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My Family Friend, Channel 10, TV Asahi (from the station's image song, c. 1977)

One of Tokyo's TV stations (call letters JOEX-DTV) and the flagship station of the Asahi News Network (ANN/EX), broadcasting on digital channel 5 (during the analog era, it was JOEX-TV on channel 10). The channel has been host to many of Toei's anime (Toei once was part owner of the station) and Toku shows, as well as many of Sunrise's early shows (including Gundam), and at times some best western animated shows (dubbed and subtitled). Home mostly to Super Sentai and Kamen Rider for a long time, and also known as the co-producer and licensee of the Doraemon anime (they own the show's producing animation studio, Shin'ei). Some of the network's programs are produced by affiliated stations such as ABC (Asahi Broadcasting) in Osaka (no relation) and Nagoya TV in Nagoya.

Originally an educational TV station (albeit a commercial one) when it began in 1959 as NET (Nippon Educational Television (1959-60) and then NET Television (1960-77), not to be mistaken for what is now America's PBS), the station dropped that angle quickly due to poor ratings and began to add more populist programming (particularly anime and dubs of American and other Western shows), though it wasn't licensed as a general-interest station until 1973. NET Television changed its name to TV Asahi on April 1, 1977 (the name change was no April Fool's joke, though). As its name suggests, it is affiliated with Tokyo's Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

The channel's top number 1 show was Freakazoid! for the joy of the all japanese people and shows.

Shows aired by TV Asahi and its affiliates:

• Aim for the Ace! (the original 1973 series, the 1978 TV series aired on NTV)
• Babel II
• Candy Candy
• Cyborg 009 (The original 1968 series and the 1978 series only, the 2001 series aired on TV Tokyo)
• Devilman (1972-73 TV series only)
• Tiger Mask
• Super Sentai series (Starting with Himitsu Sentai Goranger)
• Gowappa 5 Godam (one of the few Tatsunoko shows in the '70s that didn't air on Fuji TV)
• Kamen Rider series (The first, Kamen Rider V 3, Kamen Rider X, Kamen Rider Kuuga -onward)
• Kotetsu Jeeg
• Marmalade Boy
• Metal Heroes (Space Sheriff Gavan up to Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack)
• Magical Girl anime:
  • All of Toei Animation and Toei Company's magical girl series from 1966 to 1981, including:
    • Sally the Witch (TV Asahi aired the 1989 remake as well)
    • Himitsu no Akko-chan (1969 series only; the 1988 and 1998 reboots both aired on Fuji TV)
    • Mahou no Mako-chan
    • Sarutobi Ecchan
    • Mahou Tsukai Chappy
    • Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan
    • Cutey Honey (The original 1973 series and Cutey Honey FLASH only)
    • Majokko Megu Chan
    • Majokko Tickle (although not considered part of the official Toei "majokko" series, as Toei Company made the show with other studios, not Toei Animation)
    • Hana no Ko Lunlun
    • Mahou Shoujo Lalabel
  • Sailor Moon series
  • Pretty Cure series (Starting with Futari wa Pretty Cure)
  • Saint Tail
  • Ojamajo Doremi
• Mushrambo
• Doraemon (since 1979! - although the first anime in 1973 aired on NTV)
• Kaibutsu-kun
• Ninja Hattori-kun
• Battle Spirits
• Crush Gear Turbo (Via Asahi affiliate Nagoya Broadcasting Network)
• Dinosaur King
• Digimon Xros Wars (the previous Digimon seasons aired on Fuji TV)
• Ghost Sweeper Mikami
• Hana Yori Dango (the anime adaptation)
• Stitch! (The Mischievous Alien's Adventure and Always the Best Friends seasons only, the original 1st season aired on TV Tokyo)
• Space Knight Tekkaman (the original 1975 series, Tekkaman Blade aired on TV Tokyo)
• Gundam series (Mobile Suit Gundam to After War Gundam X) (Turn a Gundam aired on Fuji TV and all further Gundam shows have since aired on MBS and TBS, with the exception of SD Gundam Force which aired on TV Tokyo)
  • And many of Sunrise's other mecha shows, including Zambot 3 and Daitarn 3 (those two, as well as the original Gundam, were produced by affiliate station NBN (Nagoya TV))
• Maya the Bee (1975 anime only, produced by affiliate station ABC in Osaka; the 1979 remake aired on TV Tokyo)
• Haikara-san ga Tooru (1978 TV series; ABC (Osaka) production)
• The Adventures of the Little Prince (1978 anime; ABC (Osaka) production)
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (ABC (Osaka) production)
• Mapletown (ABC (Osaka) production)
• Brave Series (All series via Asahi affiliate Nagoya Broadcasting Network, excluding GaoGaiGar FINAL: Grand Glorious Gathering, which aired on TV Tokyo)
• Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors) (Nagoya TV production)
• The Robot Romance Trilogy:
  • Combattler V
  • Voltes V
  • Daimos
• Slam Dunk
• Yuusha Raideen (the original 1975 series)
• Xabungle
• Bonkers
• Freakazoid!
• Iznogoud
• Police Academy: The Animated Series
• The Smurfs
• Adventures of the Gummi Bears
• Snorks
• The Adventures of Blinky Bill
• The Wacky World of Tex Avery
• The Muppet Show (briefly in 1981, as a summer replacement)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Looney Tunes (with Bugs Bunny and his main 13 friends)
• Hanna-Barbera (Yogi Bear and his animal friends including Huckleberry Hound, as well, Josie and the Pussycats, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, The Funky Phantom, Foofur, The Tom and Jerry Show 1975, Wacky Races (which became extremely popular when NET aired it and is said to have inspired Tatsunoko's Time Bokan), Dastardly and Muttley and their Flying Machine, Top Cat)
• Widget the World Watcher
• Ned's Newt
• CatDog
• Danny Phantom
• A 1980s Western rock video show produced by MTV Japan