Giant Robot Week

Giant Robot Week was a five-day salute to the mecha genre of Japanese anime. The special ran for the week of February 24–28, 2003, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Cartoon Network's Toonami block.

The anime series shown were all popular series licensed by A.D. Vision, this marked the first time Evangelion, Nadesico, and Dai-Guard had been seen by a nationwide television audience as well as the first time the original black and white episodes of Gigantor had aired since its initial broadcast run back in the 60's.

Programming

 * Neon Genesis Evangelion - Episodes 1 & 2 were shown heavily edited for content.


 * Gigantor - Several episode fragments from Gigantor were aired during the commercial breaks and in between episodes.


 * Robotech - Episode 1 and the final episodes of the New Generation, a series never shown on the network before, were shown.


 * Martian Successor Nadesico - Episodes 1, 6, and 25 were shown edited for content.


 * Dai-Guard - Episodes 1 & 2 were shown edited for content.


 * Megas XLR - On the last day of Giant Robot Week, the Cartoon Network original short Lowbrow aired as a four-part "micro series" at half-hour intervals during the remainder of the Toonami block outside of the hour-long special event. This six-minute short was later expanded into the first episode of the wildly successful Megas XLR.


 * On the evening of the final day of Giant Robot Week, The Iron Giant aired on Cartoon Network, followed by an episode of Dexter's Laboratory involving giant robots as a time filler. Although it wasn't marked as Giant Robot Week, Cartoon Network promoted the airing as "a conclusion to Giant Robot Week".

Monday, February 24th
This schedule consisted of:
 * 4:00 PM – Martian Successor Nadesico – Episode 1: "To Go Like a Man"
 * 4:30 PM – Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 1: "Angel Attack"

Tuesday, February 25th
This schedule consisted of:
 * 4:00 PM – Martian Successor Nadesico – Episode 6: "Sort of Like a Fateful Decision"
 * 4:30 PM – Neon Genesis Evangelion – Episode 2: "Unfamiliar Cieling / The Beast"

Wednesday, February 26th
This schedule consisted of:
 * 4:00 PM – Martian Successor Nadesico – Episode 25: "Being Myself, Being Yourself"
 * 4:30 PM – Robotech – Episode 1: "Boobytrap"

Thursday, February 27th
This schedule consisted of:
 * 4:00 PM – Dai-Guard – Episode 1: "Disaster From The Sea"
 * 4:30 PM – Robotech – Episode 84 - Part 1: "Dark Finale"

Friday, February 28th
This schedule consisted of:
 * 4:00 PM – Dai-Guard – Episode 2 "The Fort at Night"
 * 4:30 PM – Robotech – Episode 84 - Part 2 "Symphony of Light"