Key people, President & Representative Director Owner AK Holdings Website Animax ( アニマックス, Animakkusu), stylized as ANIMAX, is a network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of and 's joint venture AK Holdings, it is headquartered in New Pier Takeshiba North Tower ( ニューピア竹芝ノースタワー, Nyū Pia Takeshiba Nōsu Tawā) in,, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and the noted anime studios,, and production company. Animax is the first and largest 24-hour network in the world dedicated to anime.

Animax operates as separate 24-hour TV channels for Japan, Asia (four separate feeds for South East Asia,, and ) and, in addition to VOD platforms in the,,, and. Animax's third logo, used from 2010 to 2016 in numerous countries. Japan [ ] Established on May 20, 1998 by Sony, Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. ( 株式会社アニマックスブロードキャスト・ジャパン, Kabushiki-gaisha Animakkusu Burōdokyasuto Japan) originally premiered in Japan on July 1, the same year, across the satellite television platform.

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Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and presided by, Animax's shareholders and founders include Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan),,,, and NAS. Its founders also include noted anime producer and production designer. The network began broadcasting in from October 2009. Animax also exhibits affiliations with anime pioneer 's Tezuka Productions company,,, and numerous others. It has produced and exclusively premiered several anime in Japan, such as,,,,, and many others, including 's adaptations of 's,, and. Noted Japanese celebrities and personalities to have appeared on Animax with their own programs, include actress, among numerous others. The network's narrators are the voice actors and, and from October 2007,.

Animax also hosts and organizes several anime-based competitions across Japan, such as the scriptwriting competition and, which are judged by a panel of noted figures, as well as several events and concerts across Japan, such as the annual Animax Summer Fest ( アニマックスサマーフェス, Animakkusu Samāfesu), an annual live concert during which renowned Japanese bands, artists and perform to a live audience, often held. World Software Developers here. Apart from operating its business primarily as a television network, Animax has also begun operating a service. In February 2007, Animax announced that it would be launching a mobile television service of its network on the mobile phone company MOBAHO! From April 2007, having its programming being viewable by the company's mobile phone subscribers. Since July 2011 a program called STUDIO MUSIX has been transmitted the first Sunday of every month, featuring popular singer as the MC. In each episode there's a segment of May'n and the guests on an interview and also a live stage featuring them. Cartoon series broadcasts including,,,,,,,,, and appear on the network's MorningMax block, which released in 2015.

Main articles: and Animax launched separate Asian versions of the channel featuring its anime programming within separate networks and feeds in the respective regions and languages beginning in 2004. The first one was launched in and the on January 1, 2004, and in on January 12, 2004.

A week later, Animax launched in on January 19, 2004, featuring its programming within feeds in audio, as well as audio, with English subtitling, and other languages in the region, becoming the company's first English-language network. On July 5, 2004, Animax started operations across including,,,, and, featuring its programming within an English-language feed. On April 29, 2006, Animax started its operations in South Korea, broadcasting separately from Seoul. On August 31, 2006, Animax launched its feed. Animax used the latest logo launched on May 3, 2010, until it reverted to their previous logo sometime in 2013.