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This sounds like a rather strange time to broadcast a show that's trying to make money, but it works for several reasons. These kinds of time slots are usually bought by production companies (generally a span of three months, called a ''cour'') who end up as their own sponsor. This is cheaper than depending on someone else's advertising money. These shows have a strong, if unusual, [[Merchandise-Driven]] concept that help pay for themselves. This is supplied by the often small but dutiful fan base. The TV station gets to fill an otherwise crappy time slot.
This also creates the infamous tendency to neuter, [[Censor Steam|literally]] or [[Off-Model|figuratively]], the broadcast in an effort to get you to buy DVDs; recent shows may not even supply the 'full' finale. In fact, many small companies don't even release [[OAV
Interestingly, distribution in the fansub community largely removes this time restriction, as does DVR technology (which allows people to set their TV to record a show at, say, 3 a.m., and then watch it twelve hours later). An [[Periphery Demographic|unexpected demographic can take interest in a show]], or a larger fandom is created for a series that originally had a much smaller one.
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== Japan ==
* Despite being a [[Shoujo]] series, the first season of ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' aired at
* ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' aired around midnight.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' was aired at 1:25 AM (rendered on Japanese TV as as 25:25) in spite of having a ridiculous amount of mainstream promotion. This is just one small part of the Noachian deluge of "25" references the series made.
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== Other ==
* In Australia, anime is usually aired at either seven in the morning on a commercial channel (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'', ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', ''[[Digimon]]'' and other kids' programs) or very late at night on the self-styled multicultural channel SBS (the collected works of [[Hayao Miyazaki]], ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' and so forth).
* ''[[.hack|.hack//Roots]]'' on Cartoon Network fits (or rather, used to fit) this bill, airing pretty close to
* The short-lived UK channel Anime Central nearer the end of its life consisted of a two-hour block on another channel by the same owners, starting at about 1 AM- on the site for the audience ratings board in the UK (BARB), showings were referred to as "25:00".
* The [[Syfy]]'s Ani-Monday block runs from 10PM to 12PM EST. They adjust it for time zones for the standard channel but not the HD channel, so on the west coast you can see it at 7PM, potentially averting the trope.
** It will be relocated to Tuesdays in January 2011.
* Logo's "Alien Boot Camp". The website helpfully calls it "where LGBT
* This is the theory behind [[Adult Swim]], which airs between 9 PM and 5 AM and devotes its Saturday night broadcast to anime.
** They've started a new segment called "DVR Theater" which shows some of the older [[Cult Classic]] programs around 5 AM.
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