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5 unusual facts about TV Asahi


Ai wa Katsu

It was used as the opening theme of quiz show aired on TV Asahi during the summer 1990, and released as the second single from the album.

Alexandre Da Costa

He recorded live performances for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Radio-Classical International, Radio-Canada/CBC, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Austria State Radio (ORF), TV Asahi Japan.

Japanese television drama

TV Asahi, for example, focus heavily on jidaigeki and crime-situated stories (one example of the latter is the long-running Aibō, now on its 11th season).

Parallax Film Productions Inc.

Parallax Film documentaries have aired on several networks including Discovery Channels (US, Canada and International), National Geographic Channels (US, Canada and International), History Channel (US), Channel 4 (UK), FIVE (UK), DMAX (Germany), RAI (Italy), TV Asahi (Japan), PBS NOVA and Nature and History Television (Canada).

Unbound Creative, Inc.

Unbound Creative has worked with many companies including Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Home Video, TV Asahi, Toei Animation, Banpresto, Seoul Movie, TMS Entertainment, MTV, Film Roman, C2 Pictures, Geneon Entertainment USA, Mutant Enemy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Paramount Home Entertainment, Kids WB, and Cartoon Network.


Haikara-san ga Tōru

The anime adaptation of the story, which aired across Japan on the terrestrial TV Asahi network from June 1978 to March 1979, spanned 42 episodes, was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota (Spaceship Sagittarius, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, My Daddy-Long-Legs), and featured character designs by future Ranma 1/2 director Tsutomu Shibayama.

Hiroyuki Yabe

As a sportscaster on TV Asahi's program "Yabecchi FC," he interviewed soccer players Ronaldinho and Alessandro Del Piero.

Ikkyū-san

In 2005, Japanese television network TV Asahi conducted an online web poll for the top one hundred anime, and Ikkyū-san placed 85th tied with Hana no Ko Lunlun.

Isshin Tasuke

These aired on TBS (1969, 52 episodes starring Tarō Yamada), Fuji (1971, 25 episodes, starring Ryōtarō Sugi), Asahi (ANB) (1989, a New Year special starring Tōru Nakamura), Nippon Television (1990, a special with Morio Kazama), and NHK (1999, 24 episodes on Friday evening prime time) with Naoto Ogata as Tasuke.

Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride

The game is being released as part of the 10th anniversary of the Heisei run Kamen Rider Series by Toei, TV Asahi, Ishimori Productions, and Bandai and features heavy tie-ins with the television series Kamen Rider Decade, whose protagonists use cards similar to those used in the game.

Yoshika Yuhnagi

In late 2000, as a high-featured teenage model with a rapidly rising popularity, she appeared on several television programs which included TV Asahi's Tonight 2 and TBS's Wonderful.


see also

Chihiro Onitsuka

"Gekkou," a song that led Onitsuka to stardom, was initially featured as the closing theme for Trick, the successful TV drama series starring Yukie Nakama and Hiroshi Abe and aired on TV Asahi.

Hi Hi Puffy Bu

"Hi Hi Puffy Club", more accurately titled "Hi Hi Puffy Bu" (Hi Hi Puffy 部 Hi Hi Puffy Kurabu) is Puffy AmiYumi's reality television series, which premiered on TV Asahi on 5 July 2006.

Kenji Ebisawa

Engine Sentai Go-onger as Gunpei Ishihara/Go-On Black (TV Asahi, 2008)

Kouhei Takeda

He is best known for his roles as Kohei Kitahanada in Fuji TV's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e/Ikemen Paradise drama, Otoya Kurenai in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva, and the voice of Vaan in Final Fantasy XII.

Ryouta Murai

2009 - Kamen Rider Decade (Tokusatsu series, TV Asahi) as Kamen Rider Kuuga/Yusuke Onodera

Trider G7

Up until now, the series airing on TV Asahi in this timeslot had their soundtracks composed by Takeo Watanabe and Yuushi Matsuyama, but the two were busy working on the soundtrack for the theatrical adaptation of Mobile Suit Gundam, so Kurando Kaya filled in the role.