ANIPLUS is an Asian multinational television channel and anime distributor based in

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. Launched on 7 December 2009, the channel is currently available on SK Broadband, LG Uplus IPTV service, and KT SkyLife. The company also has a

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platform in its own country. Most of its programming are licensed from its parent company JJ MediaWorks for subtitling and dubbing distribution. Aniplus mostly broadcasts anime the same hours of Japan.

Aniplus Asia

Aniplus Asia is an East and Southeast Asian anime

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channel and anime distributor based in

. It is a sister channel of Aniplus. Founded on 25 November 2013, it is available in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including (aside from Singapore), Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand.

History

The channel was first launched in March 2014 on Singaporean pay-TV provider Singtel TV. In August 2015, it partnered with OTT platform iflix to distribute 21 of their titles via its VOD service. In June 2016, ANIPLUS Asia started to be distributed in Thailand on free-to-air channel Now26 as a programming block, thanks to a partnership deal with Mediaplex International. In September, it was launched in Hong Kong on video streaming site Le.com. In November, it is picked up by streaming website Tribe in Indonesia, and it reaches the Philippines in December on that same platform. In January 2017, ANIPLUS Asia partnered with Philippine free-to-air television channel TV5 to revive their ANiMEGA anime programming block. The block premiered with '' Attack on Titan: Junior High'', '' Myriad Colors Phantom World'' and ''

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'', dubbed in Tagalog. In February, it is launched in Malaysia on satellite provider Astro. On May of that same year, it is picked up by Sky Cable in the Philippines. On May 25, 2018, ANIPLUS Asia was available on Easy TV Home in the Philippines, but has ceased operations since September 30, 2019. On April 1, 2021, ANIPLUS Asia ceased its transmission on Astro Go in Malaysia and Royal Cable in the Philippines after the contract had expired, but ANIPLUS Asia Return on 1 October 2021 Via Royal Cable During FOX Network Group Ceased 14 Channels Across Southeast Asia which Launches

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Programming

The channel acquires content from various anime distributors such as Mighty Media and other distributors. It also licenses anime series and offers select titles to OTT platforms:

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, Bilibili, iQIYI and WeTV. The channel airs the notable anime series from Japan. Notable series include '' Attack on Titan'', '' Psycho-Pass'', '' The Promised Neverland'', and ''

''.

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Aniplus Asia

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