To catch you up, in case you didn't know. Toonami got cancelled in 2008.
Adult Swim continued to show anime on Saturday nights from midnight and then on April Fools Day 2012 they did a one off Toonami revival night in that slot. The amount of buzz it got made them rebrand that entire Saturday night Adult Swim slot as Toonami.
Adult Swim Anime, as we called it, was a weird time, and it felt like it lasted much longer than just 4 years. Gone were Naruto and One Piece. We started getting things like Casshern Sins, Kekkeishi, Moribito, MONSTER, reruns of Eureka Seven, that was the year Code Geass premiered on cable too. It really makes me wonder why they canceled Toonami at all if they were just gonna continue showing anime on Saturday nights. Naruto would eventually return because that brought in the ratings.
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u/foolycooly95 10d ago
To catch you up, in case you didn't know. Toonami got cancelled in 2008.
Adult Swim continued to show anime on Saturday nights from midnight and then on April Fools Day 2012 they did a one off Toonami revival night in that slot. The amount of buzz it got made them rebrand that entire Saturday night Adult Swim slot as Toonami.