Nippon Golden Network (ニッポンゴールデンネットワーク, abbreviated NGN) is a cable television network broadcasting Japanese programs in
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
, United States. It is viewable in four islands in Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii) and California. Some of their shows have English subtitles.
The network has three channels at the moment, NGN (Japanese dramas, musical and variety shows, documentaries and educational programs), NGN2 (Japanese programs from
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
via
TV Japan
TV Japan (テレビジャパン) was a 24-hour Japanese-language television channel geared towards the Japanese diaspora in the United States and Canada. It was the North American carrier of the NHK World Premium service. The channel was owne ...
) and NGN3 (subtitled, classic and modern Japanese movies).
NHK World
NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, ...
is broadcast in partnership with NGN as NGN4.
Former programs (incomplete)
*Ensen Isan (Railside Treasures)
Anime
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Dragon Ball
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 indi ...
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(Japanese with English subtitles)
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Dragon Ball Z
''Dragon Ball Z'' (''DBZ'') is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 ''Dragon Ball'' television series and adapts the latter 325 chapters ...
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(Japanese with English subtitles)
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Dr. Slump
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 1980 to September 1984, with the chapters collected in 18 volumes. The series ...
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GeGeGe no Kitarō
, originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as , a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong t ...
'' (1985 series; Japanese with English subtitles)
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Galaxy Express 999
is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...
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Fist of the North Star
is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 volumes ...
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Futari wa Pretty Cure
, also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two ...
'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
Drama
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Oshin
is a Japanese television, Japanese Asadora, serialized morning television drama (''asadora''), which originally aired on NHK from 4 March 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st ''asadora'' overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follo ...
'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
*''Lipstick'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
*''Shumatsukon'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
*''Densetsu no kyoshi'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
*''Seigi wa Katsu'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
*''Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
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The Fierce Battles of Edo'' (Japanese with English subtitles)
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Choshichiro Edo Nikki
(''Choshichiro's Edo Diaries'') was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori, the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga. The premise of the show focuses on Tadanaga's death as a result of an ...
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Own shows
*Bringing the Legacy of
Katsu Goto to Life
See also
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KIKU Kiku may refer to:
People with the given name
* Ju Jingyi (born 1994), Chinese singer, actress and member of SNH48, nicknamed "Kiku"
* Kiku Amino (1912-1978), Japanese author and translator
* Kiku Nishizaki (1900-1979), one of the two pioneer Ja ...
References
Television channels and stations established in 1982
1982 establishments in Hawaii
Non-English-language television stations in California
Television stations in Hawaii
Japanese-language television stations
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