The Rave Master anime series will make its debut on the Cartoon Network on Saturday May 1st.  Initially Rave Master will be part of the new Toonami Saturday night lineup (see 'Toonami Gets Saturday Night Fever').  In August the Rave Master anime series will be aired daily from Monday through Friday, perhaps indicating that the new daily Meguzi Block will not remain anime-free for too long.

Rave Master is one of several newly introduced anime properties with considerable potential.  The manga series published by Tokyopop has already done very well here in the U.S., and Hasbro is preparing a line of Rave Master toys and games (see 'Hasbro Mixes Old and New for 2004').  In spite of considerable competition from a host of other anime/manga properties, Rave Master could take off in a big way and certainly bears watching.