I was wondering what other people's memories/experiences were with Toonami. Of course I am referring to the original run of Toonami that lasted from 1997 to 2008, not the current version of it which airs on Satuday nights.
I discovered Toonami in 1997 right after my parents divorced. My dad was living with one of his friends that lived barely a quarter mile from my mom, and he has premium cable. I remember specifically watching The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest and Thundercats mostly. DBZ was on their too, but it wouldn't be for another year or so before the anime bug really hit me and I would literally become obsessed with it.
By around 2000, I was completely obsessed with Toonami and most of the shows they broadcast. At this point my dad was living in his own house and I would often go their after school every day and watch Tonnami from I believe 6pm to 8pm. I would do this for probably the next couple of years before I began to loose interest in the shows they had on and it no longer appealed to me like it did.
I remember around 2007 or 2008 trying to watch it again, however the lineup and format of the program block was so dramatically different that it just didn't do it for me anymore. Sadly, around that time the original run of Toonami went defunct and that was that.
But here are my top 5 Toonami shows:
1. Dragon Ball Z
2. Outlaw Star
3. Gundam Wing
4. Gundam 8th MS Team
5. Tenchi Muyo
