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Events in 2017 in Japanese television. At the time to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of anime, it was known as the Year of the Anime Centennial Anniversary.
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June 30 | ArtLand ceases operations after suffering financial difficulties. Seven Mortal Sins was being broadcast in Japan at the time of the studio's closure, and concluded on July 29; consequently, Seven Mortal Sins was the last anime to be produced by ArtLand. |
October 1 | TV Asahi moves the Super Hero Time block from 7:30-8:30 JST to 9:00-10:00 JST to make room for a Sunday morning news program entitled Sunday LIVE!!. The ordering of the shows in the block is also changed, with the Kamen Rider series airing before the Super Sentai series. |
October 8 | The 2017 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2017 Japanese Grand Prix. |
October 15 | The 2017 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2017 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. |
Show | Network | Premiere | Finale | Status | Source |
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Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel | Tokyo MX | January 7 | April 1 | Series Ended | |
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television | January 7 | March 25 | Season Ended | |
Naotora: The Lady Warlord | NHK | January 8 | December 17 | Series Ended | |
Gabriel DropOut | Tokyo MX | January 9 | March 27 | Season Ended | |
Kemono Friends | TV Tokyo | January 10 | March 28 | Season Ended | |
Keyabingo! 2 | Nippon Television | January 10 | March 27 | Season Ended | [1] |
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid | Tokyo MX | January 11 | April 6 | Season Ended | |
Konosuba – Season 2 | Tokyo MX | January 11 | March 15 | Season Ended | |
Kuzu no Honkai (Anime) | Fuji Television | January 12 | March 30 | Series Ended | [2] |
Rewrite 2nd Season: Moon/Terra Arc | Tokyo MX | January 14 | March 25 | Series Ended | [3] |
Kuzu no Honkai (Drama) | Fuji Television | January 18 | April 5 | Series Ended | [4] |
BanG Dream! | Tokyo MX | January 21 | April 22 | Season Ended | |
Tofu Pro-Wrestling | TV Asahi | January 21 | July 1 | Series Ended | |
Kirakira PreCure a la Mode | TV Asahi | February 5 | January 28, 2018 | Ending 2018 | |
Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger | TV Asahi | February 12 | February 4, 2018 | Ending 2018 | |
Boku no Hero Academia – Season 2 | Nippon Television | April 1 | September 30 |
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Shingeki no Kyojin – Season 2 | Tokyo MX | April 1 | June 17 |
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Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes! | TV Tokyo | April 2 | March 25, 2018 | Ending 2018 | [5] |
News Check 11 | NHK World Premium | April 3 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | |
Hiyokko | NHK | April 3 | September 30 | Series Ended | |
Otoppe | NHK | April 3 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | |
Idol Time PriPara | TV Tokyo | April 4 | March 27, 2018 | Ending 2018 | |
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | TV Tokyo | April 5 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | [6] |
Renai Boukun | TV Tokyo | April 6 | June 22 | Series Ended | |
Re:Creators | Tokyo MX | April 8 | September 16 | Series Ended | |
Eromanga Sensei | Tokyo MX | April 8 | June 24 | Season Ended | |
WorldEnd | Tokyo MX | April 11 | June 27 | Series Ended | |
Nogibingo! 8 | Nippon Television | April 11 | June 27 | Season Ended | |
Dungeon ni Deai: Sword Oratoria | Tokyo MX | April 14 | June 30 | Season Ended | |
Sin Nanatsu no Taizai | Tokyo MX | April 14 | July 29 | Series Ended | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | TV Tokyo | May 10 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | |
Symphogear AXZ | Tokyo MX | July 1 | September 30 | Season Ended | |
Battle Girl High School | Tokyo MX | July 2 | September 17 | Series Ended | |
Aho Girl | Tokyo MX | July 4 | September 19 | Series Ended | |
Koi to Uso | Tokyo MX | July 4 | September 18 | Series Ended | |
Dive!! | Fuji Television | July 6 | September 21 | Series Ended | |
Ultraman Geed | TV Tokyo | July 8 | December 23 | Series Ended | |
New Game!! (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | July 11 | September 26 | Season Ended | |
Mahōjin Guru Guru | TV Tokyo | July 11 | December 19 | Series Ended | [7] |
Isekai no Smartphone to Tomo ni | Tokyo MX | July 11 | September 26 | Series Ended | |
Hajimete no Gal | Tokyo MX | July 12 | September 13 | Series Ended | |
Gamers! | Tokyo MX | July 13 | September 28 | Series Ended | |
Keyabingo! 3 | Nippon Television | July 18 | September 26 | Season Ended | |
Kamen Rider Build | TV Asahi | September 3 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | |
Warotenka | NHK | October 2 | March 31 | Ending 2018 | |
Black Clover | TV Tokyo | October 3 | Currently Airing | Continues 2018 | |
Mr. Osomatsu (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | October 3 | March 27, 2018 | Ending 2018 | [8] |
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma – Season 3 | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television | October 4 | December 20 | Season Ended | |
Dream Festival R | Tokyo MX | October 6 | December 22 | Season Ended | |
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z | TV Tokyo | October 7 | March 31, 2018 | Ending 2018 | |
Love Live! Sunshine!! – Season 2 | Tokyo MX | October 7 | December 30 | Season Ended | [9] |
The Idolmaster SideM | Tokyo MX | October 7 | December 30 | Season Ended | |
Blend S | Tokyo MX | October 7 | December 23 | Season Ended | |
My Girlfriend is Shobitch | Tokyo MX | October 11 | December 13 | Series Ended | |
Nogibingo! 9 | Nippon Television | October 16 | December 25 | Season Ended |
End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Replaced by | Source |
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January 29 | Maho Girls PreCure! | TV Asahi | February 7, 2016 | Kirakira PreCure a la Mode | |
February 5 | Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger | TV Asahi | February 14, 2016 | Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger | |
March 17 | Hello From Studio Park | NHK | March 22, 1995 | Afternoon Live | |
March 23 | Naruto Shippuden | TV Tokyo | February 15, 2007 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | |
March 26 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V | TV Tokyo | April 6, 2014 | Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | |
March 28 | PriPara | TV Tokyo | July 5, 2014 | Idol Time PriPara | |
April 1 | Beppinsan | NHK | October 3, 2016 | Hiyokko | |
June 29 | HKT48 no Odekake! | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television | January 25, 2013 | Love Toss (Season 6) | |
August 27 | Kamen Rider Ex-Aid | TV Asahi | October 2, 2016 | Kamen Rider Build | |
September 24 | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT | TV Tokyo | October 2, 2016 | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z | |
Heybot! | TV Asahi | September 18, 2017 | Sunday Live |
Airdate | Sports | Network | Source |
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October 8 | 2017 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next | |
October 15 | 2017 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
Airdate | Show | Network | Source |
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January 1 | Masashi Sada's Midnight Talk-Show: New Year's SP | NHK | |
March 20 | NHK Nodojiman Champion Taikai 2017 | NHK | |
March 23 |
| TV Tokyo, Crunchyroll | |
March 25 | Masashi Sada's Midnight Talk-Show: Spring SP | NHK | |
April 9 |
| TV Tokyo | |
June 17 | AKB48 49th Senbatsu Sousenkyo Special | Fuji Television | |
June 28 | TV Tokyo Music Festival | TV Tokyo | |
July 1 | The Music Day 2017 | Nippon Television | |
July 23 |
| Fuji Television, Crunchyroll | |
August 2 | FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2017 | Fuji Television | |
August 6 |
| Fuji Television, Crunchyroll | |
August 26 | One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His 4 Crewmates' Big Adventure | Fuji Television | |
August 26 & 27 | 24 Hour Television 2017 | Nippon Television | [10] |
September 2 | Symphogear Live 2016 (Digest) | Tokyo MX | |
September 9 & 10 | FNS 27 Hour TV | Fuji Television | [11] |
September 18 | Music Station Ultra Fes 2017 | TV Asahi | [12] |
October 1 |
| Fuji Television | |
October 8 |
| Fuji Television | |
October 31 | AKB48: Mayu Watanabe's Graduation Concert - Live in Saitama | BS Sky Perfect | |
November 9 |
| TV Tokyo | [13] |
November 19 |
| BS Premium | |
November 26 |
| BS Premium | |
December 3 |
| BS Premium | |
December 6 |
| Fuji Television | |
December 13 |
| Fuji Television | |
December 22 | Music Station Super Live 2017 | TV Asahi | |
December 30 | 59th Japan Record Awards | Tokyo Broadcasting System | |
December 31 | 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK | |
Johnny's Countdown 2017-18 | Fuji Television |
Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source |
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January 3 | Shigeru Kōyama | 87 | Actor | |
January 21 | Hiroki Matsukata | 74 | Actor | |
January 25 | Shunji Fujimura | 82 | Actor | |
February 8 | Rina Matsuno | 18 | Idol and member from Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku | [14] |
Yoshio Tsuchiya | 89 | Actor | ||
February 13 | Seijun Suzuki | 93 | Film and television director, actor, and screenwriter | |
March 4 | Takashi Inoue | 56 | Actor | |
March 14 | Tsunehiko Watase | 72 | Actor | |
March 21 | Jiro Inao | 48 | Theater manager from JKT48 | [15] |
March 22 | Daisuke Satō | 52 | Manga artist, creator of Highschool of the Dead | |
April 12 | Peggy Hayama | 83 | Japanese singer | |
April 13 | Norio Shioyama | 77 | Animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director | |
May 3 | Yumeji Tsukioka | 94 | Actress | [16] |
May 15 | Takeshi Kusaka | 86 | Actor and voice actor | |
May 18 | Tatsuya Nōmi | 47 | Actor | |
June 13 | Yōko Nogiwa | 81 | Actress | |
June 22 | Mao Kobayashi | 34 | Actress and newscaster | [17] |
July 8 | Seiji Yokoyama | 82 | Music composer from Saint Seiya, Winspector and Metalder. | |
July 11 | Keisuke Sagawa | 80 | Actor | |
July 21 | Masaaki Hirao | 79 | Music composer and NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen's "Hotaru no Hikari" conductor from 2006 to 2016. | |
July 24 | Keisuke Yamakawa | 74 | Japanese Enka singer and lyricist from several tokusatsu series | |
August 7 | Haruo Nakajima | 88 | Suit actor from Ultra Series and Godzilla | |
August 29 | Nobuyuki Furuta | 59 | Japanese voice actor from Yu Yu Hakusho . | [18] |
September 8 | Toshihiko Nakajima | 55 | Voice actor and sound director. | [19] |
September 29 | Ryūji Saikachi | 89 | Died from Congestive Heart Failure. | [20] |
November 16 | Hiromi Tsuru | 57 | Voice Actress, notable for acting as Bulma, in Dragon Ball series. | [21] |
December 15 | Michiru Shimada | 58 | Scriptwritter from anime series Little Witch Academia | [22] |
YuYu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while saving a child's life. After a number of tests presented to him by Koenma, the son of the ruler of the afterlife, Yusuke is revived and appointed the title of "Underworld Detective". With this title he must investigate various cases involving demons and apparitions in the Human World, with the manga gradually becoming more focused on martial arts battles and tournaments as it progresses. Togashi began creating YuYu Hakusho around November 1990, basing the series on his interests in the occult and horror films and an influence of Buddhist mythology.
Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different genres over the past three decades. He is best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter × Hunter (1998–present) series, which are some of the best-selling manga series of all time. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon.
Emiko Shinohara, known professionally as Emi Shinohara, was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.
Megumi Ogata is a Japanese actress and singer from the Greater Tokyo Area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tokai University, but left because of her lack of interest. She is best known for voicing Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Yugi Mutou and Dark Yugi in the Toei version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the Danganronpa series, Kurama in YuYu Hakusho, Sailor Uranus in the Sailor Moon series, Hanako and Tsukasa in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun and Yukito Tsukishiro/Yue in Cardcaptor Sakura.
Nozomu Sasaki is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is represented by the voice actor management firm, Aoni Production, and was previously represented by Arts Vision and 81 Produce. In 1988, he voiced the character Tetsuo Shima in the movie Akira, which was adapted from the manga of the same name. He also provided the voice of Yusuke Urameshi in the anime adaptation of the manga YuYu Hakusho and returned to that role in video games for that franchise. He is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actress Nozomi Sasaki, whose name is written the same way. Sasaki has emerged the victor of the Seiyū Grand Prix more times than any other voice actor.
Mayumi Tanaka is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She voiced Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece; Ryunosuke Fujinami in Urusei Yatsura; Koenma in Yu Yu Hakusho; Pazu in Laputa: Castle in the Sky; Krillin, Yajirobe and Uranai Baba in Dragon Ball; Kirimaru Settsuno in Nintama Rantarō; Kanna Kirishima in the Sakura Wars series; the title role of TwinBee in Konami's shoot-'em-up series TwinBee; and MegaMan Volnutt in the Mega Man Legends series and related Capcom crossovers. She received the Kazue Takahashi Award at the 5th Seiyu Awards.
Nobuyuki Hiyama is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality currently affiliated with Arts Vision.
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Noriyuki Abe is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director and director. He worked at Pierrot on anime series, such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninku, Flame of Recca, Great Teacher Onizuka, Bleach and Boruto. He won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.
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Nagi Yanagi, stylized as yanaginagi (やなぎなぎ), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Osaka Prefecture who is signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. After becoming interested with music in her childhood, she began singing and writing original songs. In 2006, she began uploading her music to Niconico and other websites, gaining the attention of the J-pop band Supercell, who featured Yanagi as the guest vocalist from 2009 to 2011.
Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer.
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