Animax Germany

Television channel

Animax Germany

Animax Germany logo

Country| Germany
Broadcast area| Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Network| Animax
Ownership
Owner| Sony Pictures Entertainment
History
Launched| 5 June 2007
Closed| 1 July 2016 (as a TV channel)
30 September 2022 (VOD)
Links
Website| Official website

Animax Germany was an old German video on demand service and former television channel by Sony, a local version of Animax. It was launched during Summer 2007, the same year as its Eastern European counterpart.

## History

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The channel first launched on 5 June 2007 in the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse for Unitymedia subscribers.[1][2] Since September 2012 it became available on the rest of the country.[3]

Since 8 September 2010 Animax began broadcasting also non-Japanese shows, like The Boondocks and Dance in the Vampire Bund.[4] On the same year, some of its programming became available on PlayStation 3.[5]

On 1st July 2016 Animax ceased broadcasting as a TV channel and began available as VOD channel on Vodafone Deutschland and Prime Video.[2]

Animax has closed down on 1 October 2022 as VOD service, due to merger with Crunchyroll acquired along with Funimation and Wakanim.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Animax Channel Expands into Germany with Unity Media". Anime News Network. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
2. ^ a b Dimbula (22 July 2023). "Animax stellt seinen Sendebetrieb ein". anihabara.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-09.
3. ^ "Premiere Star und Sony Sender AXN und ANIMAX schließen Vertrag Action- und Abenteuersender sowie neuer Anime-Sender ab September bei Premiere Star / ANIMAX erstmals bundesweit über Satellit /". 2007-10-12. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
4. ^ "Animax Germany to relaunch on 8 September | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
5. ^ "Game on for Animax Germany with PlayStation 3 | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
6. ^ Hirsch, Robin (2022-03-01). "Crunchyroll übernimmt WAKANIM- und ANIMAX-Katalog". Anime2You (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-08.

## External links

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* Animax Germany

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Key personnel|

* Tony Vinciquerra
* Tom Rothman

Motion
Picture Group|

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Hindi|

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Marathi|

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Online VOD|

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International channels|

* Sony Kal

Former|

* Animax
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Television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland operated by Sony Pictures Television

Currently broadcasting but sold to another company|

Narrative Capital Partners LLC

Great! TV
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Former|

Bliss
Flava
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Movies4Men
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Sold and later closed|

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Miscellaneous|

* Sony Pictures Television
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Other|

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Defunct/Former|

* Adelaide Productions
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* The Minisode Network
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* ELP Communications
* Funimation
* Jim Henson Pictures
* Kazé
* Merv Griffin Enterprises
* Right Stuf
* Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
* TriStar Television
* Triumph Films
* VRV
* Wakanim

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Sony

History

Founders|

* Masaru Ibuka
* Akio Morita

Primary businesses|

* Sony Corporation
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and brands|

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* FD series
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* Vaio
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* WEGA

Electronics|

* Sony Creative Software
* FeliCa Networks (57%)

Online distribution
platforms|

* PlayStation Network
* PlayStation Now
* PlayStation Store
* Sony Pictures Core
* SonyLIV
* Crunchyroll
* Great American Pure Flix (joint venture with Great American Media)

| Former/Defunct|

* PlayNow
* PlayStation Video
* PlayStation Vue
* Anime Digital Network
* Anime on Demand
* AnimeLab
* Funimation
* Wakanim
* VRV
* Sony Entertainment Network
* Crackle
* Minisodes

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Other businesses|

* Sony DADC
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* Vaio (4.9%)

Other assets|

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Nonprofit organizations|

* Sony Institute of Higher Education Shohoku College

Other|

* Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor
* Sony timer

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Animax

Networks|

* Asia (owned by KC Global Media)
* Japan (owned by Nojima)
* South Korea (owned by JJMediaWorks)

Former networks|

* Africa
* Eastern Europe
* Germany, Austria and Switzerland (on demand)
* India
* Latin America
* Portugal
* Spain
* UK (on demand)

Brands and awards|

* Animax Taishō
* Animax Anison Grand Prix

Original productions|

* Aishiteruze Baby
* Area 88 (Soundtracks)
* Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom
* Dotto! Koni-chan
* Ginga Densetsu Weed
* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
* Hell Girl
* Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls
* Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
* Initial D
* Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova
* Kaiketsu Zorori
* Kappa no Kaikata
* Kamisama Kazoku
* Keroro
* Kurozuka
* Marvel Anime
* Meine Liebe
* Ring ni Kakero 1
* Robot Girls NEO
* Shin Atashin'chi
* Tama & Friends: Sagase! Mahō no Punipuni Stone
* Tokyo Majin
* Ultra Maniac
* Ultraviolet: Code 044
* Viper's Creed
* Whistle!
* Yōkai Ningen Bem
* Zipang
* LaMB
* Other broadcast programs

People and companies|

* Sony
* Masao Takiyama
* Yoshirō Kataoka
* Bandai Namco Filmworks
* Toei Animation
* TMS Entertainment
* Nihon Ad Systems
* Nippon Animation
* Yukari Tamura
* Kōsuke Okano
* Sayuri Yahagi
* Natsuki Katō

Website: animax.co.jp

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Television in Germany

ARD|

* Das Erste
* One
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* NDR Fernsehen
* Radio Bremen TV
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* SWR Fernsehen
* WDR Fernsehen
* DW-TV

ZDF|

* ZDF
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* ZDFinfo

ARD & ZDF|

* 3sat
* Arte
* KiKA
* Phoenix
* Funk

RTL Deutschland|

| Free-to-air|

* RTL
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* RTLup
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* VOXup
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* Super RTL

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Pay-TV|

* RTL Crime
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ProSiebenSat.1
Media|

| Free-to-air|

* Sat.1
* ProSieben
* kabel eins
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* Sat.1 Gold
* ProSieben Maxx
* kabel eins Doku

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Pay-TV|

* ProSieben Fun
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* kabel eins classics

Paramount Global|

| Free-to-air|

* Comedy Central
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* Nickelodeon

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Pay-TV|

* Nick Jr.
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Warner Bros.
Discovery|

| Free-to-air|

* DMAX
* Eurosport 1
* TLC
* HGTV
* Tele 5

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Pay-TV|

* Animal Planet
* Cartoon Network
* Cartoonito
* Discovery Channel
* Eurosport 2
* Eurosport 2 Xtra
* WarnerTV Comedy
* WarnerTV Film
* WarnerTV Serie

Disney Germany|

| Free-to-air|

* Disney Channel

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Pay-TV|

* National Geographic
* National Geographic Wild

High View Group|

| Free-to-air|

* Deluxe Music

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Pay-TV|

* AXN Black
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WeltN24|

| Free-to-air|

* Bild
* Welt
* N24 Doku

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Others|

| Free-to-air|

* Bibel TV
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* Sport1

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| Free-to-air|

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* RTF.1
* augsburg.tv
* Niederbayern TV Deggendorf-Straubing
* Franken Fernsehen
* Herzo.TV
* intv
* Niederbayern TV Landshut
* ITV Coburg \+ ITV info
* Kulmbach TV
* münchen.tv
* münchen2
* Oberpfalz TV
* Regionalfernsehen Oberbayern
* Niederbayern TV Passau
* allgäu.tv
* TV Oberfranken
* TV Mainfranken (tvm)
* TVA - TVAktuell
* Alex Offener Kanal Berlin (Wedding)
* Spreekanal
* BFtv
* Elbe-Elster-Fernsehen
* jüterbog-tv:
* KW-TV
* Lausitz TV
* luck-tv:
* Neiße Welle Guben (NWG)
* Oderland.TV
* Oder-Spree Fernsehen (OSF)
* Fernsehen für Ostbrandenburg (ODF)
* OHV TV
* PotsdamTV
* Usedom TV
* rangsdorf-tv:
* sabinchen-tv:
* SKB Stadtfernsehen Brandenburg
* Strausberg TV
* teltOwkanal
* tv-lu
* WMZ TV
* Radio Weser.TV
* Hamburg 1
* Tide (Bürger- und Ausbildungskanal)Tide TV
* noa4
* Offener Kanal Fulda
* Offener Kanal Gießen
* Offener Kanal Kassel
* Offener Kanal Offenbach/Frankfurt
* OF-TV
* rheinmaintv
* Rok-tv - FiSCH - TV Fernsehen in Schwerin
* Greifswald-TV
* Grevesmühlen-TV
* MV1
* neu'eins
* rok-tv
* Rügen TV & Stralsund TV
* tv.rostock
* TV-Schwerin
* Vorpommern TV
* Wismar TV
* Ems TV
* Friesischer Rundfunk
* H1 (Fernsehen)
* oldenburg eins
* os1.tv
* Radio Weser.TV
* regiotv
* TV38
* CityVision
* nrwision
* Studio 47
* :OKTV Südwestpfalz
* naheTV
* Offener Kanal Kirchheimbolanden
* RheinLokal
* OK Weinstraße
* OK-KL
* OK:TV Mainz
* OK54 Bürgerrundfunk
* OK-TV Ludwigshafen
* OK4
* rheinahr.tv
* Rhein-Neckar Fernsehen
* TV Mittelrhein
* wwtv
* Coswiger Infokanal K3
* Dresden Fernsehen
* Dresdeneins
* eff 3
* Elsterwelle
* eRtv - euro-Regional tv
* Infokanal Crimmitschau
* Kabeljournal Flöha
* KabelJournal Chemnitzer-Land
* kanal 8 dresden
* kanal 8 sport
* Kanal 9 Erzgebirge
* Kanal Eins
* Leipzig Fernsehen
* Mittel Erzgebirgs Fernsehen
* Mittelsachsen TV
* mwdigital
* Nordsachsen TV
* Pirna TV/Prohlis TV
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* Regio TV Borna
* Riesa TV
* Sachsen Fernsehen
* TV Westsachsen (TV W)
* Torgau TV
* TV Zwönitztal/tele-Journal
* TV-Laußig
* tvM Meissen Fernsehen
* Vogtland Regional Fernsehen (VRF)
* kulturmdTV
* MDF.1
* Offener Kanal Magdeburg
* Offener Kanal Merseburg-Querfurt
* Offener Kanal Wettin
* punktum
* RAN1
* Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen (RBW Regionalfernsehen)
* Regionalfernsehen HarzRFH
* TV Halle
* Kiel TV
* Offener Kanal Flensburg
* Bad Berka TV
* JenaTV
* Kabel Plus
* Rennsteig.TV
* Saale-Info-Kanal
* salve.tv
* Stadtkanal Steinach
* Südthüringer Regionalfernsehen (SRF)
* Telemedien Rudolstadt
* tv.altenburg

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Sky Deutschland|

| Pay-TV|

* Sky Cinema Premieren
* Sky Cinema Premieren +24
* Sky Cinema Action
* Sky Cinema Best Of
* Sky Cinema Classics
* Sky Cinema Family
* Sky Cinema Fun
* Sky Cinema Special
* Sky Cinema Thriller
* Sky Comedy
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Krimi
* Sky Nature
* Sky One
* Sky Replay
* Sky Showcase
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport 1 - 11
* Sky Bundesliga 1 - 11

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NBCUniversal|

| Pay-TV|

* 13th Street
* Syfy
* Universal TV

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Mainstream Media|

| Pay-TV|

* Heimatkanal (DE)
* Romance TV (DE)
* Goldstar (DE)

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A&E Networks|

| Pay-TV|

* Crime + Investigation
* History

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Others|

| Pay-TV|

* Curiosity Channel
* Kinowelt TV
* Silverline Movie Channel
* Spiegel Geschichte
* Sportdigital
* Stingray Classica

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