It has been twenty-four years since the arrival of one of Cartoon Network’s most popular programming blocks in Toonami, which helped introduce a ton of new viewers to anime series that they might have never seen otherwise, and one of the co-creators of the outlet took time to reflect on its creation decades ago. Over the course of its history, Toonami has housed some of the biggest anime series within the medium, including the likes of Dragon Ball Z, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam, and scores of others that helped solidify anime’s presence in the West.
Today is #toonami’s 24th birthday. I never would have imagined that 24 years later it would still be running, let alone thriving. I’m profoundly grateful to each and every one of you who watched, whether it was for a minute or 24 years. YOU FOLKS are the reason we are still here.
