20 Years Later, A Massive Adult Swim Anime's Greatest Meme Dies A Slow And Sad Death

For American audiences in the 2000s decade, Adult Swim gradually overtook Toonami as a go-to place for anime, especially for its more mature offerings. Thanks to pioneering hits like Cowboy Bebop, the Cartoon Network programming block found its niche with high-caliber hits for its Millennial audience. These localized series additionally paved the way for generational anime soon to follow, such as Death Note, or in this case, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

While the overall Code Geass franchise has hardly dwindled, though, a source of great amusement surrounding one of its key sponsors appears to be slipping away, its mighty empire being sliced up and sold off.