It has just been announced today via a surprising on air promo on Adult Swim that the very popular anime series Attack On Titan will air on Toonami starting May 3rd airing at the start of Toonami! Of course, this means that Space Dandy(currently airing season 1) and other series will move around to fit Attack On Titan in the schedule, you can check out the new schedule here! Check after the break for the official press release from FUNimation and comment your thoughts on the news below!
Flower Mound, TX – (April 12, 2014) Adult Swim, the cable and satellite network paired with Cartoon Network, announced today that it will begin airing Attack on Titan during the popular anime programming block known as Toonami. The series is scheduled to begin airing on Saturday, May 3rd at 11:30 pm ET.
Attack on Titian joins other FUNimation Entertainment® series Space Dandy, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Black Lagoon currently airing on the network.
SERIES SYNOPSIS:
When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. He vows to kill every Titan walking the earth. Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there’s more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity s last hope against extinction. From the director of Death Note and High School of the Dead comes the series Anime News Network calls an intense, visceral, and graphic thrill ride. The Titans have come to feast. Anything can happen. No one is safe.
FUNimation Entertainment® series’ times in the Toonami block are Eastern Time and listed below:
11:30pm – Attack on Titan
12:30pm – Space Dandy
1:30am – One Piece
2:30am – Black Lagoon
4:00am- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
About Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s network offering original and acquired animated and live-action series for young adults. Airing nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for youth and families, and is seen in 99.4 million U.S. homes.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
About FUNimation® Entertainment
FUNimation® Entertainment is the leading anime company in North America. FUNimation has a proven formula for launching and advancing brands. They manage a full spectrum of rights for most of their brands including broadcasting, licensing, production, internet, and home video sales and distribution. For more information about FUNimation Entertainment and its brands, visit www.funimation.com.