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class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Latin America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Latin_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>North America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Europe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Europe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Europe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Europe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hungary,_Romania,_Czech_Republic_and_Slovakia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hungary,_Romania,_Czech_Republic_and_Slovakia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hungary,_Romania,_Czech_Republic_and_Slovakia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spain_and_Portugal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spain_and_Portugal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.3</span> <span>Spain and Portugal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spain_and_Portugal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Italy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Italy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.4</span> <span>Italy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Italy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Germany" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Germany"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.5</span> <span>Germany</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Germany-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Poland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Poland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.6</span> <span>Poland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Poland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-South_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6.1</span> <span>South Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_ventures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_ventures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Other ventures</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_ventures-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="অ্যানিম্যাক্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যানিম্যাক্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="انیماکس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انیماکس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%8B%88%EB%A7%A5%EC%8A%A4" title="애니맥스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애니맥스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ऐनिमैक्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऐनिमैक्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ಅನಿಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್‌ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅನಿಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್‌" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9" title="アニマックス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アニマックス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="ئەنیماکس – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەنیماکس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Animax" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C" title="แอนิแมกซ์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แอนิแมกซ์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animax" title="Animax – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Animax_logo.svg/250px-Animax_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Animax_logo.svg/375px-Animax_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Animax_logo.svg/500px-Animax_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="103" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo used since 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label">Nationwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato, Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language(s)</th><td class="infobox-data category">Japanese</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picture format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a> (<a href="/wiki/HDTV" class="mw-redirect" title="HDTV">HDTV</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">AK Entertainment<br />(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9E" class="extiw" title="ja:ノジマ">Nojima</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8E%E5%B3%B6%E4%BA%AE%E5%8F%B8" class="extiw" title="ja:野島亮司">Ryoji Nojima</a>, CEO<br /><a href="/wiki/Masao_Takiyama" title="Masao Takiyama">Masao Takiyama</a>, President<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1, 1998<span class="noprint">; 26 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1998-07-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animax.co.jp">www<wbr />.animax<wbr />.co<wbr />.jp</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg/220px-ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg/330px-ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg/440px-ToranomonTowers_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2352" data-file-height="3293" /></a><figcaption>Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Toranomon" title="Toranomon">Toranomon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato, Tokyo</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Animax Broadcast Japan Inc.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">アニマックス</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Animakkusu</i></span>)</span>, stylized as <b>ANIMAX</b> in <a href="/wiki/All_caps" title="All caps">all caps</a>, is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Animation" title="Animation">animation</a> <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite television</a> network, dedicated to broadcasting <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> programming. Launched on July 1, 1998, Animax is the first 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime.<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BusinessWeek_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BusinessWeek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax is part of AK Entertainment, owned by Nojima, and is headquartered in New Pier Takeshiba North Tower<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato, Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. The channel was originally co-founded by <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_Japan" title="Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan">Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan</a>, with its shareholders including studios <a href="/wiki/Bandai_Namco_Filmworks#Sunrise" title="Bandai Namco Filmworks">Sunrise</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sunrise-profile_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunrise-profile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Toei_Animation" title="Toei Animation">Toei Animation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Toei-profile-jp_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toei-profile-jp-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Toei_profile-en_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toei_profile-en-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/TMS_Entertainment" title="TMS Entertainment">TMS Entertainment</a>, and production company <a href="/wiki/Nihon_Ad_Systems" title="Nihon Ad Systems">Nihon Ad Systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-partners_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partners-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax previously operated separate TV channels for Asia (four separate feeds for South East Asia, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>), South Asia and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>; in addition to either owning, or licensing its brand to, several television networks, programming blocks, and <a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">VOD</a> platforms around the world. As of 2020, most of these services have either been sold off to third-parties or closed altogether. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Sony">Under Sony</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Under Sony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Animax_logo_(1998-2006).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg/180px-Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg/270px-Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg/360px-Animax_logo_%281998-2006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="168" /></a><figcaption>Animax's original logo, used from its formation until 2006</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Animax.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Animax.svg/180px-Animax.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Animax.svg/270px-Animax.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Animax.svg/360px-Animax.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="345" /></a><figcaption>Animax's second logo, solidly used from 2006 to 2010, and 2013 to 2016 (except Japan).</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Animax3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Animax3.png/180px-Animax3.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Animax3.png/270px-Animax3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Animax3.png/360px-Animax3.png 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="73" /></a><figcaption>Animax's third logo, used from 2010 to 2016 in the European countries.</figcaption></figure> <p>Established on May 20, 1998, by <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>, <b>Animax Broadcast Japan Inc.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">株式会社アニマックスブロードキャスト・ジャパン(Hiragana)</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kabushiki-gaisha Animakkusu Burōdokyasuto Japan</i></span>)</span> launched in Japan on July 1, the same year, across the <a href="/wiki/SKY_PerfecTV!" title="SKY PerfecTV!">SKY PerfecTV!</a> satellite television platform.<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by <a href="/wiki/Masao_Takiyama" title="Masao Takiyama">Masao Takiyama</a>, Animax's shareholders and founders include <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_Japan" title="Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan">Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise (company)">Sunrise</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sunrise-profile_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunrise-profile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Toei_Animation" title="Toei Animation">Toei Animation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Toei-profile-jp_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toei-profile-jp-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Toei_profile-en_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toei_profile-en-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/TMS_Entertainment" title="TMS Entertainment">TMS Entertainment</a>, and NAS.<sup id="cite_ref-partners_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partners-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer <a href="/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Kataoka" title="Yoshirō Kataoka">Yoshirō Kataoka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network began broadcasting in <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high definition</a> from October 2009.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Animax also exhibits affiliations with anime pioneer <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka" title="Osamu Tezuka">Osamu Tezuka</a>'s Tezuka Productions company, <a href="/wiki/Studio_Pierrot" class="mw-redirect" title="Studio Pierrot">Pierrot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Animation" title="Nippon Animation">Nippon Animation</a>, and numerous others.<sup id="cite_ref-partners_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-partners-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other noted Japanese celebrities and personalities to have appeared on Animax with their own programs include actress <a href="/wiki/Natsuki_Kat%C5%8D" title="Natsuki Katō">Natsuki Katō</a>, among numerous others.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The network's narrators are the voice actors <a href="/wiki/Yukari_Tamura" title="Yukari Tamura">Yukari Tamura</a> and <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dsuke_Okano" title="Kōsuke Okano">Kōsuke Okano</a>; and from October 2007, <a href="/wiki/Sayuri_Yahagi" title="Sayuri Yahagi">Sayuri Yahagi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Beyond the channel, Animax has hosted and organized several anime-based competitions across Japan, such as the <a href="/wiki/Animax_Taish%C5%8D" title="Animax Taishō">Animax Taishō</a> scriptwriting competition<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Animax_Anison_Grand_Prix" title="Animax Anison Grand Prix">Animax Anison Grand Prix</a>; an <a href="/wiki/Music_in_Japanese_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Music in Japanese animation">anime song</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_competition" title="Music competition">music competition</a> judged by a panel of noted <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> figures </p><p>Several other Animax-branded events and concerts across Japan have included the annual <b>Animax Summer Fest</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">アニマックスサマーフェス</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Animakkusu Samāfesu</i></span>)</span>, a live concert during which renowned Japanese bands, artists and <a href="/wiki/Seiy%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Seiyū">voice actors</a> perform, and is often held at <a href="/wiki/Zepp" title="Zepp">Zepp Tokyo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They've also held another annual <a href="/wiki/Anime_song" title="Anime song">Anime song</a> concert event called <b>Animax Musix</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-spice_2021-11-24_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spice_2021-11-24-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax previously operated a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_television" title="Mobile television">mobile television</a> service, which was announced in February 2007, and launched through the mobile phone company MOBAHO! from April 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-am-jp_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-am-jp-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sale_to_Nojima">Sale to Nojima</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sale to Nojima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 18, 2023, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced that will sell their stakes in both Animax and sister channel <a href="/wiki/Kids_Station" title="Kids Station">Kids Station</a> to electronic store chain <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9E" class="extiw" title="ja:ノジマ">Nojima</a>. The deal was finalized on April 1, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sony would first establish a new company called "AK Media", which would take over all shares in Animax and Kids Station from their previous owners. Nojima's AK Entertainment subsidiary <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would then acquire AK Media from Sony.<sup id="cite_ref-AK_Media_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AK_Media-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It's been speculated that Animax was sold in-order for Sony to focus on its US-based, global, anime entertainment and <a href="/wiki/Streaming_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Streaming service">streaming</a> companies – <a href="/wiki/Funimation" title="Funimation">Funimation</a> (which was acquired in 2017) and <a href="/wiki/Crunchyroll" title="Crunchyroll">Crunchyroll</a> (which was acquired in 2021) – which have since been merged into <a href="/wiki/Crunchyroll_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Crunchyroll LLC">Crunchyroll LLC</a> and operate as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> with <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment_Japan" title="Sony Music Entertainment Japan">Sony Music Entertainment Japan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Aniplex" title="Aniplex">Aniplex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AK_Media_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AK_Media-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2024, AK Media would be absorbed into AK Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-akmerge_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-akmerge-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Animax" class="mw-redirect" title="List of programs broadcast by Animax">List of programs broadcast by Animax</a></div> <p>Animax's programming is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a>, and it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-BusinessWeek_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BusinessWeek-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The channel's programming has ranged from television series, to films and <a href="/wiki/Original_video_animation" title="Original video animation">original video animations</a>. It has also aired imported foreign <a href="/wiki/Cartoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartoons">cartoons</a> that have been dubbed into Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-Animax-JACP_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax-JACP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its viewer reach has been quoted as spanning over 89 million homes. across 62 countries and 17 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-animax-int-site_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animax-int-site-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldmedia-af_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldmedia-af-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The channel has co-produced and exclusively premiered several original anime series, including <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex" title="Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex">Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-GitS_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GitS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Anime" title="Marvel Anime">Marvel Anime</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Animax originals include <i><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Maniac" title="Ultra Maniac">Ultra Maniac</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Astro_Boy_(2003_TV_series)" title="Astro Boy (2003 TV series)">Astro Boy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hungry_Heart:_Wild_Striker" title="Hungry Heart: Wild Striker">Hungry Heart: Wild Striker</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Aishiteruze_Baby" title="Aishiteruze Baby">Aishiteruze Baby</a>'.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International">International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Animax" title="Special:EditPage/Animax">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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/></small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>April 29, 2006 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Former </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Animax_India" title="Animax India">Animax India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>July 5, 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony_Yay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Yay">Sony Yay</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Asian TV channel)">Animax Asia</a> </td> <td>April 18, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Latin_America)" title="Animax (Latin America)">Animax (Latin America)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Locomotion_(TV_channel)" title="Locomotion (TV channel)">Locomotion</a> </td> <td>July 31, 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony_Spin" title="Sony Spin">Sony Spin</a> </td> <td>May 1, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Animax_(German_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Animax (German TV channel)">Animax (German TV channel)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>May 14, 2007 </td> <td>discontinued </td> <td>July 7, 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Eastern_European_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Eastern European TV channel)">Animax (Eastern European TV channel)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">A+ Anime </td> <td rowspan="4">July 2, 2007 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/C8_(Eastern_Europe)" title="C8 (Eastern Europe)">C8</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">March 31, 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Animax (African TV channel) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>November 3, 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony_MAX_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony MAX (South Africa)">Sony MAX</a> </td> <td>February 1, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Animax (block on <a href="/wiki/AXN_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="AXN Italy">AXN Italy</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>January 12, 2008 </td> <td>discontinued </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Portuguese TV channel)">Animax (Portuguese TV channel)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2">April 12, 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AXN_Black" title="AXN Black">AXN Black</a> </td> <td>May 9, 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Spanish TV channel)">Animax (Spanish TV channel)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="2">discontinued </td> <td>December 31, 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Animax (block on <a href="/wiki/SF_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SF (Australian TV channel)">SF</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>November 5, 2008 </td> <td>2016 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Animax_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Asian TV channel)">Animax Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Animax_India" title="Animax India">Animax India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Animax_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Animax (South Korea)">Animax (South Korea)</a></div> <p>Asian versions of Animax, featuring its programming within separate networks and feeds in their respective regions and languages, were rolled out beginning in 2004. The first one was launched in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> on January 1, 2004, and in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> on January 12, 2004. A week later, Animax launched in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> on January 19, 2004, featuring its programming within feeds in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> audio, as well as <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> audio, with English subtitling, and other languages in the region, becoming the company's first English-language network.<sup id="cite_ref-Asia_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 5, 2004, <a href="/wiki/Animax_India" title="Animax India">Animax India</a> was launched across <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and neighboring countries featuring its programming in English.<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_television_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_television-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 29, 2006, Animax started its operations in South Korea, broadcasting separately from Seoul.<sup id="cite_ref-ann-launchinkorea_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-launchinkorea-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax Asia aired their first ever <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tears_to_Tiara" title="Tears to Tiara">Tears to Tiara</a></i>, on the same time as the Japanese broadcast. They would also premiere <i><a href="/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist" title="Fullmetal Alchemist">Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood</a></i> series, within the same week as Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-ann-animax_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-animax-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2020, Sony sold the South Korean and Southeast Asian Animax channels to former <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television" title="Sony Pictures Television">Sony Pictures Television</a> executives Andy Kaplan and George Chien, who have since formed KC Global Media.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax ceased transmissions in <a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a>, 16 March 2021.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> One year later, Astro shut the channel down on 1 January 2022 in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latin_America">Latin America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Latin America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Animax_(Latin_America)" title="Animax (Latin America)">Animax (Latin America)</a></div> <p>Animax was launched in <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> on July 31, 2005, replacing <a href="/wiki/Locomotion_(TV_channel)" title="Locomotion (TV channel)">Locomotion</a> after Sony's purchase from <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corus_Entertainment" title="Corus Entertainment">Corus Entertainment</a>, in January 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax Latin America would rebrand in August 2007, coinciding with the premiere of a new adult-oriented programming block named <i>Lollipop</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, on March 18, 2008, it was announced that the mobile service Animax Mobile, available on Japan and Australia, was to be launched as well in Mexico and eventually in other Latin American countries.<sup id="cite_ref-animaxmobilela_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxmobilela-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax Latin America would eventually incorporate live-action programming and was later relaunched as <b><a href="/wiki/Sony_Spin" title="Sony Spin">Sony Spin</a></b> on May 1, 2011, with anime programming retained until March 2012. Sony Spin would be discontinued on July 1, 2014, and replaced with a local version of <a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Animax has sponsored several anime-based events across <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, including hosting an anime festival, in association with other anime distributive enterprises such as <a href="/wiki/Bandai_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandai Entertainment">Bandai Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viz_Media" title="Viz Media">Viz Media</a>, across Sony's <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>-based entertainment shopping complex <a href="/wiki/Metreon" title="Metreon">Metreon</a> in October 2001, during which it aired numerous of its anime titles across the centre, including special <i><a href="/wiki/Gundam" title="Gundam">Gundam</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(2001_film)" title="Metropolis (2001 film)">The Making of Metropolis</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Hina" title="Love Hina">Love Hina</a></i> screenings.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The noted international business newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable company</a> in the United States, <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>, with whom it had co-partnered in a US$4.8 billion acquisition of legendary <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Hollywood</a> studio <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">MGM</a>, to bring at least three of Sony's television networks across the region.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 13, 2007, Sony Pictures Television International officially announced that Animax would be launching its mobile television service, Animax Mobile, in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> from July 2007, on <a href="/wiki/Bell_Mobility" title="Bell Mobility">Bell Digital</a>'s mobile phone service.<sup id="cite_ref-spti-animaxmobile_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spti-animaxmobile-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was Animax Mobile's third major expansion, after initially launching the mobile television service in Japan from April 2007 and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> from June 12, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-animaxmobile-ann_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxmobile-ann-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 17, 2012, the streaming service <a href="/wiki/Crackle.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Crackle.com">Crackle</a>, added Animax to their lineup<sup id="cite_ref-Animax_Launches_on_Crackle_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animax_Launches_on_Crackle-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the North America region, marking the network's first launch in the United States. Its programming has included for the first time several of Animax's English language dubs, including that of shows that had yet been adapted into English and had only aired in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> prior, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Nodame_Cantabile" title="Nodame Cantabile">Nodame Cantabile</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai_Ningen_Bem" class="mw-redirect" title="Yōkai Ningen Bem">Yōkai Ningen Bem</a></i> and several others. By the end of March 2013, the Animax branding was dropped.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2007, Animax launched across several countries in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a>, with Sony announcing plans to launch in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> (put on hiatus) and other major countries in the continent, with discussions at an advanced stage.<sup id="cite_ref-c21media_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c21media-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldscreen_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldscreen-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The launch marked Animax's first major expansion into Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-c21media_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c21media-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldscreen_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldscreen-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network then soon launched in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in May 2007, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2007, further details emerged on Animax's launch details in the United Kingdom, with Sony Pictures Television International senior-vice president of international networks Ross Hair being quoted by Brand Republic's <i>Media Week</i> as stating that Sony was preparing to launch Animax in the United Kingdom initially as a <a href="/wiki/Video_on_demand" title="Video on demand">video on demand</a> service alongside other Sony television networks, with Sony also looking at launching Animax across the free <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">digital television service</a> <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> subject to new frequencies and slot being available.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of April 2011, one of Sony's 3 channels that they were planning to launch in the UK since 2007, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Entertainment_Television_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Entertainment Television (UK & Ireland)">Sony Entertainment Television</a>, is now available there on <a href="/wiki/Sky_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (UK & Ireland)">Sky</a> following Sony's acquisition of channel slots 157 and 190, which were previously owned by <a href="/wiki/Film_24_(channel)" title="Film 24 (channel)">Film 24</a> and <a href="/wiki/Open_Access_(UK_and_Ireland_TV_channels)" title="Open Access (UK and Ireland TV channels)">Open Access 3</a>, respectively, not only making it now possible that Sony can launch Animax in the UK but also marking <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television" title="Sony Pictures Television">Sony Pictures Television</a>'s entry into both the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Irish</a> markets. On October 15, 2013, Sony Pictures Television announced it will launch a UK version of Animax as a SVOD service. SPT also announced a multi-year volume deal with Viz Media to secure exclusive content for the service.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SVOD service launched online on October 24, 2013, with three simulcast series and over twenty archive series<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including many titles which originally debuted on Kaze's Anime On Demand service. Some content has also appeared on <a href="/wiki/Sony_Movie_Channel" title="Sony Movie Channel">Sony Movie Channel</a>'s Late Night Anime block,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the channel's website referencing Animax. Starting from March 2014, the Late Night Anime block has since been rebranded to Animax. An app for <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a> was released in October 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 5, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Scuzz" title="Scuzz">Scuzz</a> launched <i>Animax Movie Nights</i>, a weekly block that aired anime movies on Thursday nights for the next month.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 15, 2018, the service closed down, with subscribers being directed to <a href="/wiki/Funimation" title="Funimation">Funimation</a>'s streaming service.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hungary,_Romania,_Czech_Republic_and_Slovakia"><span id="Hungary.2C_Romania.2C_Czech_Republic_and_Slovakia"></span>Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Animax_(Eastern_European_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Eastern European TV channel)">Animax (Eastern European TV channel)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Animax" title="Special:EditPage/Animax">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In September 2006, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Pictures Television International">Sony Pictures Television International</a> bought A+ (Anime+) television channel and rebranded it as Animax in July 2007 The channel aired from 8 pm to 2 am on same frequency as <a href="/wiki/Minimax_(TV_channel)" title="Minimax (TV channel)">Minimax</a> and broadcast anime in Japanese with Romanian subtitles and also with Romanian dubbing in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, with Hungarian dubbing in <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> and with Czech dubbing for the most of them in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-c21media_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c21media-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldscreen_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldscreen-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the most popular series were: <i><a href="/wiki/Naruto" title="Naruto">Naruto</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bleach_(TV_series)" title="Bleach (TV series)">Bleach</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist" title="Fullmetal Alchemist">Fullmetal Alchemist</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/InuYasha" class="mw-redirect" title="InuYasha">InuYasha</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Note" title="Death Note">Death Note</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/D.Gray-man" title="D.Gray-man">D.Gray-man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Blood%2B" title="Blood+">Blood+</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kaleido_Star" title="Kaleido Star">Kaleido Star</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hell_Girl" title="Hell Girl">Hell Girl</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kilari" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilari">Kilari</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball_GT" title="Dragon Ball GT">Dragon Ball GT</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kirarin_Revolution" title="Kirarin Revolution">Kirarin Revolution</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Com" title="Love Com">Love Com</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Knight" title="Vampire Knight">Vampire Knight</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/MegaMan_NT_Warrior" title="MegaMan NT Warrior">MegaMan NT Warrior</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Trigun" title="Trigun">Trigun</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Slayers" title="Slayers">Slayers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!" title="Yu-Gi-Oh!">Yu-Gi-Oh!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Digimon" title="Digimon">Digimon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gankutsuou:_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo" title="Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo">Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nana_(manga)" title="Nana (manga)">Nana</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kiddy_Grade" title="Kiddy Grade">Kiddy Grade</a></i>. </p><p>On June 1, 2009, the channel changed its focus, targeting a more broad young adult audience and adding more American television series. At the same time, it dropped support of its forums on its website and, in September 2013, closed them entirely. On June 9, 2009, <a href="/wiki/RCS_%26_RDS" class="mw-redirect" title="RCS & RDS">RCS & RDS</a> (Digi), the largest Romanian cable operator dropped the channel due to high costs of broadcasting. </p><p>On March 31, 2014, the channel was closed down and replaced by <a href="/wiki/AMC_Networks_International_Central_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="AMC Networks International Central Europe">C8</a>. </p><p>Meanwhile, in Romania, Sony's AXN Spin was launched on 1 March 2013 on <a href="/wiki/Romtelecom" class="mw-redirect" title="Romtelecom">Romtelecom</a>'s digital lineup, a few months after both Minimax and Animax were dropped from that platform. Until 2015, AXN Spin broadcast <i>Naruto</i>, <i>Dragon Ball GT</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Ball Z Kai">Dragon Ball Z Kai</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kinniku_Banzuke" title="Kinniku Banzuke">Kinniku Banzuke</a></i>, <i>Kirarin Revolution</i> and <i>Hello Kitty</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Spain_and_Portugal">Spain and Portugal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Spain and Portugal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Animax_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Animax Spain">Animax Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Animax_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Animax Portugal">Animax Portugal</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Animax" title="Special:EditPage/Animax">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Animax began as a programming block in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> in the channel <a href="/wiki/AXN" title="AXN">AXN</a>. Shows broadcast on the block include <i><a href="/wiki/InuYasha" class="mw-redirect" title="InuYasha">InuYasha</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_Star" title="Outlaw Star">Outlaw Star</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Trigun" title="Trigun">Trigun</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Orphen" class="mw-redirect" title="Orphen">Orphen</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Excel_Saga" title="Excel Saga">Excel Saga</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Samurai_Champloo" title="Samurai Champloo">Samurai Champloo</a></i>. Later shows include <i><a href="/wiki/Corrector_Yui" title="Corrector Yui">Corrector Yui</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Law_of_Ueki" title="The Law of Ueki">The Law of Ueki</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Conan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detective Conan">Detective Conan</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lupin_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Lupin III">Lupin III</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Kochikame" class="mw-redirect" title="Kochikame">Kochikame</a></i>. These shows were shown in Portugal and Spain from October 2007 until September 2008, airing weekends from 13:00 to 16:00.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The full channel was subsequently launched on April 12, 2008, on the <a href="/wiki/Movistar_TV" title="Movistar TV">Movistar TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Digital%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital+">Digital+</a> platforms in Spain and <a href="/wiki/Meo_(Portugal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meo (Portugal)">Meo</a> and Clix in Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the series broadcast across Animax's networks in Spain and Portugal were <i><a href="/wiki/Nana_(manga)" title="Nana (manga)">Nana</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lagoon" title="Black Lagoon">Black Lagoon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Hina" title="Love Hina">Love Hina</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tsubasa:_Reservoir_Chronicle" title="Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle">Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chobits" title="Chobits">Chobits</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_May_Cry:_The_Animated_Series" title="Devil May Cry: The Animated Series">Devil May Cry</a></i>. As of 2011, the Portuguese feed was removed due to low ratings and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/AXN_Black" title="AXN Black">AXN Black</a>, an offshoot of AXN.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the Spanish feed rebranded and eliminated all of its western programming in favor for anime, although the programming consisted on continuous reruns of four anime, later reduced to two. On December 31, 2013, the Spanish feed was also removed due to its low ratings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Italy">Italy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Animax" title="Special:EditPage/Animax">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Animax in Italy began as a nighttime 1-hour programming block on sister channel <a href="/wiki/AXN_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="AXN Italy">AXN Italy</a> on January 12, 2008, indicating that it will eventually launch as a 24/7 channel. The programs that aired on the block were <i><a href="/wiki/Planetes" title="Planetes">Planetes</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Vision_of_Escaflowne" title="The Vision of Escaflowne">The Vision of Escaflowne</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/.hack//SIGN" class="mw-redirect" title=".hack//SIGN">.hack//SIGN</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Noein" class="mw-redirect" title="Noein">Noein</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The block hasn't aired since 2009, likely to avoid competition with <a href="/wiki/MTV_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Italy">MTV</a>, who also aired anime and was more widely available.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Germany">Germany</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Animax_Germany" title="Animax Germany">Animax Germany</a></div> <p>On May 14, 2007, Sony announced Animax would be launching in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> from early June 2007, becoming the country's first ever television network solely dedicated to anime programming.<sup id="cite_ref-animaxgermany-pressrelease_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxgermany-pressrelease-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-variety_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ann-animaxgermany_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-animaxgermany-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Animax launched in the country from June 5, 2007, on Unity Media's digital subscription television service in the regions of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hesse" title="Hesse">Hesse</a> and other regions.<sup id="cite_ref-animaxgermany-pressrelease_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxgermany-pressrelease-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ann-animaxgermany_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-animaxgermany-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-variety-animaxgermany_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-animaxgermany-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the first anime series premiering on Animax Germany were <i><a href="/wiki/.hack//Sign" title=".hack//Sign">.hack//Sign</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball" title="Dragon Ball">Dragon Ball</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Earth_Girl_Arjuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth Girl Arjuna">Earth Girl Arjuna</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Seven" title="Eureka Seven">Eureka Seven</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gundam_SEED" class="mw-redirect" title="Gundam SEED">Gundam SEED</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_Goddess!" title="Oh My Goddess!">Oh My Goddess!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/One_Piece" title="One Piece">One Piece</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Record_of_Lodoss_War" title="Record of Lodoss War">Record of Lodoss War</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/School_Rumble" title="School Rumble">School Rumble</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Candidate_for_Goddess" title="The Candidate for Goddess">The Candidate for Goddess</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/X_(manga)" title="X (manga)">X</a></i> and numerous others.<sup id="cite_ref-variety-animaxgermany_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-animaxgermany-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-animaxgermany_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxgermany-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The channel later launched into Austria and Switzerland. </p><p>Animax closed on July 7, 2016, but would continue as a VOD service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, before it was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Crunchyroll" title="Crunchyroll">Crunchyroll</a> on September 30, 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Poland">Poland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Animax" title="Special:EditPage/Animax">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, Animax was a daily block on <a href="/wiki/AXN_Spin_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="AXN Spin HD">AXN Spin HD</a> (which is an offshoot of <a href="/wiki/AXN" title="AXN">AXN</a> Poland) airing on late mornings, the afternoon, and sometimes late at night.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Programs that have aired on the block included <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball_GT" title="Dragon Ball GT">Dragon Ball GT</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Naruto" title="Naruto">Naruto</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Knight" title="Vampire Knight">Vampire Knight</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kilari" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilari">Kilari</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deltora_Quest_(TV_series)" title="Deltora Quest (TV series)">Deltora Quest</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/D.gray-man" class="mw-redirect" title="D.gray-man">D.gray-man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist:_The_Sacred_Star_of_Milos" title="Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos">Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Slayers" title="Slayers">Slayers</a></i> series, and <i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Eater_(manga)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soul Eater (manga)">Soul Eater</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Plans to launch a full Animax network in Poland were scrapped due to financial reasons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Animax launched as a two-hour programming block on the <a href="/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sci Fi Channel (Australia)">Sci Fi Channel Australia</a> (which was co-owned by Animax's parent <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Pictures Entertainment">Sony Pictures Entertainment</a>) from November 5, 2008, playing on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings.<sup id="cite_ref-annau_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annau-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It launched with the series <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex" title="Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex">Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop" title="Cowboy Bebop">Cowboy Bebop</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lagoon" title="Black Lagoon">Black Lagoon</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Blood%2B" title="Blood+">Blood+</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-annau_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annau-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was Animax's latest English-language venture, following their networks in Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Africa. As of 2016, the block no longer airs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Animax programming has also been available since June 12, 2007, through its mobile television service, Animax Mobile, available on <a href="/wiki/Hutchison_3G" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutchison 3G">3 mobile</a>'s 3G network.<sup id="cite_ref-animaxmobile-ann_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxmobile-ann-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aap-animaxmobile_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aap-animaxmobile-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its initial programming on launch consisted of four full-length anime series, <i><a href="/wiki/Blood%2B" title="Blood+">Blood+</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/R.O.D_the_TV" title="R.O.D the TV">R.O.D the TV</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gankutsuou:_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo" title="Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo">Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Exile" title="Last Exile">Last Exile</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-spti-animaxmobile_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spti-animaxmobile-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-animaxmobile-ann_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxmobile-ann-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016 Animax Mobile has been discontinued.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2007, it was announced that Animax would be launching across several countries in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, including <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/DStv" title="DStv">DStv</a> satellite service and in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> on HiTV, from March 19, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-ann-animaxafrica_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-animaxafrica-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldmedia-af_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldmedia-af-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 October 2010, Animax was removed from DSTV, due to a lack of viewers. The channel had engaged in <a href="/wiki/Channel_drift" title="Channel drift">channel drift</a> with the introduction of reality shows to its line-up.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It would be replaced by in February 2011 with <a href="/wiki/Sony_MAX_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony MAX (South Africa)">Sony MAX</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Animax broadcast on <a href="/wiki/DStv" title="DStv">DStv</a> from November 3, 2007, until October 31, 2010. </p><p>It featured English language programming.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had been lauded by publications such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Times (South Africa)">The Times</a></i> for having singularly spread awareness about anime than any other platform,<sup id="cite_ref-times-za_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-za-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and celebrated its first year of broadcasts in South Africa in November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-times-za_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-za-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sony Pictures Television International manager Philipp Schmidt was quoted by <i>The Times</i> as saying that Animax's primary goal was to "establish itself as the destination for anime programming" in South Africa, and also that the feedback that it has received has shown it has been making an impact in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-times-za_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-za-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Animax South Africa premiered programs such as <i><a href="/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_(anime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)">Neon Genesis Evangelion</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tenjo_Tenge" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenjo Tenge">Tenjo Tenge</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex" title="Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex">Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Record_of_Lodoss_War" title="Record of Lodoss War">Record of Lodoss War</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/.hack//SIGN" class="mw-redirect" title=".hack//SIGN">.hack//SIGN</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi" title="Negima! Magister Negi Magi">Negima! Magister Negi Magi</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_SEED" title="Mobile Suit Gundam SEED">Mobile Suit Gundam SEED</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Seven" title="Eureka Seven">Eureka Seven</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Angelic_Layer" title="Angelic Layer">Angelic Layer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SoltyRei" class="mw-redirect" title="SoltyRei">SoltyRei</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Cat_(manga)" title="Black Cat (manga)">Black Cat</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(manga)" title="Phoenix (manga)">Hinotori</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_Unlimited" title="Final Fantasy: Unlimited">Final Fantasy: Unlimited</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chrono_Crusade" title="Chrono Crusade">Chrono Crusade</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Exile" title="Last Exile">Last Exile</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Samurai_7" title="Samurai 7">Samurai 7</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Burst_Angel" title="Burst Angel">Burst Angel</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Jack_(manga)" title="Black Jack (manga)">Black Jack</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lagoon" title="Black Lagoon">Black Lagoon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hellsing" title="Hellsing">Hellsing</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wolf%27s_Rain" title="Wolf's Rain">Wolf's Rain</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gantz" title="Gantz">Gantz</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Paranoia_Agent" title="Paranoia Agent">Paranoia Agent</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Witchblade_(anime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Witchblade (anime)">Witchblade</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Elfen_Lied" title="Elfen Lied">Elfen Lied</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Chevalier_D%27Eon" title="Le Chevalier D'Eon">Le Chevalier D'Eon</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_ventures">Other ventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Animax_Mobile">Animax Mobile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Animax Mobile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from operating its programming as a television network, Animax begun launching its programming across <a href="/wiki/Mobile_television" title="Mobile television">mobile television</a>, first beginning in their original home in Japan and subsequently overseas. In February 2007, Animax announced that it would be launching a mobile television service in Japan on the mobile phone company <a href="/wiki/MobaHo!" title="MobaHo!">MOBAHO!</a> from April 2007, having its programming being viewable by the company's mobile phone subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-am-jp_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-am-jp-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, in June 2007, it launched in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a><sup id="cite_ref-aap-animaxmobile_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aap-animaxmobile-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, its first <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a> mobile networks,<sup id="cite_ref-spti-animaxmobile_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spti-animaxmobile-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> on March 18, 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-animaxmobilela_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaxmobilela-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> on November and December 2008, their third mobile English language network, launching in <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> through mobile service providers <a href="/wiki/Astro_(Malaysian_satellite_television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astro (Malaysian satellite television)">Astro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maxis_Communications" title="Maxis Communications">Maxis</a> and <a href="/wiki/StarHub" title="StarHub">StarHub</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-amsea-star1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amsea-star1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amsea-star2_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amsea-star2-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amsea_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amsea-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2016 the Animax Mobile service is discontinued worldwide.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Animax-branded streaming channels are available in Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, Selected Countries also available On Demand Across Southeast Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) and Germany (Deutschland, Switzerland and Austria).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_arenas">Game arenas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Game arenas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sony Pictures Television International signed a deal with developer Arkadium on January 7, 2009, to provide game arenas for Sony Pictures Television International websites, including Animax, with more than forty games licensed.<sup id="cite_ref-msnbc_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msnbc-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ibt_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibt-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animax_Taish%C5%8D" title="Animax Taishō">Animax Taishō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Animax" class="mw-redirect" title="List of programs broadcast by Animax">List of programs broadcast by Animax</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Animax&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Established on October 24, 2023 to house the <a href="/wiki/AXN_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="AXN (Asian TV channel)">AXN Japan</a> and AXN Mystery channels, now respectively known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_Channel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Action Channel (page does not exist)">Action Channel</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 26,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Animax&rft.atitle=%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.animax.co.jp%2Fabout&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnimax" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=124">Sony Pictures Entertainment to Launch Animax Asia</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050818205406/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=124">Archived</a> August 18, 2005, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i>, Press Release, SPE, 29 October 2003, Anime News Network.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BusinessWeek-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BusinessWeek_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BusinessWeek_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/05_26/b3939013.htm">The Anime Biz</a></i> - By Ian Rowley, with Hiroko Tashiro, Chester Dawson, and Moon Ihlwan, <i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWeek" class="mw-redirect" title="BusinessWeek">BusinessWeek</a></i>, June 27, 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ニューピア竹芝ノースタワー</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nyū Pia Takeshiba Nōsu Tawā</i></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sunrise-profile-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sunrise-profile_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sunrise-profile_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/company/company.html">Sunrise official website - corporate outline</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060105093120/http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/company/company.html">Archived</a> 2006-01-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i> - <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise (company)">Sunrise</a>, official corporate outline, <i>About Us</i> section. <span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Toei-profile-jp-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Toei-profile-jp_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toei-profile-jp_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/corporate/prof/history.html">Toei Animation official website - history section</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131012172851/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/corporate/prof/history.html">Archived</a> October 12, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Toei_Animation" title="Toei Animation">Toei Animation</a> official website. <span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Toei_profile-en-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Toei_profile-en_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toei_profile-en_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/history/history.html">Toei Animation official website - English section - History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150302095049/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/history/history.html">Archived</a> March 2, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i> Toei Animation official website.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-partners-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-partners_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-partners_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-partners_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animax.co.jp/link/index.html">Animax's official website - Official Partners</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060813082957/http://www.animax.co.jp/link/index.html">Archived</a> August 13, 2006, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> - Animax official website, Official Partners section, links page. <span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animax.co.jp/etc/0506battle/award/ani_ward.html">Animax Award official site</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged January 2017">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, Animax official website. <span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anime.excite.co.jp/special/animax/animax01.php">Animax Summer Festival 2005 - 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Kids_Zone" title="Sony Pictures Kids Zone">Sony Pictures Kids Zone</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television" title="Sony Pictures Television">Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U.S. production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Embassy_Row_(production_company)" title="Embassy Row (production company)">Embassy Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_American_Pure_Flix" title="Great American Pure Flix">Great American Pure Flix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2waytraffic" title="2waytraffic">2waytraffic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Wolf_(production_company)" title="Bad Wolf (production company)">Bad Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleven_(company)" title="Eleven (company)">Eleven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Bank_Pictures" title="Left Bank Pictures">Left Bank Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playmaker_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Playmaker Media">Playmaker Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television_Kids" title="Sony Pictures Television Kids">Sony Pictures Television Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television_Nonfiction" title="Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction">Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Intellectual_Property_Corporation" title="The Intellectual Property 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href="/wiki/Sony_Channel_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Sony Channel (Latin American TV channel)">Latin America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AXN" title="AXN">AXN</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Brazil</li> <li>Latin America</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_(Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="AXN (Portuguese TV channel)">Portugal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AXN_White" title="AXN White">AXN White</a></li> <li>AXN Movies</li> <li>AXN Now</li></ul></li> <li>Spain <ul><li>AXN Movies</li> <li>AXN Now</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Game_Show_Network" title="Game Show Network">Game Show Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sony_Channel" title="Sony Channel">Sony Channel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Baltics <ul><li>Sony Sci-Fi</li> <li>Sony Turbo</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_White_(German_TV_channel)" title="AXN White (German TV channel)">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Black_(German_TV_channel)" title="AXN Black (German TV channel)">Sony AXN</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Channel_(Russia)" title="Sony Channel (Russia)">Russia</a> <ul><li>Sony Sci-Fi</li> <li>Sony Turbo</li></ul></li> <li>Turkey <ul><li>Sony Çocuk</li></ul></li> <li>Sony Max (Hungary)</li> <li>Sony Movie Channel (Hungary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_(Southeast_Asian_TV_channel)" title="One (Southeast Asian TV channel)">Sony One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Animax</a> <ul><li>Japan</li> <li>Middle East</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Asian TV channel)">Southeast Asia</a></li> <li>Taiwan</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN" title="AXN">AXN</a> <ul><li>Adria</li> <li>Hungary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="AXN (Asian TV channel)">Southeast Asia</a></li> <li>Taiwan</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Black" title="AXN Black">AXN Black</a> <ul><li>CEE</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_White" title="AXN White">AXN White</a> <ul><li>CEE</li></ul></li> <li>AXN Now <ul><li>Hungary</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Spin" title="AXN Spin">AXN Spin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crackle_(streaming_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crackle (streaming service)">Crackle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1" title="Film1">Film1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Action" title="Film1 Action">Film1 Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Drama" title="Film1 Drama">Film1 Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Family" title="Film1 Family">Film1 Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Premiere" title="Film1 Premiere">Film1 Premiere</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gem_(Southeast_Asian_TV_channel)" title="Gem (Southeast Asian TV channel)">Gem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Suite" title="Hollywood Suite">Hollywood Suite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kids_Station" title="Kids Station">Kids Station</a></li> <li>Planet Mutfak</li> <li>Planet Türk</li> <li>Viasat Hungary <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Viasat_3" title="Viasat 3">Viasat 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viasat_6" title="Viasat 6">Viasat 6</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3net" title="3net">3net</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Animax</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Eastern_European_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Eastern European TV channel)">CEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animax_Germany" title="Animax Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Latin_America)" title="Animax (Latin America)">Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Portuguese TV channel)">Portugal</a></li> <li>South Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="Animax (Spanish TV channel)">Spain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN" title="AXN">AXN</a> <ul><li>Israel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="AXN (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Beyond" title="AXN Beyond">AXN Beyond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Black" title="AXN Black">AXN Black</a> <ul><li>Portugal</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Crime" title="AXN Crime">AXN Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_Sci_Fi" title="AXN Sci Fi">AXN Sci-Fi</a> <ul><li>CEE</li> <li>Italy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cine_Sony_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Cine Sony (Italian TV channel)">Cine Sony</a> <ul><li>Italy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeTV_(Asia_Pacific)" title="BeTV (Asia Pacific)">BeTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fearnet" title="Fearnet">Fearnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Festival" title="Film1 Festival">Film1 Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film1_Sundance" title="Film1 Sundance">Film1 Sundance</a></li> <li><a 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title="Hindi">Hindi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Entertainment_Television" title="Sony Entertainment Television">Sony Entertainment Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Max" title="Sony Max">Sony Max</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Max_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Max 2">Sony Max 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Pal">Sony Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Sab" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Sab">Sony Sab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Wah" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Wah">Sony Wah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pix" title="Sony Pix">Sony Pix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Aath" title="Sony Aath">Sony Aath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Marathi" title="Sony Marathi">Sony Marathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports">Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Sports_Network" title="Sony Sports Network">Sony Sports Ten</a> <ul><li>1</li> <li>2</li> <li>3</li> <li>4</li> <li>5</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_television_series" title="Children's television series">Children's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Yay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Yay">Sony Yay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Factual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_BBC_Earth" title="Sony BBC Earth">Sony BBC Earth</a> (50%; Joint venture with <a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios" title="BBC Studios">BBC Studios</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Online VOD</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_LIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony LIV">Sony LIV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Kal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Kal">Sony Kal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animax_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Animax (India)">Animax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AXN_(Indian_TV_channel)" title="AXN (Indian TV channel)">AXN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_ESPN" title="Sony ESPN">Sony ESPN</a> (50%; joint venture with <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Inc." title="ESPN Inc.">ESPN Inc.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Le_Plex" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Le Plex">Sony Le Plex HD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Mix" title="Sony Mix">Sony Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Rox" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Rox">Sony Rox HD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TEN_Cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="TEN Cricket">TEN Cricket International</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:CSC_Media_Group" title="Template:CSC Media Group"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:CSC_Media_Group" title="Template talk:CSC Media Group"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:CSC_Media_Group" title="Special:EditPage/Template:CSC Media Group"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Television_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_operated_by_Sony_Pictures_Television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland operated by <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Television" title="Sony Pictures Television">Sony Pictures Television</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Currently broadcasting but sold to another company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Narrative Capital Partners LLC <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_TV" title="Great! TV">Great! TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Movies" title="Great! Movies">Great! Movies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Action" title="Great! Action">Great! Action</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Romance" title="Great! Romance">Great! Romance</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Pop (British and Irish TV channel)">Pop</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_Max" title="Pop Max">Pop Max</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Pop" title="Tiny Pop">Tiny Pop</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bliss_(TV_channel)" title="Bliss (TV channel)">Bliss</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Flava_(TV_channel)" title="Flava (TV channel)">Flava</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/More_Than_Movies" title="More Than Movies">More Than Movies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Movies4Men" title="Movies4Men">Movies4Men</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Movies4Men_2" title="Movies4Men 2">Movies4Men 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_Girl" title="Pop Girl">Pop Girl</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scuzz" title="Scuzz">Scuzz</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sony_Crime_Channel" title="Sony Crime Channel">Sony Crime Channel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_(Sony_Pictures_Television)" title="True Crime (Sony Pictures Television)">True Crime</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/True_Drama" title="True Drama">True Drama</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/True_Entertainment" title="True Entertainment">True Entertainment</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/True_Movies" title="True Movies">True Movies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/True_Movies_2" title="True Movies 2">True Movies 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/TruTV_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="TruTV (UK & Ireland)">TruTV</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sold and later closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Starz_TV" title="Starz TV">Starz TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Trace_Hits" title="Trace Hits">Trace 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