically have a name but is refered to as the Lost Toonami Comic, was never released during Toonami's original run. The lost comic was released post Toonami revival via the Toonami Tumblr page. In the next couple of months the Toonami Staff will premiere an online comic that will tell the story of how TOM 3 became TOM 4, how TOM 4 became TOM 3.5, where Sara and the Clydes were/are, and how TOM 5 and the new Absolution came to be.

Latin America
On December 2, 2002, Toonami premiered on Cartoon Network Latin America, replacing a similarly themed block, Talisman. Toonami aired shows that were already on the lineup such as Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, and Pokémon. It also served as the home of Inuyasha. Over the years, Toonami added shows like Yu Yu Hakusho and Knights of the Zodiac, as well as the revamped versions of Cyborg 009 and Astro Boy. However, the block had to move to the late-night slots on CN Latin America due to protests of violent scenes on the block. Mexico moved Toonami to midnight in October 2003 while the rest of Latin America moved the block in November 2004.

In 2005, Toonami had short-lived weekend schedules, which were later replaced by the premiere of Adult Swim in Latin America (October 7, 2005). In March 2006, Toonami revamped their lineup to include more adult-oriented series, such as Love Hina, taking advantage of the late schedule and the refusal of anime on Adult Swim, as well as to compete against the anime channel Animax (now Sony Spin) for new anime series. In June 2006, Toonami premiered anime movies in two monthly variations: Dragon Ball Theatricals (which had 17 different Dragon Ball movies), and Toonami Movies (generally animated action movies).

In 2007, CN Latin America cut Toonami completely and the movies were no longer aired, save those of Dragon Ball Z. After its cancellation in Latin America (March 26, 2007), the anime programming of the channel gradually vanished, currently the only anime which air on CN Latin America are Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z Kai.

In January 2010 the block Animaction was created, showing on Wednesday evenings. This block broadcasted both action programming and anime programming until it was removed in April 2011.

UK & Ireland
Toonami UK was a programming block on the Cartoon Network in the UK, until October 2002 when it became a key component of CNX, a new channel launched by Cartoon Network UK, the first Cartoon Network derivative to launch outside North America. CNX also broadcasted martial arts movies and dramas like The Shield and Birds of Prey at night. The network catered towards a young male audience. A year later, CNX was relaunched as Toonami and was then targeted at younger audience.

Toonami UK, throughout its existence, also aired cartoons based on DC Comics properties on the channel, such as Justice League Unlimited and the first two seasons of Batman Beyond (aired as Batman of the Future). Contractual disputes with Warner TV distribution prevented the channel from showing the third and final season of Batman Beyond and the whole of Superman: The Animated Series, forcing the channel to recycle through the first two seasons of Batman Beyond as a result.

In 2004, Toonami got rid of TOM and SARA and adopted a new look, featuring spinning and sliding red and black squares in different forms on a light blue background. From March 6, 2006, Toonami UK changed its focus from action cartoons to entertainment in general, as the channel moved to Sky 602 and began airing live-action shows such as Backyard Science, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and Life with Derek, Blue Water High. Additionally, the channel's graphics were redesigned, with the black, white and red logos replaced by a new blue background logo and giggling, blob-like mascots that are used in the channel's break bumpers, promos and idents which contrasted heavily with the original themes of the channel. Toonami and Cartoon Network Too merged into one channel on May 24, 2007, ending the run of Toonami UK.

Australia
Toonami launched on Cartoon Network Australia on 7 July 2001 as an outlet for action animation. Most of its lineup consisted of anime, including already popular shows such as Dragon Ball Z, as well as the Australian premiere of Cardcaptors and exclusives such as Gundam Wing and Yu Yu Hakusho. Occasionally it also broadcast action cartoons from the United States such as Batman Beyond.

On its launch, Toonami broadcast on Saturday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Each day's programming was repeated in the Toonami "Late Run" from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. Toonami soon expanded to weekdays, and for a number of years could be seen seven days a week. Although timeslots varied, the main Toonami block remained on weekday afternoons; in 2005 it was airing weeknights at 6.00pm, with mini-marathons playing on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

In September 2006, Toonami was dropped from the Cartoon Network Australia schedule. Former Toonami programming, and new programming that would have previously gone to Toonami is now spread out across the network's other timeslots.

Toonami Asia
Toonami Asia is a television channel that launched in Asia on December 1, 2012. It is operated and distributed in Asia by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc., a Time Warner company. Although the brand carries the same name as the programming block available in the US, they are in no way affiliated with each other, other than both being part of the Turner Broadcasting family. The Toonami channel in Asia is available 24 hours a day.

Fan-made projects
Toonami has had multiple fan made websites and projects over the years. Toonami Wiki itself is a fan made project decicated to providing information about the history, shows and universe of Toonami. Toonami Wiki fully supports and fully promotes the revived Toonami on Adult Swim, as well as the hardworking staff of Toonami. Toonami Wiki also supports any fan made websites that support and do not impede the success of Toonami.

Toonami Digital Arsenal
Toonami Digital Arsenal is a website launched in 1999 that features a collection of Toonami's many promos, music videos, and bumpers. The Toonami Staff have stated on their Tumblr several times that they appreciate Toonami Digital Arensal's work and have a link to the site on their FAQ page. There is also a link to the site on Toonami.com.

Toonami Faithful
Toonami Faithful is a website launched in 2012 that features Toonami news, a Toonami related forum, as well as a podcast that focuses solely on Toonami. The podcast has featured many guests including Toonami co-creator, Jason DeMarco, the voice of TOM, Steve Blum, the creator of Megas XLR, George Krstic, etc. Toonami Faithful is partially responsible for setting up the Toonami Panel at MomoCon and has been featured on the official Toonami Tumblr. There is a link to the site on Toonami.com.

Toonami Infolink
Toonami Infolink is a website launched in 2002 that features Toonami news, articles, reviews (DVDs, Video Games, Toonami Lineups), and a forum.

Toonami Fan
Toonami Fan is a website launched in early 2008, during Toonami's final year on Cartoon Network. After Toonami's cancelation the site unofficially ceased, but after being listed on Toonami.com in late 2013, some of the former contributors decided to revamp the site and start adding new content again. The site features articles, a Forum, and other Toonami related content.

Toonami Aftermath
Toonami Aftermath is a 24/7 oniline channel that began broadcasting on January 18, 2010 airing programs from Toonami, Kid's WB, and Cartoon Network (Cartoon Cartoons).

NeoToonami
NeoToonami was released after the revival of Toonami on Adult Swim. The creators claim NeoToonami's purpose is to "create a true successor to the original Toonami". NeoToonami broadcasts several shows that were previously broadcasted on Toonami as well as new shows. NeoToonami also is unique in the fact that it has it's own 3D Animation, featuring their own versions of TOM and the Absolution. NeoToonami ended on April 26, 2013, concluding with the explosion of their versions of the Absolution and Tom.

Note: Toonami, The Toonami Staff, and The Adminstrators of Toonami Wiki do not offically endorse the NeoToonami or the Toonami Aftermath projects or their respective affiliates because these sites feature illegal use of Turner owned properties.