Just before midnight came the shocking announcement that The Brak Show was cancelled, the first series finale in Adult Swim’s history.Īpsaw the first ever April Fools' Day prank, in which random mustaches were added to the characters of the shows.Īdult Swim Action returned on April 17, 2004, with the airing of The Animatrix.

The bumpers featured a party at Brak’s house, with characters from all the Adult Swim shows attending. On New Year’s Eve of 2003, a special event was held called Bashington’s As a result, the block now aired a loop of the earlier programs starting at 2am. The block expanded to 5am on October 5, 2003.

For example, on Thursdays, they aired Dear Adult Swim, in which they would showcase random comments from the new Adult Swim Message Board and respond to them, usually by insulting them. The content of the bumpers tended to vary depending on what day it was. The bumpers now consisted of white text on black backgrounds (although a reverse of this scheme was occasionally used), which tend to be non-sequitur in nature. With this change came a brand new logo that still continues to be used to this day. On May 25, 2003, the block rebranded again. This move proved to be so successful that the show would be revived in 2005. Another new show arrived on April 20, the recently cancelled Family Guy. Also at this time, the block expanded to airing on weekdays as well, except for Fridays, because that space was occupied by Cartoon Cartoon Fridays. This was done to promote the addition of the FOX series, Futurama, to the block. Gone were the old people swimming, replaced by bumpers showing pages of an emergency handbook. Janusaw the last airing of the Action block for a year, which was followed a week later on January 12 by the block’s first rebrand.

This block was a showcase of anime, some of which came from Cartoon Network’s Toonami block, while the rest were new to the network.

On February 23, 2002, Adult Swim Action premiered, replacing the Thursday repeat block. The initial block consisted of Home Movies, The Brak Show, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and Cowboy Bebop, with Aqua Teen Hunger Force joining soon after. The shows broadcast each night would all be repeated on Thursday nights. Initially, the block lasted from 10:00pm to 1:00am. The block launched on September 2, 2001, at 10:00pm, with an episode of Home Movies, a show that was pulled from airing on UPN despite not airing all of its episodes. This theme was reinforced by the bumpers, which featured old people swimming. The children can't be trusted to swim by themselves, so they are kicked out, and only the adults can swim, hence adult swim. The name comes from a term for a lifeguard's break. Adult Swim started off as a spin-off block of Cartoon Network based on the success of an earlier show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

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