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Hulu, Joost start offering streaming subtitled anime.

Not long after the demise of
Toonami
, Anime News Network is reporting that
several US anime distributors, notably Viz, Sony, and
Funimation, have signed agreements with streaming video service Joost, as well as Hulu.com to legally stream for free
subtitled episodes of various anime series including
such genre titles as Death Note, Naruto, Bleach, Cosmo
Warrior Zero, and the 2003 version of Astro Boy, with
more titles coming in the future for both services.

Toonami Ends Tonight

According to Animenewsnetwork.com, tonight is the last night Toonami airs on
Cartoon Network.

Over the 11 years the Cartoon Network ran its Toonami
block, it ran many genre anime, including the original
Mobile Suit Gundam, Blue Submarine No. 6, Voltron,
Robotech, Outlaw Star, Ronin Warriors, Naruto, Tenchi
Muyo!, The Big O, and .Hack//Sign. According to
Cartoon Network’s schedule, the block will be filled
in the next few weeks with Spider-Man
on September 27th and Batman:
Gotham Knight
on October 4th.