SyFy to stop airing all anime starting June 9th?

One of the few channels broadcasting anime here in the US, the SyFy channel, is possibly removing all anime from its broadcast lineup.

ANN tried to contact multiple companies for more information, but so far nobody has responded.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-27/u.s-syfy-channel-lists-no-more-anime-after-june-9


Both the Ani-Monday block on SyFy, and Adult Swim block in Cartoon Network pretty much got me hooked on anime. I remember being introduced to titles like Gurren Lagann, Inuyasha, Now and Then Here and There, Code Geass, Blood+, and a bunch of other anime titles by watching these channels. Adult Swim cut back on their anime block and now only air like 2 shows, and now SyFy is removing anime altogether...

sad to hear it i wish we could get a steady channel here in the states devoted to anime etc.

First time I ever saw Akira was on the scifi channel.

I can just imagine it...



But I'm just a dreamer.

thats what they need...they need a channel that shows anime! 24/7! you know how many people would watch it! of course the only decent anime they actually showed was the dub of gurren lagann and gundam 00

I'm through with TV, who the fuck needs it when you have the internetz?

This BY FAR. I could've sworn there was such a channel that did show nothing but anime, but you had to have a certain cable company to access the channel.

They still show stuff on scifi... i been watching the ovatn channel with their anime movies and on demand for shows.

It's called The Anime Network. The Anime Network

Only if you have on demand with a subscription or a cable plan with free VOD.. only on directv/dish crapwork or comcast/cox/cablevision.

Yeah, my parents had it when I was in college. the stuff on demand was rarely updated and almost always dubbed. Website seems a bit better about content... but it's a subscription service for the most part.

While many people don't care about anime on TV anymore, this also might show how anime is becoming even less popular than before. While us "hardcore" viewers might continue to watch fansubs and streams, casual TV anime viewers are becoming less.

(Also see the recent death of the manga publisher TokyoPop.)

Iron Man and Wolverine premiering July 2011 on G4.. i don't get g4 anymore... meh .

wait subbed or dubbed?

Probably dubbed since it's TV.

SyFy (as it is called now) only matter to me when it aired Gundam 00 and very few others.

Gurren Lagann in dub = shitty dub...

DO WHAT NOW.

now you know what it is like to live in england, we have no channels airing anime (that i know of)

Ah, it was their late-night showing of an episode of Serial Experiments Lain that introduced me to the world of real, non-kiddie anime.

A shame if they decide to stop airing shows; anime can be sci-fi, after all!