AbemaTV" will add a new animation channel on April 1! Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-" will be distributed free of charge for the first time in the world!

The anime channel of the Internet TV station "AbemaTV" will add a new anime channel channel on April 1 (Sun.) to coincide with the second anniversary of "AbemaTV".

The newly added channels are "Abema Anime Channel," which offers free 24-hour viewing of the latest anime and other popular works, "Anime LIVE Channel," which offers regular live voice-over programs and anime song LIVE in addition to late-night anime works, and "Minna no Anime Channel," where everyone can enjoy national anime loved by all generations and genders. Minnano Anime Channel," where everyone can enjoy national anime loved by people of all ages and both sexes.

Here, we will introduce the features of each channel and the distribution schedule for April (partial).

Abema Anime Channel
The world's first free distribution of "Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-" is scheduled for April 1 (Sun.), 2018! In addition, "Steins;Gate Zero" and "Tada-kun wa Koi ni nai" will be distributed free of charge, and "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online", "Sword Art Online -Ordinal Scale-" and "TV anime "Persephone" will be distributed free of charge for the first time in the world on the same day. and "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online," "Persona 5" and "Onikon no Reijutsu" (The Reaper of Kikan, season 2, part 2) will also be distributed simultaneously on terrestrial wave. With the distribution of each title, the number of titles available for free viewing at the world's fastest speed will be doubled, and in addition to blockbuster theatrical anime, the number of exclusive past productions will be doubled and the number of newly broadcast anime productions will be tripled.


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Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- (World's First Free Distribution)
Distribution Date: April 1 (Sun.) 21:15
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Exclusive Free Distribution] SWORD ART ONLINE #1-3
Distribution Date: April 1 (Sun.) 23:30
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Simultaneous distribution on terrestrial wave] TV anime "Persona 5" #1
Distribution Date: Every Saturday 24:30 starting April 7 (Sat.)
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Onikan no Chitetsu" 2nd season #14
Distribution Date/Time: Every Saturday 25:00 starting from April 7 (Sat)
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Anime LIVE Channel
In addition to late-night anime and ani-song LIVE, from April 2 (Mon.), the industry's first regular voice actor band program will be broadcast live every day! Popular voice actors will take charge of two MCs for each day of the week, including Emi Ogata x Aya Uchida and Daisuke Namikawa x Noriaki Taniyama. In addition, to celebrate the start of this regular program, a present campaign will be held in which one person who follows AbemaTV's official Twitter and RTs the designated tweet will be selected to win a "10 cast members' autographs" in a drawing. The program name and other details will be announced at a later date.


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■[The first of its kind in the industry! Seiyu Regular Daily Live Broadcast] Emi Ogata & Aya Uchida
Date and time: Every Monday at 10:00 p.m. starting April 2 (Monday)
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URL: #: ##Date: April 2 (Monday), 2012 Seiyu regular live broadcast] Tomoki Ono & Yuka Otsubo
Date and Time: Every Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. starting April 3 (Tue.)
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URL: #: ##: [The first in the industry! Voice-over regular live broadcast] Hiromi Igarashi & Eri Mikami
Date and Time: Every Wednesday at 22 :00 starting April 4 (Wed.)
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URL: #: ##: [The industry's first! Daisuke Namikawa and Noriaki Taniyama
Date and Time: Every Thursday at 22 :00 starting April 5 (Thu)
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■【業界初! Seiyu regular live broadcast] Tomokazu Seki x Takuya Sato
Date and Time: Every Friday at 22 : 00 starting April 6 (Fri.)
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Minnano Anime Channel
In addition to the daily free distribution of the nationally popular animations "Doraemon" and "Crayon Shin-chan", "Crayon Shin-chan the Movie" series will be countdown distributed until the release date of the latest movie version! In addition, we will be offering exclusive free distribution of "Major" and the first free broadcast of "Kinkyo Beware! as well as "Yu Yu Hakusho" and "Mobile Suit Gundam," the lineup is fun for everyone from children to adults.


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Crayon Shin-chan
Distribution date and time: Monday-Friday 18:30 / Saturday and Sunday 22:00 from April 2 (Mon.)
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Doraemon
Doraemon - Distribution date and time: Mon-Fri 21:30/Sat/Sun 21:00 from April 2 (Mon.)
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Crayon Shinchan Arashi wo Yobu Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daigassen
Date: Monday, April 2, 20:00
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Crayon Shin-chan Arashi wo Yobu Appare! YUMEMY WORLD Daikaguchi
Distribution Date: April 11 (Wed) 20:00
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Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Ora no Hiki Monogatari - Cactus Raid
Distribution Date/Time: April 12 (Thu) 20:00
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Crayon Shin-chan Action Mask vs.
Distribution Date/Time: April 13 (Fri) 20:00
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Major #1~2
Distribution Date/Time: Monday, April 2 (Mon.) 22:00
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Kinkyo Beware! #1~2
Date: Friday, April 6 (Fri.) every Friday at 3:00 p.m.
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Delivery date and time are subject to change. Please understand in advance.


©2016 Reki Kawahara / KADOKAWA ASCII MEDIA WORKS / SAO MOVIE Project
© Yoshito Usui / Futabasha, Shin-Ei, TV Asahi, ADK
©Akimoto Osamu, Atelier Biedama/Shueisha, ADK
©Takuya Mitsuda, Shogakukan/NHK, NEP, ShoPro
©Nekobe Neko, Kodansha, Toei Animation

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