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Nandarō
was the mascot of Nippon TV, Nippon Television. The motif is a green pig whose tail resembles the number 4 (alluding to the channel frequency NTV has, and the subsequent digital channel number). Overview and usage It was used from August 1992 to 2012. It was produced to commemorate the then-upcoming 40th anniversary of Nippon Television in 1993. The character was designed by Hayao Miyazaki, the director of Studio Ghibli, and appears in the beginning of Porco Rosso. According to Miyazaki, this character is "a genderless fictitious creature, if you will, a symbol of curiosity and dreams that exist in everyone's heart". Initially, it is planned to be used for a limited period of one year as a character for the 40th anniversary slogan, . Instead of the enacted Nippon Television company emblem and unified symbol mark, what will be used, and it will be called ''Production work (Nandarou) 40th Nippon Television''. In 1993, stuffed Nandarōs appeared on the set and placed on the seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, it is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia. Nippon Television Holdings is partially owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
