The History of Toonami UK

The first video to go in-depth into the history of Toonami on Cartoon Network, Toonami as a standalone channel and CNX in the UK.
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Song List:
Eclipse - Jay-R
Sucker 10 - Kent Buchanon
Trunks' Theme Westwood Dub - Enigmo
Toonami Beats - Starwind
Com Truise - Brokendate
Droid Bishop - Nightland
M.O.O.N - Dust
LAZERHAWK - SO FAR AWAY
Quixotic - Dust To Dust
Quixotic - Palms
DANCE WITH THE DEAD - Fracture
Kn1ght - Road Kill
Cascade - Tycho
Toonami's Back Bitches - Richie Branson
This is a purely a passion project, and remains as a educational piece detailing the history behind the nostalgia.
All the content used in this video belongs to the respective owners.

[@AnimeAjay]

This tickled my nostalgia. Coming home to watch DBZ at 5pm was my entire childhood.

[@ZyrusSmith]

DBZ aired at 4pm.

[@RosheruCell]

Dragonball Z, Tenchi Muyo, Pokemon and Beyblade ❤️

[@SteOver9000]

@@ZyrusSmith in the UK it was 5pm around 2001/2002

[@humblesmith1215]

@@ZyrusSmith in the U.K. it was definitely 5pm!!

[@BrianAwesome]

@DBZimran, it's heartwarming to see that Toonami has touched so many lives and memories in other countries as well. It's unfortunate that 1) live action stuff and bad decisions have effected U.K.'s Toonami by 2007 as it did in the U.S. by 2008. and 2) From what I've gathered and understand, Toonami never came back to the U.K. after it originally died there in 2007, like it did for us and Asia in 2012 after it originally died for us in 2008.

[@DBZimran]

Toonami never came back. It is very very sad. Hopefully one day we may see the return of Tom.

[@Nick-du7cc]

@@DBZimran toonami is back in the us

[@otakuninja2006]

@@Nick-du7cc He meant in the UK.

[@MajestyXXII]

Toonami ,CNX and the old sci-fi midnight anime movies was my gateway to anime.

[@noumanaltaf9817]

Brought back a lot of fond memories. This is what television was about! #R.I.PToonami

[@satoshispacecenter]

Never take this video down. It's golden. Seriously hit some high nostalgia notes. Thanks man.

[@PhilipJSmithNov1990]

Good video. Had Sky from Septemebr 2002 to August 2009. I watched Toonami block at friends hosues from 2000 to 2002 and the CNX channel followed by Toonami and CN Too until August 2009. Toonami should've stayed as a block never as a channel especially a 24/7 channel.

[@globoiitsuna]

They recently brought back dragon ball in the UK with Dragon Ball Super on Pop

[@bobnick355]

GloBoi-Savage nobody told me about this

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

Bob The U.K. Man me nether

[@sarahstarmonie]

Great video! So much nostalgia, it was sad to see Toonami decline in the UK, I'm 30 now and it had a huge impact on me! I do remember for a very brief time in the DBZ fusion saga, it went back to being the Funimation dub but quickly switched back to Ocean, it was very strange lol. I thought i was losing my mind remembering that but forum posts from back then confirmed it.

[@DBZimran]

Yes you are correct! They briefly aired the funimation dub, if you listen to the cnx fusion saga promos in this video you can hear the funimation cast.

[@Kiara_Wrestler]

Yes I thought I was going mad?? Its so hard to find information on this. I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers this.

[@mechajay3358]

_Phenomenal work on this video dude. Nice to hear about someone's experience with Toonami overseas._

[@DBZimran]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you took the time to see how we experienced Toonami.

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

Cartoon Network used to *KICK ASS!* So sad to see what it has been reduced to now... these kids don't even know. Great video and subscribed!

[@RABtoons]

Glad i could help and thanks for the mention 😄. I remember as a kid when Toonami started airing live action things and being so confused. It’s in the name TOON-ami! Also notice how those gremlin things mistreat the logo Toonami and in one instance they take bites out of it only to look sick after. Almost like a foreshadowing that it’s gone bad 🤔. This was a great video and I look forward to more 👍🏻

[@philyburkhill1]

great memories of watching DBZ during the summer holidays on cartoon network in the mornings.

[@ant3]

This is really cool. As a US Toonami fan who learned about the 24 hour Toonami channel you guys had in the UK I was jealous that you got more than two hours of Toonami a day until I learned about all the mistakes they were making which lead to CN Too. This video put into perspective some of the things I merely had small glimpses of on some websites back in the day. Thank you for making this!

[@PhilipJSmithNov1990]

CN TOO ended in 2014 to be reverted back to Cartoon Network + 1.

[@DBZimran]

Yes you are totally right

[@HDRodger]

This was a wonderful, incredibly well-researched & presented video that gave me one of the biggest nostalgia trips of my life. Toonami was *the* channel I watched after school, DBZ is still one of my all-time favourite shows and I was very lucky to have grown up while watching such a brilliant channel. I watched Toonami pretty much from its inception right up until its final god awful rebrand when they started showing naff live action teen soaps. Thank you for putting so much effort into making this video, you did a fantastic job!

[@DBZimran]

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you enjoyed it. Check out my Dragon Ball Z in the UK video, you will love it if you enjoyed this!

[@gtagamer1248]

I always remember watching Dragon Ball Z in the weekends and after school. These were the glory days of Cartoon Network!

[@DTGee64]

Nice video, although it seemed more like a history of Dragon Ball in the UK rather than Toonami.

[@DBZimran]

I guess my bias and love for dragonball was pretty obvious haha. Thank you for your comment! It was also the popularity of Dragon Ball Z which led to Toonami even being considered in the UK. So the emphasis on DBZ is warranted.

[@HDRodger]

D-Money In fairness Dragon Ball was very much Toonami’s flagship show, and the channel’s history runs very much in tandem with DB’s run in the UK. It’s no coincidence that Toonami didn’t last much longer after they finished airing every DB show and movie. It was Cartoon Network’s first big anime show that appealed to older kids and teens, so it naturally led to the establishment of Toonami as a channel dedicated to that demographic.

[@JACK102851]

DBZ was to Toonami what the Premier League is to Sky Sports.

[@theskyrax670]

So Toonami UK basically turned into Disney Channel/XD in 2006. That's like airing a history channel show on Cartoon Network.

[@shahzabeshah7304]

Beautiful video bro. Keep it up. Love that opening.

[@skcihynnad]

Mate! I've just watched this even though you uploaded it last year. What a brilliant video! You certainly know more than I do on Toonami UK's history. Well done and THANK YOU so much!

[@DBZimran]

I have a Dragon Ball in the UK video too which you will love dude

[@darkdoescosplays]

This is like a flashback to my early teens, thank you for this.

[@NS-fp3md]

Great video! Very professional :)

[@RevoluShane]

Great video...This video jogged so many memories. You have a bright future, looking forward to more of your content, keep at it.

[@dbzusman]

Very informative. It's crazy to see the history of toonami

[@shahzabeshah7304]

Usman Ishaq USMAN!

[@NanniNatsumeSenpai]

YES.

[@abrn6341]

Tenchi Muyo, Gundam Wing, DragonBallZ, man I those were good times 😭

[@ran-chan6752]

Eclipse and Sucker 10 have to be my favourite background songs. I also love how Powerpuff Girls were awesome enough to be the only Cartoon Cartoon to make it into the Toonami block. My favourite thing was watching that and DBZ right next to each other ☺️

[@otakuninja2006]

Eclipse is a nice good song. Especially at night. Might want to use it for a fanmade project of my own someday.

[@TriforceofShadows]

Very interesting to see more about the UK version of Toonami. Thanks for the video.

[@ToonamiUK]

Awesome job! really informative and in depth video, I only started watching Toonami when it was a channel around November 2003 so it’s cool to learn more about CNX and see actual footage of shows like Trailer Park!

[@DBZimran]

Hope you saw your credit at the end dude!

[@ToonamiUK]

Yeah thanks I really appreciate it :)

[@callump1996]

As someone born with Heart disease CNX and Toonami were my childhood and what got me into the anime world. Staying up until 1:00 Am to watch Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing and the Big O on Cartoon Network. I will never forget how much of an impact the Cell and Buu arcs had on me! While I was enjoying DBZ a lot (Goku vs Raditz was my favourite fight as it got me hooked at first), my love for DBZ went through the roof when the Cell plot started kicking in with the spooky 2nd-time machine, Cell's disgusting leftover Bug Shell, and the creepy aura. My little jaw dropped when I first saw Imperfect Cell debut in Ginger Town, my face was full of shock terror and hype (My mind was saying wow! Cell blows Frieza and anything that came before him out of the water from looks alone, what a great-looking monster design!). Then watching Cell become perfect, fight Vegeta and Trunks then his final battle with Goku and Gohan! It was the stuff of amazing TV! Even my mum and dad were watching Gohan's fight with Cell. Then when the Buu arc started airing, seeing Gohan go to High school and grow up hit me (As he was my favourite character in the show at the time along with Goku), I did enjoy watching the High School episodes with him as the Great Saiyaman! Then, when they got to talking about Majin Buu, my little brain wouldn't stop thinking about how Buu was going to look, he is going to look scarier than Cell?. Sadly, I remember being super let down by how Fat Buu looked thinking in my head (Cell was 1000 times better than this pink chewing gum thing) but I was enjoying DBZ still and the cliffhanger where the evil men shoot Buu's dog shocked me only for the next episode to go back to Raditz vs Goku. Little me was like no! Don't do re-runs now! I need to know what happens to Bee and Buu! The hype I felt went CNX was about to air Fusion Saga with a double episode, I couldn't wait to get home from school and see what happened to Buu and Bee (despite little me not being super into this Buu arc so far), I couldn't imagine what was going to happen. The first two episodes not only blew my little brains out, but they changed my whole view on the Buu saga. Seeing Skinny Buu kill one of the evil men, beat up and eat Fat Buu, then kill the other evil man and go off to Kami's Lookout! Little 7-year-old me was jumping up and down thinking DBZ is so back! Super Buu is amazing and this arc went from 5 to over 9000 in less than an hour. Every episode and fight was just hit after hit, Buu vs Gotanks, Buu vs Gohan, Goku vs Buu, Vegito vs Buu. When the final episode aired and ended on a cliffhanger of Goku and Vegeta fighting Super Buu while inside of him, as he was about to absorb Vegeta. I couldn't tell how this arc was going to fully end or how they were going to beat Buu. This was my first time thinking, I think Goku and the gang had lost.....Super Buu has won. Then the next day I put on DBZ at 5 PM again to see what was going to happen only to be sadly disappointed it was back to square one with Goku vs Raditz. After months of re-runs, they got back to 260, and yet again the next day back to Raditz vs Goku (I was starting to hate the fight that got me hooked in the first place). I just give up! However, little did I know this was going to be the final re-run... So, after months again they got back to 260. I put on Dragonball Z the next day thinking I bet it's Goku vs Raditz again (not knowing there was a trailer for Kid Buu saga I stopped watching Toonami as Sky One was airing Transformers Armada and Yugioh while Jetix was airing endless Power Ranger seasons). When the voice-over said, last time on DBZ and I saw clips of Goku and Vegeta fighting Super Buu from his insides I screamed like crazy saying..WAIT THIS IS NOT GOKU VS RADITZ! 261 was so amazing to watch the first time, seeing Vegeta rip Fat Buu out of Super Buu and seeing Buu transform. I was thinking, oh shoot Super Buu is going to become that skinny Buu again and that's going to be the final battle? Seeing Kid Buu for the first time shocked me, little me was thinking, wait that does not make sense, what is this form? Why does he look like that? However, I was so hyped for new episodes that the plot hole just went over my head and Kid Buu turned out to be hyped anyway, seeing him blow up the earth and then going to fight the already dead in the afterlife to try and kill them again. I was like dear lord Kid Buu is unhinged and cool! His final battle with Goku was so good, that I can say for many of us watching that fight as a kid was like an event. Seeing all the past villains watching the fight in hell and the earth giving their support to Goku's Spirit Bomb to beat Kid Buu. After Goku had won, I stood up and clapped saying what a long ride and what a perfect way to end the series. The final few episodes were neat but the real shock came in the final episode as Goku and Uub left with the voice-over going see you next time on Dragonball GT. I was going oh shit there is going to be a sequel to DBZ, can't wait to see Goku live with Uub and his family. Dragon Ball GT aired and while I still really enjoyed it with it being more Dragon Ball, I could tell my love for the show was not the same as with Z. However one funny memory I did have was saying wait.. BABY IS THAT SCARY GOLD MONKEY FINAL BOSS ON THAT DRAGONBALL PS1 GAME I GOT FOR XMAS! I also remember enjoying the Shadow Dragon arc as well. GT ended and while there were trailers for the original Dragonball and DBZ movies, my love for Dragonball (Although, I still loved the games) was not there anymore as I was getting more into stuff like Beyblade, Yugioh and still was into Transformers and Power Rangers plus the big green dub for the movies really killed it for me. However, Dragon Ball would pull me back in one time when I flipped over to Toonami for a bit and there was a trailer for the final Dragonball arc saying this is the final arc of Dragonball to be bought over to the UK TV. I was like oh shoot they going to show the fight with Goku and Piccolo that they tease at the start of Budokai 1 story mode. Despite the iffy dub. the whole arc got me back into Dragonball fully and seeing Goku fight his opponents barefoot really had this nostalgic vibe to it like I was getting into DBZ for the first time again back in 2001 with the Raditz fight (plus the endless re-runs of it) and seeing Black T-Shirt's of barefoot Goku with his Kamehameha at a car boot. After the arc finished, I just had tears down my eyes as not only did I love the arc but I knew this was it Dragonball/Z/GT was done. After Toonami closed down, I just broke down in tears knowing it was all gone. However, I still kept up with Dragonball from 2005-2012 with Dragonball buying BT2 and BT3 and with now a computer, I could watch the Dragonball movies (with a good dub) and still learn more about the world and its characters I never knew back in 2003, like looking up who the hell Hirudegarn was after 10 year old me being so freaked out by him on BT2 due to looking a lot like a bigger more ugly version Imperfect Cell. I used to have nightmares of him and Imperfect Cell eating me x...x. Anyway, sorry for the long comment, hope people enjoyed reading a piece of my childhood.

[@DBZimran]

This was an amazing comment, your memories really line up with my own experience, especially waiting for the new episodes at specific points only to see reruns the next day! haha

[@callump1996]

@@DBZimran Thank you for taking the time to read that giant wall of text I wrote at like 2 am in the morning! Yeah, nothing will beat this age. RIP Akira Toriyama 🕊🙏

[@heskeylator]

Been meaning to watch this for a while. Big part of my life back then, 20 long years ago. Will never forget it.

[@murdahorse]

nostalgia overload, thanks for making this

[@MrSAP1988]

Very interesting to know the history of Toonami UK. I'm from Canada. In Canada we have YTV and Teletoon. Dub animes were broadcast on YTV during prime and late nights.

[@tehflamingninja1997]

Very good video! I never grew up with dragon Ball so this Is all very interesting.

[@lucasrezende226]

Damn i missed those days

[@lukebatesy]

There was once a channel called Cartoon Network, There is now a channel with the same name but its not the same channel...

[@DBZimran]

So true... So true

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

Watched the whole thing and I want to say I love you man beautiful

[@xMiRAZ94]

Thank you for making this video.

[@DBZimran]

Thank you for watching it! Please do share with others.

[@xLitaFan4Everx]

This video brought back some amazing memories! I love DBZ so much and Toonami was such a big part of my childhood! Thank you for making this awesome video! ❤️

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

The cell games for on whole hour on toonami

[@crypticcorgi8280]

In the states they named it "Batman Beyond." More catchy in my option. But that might be my nostalgia talking. Whatcha think?

[@gregmcmillan3503]

Excellent video! My childhood right there!!

[@fatimasalik8525]

Brilliant video! Well executed and super informative. Looking forward to your next videos. Keep up the good work!

[@DBZimran]

Thank youu :')

[@PhilipJSmithNov1990]

Toonami was launched in the UK as a block on CN because DBZ and other anime shows (aimed at children) were attracting ratings. CNX was an experiment which fused Toonami with [adult swim] and a movie block. Toonami was a channel too many.

[@WaltK92]

The UK version of Cartoon Network in general was just so much better back in those early years, back when it catered just as much to older audiences as it did kids. The launch of CNX was when that feeling started to wain imo.

[@PhilipJSmithNov1990]

I feel that CNX may have survived if it had been launched on Freeview in 2003. They had licensing issues so they had to recycle episodes of some series, particularly Justice League. It was repetitive and it needed more shows. The channel could've aired more adult anime as well as the uncensored versions of the Dragon Ball and Z series. The same thing can be said with the Tenchi series. If CNX were to come back they can use blocks but retain the channel's original branding than use Toonami for the children's lineup or don't use programming blocks at all.

[@DBZdude95]

Another great video man. Needed this vibe today. Been a great watch. That advert at 2:53 just brought back some repressed fear 🤣 I used to turn over when it came on 🤣

[@PotatoBoy]

They should really bring back toonami to the UK

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

That kid buu part ....super buu has transformed once again .......nostalgia

[@BatesyAnimation]

#BringBackToonamiUK

[@anoctoberdaybreak3365]

Outlaw Star still aired on Toonami too. They snuck it in at like 11pm at night after repeats of DBGT. That's how I discovered Outlaw Star.

[@AndroidSunner]

cnx was lowkey badass tbh, i wish we had it in the US.

[@BrianAwesome]

Wait a minute...... Toonami was NOT introduced in the UK until 2000?.... so DBZ aired on Cartoon Network itself for all that time???!!!!!!

[@DBZimran]

From March 2000 to September 2000, dbz aired on its own. Toonami launched in September 2000 and dbz was moved to the block then.

[@NeuroticallyBare]

14:25 That bloody poster!! I remember seeing that in a Game Master magazine as a kid thinking “When Majin Buu hatches he’s gonna be so badass” only to be disappointed when revealed. Years later I found the poster again realising his silhouette was there all along. I was so young and full of hope.

[@bla2772]

As a fan of OG USA Toonami. It’s very interesting to see it from another perspective. Definitely different vibes

[@1Soniccool]

It’s sad that Toonami UK is gone but in the US we have Toonami on *[adult swim]* but E4 does have *[adult swim]* Maybe that *[adult swim]* on E4 will bring back Toonami or not depending on what airs on the block for E4. Rick and Morty does air here and in the UK but of people want anime and Tom then they need to stand up and ask Turner Broadcasting Europe the division of the US Turner Broadcasting to bring back Toonami on the *[adult swim]* block on E4 since it’s a joint venture.

[@jammyjamzz]

Nicholas M Daskievige the adult swim Block here only lasts an hour from like 11:00-12:00 so it’s unlikely we get toonami [*adult swim*] probably would need a whole block or a full on channel

[@KarimBilal1]

I remember in the UK there was one toonami promo or somewith with the toonami robot and the song: Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (Continuous mix). I have never found it, that toonami clip..

[@DarthCrust66]

So late night CNX had MTV style stormer interviews. 🤘

[@jaycemacinnis2228]

Tom was the toonami operations module and The 2nd 3th 4th and 5th host of toonami

[@alexcontrerasnegativened7777]

You’re so lucky I wish toonami was still around when I started watching Cartoon Network but it ended in 2008 here in the US and I didn’t start watching Cartoon Network until two year’s later and it was the channel I always watch when I got home from school I wish I’d seen the original naruto anime on toonami so I could have nostalgia for the series like most naruto fans do and Pokémon as well that one is my favorite anime and also one piece and even bleach too despite being more for teenagers/adults but it ended and before I even watch Cartoon Network it and bleach was airing on adult swim and one piece had a rough start here on the US and naruto was remove from Cartoon Network before it finished it American run and shippuden started airing on Disney XD at least Pokémon was still on Cartoon Network and toonami did return in 2012 but it was on adult swim I wish I’d had the same experience you had watching toonami as a kid it’s so unfair!!!!!😫 At least I’d had adventure time, regular show, the amazing world of gumball, and steven universe.

[@KingMally89]

Dude we had it GOOD back in the day. The shows we had were legendary. The younger generation wouldn't know. Our programing of show and selection were off the charts.

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

Just watching this now, and its cool to get an in-depth into how Toonami was on the other side of the pond. That said, hearing those dub voices for DBZ threw me the hell off with my American ears and all, haha

[@Melexdra]

spat my drink out when you said the first couple of sagas were voiced in vancouver. I live here but originally from yorkshire haha

[@DBZimran]

Wow you moved to Canada from the UK?

[@Melexdra]

@@DBZimran yeah i packed up a couple years ago when i was 22 and never looked back

[@maganhassan2627]

Great video! Back in 2006 i longer owned ntl now called virgin media so I didn't know how toonami died by then lol.

[@moneymoney-ve4jh]

Running back home after the final bell rang for the day at high school To tune into toonami to watch dragonball z those where the days If I remember correctly they showed 2 episodes each day the first was a repeat of the day before. My parents had the cable TV cut so I lost the ability to watch dragonball z What made it worse it was the episode before cell was defeated I was gutted. All these years later am still a big dragonball fan

[@duskrem_]

It upsets me that you guys in the UK don't get our current US Toonami. Toonami's still kicking here, and with its move to [as] it airs both more kid-friendly shows like Dragon Ball Super and Naruto: Shippuden, and content for older audiences like The Promised Neverland and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Toonami still makes my Saturdays, and is a great add-on to the already great [as] block. This video was really good, and I hope Toonami comes back to the UK!

[@DBZimran]

Thank you for watching! I remember tweeting at adult swim in 2012 to Bring Back Toonami we literally overloaded them with tweets until it was trending and they heard the demand for the Toonami block.

[@duskrem_]

@@DBZimran That's so cool to have been a part of that!

[@XTesT15X]

Good Shit, Imran. Good Shit!!

[@mcurran6505]

I know its been years since it went off the air. But I still miss Toonami UK.

[@bla2772]

The UK TOM is the goofiest funny thing I’ve ever seen

[@rickscool]

12:54 nice reference with triple h’s theme lol

[@NightHeronProduction]

One little contribution. As a massive Gundam Wing fan back in the day, I'm pretty sure Endless Waltz premiere was actually on Christmas Day 2001. I might be wrong, it might have passed me by but Cartoon Network was basically all I watched back then so it would surprise me. I have a VHS of the broadcast locket away somewhere (don't have a VHS player anymore sadly)

[@ad3906]

Good video man!

[@PotatoBoy]

Even though I watched anime on citv and kix, I would like toonami to return to the UK since they don't really air anime on citv on toonami anymore

[@BatesyAnimation]

You just don’t get this kinda thing today...

[@DrewHLMW]

damn i remember all of that, the good ol days. anime fan for life thanks to toonami.

[@narutohinata9253]

Nice to see what toonami was like in the UK here in the US toonami started in 1997 with motar has the host then tom 1 tom 2 tom 3 tom 4 then toonami ended in 2008 then in 2012 it came back on adult swim with the host tom 3.5 after that tom 5 and now we have tom 6

[@RK-ke5yp]

6:31 I remember as a kid wondering what was wrong with this sleeping girl. Used to both concern and scare me the way she was whimpering in her sleep.

[@review2376]

CN too was my childhood. I watched classic shows on there

[@KariIllustrations]

I'm a sucker for nostalgic things T-T I can't believe I still remember all of these ads.

[@gojirafan0577]

It’s kind of a shame that we may never see Toonami ever again in The UK, and that it never got the same treatment of the block returning, unlike with the US. Especially nowadays, with Cable Television starting to phase out of consuming media and most cartoon TV channels in the UK starting to shut down in favour of streaming services. While nowadays, there are plenty of ways to watch Anime in the UK, part of me does miss simply just watching Anime and action cartoons on a channel specially made for them. But at the same time I am glad that Toonami sort of had the same impact it does in the US, with many people of the UK stating they got into many Anime shows because of channels like Toonami.

[@tsusksatheanimator8220]

#bringbackcnx/toonami uk

[@siddiqapatel6573]

Wow Yaar so good

[@TBoneTony]

In Australia during 1999 to 2004 We had Cheez TV on Channel 10 during the mornings from 7:00am to 8:30am, that is where Pokemon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Card Captors, Mew Mew Power, Zoids, YuGiOh and other such series aimed for a younger audience. Often they would be censored 4Kids versions or even Saban's Fox Kids censored versions of those shows. And on SBS just after South Park on Monday night, we had Neon Genesis Evangelion as well as Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and there was even Cowboy Beebop as well as Ghost in the Shell. All in their original Japanese versions with English dub being the difference. Later on SBS during the weekends there would be Studio Ghibli films that would air at various times. Earlier in the 90s, Agro's Cartoon Connection on channel 7 was the morning show to watch Samurai Pizza Cats, Bob in the Bottle, Bumpety Boo as well as the early Sailor Moon series in it's first few seasons. Of course reruns would occur every time a season ended and it was either a American cartoon or a Japanese cartoon depending on what was popular at the time. An during the 1980s, I would often wake up early to watch Astro Boy on Australian ABC around 6:30am, mostly because I wanted to catch the start of Dennis the Menace during the 80s but watching the 80s Astro Boy was my first experience of Japanese Animation during my first few years of my life I could remember. During the late 80s I also remember watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and during the early to mid 90s I watched Mighty Morphan Power Rangers. Both were American shows with some Japanese reference to the Ninjas from Ninja Turtles or the giant robot footage taken from Super Sentai that was in Mighty Morphan Power Rangers

[@deadforever]

Half a million kids watched Gohan go SS2 pretty much. Wild

[@Allanbuzzy]

I don't know if Toonami has a likely chance of coming back, considering how Adult Swim is now on E4/All 4, but if it were to come back it would need to be a whole other channel.

[@MichaelTheYoutubeJoker]

That is true and also cus of the fact All4 has most anime shows now.

[@MrAbridgedTV]

I was so pissed off when toonami basically because a live action channel

[@RosheruCell]

DBZ and Tenchi Muyo ftw. Anyone remember the temporary channel CNX on Sky channel 244? :)

[@cokercoler3780]

Can you reupload these idents individually, and do you have the cnx "lose yourself" promo? Also toonami started as a block on CNX may 5th 2003 6am from 6am - 7pm then from july 1am - 9pm with CNX running for just 3 hours Tom was voiced by Christian Stevenson probably a holdover from when he presented the magazine show trailerpark on cnx back before toonami was introduced to the channel. Apparently most of the CNX toonami idents were holdovers from the later days of tom 2 being used on the cartoon network block before the decision was made to close it down and launch CNX.

[@DBZimran]

Sorry I don't have the lose yourself promo. The CNX stuff was the most difficult to find for this video. There is literally only a few available sources that still have footage of what CNX was. Don't worry at some point I will upload the promos for everyone to enjoy on a mega link or something.

[@Melexdra]

Ahhh channel 601 i miss your golden age

[@theplug4981]

601 was cartoonnetwork. OOF

[@Temujin18S]

Great video maybe you could do a video based on Anime Central brief history

[@DBZimran]

Great idea that will definitely be a future video

[@Temujin18S]

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[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

Toonami was all about being cool

[@theshockerpit7274]

I miss it luckily me and my friends know how to change the tv into different countries

[@ChocolateMOOS]

Great video! I remember a promo for Gundam Wing that had some metal music and started with the words "far across the cosmos", I think it aired right before the show's premier on CN UK, any idea where I can find it?

[@LazyPirate8]

CNX looked like the UK version of G4, Spike, and early Syfy

[@exposingfreaks5733]

GT finished when toonami was still on cnx there’s a neoseeker post confirming it.

[@athleticgravy1]

I never really understood why they didn't just stick with batman beyond as the title in the UK.

[@RikXtreme4]

Bro..countries for whatever reason always feel the need to change the name of foreign shows. The film Zootopia is known as Zootropolis in UK, and they even say it throughout the movie.

[@Albert-lj5jb]

Good times, had to be there sort of thing. As great as those times were though, nothing like it could ever work again in this day and age. TV in general is becoming a regressive platform.

[@mrmeteor64]

I wish this had come back somehow.

[@deterlanglytone]

I never realized that Endless Waltz even aired over here? How did I miss that? Because I remember of Cubix and everything up to the new channel CNX, Which is why I couldn't watch DBZ after that. See I didn't have satellite TV. And CNX, and the resulting Toonami channel were both Satelite channels. So... boo woo for me.

[@DJliammack]

There was one show I’m trying to remember it was a live action show and it had a CGI world too I think it was zeck something but I can’t remember

[@hakimi_AH]

Ofcom’s rules caused almost all of this.

[@omariwalker1006]

Toonami in the US was much better than what we got: yu yu hakusho, Naruto and so much more. Plus they had much less censorship, still there but less.