Hero is the anime cable channel in the Philippines formed by Creative Programs Inc. (the cable subsidiary of ABS-CBN) which also produces MYX, Cinema One, ABS-CBN News Channel, Lifestyle Network Balls, Ma # # # and Velvet. So far, it is seen on SkyCable in Metro Manila and in over 200 cable systems all over the Philippines. It is also known as Hero TV by fans and at times by the channel itself probab
ly due to ambiguation purposes. It aired its first test broadcast from August to September, 2005; regular broadcast started on the following month. It was formally launched at the Philippine Trade Training Center on November 12, 2005
Initially, the channel aired between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight. On April 2006, the schedule was extended to 2:00 a.m. the next day. It recently became a 24-hour channel on January 2011. Some anime shown in the channel were also being shown in a special block in the The Filipino Channel called Hero on TFC. The said block lasted from 2006–07 and featured some anime already pulled out of the programming rotation at the time. Anime shown on the channel
Much of the content in Hero is attributed to the fact that Creative Programs Inc's parent company ABS-CBN (through its main network) has produced numerous dubs of anime 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
