Canada's YTV Friday Night Bionix Anime Block (2004-2010)

Bionix was a late night anime program block in Canada. It was broadcasted on Friday nights (and later Saturday nights) on the Canadian television channel YTV. Bionix launched on September 10th, 2004 mainly due to the success of InuYasha in the prior year, 2003. YTV had seen years of success with audiences under twelve, however they had done very little to appeal to the older teen audience which, as a youth broadcaster, they were also obliged to cater to. As a result, Bionix was launched. It had a technological feel to it in an effort to appeal to the older teenage audience. And while visually it resembled Cartoon Network's Toonami block, the lineup itself heavily borrowed from the anime portion of Adult Swim. In February 2010, YTV's website removed their Bionix page and their Bionix on Demand page, leading to speculation that the block will be canceled soon. The block was on a steady decline for the past two years, with older shows concluding and nothing new being introduced to take their place. Fan concerns were realized when YTV pulled the Bionix block that same month without public notice, with the final episodes being the back-to-back reruns of Bleach on February 7th, 2010. --- This club is dedicated for long time Bionix viewers who want to share their memories about the block, despite it being 10+ years since it ended. --- Here are some useful links for places that still talk about Bionix and the state of anime in Canada: YTV Commercials and Promos: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIKER131118/featured I Miss Bionix Blog: https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/ I Miss Bionix Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/imissbionix/ Sitting On An Atomic Bomb Blog: https://sittingonanatomicbomb.com/2010/09/10/top-ten-bionix-memories/#comment-203 Zannen Podcast: http://www.zannen.ca/ Bionix Webpage, YTV Archives: https://web.archive.org/web/20070228211011/http://www.ytv.com/programming/bionix/ Bionix Boards, YTV Archives: http://web.archive.org/web/20130906183927/http://www.ytv.com/boards/forum2-bionix.aspx Bionix Wiki Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionix