2014 in Japanese television

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Events in 2014 in Japanese television.

Debuts

Start date	Show	Channel	Type	Source
January 12	Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono Encore	NTV	Anime	[1]
February 16	Ressha Sentai ToQger	TV Asahi	Tokusatsu
April 4	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders	Tokyo MX	Anime
April 6	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V	TV Tokyo	Anime
April	No Game No Life	AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11	Anime	[2]
April	Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii	NTV, FBS, STV, CTV, SUN	Anime	[3]
April	Selector Infected WIXOSS	Tokyo MX	Anime	[4]
July 2	Bakumatsu Rock	Tokyo MX BS11	Anime	[5]
July 3	Glasslip	Tokyo MX, AT-X	Anime	[6]
April 4	Go-Go Tamagotchi!	TV Tokyo	Anime
July 5	Aldnoah.Zero	Tokyo MX BS11 Tochigi TV Gunma TV	Anime	[7]
July 10	Persona 4: The Golden Animation	MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS	Anime	[8]
July 15	Ultraman Ginga S	TV Tokyo	Tokusatsu
October 5	Kamen Rider Drive	TV Asahi	Tokusatsu

Ongoing

• Music Fair, music (1964–present)
• Mito Kōmon, jidaigeki (1969-2011)
• Sazae-san, anime (1969–present)
• FNS Music Festival, music (1974–present)
• Panel Quiz Attack 25, game show (1975–present)
• Soreike! Anpanman. anime (1988–present)
• Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, game show (1989–present)
• Crayon Shin-chan, anime (1992–present)
• Nintama Rantarō, anime (1993–present)
• Chibi Maruko-chan, anime (1995–present)
• Detective Conan, anime (1996–present)
• SASUKE, sports (1997–present)
• Ojarumaru, anime (1998–present)
• One Piece, anime (1999–present)
• Doraemon, anime (2005–present)
• Naruto Shippuden, anime (2007–2017)
• Aikatsu!, anime (2012-2016)
• Pocket Monsters XY, anime (2013–2016)

Returning Series

• Dragon Ball Kai, anime (2014-2015)^[9]
• Fairy Tail, anime (2014-2016, 2018-2019)^[10]

New Series

• Sailor Moon Crystal, ONA (2014-2015)^[11][12]

Ended

• Saint Seiya Omega, anime (2012-2014)
• Toriko, anime (2011-2014)
• Hunter x Hunter, anime (2011-2014)
• Domoto Kyodai, music (2000-2014)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II, anime (2012-2014)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, tokusatsu (2013-2014)
• Waratte Iitomo, variety (1982-2014)^[13]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability	Source
Jan. 17	Seizō Katō	86	Actor and voice actor, was the dub voice for Megatron and later Galvatron in The Transformers and also played him in Transformers: The Headmasters	[14][15]

See also

• 2014 in anime
• 2014 Japanese television dramas
• 2014 in Japan
• 2014 in Japanese music
• List of Japanese films of 2014

References

1. "Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono CG TV Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
2. "No Game, No Life Anime's 1st Promo Video, Cast, Staff Unveiled". Anime News Network. 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
3. "Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime in April". Anime News Network. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
4. "Steins;Gate's Satō, anohana's Okada Make selector infected WIXOSS Anime". Anime News Network. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
5. "Bakumatsu Rock TV Ad Introduces Samurai-Era Rocker Ryōma". Anime News Network. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
6. "Glasslip Anime's TV Ad Prepares for July 3 Premiere". Anime News Network. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
7. "Fate/Zero Creators' Aldnoah.Zero Previewed in English-Subtitled Trailers". Anime News Network. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
8. "Persona 4 the Golden Animation's English-Subtitled Trailer Posted". Anime News Network. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
9. "New Dragon Ball Z Kai Anime Series to Premiere on April 6". Anime News Network. February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
10. "Fairy Tail Anime Returns in April". Anime News Network. December 28, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
11. Komatsu, Mikikazu (May 27, 2014). ""Sailor Moon Crystal" 1st Episode Advance Screening to be Held on June 30". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
12. Loo, Egan (May 23, 2014). "New Sailor Moon's Premiere Event Excludes Men — Unless Accompanied by Women". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
13. Author, N. (2014, March 31). 'Waratte Iitomo!' wraps up after 32 years on air. The Japan Times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/31/national/waratte-iitomo-wraps-up-after-32-years-on-air/.
14. "「巨人の星」星一徹役の加藤精三さん死去" ["Giant star" Seizo Kato, who plays the role of Toru Hoshi, dies] (in Japanese). NTV News 24. January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
15. "「巨人の星」星一徹役の声優　加藤精三氏死去…８６歳" ["Giant Star" Seito Kato, the voice actor of Toru Hoshi, died... 86 years old] (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2020.