AnimeCore

SurgeAnime is a Japanese digital cable and satellite television network owned by Typewriter Japan, Animax, TV Tokyo, and Dentsu. It exclusively broadcasts anime, apart from it's Vision Japan block. The channel is also a part of the AnimeCore Group as the flagship property. Its headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

On February 1, 2021, SurgeAnime rebranded as AnimeCore, and was restructured throughout 2021 and 2022, with new executives taking over the international channels and domestic channel.

1991-1995
In 1990, it was reported that an early morning anime block named Anime Morning Action was to launch on TV Tokyo featuring anime from the 1970s to the late 1980s with the 3:30a-4:55a timeslot. The block was produced by the Take Five Group. The block officially launched on February 6, 1991. In 1993, the block was expanded to 2 hours (3:25a-5:55a). The ratings averaged 260,000-415,200 views for the TV Tokyo run.

1995-1997
In the March of 1995, it was announced that the block will move from TV Tokyo to Kids Station. The Kids Station version of the block launched in August of that same year and the block changed names and graphics. The block was now known as AnimeStation. The programming was less on the violent side and more on the sports side. This is the first instance of Dragon Ball Z showing up on the block, and the first time that Future GPX has been shown on the block. The block aired on Weekday afternoons from 5p to 8p.

1997-1999
In late 1998, it was reported that the Kids Station block will be discontinued and will relaunch in July of 1999 on Cartoon Network Japan. It went on for Weeknights from 11p to 2am, featuring a mixed bag of anime programming. It was called Anime Nights during this time.

Channel launch
In January of 2003, it was announced that the Nickelodeon Japan block will be discontinued and a channel will launch later on in the year. The channel launched on July 6, 2003.

2008 rebrand
After 4 years of having the same bumpers, logo, and music. The programming director decided to have a little fun, and change the logo on April 1, 2008. It contained the same words as the HD logo but written in Comic Sans. At 23:59, one minute before midnight. They went blank for that one minute, showing just a static image saying "CHANGE IS COMING". At 00:00, April 2, the logos and bumpers were changed to a more cleaner look. The rebrand had mixed reviews, mostly on the good side.

2009 - 2013
Over those years listed, not much happened. AN gained and lost programs, revamped their logo a couple of times.

2014
After 11 years of being president of the network, Yuri Takita stepped down and let her daughter, Rei Takita, take control of AniNick. The change had mixed reviews, most of them were positive. In late July, Rei Takita's first major addition to the AniNick channel was bringing back the Horror Halloween block. It'll replace the Toonami block. With the change, Toonami Aftermath will be renamed Toonami and when Horror Halloween Month block is over, the regular late night anime programming will revert, but the Toonami switch will not revert. At the beginning of August, it was announced that Real was to be AniNick247's sub-channel, much like what Cartoon Network does with Adult Swim. Real will take up the 9pm - 5:00am timeslot on AniNick247. On the 8th of September, Real's timeslot was changed drastically, from 8 hours to just only 1 and a half. The remaining timeslots is going to be replaced by Toonami Aftermath. In early September, The slogan was changed to the famous dub quote of Death Note "I'm gonna take a potato chip...AND EAT IT". In late September 2014, AniNick247 has announced that AniNick247 will switch to the name AniNick, a name they had by logo since 2008. Also announced was that AniNick is going to go global, starting with a Canadian channel. In mid December 2014, it was announced that AniNick and their international channels will have a big rebrand, staring January 4, 2015.

2015
In early 2015, the slogan was reverted back to "Anime NOW!". On March 3, 2015 20:27 JST, just before an airing of Gundam, all bumpers were replaced by "AniNick City" bumpers. The bumpers were created by RaGEDigital. In late April, it was announced that many anime would start airing on AniNick, as part as the lengthened AniWeekends block, which is extended from ten hours, to thirteen hours. In mid August, it was announced that AniNick City will be replaced by something that will premiere in December. It was also announced that AniWeekends will be extended by 7 hours, making the block twenty hours long. In early October 2015, it was announced that the schedule will get a full revamp and the new schedule will start on October 12, 2015. It was also announced that the channel will go a graphical revamp in 2016. On December 16, 2015, the channel rebranded as AnimeNation.

2016
During the yearly viewing charts, it was revealed that AnimeNation was getting lower ratings than usual. This prompted the channel to cut down on money, but recently, the channel had stronger ratings than earlier in the year. So the budget was slightly increased. In mid October 2016, Animax bought 15% of RaGE Media's share in the company. It was later announced that the channel will receive a new logo in late 2016 or early 2017.

2017
In February, it was announced that the channel will rebrand with the new international logo in March and as such in early March, the channel rebranded with the international channels following it over the next month.

However, this was redacted as Typewriter Productions purchased RaGE Media and turned the company into Typewriter Japan. AnimeNation will now rebrand as Surge/SurgeAnime.

On November 4, 2017, AnimeNation has officially rebranded as SurgeAnime.

2018
In the summer of 2018, it was announced that Animax and TV Tokyo were interested in buying SurgeAnime, and if the channel is sold to them, they would be co-owners alongside Typewriter Japan.

In the fall of 2018, it was announced that Animax and TV Tokyo each purchased a 20% stake in the company, and that Dentsu would also buy 4.5% of the network. The remaining shares would be spread across Typewriter and Viacom International.

2019
In the spring of 2019, SurgeAnime rebranded for the first time under the new name. Starting in the same time, Vision Japan was launched as a Monday to Friday block from 9p until 12am. Starting on May 2, 2019, the block would expand to weekends with a Saturday morning block, subtitled Vision Rising Sun featuring Mobile Mecha, Code Lyoko, and Samurai Jack. Regular Vision programming would also be on Sunday early mornings from 1am to 4am, after Toonado.

During the summer, the HQ moved to Shinjuku Eastside Square (15/16th Floor) and Shinjuku Minds Tower (8th/9th Floor). The Eastside Square division will be main television broadcasting production, while Minds Tower will be the HR/small offices division as well as a backup HQ.

During the middle of summer, it was announced that SurgeAnime will be broadcasting in 4K UHD starting in the fall, with originals being broadcasted in 4KHDRUHD, and syndicated programming upscaled to 4K HDR with no consequence in video quality. Another announcement was the partnership with Dolby for all originals to be made for the use of Dolby Atmos audio.

2021
After the February 2021 rebrand as AnimeCore, it was announced that the executive team will be restructured. Rei Takita, the president since 2014, would be replaced by anime producer and television executive Sera Runa. Rei Takita would then takeover Studio Acesky, replacing Yoshihama Misaki. Misaki would then be promoted to Comet Holdings as Senior Vice President of Animated Content, overseeing all original animation products under SurgeAnime, Typewriter Japan, Studio Acesky, ToonIn, and Firebasket Japan.

Top five rated programs

 * 1 - Xelphos Adventures - Episode 466 (6.5% share) [2014]
 * 2 - Xelphos III - Episode 100 (5.1% share) [2019]
 * 3 - City of Bright Lights - Episode 1 (4.8% share) [2017]
 * 4 - Xelphos III - Episode 1 (4.2% share) [2017]
 * 5 - Xelphos III - Episode 25 (3.9% share) [2018]

Outside the top five

 * 6 - Grand Prix Stories - Episode 100 (3.7% share) [2018]

Schedule
The schedule will update every 1–3 months.

Current original programming

 * The Allmighty Space War (2019)
 * slash/world
 * AVA
 * Xenomorph
 * Dark Phantom
 * HyperFormula
 * Drift King Reboot
 * Our Days
 * Deathblade Remake
 * Spyworld

Upcoming original programming

 * The Detective (Spring 2023)
 * Summer Romance (Summer 2023)
 * Xelphos V (Fall 2023)

Ratings
AnimeCore used the Japanese film rating system from 1997 until 2009. Starting in 2010, the network used their own ratings. In 2023, they revamped their rating system.
 * AC-G - General Audiences
 * AC-G7 - 7+ Recommended
 * AC-10 - 10+ Recommended
 * AC-13 - 13+ Recommended
 * AC-15 - 15+ Recommended
 * AC-17/AC-X - 17/18+ Recommended

Previous ratings
The following were ratings that were used from 2010 to 2023.
 * TV-G - General Audience, all ages
 * TV-G7FV - Ages 7+
 * TV-13 - Ages 13+
 * TV-15 - Ages 15+
 * TV-X - Ages 18+