Animax (Southeast Asia)
| Animax Southeast Asia | |
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Animax logo
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| Launched | 19 January 2004 4 May 2004 – 2012 25 July 2016-present |
| Network | Animax |
| Owned by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 4:3 aspect ratio 720p (HDTV) 16:9 aspect ratio |
| Slogan | It starts with a stroke of imagination. Re-create your World. |
| Country | Singapore |
| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia: Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore Timor-Leste Other regions: Hong Kong Maldives Macau Taiwan Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Sister channel(s) |
AXN Asia Sony Channel One (Korean) Gem |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 715 (SD) |
| Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 157 (SD) |
| (Indonesia) | Channel 243 (SD) |
| Tranvision (Indonesia) | Channel 360 (SD) |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 73 (SD) |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 58 (SD) |
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Sky Net (Myanmar) |
Channel 129 (SD) |
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4TV DTH (Myanmar) |
Channel 36 (SD) Channel 74 (HD) |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 366 (As Come Back) |
| Cable | |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 52 (SD) Channel 342 (HD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 532 (HD) |
| Sky Cable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 46 (Digital) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 25 Channel 225 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 80 |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 204 |
| Mountainview Satellite Corp. (Baguio, Philippines) | Channel 38 |
| (Macau) | Channel 201 |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 75 |
| Caceres Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 105 (Digital) |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 150 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 342 (HD) |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 57 |
| (Hong Kong) | Channel 504 |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 608 (HD) |
| DhiraaguTV (Maldives) | Channel 167 (HD) |
Animax is a television channel operated by Sony Pictures Television which broadcasts Japanese language anime programmings and English-language feeds in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. It is a regional version of Animax.
Animax is the first television channel in Asia fully dedicated to broadcasting anime 24 hours a day. It was initially launched in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia in January 2004, and was launched in several other countries soon after. The company has reached over 66 million viewers spanning 15 markets throughout Asia. Since 2013, the network is unavailable in Vietnam due to government content restrictions.
Animax Asia first launched in Taiwan on 1 January 2004, and then in Hong Kong 11 days later. It broadcasts a variety of anime programming, from old to modern television series. Animax also airs anime series that premiered in Taiwan and Hong Kong prior to their release in Southeast Asian networks, some of them are Death Note, Blood+, Trinity Blood and Mushishi. After the TV premiere of Gurren Lagann, Animax's TV ratings recorded a huge increase and moved 80% more TRP than its closest competitor, Cartoon Network Hong Kong.
A week after its launch in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Animax launched in Southeast Asia on 19 January 2004, initially featuring its anime programming exclusively in the original Japanese audio with English subtitling, becoming the company's first English language network. It also later incorporated an English audio dub feed. On 31 August 2006, Animax launched in Malaysia, in the Southeast Asian English language feed and also in Japanese audio feed with subtitles in the local languages. Prior to this, selected Animax shows were shown on astro@15 (formerly channel 15, now channel 715), an interactive channel, starting 15 December 2004, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., later shortened to 2 hours (until 9 a.m.). Anime such as Chobits, Cardcaptor Sakura, Great Teacher Onizuka, Ultra Maniac, Haibane Renmei, Doctor Dokkiri, Vision of Escaflowne, Midori no Hibi, Captain Tsubasa, Wolf's Rain, Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. were some of the network' early airing in Southeast Asia. It has also aired several series, including Fate/stay night, Blood+, Honey and Clover, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Otogizōshi, Jigoku Shōjo, Galaxy Angel, Witch Hunter Robin, Samurai 7, Gunslinger Girl, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and Detective Conan.
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