A programming block on the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim channel, geared towards airing action animation, generally manifesting itself in more action-oriented Western cartoons and, famously, anime. It originally ran from 1997 to 2008 on Cartoon Network, before a 2012 Adult Swim Toonami-themed April Fools would lead to the block being revived that same year, and running on Adult Swim ever since.

On Cartoon Network Japan, Toonami existed as a block from 2002 (during TOM 2's run) up to 2008 when it was cancelled around the same time as the US original was. Toonami also briefly had its own channel in the UK from 2003 to 2007.

The block was originally hosted by the Space Ghost Coast to Coast incarnation of Moltar, before the Toonami Operations Module, or TOM, debuted in 1999 to take over hosting responsibilities. TOM has switched bodies several times since his debut.

Toonami/Warner anime co-productions in release order

• The Big O (anime, season 2)
• IGPX
• FLCL Progressive and Alternative
• Kaizoku Oujo
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus
• Shenmue the Animation
• C Danshi
• FLCL Grunge and Shoegaze
• Ninja Kamui
• Rick and Morty: The Anime
• Uzumaki (anime)
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
• Lazarus

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