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%), AnimeCore Japan (10%), and TV Asahi (30%). The station broadcasts around the Akihabara area and was affiliated with TV Surge Nippon from November 2018 until said network's shutdown in June 2022. TV Akihabara is known for most of its schedule consisting of animation, particularly anime, similarly to Animax and partial owner AnimeCore Japan (with the only known live-action series TV Akihabara had aired being the tokusatsu series WorldSaver and Correctors, both aired within its two-hour block of NFStudios programming aired daily).

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

On April 24th, 2022, TV Akihabara announced it was disaffiliating from TV Surge Nippon after June 30th, 2022, as a result of said network being scheduled to shut down. TV Surge Nippon's shares in the station were transferred to AnimeCore afterwards.

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.

In 2022, it was announced that TV Surge Nippon, which TV Akihabara was affiliated with at the time, would be shut down. TV Akihabara disaffiliated from TV Surge Nippon upon the latter's shutdown, with TV Surge Nippon's shares in the station being transferred to AnimeCore Japan.

In 2023, TV Akihabara proposed launching a new sister channel, titled "TV Akihabara 2"; the main network's tokusatsu series would move to the new sister channel upon launch; the channel would also air variety shows and dorama, with some anime appearing as well. In addition, TV Akihabara announced it was working to launch a new broadcast satellite channel, called BS Aura.

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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

Spring 2023
Note: Starting with this anime season, the block was reduced to one hour, due to a lack of new anime airing on TV Akihabara for Spring 2023 and most new late-night TV Akihabara anime being aired on Thursday nights.


 * Running Start- 0:00 JST
 * Tales from the Vacation Resort- 0:30 JST

Fall 2023

 * ZOMI- 0:00 JST
 * Rave Master- 0:30 JST

Winter 2024

 * D.N Angel Complete (rerun)- 0:00 JST
 * Rave Master- 0:30 JST

Spring 2023

 * Happy Happy Clover (Studio Aura/Seven/Studio Tomia)- 6:00 JST
 * Cardrise Showdown (Studio Aura/TMS Entertainment)- 6:30 JST
 * Hero of Ur: The Royal Game's Protector (Bridge)- 7:00 JST
 * Robot Warriors NX (Studio Aura)- 7:30 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:00 JST
 * Acquired (non-Aura Japan) programming slot- 8:30 JST

Summer 2023

 * Pixie Pop (Studio Aura)- 6:00 JST
 * Remake! Cardbattle (Studio Aura/Sparkle Project)- 6:30 JST
 * Hero of Ur: The Royal Game's Protector (Bridge)- 7:00 JST
 * Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice season 3 (Studio Aura)- 7:30 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:00 JST
 * Acquired (non-Aura Japan) programming slot- 8:30 JST

Fall 2023

 * Pixie Pop (Studio Aura)- 6:00 JST
 * Remake! Cardbattle (Studio Aura/Sparkle Project)- 6:30 JST
 * CyberCard (Brain's Base/Satelight)- 7:00 JST
 * AligaPocket: Quest for the Alligator King (Studio Aura/Dong Woo Animation)- 7:30 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:00 JST
 * Acquired (non-Aura Japan) programming slot- 8:30 JST

Winter 2024

 * Pixie Pop (Studio Aura)- 6:00 JST
 * Remake! Cardbattle (Studio Aura/Sparkle Project)- 6:30 JST
 * CyberCard (Brain's Base/Satelight)- 7:00 JST
 * Heroes of Light: A Story about Magic (rerun) (Studio Aura/Ω+ Animation/Bionix Animation/New Xebec/Studio 4°C)- 7:30 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:00 JST
 * Acquired (non-Aura Japan) programming slot- 8:30 JST

Spring 2024

 * Pixie Pop (Studio Aura)- 6:00 JST
 * Remake! Cardbattle (Studio Aura/Sparkle Project)- 6:30 JST
 * CyberCard (Brain's Base/Satelight)- 7:00 JST
 * Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō (Studio Aura 3DCG/Boundary)- 7:30 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:00 JST
 * Angel's Frypan (Yowa Animation)- 8:30 JST
 * SpinFire! (Studio Aura/Studio Comet)- 9:00 JST
 * Hero of Ur: The Royal Game's Protector Final Season (Bridge)- 9:30 JST
 * WorldSaver: The Animation (Studio Aura)- 10:00 JST
 * Acquired (non-Aura Japan) programming slot- 10:30 JST

Summer 2024
Note: Following the end of Pixie Pop, the entire schedule would be shifted an hour later with the 6AM JST slot ending entirely.


 * Cardbattle VX (Studio Aura/Sparkle Project)- 7:00 JST
 * CyberCard (Brain's Base/Satelight)- 7:30 JST
 * Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō (Studio Aura 3DCG/Boundary)- 8:00 JST
 * Little Forest Fellow (Studio Aura/SynergySP)- 8:30 JST
 * Angel's Frypan (Yowa Animation)- 9:00 JST
 * SpinFire! (Studio Aura/Studio Comet)- 9:30 JST
 * WorldSaver: The Animation (rerun) (Studio Aura)- 10:00 JST
 * Hero of Ur: The Royal Game's Protector Final Season (Bridge)- 10:30 JST

Tokusatsu

 * Correctors
 * Shining Knight WorldSaver

Interstitial programming

 * TV Akiba 3-Min. News: A three-minute long news segment that airs between programs, usually airing between 4AM and 7AM (4AM and 6AM on Saturday mornings) and 5PM and 8PM.

Acquired programming

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

Trivia
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