Ah Toonami, many can trace their first anime experiences back to the world famous Cartoon Network block but over the years you'll find that not everything they shown seemed to fit the mold, so today looks at the top ten most unusual Toonami shows.
Special Mention: Fairy Tail, wondering why it isn't on Toonami yet.
10. Prince of Tennis
I've never pictured Toonami as one for sports anime, but I'd expect them to pick Hajime no Ippo, Eyeshield 21 or even Inazuma Eleven; Prince of Tennis though is a strange choice.
9. Superfriends
A 70s Hanna Barbara Cartoon about the DC Universe heroes, this show is better suited to Boomerang. The show itself hasn't aged well either.
8. Blue Submarine No.6
This film was the big highlight of the late 90s and played almost as much as Cartoon Network's other films at the time, based on a 60s manga about a Submarine crew attempting to stop a scientist from flooding what's left of the earth, while I have seen the film I barely remember anything of it. So why choose something so obscure?
7. Powerpuff Girls
How the Powerpuff Girls ended up in Toonami is a mystery seeing as it's the only Cartoon Cartoon show to ever show up on the block yet it already had a home on the normal Cartoon Network.
6. Jackie Chan Adventures
Arguably the most successful cartoon about a celebrity that's ever been made, re-imagining Jackie Chan as a cartoon character in a mystical quest to save the world from various Asian artifacts. In all honesty I'd always pictured this show on a different channel.
5. Dai-Guard
Originally picked up by ADV Vision but it baffles me that this was on Toonami and listed under their giant robot special, it wasn't even that popular.
4. Gigantor
Speaking of giant robots this show is OLD! I can't remember if they played the old show or the reboot but this show is ancient, so old that it first broadcast in Black & White.
3. SD Gundam
Very misguided choice considering it's history in the States, I don't wish to remind people of the Doozy Bots.
2. Hamtaro
A show more suited to girls, not that there is anything wrong with that, Cardcaptors & Sailor Moon had huge audience figures, what baffles me about this choice is that there is nothing in Hamtaro that would be considered action or suspense, more like solving basic everyday problems and learning what human life is about, I can't really picture this on the same time slot as the likes of Dragonballz or Gundam Wing.
1. Wulin Warriors
It's a Taiwanese puppet show. It's one of the most famous shows in Taiwan but misguided producers tried to give it a place on Toonami but barely lasted two episodes before the production was cancelled. This was Toonami's lowest point (Other than it's first closure)
