Toonami Marathon Stream 2015: An Archive

Hello, and welcome to a new feature here on Building You A Better Cartoon Show: The Toonami Blog. If you aren't already in the know, back in late August 2015, Toonami launched a stream of Toonami programming on their Adult Swim.com Toonami Stream (previously only used for special events and the weekly Toonami: Pre-Flight show). Originally, the stream was meant to rotate shows every two days. For archival purposes, here's the original schedule for the stream, courtesy of the official Adult Swim Message Boards:

• August 25th - August 26th: Attack on Titan
• August 26th - August 27th: Dragon Ball Z Kai
• August 27th - August 28th: Michiko and Hatchin
• August 28th - August 29th: Sword Art Online II
• August 29th - August 30th: Dragon Ball Z Kai
• August 30th - August 31st: Michiko and Hatchin

However, for unknown reasons, Attack on Titan ended up running the entire week, and thus the stream became a Marathon Stream, showcasing past Toonami series and eventually adding re-broadcasts of the Toonami television block to weekends (not to mention other Toonami livestream-exclusive programming, such as Toonami: Pre-Flight and other special events).

This very blog has been archiving what has been airing on the stream each and every week, with a lot of help from a friend of mine named Justin (for those into fellow Turner property Boomerang, go check out Justin's It's All Coming Back To You: The Boomerang Blog for all the latest news revolving around shows that aired on Boomerang past and present!).

However, our current archival method had one flaw. Eventually, the page would get too big and would become very un-user-friendly for our readers! Thus, after many attempts to create an organized way to archive the programs aired on the Toonami Stream each and every week, I finally came up with this solution. At the end of every month, I will post a new blog post featuring all the shows that have been played during the last month, as well as which Toonami television blocks re-aired on the stream during that month and when they aired.

However, since 2015 is already over, I just decided to compile one big post for all the shows and Toonami blocks that have aired in 2015. The format introduced here is similar to how the new feature's format will look like (the only difference will be some additional details and statistics here and there for the shows and Toonami blocks airing in a given month).

On behath of myself and The Toonami Blog, we hope you enjoy this nice little gift featuring an archive of all the Toonami shows and Toonami blocks aired on the Toonami stream this year. We also hope you all have a Happy New Year and we hope that 2016 will be a fantastic year not only for us and Toonami, but for all of our readers as well.

Stay gold!

Bang.

WEEKLY MARATHONS (WEEKDAYS)

Attack on Titan was the debut series for the new Toonami Marathon Stream. During 2015, it played during the following weeks:

• August 25th - August 31st
• October 26th - October 30th
• December 21st - December 25th

Kill La Kill was played on the stream during the following weeks:

• August 31st - September 7th
• November 2nd - November 6th
• December 28th - January 1st

Space Dandy was played on the stream during the following weeks:

• September 7th - September 13th
• November 9th - November 13th

Cowboy Bebop was played on the stream during the following weeks:

• September 14th - September 19th
• November 23rd - November 27th

Blue Exorcist was played on the stream during the following week:

• September 21st - September 25th

Sword Art Online II was played on the stream during the following weeks:

• September 28th - October 2nd
• November 16th - November 20th

Gurren Lagann was played on the stream during the following weeks: 

• October 5th - October 9th
• November 30th - December 4th

Samurai Jack was played on the stream during the following week:

• October 12th - October 16th

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (and 2nd GIG) was played on the stream during the following week:

• October 19th - October 23rd

One Piece was played on the stream during the following week:

• December 7th - December 11th

Michiko and Hatchin was played on the stream during the following week:

• December 14th - December 18th

TOONAMI BLOCK RE-BROADCASTS (WEEKENDS):

Beginning on September 12th, the Toonami Marathon Stream began to air re-broadcasts of the full Toonami block as it aired on television. Blocks would be re-broadcast twice on the stream: once on Sunday (the day after the initial television broadcast), and once the following Saturday). The following is a guide as to when each block was re-broadcast on the stream:

September 12th, 2015 - re-broadcast on September 13th, 2015 and September 19th, 2015

September 19th, 2015 - re-broadcast on September 20th, 2015 and September 26th, 2015

September 26th, 2015 - re-broadcast on September 27th, 2015 and October 3rd, 2015

October 3rd, 2015 - re-broadcast on October 4th, 2015 and October 10th, 2015

October 10th, 2015 - re-broadcast on October 11th, 2015 and October 17th, 2015

October 17th, 2015 - re-broadcast on October 18th, 2015 and October 24th, 2015

October 24th, 2015 - re-broadcast on October 25th, 2015 and October 31st, 2015

October 31st, 2015 - re-broadcast on November 1st, 2015 and November 7th, 2015

November 7th, 2015 - re-broadcast on November 8th, 2015 and November 14th, 2015

November 14th, 2015 - re-broadcast on November 15th, 2015 and November 21st, 2015

November 21st, 2015 - re-broadcast on November 22nd, 2015 and November 28th, 2015

November 28th, 2015 - re-broadcast on November 29th, 2015 and December 5th, 2015

December 5th, 2015 - re-broadcast on December 6th, 2015 and December 12th, 2015

December 12th, 2015 - re-broadcast on December 13th, 2015 and December 19th, 2015

December 19th, 2015 - re-broadcast on December 20th, 2015 and December 26th, 2015

December 26th, 2015 - re-broadcast on December 27th, 2015 and January 2nd, 2016

STATISTICS

•  Five shows were only broadcast once on the stream in 2015: Blue Exorcist, Samurai Jack, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (and 2nd GIG), One Piece, and Michiko and Hatchin
• Only two shows were played for an entire 7 day week: Attack on Titan (debut week) and Kill La Kill (debut week). This is due to the addition of Toonami Block Re-Broadcasts on the stream on weekends beginning the weekend of September 12th.
• In addition to the weekly marathons, four other marathons were also broadcast on the stream due to these marathons being broadcasted on the Toonami block on television: Akame ga Kill (October 31st block), Parasyte - the maxim- (November 28th block), Dragon Ball Z Kai (December 19th block), and One Piece (December 26th block).
• One Piece is the only show to receive a weekly weekday marathon and a weekend Toonami re-broadcast marathon on the stream.
• Most weekly weekday marathons on the stream feature shows that have ran on Toonami in the past, yet are not currently running on the block. The only exceptions are: Attack on Titan (during its initial week, the show was still re-running on the block), Kill La Kill (excluding its initial week, as the show was not placed back on the block until October 3rd), and One Piece.