Animax India was an Indian television channel owned by

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. It was operated and broadcast from Singapore by Animax Asia and distributed by Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. It aired Hindi dub of anime, but then later switched to English dubs with some subbed anime before switching entirely to subbed anime. It was the only channel in India to simulcast anime on the same day as Japan. It targeted the birthyears - and - or 7-14 and 15-25 age demographics over its history. On 18 April 2017, Animax ceased broadcasting in India on regular

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. Sony Pictures Networks later made Animax Asia HD available as live channel on its Indian digital platform, Sony LIV. On 8 May 2020, The Animax Asia HD live channel ceased to be available to watch on Sony LIV. On 20 January 2023, Animax has returned in India via JioTV apps after 3 years they can't be watched this channel, it's available Jio Fiber Setopbox channel number 444

History

began operations across

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and the rest of

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from 5 July 2004 with

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as a brand ambassador. It was operated and broadcast from Singapore by Animax Asia and distributed by Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. It was also the first animation channel that targets the age 15–25 demographic and was the only channel in India to simulcast anime in the same week and on the same day as Japan. Animax India started with 12 hours

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feed that targeted young kids and teens ages 7–14 and it had planned to launch Hindi and

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language audio tracks. From 15 August 2006, Animax entirely shut down its Hindi feed but kept its English one, since it changed its target audience to the ages 15–24 group. In 2007 started airing live-action content like TV shows ''Tech Max'', ''Game Max'', ''Animax Press Play'', ''Imagination and Speak Out'' and movies like ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 1 January 2008, Animax South Asia merged with Animax Asia's but had separate feed for india. Animax India rebranded its logo along with

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on 4 May 2010. Animax became the first channel to simulcast

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on April 6, 2009, Animax also aired Korean entertainment shows like Live Power Music, Pretty Boys & Girls and Comedy Boot Camp in Korean audio with English subtitles. Animax added American reality shows to their list with the premiere of

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. Animax also simulcasted the yearly

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hosted by

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. With the premiere of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Animax stopped dubbing anime and started airing them in Japanese audio with English subtitles instead. However, Animax continued to dub a few anime shows like the second season of

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. Animax continued to simulcast all the shows aired on AXN, its sister channel. The Shows

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and Fear Itself were originally aired on AXN India. In 2012, the channel stopped airing such shows and reverted to its old logo, focusing only on anime. Moreover, all DTH providers in India delisted Animax as the channel couldn't pay carriage fees. Animax made its way back into the DTH networks in 2016 with its addition on

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at LCN 686. Animax

Animax ceased broadcasting in India on regular television on 18 April 2017. Sony Pictures Networks has made Animax Asia HD available as live channel on its Indian digital platform,

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. On 7 Jan 2020, KC Global Media acquired the Animax Asia channels, however, the Indian channels were not included in the sale, thus separating them from the other Animax channels. On 8 May 2020, The Animax India HD live channel ceased to be available to watch on Sony LIV. According to sources, Animax recently started its broadcast on JioTV.

Animax Kool Kidz

An Animax branded Hindi feed block "Animax Kool Kidz" was launched on

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from 5 December 2004 in order to introduce the Anime content to a larger audience. This block featured shows like

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and

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History

Animax Kool Kidz

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