We're compiling here for your benefit a list of all of the anime titles currently on network television (cable or broadcast). These are obviously the anime with the broadest appeal, and the ones most likely to bring new customers to your store. Using these properties in advertising, window displays, and in-store boutiques will make your store a familiar and attractive place to visit among the fans of these programs.
This list is a work in progress. Please email tflinn@ivc2.com with any corrections or additions. We are only charting nationwide broadcasts, since we don't have the resources to include local syndicated broadcasts. All times ET/PT.
The Cartoon Network
The popular Toonami block contains the highest concentration of anime on American television, though the bowdlerization process that makes these Japanese imports 'suitable' for American audiences is highly offensive to anime fans. The spinoff of Toonami into its own cable network, with time periods set aside for uncensored versions of anime titles, is, in the words of Oscar Wilde, 'a consummation devoutly to be wished' (see 'AOL/TW Combines WB Network and Turner Broadcasting').
Afternoon
4:00 pm (M-F) Sailor Moon
4:30 pm (M-F) Gundam Wing
5:00 pm (M-F) Dragonball Z
5:30 pm (M-F) The Big O
6:00 pm (M-F) Tenchi Muyo
6:30 pm (M-F) Superman (non-anime)
Midnight run
12:00 am (M-F) Dragonball Z
12:30 am (M-F) The Big O
The Kids WB
Pokemon is one of the WB's big hits, and is still the most prevalent anime on this fledgling over-the-air and cable network.
Episodes of Pokemon: The Johto Journeys are on at 7am Friday and at 8:30am and 10am on Saturday morning.
4:00 pm (M-F) Pokemon
4:30 pm (M-R) Pokemon
4:30 pm (F) Cardcapters
Fox Kids
Fox has experimented with several anime titles including Escaflowne, but currently Digimon is its sole continuing anime series. Digimon is on at 9:30am and 11am on Saturday in addition to its daily slot.
4:30 pm (M-F) Digimon
