OrbitAnime

OrbitAnime was an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by BronzePlanet International and Sony Pictures Television. Its programming director is Timothy Scott, who was the long term programming director of Vision Rising Sun from January 2015 to October 2016. The channel launched on September 1, 2017.

It will primarily broadcast Japanese animation to serve as a competitor for the other anime-based channel in the US, SurgeAnime. It will replace the other anime based channel that was owned by CG66 Studios, NickFamily Anime. It is set to air in the late summer/early fall of 2017 following a pending sale of NickFamily Anime and other channels.

On September 1, 2017, the channel officially launched with a day worth of programming, the highlight of the day was the Boruto dub premiere with 1.2 million viewers. After that day, the channel averaged about 500-850k in the daytime and 430-950k in the nighttime. Since Boruto left for Toonami, ratings were about 400-500k for daytime, and 200-400k for nighttime. The original channel ended in 2018 due to low ratings.

A revival of OrbitAnime was announced in the summer of 2020, with the intention of launching it in the spring of 2021. An SVOD/OTT app will launch in the fall of 2020 to supplement the television launch.

History
On August 12th, 2017, BronzePlanet and Mystical Entertainment entered talks with Curiousgorge66 Studios for the possible sale of NickFamily Anime. The deal is estimated to be worth $500 million. Mystical Entertainment and BronzePlanet will also transfer most of their anime programming to OrbitAnime while keeping a showcase block of anime on BronzePlanet to help advertise the channel. On August 22, it was announced that there will be a weekday primetime block of new dubs, including a Boruto dub premiere which will be on Tuesdays at 7 pm.

It was announced in early September that a block that focuses on 80s anime will start airing on weekend mornings from 3:30 am to 7 am.

On October 9, 2018, it was announced that AniDigital will buy the channel for $10 million to rebrand it as AniSeed, other than Tofucat due to the high viewership. The channel will shut down on October 21, 2018.

A revival of OrbitAnime was announced in the summer of 2020, with the intention of launching it in the spring of 2021. An SVOD/OTT app will launch in the fall of 2020 to supplement the television launch.

Bumpers and on screen identity
The first on-screen identity is currently being developed by Platige Image and Prana Studios, and the bumpers will mostly include drum and bass music. The logo is designed by Bronze Digital.

During September 1st and November 31st, the branding was developed in house and included remastered BronzePlanet bumpers to include OrbitAnime branding and footage. On December 1, 2017, the new look was launched and the "Apartments" look began.

The revival channel's look is currently TBA.

Programming
TBA

International
BronzePlanet and Sony Pictures Television will relaunch the various international versions, including OrbitAnime Canada, OrbitAnime in the UK, and OrbitAnime in Australia starting in the summer of 2022.