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Network | Animax |
Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
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Language(s) | Spanish |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony Corporation |
Sister channels | AXN, AXN White |
History | |
Launched | 20 October 2007 (programming block) 12 April 2008 (channel) |
Closed | 1 January 2014 |
Links | |
Website | Animax Spain (archived) |
Animax was a Spanish version of anime channel Animax owned by Sony. It was launched in Spain as a programming block on AXN Spain on 20 October 2007 before launching as a full channel on 12 April 2008. [1] [2]
The channel was shuttered on 1 January 2014.
Animax began as a programming block in Spain and Portugal on the AXN. The block aired on weekends from 13:00 to 16:00 in Portugal and Spain from 20 October 2007 until September 2008. Shows broadcast on the block included InuYasha , Outlaw Star , Trigun , Orphen , Excel Saga and Samurai Champloo and Corrector Yui , The Law of Ueki , Detective Conan , Lupin III and KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops . [3]
The full channel was subsequently launched on 12 April 2008 on the Movistar TV and Canal+ platforms in Spain, and Meo and Clix in Portugal. [4] [5] Among the series broadcast across Animax's networks in Spain and Portugal were Nana , Black Lagoon , Love Hina , Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle , Chobits , Devil May Cry . [ citation needed ]
It was announced on 4 December 2013, that the channel would cease transmission at the end of the month. The channel's programming would move to different channels in the next few weeks. [6] During the channel's final week, it would air just a repeated loop of KochiKame and Yakitate!! Japan. The channel shut down at 7:59 PM on 1 January 2014; "Yakitate!! Japan" was the last show aired. [7]
After 3 bumpers aired between a goodbye message, it was replaced with a slide signifying the channel's shutdown. [8]