Line #27 Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem


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3	[[https://TBS.co.jp TBS Television, Inc.]] is a TV station in Tokyo [[note]] and one of the five private broadcasters in Tokyo[[/note]] and is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), call sign JORX-DTV (formerly JOKR-TV until 2001) and operating on Channel 6.
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5	Established in 1961, TBS Television is notable for airing many popular {{anime}} series and game shows, as well as being the home of the Franchise/UltraSeries prior to the 2010s.
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7	Several of its anime titles are produced by Osaka-based affiliate Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS).
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9	Not to be confused with the American cable network Creator/{{TBS}}.
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11	!!Shows aired by TBS TV and its affiliates:
12	[[index]]
13	* ''Manga/AChannel''
14	* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''
15	* ''Anime/AgentAika'' (originally released on [[OriginalVideoAnimation VHS and Laserdisc]]; aired as part of ''Wonderful'', but TBS only aired episodes 1-4)
16	* ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' (One minute shorts)
17	* ''[[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Amagami SS]]''
18	* ''Anime/AngelBeats''
19	* ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo''
20	* ''Anime/BtX''
21	* ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern''
22	* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}''
23	* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' (aired the first 4 seasons, but later [[ChannelHop channel hopped]] to Creator/TVAsahi for the rest of its run and another channel hop to Creator/TVTokyo for reruns)
24	** ''Oku-sama wa Majo: Bewitched in Tokyo'' (2004 remake of the above)
25	* ''Manga/BlackCat''
26	* ''Manga/BlackButler''
27	* ''Anime/BloodPlus''
28	** ''Anime/BloodC''
29	* ''Manga/BlueExorcist''
30	* ''Anime/BlueGender''
31	* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''
32	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''
33	* ''Anime/CodeGeass''
34	* ''Manga/{{Colorful}}'' (Torajiro Kishi's ''Colorful'', not the 2010 anime movie by the way)
35	* ''Manga/CojiCoji''
36	* ''Anime/CyberteamInAkihabara''
37	* ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}''
38	* ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}''
39	* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''
40	* ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' (the franchise made its anime debut here; however ''[[Anime/PanyoPanyoDiGiCharat Panyo Panyo]]'' and ''[[Anime/DiGiCharatNyo Nyo!]]'' aired on Creator/TVTokyo and ''Reiwa no Di Gi Charat'' airs on Tokyo MX and [[Creator/NipponTV BS Nippon TV]])
41	** ''Anime/DiGiCharat1999''
42	** ''Anime/DiGiCharatSpecials''
43	** ''Anime/DiGiCharatWinterGarden''
44	* ''WesternAnimation/DogtanianAndTheThreeMuskehounds''
45	* ''Dokonjo Gaeru'' (produced by [[Creator/AsahiBroadcastingCorporation ABC]] in Osaka, before that station switched its affiliation to Creator/TVAsahi; the original 1972-74 TV series aired on TBS while the 1980s remake aired on Creator/NipponTV)
46	* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'' (The 1991 version, the 2020 version airs on Creator/TVTokyo)
47	* ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry''
48	* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''
49	* ''Eagle Sam'' (1983 anime starring the official mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games)
50	* ''Manga/EightMan1963''
51	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven''
52	** ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/FievelsAmericanTails'' (import)
54	* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''
55	** ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
56	* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon''
57	* ''Manga/GetBackers''
58	* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' (1971), the network's first [[OtakuOClock late-night anime]] [[note]] though it wasn't an anime in the traditional sense, it was pretty much a precursor to comic dubs [[/note]]
59	* ''Anime/GhastlyPrinceEnmaBurningUp'' (the original 1973 anime aired on Creator/FujiTV and was reran on Creator/TVTokyo in the 80's)
60	* ''Anime/GingaHyouryuuVifam'' (both the original and ''Vifam 13'')
61	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Series'' (since 2002; previous incarnations aired on Creator/TVAsahi and Creator/FujiTV with spinoffs airing on Creator/TVTokyo)
62	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
63	*** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''
64	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''
65	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE''
66	** ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG''
67	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans''
68	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury''
69	* ''Literature/{{Haganai}}''
70	* ''Anime/HeatGuyJ''
71	* ''Manga/HidamariSketch''
72	* ''Anime/TheIdolMaster'' (All other mainline and spinoff ''iM@S'' anime would air on TOKYO MX [[note]] and syndicated on other UHF stations [[/note]] and both ''U149'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive Million Live]]'' aired on Creator/TVTokyo)
73	* ''Literature/InfiniteStratos''
74	* ''Manga/InitialD'' (MBS aired reruns of First and Second Stage which originally aired on Creator/FujiTV)
75	** ''Manga/MFGhost'' (airs on its Fukuoka affiliate, RKB, also airs on Creator/NipponTV's Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV (YTV), TOKYO MX, Creator/{{Animax}}, and Creator/TVTokyo's Aichi affiliate, TV Aichi)
76	* ''Manga/{{Joshiraku}}''
77	* ''Series/KamenRider Series'' (Its affiliate aired [[Series/KamenRider the first series]] alongside NET (now Creator/TVAsahi), but because the network switch between [[Creator/AsahiBroadcastingCorporation ABC]] and MBS in 1975, Stronger was aired on TBS)
78	** ''Series/KamenRiderStronger''
79	** ''Series/KamenRiderSkyrider''
80	** ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1''
81	** ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''
82	** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''
83	* ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}''
84	* ''Manga/KOn''
85	* ''Manga/KillMeBaby''
86	* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}: Perfect Origin Arc'' (the original series and ''Scramble to the Throne'' aired on Creator/NipponTV and ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' aired on Creator/TVTokyo)
87	* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''
88	* ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron''
89	* ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro''
90	* ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar''
91	* ''Series/LostInSpace'' (Japanese dub)
92	* ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer''
93	* ''Manga/MarvelousMelmo'' (the original 1971 version, co-produced by then-affiliate station [[Creator/AsahiBroadcastingCorporation ABC]] in Osaka; the 1998 redub of the series aired on WOWOW)
94	* ''Literature/MayoChiki''
95	* ''Anime/MelodyOfOblivion''
96	* ''Anime/MiimuIroIroYumeNoTabi''
97	* ''Series/TheMonkees'' (Japanese dub; first-run airings from 1967-68 and reruns in the '80s)
98	* ''Anime/MonsterRancher''
99	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' (season 1, season 2 and onwards aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision Nippon TV]])
100	* ''Manga/MukaMukaParadise''
101	* ''Literature/NakaimoMyLittleSisterIsAmongThem''
102	* ''Series/NinjaWarrior''
103	* ''Manga/NyanKoi''
104	* ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' (1966 series, the 1988 series aired on [[Creator/FujiTelevision Fuji TV]] and ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' airs on Creator/TVTokyo)
105	* ''Manga/PandoraHearts''
106	* ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' (dubbed, 1964-66)
107	* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}''
108	* ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' (the 60's anime, the 80's anime aired on Creator/TVAsahi)
109	* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''
110	* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors''
111	* ''Manga/PlawresSanshiro''
112	* ''VisualNovel/{{Polyphonica}}''
113	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
114	* ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet''
115	* ''Manga/RozenMaiden''
116	* ''Anime/SakuraWars2000''
117	* ''Anime/{{Seiren}}''
118	* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''
119	* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana Second'' (the first and third seasons however aired on Tokyo MX and various other UHF stations throughout Japan, that said TBS's Osaka affiliate MBS aired all 3 seasons in the Kansai region and the series also reran nationwide on Creator/{{Animax}} and AT-X [[note]] a satellite network owned by Creator/TVTokyo that specializes in anime, including shows that don't air or never aired on TV Tokyo [[/note]])
120	* ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion''
121	* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' (2202 aired on Creator/TVTokyo and the original 70's series aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision Nippon TV]])
122	* ''Anime/StarDriver''
123	* ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow''
124	* ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross''
125	* ''Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss''
126	* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''
127	** ''Anime/Macross7''
128	** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''
129	** ''Anime/MacrossDelta''
130	* ''Manga/SuperPig''
131	* ''Anime/SuzysZooDaisukiWitzy''
132	* ''Literature/TaishoBaseballGirls''
133	* ''Series/TakeshisCastle''
134	* ''Manga/ToLoveRu''
135	* ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu''
136	* ''Triton of the Sea''
137	* ''Anime/UFOWarriorDaiApolon'' (episodes 1-26 only, the series would move to Creator/TVTokyo for its final 21 episodes)
138	* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' (from its birth in 1966 until 2009 when the franchise moved to Creator/TVTokyo)
139	* ''Anime/UmiMonogatari''
140	* ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus''
141	* ''Anime/VividredOperation''
142	* ''Anime/WonderBeatScramble''
143	* ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}''
144	* ''Manga/XxxHolic''
145	* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''
146	* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' (all other entries in the franchise aired on Creator/TVTokyo)
147	** ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury''
148	** ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury''
149	** ''Anime/ZoidsWild''
150	[[/index]]

Context Creator / TokyoBroadcastingSystem