Animazing!!! (Japanese: アニメイジング, Hepburn: Animeijingu),[1] stylized as ANiMAZiNG!!!, is a late-night anime programming block planned and produced by ABC Animation of Asahi Broadcasting Group (production committee participation), and is launched by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation with TV Asahi under the All-Nippon News Network affiliation, on October 4, 2020. The block airs on Saturday nights from 26:00 to 26:30 JST (effectively Sunday mornings from 2:00 to 2:30 JST).[1]
History
The name of the slot was given when a single 30-minute slot of late-night anime programming was broadcast in the October 2020 reorganization. In the same month, NUMAnimation [ja], which originally aired locally in the Kanto region on TV Asahi, was expanded to other affiliate stations, thus becoming an hour-long anime slot on the ANN network.[2]
The name of the frame is a combination of the words "anime" and "Amazing", with the message of "Amazing anime from this block". The slogan of the block is "An anime frame that jumps out of the frame!".[3]
As an anime programming block produced by ABC, it went on to air on the network after the 8:30 a.m. Sunday anime programming (currently Pretty Cure) produced by the same station, and is the first late-night anime programming broadcast in 14 years since Glass Fleet. The "Anisata!!!" block was renamed to "Animazing²!!!" and began airing 20 minutes later than it did originally. As a result, an anime broadcasting slot of 1 hour and 30 minutes was formed in accordance with the Sunday morning time zone (Saturday midnight), and it is the first time in history that the network broadcasts three different anime blocks. Subtitle broadcasting is implemented in the NUMAnimation block, but is not implemented in this block.
When a network station is suspended due to special programs or maintenance of broadcasting equipment, the station responds with a delayed network, for example, before dawn the next day.
During the summer season, broadcasting time may be significantly reduced or suspended in conjunction with NUMAnimation, due to the Nekuto Koshien High School baseball recap program (produced by ABC, except when canceled due to rain) and live sports broadcasts.
^アニメ「美少年探偵団」に村瀬歩・坂泰斗・増田俊樹・矢野奨吾・佐藤元、PVも公開 [The anime "Bishonen Tanteidan" features Ayumu Murase, Ban Taito, Toshiki Masuda, Shogo Yano, and Gen Sato, and the PV has been released!]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.