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{{Short description|Japanese anime television network}}
'''A+''' (Anime+, Anime Plus) was a Central-European [[anime]] television channel, which was broadcasted in [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]], and originally launched in [[December 4]], [[2004]]. It was later acquired by [[Sony Pictures Television|Sony Pictures Television International]] (SPTI) in [[October]] [[2006]], and in [[April 11]], [[2007]], was incorporated and transformed into the Central-European branch of [[Animax]], the world's largest anime TV network, as part of [[Animax]]'s expansion into [[Europe]].<ref name="c21media">{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=79&article=35237|title=Sony drives Animax across Europe|accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref name="worldscreen">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=spti041107.htm|title=Animax Heads to Europe|accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref name="me">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/26492/Sony-lines-up-Animax-mobile-offering|title=Sony lines up Animax mobile offering|accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref>
{{Multiple issues|
{{Expand Hungarian|Animax Közép-Európa|date=September 2017}}
{{Expand Hungarian|A+ (televízióadó)|date=September 2017}}
{{Expand Romanian|Anime+ (televiziune)|date=September 2017}}
}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Animax
| logo = Animax.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = Final logo used from 2007 to 2014
| launch_date = 2 July 2007
| closed_date = 31 March 2014
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]] - Analog, PAL)
| network = [[Animax]]
| owner = [[Sony Pictures Television]]
| country =
| area = [[Hungary]] <br/>[[Romania]] <br/>[[Czech Republic]]<br/>[[Poland]]<br/>[[Slovakia]]
| former_names = A+
| replaced = A+ Anime
| replaced_by = [[C8 (Eastern Europe)|C8]] (Hungary and Romania)
| sister_channels = [[Minimax (TV channel)|Minimax]]
| website = [http://www.animaxtv.hu/ Official website] {{in lang|hu}}<br/>[http://www.animaxtv.ro/ Official website] {{in lang|ro}}<br/>[http://www.animaxtv.cz/ Official website] {{in lang|cs}}
}}


'''Animax''' (formerly '''A+''') was a thematic television channel which broadcast [[anime|Japanese animated television series and films]] to [[Eastern Europe]]an countries, including [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]].
==Programs==


==History==
{| width="85%"
Animax Eastern Europe replaced A+ Anime in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia on 2 July 2007. This was Animax's first major expansion to Europe.<ref name="c21media">{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=79&article=35237|title=Sony drives Animax across Europe|access-date=12 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="worldscreen">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=spti041107.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515223139/http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=spti041107.htm|archive-date=2008-05-15|title=Animax Heads to Europe|access-date=12 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="me">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/26492/Sony-lines-up-Animax-mobile-offering|title=Sony lines up Animax mobile offering|access-date=12 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070514143901/http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/26492/Sony-lines-up-Animax-mobile-offering| archive-date= 14 May 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|----- valign="top"
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*[[Arc the Lad]]
*[[Blue Gender]]
*[[Blue Gender: The Warrior]]
*[[Cowboy Bebop]]
*[[Captain Tsubasa]]
*[[Cubix]]
*[[D.I.C.E. (TV series)|D.I.C.E.]]
*[[F-Zero GP Legend|F-Zero]]
*[[Full Metal Panic!]]
*[[Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu]]
*[[Gallery Fake]]
*[[Ghost Stories (anime)|Gakkō no Kaidan]]
*[[Gravitation (anime)|Gravitation]]
*[[Android Kikaider: The Animation|Humanoid Kikaider]]
*[[Sadamitsu the Destroyer|Hakaima Sadamitsu]]
*[[Inuyasha]]
*[[Kaleido Star]]
*[[Kamichu]]
|
||
*[[Kiddy Grade]]
*[[Megaman NT Warrior]]
*[[Mirage of Blaze]]
*[[Nerima Daikon Brothers]]
*[[Paradise Kiss]]
*[[PaRappa Rappa|PaRappa the Rapper]]
*[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]
*[[R.O.D. the TV|Read Or Die TV]]
*[[Slayers|Slayers, Slayers NEXT, Slayers TRY]]
*[[Sweet Valerian]]
*[[Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna]]
*[[Trigun]]
*[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]
*[[Wild Arms]]
*[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]
|}


For its whole permanence on Eastern Europe, Animax had shared frequency space with [[Minimax (TV channel)|Minimax]], broadcasting from 8PM to 2AM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Megszűnik az Animax |url=https://www.origo.hu/teve/20131204-januarban-megszunik-egy-hazai-tevecsatorna.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=origo.hu |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-19 |title=Stanica Animax končí. Vieme kedy |url=https://zive.aktuality.sk/clanok/73106/stanica-animax-konci-vieme-kedy/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Živé.sk |language=sk}}</ref> The channel broadcast its programmes either dubbed in the local language of each country, or in Japanese audio with local subtitles.
==References==
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The channel was closed on 31 March 2014 and was replaced by the [[Chellomedia]] channel [[C8 (Eastern Europe)|C8]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-24 |title=Március végén búcsúzik az Animax |url=https://dtvnews.hu/hirek/marcius-vegen-bucsuzik-az-animax |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=DTV News |language=hu-HU}}</ref> C8 started broadcasting in [[Hungary]] on 1 April 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antenna Hungária {{!}} C8 will follow Minimax - the new free-to-air TV channel will also be included into the MinDig TV line-up |url=https://www.ahrt.hu/en/news/c8-will-follow-minimax-the-new-free-to-air-tv-channel-will-also-be-included-into-the-mindig-tv-line-up |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=www.ahrt.hu}}</ref> and in [[Romania]], [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] on 5 May 2014,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=România |first=Publicat de HD Satelit |title=Televiziunea C8 România se închide ? |url=https://www.hdsatelit.com/2015/12/televiziunea-c8-romania-se-inchide.html |access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref> but in Hungary and Romania, it is also defunct.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-05 |title=24 órás sugárzásra tér át a Minimax, megszűnik a C8 |url=https://dtvnews.hu/hirek/24-oras-sugarzasra-ter-at-a-minimax-megszunik-a-c8 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=DTV News |language=hu-HU}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== External links ==
*[http://www.aplusztv.hu/ Official website (Hungarian)]
*[http://www.aplustv.ro/ Official website (Romanian)]
[[Category:Sony Pictures Television]]
[[Category:Television networks]]


==Sister channels==
{{Euro-tv-stub}}
* [[Minimax (TV channel)|Minimax]]
{{anime-stub}}
* [[Megamax]]


==References==
[[hu:A+]]
{{Reflist}}

{{Animax}}
{{Sony Pictures TV channels}}
{{Television in Romania}}

[[Category:Animax]]
[[Category:Sony Pictures Television]]
[[Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment]]
[[Category:Defunct television channels in Hungary]]
[[Category:Television networks in Hungary]]
[[Category:Hungarian-language television stations]]
[[Category:Romanian-language television networks]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2007]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:Defunct television channels in Romania]]

Latest revision as of 16:34, 22 March 2024

Animax
Final logo used from 2007 to 2014
Broadcast areaHungary
Romania
Czech Republic
Poland
Slovakia
NetworkAnimax
Programming
Picture format576i (SDTV - Analog, PAL)
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Television
Sister channelsMinimax
History
Launched2 July 2007
ReplacedA+ Anime
Closed31 March 2014
Replaced byC8 (Hungary and Romania)
Former namesA+
Links
WebsiteOfficial website (in Hungarian)
Official website (in Romanian)
Official website (in Czech)

Animax (formerly A+) was a thematic television channel which broadcast Japanese animated television series and films to Eastern European countries, including Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia.

History

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Animax Eastern Europe replaced A+ Anime in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia on 2 July 2007. This was Animax's first major expansion to Europe.[1][2][3]

For its whole permanence on Eastern Europe, Animax had shared frequency space with Minimax, broadcasting from 8PM to 2AM.[4][5] The channel broadcast its programmes either dubbed in the local language of each country, or in Japanese audio with local subtitles.

The channel was closed on 31 March 2014 and was replaced by the Chellomedia channel C8.[6] C8 started broadcasting in Hungary on 1 April 2014,[7] and in Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia on 5 May 2014,[8] but in Hungary and Romania, it is also defunct.[9][8]

Sister channels

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References

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  1. ^ "Sony drives Animax across Europe". Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Animax Heads to Europe". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Sony lines up Animax mobile offering". Archived from the original on 14 May 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Megszűnik az Animax". origo.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  5. ^ "Stanica Animax končí. Vieme kedy". Živé.sk (in Slovak). 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  6. ^ "Március végén búcsúzik az Animax". DTV News (in Hungarian). 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  7. ^ "Antenna Hungária | C8 will follow Minimax - the new free-to-air TV channel will also be included into the MinDig TV line-up". www.ahrt.hu. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  8. ^ a b România, Publicat de HD Satelit. "Televiziunea C8 România se închide ?". Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  9. ^ "24 órás sugárzásra tér át a Minimax, megszűnik a C8". DTV News (in Hungarian). 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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