A list of the lineups and programs featured in Toonami blocks. The schedule occasionally features "Toonami In Flight" blocks which contain movies or special presentations, as well as marathons and other scheduled programming that would occupy some of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's regular programming.
Weekday Toonami on Cartoon Network
Weekday Toonami (1997–2004)
Moltar's block (1997–'99)
Moltar from Space Ghost Coast to Coast was the original host of Toonami, which ran on Cartoon Network from 4–6 pm weekdays from 1997-03-17 to 1999-07-09. Programs included:
TOM's blocks (1999–2004)
TOM took over Toonami's hosting duties starting 1999-07-11. Toonami went from a 4–6 pm schedule to a 4–7 pm schedule starting 2000-07-03. On September 1, 2000, the "DBZ: Garlic Jr. Saga Mini-Marathon" aired, preempting Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing for a day. On November 17, the film World's Finest aired from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. The regularly scheduled Dragon Ball Z, Tenchi Universe, Gundam Wing were preempted for the day and Superman: The Animated Series aired at 6:30 pm. It included the following programs:
TOM was given a new look and introduction on 2000-09-22. On 2001-05-14, the schedule was changed to 5–7 pm. On 2002-06-03, the schedule went back to 4–7 pm. On 2003-03-03, the schedule went back to 5–7 pm. The programs under TOM 2.0's run include:
TOM had one more makeover on 2003-03-17. This third iteration of TOM included the following programs:
Moltar's block (1997–'99)
Moltar from Space Ghost Coast to Coast was the original host of Toonami, which ran on Cartoon Network from 4–6 pm weekdays from 1997-03-17 to 1999-07-09. Programs included:
TOM's blocks (1999–2004)
TOM took over Toonami's hosting duties starting 1999-07-11. Toonami went from a 4–6 pm schedule to a 4–7 pm schedule starting 2000-07-03. On September 1, 2000, the "DBZ: Garlic Jr. Saga Mini-Marathon" aired, preempting Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing for a day. On November 17, the film World's Finest aired from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. The regularly scheduled Dragon Ball Z, Tenchi Universe, Gundam Wing were preempted for the day and Superman: The Animated Series aired at 6:30 pm. It included the following programs:
TOM was given a new look and introduction on 2000-09-22. On 2001-05-14, the schedule was changed to 5–7 pm. On 2002-06-03, the schedule went back to 4–7 pm. On 2003-03-03, the schedule went back to 5–7 pm. The programs under TOM 2.0's run include:
TOM had one more makeover on 2003-03-17. This third iteration of TOM included the following programs:
Midnight Run (2000–'03)
Midnight runs were moved to Weeknights at midnight, starting with Monday night/Tuesday morning to Friday night/Saturday morning. Toonami Midnight Run ran from 2000-03-07 to 2003-01-09 from 12–1 am and included:
Weekday Toonami (1997–2004)
Moltar's block (1997–'99)
Moltar from Space Ghost Coast to Coast was the original host of Toonami, which ran on Cartoon Network from 4–6 pm weekdays from 1997-03-17 to 1999-07-09. Programs included:
Moltar's block (1997–'99)
Moltar from Space Ghost Coast to Coast was the original host of Toonami, which ran on Cartoon Network from 4–6 pm weekdays from 1997-03-17 to 1999-07-09. Programs included:
TOM's blocks (1999–2004)
TOM took over Toonami's hosting duties starting 1999-07-11. Toonami went from a 4–6 pm schedule to a 4–7 pm schedule starting 2000-07-03. On September 1, 2000, the "DBZ: Garlic Jr. Saga Mini-Marathon" aired, preempting Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing for a day. On November 17, the film World's Finest aired from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. The regularly scheduled Dragon Ball Z, Tenchi Universe, Gundam Wing were preempted for the day and Superman: The Animated Series aired at 6:30 pm. It included the following programs:
TOM was given a new look and introduction on 2000-09-22. On 2001-05-14, the schedule was changed to 5–7 pm. On 2002-06-03, the schedule went back to 4–7 pm. On 2003-03-03, the schedule went back to 5–7 pm. The programs under TOM 2.0's run include:
TOM had one more makeover on 2003-03-17. This third iteration of TOM included the following programs:
Midnight Run (2000–'03)
Midnight runs were moved to Weeknights at midnight, starting with Monday night/Tuesday morning to Friday night/Saturday morning. Toonami Midnight Run ran from 2000-03-07 to 2003-01-09 from 12–1 am and included:
Weekend Toonami on Cartoon Network
Saturday Toonami (1997–'99)
Saturday Toonami ran from 1997-07-19 to 1998-7-04 at 7–9 pm, and from 1998-7-11 to 1998-10-03 at 1–3 pm and included the following programs:
Midnight Run (1999–2000)
Toonami's Midnight Run programming block started on Sunday at midnight and ran from 12–5 am. It ran from 1999-07-11 to 2000-03-05, after which it was moved to a weeknight Midnight Run. It included the following programs:
Saturday Toonami (1997–'99)
Saturday Toonami ran from 1997-07-19 to 1998-7-04 at 7–9 pm, and from 1998-7-11 to 1998-10-03 at 1–3 pm and included the following programs:
Midnight Run (1999–2000)
Toonami's Midnight Run programming block started on Sunday at midnight and ran from 12–5 am. It ran from 1999-07-11 to 2000-03-05, after which it was moved to a weeknight Midnight Run. It included the following programs:
Rising Sun (2000–'01)
Toonami's Rising Sun programming block ran on Saturday mornings from 2000-04-15 to 2001-03-03 from 9 am – 12 pm from April 15 – September 2, 10 am – 1 pm from September 9 – December 9, 2000, and 11 am – 1 pm from December 16, 2000 – March 3, 2001.
Super Saturday (2001–'03)
Toonami's Saturday afternoon programming block ran from October 20, 2001, to February 22, 2003, from 1–3 pm, later changing to 1–4 pm in June 2002. It included the following programs:
Toonami Saturday Night (2004–'08)
On 2004-04-17, Toonami was moved to Saturday nights 7–11 PM with TOM's 3rd stint as the host. Miguzi would take over the former Toonami weekday space. On 2007-10-13, the schedule was reduced to 9–11 PM. Programs broadcast include the following:
Toonami lineups on Adult Swim
2012–2019
Following a sneak preview on the night of 2012-03-31, Adult Swim began broadcasting Toonami on 2012-05-26 from 12 – 6 am.
2012–2019
Following a sneak preview on the night of 2012-03-31, Adult Swim began broadcasting Toonami on 2012-05-26 from 12 – 6 am.
Toonami special blocks
Some of the special blocks that have aired in Toonami during its run on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim:
- Toonami Lunar Eclipse (1999): Sailor Moon marathon.
- Toonami DBZ20XL (1999): a week of Dragon Ball Z episodes during Weekday Toonami.
- Toonami DBZ20XL Movie Marathon (1999): Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone.
- DBZ President's Day Movie Marathon (2000): Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone.
- New Year's Eve-il (2000, 2001): mostly Dragon Ball Z episodes.
- Midnight Run Special Edition (2001): aired music videos from Gorillaz, the first four segments of Daft Punk's Interstella 5555, and Mark Osborne's short film More synchronized to "Hell Bent" by Kenna.
