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Attention Toonami Faithful: We heard you. On 05.26.12
https://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/202866436597743616

Toonami...?

Check out the new Adult Swim schedule for May 26.

(If you're seeing the old schedule, refresh the page.)

Note: This isn't yet a confirmation, but still, keep your fingers crossed.

Want Toonami back? (UPDATED AGAIN)

Adult Swim wants to know.

(Thanks to goku262002 for posting this at our forums.)

UPDATE: The following Tweet seems rather encouraging.

UPDATE #2: A message from your lord and savior.

Are you watching Adult Swim tonight?

A certain robot voiced by Steve Blum is back...

Editor's note: TDA has the Intro up for Adult Swim's April Fools Toonami run. If you stand still on memory lane, it'll last longer. --TylerL

Speed and Racer X die in collision course!

EInsiders reports that Peter Fernandez, the voice behind the titular character, and Racer X, in the English dub of the original Speed Racer, has passed away. He was 83 years old. His cause of death was lung cancer.

Carl Macek, Father of 'Robotech' (1951-2010)

Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew broke the news that his former Streamline Pictures co-founder and "creator" of Toonami cornerstone Robotech, passed away of a heart attack Saturday, April 17th.

Among other animation projects throughout his career in addition to adapting Robotech for Harmony Gold in 1984, Mr. Macek helped Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi start his Spumco animation studio as well as co-founding anime film distributor Streamline Pictures.

Mr. Macek had also recently worked on English script adaptations for Naruto and Bleach.

Mr. Beck summed it up best- "Carl had his critics. But one thing is certain: the popularity of anime in the North America [sic] would not be where it is today without Macek's groundbreaking work on Robotech and his efforts on behalf of Streamline Pictures."

R.I.P. and thank you Mr. Macek.

Because YOU Demanded It! Naruto Shippuden on TV [Updated]

Just not on Cartoon Network.

Viz Media has announced that Naruto Shippuden has been acquired by Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group for debut on their Disney XD television channel beginning in October. ~~The actual premiere date has not yet been announced.~~ Daikun informs us that the premiere is set for October 28th at 8:30 PM.

Disney XD's stated target audience is boys ages 6-14, (what we always hoped a full-time Toonami channel could have been, minus the live-action content) and it is hoped that Shippuden will be successful for them.

And Now We're Done...

Elsewhere on the interwebz, "Gary Potter" noticed:

"Toonami Jetstream is now officially dead. toonamijetstream.com [fixed that for you ;)] takes you to a message saying that Naruto has been moved to CN Video and the other shows are all gone. Not only that, but every anime show besides Naruto, PokÃ©mon, and Bakugan has been removed from the CN show pages.

Well, it was fun."

Yeah.. it was, wasn't it?

A final goodbye.

I've been away for so long that I missed the end. I feel the need to say a few things, no it's not news, it's thanks.

I realized tonight that I've been watching Toonami for nearly 10 years. 10 wonderful years. The block not only reintroduced me to shows I had long forgotten but also brought new ones to my eyes. It showed me that not all anime is garbage (though most still is :p). But most importantly it brought about TDA and it's forums and later, TDI. I remember religiously checking it wanting to keep abreast with all its denizens. From this simple block of cartoons we all were brought together and became friends.

It's these friends who've come and gone, brought drama and humor to the moments of our lives when we were all together, that I want to thank. I will not name any names, for I know I will leave somebody out who I should not but you all know who you are. I do and will treasure the time we've all invested here over the years.

Click read more for one final musing.

Toonami ends its run

Tonight was Toonami's final broadcast. After 11.5 years, Cartoon Network has decided to pull the plug on the Toonami block. Toonami Digital Arsenal has the Farewell message that aired on Cartoon Network as well as a few retrospective selections. Toonami Infolink will remain online for a while to settle any remaining news, but a news site without a source of news won't last forever.

All of us at Toonami Infolink thank all of you for visiting and all the learning you've done, thanks to us (well, thanks to everyone else. I haven't posted in years).

Stay Gold, Ponyboy. Stay Gold.