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2008 In Japanese Television
Events in 2008 in Japanese television. Channels Launches: * April 1 - Universal Channel (as Sci-Fi Channel, later renamed in 2010) Debuts Ongoing shows *'' Music Fair'', music (1964–present) *''Mito Kōmon'', jidaigeki (1969-2011) *''Sazae-san'', anime (1969–present) *''FNS Music Festival'', music (1974–present) *'' Panel Quiz Attack 25'', game show (1975–present) *''Soreike! Anpanman''. anime (1988–present) *''Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'', game show (1989–present) *''Crayon Shin-chan'', anime (1992–present) *''Nintama Rantarō'', anime (1993–present) *''Chibi Maruko-chan'', anime (1995–present) *''Detective Conan'', anime (1996–present) *'' SASUKE'', sports (1997–present) *''Ojarumaru'', anime (1998–present) *''One Piece'', anime (1999–present) *''Sgt. Frog'', anime (2004-2011) *''Bleach'', anime (2004-2012) *''Doraemon'', anime (2005–present) *''Gintama'', anime (2006-2010) *'' Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl'', anime (2006-2010) *''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shima Shima Tora No Shimajirō
is a 1993 Japanese children's anime series based on the educational learning program ''Kodomo Challenge'' by Benesse. It is directed by veteran director Hisayuki Toriumi ('' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman''), with character designs by Shigehito Tsuji. The first Shimajiro series aired at TV Setouchi and all other TXN networks in Japan from December 13, 1993, to March 31, 2008. The second aired from April 7, 2008 to March 29, 2010. The third aired from April 5, 2010 to March 26, 2012, and the fourth and current one began airing on April 2, 2012. Overview ''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō'' was officially created after Benesse and TV Setouchi both decided to adapt the Learning Program series into a full-fledged series for television, with part of the staff being former Tatsunoko Production director Hisayuki Toriumi and music composer Shin'ya Naitō. It was officially animated by Studio Kikan and premiered on December 13, 1993. The series ended after it aired its final epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stitch!
is a Japanese anime television series. It is a spin-off of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, serving as the franchise's second television series after '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. The anime series aired in Japan from October 2008 to June 2011, later receiving additional television specials in 2012 and 2015. It features a Japanese girl named Yuna Kamihara, who takes the place of Lilo Pelekai as the best friend of the titular Stitch, and is set on a fictional island in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa called Izayoi for its first two seasons, replacing Kauai, Hawaii, then moving to a fictional Okinawan city called New Town for its third season. The first arc of the series, which serves as the first season outside Japan, was produced by Madhouse and aired from October 8, 2008, to March 25, 2009, with a post-season special on June 26, 2009, also known as "Stitch Day" in reference to Stitch's experiment number (626). A second arc of the original series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Eater (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and at least one human that can transform into a weapon. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. The manga was preceded by three separate one-shots published by Square Enix in 2003; the first two published in two '' Gangan Powered'' special editions and the last one in '' Gangan Wing''. ''Soul Eater'' was regularly serialized in Square Enix's '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' magazine from May 2004 to August 2013. Its chapters were collected in 25 volumes. A 51-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2008 to March 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slayers
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in ''Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), Dragon Magazine'' since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' inspired several spin-off novel series and has been adapted into numerous manga titles, anime television series, anime films, original video animation, OVA series, role-playing video games, and other media. Including the spin-off series and digital copies, the novels have sold over 22 million copies. The anime series is considered to be one of the most popular of the 1990s. Plot Setting In the ''Slayers'' universe, the ultimate being is the Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Broadcasting System
JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as or (formerly known as from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned-and-operated by a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings with its studios being based in the Kita-ku ward of Osaka. From its sign on in 1959 to 2021, MBS operated as a unified broadcaster, with its radio and television operations being intact until 2017 when a major restructuring caused the operations to be held under the second incarnation of MBS. In 2021, the radio division was spun-off as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary. Overview MBS is a core station of the Japan News Network (JNN), with TBS TV as its key station. MBS is a member of the "Five Company Federation" (comprising it, TBS, HBC, CBC and RKB) and is also a major shareholder of TBS Holdings. It distributes G-Guide EPG data, and used to distribute analog G-Guide program data to Tokushima Prefecture, where the only commercial TV stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macross Frontier
is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the ''Macross'' universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008. ''Macross Frontier'' is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way. The story focuses on three young adults (a famed pop singer, a private military pilot, and a rising pop singer) and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin. Plot The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the ''Macross Frontier'', en route to the galactic center. This heavily populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the ''Macross Frontier'''s companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. ''Macross Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirarin Revolution
is a Japanese manga series by An Nakahara. The series ran in the shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Ciao (magazine), Ciao'' from March 2004 to June 2009, with side stories running in ''Pucchigumi'' in 2006. The manga has sold a cumulative total of over 10 million copies. It was awarded Best Children's Manga at the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Awards. An anime adaptation premiered on April 7, 2006, in Japan on TV Tokyo and ran for 102 episodes until March 28, 2008. A second season with the subtitle aired from April 8, 2008, to March 27, 2009, in high-definition and 3D animation. The anime series stars Morning Musume member Koharu Kusumi, and during the show's run, she released music and made appearances at concerts and crossover television shows as the character. Starting with ''Kirarin Revolution Stage 3'', additional cast members joined her in music activities, such as MilkyWay and Ships. Plot Kirari Tsukishima, a 14-year-old beauty, does not care about Japanese idol, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Corporate Data . TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is owned and operated by itself a of the TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, in turn controlled by Nikkei, Inc. It is headquartered in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Kitty (TV Series)
There are several different Hello Kitty animated series, featuring the cartoon character Hello Kitty, from the Japanese company Sanrio. ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'' (1987) ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'' is a Japanese-American animated series co-produced by DIC Entertainment, DIC Enterprises and animated by Toei Animation. The series involved Hello Kitty and her friends doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 half-hour episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons, and they first aired on CBS from September 19 to December 12, 1987. ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' (1989–1998) ''SANRIO Animation Series'', also known as , is a series of 80 Japanese OVAs produced between 1989 and 1998, and animated by Gropuer Production. 30 of these OVAs (and two Sanrio Anime Festival films) were dubbed in English under the title ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' and aired on YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV in Canada. The series featured Hello Kitty and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Kiva
is the 2008 ''Kamen Rider'' Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of ''Kamen Rider'' in 1971. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of ''Kamen Rider Den-O'', and aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with '' Engine Sentai Go-onger''. The series was advertised to have horror film themes, such as Kamen Rider Kiva being a vampire. The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday. Synopsis 22 years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight Fangires, a species of life force-draining vampires who can assume stained glass-like monster body that his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru also deals with Kamen Ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
