Syndication

Broadcast syndication is the practice of licensing the right to broadcast TV shows to individual TV stations as opposed to a broadcast network. It was common in the United States for anime to air on TV via syndication until the 2000s.

List[]

This is a list of dubbed anime that aired in syndication in the United States.

1960s[]

Title	Licensor	Debut	Last broadcast
Astro Boy (B&W)	NBC Enterprises	01963-09-03September 3, 1963^[1]	01973-12-28December 28, 1973^[2]
8th Man (B&W)	ABC Films	01965-09-07September 7, 1965^[3]	01971-07-31July 31, 1971^[4]
Gigantor (B&W)	Delphi Associates Trans-Lux->Alan Enterprises	01966-01-17January 17, 1966^[5]	01973-10-19October 19, 1973^[6]
		01975-02-01February 1, 1975^[7]	01975-09-06September 6, 1975^[8]
		01981-11-03November 3, 1981^[9]	01982-02-05February 5, 1982^[10]
Kimba the White Lion	NBC Enterprises	01966-09-02September 2, 1966	01978-10-06October 6, 1978^[11]
Marine Boy	Seven Arts	01966-09-03September 3, 1966^[12]	01982-10-03October 3, 1982^[13]
Prince Planet (B&W)	American International	01967-01-05January 5, 1967^[14]	01976-11-03November 3, 1976^[15]
The Amazing 3 (B&W)	Erika Film Productions	01967-09-06September 6, 1967^[16]	01970-12-06December 6, 1970^[17]
		01975-02-17February 17, 1975^[18]	01975-04-04April 4, 1975^[19]
		01976-05-31May 31, 1976^[20]	01976-09-13September 13, 1976^[21]
Speed Racer	Trans-Lux->Alan Enterprises	01967-09-07September 7, 1967^[22]	01986-07-05July 5, 1986^[23]

1978-90[]

Title	Licensor	Debut	Last broadcast
Battle of the Planets	Sandy Frank Film Syndication	01978-09-12September 12, 1978	01986-02-14February 14, 1986^[24]
Star Blazers	Westchester Films	01979-09-17September 17, 1979	01990-03-23March 23, 1990^[25]
Force Five	Jim Terry Productions	01980-09-08September 8, 1980	01985-10-22October 22, 1985^[26]
Voltron	World Events Productions	01984-09-10September 10, 1984	01988-09-11September 11, 1988^[27]
Robotech	Harmony Gold	01985-03-04March 4, 1985	01993-09-10September 10, 1993^[28]
Tranzor Z	Three B. Productions	01985-04-01April 1, 1985^[29]	01986-04-25April 25, 1986^[30]
Thunderbirds 2086	ITC Entertainment	01985-05-01May 1, 1985^[31]	01990-07-21July 21, 1990^[32]
Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years	Harmony Gold	01985-09-26September 26, 1985^[33]	01987-07-19July 19, 1987^[34]
Macron 1	Saban Entertainment	01987-01-13January 13, 1987^[35]	01990-08-29August 29, 1990^[36]
Maple Town	Saban Entertainment	01987-04-13April 13, 1987	01987-04-24April 24, 1987^[37]
G-Force (WTBS only)	Turner Program Services	01987-07-03July 3, 1987^[38]	01987-08-09August 9, 1987^[39]
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs	World Events Productions	01987-09-14September 14, 1987^[40]	01989-09-22September 22, 1989^[41]
Dragon Ball	Harmony Gold	01990-01-01January 1, 1990^[42]	01990-02-09February 9, 1990^[43]
Dragon Warrior	Saban Entertainment	01990-09-15September 15, 1990^[44]	01991-09-28September 28, 1991^[45]

1995-2001[]

Title	Licensor	Debut	Last broadcast
Ronin Warriors	Graz Entertainment	01995-06-24June 24, 1995^[46]	01996-08-23August 23, 1996^[47]
Dragon Ball	Funimation	01995-09-09September 9, 1995^[48]	01996-09-08September 8, 1996^[49]
Sailor Moon	DiC Entertainment	01995-09-11September 11, 1995	01996-09-07September 7, 1996^[50]
Sailor Moon	DiC Entertainment	01997-06-09June 9, 1997^[51]	02004-05-22May 22, 2004^[52]
Samurai Pizza Cats	Saban Entertainment	01996-09-02September 2, 1996^[53]	01997-09-05September 5, 1997^[54]
Eagle Riders	Saban Entertainment	01996-09-07September 7, 1996^[53]	01997-09-07September 7, 1997^[55]
Dragon Ball Z	Funimation	01996-09-13September 13, 1996	01998-09-06September 6, 1998^[56]
Pokémon	4Kids	01998-09-07September 7, 1998	01999-09-03September 3, 1999^[57]
Tama and Friends	4Kids	02001-09-15September 15, 2001	02005-01-22January 22, 2005^[58]

References[]

[1] The Free Lance-Star (8/31/1963, page 9, "Telemag: Tuesday, September 3", 5:30)

[2] Reading Eagle (12/23/1973, page 9, Channel 17, 3:30)

[3] Toledo Blade (9/3/1965, "Daytime TV Programs For The Coming Week")

[4] Reading Eagle (7/25/1971, page 3, "Channel 17, July 25 Through July 31: Monday", 5:30)

[5] Toledo Blade (1/17/1966, page 39, "Monday", 5:30)

[6] Independent Press Telegram (10/19/1973, "Friday", 3:00PM)

[7] Independent Press Telegram (2/1/1975, "Sunday Afternoon", 4:30)

[8] Independent Press Telegram (9/6/1975, "Saturday Afternoon", 4:30)

[9] Rome News-Tribune (10/30/1981, page 16, "Evening", 6:00)

[10] Rome News-Tribune (2/5/1982, page 4, "Evening", 6:00)

[11] Toledo Blade (10/1/1978, page TV-4, "Daytime Programs Monday through Friday", 3:00)

[12] The Southeast Missourian Star (8/21/1966, page 39, "Saturday, September 3, 1966", 11:30)

[13] Reading Eagle (10/3/1982, page 10, "Morning", 8:00)

[14] Independent Press Telegram (1/5/1967, "Thursday", 4:30)

[15] The Telegraph-Herald (10/29/1976, page 8, "Afternoon", 2:30)

[16] Kingston Daily Freeman (9/2/1967, "TV Wednesday", 2:55)

[17] Independent Press Telegram (12/6/1970, "Sunday", 10:00)

[18] Independent Press Telegram (2/16/1975, "Monday", 7:00AM)

[19] Independent Press Telegram (3/30/1975, "Friday", 7:00AM)

[20] Independent Press Telegram (5/31/1976, "Monday", 6:30)

[21] Independent Press Telegram (9/12/1976, "Monday", 6:30)

[22] Kingston Daily Freeman (9/2/1967, "TV Thursday", 6:00)

[23] The Republican (7/3/1986, "Saturday", 7:00AM)

[24] Schenectady Gazette (2/14/1986, page 14, "Friday", 6:30)

[25] Rome News-Tribune (3/23/1990, page 23, "Sunday-daytime", 6:30AM)

[26] Atlus Times (10/20/1985, page 3, "Daytime", 3:30)

[27] Atlus Times (9/11/1988, page 17, "Saturday", 6:30)

[28] Rome News-Tribune (9/10/1993, page 53, "Daytime", 3:30PM)

[29] Observer-Reporter (3/21/1985, page C-5, "ABC 'Eyes' Hit in New Series: WPTT")

[30] The Tuscaloosa News (4/22/1986, page 20, "Morning", 6:00)

[31] Observer-Reporter (4/18/1985, page C-5, "WPTT")

[32] Ocala Star-Banner (7/21/1990, page 72, 6:00a.m.)

[33] Boca Raton News (9/26/1985, page 4D, "friday afternoon", 3:00)

[34] Boca Raton News (7/19/1987, 6:00)

[35] Times Daily (1/10/1987, page 10D, "Tuesday Afternoon", 5:00)

[36] Toledo Blade (8/29/1990, page P-5, "Tomorrow's Daytime Programs", 3:00)

[37] Toledo Blade (4/23/1987, page P-7, "Tomorrow's Daytime Programs", 7:30)

[38] Bangor Daily News (7/3/1987, page 14, "Morning", 7:00)

[39] The Rochester Sentinel (8/7/1987, page 5, "Sunday, August 9 Schedule", 6:00)

[40] The Vindicator (9/11/1987, page 8, "Daytime Mon-Fri", 6:00)

[41] Rome News-Tribune (9/22/1989, page 45, "Daytime", 4:00)

[42] Toledo Blade (1/1/1990, page 4, "Today's Listings", 3:00)

[43] Toledo Blade (2/8/1990, page P-5, "Tomorrow's Daytime Programs", 3:30)

[44] The Evening News (9/9/1990, page 11, "Saturday", 7:00)

[45] Calhoun Times (9/28/1991, "Saturday", 8:00AM)

[46] The Union Democrat (6/23/1995, "Daytime TV Schedule", 9:00AM)

[47] The Union Democrat (8/23/1996, "Daytime TV Schedule", 8:30AM)

[48] Bangor Daily News (9/8/1995, page 5, "Morning", 7:30)

[49] Harlan Daily Enterprise (9/9/1996, page 12, "Sunday", 7AM)

[50] Eugene Register-Guard (9/7/1996, page 31, "Regional: KROZ", 7:30)

[51] The Rochester Sentinel (6/9/1997, page 5, "Daytime TV shows, June 9-13", 6:30)

[52] Lawrence Journal-World (5/15/2004, page 4, "Monday-Friday weekday", 6:30)

[wpttnew-53] 53.0 ^53.1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (8/29/1996, page B-4, "WPTT")

[54] Boca Raton News (8/31/1997, page 10, "Monday-Friday Morning", 6:30)

[55] Boca Raton News (9/7/1997, page 6, "Sunday Morning", 7:30)

[56] The Daily Gazette (9/6/1998, page 10, "Sunday Morning", 7:00)

[57] "KIDS TV ALERT" (9/2/1999) - post-gazette.com

[58] The Victoria Advocate (1/16/2005, page 24-F, "Saturday Morning", 6:00)

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