History Creator / Animax

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with; it also has something to do with the general low-quality of the dubs (for example, their dub of ''Manga/KOn'' made the characters sound way too old). As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Some exceptions include ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' and the "Samurai X" dub of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' being available on Sony's streaming service Crackle, and the home video releases of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' and ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' including their Animax dubs as an audio option.[[note]]The former had a censored English dub produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and Creator/TheOceanGroup, while the latter was originally streamed in the anglosphere [[NoDubForYou sub-only]][[/note]]

In Hungary (and, for that matter, most of Eastern Europe), the channel premiered after replacing Anima+, a defunct animation channel that aired both anime and western animation (both dubbed and subtitles in local languages). However, Animax Eastern Europe started to decay due to the inclusion of western programming and shifting to become more of a youth-oriented channel. The Hungarian broadcast of Animax was terminated in April 2014, replaced by a channel called C8, which offers no anime programming. AXN's staff confirmed via their Facebook page that they aren't interested giving Animax another go, or continue to air anime.

Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a complete list of anime series broadcast among its feeds worldwide. Check it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Animax here]].

Animax is the first and largest 24/7 network dedicated to airing anime in the world, with a viewer reach of over 89 million households, 62 countries, and more than 17 languages. It also has English language networks in Southeast Asia & South Asia, and a streaming service in the United Kingdom. It previously had a two-hour block on Australia's [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]], (which was co-owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan at the time) and a branded collection on Sony's streaming service, Crackle. In North America, there were similar channels dedicated to airing anime, such as Creator/AnimeNetwork, [[Creator/FUNimation Funimation Channel]] and TOKU.[[note]] TOKU was the first incarnation of Funimation Channel as a 24-hour channel. After Olympusat ended its partnership with Funimation, the channel was relaunched under its current branding.[[/note]]

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with; it also has something to do with the general low-quality of the dubs (for example, their dub of ''Manga/KOn'' made the characters sound way too old). As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.

In the case of Latin America, Animax had premiered in August 2005 after replacing ''Locomotion'', a channel that welcomed all kinds of animation (mainstream and obscure), with anime as one of its priorities (shown both dubbed and subbed in local languages). Several anime series were premiered since then, though its lineup was somewhat different from the Asian feeds, as several of its otherwise signature series were at the time aired by Creator/CartoonNetwork instead (which had oriented the block Creator/{{Toonami}} to adults).[[note]]due to Creator/AdultSwim focusing exclusively to western animation, although during its time on i.Sat, it aired some anime series.[[/note]] Strangely, Animax almost never aired anime movies (while CN did), and in May 2008 it slowly started [[NetworkDecay including Live Action movies and series into the mix]] (causing controversy among its viewers). The trend continued during three years until, as mentioned before, it rebranded as Sony Spin. The replacing channel still aired anime at late nights and early mornings, until March 2012 when the remaining animated series was removed entirely, making [=CityVibe=] the only Latin American channel to air anime on a daily basis (even then, viewership is limited due to its status as a subscription-based channel).[[note]]As a final side note, Sony Spin itself faced a shutdown in July 2014, when it was replaced by Creator/{{Lifetime}}.[[/note]]

The channel has its origins in May 1998, with Japan being its only feed during almost five and a half years. In 2004, it started expanding its horizons through Asia, starting with Phillipines and Taiwan, eventually finding a place in the entirety of the continent. Its next destination was Latin America in August 2005, and finally Europe and Africa in 2007. There were plans for an American channel as well, but they never materialized (the name was instead briefly used as the umbrella name for anime offerings on the Sony-owned streaming video service Crackle).

At the same time, however, some of its networks and blocks have been [[NetworkDeath removed]] or replaced other channels. Animax South Africa was relaunched as Sony Max due to low viewers and NetworkDecay, as western programming began taking over most of the schedule; Animax Portugal became AXN Black, also due to low viewers; and, most infamously, Animax Latin America became Sony Spin due to western programming taking over most of its airtime (more on that below).

Animax is still currently operating well in its native Japan, as well as South Korean, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, although the Taiwanese and Southeast Asian version of Animax differ greatly from the Japanese version.

The channel has its origins in May 1998, with Japan being its only feed during almost five and a half years. In 2004, it started expanding its horizons through Asia, starting with Phillipines and China, eventually finding a place in the entirety of the continent. Its next destination was Latin America in August 2005, and finally Europe and Africa in 2007. There were plans for an American channel as well, but they never materialized (the name was instead briefly used as the umbrella name for anime offerings on the Sony-owned streaming video service Crackle).

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.

* BrokenBase
* ExecutiveMeddling: Klaudia Bermudez Key became the Latin American feed!s new manager, by orders of CEO T. C. Schultz.
* NetworkDeath: Animax became one of the most glaring examples of this trope outside of Asia. One by one, several of the Animax feeds were shut down following the worldwide rebranding of 2010 due to live-action series taking over their programming.
* NetworkDecay: The most glaring example was in the Latin American feed. As of May 2008, it premiered new anime but also live-action series. From then on, live-action media started taking over the channel's programming.
* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The channel is more known for its decay into live-action series than for its anime.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The decision to integrate live-action series and movies into the channel's programming wasn't received well among the fans, especially in Latin America. These [[BlatantLies new series and films that were premiered]] in the Latin American feed ''weren't even recent series'', but old works like ''Series/That70sShow'', ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', ''Ruby and the Rockits'', etc.

* NetworkDeath: Animax became one of the most glaring examples of this trope outside of Asia. One by one, several of the Animax feeds were shut down following the worldwide rebranding of 2010 due to live-action series taking over their programming.

The channel has its origins in May 1998, with Japan being its only feed during almost five and a half years. In 2004, it started expanding its horizons through Asia, starting with Phillipines and China, eventually finding a place in the entirety of the continent. Its next destination was Latin America in August 2005, and finally Europe and Africa in 2007. There were plans for an American channel as well, but they never materialized.

* ExecutiveMeddling

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** The decision to integrate live-action series and movies into the channel's programming wasn't received well among the fans, especially in Latin America. These [[BlatantLies new series and films that were premiered]] in the Latin American feed ''weren't even recent series'', but old works like ''Series/That70sShow'', ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', ''Ruby and the Rockits'', etc.

* NetworkDeath: Animax became one of the most glaring examples of this trope outside of Japan. One by one, several of the Animax feeds were shut down following the worldwide rebranding of 2010 due to live-action series taking over their programming to the point of rarely airing anime.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks

* NetworkDeath: One of the most glaring examples of this. One by one, several of the Animax feeds were shut down following the worldwide rebranding of 2010 due to live-action series taking over their programming to the point of rarely airing anime.

* NetworkDecay

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks
* TotalAbandonment

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.
* NetworkDecay
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* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony, who are not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had its Animax dub released in North America home video.

* NoExportForYou: Almost none of their dubs have made it outside Asia. This is mainly because unlike other companies' dubs, which are owned by the Japanese copyright holders, Animax's dubs are owned by parent company Sony. Not to mention they're not usually easy to negotiate with. As as result, most companies, assuming they don't go the NoDubForYou route, instead choose to make their own dubs. Only ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' had it's Animax dub released in North America home video.

Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a complete list of anime series broadcast among its feeds worldwide. Check it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Animax here]].