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service and former television channel by Sony, a local version of

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. It was launched during Summer 2007, the same year as its Eastern European counterpart.

History

The channel first launched on 5 June 2007 in the regions of

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and

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for Unitymedia subscribers. Since September 2012 it became available on the rest of the country. Since 8 September 2010 Animax began broadcasting also non-Japanese shows, like

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and Dance in the Vampire Bund. On the same year, some of its programming became available on

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. On 1st July 2016 Animax ceased broadcasting as a TV channel and began available as VOD channel on Vodafone Deutschland and Prime Video. Animax has closed down on 1 October 2022 as VOD service, due to merger with

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acquired along with

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and

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