But the block came to an end in 2008. It had limped along for a while with a shortened schedule consisting more and more of reruns. Fans mourned the loss for four years. Then, on April 1, 2012, ...

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 ...

When Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim recently announced the return of Toonami, a long running programming block dedicated mostly to Japanese animation, anime lovers took notice. With classic titles such ...

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 ...