You Grew Up Watching Anime on Cartoon Network. Your Parents Had No Idea What You Were Actually Watching.
You Grew Up Watching Anime on Cartoon Network. Your Parents Had No Idea What You Were Actually Watching. By Jimigrimm Your mom thought it was cartoons. She heard the TV on in the living room after school, glanced at the screen, saw bright colors and spiky hair, and went back to making dinner. Maybe she […]
Yu Yu Hakusho Was Created by a Man It Nearly Broke. It Became One of the Greatest Anime to Ever Air on Toonami.
Yu Yu Hakusho Was Created by a Man It Nearly Broke. It Became One of the Greatest Anime to Ever Air on Toonami. By Jimigrimm If Dragon Ball Z was the show that built Toonami’s audience and Gundam Wing was the show that proved that audience would stay up late, Yu Yu Hakusho was the […]
Tenchi Muyo! Showed Up Between Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing and Proved That Anime Could Make You Laugh, Think, and Feel Things You Didn’t Sign Up For.
Tenchi Muyo! Showed Up Between Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing and Proved That Anime Could Make You Laugh, Think, and Feel Things You Didn’t Sign Up For. By Jimigrimm Between the power levels and the giant robots, there was a show about a teenage boy who accidentally released a space pirate from a cave […]
Gundam Wing Beat Dragon Ball Z in the Ratings on Its Own Block. The Ripple Effects Changed American Television.
Gundam Wing Beat Dragon Ball Z in the Ratings on Its Own Block. The Ripple Effects Changed American Television. By Jimigrimm There’s a specific memory that belongs to anyone who was watching Toonami in March 2000. Dragon Ball Z ends. The bumper plays. And instead of something familiar, a new show appears. Giant robots. Political […]
Sailor Moon Was Cancelled, Saved by a Fan Campaign That Weaponized Pop-Tarts, and Changed What Toonami Was Allowed to Be.
Sailor Moon Was Cancelled, Saved by a Fan Campaign That Weaponized Pop-Tarts, and Changed What Toonami Was Allowed to Be. By Jimigrimm You didn’t pick Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon picked you. Maybe you were flipping channels after Dragon Ball Z and there she was, a clumsy teenage girl tripping over her own feet one minute […]
Dragon Ball Z Was Cancelled Twice in America Before Toonami Turned It Into the Biggest Anime on the Planet.
Dragon Ball Z Was Cancelled Twice in America Before Toonami Turned It Into the Biggest Anime on the Planet. By Jimigrimm You already know the Spirit Bomb takes three episodes. You know this because you watched it happen, came back the next day, watched Goku still charging it, came back the day after that, and […]
Anime Didn’t Start With Toonami. It Took 35 Years of Bootleg Tapes, Borrowed Robots, and One Movie That Changed Everything to Get There.
Anime Didn’t Start With Toonami. It Took 35 Years of Bootleg Tapes, Borrowed Robots, and One Movie That Changed Everything to Get There. By Jimigrimm If you grew up watching Toonami, there’s a good chance you think anime in the West started with a robot on a spaceship telling you to watch Dragon Ball Z […]
5 Anime That Owned the 2000s. Each One Pulled In an Audience That Didn’t Exist Before It.
5 Anime That Owned the 2000s. Each One Pulled In an Audience That Didn’t Exist Before It. By Jimigrimm The ’90s proved anime could have a mainstream audience in the West. The 2000s proved that audience could grow in every direction at once. Toonami and Adult Swim were running. Fansubs and early internet forums meant […]
5 Anime That Turned the ’90s Into Anime’s Big Bang in the West. And Changed Who the Audience Was Forever.
5 Anime That Turned the ’90s Into Anime’s Big Bang in the West. And Changed Who the Audience Was Forever. By Jimigrimm Before the 1990s, anime had an audience in America. It just wasn’t the audience most people think of. It was import VHS collectors. Convention goers. College kids passing around fansubs. A small, dedicated […]