The block that raised us, and everything that grew out of it. From the after-school lineup to the late-night Adult Swim run, these are the stories behind the shows that made a generation care about anime: the deals, the decisions, and the fights that got them made. Start anywhere. Arguing encouraged.
-
Sailor Moon Was Cancelled, Saved by a Fan Campaign That Weaponized Pop-Tarts, and Changed What Toonami Was Allowed to Be.
-
Dragon Ball Z Was Cancelled Twice in America Before Toonami Turned It Into the Biggest Anime on the Planet.
-
Anime Didn’t Start With Toonami. It Took 35 Years of Bootleg Tapes, Borrowed Robots, and One Movie That Changed Everything to Get There.
-
5 Anime That Owned the 2000s. Each One Pulled In an Audience That Didn’t Exist Before It.
-
5 Anime That Turned the ’90s Into Anime’s Big Bang in the West. And Changed Who the Audience Was Forever.
Get the history behind the stories.
One email a week. Read it before it hits the feeds.