The Iron Giant is a kids' movie that deserves way more love.

This tale of a boy and his robots made us all cry as kids and it is still making us cry over a decade later.

We also spend some time talking about how Toonami really had no idea how to market films like The Iron Giant, leading to some very confusing promos.

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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