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2018 in Japanese television

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Date	Event
January 30	Nickelodeon's Japanese channel launches for the second time.
April 8	AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot on BS Premium from Saturday 23:45 JST to Sunday 23:00 JST.
May 3	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Wednesday 17:55 JST to Thursday 19:25 JST.^[1]
September 2	AKB48 Show! changes its timeslot once again in BS Premium and starts 10 minutes earlier, at Sunday 22:50 JST.
October 7	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 19:25 JST to Sunday 17:30 JST.
	Pokémon Sun & Moon changes its timeslot on TV Tokyo from Thursday 18:55 JST to Sunday 18:00 JST.^[2]
	The 2018 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese Grand Prix.
October 21	The 2018 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix.

Show	Type	Channel	First aired
AKB48 Show!	Variety Show, Music	BS Premium, NHK World Premium	October 5, 2013
AKBingo!	Variety Show	Nippon Television	October 1, 2008
Black Clover	Anime	TV Tokyo	October 3, 2017
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	Anime	TV Tokyo	April 5, 2017
Chibi Maruko-chan	Anime	Fuji Television	January 8, 1995
Count Down TV	Music	Tokyo Broadcasting System	April 7, 1993
Crayon Shin-chan	Anime	TV Asahi	April 13, 1992
Detective Conan	Anime	NNS	January 8, 1996
Doraemon	Anime	TV Asahi	April 15, 2005
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!	Game-Show	Nippon Television	October 3, 1989
FNS Music Festival	Music	Fuji Television	July 2, 1974
Music Fair	Music	Fuji Television	August 31, 1964
Music Station	Music	TV Asahi	October 24, 1986
NHK Amateur Song Contest	Talent Show	NHK-G, NHK World Premium	March 15, 1953 (TV)
Nintama Rantarō	Anime	NHK	April 10, 1993
Ojarumaru	Anime	NHK	October 5, 1998
One Piece	Anime	Fuji Television	October 20, 1999
Panel Quiz Attack 25	Game-Show	TV Asahi	April 6, 1975
Pokémon Sun & Moon	Anime	TV Tokyo	November 17, 2016
Sasuke	Sports	Tokyo Broadcasting System	September 26, 1997
Sazae-san	Anime	Fuji Television	October 5, 1969
Soreike! Anpanman	Anime	Nippon Television	October 3, 1988
Super Hero Time	Tokusatsu	TV Asahi	September 28, 2003
Utacon	Music	NHK-G, NHK World Premium	April 22, 2016
With Mother	Kids	E-TV, NHK World Premium	October 5, 1959
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS	Anime	TV Tokyo	May 10, 2017

Show	Network	Premiere	Finale	Status	Source
Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle	TV Tokyo	January 6	June 30	Series Ended
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	NHK, Crunchyroll	January 7	June 10	Series Ended
Idolish7	Tokyo MX	January 7	May 19	Series Ended
Segodon	NHK	January 7	December 16	Series Ended
Yowamushi Pedal 4: Glory Line	TV Tokyo	January 9	June 25	Series Ended
Violet Evergarden	Tokyo MX	January 10	April 4	Series Ended
Beatless	MBS	January 12	September 28	Series Ended
Dagashi Kashi – Season 2	TBS	January 12	March 31	Series Ended
Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments	JNN	January 12	June 30	Series Ended
Spring Has Come	WOWOW	January 13	February 10	Series Ended
Princess Jellyfish	Fuji Television	January 15	March 19	Series Ended
Seven Heavenly Virtues	AT-X	January 26	March 30	Series Ended	^[3]
Fate/Extra Last Encore	Tokyo MX	January 27	March 31	Series Ended
Hugtto! PreCure	TV Asahi	February 4	January 27, 2019	Ending 2019
Lupinranger VS Patoranger	TV Asahi	February 11	February 10, 2019	Ending 2019
GeGeGe no Kitarō	Fuji Television	April 1	March 29, 2020	Continues 2019
Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures!	TV Tokyo	April 1	March 24, 2019	Ending 2019
Hanbun, Aoi	NHK	April 2	September 29	Series Ended
Uma Musume Pretty Derby	Tokyo MX	April 2	June 17	Series Ended
Gundam Build Divers	TV Tokyo	April 3	September 25	Series Ended
Lupin the Third Part 5	Nippon TV	April 4	September 18	Seried Ended
Aikatsu Friends!	TV Tokyo	April 5	September 26, 2019	Continues 2019
Inazuma Eleven: Ares	TV Tokyo	April 6	September 28	Series Ended
Major 2nd	NHK-E	April 7	September 22	Season Ended Renewed for 2nd Season
My Hero Academia – Season 3	Nippon Television	April 7	September 29	Season Ended Renewed for 4th Season
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online	Tokyo MX	April 7	June 30	Series Ended
Kiratto Pri Chan	TV Tokyo	April 8	Currently Airing	Continues 2019
Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File	Fuji TV	April 8	March 31, 2019	Ending 2019
High School DxD: Hero	AT-X	April 10	June 27	Series Ended
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside	TV Tokyo	April 13	March 29, 2019	Ending 2019
Cardfight!! Vanguard: DX	Tokyo MX	May 5	May 4, 2019	Continues 2019
Harukana Receive	Tokyo MX	July 6	September 21	Series Ended
Ultraman R/B	TV Tokyo	July 7	December 22	Series Ended
Shingeki no Kyojin – Season 3	NHK	July 23	October 15	Season Paused To be resumed 2019
Kamen Rider Zi-O	TV Asahi	September 2	August 25, 2019	Continues 2019
Manpuku	NHK	October 1	March 30, 2019	Ending 2019
Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin	TV Tokyo	October 5	September 27, 2019	Continues 2019
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind	Tokyo MX	October 6	July 28, 2019	Continues 2019
Fairy Tail: The Final Chapter	TV Tokyo	October 7	September 29, 2019	Continues 2019
Sword Art Online: Alicization	Tokyo MX	October 7	March 30, 2019	Continues 2019
Senran Kagura Shinovi Master -Tokyo Yōma-hen-	Tokyo MX	October 13	December 27	Series Ended

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Replaced by
January 28	Kirakira PreCure a la Mode	TV Asahi	February 5, 2017	Hugtto! PreCure
February 4	Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger	TV Asahi	February 12, 2017	Lupinranger VS Patoranger
March 3	Banana Zero Music (2nd Series)	NHK	April 23, 2016	Arita P Entertainer
March 25	Dragon Ball Super	Fuji Television	July 5, 2015	GeGeGe no Kitarō
March 25	Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!	TV Tokyo	April 2, 2017	Magic × Warrior Magimajo Pures!
March 27	Idol Time PriPara	TV Tokyo	April 4, 2017	Gundam Build Divers
March 29	Aikatsu Stars!	TV Tokyo	April 7, 2016	Aikatsu Friends!
March 30	Yo-kai Watch	TV Tokyo	January 8, 2014	Yo-kai Watch Shadowside
March 31	Warotenka	NHK	October 2, 2017	Hanbun, Aoi
March 31	Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!	Fuji Television	October 19, 1996	Sekai! Goku taun ni sunde miru
April 1	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z	TV Tokyo	October 8, 2017	Kiratto Pri Chan
April 1	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	Fuji Television	October 2, 2016	Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File
August 26	Kamen Rider Build	TV Asahi	September 3, 2017	Kamen Rider Zi-O
August 30	Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama	TV Tokyo	October 1, 2015	Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama

Airdate	Sports	Network	Source
October 7	2018 Formula One World Championship	Fuji TV Next
October 21	2018 MotoGP World Championship	G+

2018_in_Japanese_television

2018 in Japanese television

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Airdate	Show	Network
January 20	The 7th AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen	BS Sky Perfect
March 3	NHK Nodojiman: Champion Taikai 2018	NHK
March 25	Masashi Sada Midnight Special: SadaFes 2018	NHK
March 29	Aikatsu Stars! #100 – Series Finale To the Unseen Future	TV Tokyo
April 7	CDTV 25th Anniversary Celebration Special	Tokyo Broadcasting System
May 5	Detective Conan #900 Solving Mysteries in a Locked Room	NNS
July 10	AKBingo! #500 What is Team 8? (Part 2)	Nippon Television
July 25	FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2018	Fuji Television
August 5	Miitsuketa! – The Stage Show	NHK-E & World Premium
August 18	50th Melody of Memories	NHK-G & World Premium
August 21	Teacher Itsuki's School of Songs: The Midsummer Special Lesson	NHK-G & World Premium
August 25 & 26	24 Hour Television 2018	Nippon Television
September 8 & 9	FNS 27 Hour TV	Fuji Television
September 17	Music Station Ultra Fes 2018	TV Asahi
October 14	AKB48 Show! #200 Party ga Hajimaru yo/Sekai to Hito e/Kimi wa Melody/Sentimental Train	BS Premium
October 23	Utacon #100 The 100th Festival - Fall Songs from Sendai	NHK
December 5	2018 FNS Music Festival Part 1	Fuji Television
December 7	Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK! Day 1 (August 24, 2018)	BS Fuji
December 12	2018 FNS Music Festival Part 2	Fuji Television
December 14	Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK! Day 2 (August 25, 2018)	BS Fuji
December 21	Animelo Summer Live 2018: OK! Day 3 (August 26, 2018)	BS Fuji
December 21	Music Station Super Live 2018	TV Asahi
December 30	The 60th Japan Record Awards	Tokyo Broadcasting System
December 31	69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	NHK
December 31	Johnny's Countdown 2018-19	Fuji Television

Date	Name	Aged	Notable Works	Source
February 8	Makiko Nitta	56	Voice actress; aortic dissection.
February 21	Ren Osugi	66	Supporting actor; cast of Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls and Back Street Girls: Gokudols.
April 5	Isao Takahata	82	Director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Studio Ghibli	^[4]^[5]
May 16	Hideki Saijo	63	Singer and songwriter, participated 18 times on annual NHK's Kouhaku Utagassen.
June 29	Steve Ditko	90	Original co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man, a character that had a Japanese live-action series in 1978, and also a protagonic role in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers on 2014.
July 6	Shota Nakao	22	Performer and member from LDH's FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE.
August 4	Masahiko Tsugawa	78	Actor, film director and critic; Heart failure.	^[6]
August 10	Kin Sugai	92	Actress, noctable for the role of the mother-in-law of the protagonist in NHK's Taiga drama series Inochi; Heart failure.	^[7]
August 13	Unshō Ishizuka	67	Actor, voice actor and director, most notably by providing the voice from Professor Oak in Pokémon, Monarca La Deus in Flashman and Heihachi Mishima in Tekken Series.	^[8]^[9]
August 15	Kunihiro Abe	50	Animator, most notably for Gundam Series.
August 15	Momoko Sakura	53	Manga artist, most notably for Chibi Maruko-chan.	^[10]^[11]^[12]
October 17	Nobuo Tanaka	83	Narrator from Super Sentai Series.
October 19	Takanobu Hozumi	87	Voice actor.
October 23	Kouji Tsujitani	56	Voice actor, most notably for InuYasha and Yu Yu Hakusho.
November 6	Tetsuo Gotō	68	Voice actor, most notably for One Piece and Dragon Ball Super.	^[13]^[14]
November 12	Stan Lee	95	Original co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters that were adapted on many Japanese TV shows (both anime and tokusatsu).
November 13	Ken Narita	73	Singer most notably for Denshi Sentai Denziman and Cyborg 009.