Global InformationAnimax information
 Logo used since 2006 | |
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Bandai Namco Filmworks Toei Animation TMS Entertainment Nihon Ad Systems |
| Key people | Ryoji Nojima, CEO Masao Takiyama, Chairman[1] Akira Sasaki, President |
| History | |
| Founded | May 20, 1998 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (Japanese: アニマックス, Hepburn: Animakkusu), stylized as ANIMAX in all caps, is a Japanese animation satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, it is headquartered in New Pier Takeshiba North Tower[2] in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and studios Bandai Namco Filmworks,[1][3] Toei Animation,[4][5] TMS Entertainment, and production company Nihon Ad Systems.[6][7]
Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime.[7][8] The channel also dubbed imported cartoons in Japanese language.[1]
Animax previously operated separate TV channels for Asia (four separate feeds for South East Asia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan), South Asia and South Korea; in addition to either owning, or licensing its brand to, several television networks, programming blocks, and VOD platforms around the world. As of 2020, most of these services have either been sold off to third-parties or closed altogether.
- ^ a b c d 企業情報 [About]. Animax (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ ニューピア竹芝ノースタワー, Nyū Pia Takeshiba Nōsu Tawā
- ^ Sunrise official website - corporate outline Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine - Sunrise, official corporate outline, About Us section. (in Japanese)
- ^ Toei Animation official website - history section Archived October 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Toei Animation official website. (in Japanese)
- ^ Toei Animation official website - English section - History Archived March 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Toei Animation official website.
- ^ Animax's official website - Official Partners Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine - Animax official website, Official Partners section, links page. (in Japanese)
- ^ a b Sony Pictures Entertainment to Launch Animax Asia Archived August 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, SPE, 29 October 2003, Anime News Network.
- ^ The Anime Biz - By Ian Rowley, with Hiroko Tashiro, Chester Dawson, and Moon Ihlwan, BusinessWeek, June 27, 2005.