![]() Toonami's official logo in Asia | |
Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. (Time Warner, Inc.) |
Sister channels | Cartoon Network Boomerang |
History | |
Launched | 1 December 2012 |
Replaced | Boomerang (original version) |
Closed | 2016 (Malaysia, ABNXcess) 31 March 2018 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Toonami was an Asian television channel that was launched on 1 December 2012. [1] [2] It was operated and distributed in Asia by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc., [3] a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. It was named after the programming block seen in the U.S, [4] using the logo introduced in 2004 but with different branded promos.[ citation needed ]
The channel ceased operations on 31 March 2018, after which the channel space created in 2005 by the original version of Boomerang ceased to exist. [5]
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