2017 in Japanese television

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Events in 2017 in Japanese television. At the time to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of anime, it was known as the Year of the Anime Centennial Anniversary.

Events

Date	Event
June 30	ArtLand ceases operations after suffering financial difficulties. Seven Mortal Sins was being broadcast in Japan at the time of the studio's closure, and concluded on July 29; consequently, Seven Mortal Sins was the last anime to be produced by ArtLand.
October 1	TV Asahi moves the Super Hero Time block from 7:30-8:30 JST to 9:00-10:00 JST to make room for a Sunday morning news program entitled Sunday LIVE!!. The ordering of the shows in the block is also changed, with the Kamen Rider series airing before the Super Sentai series.
October 8	The 2017 Formula One World Championship will be held at 2017 Japanese Grand Prix.
October 15	The 2017 MotoGP World Championship will be held at 2017 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix.

Ongoing

Show	Type	Channel	First aired
Aikatsu Stars!	Anime	TV Tokyo	April 7, 2016
AKB48 Show!	Variety Show, Music	BS Premium, NHK World Premium	October 5, 2013
AKBingo!	Variety Show	Nippon Television	October 1, 2008
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT	Anime	TV Tokyo	October 2, 2016
Chibi Maruko-chan	Anime	Fuji Television	January 8, 1995
Count Down TV	Music	Tokyo Broadcasting System	April 7, 1993
Crayon Shin-chan	Anime	TV Asahi	April 13, 1992
Detective Conan	Anime	NNS	January 8, 1996
Doraemon	Anime	TV Asahi	April 15, 2005
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!	Game-Show	Nippon Television	October 3, 1989
Dragon Ball Super	Anime	Fuji Television	July 5, 2015
FNS Music Festival	Music	Fuji Television	July 2, 1974
Music Fair	Music	Fuji Television	August 31, 1964
Music Station	Music	TV Asahi	October 24, 1986
NHK Amateur Song Contest	Talent Show	NHK-G, NHK World Premium	March 15, 1953 (TV)
Nintama Rantarō	Anime	NHK	April 10, 1993
Ojarumaru	Anime	NHK	October 5, 1998
One Piece	Anime	Fuji Television	October 20, 1999
Panel Quiz Attack 25	Game-Show	TV Asahi	April 6, 1975
Pokémon Sun & Moon	Anime	TV Tokyo	November 17, 2016
Sasuke	Sports	Tokyo Broadcasting System	September 26, 1997
Sazae-san	Anime	Fuji Television	October 5, 1969
Soreike! Anpanman	Anime	Nippon Television	October 3, 1988
Super Hero Time	Tokusatsu	TV Asahi	September 28, 2003
Utacon	Music	NHK-G, NHK World Premium	April 12, 2016
With Mother	Kids	E-TV, NHK World Premium	October 5, 1959
Yo-kai Watch	Anime	TV Tokyo	January 8, 2014

New Shows & Returning Series

Show	Network	Premiere	Finale	Status	Source
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel	Tokyo MX	January 7	April 1	Series Ended
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television	January 7	March 25	Season Ended
Naotora: The Lady Warlord	NHK	January 8	December 17	Series Ended
Gabriel DropOut	Tokyo MX	January 9	March 27	Season Ended
Kemono Friends	TV Tokyo	January 10	March 28	Season Ended
Keyabingo! 2	Nippon Television	January 10	March 27	Season Ended	^[1]
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	Tokyo MX	January 11	April 6	Season Ended
Konosuba – Season 2	Tokyo MX	January 11	March 15	Season Ended
Kuzu no Honkai (Anime)	Fuji Television	January 12	March 30	Series Ended	^[2]
Rewrite 2nd Season: Moon/Terra Arc	Tokyo MX	January 14	March 25	Series Ended	^[3]
Kuzu no Honkai (Drama)	Fuji Television	January 18	April 5	Series Ended	^[4]
BanG Dream!	Tokyo MX	January 21	April 22	Season Ended
Tofu Pro-Wrestling	TV Asahi	January 21	July 1	Series Ended
Kirakira PreCure a la Mode	TV Asahi	February 5	January 28, 2018	Ending 2018
Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger	TV Asahi	February 12	February 4, 2018	Ending 2018
Boku no Hero Academia – Season 2	Nippon Television	April 1	September 30	Season Ended Renewed for 3rd Season
Shingeki no Kyojin – Season 2	Tokyo MX	April 1	June 17	Season Ended Renewed for 3rd Season
Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!	TV Tokyo	April 2	March 25, 2018	Ending 2018	^[5]
News Check 11	NHK World Premium	April 3	Currently Airing	Continues 2018
Hiyokko	NHK	April 3	September 30	Series Ended
Otoppe	NHK	April 3	Currently Airing	Continues 2018
Idol Time PriPara	TV Tokyo	April 4	March 27, 2018	Ending 2018
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	TV Tokyo	April 5	Currently Airing	Continues 2018	^[6]
Renai Boukun	TV Tokyo	April 6	June 22	Series Ended
Re:Creators	Tokyo MX	April 8	September 16	Series Ended
Eromanga Sensei	Tokyo MX	April 8	June 24	Season Ended
WorldEnd	Tokyo MX	April 11	June 27	Series Ended
Nogibingo! 8	Nippon Television	April 11	June 27	Season Ended
Dungeon ni Deai: Sword Oratoria	Tokyo MX	April 14	June 30	Season Ended
Sin Nanatsu no Taizai	Tokyo MX	April 14	July 29	Series Ended
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS	TV Tokyo	May 10	Currently Airing	Continues 2018
Symphogear AXZ	Tokyo MX	July 1	September 30	Season Ended
Battle Girl High School	Tokyo MX	July 2	September 17	Series Ended
Aho Girl	Tokyo MX	July 4	September 19	Series Ended
Koi to Uso	Tokyo MX	July 4	September 18	Series Ended
Dive!!	Fuji Television	July 6	September 21	Series Ended
Ultraman Geed	TV Tokyo	July 8	December 23	Series Ended
New Game!! (Season 2)	Tokyo MX	July 11	September 26	Season Ended
Mahōjin Guru Guru	TV Tokyo	July 11	December 19	Series Ended	^[7]
Isekai no Smartphone to Tomo ni	Tokyo MX	July 11	September 26	Series Ended
Hajimete no Gal	Tokyo MX	July 12	September 13	Series Ended
Gamers!	Tokyo MX	July 13	September 28	Series Ended
Keyabingo! 3	Nippon Television	July 18	September 26	Season Ended
Kamen Rider Build	TV Asahi	September 3	Currently Airing	Continues 2018
Warotenka	NHK	October 2	March 31	Ending 2018
Black Clover	TV Tokyo	October 3	Currently Airing	Continues 2018
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma – Season 3	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television	October 4	December 20	Season Ended
Dream Festival R	Tokyo MX	October 6	December 22	Season Ended
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z	TV Tokyo	October 7	March 31, 2018	Ending 2018
Love Live! Sunshine!! – Season 2	Tokyo MX	October 7	December 30	Season Ended	^[8]
The Idolmaster SideM	Tokyo MX	October 7	December 30	Season Ended
Blend S	Tokyo MX	October 7	December 23	Season Ended
My Girlfriend is Shobitch	Tokyo MX	October 11	December 13	Series Ended
Nogibingo! 9	Nippon Television	October 16	December 25	Season Ended

Ending

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Replaced by
January 29	Maho Girls PreCure!	TV Asahi	February 7, 2016	Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
February 5	Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger	TV Asahi	February 14, 2016	Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger
March 17	Hello From Studio Park	NHK	March 22, 1995	Afternoon Live
March 23	Naruto Shippuden	TV Tokyo	February 15, 2007	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
March 26	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V	TV Tokyo	April 6, 2014	Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
March 28	PriPara	TV Tokyo	July 5, 2014	Idol Time PriPara
April 1	Beppinsan	NHK	October 3, 2016	Hiyokko
June 29	HKT48 no Odekake!	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television	January 25, 2013	Love Toss (Season 6)
August 27	Kamen Rider Ex-Aid	TV Asahi	October 2, 2016	Kamen Rider Build
September 24	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT	TV Tokyo	October 2, 2016	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z
September 24	Heybot!	TV Asahi	September 18, 2017	Sunday Live

Sports

Airdate	Sports	Network	Source
October 8	2017 Formula One World Championship	Fuji TV Next
October 15	2017 MotoGP World Championship	G+

Special Events & Milestone Episodes in 2017

Airdate	Show	Network	Source
January 1	Masashi Sada's Midnight Talk-Show: New Year's SP	NHK
March 20	NHK Nodojiman Champion Taikai 2017	NHK
March 23	Naruto Shippuden #500 – Series Finale The Message	TV Tokyo, Crunchyroll
March 25	Masashi Sada's Midnight Talk-Show: Spring SP	NHK
April 9	Nogizaka Under Construction #100 Introduce the 3rd Generation! Part 2	TV Tokyo
June 17	AKB48 49th Senbatsu Sousenkyo Special	Fuji Television
June 28	TV Tokyo Music Festival	TV Tokyo
July 1	The Music Day 2017	Nippon Television
July 23	Dragon Ball Super #100 Out of Control! The Savage Berserker Awakens!!	Fuji Television, Crunchyroll
August 2	FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2017	Fuji Television
August 6	One Piece #800 The First and the Second Join! The Vinsmoke Family	Fuji Television, Crunchyroll
August 26	One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His 4 Crewmates' Big Adventure	Fuji Television
August 26 & 27	24 Hour Television 2017	Nippon Television	^[9]
September 2	Symphogear Live 2016 (Digest)	Tokyo MX
September 9 & 10	FNS 27 Hour TV	Fuji Television	^[10]
September 18	Music Station Ultra Fes 2017	TV Asahi	^[11]
October 1	One Piece 1 Hour Special	Fuji Television
October 8	Dragon Ball Super 1 Hour Special	Fuji Television
October 31	AKB48: Mayu Watanabe's Graduation Concert - Live in Saitama	BS Sky Perfect
November 9	Pokémon #1000 Mission: Total Recall!	TV Tokyo	^[12]
November 19	Animelo Summer Live 2017: The Card Day 1 (August 25, 2017)	BS Premium
November 26	Animelo Summer Live 2017: The Card Day 2 (August 26, 2017)	BS Premium
December 3	Animelo Summer Live 2017: The Card Day 3 (August 27, 2017)	BS Premium
December 6	2017 FNS Music Festival Part 1	Fuji Television
December 13	2017 FNS Music Festival Part 2	Fuji Television
December 22	Music Station Super Live 2017	TV Asahi
December 30	59th Japan Record Awards	Tokyo Broadcasting System
December 31	68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	NHK
December 31	Johnny's Countdown 2017-18	Fuji Television

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability	Source
January 3	Shigeru Kōyama	87	Actor
January 21	Hiroki Matsukata	74	Actor
January 25	Shunji Fujimura	82	Actor
February 8	Rina Matsuno	18	Idol and member from Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	^[13]
February 8	Yoshio Tsuchiya	89	Actor
February 13	Seijun Suzuki	93	Film and television director, actor, and screenwriter
March 4	Takashi Inoue	56	Actor
March 14	Tsunehiko Watase	72	Actor
March 21	Jiro Inao	48	Theater manager from JKT48	^[14]
March 22	Daisuke Satō	52	Manga artist, creator of Highschool of the Dead
April 12	Peggy Hayama	83	Japanese singer
April 13	Norio Shioyama	77	Animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director
May 3	Yumeji Tsukioka	94	Actress	^[15]
May 15	Takeshi Kusaka	86	Actor and voice actor
May 18	Tatsuya Nōmi	47	Actor
June 13	Yōko Nogiwa	81	Actress
June 22	Mao Kobayashi	34	Actress and newscaster	^[16]
July 8	Seiji Yokoyama	82	Music composer from Saint Seiya, Winspector and Metalder.
July 11	Keisuke Sagawa	80	Actor
July 21	Masaaki Hirao	79	Music composer and NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen's "Hotaru no Hikari" conductor from 2006 to 2016.
July 24	Keisuke Yamakawa	74	Japanese Enka singer and lyricist from several tokusatsu series
August 7	Haruo Nakajima	88	Suit actor from Ultra Series and Godzilla
August 29	Nobuyuki Furuta	59	Japanese voice actor from Yu Yu Hakusho.	^[17]
September 8	Toshihiko Nakajima	55	Voice actor and sound director.	^[18]
September 29	Ryūji Saikachi	89	Died from Congestive Heart Failure.	^[19]
November 16	Hiromi Tsuru	57	Voice Actress, notable for acting as Bulma, in Dragon Ball series.	^[20]
December 15	Michiru Shimada	58	Scriptwritter from anime series Little Witch Academia	^[21]

References

^ 欅坂46の冠番組「KEYABINGO！」シーズン2放送決定イケメンに変身も (in Japanese). modelpress. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
^ http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "超入門！アイドル×戦士ミラクルちゅーんず！". TV Tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
^ "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^ "Mahōjin Guru Guru Gag Fantasy Manga Gets New TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2017-01-10.
^ Karen Ressler (2017-09-01). "Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2 Anime Premieres October 7". Anime News Network.
^ "2017年夏「24時間テレビ40」. チャリティーパーソナリティーに石原さとみが決定！！｜24時間テレビ愛は地球を救う｜日本テレビ". Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
^ "Fns27時間テレビにほんのスポーツは強いっ！".
^ "Music Station ウルトラFes｜テレビ朝日".
^ "Pokémon: TV anime celebrantes 1000th episode milestone". Crunchyroll.
^ "18-year-old member of pop idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku dies". The Japan Times. 2017-02-08.
^ "Work Pressure Drives Inao Jiro to Commit Suicide, Police Says". Tempo. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
^ "Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95". 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017 – via Japan Times Online.
^ "Newscaster and actress Mao Kobayashi passed away at 34". Nandemo: Não Deixe o J-Pop Morrer.
^ MEGAN PETERS (2017-09-05). "'YuYu Hakusho' Voice Actor Nobuyuki Furuta Passes Away YuYu Hakusho' Voice Actor Nobuyuki Furuta Passes Away". ComicBook. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ "Voice Actor, Sound Director Toshihiko Nakajima Passes Away at 55". Anime News Network. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
^ "Castle in the Sky, Tensai Bakabon Voice Actor Ryūji Saikachi Passes Away - News". Anime News Network. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
^ アンパンマンのドキンちゃん声優の鶴ひろみさん死亡首都高速で意識不明の状態で発見 [Anpanman's Dokin-chan voice actor Tsuru Hiromi found dead on the Inner Circular Expressway] (in Japanese). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ Japanese Anime Screenwriter, Michiru Shimada, Passes Away, animecorner.me; accessed December 21, 2017.

[1] 欅坂46の冠番組「KEYABINGO！」シーズン2放送決定イケメンに変身も (in Japanese). modelpress. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-25.

[2] ttp://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] ttp://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] ttp://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/rewrite-segunda-temporada-ganha-video/^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] "超入門！アイドル×戦士ミラクルちゅーんず！". TV Tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-21.

[6] "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

[7] "Mahōjin Guru Guru Gag Fantasy Manga Gets New TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2017-01-10.

[8] Karen Ressler (2017-09-01). "Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2 Anime Premieres October 7". Anime News Network.

[9] "2017年夏「24時間テレビ40」. チャリティーパーソナリティーに石原さとみが決定！！｜24時間テレビ愛は地球を救う｜日本テレビ". Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2017-06-03.

[10] "Fns27時間テレビにほんのスポーツは強いっ！".

[11] "Music Station ウルトラFes｜テレビ朝日".

[12] "Pokémon: TV anime celebrantes 1000th episode milestone". Crunchyroll.

[japantimes20170208-13] "18-year-old member of pop idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku dies". The Japan Times. 2017-02-08.

[14] "Work Pressure Drives Inao Jiro to Commit Suicide, Police Says". Tempo. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

[15] "Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95". 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017 – via Japan Times Online.

[16] "Newscaster and actress Mao Kobayashi passed away at 34". Nandemo: Não Deixe o J-Pop Morrer.

[17] MEGAN PETERS (2017-09-05). "'YuYu Hakusho' Voice Actor Nobuyuki Furuta Passes Away YuYu Hakusho' Voice Actor Nobuyuki Furuta Passes Away". ComicBook. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[18] "Voice Actor, Sound Director Toshihiko Nakajima Passes Away at 55". Anime News Network. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.

[19] "Castle in the Sky, Tensai Bakabon Voice Actor Ryūji Saikachi Passes Away - News". Anime News Network. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.

[20] アンパンマンのドキンちゃん声優の鶴ひろみさん死亡首都高速で意識不明の状態で発見 [Anpanman's Dokin-chan voice actor Tsuru Hiromi found dead on the Inner Circular Expressway] (in Japanese). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[21] Japanese Anime Screenwriter, Michiru Shimada, Passes Away, animecorner.me; accessed December 21, 2017.

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Events

Ongoing

New Shows & Returning Series

Ending

Sports

Special Events & Milestone Episodes in 2017

Deaths

See also

References