Animax South Africa
 Animax's second and current global logo, solidly used from 2006 by Animax Japan and Korea. |
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| Industry | Anime broadcasting and production |
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| Founded | May 20, 1998 |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Masao Takiyama, President & Representative Director |
| Owner |
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Sunrise. Toei Animation TMS Entertainment Nihon Ad Systems |
| Website | www |
Animax (アニマックス Animakkusu?), stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in New Pier Takeshiba North Tower (ニューピア竹芝ノースタワー Nyū Pia Takeshiba Nōsu Tawā?) in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and the noted anime studios Sunrise,Toei Animation,TMS Entertainment and production company NAS.
Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime and cartoons.
Animax has separate 24-hour TV channels for Japan, Animax Asia (five separate feeds for South East Asia, Philippines, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan) and South Korea. And a VOD service in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Established on May 20, 1998 by Sony, Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (株式会社アニマックスブロードキャスト・ジャパン Kabushiki-gaisha Animakkusu Burōdokyasuto Japan?) originally premiered in Japan on June 1, the same year, across the SKY PerfecTV! satellite television platform. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by Masao Takiyama, Animax's shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Sunrise,Toei Animation,TMS Entertainment, and NAS. Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer Yoshirō Kataoka. The network began broadcasting in high definition from October 2009.
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