2024 in Japanese television
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Below is a non-comprehensive list of events associated with and affecting Japanese television in 2024.
Events
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Fairy Tail voice actress Aya Hirano announces her marriage to Kamen Rider Amazons actor Masashi Taniguchi. | [1] |
| January 25 | Shinji Aoba is sentenced to death for the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack after he was found guilty on September 5, 2023. | [2] |
| March 9 | Kamen Rider W actor Masaki Suda announced the birth of his first child with To Give a Dream actress Nana Komatsu. | [3] |
| March 30 | The 2023–24 Formula E World Championship was held at 2024 Tokyo ePrix. | |
| April 1 | During April Fool's Day, it was announced in commemoration with the original anime series' 20th anniversary that a new Sgt. Frog anime series is in the works. | [4] |
| April 7 | The 2024 Formula One World Championship was held at 2024 Japanese Grand Prix. | |
| June 25 | A new anime adaptation project for the Magic Knight Rayearth franchise has been announced. | [5] |
| July 26–11 August | The 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France. | |
| August 28 - September 8 | The 2024 Summer Paralympics was held in Paris, France. | |
| September 4 | As announced, Tokyo MX will add a new programing block as well as schedule changes for its other anime timeslots, such as moving and expanding its weekday "Kids' Anime" timeslot from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00-8:57 p.m., starting in October. | [6] |
| September 30 | As revealed in a press conference in Tokyo, Nippon Television has announced that an April 2025 live action television project will be halted, according to a report by Sponichi Annex, following the death of the Sexy Tanaka-san manga's creator Hinako Ashihara in January. | [7] |
| October 5 | Ahead of the premiere of the Dragon Ball Daima anime series, the Japanese voice actor for Dragon Ball character Yamcha has been replaced for the first time in 38 years. | [8] |
| October 6 | The 2024 MotoGP World Championship was held at 2024 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix. | |
| November 29 | NNN/NNS core affiliates, Yomiuri TV, Chukyo TV, The Sapporo Television Broadcasting and Fukuoka Broadcasting System Corp. announced their intentions to merge and integrate their operations under a holding company known as Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. | [9] |
| December 27 | Kyohei Iida, former member and founder of Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ theme song performing group Kis-My-Ft2, and Junya Tanaka file a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada against the Johnny & Associates talent agency about the sexual abuse of late founder Johnny Kitagawa. | [10] |
| As announced by Toei Animation, the Moon World Colony Championship arc is confirmed as the Run for Money: The Great Mission anime's final arc, started from November 17, 2024. | [11] | |
| December 31 | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War voice actors Yumi Uchiyama and Yūsuke Kobayashi announce their marriage on New Year's Eve. | [12] |
Ongoing
| Show | Type | Channel | First aired/Japanese period | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NHK | |||||
| NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent show | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | March 15, 1953 (TV) | Showa | |
| With Mother | Kids | E-TV, NHK World Premium | October 5, 1959 | Showa | |
| Nintama Rantarō | Anime | NHK | April 10, 1993 | Heisei | |
| Ojarumaru | Anime | NHK | October 5, 1998 | Heisei | |
| Utacon | Music | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | April 12, 2016 | Heisei | |
 Nippon Television Network System | |||||
| Shōten | Comedy | Nippon Television | May 15, 1966 | Showa | |
| Soreike! Anpanman | Anime | Nippon Television | October 3, 1988 | Showa | |
| Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game show | Nippon Television | October 3, 1989 | Heisei | |
| Detective Conan | Anime | NNS | January 8, 1996 | Heisei | |
 Fuji Network System | |||||
| Music Fair | Music | Fuji TV | August 31, 1964 | Showa | |
| Sazae-san | Anime | Fuji TV | October 5, 1969 | Showa | |
| FNS Music Festival | Music | FNS | July 2, 1974 | Showa | |
| Chibi Maruko-chan[Notes 1] | Anime | Fuji TV | January 8, 1995 | Heisei | |
| One Piece | Anime | Fuji TV | October 20, 1999 | Heisei | |
 TV Tokyo | |||||
| Ninjala | Anime | TV Tokyo | January 8, 2022 | Reiwa | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 3, 2022 | Reiwa | |
| Pokémon | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 14, 2023 | Reiwa | |
 TV Asahi | |||||
| Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu | TV Asahi | September 28, 2003 | Heisei | |
| Crayon Shin-chan | Anime | TV Asahi | April 13, 1992 | Heisei | |
| Doraemon | Anime | TV Asahi | April 15, 2005 | Heisei | |
| Music Station | Music | TV Asahi | October 24, 1986 | Showa | |
 TBS | |||||
| SASUKE | Sports | TBS | September 26, 1997 | Heisei | |
| Count Down TV | Music | TBS | April 7, 1993 | Heisei | |
New series and returning shows
| Show | Network | Premiere | Finale | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gushing over Magical Girls | Tokyo MX | January 3, 2024 | March 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [13] |
| The Demon Prince of Momochi House | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Series Ended | [14] |
| Pon no Michi | TBS | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Series Ended | [15] |
| Tales of Wedding Rings | Tokyo MX | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[16] |
| Dear Radiance | NHK | January 7, 2024 | December 15, 2024 | Series Ended | [17] |
| 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [18] |
| Banished from the Hero's Party (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [19] |
| Fluffy Paradise | Tokyo MX | January 7, 2024 | March 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [20] |
| The Dangers in My Heart (Season 2) | TV Asahi | January 7, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | Season Ended | [21] |
| 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess | Tokyo MX | January 9, 2024 | March 26, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[22] |
| The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil | TV Tokyo | January 9, 2024 | March 26, 2024 | Series Ended | [23] |
| Doctor Elise | Tokyo MX | January 10, 2024 | March 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [24] |
| Shaman King: Flowers | TV Tokyo | January 10, 2024 | April 3, 2024 | Series Ended | [25] |
| Delusional Monthly Magazine | Tokyo MX | January 11, 2024 | March 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [26] |
| Isekai Onsen Paradise | Tokyo MX | January 12, 2024 | March 29, 2024 | Series Ended | [27] |
| Urusei Yatsura (Season 2) | Fuji TV | January 12, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [28] |
| Bucchigiri?! | TV Tokyo | January 13, 2024 | April 6, 2024 | Series Ended | [29] |
| Ultraman New Generation Stars (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | January 27, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended | [30] |
| Wonderful Pretty Cure! | TV Asahi | February 4, 2024 | January 26, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [31] |
| Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger | TV Asahi | March 3, 2024 | February 9, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [32] |
| The Tiger and Her Wings | NHK | April 1, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [33] |
| Train to the End of the World | Tokyo MX | April 1, 2024 | June 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [34] |
| Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2024 | September 24, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[35] |
| Laid-Back Camp: Season 3 | AT-X | April 4, 2024 | June 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 4 |
[36] |
| Nijiyon Animation (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [37] |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 3) | Nippon TV | April 5, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 4 |
[38] |
| Astro Note | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [39] |
| The Irregular at Magic High School (3rd season) | Tokyo MX | April 5, 2024 | June 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [40] |
| A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics | TBS | April 5, 2024 | June 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [41] |
| Wind Breaker | TBS | April 5, 2024 | June 28, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[42] |
| Girls Band Cry | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2024 | June 29, 2024 | Seried Ended | [43] |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors | TV Tokyo | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[44] |
| Highspeed Etoile | TBS | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [45] |
| Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included | Tokyo MX | April 6, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [46] |
| Go! Go! Loser Ranger! | TBS | April 7, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[47] |
| Mission: Yozakura Family | TBS | April 7, 2024 | October 6, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[48] |
| The Fable | Nippon TV | April 7, 2024 | September 29, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[49] |
| Shinkalion: Change the World | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2024 | February 2, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [50] |
| Himitsu no AiPri | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2024 | March 30, 2025 | Ending 2025 Season 2 premieres in April 2025 |
[51] |
| Rinkai! | Tokyo MX | April 9, 2024 | June 25, 2024 | Series Ended | [52] |
| Oblivion Battery | TV Tokyo | April 10, 2024 | July 3, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[53] |
| The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio | Tokyo MX | April 10, 2024 | June 26, 2024 | Series Ended | [54] |
| Black Butler: Public School Arc | Tokyo MX | April 13, 2024 | June 22, 2024 | Season Ended | [55] |
| Kaiju No. 8 | TV Tokyo | April 13, 2024 | June 29, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[56] |
| Whisper Me a Love Song | TV Asahi | April 13, 2024 | December 29, 2024 | Series Ended | [57] |
| My Hero Academia (Season 7) | Nippon TV | May 4, 2024 | October 12, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Final Season |
[58] |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc | Fuji TV | May 12, 2024 | June 30, 2024 | Season Ended | [59] |
| Shy (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | July 1, 2024 | September 24, 2024 | Series Ended | [60] |
| Oshi no Ko (Season 2) | Tokyo MX | July 3, 2024 | October 6, 2024 | Season Ended | [61] |
| Red Cat Ramen | TBS | July 4, 2024 | September 19, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[62] |
| Senpai Is an Otokonoko | Fuji TV | July 5, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [63] |
| 2.5 Dimensional Seduction | Tokyo MX | July 5, 2024 | December 13, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[64] |
| The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (Season 2) | TBS | July 5, 2024 | September 20, 2024 | Series Ended | [65] |
| Grendizer U | TV Tokyo | July 5, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [66] |
| Ultraman Arc | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2024 | January 18, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [67] |
| Quality Assurance in Another World | TBS | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [68] |
| Dungeon People | TBS | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [69] |
| Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | TV Tokyo | July 6, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | Series Ended | [70] |
| Plus-Sized Elf | Tokyo MX | July 7, 2024 | September 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [71] |
| My Deer Friend Nokotan | Tokyo MX | July 7, 2024 | September 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [72] |
| Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest | TV Tokyo | July 7, 2024 | January 5, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [73] |
| Wistoria: Wand and Sword | TBS | July 7, 2024 | September 29, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[74] |
| Shōshimin: How to Become Ordinary | TV Asahi | July 7, 2024 | September 15, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[75] |
| Kamen Rider Gavv | TV Asahi | September 1, 2024 | Currently airing | Continues 2025 | [76] |
| Omusubi | NHK | September 30, 2024 | March 28, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [77] |
| Let This Grieving Soul Retire! | Tokyo MX | October 1, 2024 | December 24, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[78] |
| Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister | TV Tokyo | October 2, 2024 | March 25, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [79] |
| Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Season 3) | TV Tokyo | October 2, 2024 | March 26, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [80] |
| Blue Box | TBS | October 3, 2024 | March 27, 2025 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[81] |
| Dandadan | TBS | October 4, 2024 | December 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[82] |
| Magilumiere Co. Ltd. | Nippon TV | October 4, 2024 | December 20, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[83] |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance | Fuji TV | October 4, 2024 | March 21, 2025 | Ending 2025 Renewed for Season 3 |
[84] |
| Blue Lock (Season 2) | TV Asahi | October 5, 2024 | December 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [85] |
| Tōhai | TBS | October 5, 2024 | April 5, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [86] |
| Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi | TBS | October 5, 2024 | December 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [87] |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Part 3) | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2024 | December 28, 2024 | Season Ended | [88] |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Season 2) | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2024 | December 21, 2024 | Series Ended | [89] |
| The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Season 2) | TBS | October 6, 2024 | December 29, 2024 | Season Ended | [90] |
| Ranma ½ (2024 series) | Nippon TV | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[91] |
| Party kara Tsuihō Sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyō ni Tsuki | TV Asahi | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [92] |
| Puniru Is a Cute Slime | TV Tokyo | October 6, 2024 | December 23, 2024 | Season Ended Renewed for Season 2 |
[93] |
| Love Live! Superstar!! (Season 3) | NHK-E | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [94] |
| You Are Ms. Servant | TV Asahi | October 6, 2024 | December 22, 2024 | Series Ended | [95] |
| Dragon Ball Daima | Fuji TV | October 11, 2024 | February 28, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [96] |
| Goodbye, Dragon Life | TBS | October 11, 2024 | December 27, 2024 | Series Ended | [97] |
| Shangri-La Frontier (Season 2) | TBS | October 13, 2024 | March 30, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [98] |
| The Blue Wolves of Mibu | Nippon TV | October 19, 2024 | March 29, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [99] |
| Wing-Man | TV Tokyo | October 22, 2024 | December 25, 2024 | Series Ended | [100] |
| Red Blue | TBS | December 18, 2024 | February 12, 2025 | Ending 2025 | [101] |
Ending
Sports
| Airdate | Sports | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 - February 10 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup | DAZN, TV Asahi | |
| March 30 | 2023–24 Formula E World Championship | J Sports | |
| April 7 | 2024 Formula One World Championship | Fuji TV Next | |
| July 26–11 August | Paris 2024 Olympics | TBS, NHK | |
| August 28 - September 8 | Paris 2024 Paralympics | TBS, NHK | |
| October 6 | 2024 MotoGP World Championship | G+ |
Special events and milestone episodes
| Airdate | Show | Episode | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13 | News Pokémon Satellite | TV Tokyo | [103] | |
| December 28 | Whisper Me a Love Song | Episodes 11 & 12 | TV Asahi | [104] |
| December 31 | 75th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK | ||
| Doraemon | New Year special | TV Asahi | [105] | |