Japan's Lost Analog TV Shutdown and it’s 14 Year Search
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2023
- An analog tv shutdown may be among the most bizarre pieces of lost Japanese media. Perhaps it's the analog horror element to it. Maybe it's the finality of it... with some 90's & early 2000's nostalgia mixed in.
What exactly makes Nickelodeon Japan's final signoff footage a renowned tv shutdown? One that spawned a search 14 years in the making for footage that may not even exist. Let's find out.
(Btw, I was in the process of moving while making this video; apologies for the varying audio quality ^^; )
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Fix your thumbnail! SpongeBob didn’t air in 98’
@@NickyClassicBackArchivesbro its the date when it aired in japan.
HOW CAN SPONGEBOB AIR IN 1998 IF IT HADENT STARTED IN AMERICA ARE STARTED AIRING AT ALL DUMMY!@@summerfriends7312
Idk why but the little kids losing their minds over the talking SpongeBob straws was absolutely hilarious, loud and overall just wholesome.
Reminds me of when Ray William Jhonson showed the same commercial
The whole ad is so funny lol
erm have some reddit gold sir! le epic wholesome doggo bork bork
@@Undertalepotatochip IKR? That felt so insane!
OH MY GOSH SPONGEBOB STRAWS TALK NO WAY THEY DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A DPEAKER IN THEM HELLO SPONGEBOB
I just find it wonderful to think about the fact that some Japanese kids adored Nickelodeon and grew up on dubbed Western animation the same way I gravitated towards 90’s anime dubs as a kid.
It males the world feel comfortably small.
You know Sakurita/Alex? This video about Nickelodeon’s multiple lost media shutdowns in Japan has brought over me a nostalgic memory of when Channel 19, El Salvador’s (my country of origin) open tv Nickelodeon, shut down back in 2012. Luckily the final broadcast was recorded and can be easily found on RUclips. It didn’t end in the abrupt, alleged, way Japan’s Nickelodeon did and it was rather a sorrowful goodbye with Big Time Rush’s “Worldwide” song playing on the background as a message was displayed on the screen before cutting to a final countdown that started with 10. Thus, followed by a “thank you” and then cutting to a video with the national anthem playing.
It might not be precisely “lost media related”, although channel 19 had its own programming and unique bumpers as well that as lost media on their own, but I wanted to point this out as something that I remembered while watching your video, as someone who grew up watching channel 19.
Great video btw! 😃
You had both an open and paid Nick? Wow. As far as I know, in México we only had a paid one and their programs would sometimes have reruns on open stations.
@@echinas0908 creo que es una forma de decirlo nomas, osea que se refiere a un canal que pasaba dibujitos en tele abierta
@@echinas0908 yup, and sometimes Channel 19 had better programming than paid Nick lol. I am also aware of channel 5 in Mexico which is like the kid’s hub or something like that where they air Nickelodeon and CN stuff.
The irony of MLAATR being dubbed into Japanese when it’s inspired by anime. Heck Jenny’s va is Japanese so she was actually speaking in Japanese during that episode where she got stuck speaking it because she lost her English language disk in Japan. I need to find that one in Japanese to see if they have her speaking English instead.
I've heard of other stuff kind of like that where a character who often speaks in a foreign language in an English TV show either has that quirk stripped out or has that bilingual bonus flipped in the country the character comes from.
But in one video game instance it completely scrambled across the several dubbed localizations. With each version having a different language in a nice enclosed loop
I think I watched a comparison of the scene that you're talking about, and if I remember correctly, she's speaking English in the Japanese dub.
Her VA is Japanese-American.
Reminds me of the infamous Qubo shutdown hoax (in which several characters from Qubo's shows had their faces blown up). In reality, Qubo simply shut down during the airing of an episode of Franklin the Turtle.
I recall that Grit was a last-second stand-in until CourtTV took Qubo's broadcast space. It kept going for a short time for Vizio Watchfree users.
When that Vizio stream shut down, it cut off a Inspector Gadget episode (the black screen would hang for a short while thereafter as the stream was preparing to be terminated) and spelt the end of Qubo.
You're absolutely right about the color bars. I worked in a station and there's really no reason there would be a fade in. Fades are handled by technical directors, but since this was all prepackaged material it wasn't handled by a TD, at least not to that extent. There's a high chance it was another crew members feeding the packages. That's how most non-live material is played. When I worked there they still used tapes in large towers and just switched between them in real time. When they sign off its immediately cut.
Yeah it feels like a transition was added for it to fade like that 🤔
I feel that the late 2000s were a rough time for these kids' channels like Nick and CN. If the American versions of these channels weren't doing so well, I can imagine that the international versions did worse. Plus, given that foreign stuff usually doesn't really connect with younger kids most of the time, I feel that Nick Japan was doomed to fail eventually. But to its credit, Nick as a whole didn't suffer as much as CN during this time. Remember CN Real?
That may be due to the fact that an economic downturn was going on then plus we also had a lot of media consolidation around that time too. CN pivoted toward live action stuff and Nick was just lost in what to do with themselves for a while. The former was a huge mistake as we know in hindsight.
I wouldn't be so sure that international versions did worse necessarily. I mean we got Nickeleodeon in Poland in 2008 and I remember CN and Jetix were still quite big here around the time. CN Real was never a thing here even. I think the reason might be because, unlike Japan (and the US/Canada/France etc), we don't have a huge production of content for kids. What's there is... very vintage and doesn't appeal to most kids anymore (nor did back then), and if it does it's for very small children. There is literally no other choice for kids here than to watch western shows on western import kid's channels aside from random cartoons on normal TV channels in the morning or in the evening before "sleeptime". I'm sure we aren't alone in this. Or at least I hope Poland is not the only country whose local popular media production is in shambles lol
As a tangent trivia: we never got Adult Swim, CN used to turn into T.C.M. (Turner Classic Movies) channel at night. Our Toonami block also didn't air anime at all but mostly Marvel and DC series, most likely because most anime here doesn't get dubbed and thus has no place on children's channels. Some popular anime got dubbed like Naruto etc but they'd air as normal cartoons, but to watch Death Note or FMA you'd have to turn to another channel at 9PM for subbed anime.
@@Jhud69 That's very interesting to me. This goes to show that the rest of the world isn't like America at all.
"...foreign stuff usually doesn't really connect with younger kids most of the time..." - wrong! Unless the country already has a huge domestic cartoon production(like the US, Japan and Korea) foreign cartoons actually would be a go to for the kids. We grew up with Disney, Nickelodeon, Jetix and others and it connected really well despite being from another country and culture. Children don't really care if the culture on screen is foreign or entirelly made up they just want to have fun watching it!
@@greatwave2480 That's very true. I grew up in a time where anime was everywhere on every other channel and that was before streaming took off a decade ago. Not all of it was good plus much of it had censorship or was localized to remove a lot of the Japanese elements but nowadays, that's a non-issue given how accepted it is.
- 1st footage of the shutdown looks real, it probably came from a provider that shutdown the channel before the official date and time of the closure. Just because there are test bars it doesn't mean that it's analog. Also, just because there is an MTV logo, it doesn't mean that it isn't a cross-network promotion.
- 2nd footage of the shutdown is definitely fake, test card is superimposed OVER the logo.
- 3rd footage: if you look frame by frame at the point when image is getting replaced by the error, you can actually see it loading. Looks real to me.
P.S. Can you please provide links in the description of all shutdown footage used during this video?
Последние минуты вещания с динозавром и мячом: ruclips.net/video/PHiakisQBqw/видео.html
Предположительная запись конца эфира №2:ruclips.net/video/5TqxStKVoNM/видео.html
Конец вещания Nickelodeon Japan посреди заставки-анонса с Губкой Бобом: ruclips.net/video/0FTrp1EHEQ8/видео.html
yeah the second one wouldn't have the nixk logo after the shutdown
if the shutdown just happened how would the nick japan logo still be there a good FIVE OR SO SECONDS LATER
Channel shutdowns and transitions to a new image have always fascinated me. Last month the transition of Fox Kids to Jetix in Latin America was finally found. Many of us have fond memories of that channel and as the comments on that video have expressed, it's a real treasure to have that footage. For any fellow Latino that grew up with it and wasn't aware of this, the channel Cosas de mi baúl has the video.
I couldn't help but notice ChalkZone in that list you showed. A couple years ago I randomly remembered it and felt like rewatching the Latino dub to remember the good old times, only to find out it has missing episodes. It's always an odd feeling when something you watched on TV as a child can no longer be watched. I hope the remaining episodes are still around just waiting to be found.
10:30 that's kinda just how color bars show up when recorded/transfer over digital from analog, even the best capture cards record color faded out by default unless their tuned or edited, i really appreciate the video, it's crazy to know that there were cable channels with no viewers during tv's final golden age
Guess that MLATR × miku crossover was a long time coming
If you want some insanely lost media there are Welsh dubs of ‘Medabots’, ‘Dexters Lab’, ‘SpongeBob’ and others from a little known TV channel called ‘S4C’. Including original cartoons that were made in Wales from the 1980’s to 2010.
You and Blameitonjorge in the same day, today is loaded with content 🎉🎉
thank you for reminding me that jorge uploaded
You've really been banging these out lately. Thanks for all the new content Alex ❤️
@@DarkDragonSlayer ? Ok lol.
@@DarkDragonSlayer that's a very common turn of phrase. You're the one making it weird.
@@DarkDragonSlayer I understand that, I don't get how it pertains to her dropping content? Lol, kinda weird and cringe dude.
@@DarkDragonSlayer not really. Hope you get well soon though kiddo 👍🏼
Excellent upload! Really goes in-depth into the shutdown and its many different perspectives.
These varying uploads may be the result of TV providers cutting the channel off early, so we might never get to know what their last thing they broadcast. But these are pretty close enough!
(I personally think the one with the Arabic bumper is fake lol)
Thanks for contacting and I hope what I was able to provide about the third shutdown video is useful to you and everyone else involved making the video, and to everyone here watching!
Thank you SO much for all your help with this video, friend!! People like you are irreplaceable to the lost media community and I appreciate your efforts so very much! 😊
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!! GET BACK TO MAKING FAMILY GUY AIRINGS ON NICK JR!!! AAAAAAAUISERYGISEGES
Thank you for reminding me that 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd existed. I had completely forgotten all about it. I also relate to your situation around remembering a show that definitely existed, but no one remembers. I feel the same way about another Nickelodeon show Just a Kid (known as Caitin's Way in the US and Canada).
It's interesting that there is such a deep mystery around a channel being shut down. You wouldn't think that something like this would be. Though the lost media aspect is a bit of a bummer.
It feels kinda surreal for me to be reminded that 2009 isn't 3 years ago.
Likely the most prolific cause of lost media is media being scaled from movie video to home video. Do to scaling a lot of things are cropped out, even entire people from scenes to cutting back and forth between characters instead of having them in the same scene.
On an interesting note, many of the shows that aired on Nick (before and after) would still continue to air in Japan. The website was online for years, and the FB page is still posting SpongeBob..
Also as always you look amazing!
Oh and before I forget.. TMNT 2012 also aired in Japan on NHK..
they also have a yt channel too
@@lemon5000-tj6nv not surprised honestly.
Pretty sure Nick just has a dead-hand switch that defaults to Sponge Bob if anything happens to the station hahaa!
You can still watch Spongebob on the NHK to this day.
BRO the way I jumped when you brought up Eddie McDowd!!! I go searching for that show like once a quarter and only ever find a few episodes and it drives me nuts! Knowing it got a japanese dub is crazy, especially since it wasnt even release physically in the US as far as I can tell.
It feels so validating to hear someone else even just acknowledge it exists lmao!!
Nick adapted pretty early in Japan all things considered. We only got it in Poland in 2008! Though some original Nick stuff aired on other channels here.
Awesome video. It's so cool to learn about such a niche mysteries especially from someone as passionate about the topic as you.
Absolutely loved the editing in this vid they did a good job
Loving the weekly uploads this month!!
Just found your channel and binged your other videos.
Happy to see a new one!
Welcome aboard! Thanks so much for the support!
Good video, also Sommie jumpscare at 0:36
Sommie is glorious and I adore him
Hi! I recently discovered your channel, like for weeks now and I've been loving your content. Your personality is so wholesome and love your energy! You are amazing at telling stories about various topics. And you make me laugh with your funny bits too. Keep up the good work Alex 💙
Drake & Josh in Japanese... OMG.
Very interesting case :0 very well done covering it!
Love your channel, keep up the good work….. much love from Perth Western Australia ❤
Love the new videos and the format Sakura, keep up the good work
Love your channel! So well-researched and interestingly presented😀 Thank you for your amazing videos ✨
Thank you so much friend!!
Not only do I remember "100 Good Deeds of Eddie McDowd", I remember watching 'Nyan Koi' a decade later and wondering if the author could have possibly seen McDowd. Not a question I ever expected to get answered randomly!
Exelent video, as always. Thanks!
Really interesting video. I'm really into media mysteries and lost media at the minute. It might be worth re-jigging your video title to explain more about what this is. That's my opinion anyway. Great stuff either way.
Very interesting how Nickelodeon played out in Japan. Also I totally remember The 100 Good Deeds of Eddie McDowd!
Why do I need to watch Teenage Robot in Japanese now 😂❤ I loved the show as a kid.
I thiiiink that dub isn't lost!
@@SakuraStardustI hope so! ❤ so much is lost from Japan. It's sad.
Good vid as always star
thanks for bringing the nostalgia, alex.
My father used to work in a TV/Radio station years ago. When I was young, I get to witness the operations in TV consoles operators. I wont reveal what station or location on this comment but I hope I can give a little of insights about this. When the main HQ made an instruction that it's gonna shutdown soon, operators can just queue in some footages randomly or redirect some feeds somewhere (alternate source). Operators only need to watchout for "advertisements" and note them if they are broadcasted or not... other than that any footages shown wont matter during shutdown. Operators can choose approved alternate footages or stream from the management. Probably the operators just "let it end" whatever what's left on their queue.
In the end of the day, they ended thier contract.. wrap things up. Management can move on for other projects.
Great content as usual, but a pretty unique video subject!
Thanks a lot! ^-^// 💙
12:00 I think YTP has destroyed my humor because this channel shutdown made me giggle more than being creeped out by the abrupt cut.
What exactly do you mean by that? Was there a YTP with that dinosaur in it?
Thank you for these videos
My TV still uses Color Bars when something goes wrong with the channel or our internet’s off 😮
Loved to hear you on blameitonjorge
every time you upload a video I feel better
Hey Sakura! :3
Just saw you in the newest Blame it on Jorge video :D Pretty cool ^u^
Hope you have a good day, and thank you for a new video! :3
WHAT DO U MEAN 100 DEEDS FOR EDDIE MCDOWELL HAD A JAPANESE DUB OMFG I S2G NO ONE FUCKING REMEMBERS THAT SHOW BUT I LOVED IT BDVDVCB
RIGHT?? That blew my mind lmao
😳Oh No! ”Doug” and “Wonder Pets!” are lost?
The phone… The phone is ring-ing! The phone… We’ll be right there!
This
Is
Serious
there's an animal in trouble!
Solid content, keep it up.
I adore your content! One thing stood out to me however;
The introduction. I thought I had misheard, or accidentally restarted the video because you say the same thing twice. “That number is only a mere fraction of” is repeated twice in a six second period and both used to explain the same thing.
This is complete personal opinion but it could have been cut down to; ‘There are 2538 articles on the lost media wiki, accounting for only the searched for pieces. Amongst those[…]’
Again, love your work and only wanting to help you grow with your potential!
Love all the editing lol 9:53 literally me when researching true crime vids i binge watched until 3 am
I really enjoy your videos Sakura stardust
Thank you, friend! 😊
This is the niche- ist of the niche just wow … so thank you
Very informative very entertaining
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@SakuraStardust i really did thank u again
If you think about it. If Legends of the Hidden Temple was aired and dubbed in Nick Japan, it's like watching Reverse Takeshi's Castle.
I noticed you used my boy NickyClassicBackArchive’s Nick Japan video, sweet!
Which part had your video in it? I'd be happy to add a card to the original!
@@SakuraStardust I believe my raw video pops up at about 15:40 or so.
NickyClassicBack uploaded the Nick Japan video that was vhs. He also gave me the raw video and so I uploaded it!
Since when was Nickelodeon a "station"? Station typically refers to a small- or mid-scale television or radio broadcaster. Nickelodeon has always been referred to as a "television network".
I guess it sucks that tv channels doesn't feel like they need to broadcast even a short clip saying good bye or something. A few months ago DisneyXD was killed in latinamerica, but the signal didn't actually died, they just replaced it, and the cut was kinda abrupt, it was very different for every cable company and every country. Some people was still able to watch DisneyXD months after the official shutdown. I guess it will be just like that when the new AdultSwimLA channel replace the TruTV channel.
I didn't know how much I needed your content, great vid.
I love your videos so much! ❤😊
So, there's a japanese dub version of Ren and Stimpy?
Yeah apparently.
the original thumbnail for this video is now lost media
Nah it’s on my Instagram lol
I've always wondered about how popular some tv channels like Nick are in Japan. Given how popular Disney is in Japan I have to wonder if Disney Channel does any better?
I mean Disney XD Japan got a pretty nice send off before going offline for good
i do know that in japan there are Japanese dubs of there live action shows but cant really say how popular they are but they're still running as a network so its probably doing well or well enough to keep it running in japan.
I heard that at least some DreamWorks movies and Cartoon Network shows are popular in Japan as well. They used to have a Kung Fu Panda manga in CoroCoro Comic and I remember watching an ad online for a Japanese dub of Ben 10.
@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 I know I saw some of the Ben 10 toys from Japan in an eBay listening once
I'm shocked at how consistent Japan Nick in its programming and had a lack of original programming which in my view is quite sad its a shame they did not cut the apron strings to when it came to content
Funny enough Fairly Oddparents ended up airing on the Disney Channel in Japan.
I swear to god the thumbnail wasn't that scary 4 days ago
2:51 that sounds like the guy who voice acted as decade's driver in kamen rider decade
Aw man, why'd you change the thumbnail? That last one was creepy ASF. Also great video!
About the lost dubs, I feel like the Japanese dub for KaBlam! is also..somewhat lost?
All you can really find is a dubbed segment of Race Rabbit and multiple Action League Now! segments online.
I couldn't really find anything else or any other segments besides a Japanese Google Play listing for the show, along with the voice actors for June and Thunder Girl.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
The error message reads something along the lines of "We don't have this channel./This channel isn't there". Then again, I don't know very much Japanese at all so I could be somewhat wrong.
This was great. Mysterious and nostalgic but not unpleasant.
I was 6 when I experienced Nickelodeon in Japan back in 2000. I wished I can remember most what I saw back then.
I remember the 100 Deeds show! It never finished.
Yeah, I remember watching Japanese Nick as a kiddo.
But despite the fact that it was a cable channel, it was waaaaaaaaaay low budget and low quality compared to their international counterparts.
I remember 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd! If I'm recalling correctly, he's a jerk who gets turned into a dog and has to complete 100 tasks to get turned back into a human. Legit the only talking dog media I was a fan of lol.
You ever get curious if something exists that you REALLY don't want to see, but you just have to Google it and find out?
I thought to myself when seeing the video, "oh, I bet there are some super weird Sponge Bob doujinshi and this will be great for a laugh."
Then you realize instantly you have made a terrible decision. Like driving past a horrific car crash, but slowing down to look. I slowed down to look here and guess what I immediately saw...
Suponji Bobu Zubon wa Shikaku yaoi doujinshi, because of course that's a thing. I am still exfoliating my eyeballs, attempting to scrub off the hardcore squid on sponge action.
Absolutely delightful. Lost media never fails to astound me.
i love how at 0:03 its drake and josh but 1 second later its blue
A while back i had an app that let me watch Japanese tv and it was cool to watch Disney channel and cartoon network in Japanese
And nick Japan seemed really cool
What’s the app called?
@@chompyboi7462 I forget what it was called
Out there somewhere is a Japanese dude that recorded that on VHS for his collection.
I was today's years old when i found out that there exists a Japanese dub of Wonder Pets and Eureka's Castle
Woah, I haven thought of 100 Deeds...in like 20 years...that takes me back.
That's a badass Link shirt.
I shouldn't miss analog TV as much as I do but it truely made my day to be able to try toi find as many channels as I could.
It seems that the transmission of the transition from black and white TV to color TV in Brazil was also lost. I can't find it anywhere.
I've seen people online speculating that this broadcast was simply a speech by the brazilian president or the brazilian telecommunications minister, but I'm not sure
omg! the dog one. 100 good deeds...I fogot it until seeing this. i think the show freaked me out a bit as a child
Always cool to hear about lost foreign media and looking at stuff from my childhood/teenage years that was brought to Japan is super neat and nostalgic. And just so you don't feel alone I too remember 100 Deed for Eddie McDowed it was a fun little live action show even if if he never got close to those 100 deeds and remains a dog to this day.
3:35 oh my god
Is it weird that I think the Japanese teenage robot theme sounds like it’s sung by sailor moon?
God damn. My video. Instrestng to see it here! And btw, colonyOfcars is my friend. And of course. My video is fake. Good video sakara!
And then the lights would flicker on and off when nobody was there
I am now curious about the Japanese dub of Speak No Evil from My Life as a Teenage Robot
Not only do I remember 100 Good Deeds but I was also remember the show ended before he got all 100. Also, the idea of a Japanese dub of The Brothers Garcia is amusing to me as well that is also very certainly lost
Oh gosh, I used to watch The Brothers Garcia all the time XD
100 DEEDS OF EDDIE MCDOWD OH MY GOD you blasted my memory with that
When I see what appears to be a creepy version of Clarissa Explains it All in the thumbnail I know we're in for a good one!
It is very unique and interesting that the Japanese characters on your T-shirt are reversed. Is that T-shirt something related to anime or something?
The writing on her chair is also reversed, so for some reason all of the footage of her was flipped horizontally.
Ngl, the shirt is supposed to say Ocarina of Time, but it's a stiff google translate version lol. but, it was a gift from my mom and I love it all the same :) It reversed because I use a front-facing camera a lot of the time lol
@@SakuraStardust I see. That's why the letters were reversed. I didn't notice that. It seems that the T-shirt says "Hero of Time", but I don't know what "Ocarina of Time" is, but it seems to be the title of a game or something. thank you.
@@punpunpun-cd4hz ocarina of time is the first 3d zelda game, released in 1998. hero of time is the nickname for link, protagonist, since in the series the protagonist is always a young boy named link - but not necessarily the same boy. hero of time is something he was called in the game but has also come to identify that specific link who was protagonist of 4 legend of zelda games total.
the game itself is just called 時のオカリナ in japan with the same ゼルダの伝説 prefix all the games have (to mt knowledge), and it's probably the most universally acclaimed of the games until breath of the wild and its sequel tears of the kingdom in 2017 and this year respectively altho of course beloved as it is it's still a bit dated at this point
5:59 it's so weird watching that ad without being turned into Yoshi's Island's Athletich theme
Insane there’s lost Chalkzone content out there lmao
Eddie McDowd was good, but Legends of the Hidden Temple was the ultimate GOAT.
I was just listening to the video while doing some work, then I heard you mention 100 Deeds of Eddie mcDowd and i full stopped and paused the video. I thought i was the only one who remembered that show. Like you said, every time i mention it, no one remembers it. For a moment i thought i was going crazy.