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Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

television series. The programs are listed alphabetically and are followed by the genre of the show and the date of the original run.

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.hack//Legend of the Twilight
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
is a science fiction manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi. The twenty-two chapters of .hack//Legend of the Twilight appeared as a serial in the Japanese magazine Comptiq, and published in three tankōbon by Kadokawa Shoten from July 2002 to April 2004...

- Anime, 2003
.hack//Roots
.hack//Roots
is a 26-episode anime series, animated by studio Bee Train, that sets as a prologue for the .hack//G.U. video games. It is the first .hack TV series broadcast in HDTV . It is set seven years after the events of the first two anime series and games...

- Anime, 2006
.hack//Sign
.hack//SIGN
.hack//Sign is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise...

- Anime, 2002

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009-1
009-1
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman , a female cyborg who works as a secret agent...

- Anime, 2006
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
is an anime series directed by Isao Takahata and aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the novel Heart by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e...

- Anime, 1976
8 Man
8 Man
or is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, predating even Kamen Rider , and was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop.The manga was published in Weekly...

- Anime, 1963-1964

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Abarenbō Shōgun
Abarenbo Shogun
is a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun...

- Jidaigeki, 1978-2003, 2004, 2008
Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari
Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari
is an anime based on the novel "Cuore, Libro per i Ragazzi" by Edmondo de Amicis.-Story:The story takes place in nineteenth century Italy. The events in the anime are based on Enrico Bottini's Journal....

- Anime, 1981
Aikurushii
Aikurushii
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS from 10 April 2005 to 26 June 2005.-Cast:* Hayato Ichihara* Haruka Ayase* Ryunosuke Kamiki* Rina Matsumoto* Sachiko Sakurai* Kanata Hongō* Shun Oguri...

- Drama, 2005
Aim for the Ace! - Anime, 1973-1974, 1978-1979
Aim for the Ace! - Drama, 2004
Ainori
Ainori
', literally "Ride together", or "Car pool" but can also be read as "love ride", is a popular television program that runs Monday evenings from 11 pm in Japan on Fuji TV. It debuted on October 11, 1999...

- Reality show, 1999-2009
Alfred J. Kwak - Anime, 1989-1990
All Night Fuji
All Night Fuji
was a popular Japanese television show in the mid-1980s. As the name implies, it went on all night. It generally featured young Japanese men and women smiling and laughing at sexual jokes, stories and videos....
As the Bell Rings
As the Bell Rings (Japan)
ザ・休み時間 is the Japanese version of As the Bell Rings. It is a Japanese adaption of the Disney Channel Italy Original Series Quelli dell' Intervallo.- External links :* *...
Asayan
Asayan
Asayan, originally known as , was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Many Hello! Project artists and groups were discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku....

- 1995-2002
Ashita ga Arusa
Ashita Ga Arusa (TV series)
is a Japanese television drama series first aired on NTV in 2001.-Cast:* Masatoshi Hamada* Izumi Inamori* Takashi Fujii* Kōji Higashino* Naoki Tanaka...

- Drama, 2001
Asu no Hikari wo Tsukame
Asu no Hikari wo Tsukame
is a Japanese television drama series that first aired on Tokai TV in 2010.-First season:*Alice Hirose*Mayo Kawasaki*Sachi Funaki*Yūya Shimizu*Ikkei Watanabe*Shin Yazawa*Ryōga Hayashi*Tetsuji Sakakibara*Naruki Matsukawa*Erika Tonooka*Reo Yoshitake...

- Drama, 2011-2011
Attack No. 1
Attack No. 1
is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.The anime is an adaptation of Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Weekly Maragaret Magazine under the same name. Chikako was considered one of the...

- Anime, 1969-1971
Attack No. 1
Attack No. 1
is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.The anime is an adaptation of Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Weekly Maragaret Magazine under the same name. Chikako was considered one of the...

- Drama, 2005
Azumanga Daioh
Azumanga Daioh
is a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes...

- Anime, 2002

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Baby Felix
Baby Felix
is a children's animated television program that follows the adventures of a young Felix the Cat and infant versions of the characters from Joe Oriolo's Felix television program from the 1950s. It was launched by Oriolo's son, Don Oriolo in 2000 with NHK Educational, NEC Interchannel and of...

- Anime, 2000-2001
Baldios
Baldios
is a Japanese super robot mecha anime series from 1980.-Production:The original TV anime series was produced by Ashi Productions, with its full length feature film produced by Toei Animation in 1981...

- Anime, 1980-1981
Baribari Value
Baribari Value
is a weekly panel game show that is currently being broadcast from 22:00 until 22:54 every Wednesday; it is produced by Mainichi Broadcasting System in Osaka, Japan....

- Game show, 2003-Present
Baxinger
Baxinger
was an anime series aired from 1982 to 1983 in Japan. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Baxingar", "Galactic Stormwind Baxinga", "Cosmo Rangers". It is the sequel to Braiger and the second series of the J9 Series...

- Anime, 1982-1983
Bayside Shakedown
Bayside Shakedown
was a Japanese police drama/comedy series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was so popular that five cinematic-release movies were made following the end of the TV series, the first in 1998, the second in 2003, the third and fourth in 2005, and the fifth...

- Police drama, 1997, 1998
Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster
Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster
is an anime series aired from 1976 to 1977 in Japan. There are 38 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is also known as "Blocker Army IV Machine Blaster", "Blocker Corps IV", "Blocker Army IV", "Blocker Corps", "Machine Blaster" and in Italian version as "Astrorobot Contatto Ypsilon".-Original...

- Anime, 1976-1977
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
, sometimes translated as Blue Meteor SPT Layzner, is an anime series produced by Sunrise between 1985 and 1986. Its original creator was Ryousuke Takahashi of Armored Trooper Votoms fame who served as the writer and wrote the scripts for such shows as Panzer World Galient, Tetsuwan Atom, Zero...

- Anime, 1985-1986
Bosco Adventure
Bosco Adventure
is an anime TV series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book "Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author...

- Anime, 1986-1987
Braiger
Braiger
is an anime series aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Braiger", "Bryger", "Brygar", "Galactic Whirlwind Bryger", "Galactic Cyclone Buraiger", "Cosmo Runner". It is the first series from the J9 Series.-Original Story:In the year...

- Anime, 1981-1982
Brave Raideen
Brave Raideen
is a super robot anime series. Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Sunrise, it aired on NET from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes...

- Anime, 1975-1976
Bumpety Boo
Bumpety Boo
in Japan was an anime children's television show produced by the Nippon Animation company from 1985 to 1986. The series consisted of 131 10-minute episodes, distributed as 43 half-hour segments.-Synopsis:...

- Anime, 1985-1986

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Calimero
Calimero
is an Italian/Japanese cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized cartoon chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head...

- Anime, 1974-1975
Calimero
Calimero
is an Italian/Japanese cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized cartoon chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head...

- Anime, 1992-1993
Captain Future - Anime, 1978-1979
Cat's Eye - Anime, 1983-1985
Chō Kōsoku Galvion
Cho Kosoku Galvion
is a 22-episode TV anime mecha series that aired in Japan in 1984. It revolves around criminals using robots to save innocents in exchange for years being cut from their long prison sentences. The program did not fare very well and had its planned number of episodes cut; a 23rd episode was...

- Anime, 1984
Chōdenji Machine Voltes V - Anime, 1977-1978
Chōdenji Robo Combattler V - Anime, 1976-1977
Chōshichirō Edo Nikki
Choshichiro Edo Nikki
or Chōshichirō's Edo Diaries was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Chōshichirō Nagayori, the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga. The premise of the show focuses on Tadanaga having been killed because of alleged plotting to overthrow his elder brother,...

- 1983-1991
Chousei Kantai Sazer-X
Chousei Kantai Sazer-X
translated as Super Star Fleet Sazer-X is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. This series is the third in Toho's Seishin series...

- Tokusatsu, 2005-2006
Chouseishin Gransazer
Chouseishin Gransazer
, translated into English as Ultra Star God GranSazers or Super Star God GranSazers, is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 2003 to September 25, 2004, with a total of 51 half-hour episodes...

- Tokusatsu, 2003-2004
Close-up Gendai
Close-up Gendai
, is a social affairs television show on NHK. The program is broadcast Monday thru Thursday 19:30 - 20:00 , 24:10 - 24:36 . It is also broadcasted on NHK World and NHK World Premium....
Cobra - Anime, 1982-1983
Code Geass - Anime, 2006-2008

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Daichūshingura
Daichushingura
is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan.The series featured an...

- Jidaigeki, 1971
Daitetsujin 17
Daitetsujin 17
is a 1977 tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It revolves around a giant battle robot commanded by a young boy who fights the giant robots of an evil organization bent on world conquest...

- Tokusatsu, 1977
Daltanius
Daltanius
was an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980. There were 47 episodes. There are a lot of alternate spellings for the name, which includes "Dartanius", "D'Artagnas", "Daltanias" and "Dartanias". But the correct spelling should be "Daltanious" which was commonly used on the Japanese merchandise...

- Anime, 1979-1980
Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God - Anime, 1985
Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog
Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog
, also known as Demetan the Frog and The Brave Frog, is a 39 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired in 1973.-Overview:...

- Anime, 1973
Dirty Pair
Dirty Pair
is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....

- Anime, 1985
Dotch Cooking Show
Dotch Cooking Show
The was a Japanese cooking show produced by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and known for its use of highest quality and most expensive food ingredients domestic and international to Japan...

- Cooking show, 1997-2005
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!
, often abbreviated , is a Japanese variety show hosted by the popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown, with comedian Hōsei Yamasaki and owarai duo Cocorico co-hosting. The program has been broadcast on Nippon TV since its pilot episode on October 3, 1989, and continues to this day, celebrating its...

- Variety show, 1989-Present
Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji
Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji
Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji , translated as Downtown's Feelin' Real Good, was a Japanese variety show. It premiered on December 8, 1991 and ended its run on November 2, 1997. It aired on Fuji Television every Sunday night...

- Variety show, 1991-1997
Dragon Zakura
Dragon Zakura
is a Japanese manga by Norifusa Mita, which won the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival. It was adapted into live action television series of the same name broadcast on TBS in 2005.- Plot :...

- Drama, 2005
Dynamic China
Dynamic China
is an NHK documentary television series of "specials" covering contemporary China. The series first aired in April 2007 with a prologue followed by the first episode on consecutive nights...

- Documentary, 2007-2008

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Fighting Girl
Fighting Girl
The Fighting Girl is a Japanese television drama starring Kyoko Fukada. Fukada plays Sayoko, a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior college is unstimulating...

- Drama, 2001
FNN Date Line
FNN DATE LINE
FNN Date Line was the last news program of the night on Fuji Television. It was broadcast with that name from October 1987 to March 1990.-History:Until March 1988, the program was a baseball show...

- News, 1987-1990
FNS Music Festival
FNS Music Festival
is an annual music show on the produced by Fuji Network System and Fuji Television.- Grand Prix Winners :- International guests :*a-ha*Sting*Jackie Chan*Destiny's Child*Kenny Loggins*Daniel Powter-References :...

- Music show, 1974-Present
Food Fight - Drama, 2000
Friends - Drama, 2002
Fugo Keiji
Fugo Keiji
-Synopsis:Kanbe Miwako, the granddaughter of a millionaire, becomes a detective and starts working at a police station where there are few women. Her style, elegant manners, and upper-class attitudes constantly get on the nerves of her old-fashioned co-workers...

- Drama, 2005
Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan
Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan
was a popular Japanese television variety show aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System around the mid-1980s. Starring Ken Shimura and Cha Kato, former members of the group The Drifters from Hachiji Dayo! Zen'in Shugo, the irreverent and satirical program would poke fun at contemporary society in Japan,...

- Variety show, 1986-1992
Fushigi no Kuni no Alice
Fushigi no Kuni no Alice
is an anime adaptation of the novel Alice in Wonderland which ran on the Japanese network NHK from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Nippon Animation and Apollo Films...

- Anime, 1983-1984

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Gaiji Keisatsu
Gaiji Keisatsu
is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009....

- Drama, 2009
Gaiking
Gaiking
was a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation.It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 26-minute episodes. Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series to take place in real places outside of Japan, and for being the first Super...

- Anime, 1976-1977, 2005-2006
Ganbaron
Ganbaron
was a 1977 Japanese tokusatsu live action television show featuring Japan's own version of American superhero Superman. It was the third in the Baron series, following Red Baron in 1973 and Mach Baron in 1974....

- Tokusatsu, 1977
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
Genesis Climber Mospeada
is an anime science fiction series created by Shinji Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma. The 25-episode television series ran from late 1983 to early 1984 in Japan...

- Anime, 1983-1984
Genseishin Justirisers - Tokusatsu, 2004-2005
Getter Robo
Getter Robo
is a Super Robot manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, as well as an anime series produced by Toei Animation. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974 to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes.- Plot :...

- Anime, 1974-1975
Getter Robo G
Getter Robo G
is a super robot anime series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa and produced by Toei Animation. This direct sequel to Getter Robo was broadcast on Fuji TV from May 15, 1975 to March 25, 1976, with a total of 39 episodes .People familiar with Mattel's popular Shogun Warriors toy...

- Anime, 1975-1976
Getter Robo Go
Getter Robo Go
or Getter Robo Go, also known as Venger Robo or Venger Robot Go outside of Japan, is a Japanese mecha anime and manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa....

- Anime, 1991-1992
Gilgamesh Night
Gilgamesh Night
was a softcore porn Japanese variety TV show broadcast from October 1991 to March 1998. Airing Saturdays at 1:15 a.m. on TV Tokyo, the hour-long show helped launch the career of one of its late hosts, Ai Iijima, who afterwards moved into a more mainstream career....

- Variety show, 1991-1998
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Silver") is an adventure manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes...

- Anime, 1986
Glay Global Communication
Glay Global Communication
GLAY Global Communication was an 11 episode, thirty minute, television series aired on the Fuji Television Networks hosted by the Japanese rock band, GLAY...

' - 2001
Gloizer X
Gloizer X
is an anime series aired from 1976 to 1977. There were 36 episodes. It is also referred to as Gloyzer X and Gloizer X.-Story:The Gaira aliens, hidden in the Arctic, plan to conquer Earth. Captured and forced to work for the aliens, Dr. Yan creates the ultimate weapon, a transformable aerial robot...

- Anime, 1976-1977
Gold
Gold (TV series)
Gold is a 2010 Japanese television drama series with 11 episodes that aired from July 8 to September 16.-References:...

- Drama, 2010
Beast King GoLion - Anime, 1981-1982
GoShogun
GoShogun
was a super robot anime series produced in 1981 and aired in 1982 in Japan. It is variously referred to in English as "Demon God of the War-Torn Land GoShogun", "Warring Demon God GoShogun", "Civil War Devil-God GoShogun" and "Macron 1".-Original story:A meteor strikes the Earth and is found to...

- Anime, 1981
God Mazinger
God Mazinger
, also known as is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from to in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes. The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes published in , , and respectively....

- Anime, 1984
Gokenin Zankurō
Gokenin Zankuro
is a novel by Renzaburo Shibata. The protagonist of this jidaigeki is Matsudaira Zankurō, a low-ranking gokenin in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. He lives with his mother Masajo in the shogunal capital of Edo...

- Jidaigeki, 1995-2002
Great Mazinger
Great Mazinger
is a manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z series...

- Anime, 1974-1975

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Hadaka no Shounen
Hadaka no Shounen
is an TV Asahi cooking program. It airs every week on Saturday at 5 pm .- History :It started out in April 7th, 2001 as a Johnny's late-night show in which the Juniors were in their pajamas in a 'club house'. The program was aimed at teenage girls, so it looked like a sleep over. The Juniors...

- Cooking show, 2001-Present
Haromoni@
Haromoni@
is the title of the sequel to the long-running Japanese variety show Hello! Morning, which it replaced starting April 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo and later throughout the country on several other television networks, in High Definition...

- Variety show, 2007-2008
Haruka 17
Haruka 17
is a seinen manga by Sakuya Yamazaki which was serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Morning from 2004 to 2006. It was adapted into a live-action TV drama which aired on TV Asahi in 2005.- Cast :* Aya Hirayama - Haruka Miyamae...

- Drama, 2005
Hato no kyojitsu
Hato no kyojitsu
Hato no kyojitsu is a one-minute-long video that airs Nippon Television in Japan when the station signs on in the morning and signs off at night.-History:...

- 1953-2001, 2008-Present
Heavy Metal L-Gaim
Heavy Metal L-Gaim
is an anime television series, begun in 1984, which was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Its characters and mecha were designed by Mamoru Nagano, who would later go on to create The Five Star Stories. Heavy Metal L-Gaim takes place in the Pentagona System, a solar system made up of five planets...

- Anime, 1984-1985
Hello! Morning
Hello! Morning
was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring members of Morning Musume, and sometimes other Hello! Project members on TV Tokyo. It is also known by the shorter name of . On April 1, 2007, the show ended after seven years of broadcast and a new show, featuring the same people, , took its place...

- Variety show, 2000-2007
Hello! Sandybell
Hello! Sandybell
is an anime series made by Toei Animation in 1981. It was aired in Japan by TV Asahi.In the original title when it is made in Japan, her name is the spelling to which "E" is attached to an end by "Sandybelle"....

- Anime, 1981-1982
Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ - Variety show, 1994-Present
Hey! Spring of Trivia
Hey! Spring of Trivia
Hey! Spring of Trivia is the name given by Spike TV to the show a Japanese variety show on Fuji TV.-Concept:"Trivia" consists of a series of video segments that introduce and confirm the validity of unusual trivia. Past trivia has included exploding erasers, spiders affected by caffeine, and...

- Variety show, 2002-2006
Hi Hi PUFFY Bu
Hi Hi PUFFY Bu
"Hi Hi PUFFY Club", more accurately titled "Hi Hi PUFFY Bu" is PUFFY's reality television series, which premiered on TV Asahi on 5 July 2006. The show stars both Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, and its opening credits include them in a cel-shaded manga...

- Variety, 2006
High School! Kimengumi
High School! Kimengumi
is a manga series written by Motoei Shinzawa which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1982 to 1987. The title literally translates to High School! Funny-face Club or High School! Weird Face Club. An anime TV series and movie based on the series were also released...

- Anime, 1985-1987
Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka
Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka
is a regular debate variety show broadcast on Japan's Nippon TV. The show, starring the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai started out as a special presentation on October 15, 2005, and has been broadcast during prime-time on Fridays since April 7, 2006...

- Variety show, 2006-Present
Himitsu no Hanazono
Himitsu no Hanazono
is a 2007 Japanese drama series by KTV, a Kansai-based affiliate of Fuji TV. The show is also known as The Secret Garden or Hanazono's Secret...

- Drama, 2007
Honjitsu wa Taian Nari
Honjitsu wa Taian Nari
is an upcoming Japanese television drama series. It will premiere on NHK on January 10, 2012.-Cast:* Yuka as Takako* Yuko Asano* Ken Ishiguro* Tomoka Kurokawa* Mitsuki Tanimura* Mari Hoshino* Naoki Tanaka* Yoshinori Okada* Miho Shiraishi* Seishiro Kato...

- Drama, 2012
How do you like Wednesday?
How do you like Wednesday?
was a Japanese television variety series that aired on the HTB network in Hokkaidō, Japan, and on other regional television networks in Japan. The program debuted on HTB on October 9, 1996. The series was one of the first local variety programs to be produced on Hokkaido; prior to this series'...

- Variety show, 1996-2007
Huckleberry no Bouken
Huckleberry no Bouken
is an anime series based on the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It is the first of two Huckleberry Finn anime. A second Huck Finn television series was made in 1994, Huckleberry Finn Monogatari.-Plot summary:...

- Anime, 1976

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Idoling!!! - 2006-Present
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV series)
was a wildly popular, highly influential Japanese television drama by screenwriter Kankuro Kudo, based on a novel by Ira Ishida, that initially aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System during the summer of 2000, and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The success of the television series would launch a...

- Drama, 2000
Innocent Love
Innocent Love (TV series)
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji TV from 20 October to 22 December 2008.-Cast:* Maki Horikita* Yūjin Kitagawa* Yuu Kashii* Seiji Fukushi* Hiroki Narimiya* Yuki Uchida* Takashi Naitō* Kōsuke Toyohara* Mitsuru Hirata...

- Drama, 2008
Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
is an anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate, and produced by Sunrise. It was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1978. The series lasted for 40 episodes. The opening theme Come Here! Daitarn 3 is sung by Makoto Fujiwara...

- Anime, 1978-1979
Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
is a Super Robot anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshitake Suzuki, featuring character design by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and produced by Sunrise. It was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1977. The series lasted for 23 episodes.- Story :...

- Anime, 1977-1978
IQ Sapuri
IQ Sapuri
is a Japanese game show airing Saturday nights from 19:00-19:54 JST on Fuji TV. It consists of mostly logic puzzles and brain teasers. Some examples of games are:*Kanji Puzzle*Match Sticks*Mis-match Manga*Spot the Difference-External links:*...

- 2004-Present
Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...

- Cooking show, 1993-1999
Ironfist Chinmi
Ironfist Chinmi
is a Japanese manga series written by Takeshi Maekawa. It was published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1983 to 1997 and collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. It is centered around the story of a boy called Chinmi who learns Kung Fu through the staple manga method of fighting progressively...

- Anime, 1988

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J-Melo
J-Melo
J-Melo is a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK. It is recorded entirely in the English language. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2005...

- Music show, 2005-Present
Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli
Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli
is an anime adaption of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book. It aired in 1989, and consists of a total of 52 episodes.-Music:...

- Anime, 1989-1990
Jushin Liger
Jushin Liger (anime)
is an anime superhero TV series created by Go Nagai. Produced by Sunrise Inc. with cooperation of Dynamic Planning , the series was originally broadcast on Nagoya Broadcasting Network /TV Asahi from to with a total of 43 episodes....

- Anime, 1989-1990
Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova
Juso Kiko Dancouga Nova
is a Super Robot anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions and is directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also in charge of mechanical design. The series is supposedly a follow up of its predecessor, but became a spiritual sequel to Gravion...

- Anime, 2007

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Kaiju Booska
Kaiju Booska
is a famous children's tokusatsu sitcom, and the first to feature the friendly monster Booska. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show aired on Nippon TV from November 9, 1966 to September 27, 1967, with a total of 47 episodes....

- Tokusatsu, 1966-1967
Kaitai-Shin Show
Kaitai-Shin Show
is a Japanese TV program broadcast on NHK General TV which had been broadcast since 2007 until 2009.- Introduction :This program is about the human body....

- 2007-Present
Karakuri Samurai Sesshaawan 1
Karakuri Samurai Sesshaawan 1
is a 2011 Japanese tokusatsu television series.-External links:*...

- Tokusatsu, 2011
Kaseifu no Mita
Kaseifu no Mita
is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on NTV on October 12, 2011. The theme song of the series is "Yasashiku Naritai" by Kazuyoshi Saitō.-Cast:* Nanako Matsushima* Yumi Shirakawa* Hiroki Hasagawa* Yūko Daike* Shiori Kutsuna* Shūto Ayabe...

- Drama, 2011-present
Kasou Taishou
Kasou Taishou
Kasou Taishou is a semi-annual show on NTV in which various amateur groups perform short skits, which are rated by a panel of judges. Especially in recent years, many of the skits have revolved around clever methods of "faking" cinematic special effects on a live stage...
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
, known in English as The Man Who Can't Get Married or He Who Can't Marry, is a 2006 Japanese drama broadcast by Fuji TV. The theme song is "Swimmy" by Every Little Thing.The drama was produced by Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Media Mix Japan....

- Drama, 2006
Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV
Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV
was an anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as "Dairugger 15", "Dairugger XV", "Armored Armada Dairugger XV", "Armored Squadron Dairugger XV", or "Machine Platoon Dairugger"....

- Anime, 1982-1983
Kimagure Orange Road
Kimagure Orange Road
, usually abbreviated as KOR, is a popular shōnen romantic comedy manga and anime series from the 1980s.Written by Izumi Matsumoto and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, it was later adapted into an anime series broadcast on Nippon Television, animated by Studio Pierrot and directed by...

- Anime, 1987-1988
Kinniku Banzuke
Kinniku Banzuke
a.k.a. Unbeatable Banzuke was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System . Its successors were and . They succeeded by Muscle Musical...

- Sports entertainment/variety show, 1995-2002
Kinpachi-sensei
Kinpachi-sensei
is a Japanese television drama.Kinpachi-sensei is the story of a 3rd year junior high school class in Japan; its teacher is Kinpachi Sakamoto , played by Tetsuya Takeda...

- 1979-Present
Koko ga hen da yo, nihonjin
Koko ga hen da yo, nihonjin
was a Japanese TV show that was broadcast weekly from 1998 to 2002.It consisted of two panels: One was a group of Japanese celebrities notably consisting of Takeshi Kitano, Konishiki, Rui Ramos, and Terry Itō. The other panel was a pool of 100 Japanese-speaking expatriates from around the world...

- 1998-2002
Konna Koi no Hanashi
Konna Koi no Hanashi
Konna Koi no Hanashi was a Japanese television drama starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Nanako Matsushima. It aired during the Summer of 1997 in Japan and in 2001 on KONG-TV in the United States. The original 12 episodes were split into 14 episodes for the U.S. showing...

- Drama, 1997
Kotetsushin Jeeg
Kotetsushin Jeeg
is a Japanese animated television series and retcon to the 1975 Super Robot series Steel Jeeg, created by Go Nagai. It is directed by Jun Kawagoe . The show began airing on the satellite network WOWOW on April 5, 2007 at 11:30 p.m...

- Anime, 2007
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Kohaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...

- Music show
Kunoichi
Kunoichi (TV series)
was a women's obstacle course competition held in Japan and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It is a spin-off of Sasuke, another obstacle course series. Kunoichi is different from Sasuke in that the competitors are exclusively female.-Participants:Participants compete for a prize of 2...

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Legacy for the Future
Legacy for the Future
was Japan's first television documentary miniseries.Run on NHK for seventeen installments in 1974 and 1975, the theme of the program was "why civilizations flourished and declined." Footage was seen from over 150 world heritage sites in 44 countries...

- Documentary, 1974-1975
Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
, is a Japanese manga created, written and illustrated by Hiroshi Kawamoto and later adapted to anime by Tatsunoko Production. It ran 38 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 6, 1989 to January 18, 1990 and also spawned a 6-episode OVA series named , that ran from August 16, 1991 to March 16, 1992...

- Anime, 1989-1990
Liar Game
Liar Game
is a Japanese manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. The manga was first serialized in 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha...

- Drama, 2007
Lincoln
Lincoln (variety show)
LINCOLN is a Japanese variety show. It premiered on October 18, 2005, and airs on TBS every Tuesday nights. Hosted by Downtown, it features seven other owarai geinin in its regular cast, and has several recurring younger, more inexperienced comedians as guests.The show uses Abraham Lincoln as its...

- Variety show, 2005-Present
Lucy of the Southern Rainbow - Anime, 1982

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Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
is a Japanese television drama series based on by Japanese author Tokuya Higashigawa. It premiered on Fuji TV on October 18, 2011.-Cast:* Sho Sakurai as Kageyama* Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko Hosho* Kippei Shiina as Kazamatsuri...

- Drama, 2011
New Dotch Cooking Show - Cooking show, 2005-2006, 2007
Nonchan Noriben
Nonchan Noriben
is a Japanese manga by Kiwa Irie. It was adapted into two television drama series in 1997 and 1998 and a live-action film in 2009.-Awards:31st Yokohama Film Festival*Best Director - Akira Ogata*Best Actress - Manami Konishi...

, drama, 1997, 1998

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Obake no Q-tarō
Obake no Q-taro
, by Fujiko Fujio, is a Japanese manga about an obake, Qtarō who lives with the Ōhara family. Qtarō, also known as Q-chan or Oba-Q, is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs.The story is formulaic, usually focussed on the...

- Anime, 1965-1967, 1971-1972, 1985-1987
Ojamajo Doremi
Magical DoReMi
Magical DoReMi, known as in Japan, is a magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation in 1999. It focuses on elementary school students who become witch apprentices. Led by Doremi Harukaze, the girls must maintain their double lives in secret.Magical DoReMi has been followed up by...

- Anime (Maho-shojo), 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004

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Parasol Henbē
Parasol Henbe
is a Japanese anime series produced and directed by Fujiko Fujio in 1989 which ran for 200 episodes and was translated into many languages - English, Hebrew and Spanish amongs them...

- Anime, 1989-1991
Ponytail wa Furimukanai
Ponytail wa Furimukanai
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS in 1985. It is based on a novel by Takashi Kitajima.-Cast:* Kazue Itoh* Yūki Matsumura* Shingo Tsurumi* Shinobu Sakagami* Shū Miyata...

- Drama, 1985-1986
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
is a Japanese manga by Rū Tatsuki. It will be adapted into an anime television series in 2012. A video game based on the series in which players raise Poyo, a character from the series, is planned to be released in February 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS....

- Anime, 2012

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Ring: The Final Chapter
Ring: The Final Chapter
Ring: The Final Chapter is a television series, produced in Japan, based on the Ring movie series. There are a total of 12 episodes in the series and a sequel was made called "Rasen" consisting of 13 episodes....

- Drama/Mystery, 1999
Rasen - Drama/Mystery, 1999

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Sasuke
Sasuke (TV series)
Sasuke is a Japanese sports entertainment television special in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four stage obstacle course. An edited version, renamed Ninja Warrior, is screened in at least 18 other countries....

- Sports entertainment, 1997-Present
Senhime Zesshō Symphogear
Senhime Zesshō Symphogear
is an upcoming Japanese anime television series that will premiere in January 2012....

- Anime, 2012
SKE48 no Magical Radio
SKE48 no Magical Radio
is a Japanese variety show with members of idol group SKE48 that premiered on Nippon Television on October 11, 2011.-Cast:* Jurina Matsui* Rena Matsui* Akane Takayanagi* Masayasu Wakabayashi* Jiro Sato...

- Variety show, 2011-Present
SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP is an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it airs from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday...

- Variety show, 1996-Present
Sono toki Heartwa Nusumareta
Sono toki Heartwa Nusumareta
is a 5 part drama that aired on Fuji TV. It first aired in Japan from November 19, 1992 to December 17, 1992. It features a theme song by Yumi Matsutoya .-Cast:*Sae Isshiki as Yuko Siina*Takuya Kimura as Masato Katase*Yuki Uchida as Saki Aso...

- Drama, 1992
Sunao ni Narenakute
Sunao ni Narenakute
is a Japanese television drama on Fuji TV that aired from April 15, 2010 to June 24, 2010.-Plot:Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation...

- Drama, 2010

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Takeshi's Castle
Takeshi's Castle
was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1989 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up impossible challenges for players to get to him. The show has become a cult television hit around the world...

- 1986-1989, 2005
Tokimeki Tonight
Tokimeki Tonight
is a manga series by Koi Ikeno, which ran in the Japanese manga magazine, Ribon, from July 1982 to October 1994. A TV anime series was adapted from the manga and was broadcasted on NTV from October 7, 1982 to September 22, 1983.-Plot:Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf...

- Anime, 1982-1983
Tokyo Friend Park 2
Tokyo Friend Park 2
Tokyo Friendly Park 2 is a Japanese game show that premiered in April 1994 on the Tokyo Broadcasting Station...

- Game show, 1994-Present
Tokyo Market Express
Tokyo Market Express
Tokyo Market Express was a business news programme aired from 12 noon to 1:10 pm JST weekdays on Nikkei CNBC....

- News/talk show
Tokyo Market Watch
Tokyo Market Watch
Tokyo Market Watch is a business news programme aired from 2:05 to 2:23 pm JST weekdays on Nikkei CNBC.-External links:*...

- News/talk show, 2001-Present
Tokyo Market Wrap
Tokyo Market Wrap
Tokyo Market Wrap was a business news programme aired from 4 to 4:30 pm JST Mondays to Thursdays on Nikkei CNBC....

- News/talk show, 2001-Present
Tokyo Morning Express
Tokyo Morning Express
Tokyo Morning Express was a business news programme aired from 8:30 to 10:00 am JST weekdays on Nikkei CNBC....

- News/talk show, 2003-Present
Truth or Doubt
Truth or Doubt (Japanese television program)
was a Japanese quiz TV show copyrighted by Nippon Television Network. It started on April 3, 2004 and was broken off on March 29, 2005. Shosuke Tanihara is the presenter of this programme. Every time, there are four or five celebrities as game players. The players tell their own stories which are...

- 2004-2005

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Vermilion Pleasure Night
Vermilion Pleasure Night
, or VPN was a short-lived Japanese late-night variety and comedy skit TV show which mixed animated and live-action segments in a fashion similar to SCTV...

- Comedy/variety show, 2000
Video Warrior Laserion
Video Warrior Laserion
is a Japanese anime series aired in 1984 to 1985. It was the first Japanese anime series to feature the idea of virtual reality. It is also referred to as Rezarion, Laserion, Video Senshi Laserion...

- Anime, 1984-1985
Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course
Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course
, sometime abbreviated to Viking: TUOC, is a Japanese obstacle course endurance game show using an obstacle course produced by Fuji TV and Monster9. The English version of Viking is produced by ESPN2 with two American commentators calling the action. In Europe it airs on Eurosport 2 with the...

- Sports entertainment, 2005-2007

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Wakakusa no Charlotte
Wakakusa no Charlotte
is a vintage shōjo anime series produced by Nippon Animation Co. Ltd. It was first aired in Japan between October 29, 1977 and May 27, 1978, and is based on an original story by screenwriter Shun'ichi Yukimuro ....

- Anime, 1977-1978
Watashi ga Ren'ai Dekinai Riyū
Watashi ga Ren'ai Dekinai Riyū
is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on Fuji TV on October 17, 2011.-Cast:* Karina Nose as Emi Fujii* Yuriko Yoshitaka* Yuko Oshima* Izumi Inamori* Kei Tanaka* Kana Kurashina* Akiyoshi Nakao* Seira Kagami* Ryū Nakamura* Ayame Gōriki...

- Drama, 2011-present
Welcome to the El-Palacio
Welcome to the El-Palacio
is a Japanese manga series by Takao Aoyagi. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series that premiered on TV Tokyo in 2011. The opening of the series is Ready, Go by 4minute.-Cast:* Kouhei Takeda as Tadasuke Ōoka* Eriko Sato as Ouka Shumisen...

- Drama, 2011

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