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Events in 2018 in Japanese television.

## Events

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January 30  | Nickelodeon's Japanese channel launches for the second time.  |
April 8  | AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot on BS Premium from Saturday 23:45 JST to Sunday 23:00 JST.
May 3  | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Wednesday 17:55 JST to Thursday 19:25 JST.[1]
September 2  | AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot once again in BS Premium and starts 10 minutes earlier, at Sunday 22:50 JST.
October 7  | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 19:25 JST to Sunday 17:30 JST.
Pokémon Sun & Moon changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 18:55 JST to Sunday 18:00 JST.[2]
The 2018 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese Grand Prix.
October 21  | The 2018 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix.

## Ongoing

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Show  | Type  | Channel  | First aired  | Source

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AKB48 Show! | Variety Show, Music  | BS Premium, NHK World Premium | October 5, 2013 |
AKBingo! | Variety Show  | Nippon Television | October 1, 2008 |
Black Clover | Anime  | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2017 |
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Anime  | TV Tokyo | April 5, 2017 |
Chibi Maruko-chan | Anime  | Fuji Television | January 8, 1995 |
Count Down TV | Music  | Tokyo Broadcasting System | April 7, 1993 |
Crayon Shin-chan | Anime  | TV Asahi | April 13, 1992 |
Detective Conan | Anime  | NNS | January 8, 1996 |
Doraemon | Anime  | TV Asahi | April 15, 2005 |
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game-Show  | Nippon Television | October 3, 1989 |
FNS Music Festival | Music  | Fuji Television | July 2, 1974 |
Music Fair | Music  | Fuji Television | August 31, 1964 |
Music Station | Music  | TV Asahi | October 24, 1986 |
NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent Show  | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | March 15, 1953 (TV) |
Nintama Rantarō | Anime  | NHK | April 10, 1993 |
Ojarumaru | Anime  | NHK | October 5, 1998 |
One Piece | Anime  | Fuji Television | October 20, 1999 |
Panel Quiz Attack 25 | Game-Show  | TV Asahi | April 6, 1975 |
Pokémon Sun & Moon | Anime  | TV Tokyo | November 17, 2016 |
Sasuke | Sports  | Tokyo Broadcasting System | September 26, 1997 |
Sazae-san | Anime  | Fuji Television | October 5, 1969 |
Soreike! Anpanman | Anime  | Nippon Television | October 3, 1988 |
Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu  | TV Asahi | September 28, 2003 |
Utacon | Music  | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | April 22, 2016 |
With Mother | Kids  | E-TV, NHK World Premium | October 5, 1959 |
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | Anime  | TV Tokyo | May 10, 2017 |

## New shows and returning series

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Show  | Network  | Premiere  | Finale  | Status  | Source

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Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle | TV Tokyo | January 6 | June 30 | Series Ended  |
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card | NHK, Crunchyroll | January 7 | June 10 | Series Ended  |
Idolish7 | Tokyo MX | January 7 | May 19 | Series Ended  |
Segodon | NHK | January 7 | December 16 | Series Ended  |
Yowamushi Pedal 4: Glory Line | TV Tokyo | January 9 | June 25 | Series Ended  |
Violet Evergarden | Tokyo MX | January 10 | April 4 | Series Ended  |
Beatless | MBS | January 12 | September 28 | Series Ended  |
Dagashi Kashi – Season 2 | TBS | January 12 | March 31 | Series Ended  |
Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments | JNN | January 12 | June 30 | Series Ended  |
Spring Has Come | WOWOW | January 13 | February 10 | Series Ended  |
Princess Jellyfish | Fuji Television | January 15 | March 19 | Series Ended  |
Seven Heavenly Virtues | AT-X | January 26 | March 30 | Series Ended  | [3]
Fate/Extra Last Encore | Tokyo MX | January 27 | March 31 | Series Ended  |
Hugtto! PreCure | TV Asahi | February 4 | January 27, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
Lupinranger VS Patoranger | TV Asahi | February 11 | February 10, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
GeGeGe no Kitarō | Fuji Television | April 1 | March 29, 2020 | Continues 2019  |
Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures! | TV Tokyo | April 1 | March 24, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
Hanbun, Aoi | NHK | April 2 | September 29 | Series Ended  |
Uma Musume Pretty Derby | Tokyo MX | April 2 | June 17 | Series Ended  |
Gundam Build Divers | TV Tokyo | April 3 | September 25 | Series Ended  |
Lupin the Third Part 5 | Nippon TV | April 4 | September 18 | Seried Ended  |
Aikatsu Friends! | TV Tokyo | April 5 | September 26, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Inazuma Eleven: Ares | TV Tokyo | April 6 | September 28 | Series Ended  |
Major 2nd | NHK-E | April 7 | September 22 |

* Season Ended
* Renewed for 2nd Season

My Hero Academia – Season 3 | Nippon Television | April 7 | September 29 |

* Season Ended
* Renewed for 4th Season

Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online | Tokyo MX | April 7 | June 30 | Series Ended  |
Kiratto Pri Chan | TV Tokyo | April 8 | Currently Airing | Continues 2019  |
Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File | Fuji TV | April 8 | March 31, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
High School DxD: Hero | AT-X | April 10 | June 27 | Series Ended  |
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside | TV Tokyo | April 13 | March 29, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
Cardfight!! Vanguard: DX | Tokyo MX | May 5 | May 4, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Harukana Receive | Tokyo MX | July 6 | September 21 | Series Ended  |
Ultraman R/B | TV Tokyo | July 7 | December 22 | Series Ended  |
Shingeki no Kyojin – Season 3 | NHK | July 23 | October 15 |

* Season Paused
* To be resumed 2019

Kamen Rider Zi-O | TV Asahi | September 2 | August 25, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Manpuku | NHK | October 1 | March 30, 2019 | Ending 2019  |
Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin | TV Tokyo | October 5 | September 27, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind | Tokyo MX | October 6 | July 28, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Fairy Tail: The Final Chapter | TV Tokyo | October 7 | September 29, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Sword Art Online: Alicization | Tokyo MX | October 7 | March 30, 2019 | Continues 2019  |
Senran Kagura Shinovi Master -Tokyo Yōma-hen- | Tokyo MX | October 13 | December 27 | Series Ended  |

## Ending

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End date  | Show  | Channel  | First aired  | Replaced by  | Source

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January 28 | Kirakira PreCure a la Mode | TV Asahi | February 5, 2017 | Hugtto! PreCure |
February 4 | Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger | TV Asahi | February 12, 2017 | Lupinranger VS Patoranger |
March 3 | Banana Zero Music (2nd Series) | NHK | April 23, 2016 | Arita P Entertainer |
March 25 | Dragon Ball Super | Fuji Television | July 5, 2015 | GeGeGe no Kitarō |
Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes! | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2017 | Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures! |
March 27 | Idol Time PriPara | TV Tokyo | April 4, 2017 | Gundam Build Divers |
March 29 | Aikatsu Stars! | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2016 | Aikatsu Friends! |
March 30 | Yo-kai Watch | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2014 | Yo-kai Watch Shadowside |
March 31 | Warotenka | NHK | October 2, 2017 | Hanbun, Aoi |
Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! | Fuji Television | October 19, 1996 | Sekai! Goku taun ni sunde miru |
April 1 | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z | TV Tokyo | October 8, 2017 | Kiratto Pri Chan |
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On | Fuji Television | October 2, 2016 | Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File |
August 26 | Kamen Rider Build | TV Asahi | September 3, 2017 | Kamen Rider Zi-O |
August 30 | Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama | TV Tokyo | October 1, 2015 | Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama |

## Sports

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Airdate  | Sports  | Network  | Source

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October 7  | 2018 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next |
October 21  | 2018 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |

## Special events and milestone episodes

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Airdate  | Show  | Network  | Source

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January 20 | The 7th AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen | BS Sky Perfect |
March 3 | NHK Nodojiman: Champion Taikai 2018 | NHK |
March 25 | Masashi Sada Midnight Special: SadaFes 2018 | NHK |
March 29 |

* Aikatsu Stars! #100 – Series Finale
* To the Unseen Future

| TV Tokyo |
April 7 | CDTV 25th Anniversary Celebration Special | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
May 5 |

* Detective Conan #900
* Solving Mysteries in a Locked Room

| NNS |
July 10 |

* AKBingo! #500
* What is Team 8? (Part 2)

| Nippon Television |
July 25 | FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2018 | Fuji Television |
August 5 | Miitsuketa! – The Stage Show | NHK-E & World Premium |
August 18 | 50th Melody of Memories | NHK-G & World Premium |
August 21 | Teacher Itsuki's School of Songs: The Midsummer Special Lesson | NHK-G & World Premium |
August 25 & 26  | 24 Hour Television 2018 | Nippon Television |
September 8 & 9  | FNS 27 Hour TV | Fuji Television |
September 17 | Music Station Ultra Fes 2018 | TV Asahi |
October 14 |

* AKB48 Show! #200
* Party ga Hajimaru yo/Sekai to Hito e/Kimi wa Melody/Sentimental Train

| BS Premium |
October 23 |

* Utacon #100
* The 100th Festival - Fall Songs from Sendai

| NHK |
December 5 |

* 2018 FNS Music Festival
* Part 1

| Fuji Television |
December 7 |

* Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK!
* Day 1 (August 24, 2018)

| BS Fuji |
December 12 |

* 2018 FNS Music Festival
* Part 2

| Fuji Television |
December 14 |

* Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK!
* Day 2 (August 25, 2018)

| BS Fuji |
December 21 |

* Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK!
* Day 3 (August 26, 2018)

| BS Fuji |
Music Station Super Live 2018 | TV Asahi |
December 30 | The 60th Japan Record Awards | Tokyo Broadcasting System |
December 31 | 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK |
Johnny's Countdown 2018-19 | Fuji Television |

## Deaths

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Date  | Name  | Aged  | Notable Works  | Source

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February 8 | Makiko Nitta | 56  | Voice actress; aortic dissection.  |
February 21 | Ren Osugi | 66  | Supporting actor; cast of Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls and Back Street Girls: Gokudols.  |
April 5 | Isao Takahata | 82  | Director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Studio Ghibli | [4][5]
May 16 | Hideki Saijo | 63  | Singer and songwriter, participated 18 times on annual NHK's Kouhaku Utagassen.  |
June 29 | Steve Ditko | 90  | Original co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man, a character that had a Japanese live-action series in 1978, and also a protagonic role in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers on 2014.  |
July 6 | Shota Nakao | 22  | Performer and member from LDH's FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE.  |
August 4 | Masahiko Tsugawa | 78  | Actor, film director and critic; Heart failure.  | [6]
August 10 | Kin Sugai | 92  | Actress, noctable for the role of the mother-in-law of the protagonist in NHK's Taiga drama series Inochi; Heart failure.  | [7]
August 13 | Unshō Ishizuka | 67  | Actor, voice actor and director, most notably by providing the voice from Professor Oak in Pokémon, Monarca La Deus in Flashman and Heihachi Mishima in Tekken Series.  | [8][9]
August 15 | Kunihiro Abe | 50  | Animator, most notably for Gundam Series.  |
Momoko Sakura | 53  | Manga artist, most notably for Chibi Maruko-chan.  | [10][11][12]
October 17 | Nobuo Tanaka | 83  | Narrator from Super Sentai Series.  |
October 19 | Takanobu Hozumi | 87  | Voice actor.  |
October 23 | Kouji Tsujitani | 56  | Voice actor, most notably for InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho.  |
November 6 | Tetsuo Gotō | 68  | Voice actor, most notably for One Piece and Dragon Ball Super.  | [13][14]
November 12 | Stan Lee | 95  | Original co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters that were adapted on many Japanese TV shows (both anime and tokusatsu).  |
November 13 | Ken Narita | 73  | Singer most notably for Denshi Sentai Denziman and Cyborg 009.  |

## See also

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* 2018 in anime
* 2018 in Japan
* 2018 in Japanese music
* List of Japanese films of 2018

## References

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2. ^ "Boruto e Pokémon: Sun & Moon mudam de horário na TV japonesa - ANMTV". Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
3. ^ "The Seven Heavenly Virtues Anime's Cast, January 26 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
4. ^ "高畑勲氏が死去…昨年夏頃に体調崩し入退院を繰り返す（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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6. ^ "Actor Tsugawa Masahiko passes away due to heart failure". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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8. ^ "Voice Actor Unshō Ishizuka Passes Away at 67". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
9. ^ "Faleceu Unsho Ishizuka, o actor de voz de Heihachi Mishima de Tekken". Eurogamer (in Portuguese). August 17, 2018.
10. ^ さくらももこさん、乳がんで死去 「ちびまる子ちゃん」 (in Japanese), Asahi Shimbun, August 27, 2018, retrieved August 28, 2018
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13. ^ "声優の後藤哲夫さん 食道癌で死去、68歳「ワンピース」ハンニャバル役など". スポニチアネックス. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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