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NUMAnimation (Japanese: ヌマニメーション, romanized: Numanimēshon) is a late-night Japanese anime programming block planned and produced by TV Asahi under the TV Asahi Animation label and broadcast from April to September 2020 as a local timeslot before converting to a network timeslot starting in October 2020 airing under the ANN affiliation from Sunday nights from 1:30 to 2:00.
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 and Sing "Yesterday" for Me became the first program to air on the block.[1][2] On August 11 of that 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 affiliates, becoming the channel's first late-night anime network timeslot. The Gymnastics Samurai became the first program to air when it was converted into a network timeslot.[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.
