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09/21/08(Sun)01:38 No.5911102>> Toonami Latin America
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In December 2002, Toonami premiered on Cartoon Network Latin America,
replacing a similarly-themed block, Talisman. Toonami aired shows that
were already on the lineup such as Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, and
Pokémon as well as served as the home of Inuyasha. Over the years,
Toonami added shows like YuYu Hakusho, Samurai Champloo, Samurai X and
Saint Seiya , as well as the revamped versions of Cyborg 009 and Astro
Boy. However, the block had to move to the late-night slots on CN Latin
America due to protests of violent scenes on the block. Mexico moved
Toonami to midnight in October 2003 while the rest of Latin America
moved the block in November 2004.
In 2005, Toonami had short-lived weekend schedules, which were later replaced by the premiere of Adult Swim in Latin America.
In
March 2006, Toonami revamped their lineup to include more
adult-oriented series, such as Love Hina, taking advantage of the
schedule and the refusal of anime on Adult Swim, as well as to compete
against the anime channel Animax for new anime series. In June 2006,
Toonami premiered anime movies in two monthly variations: Dragon Ball
Theatricals (which had 17 different Dragon Ball movies), and Toonami
Movies (general animated action movies).
In January 2007,
Cartoon Network encased Toonami with four extra hours of anime series
with two hours before and after the block. However, from March 26 (in
the same year), the channel stopped airing the block, and eventually
its hosted series were being removed, from Saint Seiya and Yu Yu
Hakusho to Ranma 1/2 (late April, when the series ended), Zatch Bell
(from July) and Naruto (only Mexico and Argentina). The movies were no
longer aired, save those of Dragon Ball Z.
I do remember Talisman. What it does not mention is that Justice League also aired in LA Toonami.
Sadly, Adult Swim in Latin America is dead because of stupid over protective parents. |