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61-399: The season began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 9, 1996 and ended on February 8, 1997 for 34 episodes. It was later released on DVD in six compilations with five episodes, by Toei, from September 26 to November 21, 2005. Sailor Stars was not dubbed during the initial English-language dub of Sailor Moon in the early 2000's. In May 2014, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series from

122-410: A dual-language format on June 18, 2019. The rest were released on November 12, 2019. Three pieces of theme music were used: one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme, titled " Sailor Star Song ", is performed by Kae Hanazawa. The ending theme, used for the first 33 episodes, is " Kaze mo Sora mo Kitto... " performed by Alisa Mizuki . The second and final ending theme that was used for

183-584: A limited number of hours every morning. In 1967, NET TV launched the Minkyokyo to strengthen the production of educational programs. In April 1967, they started to broadcast in color TV, and by 1969, all of its programs were broadcast in color. After 1968, many regional broadcasters in Japan began to pop up. This led to the broadcaster launching the All-Nippon News Network on April 1, 1970,

244-645: A major economic boost in 2002–2003 when the Izumi Garden Tower and the Roppongi Hills high-rise complexes were completed. These projects brought high-end office and condominium space to Roppongi for the first time. The Tokyo Midtown project in neighbouring Akasaka, which was completed in 2006, and includes the first Tokyo Ritz-Carlton Hotel, continued this trend. The area features numerous bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, restaurants, hostess clubs, cabarets , and other forms of entertainment. Among

305-407: A month earlier (February 1, 1959). On Christmas Eve 1958, NET began its test transmissions. On January 9 of the following year, their broadcast license was approved, and test transmissions continued every night throughout the month. At 9:55a.m. on February 1, 1959, NET signed on, airing at least 6.5 hours of programming per day. By April, this figure was extended to 10 hours. With the launch of

366-424: A news-talk format on daytime Japanese TV, causing other networks to follow suit, it was the first Japanese morning program in its format. Hyōten, NET TV's drama in 1966, had a 42.7% ratings in its finale. The success of the drama made the network to adjust its target audiences to single and married females. Despite heavily focusing on entertainment programs, they continued to broadcast educational programs, albeit on

427-503: A number of clubs which feature foreign performers. There are also a number of both foreign- and Japanese-operated bars catering to different crowds. Recently, Roppongi has enjoyed a growing reputation for its organized events such as art festivals, dart and billiard tournaments, pub crawls, robot exhibitions, beauty pageants, and so on. Restaurants in Roppongi vary from upscale Japanese fare to popular international restaurants. Roppongi

488-491: A partnership with Turner -owned CNN and Capital Cities/ABC -owned ABC News from the US. In 1987, ANN had a total of 14 regional affiliated stations, much smaller than the other 3 networks ( JNN and FNN / FNS had 25 each and NNN / NNS had 27). However, affected by the economic bubble at that time, Kikuo Tashiro (then president of TV Asahi), announced that it wouldn't open more regional stations which resulted in protest from

549-494: A rise in ratings for TV Asahi and lifted the TV station from its popularly ridiculed "perpetual fourth place" finish into second place, right behind Fuji TV , by 2005. Disney -owned ABC signed a strategic alliance with former rival commercial broadcaster Fuji TV due to sluggish viewership ratings. The station also launched its own mascot , Gō EX Panda ( ゴーエクスパンダ , Gō Ekkusu Panda ) , also known as Gō-chan ( ゴーちゃん。 ) Gō-chan

610-489: A threat. Toei's successful pitch was seen by its staff as a resurgence of their influence following the removal of Hiroshi Ogawa as president in 1964. In November 1973, the Ministry of Posts revised its plans on how TV broadcasters would operate, including abolishing education-focused TV broadcasting. Therefore, NET's transformation into a general-purpose television station was complete by that same month, when NET, along with

671-477: Is a district of Minato , Tokyo , Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is in the central part of Tokyo, south of Akasaka and north of Azabu . The name Roppongi , which appears to have been coined around 1660, literally means "six trees". Six very old and large zelkova trees used to mark

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732-411: Is currently seen on TV Asahi's opening sign-on ID. TV Asahi's current branding were created by British design collective Tomato (some members work as the electronic music group Underworld ) along with TV Asahi's in-house design department in 2003. It comprises a set of computer-generated "sticks" in white background, which changes in colour and movement along with the background music that accompanies

793-646: Is home to many important art galleries and museums in Tokyo, serving as a center hub for culture. This includes prestigious institutions such as the Mori Art Museum , Kotaro Nukaga , Galerie Perrotin , and The National Art Center, Tokyo . Mori Building Company and The Pokémon Company have their headquarters in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower . Companies based in Roppongi include: Public elementary and middle schools are operated by

854-590: Is located in Roppongi. Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin is private girls school, also located at Torii-Zaka in the district. The American School in Japan Early Learning Center is in Roppongi Hills. Minato City Library operates Azabu Library in Roppongi. In the past, Roppongi had a reputation as an area with high yakuza presence, whether as customers at Roppongi establishments, conducting business, or managing or owning clubs and bars in

915-519: Is zoned to Kōgai Elementary School  [ ja ] . The majority of Roppongi is zoned to Roppongi Junior High School. However, 2-chōme is instead zoned to Akasaka Junior High School  [ ja ] . Roppongi 7-chome 23-ban is instead zoned to Koryo Junior High School  [ ja ] . Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Roppongi High School

976-492: The Mainichi Broadcasting System and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting on March 1, 1959, NET programming started airing on those mentioned broadcasters. Shortly after the start of broadcasts, NET broadcast their first live program, which is the wedding of Crown Prince (now Emperor Emeritus) Akihito and Empress Michiko held on April 10 of the same year. At the time, its broadcasting license dictated that

1037-618: The Roppongi area. While the new HQ was under development, TV Asahi temporarily moved to the newly built studios in Ark Hills . In 1985, the Ark Broadcasting Center was officially completed. As Japan entered into the economic bubble era, local residents around the Roppongi area had a negative perception towards the redevelopment of the said area, which resulted into delaying the redevelopment plan. The old headquarters

1098-418: The expatriate community, the area tends to be favored by business people, students, and off-duty US military personnel. Overall, the neighborhood caters to a younger crowd. Clubs can range from large, multi-level establishments, to smaller one-room clubs located in upper levels of buildings. In more recent times some of the larger venues with known yakuza connections have closed. Around Roppongi crossing are

1159-513: The ANN network in April 1971. These programs ended the long-standing tokusatsu duopoly TBS and Fuji Television held with the then hit Ultra Series franchise for almost half a decade ago on TBS. Since 1958, TBS and Fuji were the only Japanese TV stations to air tokusatsu productions. With its hit premiere, a rivalry was began to start between the three, with TBS seeing NET's tokusatsu programming as

1220-788: The Japanese Section of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Koshiji Miura was able to meet with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and help TV Asahi obtain exclusive broadcasting rights for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . This was the first time that a private TV station in Japan was exclusively granted the broadcasting rights of the Olympic Games, but this

1281-456: The Japanese home video market with 200,000 cassettes sold beyond the threshold of 10,000. As part of the airing of the series, TV Asahi organized an "extensive promotional campaign" on the same month with a convention in Tokyo featuring screenings of episodes yet to release on home video and appearances by celebrity fans, Japanese translations of The X-Files books and an X-Files Mystery Tour to

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1342-632: The Minato City (the Minato Ward) Board of Education. Roppongi Junior High School  [ ja ] is located at Imoarai-Zaka, in Roppongi. Roppongi 1- chōme , 3-chōme, and 4-chōme, as well as 1-8 and 15-18 ban of 5-chōme, and 1-22 ban of 7-chōme, are zoned to Azabu Elementary School  [ ja ] . 2-chōme is zoned to Akasaka Elementary School  [ ja ] . 9-14 ban of 5-chōme and 6-chōme are zoned to Nanzan Elementary School  [ ja ] . 23-ban of 7-chōme

1403-1181: The Star Seeds that Galaxia has been gathering, Eternal Sailor Moon recognizes one of them to be Mamoru's. Bandai released two video games in 1996 to promote this season: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars for Sega Pico , and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Fuwa Fuwa Panic 2 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System . TV Asahi Tama, Tokyo Analog: Channel 57 Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands Analog: Channel 59 Mito, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 36 Digital: Channel 17 Hitachi, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 60 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Analog: Channel 41 Digital: Channel 17 Maebashi, Gunma Analog: Channel 60 Digital: Channel 43 Chichibu, Saitama Analog: Channel 38 Narita, Chiba Analog: Channel 59 Tateyama, Chiba Analog: Channel 60 Yokohama Minato Mirai 21, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 60 Yokosuka-Kurihama, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 35 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 41 Digital: Channel 24 Kitadaitō, Okinawa Analog: Channel 48 TV Asahi Corporation , commonly abbreviated as Tere Asa ( テレ朝 ) , with

1464-480: The area. Although still exerting some influence in Roppongi, in recent times they appear to have shifted much of their presence to other districts in the Tokyo area. In 2006, Nigerian immigrants to Japan began opening a number of bars and nightclubs in the area, following an earlier group of innovators who had been in business in Roppongi for many years. The Nigerians were noted for using visible, high-pressure tactics to draw customers to their bars. In 2009 and 2010

1525-535: The area; the first three were cleared, and the last were destroyed during World War II . Another legend has it that the name comes from the fact that six daimyōs lived nearby during the Edo period , each with the kanji character for "tree" or a kind of tree in their names. Roppongi was not extensively populated until after the Meiji Restoration , although the area was trafficked for centuries and served as

1586-580: The board of NET and was responsible for licensing Laramie and Rawhide from the US, gaining high ratings for the network. This would give them their first advantage over rivals NHK and Fuji TV . He would eventually go on to serve as an Executive Vice President and eventual founder of Japan Cable Television . In November 1963, NET joined forces with NHK General TV for the first live via satellite telecast in Japanese TV history. The switch to general programming also led to an infighting among

1647-664: The bottom rank of other rival broadcasters, it has greatly narrowed the gap between it and the other three. The station began adding primetime programming in April 1961. Two years later, NET announced its arrival into the anime race with the Toei produced Wolf Boy Ken . The first of many Toei Animation productions, its premiere began a long line of animated cartoons and series that the station has aired until today. Kenichiro Matsuoka , born in America and fluent in English, joined

1708-509: The bottom. The fonts used by TV Asahi for the written parts are Akzidenz Grotesk Bold (English) and Hiragino Kaku Gothic W8 (Japanese). From 1991 to 2001, TV Asahi was unique among the national television networks for its English language theme song, Join Us , which was used for both the startup and closedown sequences. Before that, from 1977 to 1987, another song was used for these (instrumental only from 1978, formerly with vocals). Since 2004,

1769-632: The call sign JOEX-DTV (channel 5), is a Japanese television station subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company TV Asahi Holdings Corporation , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company serving as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network . Its studios are located in Roppongi , Minato , Tokyo . TV Asahi is one of the "Big Six" broadcasters based in Tokyo, alongside Nippon Television , TBS , TV Tokyo , NHK General TV , and Fuji Television . After NHK General TV , Nippon TV , and TBS TV were launched in 1953 and 1955, TV has become an important medium in Japan. However, most of

1830-501: The company changed its name to TV Asahi Corporation , with the name presented as TV asahi on-screen, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the launch. As part of digital broadcasting, TV Asahi started to broadcast on digital TV, being designated to channel 5. In 2004, TV Asahi's ratings reached 7.5% ranking third among the commercial broadcasters in the Kanto Region after a lapse of 32 years. The ratings would further improve by

1891-502: The company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki currently located at 6-9-1 Roppongi , Minato, Tokyo , Japan. Some of TV Asahi's departments and subsidiaries, such as TV Asahi Productions and Take Systems, are still located at TV Asahi Center , the company's former headquarters from 1986 to 2003. It is located at Ark Hills , not far from its headquarters. Roppongi Roppongi ( Japanese : 六本木 , [ɾo̞ppõ̞ŋʲɡʲi] , lit. 'six trees')

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1952-602: The country's 4th national network, with NET producing national news and other nationally produced programming for the regional channels that had joined the network. With the continuous network expansion, NET TV shifted its focus on its target audience again, this time from females, to being family oriented similar to the US PBS. But the best was yet to come. One year after ANN was launched, ground-breaking superhero series such as Kamen Rider , Metal Hero Series , and Super Sentai were produced by Toei, premiering on NET TV and

2013-463: The educational channel "Tokyo Channel 12" (now TV Tokyo ) in Tokyo applied and received a general purpose television station license. In March of the following year, both ended their broadcasts of educational programming, completing the transition. Japan's major newspapers are also sorting out their holdings in TV stations. The Nikkei transferred its ownership of NET TV to The Asahi Shimbun , making

2074-483: The existing stations. As a result, the decision was reverted and decided to open 10 more stations. In response to the arrival of satellite TV, TV Asahi established TV Asahi Satellite Corporation in 1991. On November 22, 1995, TV Asahi premiered the American series The X-Files at an 8:00 pm prime time slot, the first since Knight Rider . The station began airing the series due to the success of The X-Files in

2135-409: The filming locations of the series. After Iwate Asahi Television started broadcasting in 1996, the number of ANN stations reached 26, announcing that the broadcaster has already completed the establishment of its national network. In June of the same year, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and investor Masayoshi Son planned to buy a large stake of TV Asahi, jeopardizing the status of Asahi Shimbun as

2196-613: The final episode is " Moonlight Densetsu ", performed by Moon Lips. With Princess Kakyuu's Star Seed in hand, Galaxia begins to attack the Earth and obtains the Star Seeds of every innocent person. The Starlights have already confronted Galaxia to avenge their princess, and the Sailor Guardians go after them. When they reach Galaxia and the Starlights, Galaxia steals the four Inner Guardians' Star Seeds, killing them. Seeing all

2257-522: The first time with 12.3% in primetime, 12.7% in evening time, and 7.9% for whole day. On May 10, 2011, TV Asahi launched its mascot "Go-chan" which was designed by Sanrio . On April 1, 2014, TV Asahi became a certified broadcasting holding company " TV Asahi Holdings, Inc. ", and newly founded " TV Asahi Corporation " took over the broadcasting business. The transmission of international aquatics competitions, FIFA World Cup football matches, and creation of popular late-night TV programs contributed to

2318-469: The following year, ranking first in late-night TV ratings. However, in 2008, affected by the global recession, TV Asahi recorded its first annual loss of revenue. In 2009, Hiroshi Hayakawa became the president of the broadcaster, being the first president of TV Asahi who had been serving the broadcaster since its inauguration. Between April and June 2012, TV Asahi won in the Triple Crown ratings for

2379-646: The following years, the channel contains not only original anime but also foreign cartoons dubbed into Japanese and some subtitled). So as not to run afoul of the educational TV license requirements, NET justified the airing of these programs under the pretext of "nurturing a child's emotional range" ( 子供の情操教育のため , Kodomo no jōsō kyōiku no tame ) and "introduction of foreign cultures" ( 外国文化の紹介 , Gaikoku bunka no shōkai ) . In December 1960, NET also changed its common name from Nippon Educational Television to NET TV (NETテレビ). The change also made its ratings to reach about 10% after 1963. Although it still ranks at

2440-617: The funding of this station is through sponsorship . (until July 24, 2011, only for 44 out of 47 prefectures) JOEX-TV – TV Asahi Analog Television (テレビ朝日アナログテレビジョン) JOEX-DTV – TV Asahi Digital Television (テレビ朝日デジタルテレビジョン) TV Asahi also occasionally broadcasts a number of foreign animated series, dubbed into Japanese ( Police Academy , The Smurfs , Adventures of the Gummi Bears , CatDog ) and some in their original language with subtitles ( Bonkers , Freakazoid! , Iznogoud , The Wacky World of Tex Avery ). In 2003,

2501-452: The idents. TV Asahi also uses a brief eyecatch of its sticks animation at the top-left of the screen after commercial breaks. The background music used for TV Asahi's sign-on and sign-off videos are Underworld's Born Slippy .NUXX 2003 and Rez . TV Asahi later updated its sign-on and sign-off video in 2008 with a revised version of computer-generated "sticks" animation and new background music. TV Asahi's slogan New Air, On Air. appears at

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2562-423: The late 1960s, Roppongi became popular among Japanese people and foreigners alike for its disco scene, which attracted many of Tokyo's entertainment elites. Contributing to the international scene was the location of several foreign embassies and foreign corporate offices in the Roppongi area. However, many dance clubs shut down in the recession following the market crash of 1989 . The Roppongi area received

2623-499: The latter the largest shareholder of NET TV. On April 1, 1975, the ANN affiliation in the Kansai region changed hands, from Mainichi Broadcasting System , Asahi Broadcasting Corporation assumed the network affiliation slot. Days later, the channel debuted another Ishinomori creation, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger , yet another Toei production, and it would be a stunning success (this was

2684-473: The major shareholder. In this regard, Toshitada Nakae personally went to the US to meet Murdoch and asked him not to increase his shareholding to TV Asahi. By the following year, Asahi Shimbun purchased the shares of Asahi TV held by Murdoch and Son. TV Asahi is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since October 3, 2000. Multiple changes happened since 2000 after TV Asahi had been staying in

2745-547: The management. In contrast to the then-president of NET TV, Hiroshi Ogawa (from Toei Company ), who was actively promoting entertainment programs, Yoshio Akao (from Obunsha) thought that too many entertainment programs were against the original purpose of the educational TV station and was strongly dissatisfied with the vulgar programs that filled NET TV's program schedule at that time. In November 1964, Akao, together with shareholders other than Toei and Nikkei, Inc. , succeeded in its major reorganization, forcing Ogawa to resign from

2806-516: The name of its channel changed to TV Asahi . This also symbolizes that the Asahi Shimbun has the right to operate TV Asahi both in name and in essence. Since December 17, 1978, TV Asahi has been broadcasting programs with stereo audio. The corporation also started entering into different ventures such as publishing in the late 70s to gain revenue other than advertising. In 1977, thanks to his close relationship with Ivan Ivanovich, head of

2867-529: The nearby area, with Hardy Barracks probably the most significant (the US Embassy Housing Compound and Akasaka Press Center including Hardy Barracks Recreational Lodging, Stars and Stripes office and heliport are still there). Surrounding the military installations were many Japanese-owned restaurants, pool halls, bars, and brothels which catered to US military personnel but were also often frequented by Japanese customers. Starting in

2928-453: The network was required to devote at least 50% of its airtime to educational programming, and at least 30% of its airtime to children's educational programming. However, the for-profit educational television model eventually proved to be a failure. In July 1959, average ratings of the network were less than 5%. In 1960, NET began its transformation into a general-purpose television station. It began to broadcast anime and foreign movies (in

2989-453: The presidency. Since then, Toei's influence in NET TV has been gradually replaced by Asahi Shimbun . The following year, the Asahi Shimbun appointed to the post of station director Koshiji Miura (former Deputy Minister of Political Affairs). In the 1960s, NET TV also started airing foreign films as part of its schedule. The NET TV premiere of The Morning Show in 1964 created a trend for

3050-544: The programs that were aired at that time were vulgar which caused well-known critic Sōichi Ōya to mention in a program that TV made people in Japan "a nation of 100 million idiots"; those criticisms already gave birth to the idea of opening an education-focused TV station. On February 17, 1956, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued frequency allocations, and the Kantō region obtained three licenses in total. Among

3111-488: The same 4th place for 10 consecutive years in TV ratings. In April 2000, major changes in its schedules, such as starting its programs a few minutes before the top of the hour and improving its entertainment programming at late-night. TV Asahi launched its satellite channel BS Asahi in December 2000. On September 29, 2003, TV Asahi moved back its head office from its Ark Hills Studio to Roppongi Hills . On October 1,

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3172-499: The same month when Kamen Rider jumped ship to rival TBS with the season premiere of Kamen Rider Stronger , the franchise would return to what is now TV Asahi in 2000). The series marked the beginning of the Super Sentai franchise and established NET as a force to be reckoned with regarding tokusatsu productions and anime. On April 1, 1977, the corporate name of NET TV was renamed to Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd , with

3233-698: The show needed to adhere to FCC regulations, which this season would have struggled with, due to the Sailor Starlights switching genders and showing same sex affection). On December 14, 2015, Viz Media streamed the first episode of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars , along with the series finale of Sailor Moon SuperS , on Hulu in the United States, followed by a streaming release of the entire show on Tubi TV in Canada on July 15, 2016. The first 17 episodes of Sailor Stars were released on Blu-ray and DVD in

3294-664: The site of the cremation of Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada 's wife in 1626. In 1890, the Third Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Army was moved to a site near Roppongi (now home to the Pacific bureau of Stars and Stripes ). The influx of soldiers led to the area's rise as a nightlife district , briefly interrupted by the Great Kanto earthquake which flattened the area in 1923. Roppongi

3355-473: The start for an uncut release, and also that they plan to release the fifth season on Blu-ray and DVD after Cloverway Inc. and Optimum Productions lost their licenses to the English-language adaption of Sailor Moon when they decided not to renew it. (It would have also been challenging to produce a dub at the time, due to the show being aired on TV, while being targeted towards younger children and

3416-482: The three, one of them is used by NHK Educational TV , while the other two were open for private bidding. Among those bidders are film production companies Toho and Toei Company , radio broadcasters Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and Nippon Broadcasting System , and educational publishing group Obunsha . On July 4, 1957, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications later decided to unify those applications into Tokyo Educational Television (as its tentative name) which

3477-400: The top of its name. It can be seen on TV Asahi's YouTube channel, which in 2011–12, was replaced by its mascot, Go-Chan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi , in its logo and public-image materials. Normally, the station branding on-screen appears as either "/tv asahi" or "tv asahi\". The station's watermark appearance is the stick at the top with the station's name at

3538-476: Was administratively part of Azabu Ward from 1878 to 1947. After World War II , during which the area was again destroyed, this time by aerial bombing raids, the United States Army and Allied government officials occupied several facilities in the area, beginning Roppongi's reputation as a neighborhood with large numbers of non-Japanese . Several large US military installations were located in

3599-601: Was controversial as rival broadcasters including NHK opposed the move. Japan followed the Western countries in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics . As a result, TV Asahi only aired high-profile Olympic events and the broadcaster had significant losses in its revenue. As the broadcaster expanded its business, its HQ ran out of space. Since its HQ was located in a residential area, it became difficult to expand its existing infrastructure. TV Asahi collaborated with property development firm Mori Building Company to redevelop

3660-473: Was demolished in 2000. Prior to the new headquarters being built on the site, offices of TV Asahi were located in multiple locations around Tokyo, including the studios in Ark Hills. The launch of the evening news program "News Station" and "Super J Channel" in 1985 and 1997 helped TV Asahi establish its positive viewership advantage at 5pm and 10pm on weekdays, strengthening its position in news programs as

3721-439: Was later obtained on July 8. On October 10, 1957, Tokyo Educational Television held its first shareholders meeting and changed its company name to Nippon Educational Television Co., Ltd. (NET) . In November 1 of the same year, the broadcaster was later established. After Fuji Television obtained their broadcast licenses, they set an official start date of broadcast on March 1, 1959. NET advanced their start date of broadcast

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