Kids Station is a Japanese satelite TV network aimed at children that launched in April 1993, though it had started operations as Lemon Channel two years prior. A majority of the programs shown on Kids Station are aimed at preschool-aged kids, though some of them are aimed at an older audience. Most notably, the channel shows several anime aimed at an older audience during the Otaku O'Clock hour. Most of its' programming is sourced from TV Tokyo. The channel also contains two programming blocks. HapiKura Time is their flagship one, consisting of the namesake program Happy! Clappy!, Oyako De Cooking and Anpanman. The other is Wakuwaku Sanrio Time, which shows reruns of various Sanrio television programs and anime. In the 90's and 2000's, many imported children's shows dubbed into Japanese also aired. This practice was abandoned by The New '10s, with the current lineup being mainly domestic and Asian programming with the exceptions of Curious George, PAW Patrol and Peppa Pig, the latter airing as part of the Kinder TV strand.
Not to be confused with the Japanese Playstation Edutainment Game lineup.
Compare to Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., its' American counterparts, and the British counterparts CBBC, CBeebies and CITV.
The following programs currently air on Kids' Station:
- Anpanman
- Catch! Teenieping
- Crayon Shin-chan (movies only)
- Curious George
- Duel Masters
- Gintama
- Girls x Heroine! (All five series currently air on the network)
- Hikaru no Go
- Kaiketsu Zorori
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
- Mewkledreamy
- Monica and Friends
- Monster Rancher
- Naruto Shippuden
- Okko's Inn
- PAW Patrol
- Peppa Pig
- Pokémon: The Series (currently airing Indigo League, XY & Z and Sun and Moon. Reruns of Pokémon Journeys: The Series premiered on June 11th, 2020.)
- Pretty Cure:
- Shin Atashin'chi
- Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion
- Sonic X
- Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidou Kyuukyuu Keisatsu
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
- Yo Kai Watch (All four series currently air on the channel)
- Yowamushi Pedal
The following programs have aired on the channel in the past:
- Barney & Friends
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- Beyblade
- Cyber Team in Akihabara
- Damekko Doubutsu
- Hamtaro
- Happy Happy Clover
- Inazuma Eleven
- Jewelpet
- Kitty's Paradise
- Knight Hunters (second season, Weiss Kreuz Glühen note only; first season aired on TV Tokyo)
- Little Monsters
- Magic Adventures of Mumfie
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Mysterious Joker
- Make Way For Noddy
- Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi
- Ojarumaru note
- Osomatsu-kun
- Panda Z
- Piano
- Pretty Cure:
- HuGtto! Pretty Cure
- Maho Girls Pretty Cure! (Only the movie for this series aired)
- Popee the Performer
- Princess Tutu
- Ranma ½
- Real Bout High School
- Sailor Moon
- Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō
- The Snack World
- Takashi Yanase Fairy Tale
- Teletubbies
- Touch (1981)
