Toonami
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Toonami is an action-oriented programming block known for airing anime and animated series, originally broadcast on Cartoon Network.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toonami canonical | 3 |
| Adult Swim Toonami | 1 |
| Jetix (U.S. programming block) | 1 |
| Toonami.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T866030 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toonami Context triple: [Cartoon Network, hasBlock, Toonami]
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A.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is an American cable television channel known for airing animated series and original cartoons for children and young audiences.
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B.
AMC
AMC is an American cable television network known for acclaimed original series such as "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," and "The Walking Dead."
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is a popular streaming service specializing in anime, manga, and East Asian media content.
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E.
Aoi Matsuri
Aoi Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s oldest and most important traditional festivals, featuring Heian-period costumed processions to the Kamo shrines each May.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toonami Target entity description: Toonami is an action-oriented programming block known for airing anime and animated series, originally broadcast on Cartoon Network.
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A.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is an American cable television channel known for airing animated series and original cartoons for children and young audiences.
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B.
AMC
AMC is an American cable television network known for acclaimed original series such as "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," and "The Walking Dead."
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is a popular streaming service specializing in anime, manga, and East Asian media content.
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E.
Aoi Matsuri
Aoi Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s oldest and most important traditional festivals, featuring Heian-period costumed processions to the Kamo shrines each May.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action-oriented programming block
ⓘ
anime programming block ⓘ television programming block ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Adult Swim
ⓘ
Cartoon Network ⓘ |
| blockType |
afternoon block
ⓘ
evening block ⓘ late-night block ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Asia
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Latin America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| broadcastOn |
Adult Swim
ⓘ
CNX ⓘ Cartoon Network ⓘ Cartoon Network ⓘ
surface form:
Cartoon Network Asia
Cartoon Network Australia ⓘ Cartoon Network ⓘ
surface form:
Cartoon Network Latin America
Cartoon Network international feeds ⓘ
surface form:
Cartoon Network UK
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Jason DeMarco
ⓘ
Sean Akins ⓘ |
| developedBy | Williams Street ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
SARA
ⓘ
T.O.M. ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1997-03-17 ⓘ |
| format | hosted programming block ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
animation ⓘ anime ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
Toonami
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Toonami.com
|
| knownFor |
airing action cartoons
ⓘ
airing anime series ⓘ introducing anime to Western audiences ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1997-03-17 ⓘ |
| notableShowAired |
Dragon Ball Z
ⓘ
Gundam Wing ⓘ Naruto ⓘ One Piece ⓘ Outlaw Star ⓘ Sailor Moon ⓘ Tenchi Muyo! ⓘ Yu Yu Hakusho ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Cartoon Network ⓘ |
| originalRunEnd | 2008-09-20 ⓘ |
| originalRunStart | 1997-03-17 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Cartoon Network Studios
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Discovery ⓘ |
| revivalRunStart | 2012-05-26 ⓘ |
| revivedAs |
Adult Swim
ⓘ
surface form:
Adult Swim programming block
|
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
teens ⓘ young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
science fiction
ⓘ
space opera ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toonami Description of subject: Toonami is an action-oriented programming block known for airing anime and animated series, originally broadcast on Cartoon Network.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adult Swim Toonami
this entity surface form:
Toonami.com