The Big Picture Toonami is bringing back several of the anime classics that helped its rise to prominence. Cartoon Network announced that, beginning on May 31, it will start airing a new programming block called Toonami Rewind dedicated to showcasing two hours of throwback anime at an earlier time than the standard Adult Swim schedule. Its first batch of shows will include the original Sailor Moon airing at 5 p.m. ET, followed by two episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai starting at 5:30 p.m.
Adult Swim has since kept Toonami going strong as its late Saturday night home for anime. Although it was briefly taken off the air from 2008 through 2012, it currently runs from 12:00 a.m to 3:30 a.m. with episodes of newer anime like My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan as well as original series like FLCL: Shoegaze and Blade Runner: Black Lotus. Its most recent success was its action series Ninja Kamuy, which debuted to solid reviews earlier this year on February 10.
Early clips and images have been extremely promising, however, creating high expectations for the project after the underwhelming releases of Junji Ito Collection and Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre. Also on the docket is Lazarus, the upcoming new anime project of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo director Shinichirō Watanabe with John Wick's Chad Stahelski attached to plot out its action sequences.
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