2012 in Japanese television

Events in 2012 in Japanese television.

Events

March

Date	Event
31	Analog television ceases broadcasting in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima at 12:00 JST. The analog shutdown was postponed from its original date of July 24, 2011 due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and its related nuclear accidents.

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date	Type	Original run
Aikatsu!	TV Tokyo	October 8	Anime	2012-2016
Another[1]	Tokyo MX	January 10	Anime	2012
Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de[2]	Tokyo MX	October 20	Anime	2012-2013
Black Rock Shooter	Fuji TV	February	Anime	2012
Gokujo. Gokurakuin Joshi Kōryō Monogatari[3]	Chukyo TV	January 23	Anime	2012
Honjitsu wa Taian Nari[4]	NHK	January 10	Drama	2012
Inu x Boku SS[5]	MBS	January 12	Anime	2012
Jewelpet Kira Deco!	TV Tokyo	April 7	Anime	2012-2013
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation	Tokyo MX	October 5	Anime	2012-2013
Kamen Rider Wizard	TV Asahi	September 2	Tokusatsu	2012-2013
Monsuno	TV Tokyo	October 3	Anime	2012-2013
Mōretsu Pirates[6]	Tokyo MX	January 8	Anime	2012
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki[7][8]	TV Tokyo	January 8	Anime	2012
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future	TV Tokyo	April 7	Anime	2012-2013
Rinne no Lagrange	ytv	January 8	Anime	2012
Saki Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A[9]	TV Tokyo	April 9	Anime	2012
Senhime Zesshō Symphogear[10]	Tokyo MX	January 6	Anime	2012
Shimajirō no Wow!	TV Setouchi TV Tokyo	April 2	Anime/Children's variety	2012-present
Shokuzai[11]	WOWOW	January	Drama	2012
Smile PreCure!	ABC TV	February 5	Anime	2012-2013
Sword Art Online	Tokyo MX	July 7	Anime	2012
Taira no Kiyomori	NHK	January	Drama	2012
Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream	TV Tokyo	September 10	Anime	2012-2013
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters	TV Asahi	February 26	Tokusatsu	2012–2013
Zetman[12]	ytv	April 2	Anime	2012
Kuroko no Basuke[13]	BS11	April 7	Anime	2012
Sprout[14]	NTV	July 7	Drama	2012
K	MBS	October 5	Anime	2012
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II	TV Tokyo	October 7	anime	2012-2014

Ongoing

• Music Fair, music (1964–present)
• 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–present)
• Fairy Tail, anime (2009-2013)
• Toriko, anime (2011-2014)
• Hunter × Hunter, anime (2011-2014)

Resuming

Show	Station	Resume Date	Type	Original run
Sasuke (TV series)	Tokyo Broadcasting System	December 27	Athletic Competition	1997-

Endings

Show	Station	Ending Date	Type	Original run
Shimajirō Hesoka	TV Setouchi	March 26	anime	April 5, 2010 - March 26, 2012
Bleach	TV Tokyo	March 27	anime	October 5, 2004 - March 27, 2012
Tamagotchi!	TV Tokyo	September 3	anime	October 12, 2009 - September 3, 2012
Suite PreCure	ABC TV	February 6	anime	February 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012
Jewelpet Sunshine	TV Tokyo	March 31	anime	April 9, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream	TV Tokyo	March 31	anime	April 9, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal	TV Tokyo	September 24	anime	April 11, 2011 – September 24, 2012

Technology

• March 31 – Terrestrial analog television is abandoned at Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

See also

• 2012 in anime
• 2012 Japanese television dramas
• 2012 in Japan
• 2012 in Japanese music
• List of Japanese films of 2012