Toonami (British and Irish TV channel; 2023 Revival)

Toonami is a British 24-hour pay television channel aimed at children, teenagers and young adults which airs primarily Japanese animation and sometimes western action/adventure-animation targeting viewers of all ages. It is run by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA for localisation strategy for international markets (such as the UK) and in conjunction with Warner Bros. Television Studios UK for the production of content and global leadership of the Cartoon Network brand. This channel is the UK equivalent to the American late-night programming block of the same name.
The channel officially launched for the first time on January 1, 2023 at 6pm (replacing Boomerang which is set to go off-air for the final time at 12am that exact same day) with its first programme being the world television premiere of the movie, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission.
== History ==
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== Programming ==
Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Toonami (UK & Ireland)
=== Programming Blocks ===
==== Toonami on Cartoon Network ====
* This programming block launched on January 9, 2023 and airs every weekday afternoons on from 4-7pm as well as Saturday mornings from 9am-12pm on sister channel, Cartoon Network. It mainly shows a mix of both Western-action/adventure and Japanese programming that can be aimed for children aged 7 to 15. Like the main Toonami channel, the block is hosted by TOM and Sara. The current schedule for this block is as follows:
**Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - 4pm (Monday-Friday) / 9am (Saturday)
**Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma - 4:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 9:30am (Saturday)
**My Hero Academia - 5pm (Monday-Friday) / 10am (Saturday)
**Craig of the Creek - 5:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 10:30am (Saturday)
**Jade Armor - 6pm (Monday-Friday) / 11am (Saturday)
**Gundam Roulette - 6:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 11:30am (Saturday)
***Mobile Suit Gundam (Monday)
***Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Tuesday)
***Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Wednesday)
***Turn A Gundam (Thursday)
***Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Friday)
***Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Saturday)
==== Toonami on Cartoonito ====
* This programming block launched on January 9, 2023 and airs every weekday afternoons on from 4-7pm as well as Saturday afternoons from 12-3pm on sister channel, Cartoonito. It mainly shows a mix of both Western-action/adventure and Japanese programming that can be aimed for children aged 3 to 7. Unike the main Toonami channel, the block is not hosted by TOM and Sara, instead it is presented by a robot named Toonzoid (voiced by Danny Adams), the leader of Toonami's "Junior Division". The current schedule for this block is as follows:
**Super Wings (Series 3-6 only) - 4pm and 6:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 12pm and 2:30pm (Saturday)
**Fireman Sam (Series 12-14 only) - 4:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 12:30pm (Saturday)
**Aikatsu! - 5pm (Monday-Friday) / 1pm (Saturday)
**Legends of Spark - 5:30pm (Monday-Friday) / 1:30pm (Saturday)
**Gundam Build Fighters - 6pm (Monday-Friday) / 2pm (Saturday)
==== Monday Mecha Madness ====
* This block of programmes which runs every Monday evening from 6-9pm, features some of the channel's various shows that belong to the mecha genre. These include shows like Super Wings, The Big O, Mobile Police Patlabor, Neon Genesis Evangelion, IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix and the various entries of the Gundam franchise.
==== The Midnight Run ====
* This block runs every Sunday morning from 12-5am and consists of both exclusive programming that wouldn't normally be suitable to be shown on television during usual broadcast hours such as Pop Team Epic, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Housing Complex C and Blade Runner: Black Lotus as well as a random selection of repeat episodes from the channels more popular shows.
==== Feel Good Fridays ====
* This block airs every Friday evening from 6-9pm and is often the place for viewers to watch the biggest premieres of the week from both new and ongoing shows that had recently been given lots of attention in promotional advertisements. The shows that air as a part of this block vary from week to week but the one programme that would be seen the most often was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
** On special occasions such as the birthday of a prolific person in the anime business, the block would feature shows/movies that the person in question has starred in and/or made. For example to celebrate the 68th birthday of Akira Toriyama (the creator of Dragon Ball), the block aired the first episode of Dragon Ball Super as well as present the world television premiere of the movie, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.
== See Also ==
* Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland)
* Cartoonito (UK & Ireland)
* Cartoonito (Brand)
* Turner Broadcasting System Europe
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