John is a writer and podcaster based in New York. He's passionate about comic books, superhero movies, Star Wars, and anime. Toonami was a programming block that aired on Cartoon Network from ...

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 ...

Toonami has crossed over a major milestone with its broadcast on Adult Swim as it has now lasted longer than the block’s original incarnation with Cartoon Network! Toonami first launched as a special ...

John is a writer and podcaster based in New York. He's passionate about comic books, superhero movies, Star Wars, and anime. Toonami was a popular television block on Cartoon Network, started in 1997 ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Many factors over the past three decades have turned anime into a more mainstream medium, but not enough can be said about Cartoon Network’s Toonami programming block. Toonami started in 1997 as a ...

Every week day it was time to tune in to see what happened in Dragon Ball Z, Transformers, and other classics. Looking back, many didn’t appreciate the impact Toonami had on television, and perhaps ...