AnimeCore (Asia)

AnimeCore is an Asian television channel that launched on January 12, 2004.

In December 2015, it was announced that Curiousgorge66 Studios was to acquire a share in the network; this acquisition was completed by December 26th, 2015. A year later, it was announced that Axiom Entertainment would receive RaGE Media Group's share in the channel on January 1st, 2017; Axiom's share was sold back to Typewriter Japan in November 2017.

The channel rebranded as SurgeAnime on November 14th, 2017.

In July 2018, it was announced that Typewriter Japan was seeking to acquire an additional 14% stake in the channel.

In February 2021, it was announced the channel would rebrand as AnimeCore on April 11th, 2021.



Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by AnimeCore (Asia) TBA.

Original programming
In 2006, it was announced that a show, titled Capture and Fight will air later that fall. It was a gritty and serious "clone" of Pokemon, taking place in a futuristic setting with elements from Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!. The show was animated by Hal Film Maker and Brain's Base, and it lasted for 144 episodes between 2006 and 2010.

In 2009, it was announced that a show, titled Singapore Nights will premiere in 2011, with animation by Manglobe and Madhouse. The series was a futuristic crime story based around Singapore, and ties in with various landmarks and venues, including a storyline based around the Singapore Grand Prix. The show had a second season, aired in 2013. Both seasons aired for 21 episodes.

The first AnimeCore Asia original series under the new management of Aura,  Kos Rendah , premiered in October 2021, being animated by Studio Aura and simulcast on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+. Kos Rendah is also the first AnimeCore Asia original series to be an international co-production (in this case, with the US channel AnimeCore Extra). The series was renewed for a second and final season.

In August 2022, AnimeCore Asia announced that they were looking to reboot either Capture and Fight or Singapore Nights, but did not have a concrete plan over which show would be revived going forward. In February 2023, it was announced that Singapore Nights II had been greenlit.

In December 2022, AnimeCore Asia announced a new original series animated by The Answer Studio and set for a spring 2024 airdate, titled The Haunted Department Store. Crunchyroll and Flare+ would simulcast the series as it airs.

In February 2023, AnimeCore Asia hinted that they may potentially pick up the Toonthology pilot Galaxy Cyborg as a co-production with NF and AnimeCore Extra, with animation production being switched to Studio Comet and Studio YanYan.