Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Cartoon Network's Toonami brought anime to the west in a way that was completely unprecedented. These days My Hero Academia premieres on red carpets but it wasn't always that way. Join Mike as he breaks down how Toonami changed the western mind to love Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho and so much more.

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