Animax (formerly A+) was a thematic television channel which broadcast Japanese animated television series and films to

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an countries, including

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, the

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. It replaced the A+ Anime network in these countries on 2 July 2007. This was Animax's first major expansion to Europe. The channel broadcast its programmes either dubbed in the local language of each country, or in Japanese audio with local subtitles. The channel was closed on 31 March 2014 and was replaced by the

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channel C8. C8 started broadcasting in

on 1 April 2014, and in

and

on 5 May 2014, but in Hungary and Romania, it is also defunct.

History

Animax Eastern Europe replaced A+ Anime in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Sister channels

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References

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