Much of the content in the channel is attributed to the fact that
Creative Programs' parent company
ABS-CBN Corporation (through its
main network) has produced numerous dubs of anime series many years before the launch of Hero, as well as maintained an
Animax airing block for quite sometime. Aside from those, the channel also airs anime that have not yet seen in any terrestrial or cable channel shown in the Philippines prior to its first showing in the channel, such as
Mirmo de Pon!. The channel also once featured anime series dubbed by Telesuccess, Inc., the supplier for most of the anime series aired on
GMA Network, before transferring them all to
TeleAsia. Some of these are
Love Hina,
Rune Soldier, and
Shaman King. Others seen in the channel were previously shown in English on
Cartoon Network's Philippine feed (i.e.
Crush Gear Turbo) or, in the case of
Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh, on government-controlled
RPN which in 1969 having taking over several channel frequencies and transmitter broadcast facilities previously held and used by ABS-CBN, notably Channel 9. Furthermore, Hero TV featured re-dubs (i.e. producing its own dubbed version of a previous anime series which was already dubbed in Tagalog). Examples of these are
Mon Colle Knights,
Metal Fighter Miku,
Zenki,
The Slayers, and
Voltes V. In 2011, undubbed anime was introduced to the channel with accompanying Filipino-language subtitles, in the form of
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light and the
Initial D Extra Stage OVA. The reason for airing these two anime features in their original Japanese audio is unknown. Ever since its launch in 2005, Hero TV operated on a daily 18-hour-a-day schedule from 6 AM to 12 midnight during the first months of their operation. In April 2006, the channel expanded its operating hours to 20 hours, thus signing off at 2 AM of the following day. On January 3, 2011, Hero TV finally transitioned into a full 24-hour cable TV service. In the summer season of 2012, Hero TV starts to greatly increase its lineup of new anime titles beginning with
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds,
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun,
Naruto Shippūden,
Hanasaku Iroha, and
Shiki; as well as airing the first two series of the
Sailor Moon franchise, and a more complete version of the
Aniplex-produced
Jigoku Shoujo. Except for
Sailor Moon,
Jigoku Shoujo and
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, all of these titles have never been aired on Animax before (Animax airs
Railgun and
Sailor Moon in other countries).
Closure and migration to digital media On December 23, 2017, an Anime Pilipinas article stated that Hero TV will end its broadcast operations on January 31, 2018, due to
lack of advertising support and change in business direction which was later announced on January 1. This was further confirmed through a commercial that aired on the channel on January 16, 2018. During the final day of broadcast on January 31, 2018, Hero TV aired a Facebook live broadcast where its hosts and staffs shared great memories and thanked supporters. After airing a tribute video showing the past anime titles, local programs and events produced or sponsored by the channel, Hero TV signed off for the last time on February 1, 2018, at 12:04 AM, ending with a farewell message and the words "Hero Now Signing Off." Few seconds later, cable providers still receiving Hero TV would see the modified EBU test card reading "ABS-CBN TOC SD" before shutdown until the provider can replace it or automatically scan with another channel, while Sky Cable have replaced Hero TV with
Liga, a sports channel that complements the programming of
S+A with international and local sports events. On February 7, 2018, Hero relaunches, and demoted into a digital web portal handled by the Lifestyle team from
ABS-CBN Digital Media, but will not carry anime titles nor establish an anime video-on-demand service. It will provide limited news content on anime, pop culture and gaming.
Yey! channel's All YeY! Anime programming block Yey!, a
digital television channel of
ABS-CBN TV Plus, aired some of the newest anime series that debuted on the channel, including
Ace of Diamond (season 1),
My Hero Academia (seasons 1 and 2),
One-Punch Man (season 1),
Doraemon (2005 version), the final two seasons of
Naruto Shippūden (seasons 9 and 10), and the first 51 episodes of
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (season 1). Yey! ceased broadcasting in mid-2020, with
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card served as the last anime series broadcast on the channel;
Clear Card would later resume airing on
A2Z in 2021, completing all the episodes. ==Previous programming==