What's Star Trek?
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About Star Trek"Star Trek" is the name of Sci-Fi series. It was created in U.S. more than 30 years ago, and has been popular until now. The origin is television drama series, but Star Trek world expands to movies, novels, goods, and so on. Unfortunately, it is not very famous in Japan. Many people heard the name "Star Trek", but know only Spock that the ear is pointed.
The appeal of Star Trek is uncountable. For example, a description of 23-24 centuries future by full reality, unique characters, high quality SFX remembering Sci-Fi, crews' troubles challenging the same problems that has modern people , and many humors. I'm glad you will be interested in Star Trek a little and watch the series after you read this page.
At first you can enjoy Star Trek without background information, please watch ONE episode (basically, one episode completes). I hope you will be fascinated.
Star Trek Airing in Japan
| Prefecture | Station | TNG VOY | Season | Time (approx.) | |
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| Hokkaido | UHB [Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting] | VOY | 3 | Sat. (Fri., Night) | AM 2:30 |
| Miyagi | Higashinippon Broadcasting | VOY | 3 | Wed. (Tue., Night) | AM 1:20 |
| Yamagata | Sakuranbo TV | TNG | 1 | Sun. (Sat., Night) | AM 1:45 |
| Tokyo Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Kanagawa Yamanashi |
Fuji TV [Fuji Television Network] | TNG | 7 | Thu. (Wed., Night) | AM 3:00 |
| Shizuoka | TV Shizuoka [Shizuoka Telecasting] | VOY | 2 | Fri. (Thu., Night) | AM 2:00 |
| Aichi Gifu Mie |
Chukyo TV [Chukyo TV. Broadcasting] | VOY | 4 | Fri. (Thu., Night) | AM 1:25 |
| Osaka Shiga Kyoto Hyogo Nara Wakayama Tokushima |
Kansai TV [Kansai Telecasting] | VOY | 4 | Wed. (Tue., Night) | AM 1:30 |
| Kagawa Okayama |
Setonaikai Broadcasting | TNG | 7 | Tus. (Mon., Night) | AM 1:00 |
| Fukuoka Saga |
FBS [Fukuoka Broadcasting System] | VOY | 4 | Thu. (Wed., Night) | AM 1:20 |
Four (plus Alpha) Star Trek Series
| (Original) Star Trek - TOS [The Original Series] |
| This series were aired in 1966 to 69 and is base of new series. All 79 episodes are from pilot "The Cage" to "Turnabout Intruder". Crews of Starship U.S.S. Enterprise explore unknown space. Basic Star Trek technologies such as transport or phaser were already used in this series. In Japan, it aired by the title "Uchu-Daisakusen (it means 'Great Operation in Space', maybe) at night. TOS is available by videos partly and laser discs completely. Super Channel is airing.
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| Star Trek: The Next Genaration - TNG |
TNG was aired in 1987 to 94 in U.S. The date is about one century after TOS and evolved various technology. The Story of U.S.S. Enterprise-D that is successor of original Enterprise. From "Encounter at Farpoint" to "All Good Things...", all 178 episodes are. In Japan, airing of TNG had ended in most areas, but is still continuing in some areas. The title is "Shin Star Trek" that means "New Star Trek". It was airing on Super Channel, but stopped temporarily. TNG is available by laser discs completely, and videos partly.
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| Deep Space Nine - DS9 |
DS9, a spin-off series of TNG, started in 1993 and ended in 1999. The Story is on the Bajoran space station named Deep Space Nine. The station become very important point diplomatically and strategically by discovery of a wormhole nearly. The series count 176 episodes from "Emissary" to "What You Leave Behind", and put on sale videos and laser discs of Japanese dubbing. Airing of DS9 continues in some areas. But currently, only five seasons had aired in Japan. DS9 is airing on Super Channel from pilot. The station will air last 2 seasons.
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| Voyager - VOYorVGR |
Voyager is the newest series started in 1995. Crews of U.S.S. Voyager to be far away from Earth began a long travel to homeworld. From "Caretaker," more than 130 episodes are aired. In Japan, laser discs is available, and many areas started airing Voyager. On Super Channel, regular airing is keeping. In October and November, the station will air 53 episodes.
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| Movies |
Nine movies was made at present. SFX technologies become greater more and more with new productions. In Japan, videos and laser discs are available of all movies. It seems to rental more easily than television series. And, DVD versions of Insurrection and First Contact are available (Generations will be out on 20th October.)
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| Animated Star Trek - TAS [The Animated Series] |
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It's animation series based upon TOS. TAS aired in U.S. from 1973 to 74. Japanese title is "Manga Uchu-Daisakusen (manga means animation)", and all episodes are 22. Only anime characters appear such as Alex or M'Ress instead of Chekov. The voices are the same of TOS casts. But TAS is not accepted as canon as well as novels and comics. Laser discs of Japanese dubbing are available completely. |
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