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The new block will be built around a new undersea environment,
where kids will find compelling action-adventure programming. Miguzi
will also feature live-action segments profiling entertainers, athletes
and everyday heroes who are inspirational, unique and talented.
The aim of these pieces is to further bridge the gap between real
life action-adventure and animation. This means that Toonami
will move to Saturday evenings.
Cartoon Network worldwide executive VP, GM Jim Samples was quoted
in a company release saying, "This new block conveys an environment
that’s both exciting and inclusive, where kids can come each day
after school for cutting-edge programming. We’ve acquired some great
new series, which we will match with popular Cartoon Network original
shows."
Miguzi is set on an abandoned spaceship buried in the ocean.
Each day, The Leviathan, a giant sea monster, transports Erin, the
franshise’s host, to the submersed ship. Once inside the spaceship,
Erin and the sea creatures all settle in to watch the shows, when
the fun begins.
The block will comprise of four shows. The first is Totally
Spies . The main characters Sam, Clover and Alex are three ordinary
teenagers from Beverly Hills who happen to work for the World Organization
of Human Protection (whoop). One moment, these three teens could
be shopping at the mall or studying for exams, and the next they
are summoned by Jerry, their leader, and dispatched across the globe
on a top-secret mission. Code Lyoko tells the adventures
of a group of students who are the only ones who know that there
is a parallel, virtual world called Lyoko.
The third show is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The four
turtles - Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo - use their
new skills to battle the evil Shredder and The Foot Clan, his formidable
legion of ninja warriors.
Finally the Teen Titans will be led by Robin. This group
of five superheroes unites to form a force to protect their teeming,
sun-baked city from a new generation of villains while coping with
the challenges of adolescence.
Talking about the revised Toonami schedule Samples added,
" We are putting our top action and animé series for
the new Toonami block and keeping it fresh each week with premieres.
We know that teens hang out together on Saturday nights to watch
their favourite shows. So we’re giving them what they’re asking
for - a night exclusively dedicated to the coolest action and animé
programming."
One of the new shows that will launch in this slot is Megas
XLR. It will premiere on 1 May at 9 pm. When a video-game playing,
wrestling fanatic named Coop finds a giant robot in his local New
Jersey dump, he does what any other gear-head slacker would do:
he soups up the eighty-foot tall robot into a mechanical hot-rod
monstrosity named Megas XLR. What he doesn’t count on is being asked
to save the Earth from a race of evil aliens from the future.
In December the network will add Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi to
its lineup. This follows the adventures of the pop stars as they
travel from one gig to the next or hang out in their hometown of
Tokyo. The show will also feature live-action segments starring
the real life singing duo. Atomic Betty deals with a sweet
and brainy girl next door who when the galaxy beckons, sheds her
humdrum persona to becomes the title character. A report on the
broadcaster's site states that the show will debut in September.
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