Animax (Asian TV channel)

Animax

Country	Singapore
Broadcast area	Southeast Asia (excluding Brunei) India Hong Kong Macau Maldives Mongolia Sri Lanka Taiwan
Network	Animax
Headquarters	Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese English Indonesian Malay Mandarin Cantonese Thai Vietnamese (Subtitles)
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Entertainment (2004–2020) KC Global Media Entertainment
Sister channels	AXN ONE
History
Launched	11 January 2004; 20 years ago (11 January 2004)
Replaced by	Astro AEC (Malaysia) Astro Hua Hee Dai (Malaysia)
Links
Website	www.animax-asia.com
Availability
Terrestrial
MNC Vision	LCN 157
Nex Indonesia	LCN 6
Streaming media
Jio TV (India)	Watch Live
Prime Video (India)	Subscribe
Samsung TV Plus (India)	Samsung TV Plus

Animax (stylized in all uppercase) is an Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia. The channel was originally owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and took its name from the Japanese satellite TV network; which was then-majority owned by subsidiary Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. The channel would be sold to its current owners on January 1, 2020.^[1]

Animax is the first television channel in Asia dedicated to anime, and was initially launched in Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia in January 2004.^[2] The channel primarily broadcasts Japanese language programming (including same-day simulcasts, and other anime-related content) through English-language feeds in Southeast Asia (excluding Brunei), South and East Asia.