Syfy Network (Sci-Fi) “Saturday Anime“ 1997 Promo

For most of the 1990s, Syfy showed anime films, although they had to be edited in order to be shown on basic cable. The channel’s longest running animation block, referred to as Saturday Anime, aired at the start of the channel’s broadcast day each Saturday morning. In 2007, Syfy reintroduced anime to their programming via the “Ani-Monday“ block. In 2008 the block was shifted to Tuesday; in 2010, to Thursday; and after June 9, 2011, disappeared abruptly, along with the Anime section of the website. Licensors that have supported this block included Streamline Pictures, Central Park Media, Manga Entertainment USA, and Geneon Entertainment USA among others. The licensor that has aired it on the block is shown after the title. Anime found its place on Sci-Fi in the 1990s through a Saturday morning block called Saturday Anime, which aired edited English dubs of AKIRA, 8 Man After, Project A-Ko, Dominion Tank Police and Record of Lodoss War. Changed its name to Syfy in 2009.