"MediaCorp partners Odex to launch anime channel with same week telecast as Japan
Singapore, 21 July 2008 – MediaCorp and Odex Pte Ltd announced a collaboration to offer Japanese anime programmes on MediaCorp’s Arts Central Channel and new online anime channel, AnimeTrix, available on MediaCorp’s internet vide on demand portal MOBTV.sg.
Arts Central is the first, and still the only terrestrial television channel in the world to broadcast anime content within the same week as its premiere in Japan. AnimeTrix offers the widest range of legal content online outside of Japan, with cult titles such as D.Gray-man, Neo Angelique Abyss, Zero no Tsukaima III, and Allison & Lillia from anime giants TV Tokyo Corporation, MICO and Media Factory.
Says Mr Chang Long Jong, MediaCorp Deputy CEO (Television), “With this collaboration, we are better able to cater to the entertainment needs and changing lifestyles of our audiences. Arts Central continues to reflect the tastes and trends in popular culture while MOBTV’s AnimeTrix channel will provide fans with the means to enjoy anime content on demand via the internet."
“Odex has all this while been engaging copyright owners over the possibility of same week telecast and to see this become a reality calls for celebration in the anime industry. blah blah blah.....” says Mr Peter Go, Managing Director of Odex Pte Ltd.
Japanese senior management of Bandai Channel, TV Tokyo, Sunrise, and MICO were amongst the distinguished guests who graced the MediaCorp-Odex Signing Ceremony held earlier today.
Jointly issued by MediaCorp Pte Ltd and Odex Pte Ltd.
$10 for 1 month (only via AXS stations from September 2008 onwards)s
$27 subscription for 3 months (via MOBTV.sg)
Titles available on MOBTV AnimeTrix channel
1) D.Gray-man
2) Neo Angelique Abyss
3) Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (How to Make a Cinderella)
4) Tokyo Majin
5) Seto no Hanayome
6) Domo
Titles available on Arts Central
1) Neo Angelique Abyss – every Wednesday 1130pm
2) Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo – every Thursday 1130pm
3) D.Gray-Man – every Friday 11pm"