Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) and its sister network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) announced on Tuesday that they will be ending the anime programming block known as Nichigo, a shortened name for the 5 p.m. time slot on Sundays. Nichigo was first launched in April 2008 to replace the Doroku anime programming block, which aired at 6 p.m. on Saturdays from 1992 to 2008.

Nichigo, which previously aired major titles such as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199, and Boku no Hero Academia, will end its run in March 2017. Beginning in April, Nichigo will be combined with the existing 7 a.m. Saturday anime programming block into a new early Saturday morning segment named Anisata (short for Anime Saturday).

The Anisata segment will be the first time that the two Japan News Network-affiliated broadcasters air a one-hour anime programming block since the back-to-back airing of Macross and Ai no Senshi Rainbowman in 1983.

Source: Mantan Web