Toonami (Australian block) also known as Toonami Australia, was a programming block that premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia on July 7, 2001 and last aired in August 2006. Originally the block only aired on Saturdays and Sundays with a Midnight rerun each night.[1] However it soon expanded to weekdays, and for a number of years could be seen seven days a week.
Most of the block's programming consisted of anime, including already popular shows such as Dragon Ball Z, which had already been on Cartoon Network Australia for years, as well as the Australian premiere of several Japanese anime and a few North American animated series.
Programming[]
- Note: Premiere dates in parentheses.
- Astro Boy[3]
- The Batman[4]
- Batman Beyond
- Battle B-Daman[5]
- Beyblade
- Beyblade G Revolution (January 3, 2005[6])
- Cardcaptors[7]
- Crush Gear: Turbo[8]
- Cyborg 009 (July 5, 2004[3])
- Dragon Ball[7]
- Dragon Ball Z[9]
- Dragon Ball GT[10]
- Duel Masters[11]
- Gundam Wing[7]
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (September 22, 2003[12])
- Justice League[13]
- Justice League Unlimited[4]
- Mega Man NT Warrior[14]
- Mega Man NT Warrior: Axess (September 12, 2005[15])
- Megas XLR[16]
- One Piece[17]
- Pokemon[18]
- Teen Titans[4]
- Transformers: Armada[8]
- Transformers: Cybertron[5]
- Transformers: Energon[19]
- Star Wars: Clone Wars[10]
- Ultimate Muscle (June 23, 2003[20])
- Xiaolin Showdown[5]
- Zatch Bell![5] (December 12, 2005[21])
- Zoids: Chaotic Century[7]
- Zoids: New Century[9]
- Zoids: Fuzors (August 14, 2004[22])
Specials[]
Dragon Ball Z Movie Blitz[]
A week of DBZ movies starting on Monday April 21, 2003 that aired one movie per night until Sunday.[23][24]
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - 5:30 PM Monday 21st April
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - 5:30 PM Tuesday 22nd April
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone - 5:30 PM Wednesday 23rd April
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest - 5:30 PM Thursday 24th April
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - 5:30 PM Friday 25th April
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - 6:00 PM Saturday 26th April
On Sunday April 27, 2003 Cartoon Network replayed all the DBZ movies from 11:30am-6pm in a DBZ Movie Marathon.
- 11:30 AM - Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
- 12:30 PM - Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
- 1:30 PM - Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
- 2:30 PM - Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
- 3:30 PM - Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
- 4:30 PM - Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
DBZ Movie Week[]
A week of DBZ movies starting on Saturday January 10, 2004 that aired one movie per night except Saturday January 17th. The marathon featured the premiere of two DBZ movies: Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge and Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler.[25]
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - 6:00 PM Saturday January 10th
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - 7:00 PM Sunday January 11th
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone - 7:35 PM Monday 12th January 12th
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest - 7:35 PM Tuesday January 13th
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - 7:35 PM Wednesday January 14th
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - 7:35 PM Thursday January 15th
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge - 7:35 PM Friday January 16th (Premiere)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler - 7:00 PM Sunday January 18th (Premiere)
Z Spree[]
Beginning on December 22, 2003 at 8:30am, Toonami aired a special 30-hour Dragon Ball Z marathon. The marathon featured the entire sagas of: Great Saiyaman, World Tournament, Babidi and Majin Buu.[26]
Zoids: New Century Marathon[]
On Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2004, beginning at 1:00 PM, to get ready for the new Toonami series Zoids: Furors, Toonami aired a complete series marathon of Zoids: New Century - the preceding series.[22]
Transformers: Armada-thon[]
On Monday, June 14, 2004 from 8:00am - 5:00pm, Toonami aired a special 9-hour Transformers: Armada marathon.[27]
Turbo Toonami[]
On Saturday, January 22 & Sunday, January 23, 2005, Toonami aired a special 4-hour weekend afternoon block from 11:30am to 3:30pm. An explosion of Dragon Ball Z movies take over your screens with favorites like: Dragon Ball Z: History of Trunks, Dragon Ball Z - Bardock: Father of Goku, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Dragon Ball Z: World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anime News in Australia ". June 10, 2001. http://east.sakura.ne.jp/aniba/aninews/aus.htm. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Toonami Australia has been disbanded? ". Toonzone.net. August 3, 2006. http://www.toonzone.net/forums/toonami-archived-forum/171758-toonami-australia-has-been-disbanded.html#.VBMZW0v5jB0. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Astro Boy ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. July 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040726023331/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Australia TV Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. March 22, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060322192959/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au:80/asp/tv/schedule2.asp?. Retrieved on May 8, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. December 11, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051211184745/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Turbo Toonami ". Cartoonnetwork.co.au. January 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050103025705/http://cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. December 16, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20021216215740/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. February 3, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040203125104/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. August 9, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20020809112949/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. April 9, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040409034652/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. August 10, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040810135542/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. September 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031002102416/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. June 6, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040606110342/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. February 16, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050216110015/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Mega Man NT Warrior: Axess ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. September 30, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050930220936/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Australia TV Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. February 19, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060219070602/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au:80/asp/tv/schedule2.asp. Retrieved on May 8, 2017.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. June 15, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050615115243/http://cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. December 13, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031213071705/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "CN Schedule ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. October 29, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041029004912/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "ULTIMATE MUSCLE: THE KINNIKUMAN LEGACY ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. June 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030607065612/http://cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Zatch Bell! - National Premiere! ". Cartoonnetwork.com.au. December 10, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051210055600/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Zoids: New Century Marathon ". Cartoonnetwork.co.au. August 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040807004150/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Dragonball Z Movie Blitz! ". Cartoonnetwork.co.au. April 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030412200102/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Anime & Cartoon Highlights for Pay-TV April 2003 ". Cartoon Central Australia. April 2003. http://members.optusnet.com.au/veemon/apr03highlights.html. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Anime & Cartoon Highlights for Pay-TV January 2004 ". Cartoon Central Australia. January 2004. http://members.optusnet.com.au/veemon/jan04highlights.html. Retrieved on September 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Toonami - "Z Spree" ". Cartoonnetwork.co.au. December 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031212022327/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Transformers: Armada-thon ". Cartoonnetwork.co.au. June 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040705044435/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/default.asp. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.