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    Events in 2018 in Japanese television.

    Events

    [edit]
    Date Event
    January 30 Nickelodeon's Japanese channel launches for the second time.
    April 8 AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot on BS Premium from Saturday 23:45 JST to Sunday 23:00 JST.
    May 3 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Wednesday 17:55 JST to Thursday 19:25 JST.[1]
    September 2 AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot once again in BS Premium and starts 10 minutes earlier, at Sunday 22:50 JST.
    October 7 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 19:25 JST to Sunday 17:30 JST.
    Pokémon Sun & Moon changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 18:55 JST to Sunday 18:00 JST.[2]
    The 2018 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese Grand Prix.
    October 21 The 2018 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix.

    Ongoing

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    Show Type Channel First aired Source
    AKB48 Show! Variety Show, Music BS Premium, NHK World Premium October 5, 2013
    AKBingo! Variety Show Nippon Television October 1, 2008
    Black Clover Anime TV Tokyo October 3, 2017
    Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Anime TV Tokyo April 5, 2017
    Chibi Maruko-chan Anime Fuji Television January 8, 1995
    Count Down TV Music Tokyo Broadcasting System April 7, 1993
    Crayon Shin-chan Anime TV Asahi April 13, 1992
    Detective Conan Anime NNS January 8, 1996
    Doraemon Anime TV Asahi April 15, 2005
    Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Game-Show Nippon Television October 3, 1989
    FNS Music Festival Music Fuji Television July 2, 1974
    Music Fair Music Fuji Television August 31, 1964
    Music Station Music TV Asahi October 24, 1986
    NHK Amateur Song Contest Talent Show NHK-G, NHK World Premium March 15, 1953 (TV)
    Nintama Rantarō Anime NHK April 10, 1993
    Ojarumaru Anime NHK October 5, 1998
    One Piece Anime Fuji Television October 20, 1999
    Panel Quiz Attack 25 Game-Show TV Asahi April 6, 1975
    Pokémon Sun & Moon Anime TV Tokyo November 17, 2016
    Sasuke Sports Tokyo Broadcasting System September 26, 1997
    Sazae-san Anime Fuji Television October 5, 1969
    Soreike! Anpanman Anime Nippon Television October 3, 1988
    Super Hero Time Tokusatsu TV Asahi September 28, 2003
    Utacon Music NHK-G, NHK World Premium April 22, 2016
    With Mother Kids E-TV, NHK World Premium October 5, 1959
    Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime TV Tokyo May 10, 2017

    New shows and returning series

    [edit]
    Show Network Premiere Finale Status Source
    Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle TV Tokyo January 6 June 30 Series Ended
    Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card NHK, Crunchyroll January 7 June 10 Series Ended
    Idolish7 Tokyo MX January 7 May 19 Series Ended
    Segodon NHK January 7 December 16 Series Ended
    Yowamushi Pedal 4: Glory Line TV Tokyo January 9 June 25 Series Ended
    Violet Evergarden Tokyo MX January 10 April 4 Series Ended
    Beatless MBS January 12 September 28 Series Ended
    Dagashi Kashi – Season 2 TBS January 12 March 31 Series Ended
    Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments JNN January 12 June 30 Series Ended
    Spring Has Come WOWOW January 13 February 10 Series Ended
    Princess Jellyfish Fuji Television January 15 March 19 Series Ended
    Seven Heavenly Virtues AT-X January 26 March 30 Series Ended [3]
    Fate/Extra Last Encore Tokyo MX January 27 March 31 Series Ended
    Hugtto! PreCure TV Asahi February 4 January 27, 2019 Ending 2019
    Lupinranger VS Patoranger TV Asahi February 11 February 10, 2019 Ending 2019
    GeGeGe no Kitarō Fuji Television April 1 March 29, 2020 Continues 2019
    Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures! TV Tokyo April 1 March 24, 2019 Ending 2019
    Hanbun, Aoi NHK April 2 September 29 Series Ended
    Uma Musume Pretty Derby Tokyo MX April 2 June 17 Series Ended
    Gundam Build Divers TV Tokyo April 3 September 25 Series Ended
    Lupin the Third Part 5 Nippon TV April 4 September 18 Seried Ended
    Aikatsu Friends! TV Tokyo April 5 September 26, 2019 Continues 2019
    Inazuma Eleven: Ares TV Tokyo April 6 September 28 Series Ended
    Major 2nd NHK-E April 7 September 22
    • Season Ended
  • Renewed for 2nd Season
    		•
    My Hero Academia – Season 3 Nippon Television April 7 September 29
    • Season Ended
  • Renewed for 4th Season
    		•
    Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online Tokyo MX April 7 June 30 Series Ended
    Kiratto Pri Chan TV Tokyo April 8 Currently Airing Continues 2019
    Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File Fuji TV April 8 March 31, 2019 Ending 2019
    High School DxD: Hero AT-X April 10 June 27 Series Ended
    Yo-kai Watch Shadowside TV Tokyo April 13 March 29, 2019 Ending 2019
    Cardfight!! Vanguard: DX Tokyo MX May 5 May 4, 2019 Continues 2019
    Harukana Receive Tokyo MX July 6 September 21 Series Ended
    Ultraman R/B TV Tokyo July 7 December 22 Series Ended
    Shingeki no Kyojin – Season 3 NHK July 23 October 15
    • Season Paused
  • To be resumed 2019
    		•
    Kamen Rider Zi-O TV Asahi September 2 August 25, 2019 Continues 2019
    Manpuku NHK October 1 March 30, 2019 Ending 2019
    Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin TV Tokyo October 5 September 27, 2019 Continues 2019
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Tokyo MX October 6 July 28, 2019 Continues 2019
    Fairy Tail: The Final Chapter TV Tokyo October 7 September 29, 2019 Continues 2019
    Sword Art Online: Alicization Tokyo MX October 7 March 30, 2019 Continues 2019
    Senran Kagura Shinovi Master -Tokyo Yōma-hen- Tokyo MX October 13 December 27 Series Ended

    Ending

    [edit]
    End date Show Channel First aired Replaced by Source
    January 28 Kirakira PreCure a la Mode TV Asahi February 5, 2017 Hugtto! PreCure
    February 4 Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger TV Asahi February 12, 2017 Lupinranger VS Patoranger
    March 3 Banana Zero Music (2nd Series) NHK April 23, 2016 Arita P Entertainer
    March 25 Dragon Ball Super Fuji Television July 5, 2015 GeGeGe no Kitarō
    Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes! TV Tokyo April 2, 2017 Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures!
    March 27 Idol Time PriPara TV Tokyo April 4, 2017 Gundam Build Divers
    March 29 Aikatsu Stars! TV Tokyo April 7, 2016 Aikatsu Friends!
    March 30 Yo-kai Watch TV Tokyo January 8, 2014 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside
    March 31 Warotenka NHK October 2, 2017 Hanbun, Aoi
    Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! Fuji Television October 19, 1996 Sekai! Goku taun ni sunde miru
    April 1 Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z TV Tokyo October 8, 2017 Kiratto Pri Chan
    Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On Fuji Television October 2, 2016 Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File
    August 26 Kamen Rider Build TV Asahi September 3, 2017 Kamen Rider Zi-O
    August 30 Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama TV Tokyo October 1, 2015 Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama

    Sports

    [edit]
    Airdate Sports Network Source
    October 7 2018 Formula One World Championship Fuji TV Next
    October 21 2018 MotoGP World Championship G+

    Special events and milestone episodes

    [edit]
    Airdate Show Network Source
    January 20 The 7th AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen BS Sky Perfect
    March 3 NHK Nodojiman: Champion Taikai 2018 NHK
    March 25 Masashi Sada Midnight Special: SadaFes 2018 NHK
    March 29
  • To the Unseen Future
    		•  TV Tokyo
    April 7 CDTV 25th Anniversary Celebration Special Tokyo Broadcasting System
    May 5
  • Solving Mysteries in a Locked Room
    		•  NNS
    July 10
  • What is Team 8? (Part 2)
    		•  Nippon Television
    July 25 FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2018 Fuji Television
    August 5 Miitsuketa! – The Stage Show NHK-E & World Premium
    August 18 50th Melody of Memories NHK-G & World Premium
    August 21 Teacher Itsuki's School of Songs: The Midsummer Special Lesson NHK-G & World Premium
    August 25 &26 24 Hour Television 2018 Nippon Television
    September 8 &9 FNS 27 Hour TV Fuji Television
    September 17 Music Station Ultra Fes 2018 TV Asahi
    October 14
  • Party ga Hajimaru yo/Sekai to Hito e/Kimi wa Melody/Sentimental Train
    		•  BS Premium
    October 23
  • The 100th Festival - Fall Songs from Sendai
    		•  NHK
    December 5
    • 2018 FNS Music Festival
  • Part 1
    		•  Fuji Television
    December 7
  • Day 1 (August 24, 2018)
    		•  BS Fuji
    December 12
    • 2018 FNS Music Festival
  • Part 2
    		•  Fuji Television
    December 14
  • Day 2 (August 25, 2018)
    		•  BS Fuji
    December 21
  • Day 3 (August 26, 2018)
    		•  BS Fuji
    Music Station Super Live 2018 TV Asahi
    December 30 The 60th Japan Record Awards Tokyo Broadcasting System
    December 31 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen NHK
    Johnny's Countdown 2018-19 Fuji Television

    Deaths

    [edit]
    Date Name Aged Notable Works Source
    February 8 Makiko Nitta 56 Voice actress; aortic dissection.
    February 21 Ren Osugi 66 Supporting actor; cast of Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls and Back Street Girls: Gokudols.
    April 5 Isao Takahata 82 Director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Studio Ghibli [4][5]
    May 16 Hideki Saijo 63 Singer and songwriter, participated 18 times on annual NHK's Kouhaku Utagassen.
    June 29 Steve Ditko 90 Original co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man, a character that had a Japanese live-action series in 1978, and also a protagonic role in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers on 2014.
    July 6 Shota Nakao 22 Performer and member from LDH's FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE.
    August 4 Masahiko Tsugawa 78 Actor, film director and critic; Heart failure. [6]
    August 10 Kin Sugai 92 Actress, noctable for the role of the mother-in-law of the protagonist in NHK's Taiga drama series Inochi; Heart failure. [7]
    August 13 Unshō Ishizuka 67 Actor, voice actor and director, most notably by providing the voice from Professor Oak in Pokémon, Monarca La Deus in Flashman and Heihachi Mishima in Tekken Series. [8][9]
    August 15 Kunihiro Abe 50 Animator, most notably for Gundam Series.
    Momoko Sakura 53 Manga artist, most notably for Chibi Maruko-chan. [10][11][12]
    October 17 Nobuo Tanaka 83 Narrator from Super Sentai Series.
    October 19 Takanobu Hozumi 87 Voice actor.
    October 23 Kouji Tsujitani 56 Voice actor, most notably for InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho.
    November 6 Tetsuo Gotō 68 Voice actor, most notably for One Piece and Dragon Ball Super. [13][14]
    November 12 Stan Lee 95 Original co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters that were adapted on many Japanese TV shows (both anime and tokusatsu).
    November 13 Ken Narita 73 Singer most notably for Denshi Sentai Denziman and Cyborg 009.

    See also

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Boruto: Naruto the Next Generations ganha novo horário no Japão - ANMTV". Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  • ^ "Boruto e Pokémon: Sun & Moon mudam de horário na TV japonesa - ANMTV". Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  • ^ "The Seven Heavenly Virtues Anime's Cast, January 26 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  • ^ "高畑勲氏が死去…昨年夏頃に体調崩し入退院を繰り返す（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  • ^ Meixler, Eli (April 5, 2018). "Isao Takahata, Co-Founder of Japan's Studio Ghibli, Has Died". Time. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  • ^ "Actor Tsugawa Masahiko passes away due to heart failure". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  • ^ "Actress Kin Sugai dies of heart failure". NHK World. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  • ^ "Voice Actor Unshō Ishizuka Passes Away at 67". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  • ^ "Faleceu Unsho Ishizuka, o actor de voz de Heihachi Mishima de Tekken". Eurogamer (in Portuguese). August 17, 2018.
  • ^ さくらももこさん、乳がんで死去 「ちびまる子ちゃん」 (in Japanese), Asahi Shimbun, August 27, 2018, retrieved August 28, 2018
  • ^ Jackson, Dory (August 27, 2018). "Manga author Momoko Sakura is dead at 53". Newsweek. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  • ^ "'Chibi Maruko-chan' manga author Momoko Sakura dies at 53". Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  • ^ "声優の後藤哲夫さん 食道癌で死去、68歳「ワンピース」ハンニャバル役など". スポニチアネックス. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  • ^ "Information". 円企画. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

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