Nippon Television Network Corporation
, AKA Nippon TV (NTV or Nitele for short), is a television station (call sign JOAX-DTV) based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. On the air since 1953, NTV is the oldest commercial television station in not only Japan, but all of Asia, and is legendary for its long-running station ident of an infant dove attempting to spread its wings and fly (which predated the American NBC Peacock by several years).
Many of its shows (particularly their anime output) are actually co-produced by their Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV and have aired on Nippon TV by proxy (and vice versa).
On September 21st, 2023, Nippon TV would acquire a 42.3% stake in Studio Ghibli. They will become the largest shareholder in the company and it marks the end of Ghibli's 18 year run as an independent company. The acquisition is described as mostly a way to help Ghibli out on the management end with the creative end staying largely the same.
Shows aired by Nippon TV and its affiliates:
- Acrobunch
- Aim for the Ace! (The 1978 remake, the 1973 series aired on TV Asahi)
- AKBingo!
- Astro Boy (The 1980 series, the 1963 and 2003 series aired on Fuji TV)
- Anpanman
- Ayakashi Triangle (airs on its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV (YTV) and also airs on Tokyo MX, BS11 and TV Tokyo's Aichi affiliate, TV Aichi)
- Beelzebub
- Berserk (1997)
- Black Jack (The 2003 TV series)
- Case Closed (produced by affiliated TV station Yomiuri TV (YTV) in Osaka)
- Cat's Eye
- Charlie's Angels (The original 70's series)
- City Hunter (co-produced by affiliated TV station Yomiuri TV (YTV) in Osaka)
- The series' Alternate Universe counterpart Angel Heart also aired here
- Claymore
- Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
- Death Note
- Doraemon (1973 version, the more well known 1979 and 2005 versions air on TV Asahi)
- Dirty Pair
- Dr. Chocolate (2023)
- Dropkick on My Devil (season 3 and Apocalypse Arc only via BS Nippon TV, the former of which also aired on TV Tokyo; the first 2 seasons aired on Tokyo MX and all 3 seasons have also aired on AT-X and BS Fuji in addition to being syndicated across other stations)
- Future GPX Cyber Formula (TV series only)
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Glass Mask (original 1984 anime TV series, the 2005 series aired on TV Tokyo)
- God Mars
- Himitsu no Akko-chan (They along with TV Tokyo reran the 1969 series in the 80's, originally broadcast on TV Asahi and its 80's and 90's iterations aired on Fuji TV)
- Honeybee Hutch (1989 reboot series; the original 1970 series aired on Fuji TV, and its 1974 sequel on NET)
- Hunter × Hunter (the 2011 series, the 1999 series aired on Fuji TV)
- THE iDOLM@STER: Million Live! (via BS Nippon TV; also airs on TV Tokyo, AT-X and BS11, the 2011 anime aired on TBS Television and every other mainline and spioff iM@S anime aired on TOKYO MX note with the exception of U149 which also aired on TV Tokyo)
- THE iDOLM@STER: Shiny Colors (along with TV Tokyo, BS11 and AT-X)
- InuYasha (produced by affiliated TV station Yomiuri TV (YTV) in Osaka)
- Kamen no Ninja Akakage (The 1987 animated version, the 1967 & 1985 Getsuyou Dramaland drama versions aired on Fuji TV)
- Kemeko Deluxe! (aired nationwide on AT-X note , but the show also aired on its Osaka affiliate Yomiuri TV as well as its Nagoya affiliate Chukyo TV)
- The Kindaichi Case Files
- Kinnikuman (The original series only, Kinnikuman Nisei aired on TV Tokyo and Perfect Origin Arc airs on TBS Television)
- Kyojin No Hoshi (Star of the Giants) (co-produced by the Osaka affiliate Yomiuri TV, their parent company Yomiuri Shinbun actually owns the Yomiuri Giants baseball team that's the focus of this series)
- Little Ghost Q-Taro
- Lottie and Lisa (1991-92 anime version)
- Lupin III (Part I and Part III were co-produced by affiliated TV station Yomiuri TV (YTV) in Osaka)
- Lupin III: Part 1
- Lupin III: Part II
- Lupin III: Part III
- Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
- Lupin III: The Italian Adventure
- Lupin III: Part 5
- Lupin III: Part 6
- Lupin III Yearly Specials
- Lupin III: Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis!
- Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers
- Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary
- Lupin III: From Siberia With Love
- Lupin III: Voyage to Danger
- Lupin III: Dragon of Doom
- Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
- Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
- Lupin III: Island of Assassins
- Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo
- Lupin III: The Columbus Files
- Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar
- Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection
- Lupin III: Episode 0: First Contact
- Lupin III: Operation: Return the Treasure
- Lupin III: Stolen Lupin
- Lupin III: Angel Tactics
- Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody
- Lupin III Elusiveness Of The Fog
- Lupin III Sweet Lost Night
- Lupin III vs. Detective Conan
- Lupin III: The Last Job
- Lupin III: Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~
- Lupin III: Travels of Marco Polo – Another Page
- Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze
- Lupin III Italian Game
- Lupin III: Goodbye Partner
- Lupin III: Prison of the Past
- Mado King Granzort
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magical Princess Minky Momo (The 1991 sequel series, the original 1982 series aired on TV Tokyo)
- The Studio Pierrot Magical Girl shows (except for Fancy Lala, which aired on TV Tokyo):
- Majisuka Gakuen (season 4, first two episodes of season 5, Cabasuka, and Majimuri)
- Mashin Hero Wataru Series (The first 2; the reboot series Super however aired on TV Tokyo)
- MF Ghost (airs on its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV (YTV), alongside TOKYO MX, Animax, TV Tokyo's Aichi affiliate, TV Aichi and other stations; original series aired on Fuji TV, SkyPerfecTV! and Animax throughout its run)
- Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Japanese-dubbed versions of classic Disney shorts; aired 1984-85)
- Monkey
- My Hero Academia (season 2 onwards, season 1 aired on TBS)
- Nurse Witch Komugi R (The SoulTaker aired on WOWOW and Nippon TV's satellite affiliate, BS Nippon has aired the original OVA's in the past)
- Patlabor: The TV Series
- Patlabor 2: The Movie
- The Next Generation -Patlabor- (Digest version of all 7 chapters)
- Real Girl
- Red Baron (the Animated Adaptation of Super Robot Red Baron)
- Rebuild of Evangelion (the original series aired on TV Tokyo)
- Reiwa no Di Gi Charat (or rather its satellite network BS Nippon TV note and the original 1999 Wonderful short series and Winter Garden aired on TBS while Panyo Panyo and Nyo! aired on TV Tokyo)
- The Rose of Versailles
- Samurai Giants (much like Ikki Kajiwara's other baseball series Star of the Giants mentioned above, this was due to Nippon TV's parent company, Yomiuri Shinbun owning the Yomiuri Giants team)
- Seiun Kamen Machineman
- Serendipity the Pink Dragon
- Sonic Soldier Borgman
- Space Battleship Yamato (the original 1974-1981 TV serials were co-produced by Osaka affiliate station Yomiuri TV and aired on Nippon TV; the reboot 2199 aired on TBS and its sequel 2202 aired on TV Tokyo)
- Street Fighter II V
- Super Robot Red Baron (as well as Mach Baron and the Red Baron anime)
- Tenchi Muyo! (co-produced the 3rd OVA):
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP (The previous 3 Tenchi TV anime, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo and the Pretty Sammy TV series aired on TV Tokyo, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure and Sasami: Magical Girls Club aired on WOWOW and Ai Tenchi Muyo! aired on Tokyo MX)
- Tetsujin 28 (1980's version)
- Tetsujin 28 FX
- The Time Bokan series, from 2008 and onwards:
- Yatterman (the 2008 remake, the original 1977 series as well as the rest of the Time Bokan franchise aired on Fuji TV, and Kiramekiman aired on TV Tokyo)
- Yatterman Night
- Time Bokan 24
- Tokimeki Tonight
- Tomorrow's Joe (The 1980 sequel series, the original 1970 series aired on Fuji TV)
- Touch (1981) (The TV specials from 1998 and 2001, as Nippon TV's subsidiary, VAP produced said specials; the original TV series aired on Fuji TV note )
- The Transformers
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
