As a person in his mid-20s, I have to testify that I do still watch the Cartoon Network which is part of AOL Time Warner with its merger back in 2000. It was a time block on Turner Network Television (TNT) in the past before becoming its own individual channel nearing the end of the 1990s. Back then, I had only basic cable and the Cartoon Network was not available.

Around spring of 2000, we had gotten DirecTV service. Having satellite TV was a new experience for me at most. I did a lot of channel surfing and had discovered Cartoon Network. The one thing that had appealed to me in regards to Cartoon Network was the daily Monday-Friday block between four and six PM known as “Toonami.” I started watching Cartoon Network just about every day at most in the afternoon to catch the Toonami bloc.

The Toonami bloc back then aired Japanese anime. It was at a time where Japanese anime was still considered to be underground. This medium of entertainment would not be that mainstream until about 2001-2002.

But, I have been familiar with the classics from Warner Brothers which was apart of Time Warner before its merger with the internet service provider known as America Online (AOL) before it had become AOL Time Warner. In the past, I thought Cartoon Network was merely for little kids as I had grown out of the classic cartoons such as Jonny Quest, Yogi Bear, Super Friends, and 2 Stupid Dogs.

Back then, I did not grasp the concept of the evolution or devolution of TV networks. When I got the satellite connection set up at my house, I would watch Cartoon Network every afternoon just to catch the Toonami time bloc. This was before 2003 where Toonami was moved to Saturday nights and replaced with the Miguzi time bloc.

On Toonami, there were shows such as “Sailor Moon,” “Gundam Wing,” “Ronin Warriors,” and “Tenchi Muyo.” I had no idea that they were showing Japanese anime at the time. I would tune into Cartoon Network just to watch Japanese anime. I would have to say that Cartoon Network was instrumental towards aiding the transition of Japanese anime from underground to mainstream.

But, Cartoon Network did not just focus on Japanese anime. The network moved to promote more of its original works. One such example would be the cartoon known as “Ben 10″ where the main character is a ten year old boy named Ben Tenison who has a special bracelet that allows him to change into ten different types of alien life forms.

However, it was apparent