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Toonzai
Network
The CW
Launched
May 24, 2008 (2008-05-24)
Closed
August 18, 2012 (2012-08-18)
Country of origin
United States
Owner
4Kids Entertainment
Formerly known as
The CW4Kids (2008–2010)
Format
Saturday morning cartoon block
Running time
5 hours (7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Original language(s)
English
Toonzai (formerly known as The CW4Kids from May 24, 2008 to August 7, 2010, or stylized as TOONZAi) was an American Saturday morning cartoon children's television block that aired on The CW from May 24, 2008 to August 18, 2012. The block was created as a result of a four-year agreement between 4Kids Entertainment and The CW. The original name for the block from May 24, 2008 to August 7, 2010, The CW4Kids (stylized as THE CW4K!DS), was retained as a sub-brand through the end of the block's run in order to fulfill branding obligations per 4Kids Entertainment's contract to lease The CW's Saturday morning time slots.[citation needed] The name is a portmanteau of "toon" and the Japanese term banzai, reflecting the majority of anime programming on the block.[citation needed]
The block was replaced by Saban Brands' program block Vortexx, which debuted on August 25, 2012. On April 11, 2013, the Toonzai website redirected to the Vortexx website. Since October 4, 2014, none of 4Kids' shows air on broadcast television anymore (with the exceptions of Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, TMNT, and Sonic X), as Vortexx ended its run on September 27, 2014, and before being replaced by Litton Entertainment's One Magnificent Morning.
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Saturday morning lineup for The CW, the new block, The CW4Kids (later renamed Toonzai, with the original name becoming a secondary brand), premiered on May 24...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The block was rebranded to Toonzai on August 14, 2010 (though the CW4Kids name was retained as a sub-brand...
distributed through 4Kids Entertainment in the United States, airing on Toonzai from 17 September 2011 until 2 June 2012.[citation needed] The English...
occasional promotional announcer for the block, as well as for The CW4Kids and Toonzai. He also provided the voice of Bongo the Monkey in commercial advertising...
Entertainment's 4Kids Productions subsidiary during their run on 4Kids TV and Toonzai, as well as other TV networks. All anime is in bold. Buck Rogers in the...
three-hour block premiered on April 7, 2012, to compete with The CW's Toonzai and This TV's Cookie Jar Toons/This Is for Kids. The block featured animated...
competitor that was later bought by 4Kids and rebranded as CW4Kids, later Toonzai. Vortexx – children's program block produced by Saban Brands for The CW...
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The CW's predecessor children's program blocks – Kids' WB, The CW4Kids/Toonzai and Vortexx – was also taken care of by The CW Plus. However even after...
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