Nippon TV
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Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. (日本テレビホールディングス株式会社 Nihon Terebi Hōrudingusu Kabushiki Gaisha), abbreviated as Nippon TV Holdings or NTVHD, is a Japanese holding company which operates the Nippon Television Network Corporation (日本テレビ放送網株式会社 Nihon Terebi Hōsōmō Kabushiki Gaisha), or Nippon TV. Founded in 1952, Nippon TV Holdings was the original "Nippon TV" and served as Japan's first commercial broadcast network, also airing several tokusatsu series over the years. Broadcasting duties were transferred to the new Nippon TV in 2012.
In 2023, Nippon TV Holdings purchased a controlling stake in renowned animation company Studio Ghibli Inc. (株式会社スタジオジブリ Kabushiki Gaisha Sutajio Jiburi)—established in 1985—and made it a subsidiary of Nippon TV.[1][2] Ghibli had previously financed Shinji Higuchi's 2012 kaiju short film A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo, based on co-founder Hayao Miyazaki's 1982 manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and 1984 film of the same name. Nippon TV was the first network to televise the Nausicaä film in 1985, close to 40 years before acquiring Ghibli.[1]
Nippon TV was also the first network to televise the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One in Japan, doing so on November 1, 2024, during which a new Godzilla film was announced.[3][4]
Selected filmography
Broadcast network
- Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [47 episodes]
- Go! Godman (TV 1972-1973) [156 episodes]
- Assault! Human!! (TV 1972) [13 episodes]
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973) [26 episodes]
- Go! Greenman (TV 1973-1974) [156 episodes]
- Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (TV 1974-1975) [156 episodes]
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (TV 1976-1977) [26 episodes]
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984; aired in 1985)[1]
- Cyber Cop (TV 1988-1989) [34 episodes + 3 specials]
- Godzilla Minus One (2023; aired in 2024)[3]
Production company
- Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [with Tsuburaya Productions, Toho]
- Assault! Human!! (TV 1972) [with Union TV & Motion Picture Co.]
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (TV 1976-1977) [with Toho]
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (1977) [theatrical episode; with Toho]
- Cyber Cop (TV 1988-1989) [with Toho Planning, Studio Jump, Yomiko Advertising]
Financier
- The Cat (1991) [with Golden Harvest, Tokuma Enterprises]
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) [with Daiei, Hakuhodo, Fujitsu, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai]
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [with Daiei, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai]
- Sakuya (2000) [as Towani Corporation with Toshiba, Warner Bros. Pictures]
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) [with the "Always 2" Film Partners]
- 20th Century Boys (2008) [with the "20th Century Boys" Film Partners]
- K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008) [with the "K-20" Film Partners]
- 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) [with the "20th Century Boys" Film Partners]
- 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) [with the "20th Century Boys" Film Partners]
- Gantz (2011) [with the "GANTZ" FILM PARTNERS]
- Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) [with the "GANTZ" FILM PARTNERS]
- A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) [Studio Ghibli]
Miscellaneous
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - Documents cooperation
- Cyber Cop (TV 1988-1989) - Planning
Gallery
Nippon Television logo used from 2003-2013
External links
- Nippon Television Holdings website
- Studio Ghibli website
- Nippon Television on Wikipedia
- Studio Ghibli on Wikipedia
References
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