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NUMAnimation (Japanese: ヌマニメーション, romanized: Numanimēshon) is a Japanese late-night anime programming block planned and produced by TV Asahi under the TV Asahi Animation label, and was initially broadcast from April to September 2020 as a local timeslot, before converting to a network timeslot starting in October 2020 airing under the All-Nippon News Network affiliation. The block airs on Saturday nights from 25:30 to 26:00 JST (effectively Sunday mornings from 1:30 to 2:00 JST).
History
Prior to the creation of the block, the timeslot was used to rebroadcast Yuri on Ice, as well as In/Spectre. On January 22, 2020, TV Asahi announced the creation of the block, with Sing "Yesterday" for Me becoming the first program to air on the block.[1][2] On August 11 of the same year, it was announced that the timeslot would be converted from a local format to a networked format, and air on all of TV Asahi's 24 channel affiliates, becoming the network's first late-night anime timeslot, with The Gymnastics Samurai becoming the first program to air since the conversion.[3]
^Originally broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1996.
^12 out of the 26 episodes were selected by fans through the block's official Twitter account for 12 consecutive Sundays within the July 2020 Japanese television period.
^TV Asahi used a rebroadcast print that omits and/or removes any mention of Gainax within the opening and ending credits.
^Season 1 aired from October 2014 to April 2016 on TV Asahi and its affiliates during the Sunday morning timeslot.
