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 Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:04 pm
Animax
アニマックス
Type: Anime satellite television network
Founded: May 20, 1998
Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people: Masao Takiyama, President & Representative Director
Industry: Anime broadcasting and production
Parent: Sony Corporation
Website: www.animax.co.jo
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:05 pm
Animax (アニマックス, Animakkusu?) is a Japanese anime satellite television network, established and owned by Sony Corporation, and dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sunrise Inc., Toei Animation Inc., TMS Entertainment Inc., and Nihon Ad Systems Inc.
Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and most recently in Europe (launching across Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia from April 2007, Germany from June 2007, and soon in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and France) Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network dedicated to anime in the world. Its title is a portmanteau of the words anime (アニメ, anime?) and max (マックス, max?).
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:11 pm
History
Japan
Established on May 20, 1998 by Sony, Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (株式会社アニマックスブロードキャスト・ジャパン, Kabushiki-gaisha Animakkusu Burōdokyasuto Japan?) originally premiered in Japan on June 1, the same year, across the SKY PerfecTV! satellite television platform. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by Masao Takiyama, Animax's shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sunrise Inc., Toei Animation Inc., TMS Entertainment Inc., and Nihon Ad Systems Inc. Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer Yoshirō Kataoka.
Animax also exhibits affiliations with anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka's Tezuka Productions company, Pierrot, Nippon Animation, and numerous others. It has been involved in the production of several anime series, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex , Ultra Maniac, Astro Boy, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker, Aishiteruze Baby, Shakugan no SHANA, and many others.
Noted Japanese celebrities and personalities to have appeared on Animax include actress Natsuki Kato and seiyū Yukari Tamura, among numerous others. Animax also hosts and organizes several anime-based events and concerts across Japan, such as the annual Animax Summer Fest (アニマックスサマーフェス, Animakkusu Samāfesu?), an annual live concert during which renowned Japanese bands, artists and seiyū perform to a live audience, often held at ZEPP Tokyo, and the Animax Taishō (アニマックス大賞, Animax Taishō?), an annual anime scriptwriting competition offered by Animax since 2002 to honour the best original anime scripts and storylines of the year. Recent recipients of the award include: the fourth, winner in 2005, Lily to Kaeru to (Ototo) (リリとカエルと（弟）, Riri to Kaeru to (Ototo)?), produced by Toei Animation, the third, winner in 2004, Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau (ほとり～たださいわいを希う。～, Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau?), produced by Sunrise, the second, winner in 2003, Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu! (アズサ、お手伝いします！, Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!?), produced by TMS Entertainment, and the first, winner in 2002, Super Kuma-san (スーパークマさん, Super Kuma-san?), produced by Toei Animation.
Asia
Animax launched separate Asian versions of the channel featuring its anime programming within separate networks and feeds in the respective regions and languages beginning in 2004. The first one was launched in Taiwan on January 1, 2004, and in Hong Kong on January 12, 2004. A week later, Animax launched a Southeastern Asian feed on January 19, 2004, featuring its programming within feeds in English audio, as well as Japanese audio, with English subtitling, and other languages in the region.
On July 5, 2004, Animax started operations in South Asia, featuring its programming within an English-language feed. On April 29, 2006, Animax started its operations in Korea, featuring its programming within a separate Korean feed. On August 31, 2006, Animax launched a Malaysian feed of Animax.
Latin America
For Animax Latin America's predecessor, see Locomotion
Animax launched a Latin America network on July 31, 2005, operating across the entire region and broadcasting its anime programming in separate Spanish and Portuguese feeds across Spanish-speaking countries in the region and Brazil respectively, becoming the region's largest anime television network. The network replaced Locomotion.
North America
Animax has sponsored several anime-based events across North America, including hosting an anime festival, in association with other anime distributive enterprises such as Bandai Entertainment and VIZ Media, across Sony's San Francisco-based entertainment shopping complex Metreon in October 2001, during which it aired numerous of its anime titles across the centre, including special Gundam, The Making of Metropolis, and Love Hina screenings.
The noted international business newspaper The Financial Times, reported, in September 2004, of Sony planning and being "keen" to launch Animax across the United States and North America, after Sony had signed an agreement with the largest cable company in the United States, Comcast, with whom it had co-partnered in a US$4.8 billion acquisition of legendary Hollywood studio MGM, to bring at least three of Sony's television networks across the region.
Europe
In April 2007, Animax launched across several countries in Europe, including Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, with Sony announcing plans to launch in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and other major countries in the continent, with discussions at an advanced stage. The launch marked Animax's first major expansion into Europe.
Germany
On May 14, 2007, Sony announced Animax would be launching in Germany from early June 2007, becoming the country's first ever television network solely dedicated to anime programming. Animax will be launching in the country on Unity Media's digital subscription television service in the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse.
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:24 pm
Programming
Animax's programming is dedicated to anime, and it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world. It has broadcast numerous anime series, including a list of anime series, anime films and anime OVA series broadcast by the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, in its networks across Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Asia, Latin America, Korea, and other regions.
A
Absolute Boy (a.k.a. Zettai Shonen)
009-1
Ailes Grise
Afro Ken (OVA)
Aishiteruze Baby
Alice Academy
Alien 9
Animal Yokochō (アニマル横町); premiering on Animax in Japan from May 2007
Angelic Layer
Angel Links
Angel Sanctuary
Angel Tales
Appleseed
Area 88
Arjuna
Ashita no Nadja
Astro Boy (2003)
Ayakashi (怪 ～ayakashi～) - from May 2007 in Japan
Avenger
Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!
B
Babel II
Baby Ba-chan
Barom One
Beast Fighter
Black Cat
Black Jack
Blood+
Blood The Last Vampire
Brain Powerd
Burst Angel
C
Cardcaptor Sakura (Uncensored version, dubbed by Animax's own dubbing team)
Captain
Captain Herlock
Captain Tsubasa
Captain Tsubasa J
Captain Tsubasa: Junior World Cup
Captain Tsubasa: European Challenge
Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to Dream (a.k.a. Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to 2002 and Flash Kicker ~ Road to Dream in South Asia.)
Candidate for Goddess
Charawood Project (キャラウッドプロジェクト)
Chibi Maruko-chan
Chobits
Chūka Ichiban
Clamp School
Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
Crayon Shin-Chan
Crush Gear Turbo
Conan: The Boy in Future
Cosmo Warrior Zero
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Curious Play (Also known as Fushigi Yuugi)
Cyborg 009
Cyborg Kurochan
D
Darker than BLACK: -Kuro no Keiyakusha- (DARKER THAN BLACK-黒の契約者) - from May 2007 in Japan
Daigunder
Death Note
Dear Boys
Demon Lord Dante
Detective Conan
Detective School Q
D.I.C.E.
Di Gi Charat Nyo!
Digimon Adventure
Digimon Adventure 02
Digimon Savers
DN Angel
DNA2
Doctor Dokkiri
Dotto! Koni-chan
Dragon Ball (TV series)
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball GT
Dr. Slump
DT Eightron
E
Emma - A Victorian Romance
Eight Clouds Rising
Ergo Proxy
The Vision of Escaflowne
Escaflowne the Movie
Eureka 7
Excel Saga
éX-Driver
éX-Driver - The Movie
Eyeshield 21 (アイシールド21)
F
Fancy Lala
Fantastic Children (ファンタジックチルドレン)
Fate/stay night
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Flame of Recca
FREEDOM
Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi?)
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (劇場版「鋼の錬金術師 シャンバラを征く者」, Gekijōban "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Shanbara o Yuku Mono"?)
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid
Futari wa Pretty Cure
G
Galaxy Angel
Galaxy Angel Z
Galaxy Angel A
Galaxy Angel X
Galaxy Angel OVA
Ginga Tetsudō 999 (銀河鉄道999}
Gallery Fake
Gekijo-ban: Ginga Tetsudō 999 (劇場版 銀河鉄道999)
Gad Guard
Ganba
Gantz
Gasaraki
Geneshaft
Get Backers
Ghenma Wars
Ghost in the Shell
Innocence: Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. The Laughing Man (攻殻機動隊STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man) - from May 2007 in Japan
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG Individual Eleven (攻殻機動隊S.A.C. 2ndGIG Individual Eleven) - from May 2007 in Japan
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society (攻殻機動隊STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society) - from May 2007
Ghosts at School
Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (1983 series; produced by Sunrise)
Ginga Densetsu Weed
Ginyū Mokushiroku Meine Liebe (吟遊黙示録マイネリーベ)
Gokusen
Gorillaman (ゴリラーマン, Gorirrāman?); premiering on Animax in Japan from May 2007
Graduation - Sailor Victory
Glass no Kantai
GTO
Gun X Sword
Gun Frontier
Gunslinger Girl
H
.hack//SIGN
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
.hack//Roots
Haikara-san ga Tōru
Harlock Saga
He Is My Master
Heat Guy J
Hellsing
Hey! Bumboo (へーい!ブンブー)
High School! Kimengumi
Hikaru no Go
Honey and Clover
Hoshi no Koe - also known as Voices of a Distant Star
Hokuto no Ken (北斗の拳)
Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken (世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳)
Hunter × Hunter
Hungry Heart - Wild Striker
I
Ichigo 100%
Ikkyu-san (一休さん)
Infinite Ryvius
Initial D
InuYasha
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island
I'm Gonna Be An Angel!, also known as I Wanna Be An Angel!.
J
Jubei-chan the Ninja Girl
Jigoku Shōjo (地獄少女) also known as Girl From Hell
Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori
Jinki: Extend
Jinzo Konchu Kabutoborg VxV
Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova - set to premiere exclusively in Japan on Animax from February 15 2007.
K
Kamisama Kazoku (神様家族)
Kamichu - Also known as Teenage Goddess
Kappa no Kaikata (カッパの飼い方)
Karin
Kenpū Denki Berserk
Keroro
Kino's Journey
Kiteretsu Daihyakka
Kitty's Paradise Plus (キティズパラダイスPLUS Kitizuparadaisu PLUS)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
Kotencotenco (こてんこてんこ)
Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho - also known as Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place
KURAU Phantom Memory
Kyojin no Hoshi: Tokubetsu-hen: Mōko Hanagata Mitsuru (巨人の星【特別篇】 猛虎 花形満)
Kyo Kara Maoh - also known as God(?) Save Our King!
Kyoukara Oreha ! ! (今日から俺は！！)
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Lady Georgie (レディジョージィ)
Last Exile
Legendz
Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette
Lily to Kaeru to (Ototo) (リリとカエルと（弟）, Riri to Kaeru to (Ototo)?)
Little Women
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Lupin III
M
Magical Meow Meow Taruto
Magic User's Club
Magikano
Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (まじめにふまじめ かいけつゾロリ)
Gekijōban Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori Nazo no Otakara Daisakusen (劇場版 まじめにふまじめ かいけつゾロリ なぞのお宝大さくせん) (movie)
Maria-sama ga Miteru (a.k.a. Maria Watches Over Us)
Marshmallow Tsūshin (マシュマロ通信)
Mars, The Terminator
Martian Successor Nadesico
Matantei Loki Ragnarok
Meine Liebe
Meine Liebe Wieder
Melty Lancer
Memories
Metropolis
Midnight Horror School
Midori Days
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
After War Gundam X
Turn A Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Monkey Typhoon
Monster
Mujin Wakusei Survive
MUSASHI GUNDOH
Music Station
Mushishi
N
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Naruto
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Wakusei Daikaijû Negadon (a.k.a Negadon: The Monster from Mars)
Night Head Genesis
Ningyō Animation Licca-chan
Ninku
Noir
Remi, Nobody's Girl
O
Offside (オフサイド)
Ōkiku Furikabutte (おおきく振りかぶって) - from May 2007 in Japan[29]
Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei (おくさまは女子高生)
Ohayo! Spank
Shin Onimusha: DAWN OF DREAMS THE STORY (film)
Onegai My Melody
Onegai My Melody ~Kuru Kuru Shuffle~ (おねがいマイメロディ～くるくるシャッフル！～)
One Piece (ワンピース)
Osomatsu kun (おそ松くん)
Otogi Zoshi
Overman King Gainer
Ouran High School Host Club
P
Paradise Kiss
Panda-Z
Palme no Ki (パルムの樹, Parumu no Ki?, a.k.a. A Tree of Palme)
Play Ball
Play Ball 2nd
Please Teacher!
Pilot Candidate
Pita-Ten
Princess Sarah
Princess Comet (Also known as Cosmic Baton-girl Comet-san)
Princess Tutu
R
Ran, The Samurai Girl
Ranma ½
Remi, Nobody's Girl
Ring ni Kakero
R.O.D the TV
The Rose of Versailles
Rozen Maiden
Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Requiem
Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku Hen
Rurouni Kenshin: Seishou Hen
Ryūsei Sentai Musumetto (流星戦隊ムスメット)
S
Saiyuki Reload (also known as Journey to the West)
Saiyuki Reload Gunlock
Saber Marionette
Saber Marionette R
Saber Marionette Z
Saber Marionette J
Saber Marionette J Again!
Saber Marionette J to X
Saikano - Also known as "She, the Ultimate Weapon"
Saint Seiya
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
Sasami☆Mahō Shoujo Club (砂沙美☆魔法少女クラブ)
Sasuga no Sarutobi (さすがの猿飛)
S-CRY-ed
Serial Experiments Lain
Sennen Joyū - also known as Millennium Actress, film directed by Satoshi Kon.
Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze (戦闘妖精雪風)
Shakugan no Shana
Shin Kaitei Gunkan
Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyū Densetsu Sanada Jyū Yūshi The Animation
Silent Mobius
Slam Dunk
SoltyRei
Soul Hunter - Also known as "Senkaiden Houshin Engi"
Space Runaway Ideon (伝説巨神イデオン Densetsu Kyojin Ideon)
Space Runaway Ideon: A Contact (伝説巨神イデオン 接触篇, Densetsu Kyojin Ideon: Sesshoku-hen?)
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked (伝説巨神イデオン 発動篇, Densetsu Kyojin Ideon: Hatsudō-hen?)
Speed Grapher
Spirit of Wonder
Steamboy
Steel Angel Kurumi
Stratos 4
Submarine Super 99
Superkuma-san (スーパークマさん, Superkuma-san?)
T
Takahashi Rumiko Gekijō: Ningyō no Mori (高橋留美子劇場 人魚の森)
Tama & Friends Sagase! Mahō no Punipunisutoon (タマ＆フレンズ 探せ！魔法のプニプニストーン)
Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi
Terra e (地球へ・・・, a.k.a. Toward the Terra) from May 2007
The Adventures of Tweeny Witches
The Big O
The Boondocks
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Family's Defensive Alliance
The Galaxy Railways
The Law of Ueki
The Prince of Tennis
The Super Milk-chan Show
The Twelve Kingdoms
The Vision of Escaflowne
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Texhnolyze
Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō (東京魔人學園剣風帖 龍龍) - premiered exclusively on Animax from 19 January 2007.
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa Chronicle (also known as Chronicle of the Wings)
Twin Spica
U
UFO Baby
Ultra Maniac
Urusei Yatsura - also known as Lamu, the Invader Girl.
V
Vampire Hunter D
Vandread
Virgin Fleet
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Wangan Midnight (湾岸MIDNIGHT) (set to premiere exclusively in Japan on Animax from June 8, 2007)
Wild 7
Windy Tales
Witch Hunter Robin
World Masterpiece Theater
*Flanders no Inu
*Princess Sarah
*Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Monogatari
*Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette
*Little Women
*Remi, Nobody's Girl
*Romeo no Aoi Sora
Wolf's Rain
Whistle!
Y
Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito
Yōkai Ningen Bemu
Yukikaze
YuYu Hakusho
Z
Zipang
Z.O.E: Dolores, i
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 4:25 pm
Translation and dubbing teams
Animax have translated and dubbed numerous anime series themselves via its original English translation and dubbing teams for broadcast across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, some of which were not licensed by North American distributors and do not have any English adaptation counterparts, such as Detective School Q, Dokkiri Doctor, Twin Spica, Zettai Shōnen, Clamp School, Emma - A Victorian Romance, Conan: The Boy in Future, the highly-rated Honey and Clover and Jigoku Shoujo series, and numerous others. Animax have also produced and aired uncensored English versions and dubs of anime series, among the most notable of them being their dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, which was shown uncensored and retained all of the original names, plot details and dialogue, and numerous others.
For broadcast across its English-language networks, Animax have also broadcast English dubs produced by other enterprises, such as Bandai Entertainment, The Ocean Group, Bang Zoom, Geneon Entertainment, VIZ Media, Central Park Media, and numerous others, airing their dubs of Cowboy Bebop, Witch Hunter Robin, Mobile Suit Gundam, Brain Powerd, Please Teacher!, Galaxy Angel, Arjuna, Jubei-chan, Tsukikage Ran, Angel Tales, Saber Marionette, Appleseed, Alien 9, the InuYasha films, Fullmetal Alchemist, Yukikaze and several others.
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