Events in 2020 in Japanese television.
Until end of May, most anime series and television dramas had their production suspended due to the pandemic's massive impact on Japanese television since COVID-19 interrupted the production of television series for several weeks to ensure safety of various people who have been involved the previous process of filming.
| Date | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 20 | Anime creator Shoji Kawamori is named chief creative officer of the Small Worlds theme park. | [1] | |
| February 14 | Voice actress and singer Yui Ogura announced that the 'Valentine's Day Party' event had its visitor policy changed due to the spread of the coronavirus. | [2] | |
| August 4 | Animation studio Arms Co., Ltd., formerly Dandelion, Triple X (when working on various hentai titles) and Garyū Studio, closes after being filed for bankruptcy in July 22. | [3] |
| Show | Type | Channel | First aired/Japanese period | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHK | |||||
| NHK Amateur Song Contest | Talent show | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | March 15, 1953 (TV) | Showa | |
| With Mother | Kids | E-TV, NHK World Premium | October 5, 1959 | Showa | |
| Nintama Rantarō | Anime | NHK | April 10, 1993 | Heisei | |
| Ojarumaru | Anime | NHK | October 5, 1998 | Heisei | |
| Utacon | Music | NHK-G, NHK World Premium | April 12, 2016 | Heisei | |
| Nippon Television | |||||
| Soreike! Anpanman | Anime | Nippon Television | October 3, 1988 | Showa | |
| Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | Game show | Nippon Television | October 3, 1989 | Heisei | |
| Detective Conan | Anime | NNS | January 8, 1996 | Heisei | |
| Fuji Television | |||||
| Music Fair | Music | Fuji Television | August 31, 1964 | Showa | |
| Sazae-san | Anime | Fuji Television | October 5, 1969 | Showa | |
| FNS Music Festival | Music | Fuji Television | July 2, 1974 | Showa | |
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Anime | Fuji Television | January 8, 1995 | Heisei | |
| One Piece | Anime | Fuji Television | October 20, 1999 | Heisei | |
| TV Tokyo | |||||
| Black Clover | Anime | TV Tokyo | October 3, 2017 | Heisei | |
| Anime | TV Tokyo | April 5, 2017 | Heisei | ||
| Kiratto Pri Chan | Anime | TV Tokyo | April 8, 2018 | Heisei | |
| Pokémon (2019 series) | Anime | TV Tokyo | November 17, 2019 | Reiwa | |
| Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y: Encounter with N | Anime | TV Tokyo | December 27, 2019 | Reiwa | |
| TV Asahi | |||||
| Super Hero Time | Tokusatsu | TV Asahi | September 28, 2003 | Heisei | |
| Panel Quiz Attack 25 | Game show | TV Asahi | April 6, 1975 | Showa | |
| Crayon Shin-chan | Anime | TV Asahi | April 13, 1992 | Heisei | |
| Doraemon | Anime | TV Asahi | April 15, 2005 | Heisei | |
| Music Station | Music | TV Asahi | October 24, 1986 | Showa | |
| Tokyo Broadcasting System | |||||
| SASUKE | Sports | Tokyo Broadcasting System | September 26, 1997 | Heisei | |
| Count Down TV | Music | Tokyo Broadcasting System | April 7, 1993 | Heisei | |
| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Replaced by | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Star Twinkle PreCure | TV Asahi | February 3, 2019 | Healin' Good PreCure | ||
| March 1 | Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger | TV Asahi | March 17, 2019 | Mashin Sentai Kiramager | ||
| March 28 | Aikatsu on Parade! | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2019 | JAPAN COUNTDOWN | ||
| Scarlet | NHK | September 30, 2019 | Yell (TV series) | |||
| March 29 | GeGeGe no Kitaro | Fuji TV | April 1, 2018 | |||
| March 31 | Ace of Diamond Act II | TV Tokyo | April 2, 2019 | Shadowverse | ||
| June 28 | Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2019 | Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! | ||
| August 30 | Kamen Rider Zero-One | TV Asahi | September 1 2019 | Kamen Rider Saber | ||
| November 27 | Yell | NHK | March 30, 2020 | Ochoyan | ||
| December 26 | Ultraman Z | TV Tokyo | June 20, 2020 |
| Airdate | Show | Episode | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | Chibi Maruko-chan | 30th anniversary 1-hour special:"The Adventure of Maruko and Tama-chan"/"Tarō on a Particular Day" | Fuji TV | [17] |
| December 31 | 71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen | NHK | ||
| Johnny's Countdown 2020-2021 | Fuji Television | |||
| Date | Name | Age | Notable Works | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | ill | Shōzō Uehara | 82 | Screenwriter (Super Sentai, Ultraman) | [18] | ||
| January 9 | Anime director (AM Driver, Smile PreCure) | [19] | |||||
| January 11 | Takeo Tabata | 81 | Actor | [20] | |||
| January 19 | 84 | Actress | [21] | ||||
| January 20 | Izumi Tanaka | ja | 88 | Television company president (TBS) | [22] | ||
| January 31 | 75 | Actor | [23] | ||||
| February 6 | Kitamura Saburo | 82 | Actor | Run! K100 | [24] | ||
| February 13 | 94 | Chef on the Kyō no Ryōri cooking programme. | [25] | ||||
| 80 | Actor, voice actor (Alexander Senki) | [26] | |||||
| March 29 | 70 | Comedian, television personality | [27] [28] | ||||
| April 23 | 55 | Voice actor (One Piece), dubbing actor (TUGS,) | [29] | ||||
| April 23 | 63 | Actress, voice actress, television presenter | [30] [31] | ||||
| May 23 | 22 | Former Japanese wrestler, acted on Netflix original series . | [32] | ||||
| July 18 | 30 | Actor | [33] | ||||
| August 29 | Maria Hamasaki | 23 | Model | [34] | |||
| September 14 | 36 | Actress | [35] | ||||
| September 21 | Takashi Fujiki | 80 | Actor | ||||
| September 27 | 40 | Actress | |||||