History Trivia / Toonami

** Jason has never been shy about [[https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/toonami-was-an-anime-gateway-for-millennials.html talking about the troubles]] and licensing knife-fighting that led to Toonami being denied the rights to ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' and ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the former in particular being something that Jason wanted ''very'' much for Toonami's early days.

*** Creator/CartoonNetwork attempted to get airing rights for ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' and ''Anime/TheSlayers''. Unfortunately, the rights ended up going to Creator/SabanEntertainment instead, and of those two series, only the former ended up airing on Creator/FoxKids. They also attempted to license ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' from ADV and ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' from Central Park Media, but were unable to do so. ''Slayers'' did air on the Japanese version of Toonami, though.

** Downplayed in regards to ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', since it was given the same treatment of having its opening and ending shortened. However, many fans speculated that the ending (which uses "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]" as its theme) would end up getting either dubbed over with different music or cut out entirely due to licensing issues. This notion was jossed entirely when the promo for the series was revealed on Pre-Flight and finally when the series began airing proper, as "Roundabout" was kept as the theme.

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''[[Manga/{{[[=Jojo's=]] Bizzare Adventure}} Jojo's Bizzare Adventure]]''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''[[Manga/{{Jojos Bizzare Adventure}} Jojo's Bizzare Adventure]]''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''Manga/Jojo'sBizzareAdventure''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''Manga/JojosBizzareAdventure''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''Manga/Jojo'sBizzareAdventure''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''[[Manga/{{Jojo's Bizzare Adventure}} Jojo's Bizzare Adventure]]. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''[[Anime/{{Jojo's Bizzare Adventure}} Jojo's Bizzare Adventure]]. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''Anime/HousingComplexC'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].
** Downplayed in regards to ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure'', since it was given the same treatment of having its opening and ending shortened. However, many fans speculated that the ending (which uses "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]" as its theme) would end up getting either dubbed over with different music or cut out entirely due to licensing issues. This notion was jossed entirely when the promo for the series was revealed on Pre-Flight and finally when the series began airing proper, as "Roundabout" was kept as the theme.

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''[[Anime/{{Housing Complex C}} Housing Complex C]]'', since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, and ''[[Anime/{{Housing Complex C}} Housing Complex C]]'' since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** Chiller (a defunct cable channel owned by Creator/{{NBCUniversal}}) got some attention for attempting their own anime block in July 2015, with a line-up that can be considered "Toonami with a horror slant".[[note]]For the curious, said lineup consisted of ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'', ''Anime/TokyoMajin'', ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'', and ''LightNovel/BlackBloodBrothers''. The "Chiller Anime" block ended up being a failure due to a number of reasons, including airing on Wednesdays, lack of promotion, and the channel itself being niche after it lost carriage support from several providers in 2017.[[/note]]

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. The endings are also shortened regardless, except for the first two seasons of ''[[Anime/{{Jojo's Bizzare Adventure}} Jojo's Bizzare Adventure]]''. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with ''[[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', due to being originally aired on Adult Swim. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

*** [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1288250493983236096 DeMarco]] also says that they tried getting ''Anime/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' and ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', but they were too expensive to get the airing rights for. However, he hopes that this may change soon.

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with [[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]], due to being originally aired on [[Creator/{{Adult Swim}} Adult Swim]]. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with {{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}}, due to being originally aired on {{Adult Swim}}. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with [[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]], due to being originally aired on [[Adult Swim]]. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with [[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}} Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with [[Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}}]]. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with [[Anime/Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]]. his makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs, as well as its rerun slots. The same goes with {{anime|Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex}}. his makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

** The Toonami crew's policy with show openings and endings is to use a shortened opening provided by the show's distributor for the sake of making way for commercials. Despite this, the first available episode of a show, or when a show is the lead-in slot when the block starts, if nessisary, usually keeps the show's full opening. This may exclude shows from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, since these are always in the lead-in slot during its premiere runs. This makes it more reasonable due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FI23unAH0 TOM's answer]].

* WikiRule: The [[http://toonami.wikia.com/wiki/Toonami_Wiki Toonami Wiki]], which provides information on both the current and past Toonami (even the Kids' WB Toonami), shows that have aired, are currently airing, or will be airing in the future.

* ReferencedBy: TOM & SARA make a cameo near the end of the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/stealingsolidarityphase4 "Phase 4"]] Tale of the Website/SCPFoundation canon ''Stealing Solidarity''[[note]] It helps that the creator of the canon, Djoric, directly namedropped Toonami in order to explain its vibe. [[/note]]