Atashinchi on TV3

Atashinchi was an anime that was produced by TV Asahi and Shin-ei Animation. It is based on an original manga by Eiko Kera. In Malaysia, the anime was aired between 2007 and 2009 and ran again between 2011 and 2012. It is aired using Malay dub initially translated from Mandarin dub and in the second run translated from original Japanese audio. The anime was also aired on 8TV in Mandarin dub with Malay subtitles.

During its initial run on TV3, episodes were from the very start, which is episode 1 until episode 51. During its second run, it continued from episode 52 to episode 106. 

The anime suffered many changes in airtime due to other programmes and also had some hiatuses. The anime is also considerably a bit shorter than other 30-minute programmes that are 22 minutes in length without commercials. The actual length of a typical Atashinchi episode would be at around 18-20 minutes without commercials and other filler material after the anime ends.

The list below shows the airtime of Atashinchi during its first run on TV3, using Utusan Online's archive as reference.

• Initial airtime: Sunday 11:02 am (after Berita Terkini)
• Sunday 7:00 pm (late 2007)
• Sunday 7:30 pm (early 2008, Feb 2009)
• Saturday 12:30 to 1:30 pm (compilation of earlier episodes in late 2008, separate into two parts, ends 10 minutes early before the next programme which is Buletin 1:30)
• Saturday 12:02 pm (late 2008 to 2009)
• Friday 7:30 pm (March 2009)
• Friday 7:00 pm (repeats of early episodes, when Atashinchi almost ended its run in late 2009)

No Atashinchi episodes were broadcast for the whole year of 2010, although it returned for its second run on 26 February 2011 with episode 52. It suffered some hiatuses due to its airtime occupied for Jejak Rasul in August 2011 and January 2012 for re-runs of Boboiboy. The last episode aired was episode 106 on 2 May 2012. Between 9 May and 28 June 2012, it began re-run from episodes that were aired on TV3 starting February 2012, which is from episode 52 to 59. TV3 stopped airing Atashinchi after this period since July 2012 for other programmes. It is unknown whether TV3 would continue airing Atashinchi again.

The following shows the airtime of Atashinchi during its second run on TV3.

• Initial airtime: Saturday 7:00 pm (February 2011)
• Wednesday 6:30 pm (late 2011-June 2012)
• Saturday and Sunday, later Saturday only 7:00 am (re-run of earlier episodes starting from first airing on TV3 in February 2011)

References: Utusan Online, Atashinchi-gaoka 5-chome (Atashinchi fan website in Japanese)

(Partially updated on December 16)