NHK
(short for Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Japanese for "Japan Broadcasting Corporation") is the State Broadcaster of Japan. It was founded as the Tokyo Broadcasting Station on November 29, 1924, and changed to its current name on August 6th, 1926.
NHK operates the following TV channels:
- NHK General TV, their main channel.
- NHK Educational TV, which airs... educational content.
- NHK BS-1, NHK BS Premium, NHK BS-4K, and NHK BS-8K, all satellite TV services.
- NHK World, an English-language channelnote offering news and public affairs programming; available to watch for free online.
- NHK World Premium (distributed in the U.S. and Canada as TV Japan and in Europe as JSTV), which rebroadcasts domestic NHKnote news and entertainment programs, in raw Japanese (certain anime have English subtitles, while NHK's evening domestic newscasts and Grand Sumo coverage have alternate English audio tracks).
On radio, NHK operates three domestic networks, Radio 1 (news and public affairs, similar to The BBC or NPR), Radio 2 (educational programming, including English language lessons), and NHK FM (classical music and news), plus a multilingual international broadcaster, NHK World - Radio Japan, which broadcasts in 18 languages on the Internet and on shortwave radio.
List of series that air or have aired on NHK's channels:
Domestic series- Atsuhime
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
- Amazing Dinoworld
- Anne of Green Gables (1979 anime; TV Japan only, originally aired on Fuji TV)
- Anpanman (TV Japan only; originally aired on Nippon TV and its affiliates)
- Attack on Titan (seasons 3 and 4; seasons 1 and 2 aired on Tokyo MX and MBS TV)
- Azuki-chan
- Baby Felix and Friends
- The 1950s Felix the Cat U.S. TV series also aired on NHK in 1960, and was later rerun on Fuji TV.
- Baby Steps
- Bakuman。
- Barbapapa Around the World
- Belle and Sebastian
- Bio Planet WoO
- Bumpety Boo (Hey! Bumboo)
- Butt Detective
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Captain Future
- Case Closed (TV Japan only; originally aired on Nippon TV and its affiliates)
- Chibi Maruko-chan (TV Japan channel only; originally aired on Fuji TV)
- Den-noh Coil
- Domo TV
- Doraemon (TV Japan channel only; canceled after the 2005 anime was licensed for America by Viz Media, as TV Asahi forbade distribution of the Japanese version in the U.S.)
- Earwig and the Witch
- Erin
- Fighting Foodons
- Future Boy Conan
- Inai Inai Baa!
- Kaiketsu Zorro (only the first 46 episodes note )
- Kamen Rider series (TV Japan channel only; originally aired on TBS and later TV Asahi):
- Leaps In Evolution
- Life After Dinosaurs (aired as a 2 episode mini series in Japan)
- Log Horizon
- Love Live! series:
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (Originally aired on Tokyo MX)
- Love Live! Superstar!!
- Mammals vs. Dinos
- Miitsuketa!
- Miracle Planet
- Moribito series:
- Mrs Pepperpot (Spoon Obasan)
- Mujin Wakusei Survive
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
- Naotora The Lady Warlord
- Nintama Rantarou
- Ojarumaru
- Okaasan to Issho
- One Piece (TV Japan only; originally aired on Fuji TV)
- Onegai! Samia-don
- Oshin
- Pingu in the City
- Phi-Brain: Puzzle of God
- Planetes
- Pokonyan
- Pretty Cure series:
- Power of Hope ~PreCure Full Bloom~ (First installment from the franchise to be aired on here; the franchise's primary network is TV Asahi)
- Princess Nine
- Princess Tutu
- Pythagora Switch
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter
- The Story of Cinderella
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- Tokusatsu GaGaGa
- Tokyo Trial — an NHK production but almost entirely in English
- Toshiie to Matsu
- T Rex An Evolutionary Journey
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
- Tweeny Witches
- The Twelve Kingdoms
- What Will You Do Ieyasu
- Yadamon
Imported series
- Anne with an E
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business
- Capelito
- Curious George
- Dino Lab (co-produced with Quiet Motion Inc)
- Doctor Who (a selection of Tom Baker stories)
- First Day
- Fraggle Rock (first dubbed version, 1986-1992)
- Muppets Tonight (Educational network; Japanese dubbed)
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Planet Earth (co-produced with BBC)
- Prehistoric Park
- Primeval
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (under the title Yowamushi Kuruppa or "Cowardly Clooper," "Clooper" being the Japanese name for the title character)
- Sesame Street (before switching channels to TV Tokyo; NHK's version was shown almost entirely in unsubtitled English with translations available for sale from the network directly)
- Shaun the Sheep
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Thomas & Friends
- Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (upcoming)
- The Thundermans
