Animax (Spanish TV channel)

Animax was a Spanish version of anime channel Animax owned by Sony. It was launched in Spain as a programming block on AXN Spain on 20 October 2007 before launching as a full channel on 12 April 2008.^[1][2]

Animax (Spain)

Country	Spain
Broadcast area	Spain
Network	Animax
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Ownership
Owner	Sony Corporation
Sister channels	AXN, AXN White
History
Launched	20 October 2007 (programming block) 12 April 2008 (channel)
Closed	1 January 2014
Links
Website	Animax Spain (archived)

The channel was shuttered on 1 January 2014.

History

Animax began as a programming block in Spain and Portugal on the AXN. The block aired on weekends from 13:00 to 16:00 in Portugal and Spain from 20 October 2007 until September 2008. Shows broadcast on the block included InuYasha, Outlaw Star, Trigun, Orphen, Excel Saga and Samurai Champloo and Corrector Yui, The Law of Ueki, Detective Conan, Lupin III and KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops.^[3]

The full channel was subsequently launched on 12 April 2008 on the Movistar TV and Canal+ platforms in Spain, and Meo and Clix in Portugal.^[4][5] Among the series broadcast across Animax's networks in Spain and Portugal were Nana, Black Lagoon, Love Hina, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Chobits, Devil May Cry. ^{[citation needed]}

It was announced on 4 December 2013, that the channel would cease transmission at the end of the month. The channel's programming would move to different channels in the next few weeks.^[6] During the channel's final week, it would air just a repeated loop of KochiKame and Yakitate!! Japan. The channel shut down at 7:59 PM on 1 January 2014; "Yakitate!! Japan" was the last show aired.^[7]

After 3 bumpers aired between a goodbye message, it was replaced with a slide signifying the channel's shutdown.^[8]

Programming

Anime

• .hack//SIGN
• Air Gear
• Black Lagoon
• Blood +
• Chobits
• Corrector Yui
• Death Note
• Detective Conan
• Devil May Cry
• Ergo Proxy
• Excel Saga
• F: A todo gas
• Super GALS!
• Getbackers
• Gungrave
• Gunslinger Girl
• Honey and Clover
• Hunter × Hunter
• Initial D
• KochiKame
• The Law Of Ueki
• Le Chevalier D'Eon
• Love Hina
• Lupin III
• Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!
• Moribito
• Ultimate Muscle
• Nana
• Naruto
• Naruto Shippuden
• Orphen
• Orphen Revenge
• Outlaw Star
• Peach Girl
• Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
• Saint Seiya
• Saiyuki
• Samurai Champloo
• Trigun
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
• Yakitate!! Japan

Movies

• Appleseed: The Beginning
• Blood: The Last Vampire
• Death Note Relight
• Summer Days With Coo
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
• Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Ghost in the Shell
• Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island
• Initial D Extra Stage
• Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
• Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
• Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island
• Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
• Kai Doh Maru
• KochiKame: ¡Ryotsu Dies Twice!
• KochiKame: ¡Survive As you can!
• Ninja Scroll
• Saiyuki: Requiem
• Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
• The Sky Crawlers
• Tokyo Marble Chocolate
• Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom
• xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Live Action Shows and Movies

• Afterworld
• Die Cleveren
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Bajos Fondos
• Demons
• Double vision
• The Lord of the Rings
• Hero
• Primaveral
• Make It or Break It
• The L Word
• Muchachada Nui
• Paranoia 1.0
• Plutón BRB Nero
• Presunto Culpable
• Royal Warriors
• Reaper
• Samurai Girl
• Sobrenatural
• Torchwood
• The Secret Life of Us

Original Shows

• Insert Coin: A Show dedicated to video games.
• In the Qube: The Own production Tv Show dedicated to young people.

Game shows

• The Amazing Race Asia

Sony Animax diffusion on a World map, based on animaxtv.com

See also

• Animax
• Sony
• AXN