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Toonami Reactor was an online streaming video service launched by the Cartoon Network on March 26, 2001. The 12 week service featured 40 episodes of Dragon Ball Z's Frieza Saga, 26 episodes of Star Blazers (an online-exclusive series that never appeared on Toonami), two new Dragon Ball Z games and two new Toonami-specific games.[1][2] Editorial content was provided by the now-defunct Animerica Magazine, published by VIZ Media. After the three-month "trial run" was over, Cartoon Network took it offline and completely revamped it.

On November 14, 2001, Cartoon Network relaunched Toonami Reactor with all online-exclusive programs such as Star Blazers, Harlock Saga, and Record of Lodoss War as well as videos from Daft Punk and Toonami-themed games. Patlabor was added on February 18, 2002. In the summer of 2002, Toonami Reactor was revamped again under the Adult Swim aegis and, with a joint venture with VIZ's Weekly Shonen Jump, programmed it as "Adult Swim Pipeline."

Content[]

Series[]

  • Dragon Ball Z (40 episodes from Frieza saga offered on Reactor 1.0, previously aired on Toonami)
  • Star Blazers (season 1 offered on Reactor 1.0 and season 2 offered on 2.0, never aired on Toonami)
  • Harlock Saga (entire series offered on Reactor 2.0, never aired on Toonami)
  • Record of Lodoss War (entire series offered on Reactor 2.0, never aired on Toonami)
  • Patlabor (part of series offered on Reactor 2.0, never aired on Toonami)

Music Videos[]

Games[]

Features[]

Instructions[]

Reactor's interactive show menu appears in the top-right corner of your screen. Select the series you want to watch, then select the episode. Each episode is divided into four sections. Once you have made your selection, it will automatically launch in the screening window. You can choose from two viewing sizes, small or large, depending on the quality of your connection.

While you watch, profiles, trivia questions and other data will appear in the Reactor display windows. Learn character history. See original artwork. Play games. Hit the Home button at any time to return to the introduction page.

The control bar allows you to pause the show while it is playing. Once you hit Pause the menu will automatically return to the interactive show directory to allow you to select a new episode if you'd like.

After the last section of each episode has played, be sure to give us your opinion of what you just saw. Remember, in the Reactor your opinion counts, and you may even see your comments appear during upcoming episodes!

At any time during playback, you can click on the Feedback button to tell us what you think about Toonami Reactor. Showing your support will guarantee that Reactor­s continues to be the best place for action cartoons on the internet!

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Toonami Reactor was Cartoon Network's first online streaming video service.
  • All episodes streamed on Reactor 1.0 were split into 4 parts.
  • Reactor's video player featured a split screen where an episode played on one side and a display window on the other side offered profiles, trivia questions and other data while the episode played.
  • Episodes streamed on Reactor also featured paid advertisements.
  • Reactor could be accessed by both broadband and 56 kbps dial-up modems.

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sarto, Dan (April 3, 2001). "CartoonNework.com Launches Toonami Reactor ". awn.com. http://www.awn.com/news/cartoonneworkcom-launches-toonami-reactor. Retrieved on January 24, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Rogers, Brett (May 1, 2001). "Come Together: Online and On-Air Converge on CartoonNetwork.com ". awn.com. http://www.awn.com/animationworld/come-together-online-and-air-converge-cartoonnetworkcom. Retrieved on March 28, 2015. 
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