Anime to begin from episode 1 on December 1 at 12:30 a.m.

Jason DeMarco, vice president of strategic marketing and promotions for the paired television networks Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, announced on Thursday that Naruto will run on Adult Swim's Toonami block on Saturday, December 1 at 12:30 a.m. EST/PST (effectively Sunday, December 2 in the morning).

The anime will run uncut, starting from the first episode. DeMarco emphasized that Disney still has the rights to the follow-up series Naruto Shippuden.

The new Toonami weekend schedule will be as follows:

12:00 Bleach

12:30 Naruto

01:00 Tenchi Muyo GXP

01:30 Thundercats

02:00 Samurai 7

02:30 Symbionic Titan

03:00 Eureka 7

03:30 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

04:00 Cowboy Bebop

04:30 Cowboy Bebop

05:00 Inuyasha

05:30 Inuyasha



Naruto previously ran in Toonami when Toonami was a programming block on Cartoon Network. Both Naruto's Cartoon Network run and Cartoon Network's version of Toonami ended in 2008.

[Via Saiyan Island]

Update: More background information added.