Animax (TV network)

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is an anime cable television network created and owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and dedicated to showing anime programming [Animax Asia - Corporate Profile] - Animax-Asia official website.. Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, the entire Indian Subcontinent, Brazil, Latin America and South Korea, it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world [The Anime Biz] - By Ian Rowley, with Hiroko Tashiro, Chester Dawson, and Moon Ihlwan, BusinessWeek, June 27 2005..

Contents

1 History

1.1 Japan
1.2 Asia
1.3 South America

2 Programming
3 Original translation and dubbing teams
4 Speculation
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 External links

7.1 Official Sites
7.2 Discussion boards

History

One of Animax's earlier logos.

Japan

Established on May 20, 1998, Animax originally premiered on July 1, the same year, in Japan on the SKY PerfecTV! platform. It has been involved in the production of several anime series, such as [Animax's corporate page] at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia, Ultra Maniac, Hungry Heart - Wild Striker, Whistle! and Shakugan no Shana, and is directly affiliated with several anime studios and production enterprises, such as Sunrise, Bandai Visual, and GONZO, with whom it signed a long-term output deal in June 2006, which will see Animax broadcasting all of GONZO's anime titles across all of its networks around the world, including Japan, Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, South America, and other regions.[Animax Asia Signs New Output Deal with GDH] - Animax press release, Anime News Network, June 21, 2006.

Asia

Animax premiered in Taiwan on January 1, 2004, and in Hong Kong on January 12, 2004, featuring its anime programming within separate seeds in the respective regions and languages. It started its operations across Southeast Asia and the Philippines, on January 19, 2004, featuring its programming within seeds in English and other languages in the region. On July 5 2004, Animax started operations in South Asia, specifically the entire Indian Subcontinent, featuring its programming within seeds in English and other languages. On April 29, 2006, Animax started its operations in Korea, featuring its programming within a separate Korean seed.

Animax announced [Animax Rave, July 2006 Issue], Official Animax newsletter, July 2006 issue, Animax East Asia official website, retrieved July 2006., in July 2006, their broadcast of the highly-rated Honey and Clover anime series in English across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia. Animax's broadcast is set to be the first ever official English adaptation of Honey and Clover, which they have already broadcast in Japan.

South America

Animax Latin America premiered on July 31, 2005, integrating from Locomotion, a Florida-based Spanish-language animation network, which was earlier bought by Sony in January 2005.

Programming

Animax's programming is dedicated to anime, and it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world [The Anime Biz] - By Ian Rowley, with Hiroko Tashiro, Chester Dawson, and Moon Ihlwan, BusinessWeek, June 27 2005.. It has broadcast several highly popular anime series, including ', as well as its , Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, Rurouni Kenshin, the DragonBall series, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, Vision of Escaflowne, YuYu Hakusho, Wolf's Rain, Tweeny Witches, as well as several highly-rated OVA series and anime films, such as Steamboy, Ghost in the Shell, ', Escaflowne and many others. See also list of programs broadcast by Animax.

Original translation and dubbing teams

Animax have translated and dubbed entire anime television series themselves, and features its own original English translation and dubbing team, who have dubbed many of their series, some of which were not licensed by American distributors and do not have any English adaptation counterparts, such as Detective School Q, Clamp School, Hungry Heart - Wild Striker, Emma - A Victorian Romance, , the latest of them being the highly-rated Honey and Clover series. Animax have also aired uncensored English versions of anime series, among the most notable of them being their dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, which was shown uncensored and retained all of the original names, plot details and dialogue, and many others. Animax also features their own Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog dubbing and translation teams.

Speculation

After the acquisition of MGM/UA by a group of investors led by Sony and Comcast, the two entertainment companies have formed a joint venture that will launch several cable networks in the United States. Media observers have repeatedly suggested that Sony and Comcast will launch an American version of Animax, though Comcast currently owns a competing network, G4. If Animax launches, its primary competitors in the United States would be ADV's The Anime Network, The Funimation Channel, and Cartoon Network.

Notes and references

External links

Official Sites

Discussion boards

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