# Animax (Latin America)

Animax was a Latin American cable television channel, serving as the regional variant of the Japanese network of the same name. It was launched on 31 July 2005, replacing Locomotion, which was acquired by Sony on 18 January of the same year. Animax was divided into four feeds: three in Spanish (each centred on Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina) and one in Portuguese (Brazil).
The channel was replaced by Sony Spin on May 1, 2011, which continued airing anime until March 5, 2012.

## History

* Logo Animax Latin America used from 2005 to 2010
* Logo Animax Latin America used from 2010 to 2011
Being Sony's first attempt to offer a 24-hour anime channel in Latin America, it planned to broadcast series in two formats. The majority of the series containing 25 episodes or more, would be aired on weekdays, whereas series with fewer than 25 episodes would be shown on certain days of the week, much like it's done in Japan. It is usual to find in one day a premiere episode of a series as well as a minimal of two encores. Also, at the end of every series, the channel airs a section called Animedia, which shows video clips of Japanese artists' songs, extra information about anime and other themes, summaries of events dedicated to anime and presentations about future series for the channel. In January 2007, it began to air a segment called Animax Nius (Nius = News), a teaser featuring news related to anime and other topics.
In 2011, anime was moved to late nights, as Western programming took over most of Animax's airtime. On May 1, 2011, the channel was renamed Sony Spin, and changed almost the entirety of its programming.

## Programming
### Anime TV series

* .hack//Legend of the Twilight
* .hack//Sign
* 009-1
* Babel II: Beyond Infinity
* Baby Baa Chan
* Barom One
* Basilisk
* Beast Fighter
* Black Cat
* Black Jack
* Bleach
* Blood+
* Bokurano
* Burst Angel
* Ran, The Samurai Girl
* Cosmo Warrior Zero
* Crayon Shin-chan
* DNA²
* Dear Boys
* Death Note
* Demon Lord Dante
* Di Gi Charat Nyo!
* Earth Maiden Arjuna
* Excel Saga
* Fate/stay night
* Fullmetal Alchemist
* Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
* Galaxy Angel
* Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
* Gantz
* Genma Taisen
* GetBackers
* Gun Frontier
* Heat Guy J
* Hell Girl
* Hellsing
* Humanoid Monster Bem
* Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
* Hunter × Hunter
* I'm Gonna Be An Angel!
* Initial D
* Last Exile
* Legend of Blue
* Mars, The Terminator
* Martian Successor Nadesico
* Mushishi
* Musumet
* Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Nodame Cantabile
* Noir
* Panda-Z: The Robonimation
* Pita-Ten
* R.O.D the TV
* Rurouni Kenshin
* s-CRY-ed
* Saber Marionette J to X
* Saber Marionette J
* Saikano
* Samurai 7
* Serial Experiments Lain
* SoltyRei
* Speed Grapher
* Steel Angel Kurumi
* Stratos 4
* Submarine Super 99
* The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
* The Prince of Tennis
* The Super Milk Chan Show
* The Twelve Kingdoms
* Trinity Blood
* Tsukihime
* Twin Spica
* Uninhabited Planet Survive!
* Vandread
* Wild 7: Another
* Wolf's Rain
* xxxHOLIC

### TV series

* 10 Things I Hate About You
* 18 to Life
* American Dreams
* Atomix TV
* The Best Years
* Beverly Hills 90210
* Blood Ties
* The Boondocks
* Clueless
* Distraction
* Gamers TV
* FusionA2 (replaced by Estúdio Coca-Cola on MTV in Brazil)
* In the Qube
* Is She Really Going Out With Him?
* Jake & Blake
* Kaya
* Lil' Bush
* Living Lahaina
* Lost
* Make It or Break It
* Maui Fever
* The Middleman
* Rock Road
* Ruby and the Rockits
* SesioneS con Alejandro Franco [es]
* Spaceballs: The Animated Series
* That '70s Show

## Translation and dubbing teams

Several dubbing studios have participated in the translation of the aforementioned series for their premiere on Animax, and are located in key countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. After Animax's arrival in 2005, numerous series were translated and dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese languages, including Blood+, The Twelve Kingdoms, Steel Angel Kurumi, Noir, Wolf's Rain, Martian Successor Nadesico, Galaxy Angel and others.