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Below is a non-comprehensive list of events associated with and affecting Japanese television in 2024.
Date | Event | Source |
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January 3 | Fairy Tail voice actress Aya Hirano announces her marriage to Kamen Rider Amazons actor Masashi Taniguchi. | [1] |
January 25 | Shinji Aoba is sentenced to death for the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack after he was found guilty on September 5, 2023. | [2] |
March 9 | Kamen Rider W actor Masaki Suda announced the birth of his first child with To Give a Dream actress Nana Komatsu. | [3] |
March 30 | The 2023–24 Formula E World Championship was held at 2024 Tokyo ePrix. | |
April 1 | During April Fool's Day, it was announced in commemoration with the original anime series' 20th anniversary that a new Sgt. Frog anime series is in the works. | [4] |
April 7 | The 2024 Formula One World Championship was held at 2024 Japanese Grand Prix. | |
June 25 | A new anime adaptation project for the Magic Knight Rayearth franchise has been announced. | [5] |
July 26 - 11 August | The 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France. | |
August 28 - September 8 | The 2024 Summer Paralympics was held in Paris, France. | |
September 4 | As announced, Tokyo MX will add a new programing block as well as schedule changes for its other anime timeslots, such as moving and expanding its weekday "Kids' Anime" timeslot from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00-8:57 p.m., starting in October. | [6] |
September 30 | As revealed in a press conference in Tokyo, Nippon Television has announced that an April 2025 live action television project will be halted, according to a report by Sponichi Annex, following the death of the Sexy Tanaka-san manga's creator Hinako Ashihara in January. | [7] |
October 5 | Ahead of the premiere of the Dragon Ball Daima anime series, the Japanese voice actor for Dragon Ball character Yamcha has been replaced for the first time in 38 years. | [8] |
October 6 | The 2024 MotoGP World Championship was held at 2024 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. | |
November 29 | Yoimuri TV, Chukyo TV, The Sapporo Television Broadcasting and Fukuoka Broadcasting System announced their intentions to merge and integrate their operations under a holding company known as Yomiuri Chukyo FS Holdings. | [9] |
December 27 | Kyohei Iida, former member and founder of Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ theme song performing group Kis-My-Ft2, and Junya Tanaka file a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada against the Johnny & Associates talent agency about the sexual abuse of late founder Johnny Kitagawa. | [10] |
As announced by Toei Animation, the Moon World Colony Championship arc is confirmed as the Run for Money: The Great Mission anime's final arc, started from November 17, 2024. | [11] | |
December 31 | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War voice actors Yumi Uchiyama and Yūsuke Kobayashi announce their marriage on New Year's Eve. | [12] |
Show | Type | Channel | First aired/Japanese period | Source | |
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NHK | |||||
NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent show | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | March 15, 1953 (TV) | Showa | |
With Mother | Kids | E-TV, NHK World Premium | October 5, 1959 | Showa | |
Nintama Rantarō | Anime | NHK | April 10, 1993 | Heisei | |
Ojarumaru | Anime | NHK | October 5, 1998 | Heisei | |
Utacon | Music | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | April 12, 2016 | Heisei | |
Nippon Television Network System | |||||
Shōten | Comedy | Nippon Television | May 15, 1966 | Showa | |
Soreike! Anpanman | Anime | Nippon Television | October 3, 1988 | Showa | |
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game show | Nippon Television | October 3, 1989 | Heisei | |
Detective Conan | Anime | NNS | January 8, 1996 | Heisei | |
Fuji Network System | |||||
Music Fair | Music | Fuji TV | August 31, 1964 | Showa | |
Sazae-san | Anime | Fuji TV | October 5, 1969 | Showa | |
FNS Music Festival | Music | FNS | July 2, 1974 | Showa | |
Chibi Maruko-chan [Notes 1] | Anime | Fuji TV | January 8, 1995 | Heisei | |
One Piece | Anime | Fuji TV | October 20, 1999 | Heisei | |
TV Tokyo | |||||
Ninjala | Anime | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2022 | Reiwa | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 3, 2022 | Reiwa | |
Pokémon | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 14, 2023 | Reiwa | |
TV Asahi | |||||
Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu | TV Asahi | September 28, 2003 | Heisei | |
Crayon Shin-chan | Anime | TV Asahi | April 13, 1992 | Heisei | |
Doraemon | Anime | TV Asahi | April 15, 2005 | Heisei | |
Music Station | Music | TV Asahi | October 24, 1986 | Showa | |
TBS | |||||
SASUKE | Sports | TBS | September 26, 1997 | Heisei | |
Count Down TV | Music | TBS | April 7, 1993 | Heisei |
Show | Network | Premiere | Finale | Status | Source |
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Gushing over Magical Girls | Tokyo MX | January 3, 2024 | March 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [13] |
The Demon Prince of Momochi House | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Series Ended | [14] |
Pon no Michi | TBS | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Series Ended | [15] |
Tales of Wedding Rings | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [16] |
Dear Radiance | NHK | January 7, 2024 | December 15, 2024 | Series Ended | [17] |
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [18] |
Banished from the Hero's Party (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [19] |
Fluffy Paradise | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [20] |
The Dangers in My Heart (Season 2) | TV Asahi | January 7, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | Series Ended | [21] |
'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess | Tokyo MX | January 9, 2024 | March 26, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [22] |
The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil | TV Tokyo | January 9, 2024 | March 26, 2024 | Series Ended | [23] |
Doctor Elise | Tokyo MX | January 10, 2024 | March 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [24] |
Shaman King: Flowers | TV Tokyo | January 10, 2024 | April 3, 2024 | Series Ended | [25] |
Delusional Monthly Magazine | Tokyo MX | January 11, 2024 | March 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [26] |
Isekai Onsen Paradise | Tokyo MX | January 12, 2024 | March 29, 2024 | Series Ended | [27] |
Urusei Yatsura (Season 2) | Fuji TV | January 12, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [28] |
Bucchigiri?! | TV Tokyo | January 13, 2024 | April 6, 2024 | Series Ended | [29] |
Ultraman New Generation Stars (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | January 27, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended | [30] |
Wonderful Pretty Cure! | TV Asahi | February 4, 2024 | January 26, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [31] |
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger | TV Asahi | March 3, 2024 | February 9, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [32] |
The Tiger and Her Wings | NHK | April 1, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [33] |
Train to the End of the World | Tokyo MX | April 1, 2024 | June 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [34] |
Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2024 | September 24, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [35] |
Laid-Back Camp: Season 3 | AT-X | April 4, 2024 | June 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 4 | [36] |
Nijiyon Animation (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [37] |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 3) | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 4 | [38] |
Astro Note | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [39] |
The Irregular at Magic High School (3rd season) | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [40] |
A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics | TBS | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [41] |
Wind Breaker | TBS | April 5, 2024 | June 28, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [42] |
Girls Band Cry | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2024 | June 29, 2024 | Seried Ended | [43] |
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors | TV Tokyo | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [44] |
Highspeed Etoile | TBS | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [45] |
Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [46] |
Go! Go! Loser Ranger! | TBS | April 7, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [47] |
Mission: Yozakura Family | TBS | April 7, 2024 | October 6, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [48] |
The Fable | Nippon TV | April 7, 2024 | September 29, 2024 | Series Ended | [49] |
Shinkalion: Change the World | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2024 | February 2, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [50] |
Himitsu no AiPri | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2024 | March 30, 2025 | Ending 2025 Season 2 premieres in April 2025 | [51] |
Rinkai! | Tokyo MX | April 9, 2024 | June 25, 2024 | Series Ended | [52] |
Oblivion Battery | TV Tokyo | April 10, 2024 | July 3, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [53] |
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio | Tokyo MX | April 10, 2024 | June 26, 2024 | Series Ended | [54] |
Black Butler: Public School Arc | Tokyo MX | April 13, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended | [55] |
Kaiju No. 8 | TV Tokyo | April 13, 2024 | June 29, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [56] |
Whisper Me a Love Song | TV Asahi | April 13, 2024 | December 29, 2024 | Series Ended | [57] |
My Hero Academia (Season 7) | ytv | May 4, 2024 | October 12, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Final Season | [58] |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc | Fuji TV | May 12, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Season Ended | [59] |
Shy (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | July 1, 2024 | September 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [60] |
Oshi no Ko (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | July 3, 2024 | October 6, 2024 | Season Ended | [61] |
Red Cat Ramen | TBS | July 4, 2024 | September 19, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [62] |
Senpai Is an Otokonoko | Fuji TV | July 5, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [63] |
2.5 Dimensional Seduction | Tokyo MX | July 5, 2024 | December 13, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [64] |
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (Season 2) | TBS | July 5, 2024 | September 20, 2024 | Series Ended | [65] |
Grendizer U | TV Tokyo | July 5, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [66] |
Ultraman Arc | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2024 | January 18, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [67] |
Quality Assurance in Another World | TBS | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [68] |
Dungeon People | TBS | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [69] |
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [70] |
Plus-Sized Elf | Tokyo MX | July 7, 2024 | September 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [71] |
My Deer Friend Nokotan | Tokyo MX | July 7, 2024 | September 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [72] |
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest | TV Tokyo | July 7, 2024 | January 5, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [73] |
Wistoria: Wand and Sword | TBS | July 7, 2024 | September 29, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [74] |
Shōshimin: How to Become Ordinary | TV Asahi | July 7, 2024 | September 15, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [75] |
Kamen Rider Gavv | TV Asahi | September 1, 2024 | Currently airing | Continues 2025 | [76] |
Omusubi | NHK | September 30, 2024 | March 28, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [77] |
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! | Tokyo MX | October 1, 2024 | December 24, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [78] |
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister | TV Tokyo | October 2, 2024 | March 25, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [79] |
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Season 3) | TV Tokyo | October 2, 2024 | March 26, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [80] |
Dandadan | TBS | October 4, 2024 | December 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [81] |
Magilumiere Co. Ltd. | Nippon TV | October 4, 2024 | December 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [82] |
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance | Fuji TV | October 4, 2024 | Currently airing | Ongoing | [83] |
Blue Lock (Season 2) | TV Asahi | October 5, 2024 | December 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [84] |
Tōhai | TBS | October 5, 2024 | Currently airing | Ongoing | [85] |
Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi | TBS | October 5, 2024 | December 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [86] |
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Part 3) | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2024 | December 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [87] |
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2024 | December 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [88] |
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Season 2) | TBS | October 6, 2024 | December 29, 2024 | Season Ended | [89] |
Ranma ½ (2024 series) | Nippon TV | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [90] |
Party kara Tsuihō Sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyō ni Tsuki | TV Asahi | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [91] |
Puniru Is a Cute Slime | TV Tokyo | October 6, 2024 | December 23, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 | [92] |
Love Live! Superstar!! (Season 3) | NHK-E | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [93] |
You Are Ms. Servant | TV Asahi | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [94] |
Dragon Ball Daima | Fuji TV | October 11, 2024 | Currently airing | Continues 2025 | [95] |
Goodbye, Dragon Life | TBS | October 11, 2024 | December 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [96] |
Shangri-La Frontier (Season 2) | TBS | October 13, 2024 | March 30, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [97] |
The Blue Wolves of Mibu | ytv | October 19, 2024 | March 29, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [98] |
Wing-Man | TV Tokyo | October 22, 2024 | December 25, 2024 | Series Ended | [99] |
Red Blue | TBS | December 18, 2024 | Currently airing | Continues 2025 | [100] |
Airdate | Sports | Network | Source |
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January 12 - February 10 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup | DAZN, TV Asahi | |
March 30 | 2023–24 Formula E World Championship | J Sports | |
April 7 | 2024 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next | |
July 26 - 11 August | Paris 2024 Olympics | TBS, NHK | |
August 28 - September 8 | Paris 2024 Paralympics | TBS, NHK | |
October 6 | 2024 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
Airdate | Show | Episode | Network | Source |
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April 13 | News Pokémon Satellite | TV Tokyo | [102] | |
December 28 | Whisper Me a Love Song | Episodes 11 & 12 | TV Asahi | [103] |
December 31 | 75th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK | ||
Johnny's Countdown 2024-2025 | Fuji Television | |||
Doraemon | New Year special | TV Asahi | [104] |
Aoi Yabusaki, better known by her stage name Aoi Yūki, is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer represented by Aoni Production. She voiced Nodoka Hanadera/Cure Grace in Healin' Good Pretty Cure, Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, Komachi Hikigaya in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Rita Rossweisse in Honkai Impact 3rd, Tanya von Degurechaff in The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Lumine in Genshin Impact, Hibiki Tachibana in Senki Zesshou Symphogear, Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins, Tamaki Kotatsu in Fire Force, the young Murasaki Kuhōin in Kure-nai, Mami Nanami in Rent-A-Girlfriend, Kumoko/Shiraori in So I'm a Spider, So What?, Lucy in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Sticks the Badger in Sonic Boom, Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries and Lucy in Ninjala.
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Below is a list of events affecting Japanese television in 2022.
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Below is a list of events affecting Japanese television in 2023.
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Events in 2024 in anime.
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