Anime Complex
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Anime Complex was a series of omnibus anime
shows broadcast on WOWOW
and KIDS STATION
. It featured two unrelated series from various producers (notably Bandai Visual
and Pony Canyon
) of 15 minutes each per airing, and cycled as one series ended. It had three runs from 1998 to 2001.
The first, Anime Complex, was broadcast on WOWOW
from April 6 to September 28, 1998. It aired the following anime:
The program was a large success, leading to a second program, Anime Complex II, which cycled shows as they ended. In the course of its run (October 5, 1998 to April 4, 2000), it contained the following shows:
There was another series, called Anime Complex Night, which aired on April 7, 2001 to June 29, 2001 (Season 1) on WOWOW; and April 2, 2002 to June 29, 2002 (Season 2) on KIDS STATION. It featured the following:
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
shows broadcast on WOWOW
WOWOW
WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo...
and KIDS STATION
Kids Station
Kids Station is a Japanese children's television channel showing animation and other cartoon material. Kids Station also airs some anime aimed at adults during the night, such as Narutaru, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalance and "Rosario + Vampire". It is broadcast on...
. It featured two unrelated series from various producers (notably Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
and Pony Canyon
Pony Canyon
is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...
) of 15 minutes each per airing, and cycled as one series ended. It had three runs from 1998 to 2001.
The first, Anime Complex, was broadcast on WOWOW
WOWOW
WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo...
from April 6 to September 28, 1998. It aired the following anime:
- Neoranga
- The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
- Android Announcer Maico 2010
The program was a large success, leading to a second program, Anime Complex II, which cycled shows as they ended. In the course of its run (October 5, 1998 to April 4, 2000), it contained the following shows:
- Kurogane CommunicationKurogane Communicationis a manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in Dengeki Daioh in 1997 and published in three tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives...
- D4 PrincessD4 Princessis a manga series created by . The story was adapted into an anime series. The anime is composed of 24 thirteen-minute episodes and is part of the anime program Anime Complex II; it ran from April 6 to September 28, 1999....
- Neoranga
- Omishi Magical Theater: Risky SafetyOmishi Magical Theater: Risky Safetyis an anime created by Rei Omishi, and it follows the journeys of an apprentice shinigami, or death god, named Risky and an apprentice angel named Safety who have been trapped in the same body...
- Steel Angel KurumiSteel Angel Kurumiis a manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. Directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yuji Ikeda and music by Toshihiko Sahashi, it has been...
There was another series, called Anime Complex Night, which aired on April 7, 2001 to June 29, 2001 (Season 1) on WOWOW; and April 2, 2002 to June 29, 2002 (Season 2) on KIDS STATION. It featured the following:
- Hanaukyo Maid TeamHanaukyo Maid Teamis an anime and manga bishōjo series created by Morishige.Hanaukyo Maid Team is about a young boy, Taro Hanaukyo, who has inherited a vast family fortune and, more importantly, the hundreds of employees working at the family mansion...
(season 1) - cancelled - Steel Angel Kurumi 2Steel Angel Kurumi 2is a anime series that aired in 2001, it is a spinoff series to Steel Angel Kurumi. It was directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon...
(season 1) - RizelmineRizelmineis a manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga was originally serialized for six chapters in the Kadokawa Shoten magazine Ace Next from November 2001 to April 2002 with a single tankōbon collection released on March 22, 2002. The manga has was translated into English and...
(season 2) - Steel Angel Kurumi Pure (season 2) - live