TV Akihabara

TV Akihabara (Japanese: テレビ秋葉原, Hepburn: Terebi Akihabara), often shortened to TV Akiba, is a Japanese television station that launched on April 28th, 2018 and is currently owned by Studio Aura (20%), TV Tokyo (30%), Seikunime (10%), TV Surge Nippon (10%), and TV Asahi (30%). The station broadcasts around the Akihabara area and affiliated with TV Surge Nippon in November 2018. Despite this, however, the station airs re-broadcasts of programming from TXN, TV Asahi, Fuji TV and Yomiuri TV, mostly series that are distributed outside Japan by Aura Television Productions. The station also dubs and airs two hours of programming from NickFamily Studios per day.

As of 2021, the station holds a 5% stake in North American anime licensor AuraAnime Licensing.

On April 24th, 2022, Studio Aura announced that it would acquire TV Surge Nippon's 10% stake in TV Akihabara as a result of the shutdown of TV Surge Nippon's operations; this would also have the effect of TV Akihabara disaffiliating from the network after that date.

History
The station launched on April 28th, 2018, airing rebroadcasts of anime series, mostly those distributed by Curiousgorge66 Studios and later Aura Television Productions outside of Japan.

The station has broadcast first-run series that were previously either released in the US prior to its linear broadcast in Japan (FLCL: Alt, eSports: The Animation) or were created specifically (but not exclusively) for the station (Shaman King Legends).

On October 27th, 2018, it was announced that Studio Aura was in talks to buy a 20% share in the station. The deal closed on November 25th, 2018.

In November 2018, the staff of TV Akihabara sued Disney XD Greenland staff for attempted copyright infringement and fraud.

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Anime
Main article: List of anime broadcast by TV Akihabara, TV Akihabara Friday Nights, and TV Akihabara Sunday Mornings

Spring 2020

 * MagicaPendant (Sparkle Project)- 0:35 JST
 * Shiomi: Ignite! (Studio Comet)- 1:00 JST
 * Kamen Rider: The Animated Series (Toei Animation)- 1:25 JST
 * Monster Coins: Finale (Studio Aura)- 1:50 JST
 * Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle: The Animation Season 2 (Studio Aura/Silver Link)- 2:15 JST

Summer 2020

 * Tracking Akime (Production I.G)- 0:35 JST
 * C.M.A.: Cat's Martial Arts (Sparkle Project)- 1:00 JST
 * Kamen Rider: The Animated Series (Toei Animation)- 1:25 JST
 * FireHero (Pierrot)- 1:50 JST
 * Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle: The Animation Season 2 (Studio Aura/Silver Link)- 2:15 JST

Fall 2020

 * Someone Redesigned My Entire Life (Asahi Production)- 0:35 JST
 * Rising Olympic Star (Studio Komiya)- 1:00 JST
 * Kamen Rider: The Animated Series (Toei Animation)- 1:25 JST
 * IceHero (Pierrot)- 1:50 JST

Winter 2021

 * Anoka Season 2 (ENGI)- 0:35 JST
 * Sparkle Eyes (Sparkle Project)- 1:00 JST
 * Kamen Rider: The Animated Series (Toei Animation)- 1:25 JST
 * EarthHero (Pierrot)- 1:50 JST
 * Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle: The Animation Season 3 (Studio Aura 3DCG/Boundary)- 2:15 JST

Acquired programming

 * ''Baseball Team 106
 * Cottonsweet
 * Saturday Morning Fever
 * Time Force

Trivia
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