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Animax (アニマックス, Animakkusu?) is a Japanese anime satellite television network, established and owned by Sony Corporation, and dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sunrise Inc., Toei Animation Inc., TMS Entertainment Inc., and Nihon Ad Systems Inc. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and most recently in Europe (launching across Central Europe from April 2007, Germany from June 2007, and soon in the United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Spain and France)[7][8] and Africa, Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network dedicated to anime in the world. [9] [6] Its title is a portmanteau of the words anime (アニメ, anime?) and max (マックス, makkusu?).[10]
Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Animax
Animax's programming is dedicated to anime, and it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world [9]. Its viewer reach has been quoted as spanning over "40 million homes across 42 countries" in Asia, Europe and South America, as of August 2007.[32][33] It has broadcast numerous anime series, including Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex[11], Cowboy Bebop, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, the entire Mobile Suit Gundam series, Honey and Clover, Blood+, InuYasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Eureka 7, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin, the Dragon Ball series, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, Chobits, Vision of Escaflowne, Death Note, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ouran High School Host Club, Wolf's Rain, Future Boy Conan, Haikara-san ga Tooru, Emma - A Victorian Romance, Trinity Blood, Darker than Black, Wangan Midnight, as well as several OVA series and anime films, such as Steamboy, Metropolis, Memories, Tokyo Godfathers, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, Blood: The Last Vampire, Appleseed, Escaflowne and many others.
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