The Sci-Fi Channel's Animation Station was a block of animation or puppetry-related television shows on the
Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy). Some of the shows shown were ''
Ronin Warriors'', ''
Star Wars: Droids'', ''
Star Wars: Ewoks'', ''
Transformers'', ''
Bionic Six'', and ''
The New Adventures of Gigantor
is a 1980 Japanese Mecha Animated series produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, and a modern style remake of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga ''Tetsujin 28-go''. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa and produced by both Shigeru Akagawa and Toru Horikoshi. It a ...
''.
Broadcast in 1995 after being renamed from ''
Cartoon Quest'', the programming was eventually dropped on August 29, 1997, due to low ratings.
Thomas Vitale Thomas P. Vitale is Executive Vice President of Programming & Original Movies for Syfy and Chiller, and is responsible for the acquisition and scheduling of all programming, as well as the development and commissioning of original movies and specia ...
, senior vice president of the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy), also stated that ''The Animation Stations cancellation was the result of competition from other networks.
As ''Animation Station'' was merely the continuation of ''Cartoon Quest'', a good portion of the shows were retained, such as
Gerry Anderson's shows.
See also
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S.C.I.F.I. World
S.C.I.F.I. World was a daytime programming schedule for the Sci Fi Channel that started on July 17, 2000 and ended on December 21, 2001. It aired reruns of science fiction series blocked in mini-marathons through the week.
Format
Divided into fi ...
References
Television programming blocks in the United States
Syfy original programming
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