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is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 satellite television
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
 network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo
Minato, Tokyo

is one of the Special wards of Tokyo of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km?....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese media conglomerate Sony. Its group sales in 2007 has been reported to be of $8.58 billion....
 and the noted anime studios Sunrise
Sunrise (company)

is a Japanese anime studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios....
, Toei Animation
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
 , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS.

Operating across Japan, Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
, South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
, Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, and most recently in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (launching across Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 in 2007, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 in 2008, and soon to be launched in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and several other countries), Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network dedicated to anime in the world, with a viewer reach of over 89 million households, 62 countries and more than 17 languages.

Its title is a portmanteau of the words and .






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is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 satellite television
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
 network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo
Minato, Tokyo

is one of the Special wards of Tokyo of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km?....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese media conglomerate Sony. Its group sales in 2007 has been reported to be of $8.58 billion....
 and the noted anime studios Sunrise
Sunrise (company)

is a Japanese anime studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios....
, Toei Animation
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
 , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS.

Operating across Japan, Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
, South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
, Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, and most recently in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (launching across Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 in 2007, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 in 2008, and soon to be launched in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and several other countries), Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network dedicated to anime in the world, with a viewer reach of over 89 million households, 62 countries and more than 17 languages.

Its title is a portmanteau of the words and . It also has English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 networks in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
, South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, and most recently, a two-hour network in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and is expected to plan launching other English language networks, most notably in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

History


Japan

Established on May 20, 1998 by Sony, originally premiered in Japan on June 1, the same year, across the SKY PerfecTV! satellite television platform. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo
Minato, Tokyo

is one of the Special wards of Tokyo of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km?....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, and presided by Masao Takiyama
Masao Takiyama

is president and representative director of noted Japan anime satellite television network Animax and executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
, Animax's shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese media conglomerate Sony. Its group sales in 2007 has been reported to be of $8.58 billion....
, Sunrise
Sunrise (company)

is a Japanese anime studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios....
, Toei Animation
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
, TMS Entertainment, and NAS. Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer Yoshiro Kataoka
Yoshiro Kataoka

, also known by the nickname Hagera, is an anime producer and production designer born in 1945 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He has worked for the Tokyu Agency, Asatsu DK, and Nihon Ad Systems, and he currently works as a full time advisor at Marvelous Entertainment....
. The network will begin broadcasting in high definition from October 2009.

Animax also exhibits affiliations with anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese people Mangaka, animator, movie producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion....
's Tezuka Productions company, Pierrot
Studio Pierrot

is a Japanese animation company, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. They are considered specialists in the magical girl sub-genre, especially with their Studio Pierrot magical girl series of shows....
, Nippon Animation
Nippon Animation

is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chuo, Tokyo and production facilities in Tama, Tokyo....
, and numerous others. It has produced and exclusively premiered several anime in Japan, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
 , Ultra Maniac
Ultra Maniac

is a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features seventh-grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom....
, Astro Boy
Astro Boy (2003)

is a remake of the 1960s anime series of the Astro Boy created by Osamu Tezuka, which was produced by his company, Tezuka Productions, and the anime television network, Animax, who have broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including Japan, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and other regions....
, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yoichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion....
, Aishiteruze Baby
Aishiteruze Baby

is a shojo manga romance novel manga by Yoko Maki . It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven Tankobon....
, and many others, including Madhouse
Madhouse (company)

is a anime studio, founded in the early 1970s by ex?Mushi Pro animators including Masao Maruyama , Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It has created and helped to produce many well known shows, starting with Television anime series Ace o Nerae! in 1973, and including western favourites Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust...
's upcoming anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 adaptation of Marvel
Marvel

Marvel or marvel can refer to:*Carl Shipp Marvel, American chemist*Marvel Entertainment, a character-based entertainment and licensing company based in the United States of America...
's Iron Man
Iron Man

Iron Man is a Character , a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 , and was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby....
.

Noted Japanese celebrities and personalities to have appeared on Animax with their own programs, include actress Natsuki Kato
Natsuki Kato

is a Japanese actress. Her blood type is AB....
, among numerous others. The network's narrators are the seiyu Yukari Tamura
Yukari Tamura

, born on February 27, 1976 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress who works for I'm Enterprise. She is known affectionately by her fans as ....
 and Kosuke Okano, and from October 2007, Sayuri Yahagi
Sayuri Yahagi

is a Japanese people seiyu from Tokyo, Japan. She has also been the narrator of Animax since October 2007....
. Animax also hosts and organizes several anime-based competitions across Japan, such as the Animax Taisho
Animax Taisho

, also known as Animax Awards, is a Japan anime scriptwriting competition organized by the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
 scriptwriting competitionand Animax Anison Grand Prix
Animax Anison Grand Prix

The is a Japan Music in Japanese animation music competition, organized by Animax, in association with Jupiter Telecommunications....
 anime song
Music in Japanese animation

Music in Japanese animation is often closely tied to the Japanese pop music industry, but is also a significant industry, and genre in its own right, with genre often referred to as "anison", a contraction of "animation song", or "anime song"....
 music competition, which are judged by a panel of noted anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 figures, as well as several events and concerts across Japan, such as the annual , an annual live concert during which renowned Japanese bands, artists and seiyu
Seiyu

A is a Japanese voice actor. Seiyu work in radio, television, and Film; they perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies; they provide narration; and they work as anime and video games character actors....
 perform to a live audience, often held at Zepp Tokyo
Zepp

The Zepp music halls are a group of Japanese music halls covering every area of the country. The Zepp halls play host to many international tours and are a popular stop among Japanese musicians....
.

Apart from operating its business primarily as a television network, Animax has also begun operating a mobile television service. In February 2007, Animax announced that it would be launching a mobile television service of its network on the mobile phone company MOBAHO! from April 2007, having its programming being viewable by the company's mobile phone subscribers.

Asia


Animax launched separate Asian versions of the channel featuring its anime programming within separate networks and feeds in the respective regions and languages beginning in 2004. The first one was launched in Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 and the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 on January 1, 2004, and in Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 on January 12, 2004. A week later, Animax launched in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
 on January 19, 2004, featuring its programming within feeds in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 audio, as well as Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
 audio, with English subtitling, and other languages in the region, becoming the company's first English language network.

On July 5 2004, Animax started operations across India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
, Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
, Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
 and South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
, featuring its programming within an English-language feed. On April 29, 2006, Animax started its operations in Korea, featuring its programming within a separate Korean feed. On August 31, 2006, Animax launched a Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
n feed of Animax.

Latin America

Animax launched a Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 network on July 31, 2005, following Sony's acquisition of Locomotion
Locomotion (TV channel)

Locomotion was a TV channel that aired in Latin America from fall 1996 until July 31, 2005. The network, whose corporate offices were based in Miami, Florida was a joint venture between the US-based Hearst Corporation and the Venezuelan-based Cisneros Group ....
. Animax Latin America began operating across the entire region and broadcasting its anime programming in separate Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 and Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
 feeds across Spanish-speaking countries in the region and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 respectively, becoming the region's largest anime television network.

Over the years, Animax has aired various anime series, with the Spanish versions being dubbed in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 and after in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, and the portuguese versions dubbed in Brazil, most of whom have never been shown before locally. Its programs include Lunar Legend Tsukihime, Noir, Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain

is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....
, Last Exile
Last Exile

is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo . Directed by Koichi Chigira, with character designs by Range Murata and production design by Mahiro Maeda, the series first premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2003 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on September 29, 2003....
, Twin Spica
Twin Spica

is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Ko Yaginuma. It began serialization in the seinen magazine Comic Flapper in January 2001. Twin Spica tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to become astronauts....
, Planet Survival, Excel Saga
Excel Saga

is an absurdist comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since the April 1996 issue, with individual chapters collected and published in tankobon volumes by Shonen Gahosha....
, Samurai 7
Samurai 7

is a 2004 Japanese anime series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa popular 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi....
, Gun Frontier
Gun Frontier

is a 1972 manga by Leiji Matsumoto. It introduces Tochiro Oyama, best friend to Matsumoto's classic hero, Captain Harlock, who is in turn depicted as a gunslinger in the Old West....
, Vandread
Vandread

is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory List of animation studios. Vandread, as a science fiction space opera, combines elements of action movie, romantic comedy film, ecchi, comedy, and mecha elements....
, Gantz
Gantz

is a Japanese manga and anime series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono who dies in a train accident and becomes part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which he and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens....
, Heat Guy J
Heat Guy J

is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight.Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S....
, Galaxy Angel
Galaxy Angel

is a bishojo science fiction/comedy anime, manga and dating sim series by BROCCOLI. It was created in July 2000, when Broccoli launched the multi-platformed project called Project G.A. The anime and Galaxy Angel Party manga comprise a comedy story in an alternate universe, while the games and the regular manga have a serious and involved...
, Get Backers, Hunter x Hunter, The Prince of Tennis
The Prince of Tennis

is a popular Japanese Shonen manga manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The title is often shortened to , a portmanteau of the two parts in the Japanese pronunciation of the words "Tennis Prince"....
 and Death Note
Death Note

is a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the titular "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a shinigami named Shinigami #Ryuk....
.

Starting January 2007, Animax changed completely its lineup and some anime series that were removed before returned. Animax Latin America announced a renewal in its image and projection from August 2007, as well as the premiere of a new programming block (named Lollipop) where adult-oriented series will be destinated to.

Likewise, on March 18, 2008, it was announced that the mobile service Animax Mobile, available on Japan and Australia, will be launched as well in Mexico and eventually in other Latin American countries.

North America

Animax has sponsored several anime-based events across North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, including hosting an anime festival, in association with other anime distributive enterprises such as Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Entertainment

Bandai Entertainment, Inc. is an anime distribution company, owned by the Japan enterprise Namco Bandai Holdings. It is involved in the distribution of numerous anime in North America, as well as manga and other merchandising ventures related to anime....
 and VIZ Media
VIZ Media

Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, California, United States, is an anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC....
, across Sony's San Francisco-based entertainment shopping complex Metreon
Metreon

Metreon is an entertainment shopping center, launched on June 16, 1999, the first in a proposed succession of Sony urban centers aggregating dining, gaming, music, exhibitions, shopping, and movies....
 in October 2001, during which it aired numerous of its anime titles across the centre, including special Gundam
Gundam

is a metaseries of Japanese anime, featuring giant robots, or "mecha", created by Sunrise studios. The series started in April 1979 as a TV series called Mobile Suit Gundam, and later became a franchise name with more sequels, prequels, side stories and alternative timelines, published and aired in various media including TV anime, OVA, ma...
, The Making of Metropolis, and Love Hina
Love Hina

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine by Kodansha from October 21, 1998 through October 31, 2001 and was published in 14 tankobon volumes by Kodansha....
 screenings.

The noted international business newspaper The Financial Times, reported, in September 2004, of Sony planning and being "keen" to launch Animax across the United States and North America, after Sony had signed an agreement with the largest cable company
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
 in the United States, Comcast
Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
, with whom it had co-partnered in a US$4.8 billion acquisition of legendary Hollywood studio MGM, to bring at least three of Sony's television networks across the region.

Canada
On June 13, 2007, Sony Pictures Television International officially announced that Animax would be launching its mobile television service, Animax Mobile, in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 from July 2007, on Bell Digital
Bell Mobility

Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. Bell Mobility has over 5,884,000 subscribers as of the end of Business quarter....
's mobile phone service. This was Animax Mobile's third major expansion, after initially launching the mobile television service in Japan from April 2007 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 from June 12, 2007.

Europe

In April 2007, Animax launched across several countries in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, including Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
, with Sony announcing plans to launch in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and other major countries in the continent, with discussions at an advanced stage. The launch marked Animax's first major expansion into Europe. The network then soon launched in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 on May 2007, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 in 2008. 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 Media Week as stating that Sony was preparing to launch Animax in the United Kingdom initially as a video on demand
Video on demand

Video on demand or audio video on demand systems allow users to select and watch/listen to video or Sound recording and reproduction content on demand....
 service alongside other Sony television networks, with Sony also looking at launching Animax across the free digital television service
Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom

Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over thirty primarily free-to-air television channels and over twenty radio channels....
 Freeview subject to new frequencies and slot being available.

Spain and Portugal
Animax began as a programming block in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 in the channel AXN
AXN

AXN is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America....
. It broadcasted InuYasha
InuYasha

, full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008....
, Outlaw Star
Outlaw Star

is a manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Ito.The series takes place in the distant future, 150 years after the development of spacecraft capable of traveling faster than the speed of light, and follows the motley crew of the titular ship: the Outlaw Star....
, Trigun
Trigun

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow, published from 1995 to 2007 and spanning 14 Tankobon.The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Shonen Captain from the series debut in 1995 until the magazine's demise 1997....
, Orphen, Excel Saga
Excel Saga

is an absurdist comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since the April 1996 issue, with individual chapters collected and published in tankobon volumes by Shonen Gahosha....
 and Samurai Champloo
Samurai Champloo

is a Japanese Anime Television program consisting of twenty-six episodes. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004 through March 19, 2005 on the television network, Fuji TV....
 and later broadcasted Corrector Yui
Corrector Yui

is a magical girl anime and manga, it was created by Kia Asamiya and written and drawn by Keiko Okamoto. The manga was published in Japan in 1999 and released in English language by TOKYOPOP in 2002....
, The Law of Ueki
The Law of Ueki

is a Japanese manga series by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was first Serial in the manga magazine Shonen Sunday in 2002 and ended in 2004. Sixteen tankobon volumes was compiled and published by Shogakukan....
,Detective Conan,Lupin III
Lupin III

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
 and Kochikame at weekends from 13:00 to 16:00, which began broadcasting in Portugal and Spain since October 2007 until September 2008. The channel was subsequently fully launched on April 12, 2008 on the Imagenio
Imagenio

Imagenio is the commercial name of the IPTVtelevision over ADSL service of Spain's Telefonica telecommunications company. The service was started as a commercial pilot test in the city of Alicante on 2002 and later extended to some major cities like Madrid and Barcelona on April 2004....
 and Digital+
Digital+

Digital+ is a Spanish satellite platform that offers a variety of channels, both national and international, as well as pay per view films and football, known as "Taquilla"....
 platforms in Spain and Meo and Clix in Portugal. On November 2008 Animax Portugal changed it's subtitle font to one equal to AXN's, due to criticism by its viewers because the old font made the subtitles small, hard to read on small screens, had some problems with letter accentuation, and had a great semi transparent useless block around them.

Animax Portugal and Animax Spain are broadcasting series like NANA
Nana

Nana, NANA, or Na Na may refer to:...
, Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon

is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An anime television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006 to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes....
, Love Hina
Love Hina

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine by Kodansha from October 21, 1998 through October 31, 2001 and was published in 14 tankobon volumes by Kodansha....
, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

, is an ongoing manga series by Clamp . It is currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.It was adapted into an anime series, , animated by Bee Train, which aired 52 episodes over two seasons during 2005 and 2006....
, Chobits
Chobits

is a Japanese manga created by Clamp . It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected in eight tankobon....
, Devil May Cry, Naruto
Naruto

is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a World of Naruto#Kage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all....
 and more.

Germany
On May 14, 2007, Sony announced Animax would be launching in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 from early June 2007, becoming the country's first ever television network solely dedicated to anime programming. Animax launched in the country from June 5, 2007 on Unity Media's digital subscription television service in the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
 and other regions. Among the first anime series premiering on Animax Germany were .hack//SIGN
.hack//SIGN

.hack//Sign is an anime television series directed by Koichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise....
, DragonBall, Earth Girl Arjuna
Earth Girl Arjuna

is a Japanese anime television series created by Shoji Kawamori. The series follows Juna Ariyoshi, a high school girl chosen to be the "Avatar of Time" and entrusted with saving the dying Earth....
, Eureka Seven
Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones . Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....
, Gundam SEED, Oh! My Goddess, One Piece
One Piece

is a Japanese shonen manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since August 4, 1997....
, Record of Lodoss War
Record of Lodoss War

is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games....
, School Rumble
School Rumble

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi and serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. The final chapter was released on July 23, 2008, and the 283 chapters were collected in 22 Tankobon by Kodansha....
, The Candidate for Goddess
The Candidate for Goddess

is a Japanese manga created by Yukiru Sugisaki. It was adapted into a 12-episode anime series in 2000 by Xebec, a subsidiary of Production I.G. A thirteenth episode was released in 2002 in the form on an OVA....
, X
X (manga)

is a manga series created by Clamp , a mangaka made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona.X is Clamp's foray into apocalyptic fiction....
 and numerous others.

Poland
The network is slated to air on Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, following on other similar expansions around Central Europe, and will be distributed in the country by HBO Poland.

Australia

While there is not yet a 24-hour Animax TV network in Australia, a two-hour Animax programming block has recently been launched on the Sci Fi Channel Australia
Sci Fi Channel (Australia)

Sci Fi Channel is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms....
 (which is co-owned by Animax's parent Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese media conglomerate Sony. Its group sales in 2007 has been reported to be of $8.58 billion....
) from November 5, 2008, playing on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings. Shows on launch have included Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
, Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....
, Blood+
Blood+

is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite television channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial television networks such as Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and RKB on October 8, 2005....
 and Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon

is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An anime television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006 to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes....
. This is Animax's latest English language network, following their networks in Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Africa. Previously, Animax had also been similarly launched as a three-hour programming block in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 on AXN
AXN

AXN is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America....
 (also similarly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment), beginning from 2007 and then subsequently fully launching as a separate 24-hour anime network on April 12, 2008.

Animax programming has also been available since June 12, 2007 through its mobile television service, Animax Mobile, available on 3 mobile's 3G network. Its initial programming on launch consisted of four full-length anime series, Blood+
Blood+

is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite television channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial television networks such as Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and RKB on October 8, 2005....
, R.O.D -The TV-, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

is an anime series loosely based on Alexandre Dumas, p?re classic French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Spanning 24 episodes, it was produced by Gonzo , directed by Mahiro Maeda and broadcast by Animax across its respective networks in Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and other regions....
 and Last Exile
Last Exile

is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo . Directed by Koichi Chigira, with character designs by Range Murata and production design by Mahiro Maeda, the series first premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2003 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on September 29, 2003....
.

Africa

In August 2007, it was announced that Animax would be launching across several countries in Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, including South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
, Botswana
Botswana

The Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 September 1966....
, Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....
 and Lesotho
Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
, on the DStv
DStv

Digital Satellite Television is MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa, launched in 1995. In South Africa and neighbouring countries, it broadcasts on ku-Band, which only requires a small satellite dish, while several other countries in the rest of Africa receive broadcasts via both ku-Band and C-Band which requir...
 satellite service.And in Nigeria
Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....
 on HiTV,from January 2009.

South Africa
The network began broadcasting in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 on November 3, 2007, and features English language programming. It has been lauded by publications such as The Times
The Sunday Times (South Africa)

The Sunday Times is a popular South African Sunday newspaper. It has an audited circulation of 504 000 and a weekly readership of 3,2 million, making it the largest weekly newspaper in South Africa....
 for having singularly spread awareness about anime than any other platform, and celebrated its first year of broadcasts in South Africa on November 2008. Sony Pictures Television International manager Philipp Schmidt was quoted by The Times 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. Animax South Africa premiered programs such as Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion

, commonly referred to as NGE, Eva, or Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful, influential, and controversial Japanese anime that began in October 1995; the series launched the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise....
, Tenjo Tenge, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
Negima!: Magister Negi Magi

Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, known in Japan as is a manga and anime series by Ken Akamatsu that contains a large amount of fan service/ecchi scenes....
, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

, often shortened to Gundam SEED, is an anime television series animated by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called the Cosmic Era....
, Eureka 7, Angelic Layer
Angelic Layer

is a manga series released by Clamp . The manga is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English language by Tokyopop. It is the group's first work to use a quite different art style unseen in any other CLAMP series, which uses a more distinctly pared down style....
, Solty Rei, Black Cat
Black Cat (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki with an anime adaptation. It was serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump and collected in 20 tankobon volumes....
, Hinotori
Phoenix (manga)

is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered Phoenix his "life's work"; it consists of 12 books, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era....
, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Last Exile
Last Exile

is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo . Directed by Koichi Chigira, with character designs by Range Murata and production design by Mahiro Maeda, the series first premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2003 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on September 29, 2003....
, Samurai 7
Samurai 7

is a 2004 Japanese anime series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa popular 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi....
, Black Jack
Black Jack (manga)

is a manga written by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the eponymous doctor Black Jack .Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained episodes that are typically about 20 pages long....
, Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon

is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An anime television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006 to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes....
, Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain

is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....
, Basilisk
Basilisk

In European bestiary and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of Serpent and said to have the power to cause death with a single glance....
, Gantz: The First Stage
Gantz

is a Japanese manga and anime series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono who dies in a train accident and becomes part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which he and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens....
 and Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied

is a Japanese manga series created by Mangaka Lynn Okamoto. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation based on the manga was produced by the studio ARMS and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to October 2004; the anime was later licensed in North America on DVD by ADV Films....
.

Other ventures


Animax Mobile

Apart from operating its programming as a television network, Animax has recently begun launching its programming across mobile television, 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 MOBAHO! from April 2007, having its programming being viewable by the company's mobile phone subscribers. Subsequently, in June 2007, it launched in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, its first English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 mobile networks, in Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
 on March 18, 2008, and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
 on November and December 2008, their third mobile English language network, launching in Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
 and Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
 through mobile service providers Astro
Astro (satellite TV)

Astro is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite service based in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It transmits digital satellite television and satellite radio to households initially in Malaysia, but also expands to Brunei and Indonesia....
, Maxis
Maxis Communications

Maxis Communications Berhad is the leading mobile phone service provider in Malaysia. It was started in the year 1995. It uses the dialling prefix identifier of "012" and "017"....
 and Starhub
StarHub

StarHub Limited is a telecommunications company based in Singapore. It is the second largest mobile phone operator and the sole cable television operator in Singapore....
 respectively.

Game arenas

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.

Programming

Animax's programming is dedicated to anime, and it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world . In its original network in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, it has exclusively premiered several anime, which have aired first on Animax, including Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
 and its sequel Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yoichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion....
, Aishiteruze Baby
Aishiteruze Baby

is a shojo manga romance novel manga by Yoko Maki . It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven Tankobon....
, Wangan Midnight
Wangan Midnight

is a Japanese seinen racing manga series created by Michiharu Kusunoki that has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1992. In 1999, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga....
 and recently the upcoming 2010 anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 adaptation of Marvel
Marvel

Marvel or marvel can refer to:*Carl Shipp Marvel, American chemist*Marvel Entertainment, a character-based entertainment and licensing company based in the United States of America...
's Iron Man
Iron Man

Iron Man is a Character , a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 , and was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby....
 by Madhouse Studios
Madhouse (company)

is a anime studio, founded in the early 1970s by ex?Mushi Pro animators including Masao Maruyama , Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It has created and helped to produce many well known shows, starting with Television anime series Ace o Nerae! in 1973, and including western favourites Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust...
. Its viewer reach has been quoted as spanning over 89 million homes across 47 countries and 17 languages.

Other series it has broadcast both in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, often being nationwide premieres, as well as its networks worldwide, include Blood+
Blood+

is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite television channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial television networks such as Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and RKB on October 8, 2005....
, Trinity Blood
Trinity Blood

is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican and the Empire....
, Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....
, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, the entire Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam

is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise . Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between April 7, 1979 and January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes....
 series, Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the manga magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus , and collected in ten tankobon....
, InuYasha
InuYasha

, full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008....
, Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist, known in Japan as , is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after European Industrial Revolution....
, Eureka 7, Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura

is a well-known late 1970s to 1990s manga and anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The show is also known as Lum/Lamu, the Invader Girl, and, Those Obnoxious Aliens....
, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The fictional setting takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. The story is about a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the who becomes a wanderer to protect the people of Japan....
, the Dragon Ball series, Cardcaptor Sakura
Cardcaptor Sakura

, also known as Cardcaptors and abbreviated as CCS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Clamp . Cardcaptor Sakura is published in Japan by Kodansha and was serialized in Nakayoshi....
, Tsubasa Chronicle, Chobits
Chobits

is a Japanese manga created by Clamp . It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected in eight tankobon....
, Vision of Escaflowne, Death Note
Death Note

is a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the titular "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a shinigami named Shinigami #Ryuk....
, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ouran High School Host Club
Ouran High School Host Club

is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the titular host club....
, Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain

is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....
, Future Boy Conan
Future Boy Conan

is an anime series, which premiered across Japan on the NHK network between April 4 and October 31 1978 on the Tuesday 19:30-20:00 timeslot. The official English title used by Nippon Animation is Conan, The Boy in Future....
, Haikara-san ga Tooru, Emma - A Victorian Romance, Darker than Black
Darker than Black

is an anime Television program, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones . It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and #Broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007....
, Wangan Midnight
Wangan Midnight

is a Japanese seinen racing manga series created by Michiharu Kusunoki that has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1992. In 1999, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga....
, and Kyo Kara Maoh as well as several OVA series and anime films, such as Steamboy
Steamboy

is a 2004 in film Anime film, produced by Sunrise , and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira ....
, Metropolis, Memories
Memories (film)

Memories is an anime produced in 1995 by artist/Film director Katsuhiro Otomo which were based on three manga. The film is composed of three episodes: , and ....
, Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Godfathers

is a 2003 anime film by Japanese Film director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers is Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, was also involved in the film's production....
, Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (film)

is a 1995 in film anime film film director by Mamoru Oshii; an adaptation of the manga Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow, produced by Production I.G, and written by Kazunori Ito....
, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

is the 2004 in film sequel to the anime film Ghost in the Shell . Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with a United States release on September 17, 2004, Innocence had a production budget of approximately United States dollar20 million ....
, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

is a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse , directed by Kitaro Kosaka, the famed animation supervisor of the Academy Awards-winning anime film Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, and adapted from a short 3-tankobon manga by Io Kuroda, entitled Nasu , which was serialized in the Afternoon ma...
, Blood: The Last Vampire
Blood: The Last Vampire

is an anime film produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. The film premiered in theaters in Japan on November 18, 2000....
, Appleseed, Escaflowne
Escaflowne (film)

is an anime film produced by Sunrise and animated by Studio BONES. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the twenty-six episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne....
 and many others.

Translation and dubbing teams

Animax have utilized numerous translation
Translation

Translation is the hermeneutics of the Meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an Dynamic and formal equivalence text, likewise called a "translation," that communicates the same message in another language....
 and dubbing studios for the broadcast of numerous of its anime series across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
 and South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
, some of which were not licensed by North American distributors and do not have any English adaptation counterparts, such as Detective School Q
Detective School Q

is a manga series, written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Sato, originally serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine between 2001 and 2005, spanning 22-tankobon volumes....
, Dokkiri Doctor
Dokkiri Doctor

, also known as Startling Doctor or Dr. Dokkiri, is a manga series by Hosono Fujihiko, serialized from 1981?1982 in Shonen Sunday....
, Twin Spica
Twin Spica

is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Ko Yaginuma. It began serialization in the seinen magazine Comic Flapper in January 2001. Twin Spica tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to become astronauts....
, Zettai Shonen, Clamp School
CLAMP School Detectives

is a manga series by Clamp , which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka manga magazine between January 1992 and October 1993, spanning 3-tankobons,...
, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Future Boy Conan
Future Boy Conan

is an anime series, which premiered across Japan on the NHK network between April 4 and October 31 1978 on the Tuesday 19:30-20:00 timeslot. The official English title used by Nippon Animation is Conan, The Boy in Future....
, numerous installments of the World Masterpiece Theater
World Masterpiece Theater

is a Japanese television anime staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different children's literature, which originally aired from 1975 to 1997 then resumed on 2007....
 series, and numerous others. Animax have also produced and aired uncensored English versions and dubs of anime series, among the most notable of them being their dub of Cardcaptor Sakura
Cardcaptor Sakura

, also known as Cardcaptors and abbreviated as CCS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Clamp . Cardcaptor Sakura is published in Japan by Kodansha and was serialized in Nakayoshi....
, which was shown uncensored and retained all of the original names, plot details and dialogue, and numerous others.

For broadcast across its English-language networks, Animax has also broadcast English dubs produced by other enterprises, such as Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Entertainment

Bandai Entertainment, Inc. is an anime distribution company, owned by the Japan enterprise Namco Bandai Holdings. It is involved in the distribution of numerous anime in North America, as well as manga and other merchandising ventures related to anime....
, The Ocean Group
The Ocean Group

The Ocean Group is a production company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that specializes in localizing foreign animation into English language, including doing translation, dubbing and subtitling....
, Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Bang Zoom! Entertainment is an audio post-production studio, located in Burbank, California, that has worked on several anime, video games, feature films, and directly-to-DVD projects....
, Geneon Entertainment, Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
A.D. Vision

A.D. Vision is an American international multimedia entertainment company based in Houston, Texas, active in home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing....
, VIZ Media
VIZ Media

Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, California, United States, is an anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC....
, Central Park Media
Central Park Media

Central Park Media is an United States multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York that is active in the distribution of East Asian cinema, television series, anime, manga, and manwha titles in North America....
, Omni Productions, and numerous others, airing their dubs of Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....
, Witch Hunter Robin
Witch Hunter Robin

is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise . It follows the STN-J, the Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" or the "Solomon Toukatsu Nin'idantai" , abbreviated as "STN"....
, Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam

is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise . Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between April 7, 1979 and January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes....
, Brain Powerd
Brain Powerd

is a 26-episode anime TV series, created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series also features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno....
, Please Teacher!
Please Teacher!

, is a Japanese anime series, directed by Yasunori Ide and written by Yosuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual, which was adapted into a manga and light novel, centering around a group of friends and the odd things that happen to them after they get a new teacher....
, Galaxy Angel
Galaxy Angel

is a bishojo science fiction/comedy anime, manga and dating sim series by BROCCOLI. It was created in July 2000, when Broccoli launched the multi-platformed project called Project G.A. The anime and Galaxy Angel Party manga comprise a comedy story in an alternate universe, while the games and the regular manga have a serious and involved...
, Arjuna
Earth Girl Arjuna

is a Japanese anime television series created by Shoji Kawamori. The series follows Juna Ariyoshi, a high school girl chosen to be the "Avatar of Time" and entrusted with saving the dying Earth....
, Jubei-chan
Jubei-chan

is a Japanese anime action comedy created by Akitaro Daichi . Jubei-chan follows Jiyu Nanohana, a modern highschool girl and unwilling heir to the Yagyu Jubei school of Kendo....
, Tsukikage Ran, Angel Tales
Angel Tales

is an anime series produced by Wonderfarm and Tokyo Kids. The series was broadcast by the anime television network, Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia, in English language and other languages....
, Saber Marionette
Saber Marionette

is a science fiction humor/adventure series featuring android girls. It has been produced in the form of anime, manga, and light novels. It was created by Satoru Akahori....
, Appleseed
Appleseed

is a science fiction manga authored by Masamune Shirow. The series follows the adventures of ESWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires in Olympus....
, Alien 9, the InuYasha
InuYasha

, full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008....
 films, Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist, known in Japan as , is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after European Industrial Revolution....
, Yukikaze and several others.

See also

  • Animax Taisho
    Animax Taisho

    , also known as Animax Awards, is a Japan anime scriptwriting competition organized by the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
  • List of programs broadcast by Animax
    List of programs broadcast by Animax

    This is a list of anime series, anime films and anime OVA series broadcast by the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, in its networks across Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Asia, Latin America, Korea, and other regions....
  • Animax Mobile TV


External links

Official sites