1963 in Japanese television

Events in 1963 in Japanese television.

Events

January 1: Mighty Atom, the first half-hour anime series on Japanese television, premieres on Fuji TV, and remains on the air for four consecutive years.
January 16: Yujiro Ishihara (actor/singer), who was a signboard actor of Nikkatsu, founded an entertainment office, Ishihara Promotion (dissolved in 2021).
January 21: Nippon Television premieres Kewpie 3-Minute Cooking (still on air as of 2021).
February 10: With the creation of Kitakyushu City, the former NHK Kokura Station is renamed NHK Kitakyushu Station.
April 1: Fukushima Television started broadcasting as the second-to-last VHF television station in the country.
September 4: Fuji TV begins airing Japan's first late-night anime, Sennin Buraku.
October 10: NHK General converts to color in Tokushima.
November 23: In the wake of news of the assassination of American president John F. Kennedy, a satellite test between Japan and the USA was conducted using artificial satellites.
December 16: NHK General converts to color in Kofu, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Nagoya and Oita.

Debuts

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Station

Premiere date

Genre

Ending date

8 Man

|TBS

|November 7

|anime

|December 31, 1964

Akatsuki

|NHK

|April 1

|drama

|April 4, 1964

Galaxy Boy Troop{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=86529|script-title=ja:銀河少年隊 (1963)|access-date=2014-08-24|work=allcinema|publisher=Stingray|language=Japanese}}

|NHK

|April 7

|anime

|April 1, 1965

Mighty Atom{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-07-16/astro-boy-manga-aquired-by-dark-horse|title=Astro Boy Manga acquired by Dark Horse|date=2001-07-16|access-date=2014-08-24|work=Anime News Network}}

|Fuji TV

|January 1

|anime

|December 31, 1966

Sennin Buraku

|Fuji TV

|September 4

|anime

|February 23, 1964

Tetsujin 28-go

|Fuji TV

|October 20