Animax Asia | |
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Animax | |
Launched | January 19, 2004 (with a unique feed) May 4, 2010 (split into 4 different feeds) |
Network | Animax |
Owned by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Picture format | 480i SDTV 4:3 aspect ratio |
Slogan | A World Less Ordinary The Only Channel with the Best Youth Entartainment |
Country | Singapore |
Broadcast area | Southeast Asia Brunei Burma Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam South Asia Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Maldives Other regions Hong Kong Taiwan |
Headquarters | Singapore India |
Sister channel(s) | AXN Asia AXN Beyond SET Asia |
Website | Animax Asia |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 715 |
TVB Pay Vision (Hong Kong) | Channel 24 |
Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 157 |
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) | Channel 34 |
TelkomVision (Indonesia) | Channel 123 |
TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 77 |
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) | Channel 32 |
G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 17 |
Dish TV (India) | Channel 519 |
Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 361 |
Big TV (India) | Channel 508 |
Sun Direct DTH (India) | Channel 08 |
Aora TV (Indonesia) | Channel 417 |
Cable | |
First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 52 |
StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 532 |
SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 46 |
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 255 |
Royal Cable (Philippines) | Channel 36 |
Mountain View Satellite Corporation (Philippines) | Channel 38 |
IPTV | |
now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 511 |
PLDT myDSL Watchpad (Philippines) | Channel 1005 |
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 46 |
Animax Asia is the Japanese anime TV network Animax's English language feeds in Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as its feeds across other regions of mainland Asia, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is operated by Sony Pictures Entertainment, the television and film production and distribution unit of Japanese media conglomerate Sony.
Animax is the first ever 24x7 channel in Asia which is fully dedicated to anime. It was first launched in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia from January 2004,[1] and launched in several other countries soon after. It currently airs in 21 countries in Asia and has reached over 29 million households.[2] It is not known why Animax was cut off from Vietnam in July 2010 by Vietnamese cable operators.
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Animax Asia has changed its logo by using new blazing red colored in place of blue one, including color scheme for its commercial break markers which was attached to the premiere of Shakugan no Shana II[3] however, the original blue color scheme was in used for other ANIMAX programming during this time. This logo change was first done in English language based ANIMAX channels in Asia, original aired from 1 July to 3 August 2009 and then switch to old blue logo similarly the network has changed its logo on non-English based channels.
In May 2010, Animax unveils its new logo across all platforms.
Animax Asia was first launched in Taiwan on 1 January 2004, and in Hong Kong on 12 January 2004.[2] Its anime programming in the regions consists of numerous television series both old and new, including recent anime which is premiered in Taiwan and Hong Kong ahead of its other networks in Southeast Asia, such as Death Note, Blood+, Trinity Blood, Mushishi and several others.
Animax is also the no. 1 channel in Hong Kong & Taiwan in International & Animation/Kids Category. Recently, due to the TV premiere of Gurren Lagann, Animax's TV ratings have recorded a huge increase and moved 80% more TRP then its closest competitor, Cartoon Network Hong Kong.[4][5]
A week after its launch in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Animax launched in Southeast Asia on 19 January 2004, originally featuring its anime programming exclusively in the original Japanese audio with English subtitling, becoming the company's first English language network.[2] It also later incorporated an English audio dub feed.[2] On 31 August 2006, Animax launched in Malaysia, utilizing the Southeast Asian English language feed and also airing its programming in a Japanese audio feed with subtitles in the local languages. Prior to this, selected Animax programmes are also shown on Astro @15 (formerly channel 15, now channel 715), an interactive channel, starting 15 December 2004, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., later shortened to 2 hours (until 9 a.m.). The network's early programming in Southeast Asia consisted of such anime as Chobits, Cardcaptor Sakura, Great Teacher Onizuka, Haibane Renmei, Doctor Dokkiri, Vision of Escaflowne, Midori no Hibi, Captain Tsubasa, Wolf's Rain, Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C., and it has gone on to air several series, including Fate/stay night, Blood+, Honey and Clover, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Otogizōshi, Jigoku Shōjo, Galaxy Angel, Witch Hunter Robin, Samurai 7, Gunslinger Girl, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and Detective Conan.
It also uses numerous programming blocks, such as "Teen-Edge", which is aired on weekdays at 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm and has aired such programs as Chibi Maruko-chan, Hime-sama Goyōjin (a.k.a. Princess Be Careful) and Tsubasa Chronicle; "Animania", which is aired on weekdays from 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm and has aired such programs as Dragon Ball and Law of Ueki; "Mega Zone", its prime time programming block that is aired on weekdays from 7:00 pm and aired such programs as Gun X Sword, Fate/stay night and Honey and Clover; and its "Weekends" programming block that is aired every Sunday at 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm and has aired series such as Dear Boys, Blood+ and Please Teacher!.[6]
On 14 October 2010, MCOT has signed the broadcast license from Sony Pictures Entertainments (Thailand) to re-broadcast ANIMAX channel in Thailand via TrueVisions and then TrueVisions has started the test run in channel D77.
Animax Asia used to air in Vietnam. However on July, the channel was removed from cable operators for unknown reasons.
Animax began operations in the Philippines from January 2004. While utilizing the same programming feed as Animax Asia, it also houses a 2–4 hours separate block. It has occasionally aired localized programs such as Mad Mad Fun and In The Qube. Its same-week-as-Japan and same-time-as-Japan airings (of Tears to Tiara, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, InuYasha: The Final Act and Kaichou-wa Maid-sama!), as well as the inclusion of Korean programs in its roster, put Animax ahead of its only known competitor in Asia, Hero TV.
Animax began operations across India and the rest of South Asia from 5 July 2004. It is operated and broadcast from Singapore by Animax Asia and distributed by SET India. Animax South Asia started with 12 hours Hindi feed and planned to launch separate 24x7 Hindi & English feed[7] but from 15 August 2006, Animax removed Hindi feed for unknown reasons and switched to 24x7 English feed also changes its target audience to focus exclusively to teen & young adults of metroes.[8] On 1 January 2008, Animax South Asia merged with Animax Asia's programming feed, including all of its exclusive premieres.
Animax is also available in Pakistan as the timeshift version of Animax India.
Although the channel shows the same programming, they mostly differ when it comes to showtimes.
Animax Asia is the first 24-hour anime television network launched in the region.[2] It was announced on 20 March 2009, that the network would simulcast the new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Tears to Tiara series on April 2009, with the former premiering in the same week as the Japanese premiere and the latter premiering on exactly the same time as the Japanese premiere, with Japanese audio and English subtitles; being the first such simulcast of its kind.[9]
It has broadcast numerous anime series, including Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam, Kyo Kara Maoh!, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Honey and Clover, Blood+, InuYasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Eureka Seven, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin, the Dragon Ball series, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, Chobits, Vision of Escaflowne, Death Note, Wolf's Rain, Future Boy Conan, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Trinity Blood, Wangan Midnight, Jigoku Shōjo, as well as several OVA series and anime films, such as Steamboy, Alien Nine, Metropolis, Memories, Tokyo Godfathers, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, Blood: The Last Vampire, Appleseed, Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Escaflowne, each of the InuYasha movies,Fairy Tail, Bleach (manga) and many others.
For complete list of anime broadcasted by Animax Asia and list of upcoming premieres, see List of programs broadcast by Animax
PHI/MAS | 6:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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Monday | Yu Yu Hakusho* | 'Spooky Kitaro 5 | Fairy Tail (Season) 1 | Lucky Star | Live Power Music* | Tower of Druaga | Buso Renkin* | Fairy Tail (Season) 1 | ||
Tuesday | Pincess Hours* (come back) | Tears To Tiara | ||||||||
Wednesday | Princess Prosecutor* (First & Exclusive) | Blassreiter | ||||||||
Thursday | Brilliant Leagacy* | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (First & Exclusive) | ||||||||
Friday | Oh! My Lady* | Samurai Champloo | ||||||||
Saturday | Buso Renkin (starts at 5:30 pm) | Coffee House Part 1 | Princess Prosecutor | Oh! My Lady | ||||||
Sunday | Oh! My Lady | Princess Prosecutor | Coffee House Part 2 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (First & Exclusive) |
Currently Animax Southeast Asia is sharing with English language feed.
SIN | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
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JKT/THAI | 6:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM |
Monday | Hayate the Combat Butler | InuYasha | Pretty Boys and Girls * | Spooky Kitaro 5* | Black Butler * | Yu Yu Hakusho | Maid Sama! | |
Tuesday | Live Power Music * | |||||||
Wednesday | K-ON!! * | |||||||
Thursday | Nodame Cantabile | |||||||
Friday | Pumpkin Scissors | |||||||
Saturday | Live Power Music (starts at 6:30 PM) | ANIMAX MUSIX | Gurren Lagann | Fairy Tail | ||||
Sunday | Fairy Tail (starts at 5:30 PM) | Nodame Cantabile | Live Power Music | Pretty Boys and Girls |
Sources: Animax South Asia,[10] Animax Southeast Asia[11] and Animax Philippines[12]
Most of the show airing in Animax Hong Kong have dual audio (Japanese or Cantonese). While others only have original Japanese audio, with Traditional Chinese Subtitles.
HK | 6:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM |
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Monday | Darker than Black | The Prince of Tennis Season 1 | Gurren Lagann (Premiering) | Samurai X | The Law Of Ueki | Initial D First Stage | Chibi Maruko-chan | Jigoku Shōjo Season 2 | Tears to Tiara (Premiering) | xxxHolic | Samurai X | |
Tuesday | Shounen Onmyoji | |||||||||||
Wednesday | Mushishi | |||||||||||
Thursday | Gun X Sword | |||||||||||
Friday | Blood The Last Vampire (Ani-Movie) | |||||||||||
Saturday | R.O.D the TV | Initial D First Stage | The Adventures of Tweeny Witches | Gurren Lagann | The Prince of Tennis Season 1 Encore till 01:30 am | |||||||
Sunday | Detective Conan Season 7 | Mushishi | Tears to Tiara | Paradise Kiss |
Source[13]
All the show airing in Animax Taiwan are dubbed in Mandarin Chinese.
TW | 6:00 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM |
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Monday | Darker Than Black | Fairy Tail | Hayate the Combat Butler | FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD | 07-Ghost | Ghost Slayers Ayashi | ||||||
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Saturday | Bleach | Chibi Maruko-chan | GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 5 |
Negima!? | Bleach | Romeo x Juliet | ||||||
Sunday | Nodame Cantabile | Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen |
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 (only episodes released in 2009) |
Darker Than Black | Kekkaishi | Romeo x Juliet | Nodame Cantabile |
Source[14]
Legend | |
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Anime series | Anime Movies |
Animax has utilized numerous translation and dubbing studios for the broadcast of numerous of its anime series 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, Future Boy Conan, numerous installments of the World Masterpiece Theater series, and numerous others. Animax has 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 has also broadcast English dubs produced by other enterprises, such as Bandai Entertainment, The Ocean Group, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment, Funimation 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.
Animax Asia had also created its original production which are directly connected to anime and youth culture, these includes Imagine Nation, Technomax, Mad Mad Fun, LaMB, & c/o AUTODESK: PARANOMA 2010 Asia Pacific Design Chalenge etc.
3 ^"Animax Launch with a New programming look". Indiatelevision News. 2004-07-06. http://www.animationxpress.com/anex/y2k4/headlines/anex44.html. Retrieved 2008-010-29.
4 ^"Animax refreshes with new 3D brand identity across all platforms". SPE- Asia. 2008-09-30. http://www.animaxindia.com/news/animax-refreshes-new-3d-brand-identity-across-all-platforms. Retrieved 2008-010-29.
5 ^"Animax FACT SHEET". SPE- Asia. 2007-12-01. http://afa08.com/downloads/AnimaxAsiaFactSheet.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
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List of Animes in Malaysia:
Hayate the combat butler, Nodame Cantabile, Maid Sama!, Shangri-la(anime), Tower of Druaga, Kekkaishi, Winter Sonata(anime), Bleach.