NEP WILDLIFE 2018 Catalog
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WILDLIFE International Sales Daisan Kyodo Bldg. 4-14 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0047, Japan Phone: +81-3-3468-6984 Fax: +81-3-3485-3624 [email protected] NHK NEPNHK Series As NHK’s main international distribution arm, NEP holds a catalogue of over 1,500 titles in a wide range of genres. To discover more of our programs, please visit: Program Finder 11 8 episodes http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 59 x 49 min. 4 x 50 min. 49 x 52 min. 6 x 55 min. This online search service will allow you to Clean, M/E + English, English script quickly and accurately find programs you need. 2009-2018 ©NHK Since its start in 2009, WILDLIFE has been the pillar nature series on NHK, consistent in its delivery of quality and high standard. Produced by the seasoned Natural History Unit of NHK Enterprises, the series reveals the pulsating life of the animal kingdom. Through its commitment to innovative storytelling, each episode is filmed over long periods and makes use of the latest equipment in pursuit of new visual experiences. http://www.nhk.or.jp/corporateinfo/ http://www.nhk-ep.co.jp/en/ NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan’s sole public NHK Enterprises, Inc. (NEP) was established in 1985, as an broadcaster. Funded by fees from Japanese households, affiliated company of NHK, to produce TV programs for NHK. it has a reputation for impartial, high-quality programming. Over the years, NEP has expanded its business across a wide Through its four nationwide TV channels and three radio range of content-related activities both at home and abroad to channels, NHK reaches about 50 million households. Besides become one of the leading companies in the content industry. being a broadcaster, NHK produces a vast array of high- quality programs covering news, documentaries, children’s and educational programs, music, entertainment, culture, animation and drama. Known as the pioneer of HD, NHK now actively produces programs in 4K and 8K. Survival Instincts: Ingenious Egg Layers: Iguana vs. Basilisk White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks 50 min. 2018 206950 4K VOD 50 min. 2017 206949 4K VOD The rainforests of Costa Rica in Central America is full of life, A small bay lying southeast of the island of Shikoku in southern Japan where over 70 species of lizards thrive. The 80-centimeter basilisk is the only known spot in the world where carpet sharks gather for is a ferocious predator, while the iguana is herbivorous and can breeding. With help from a top shark researcher, the cameras grow to be 2 meters. The episode features the basilisk’s ability to observe the sharks for 6 months, and discover a surprising enemy run across water, as well as how newly hatched iguanas live as a that cuts open the eggs to devour the developing embryos inside. group to survive. A Family’s Bond: Battle of the Alphas: Dingoes Mandrills 50 min. 2017 Except for Australia 206948 4K VOD 50 min. 2017 206947 4K VOD At the top of the food chain on Fraser Island off the coast of Amid the lush rainforest in Gabon, Africa, live rare monkeys with Australia is the dingo. The cameras follow a family with 9 pups as unforgettable faces. The male mandrill boasts magnificent blue it overcomes the deaths of members, skirmishes with other packs, cheeks with a bright red stripe down its nose, a trait used to and a deadly forest fire, featuring a rarely documented case where establish hierarchy. With help from researchers, the episode an older male sibling helps his parents raise the puppies. captures the struggle to unseat an older alpha male, where the females play a decisive role. http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 01 When Frogs Dance and Sing: No Time for Sloth: The Mysterious Amphibians of Borneo The Sloth Bears of Sri Lanka 52 min. 2016 206638 4K VOD 52 min. 2016 206637 4K VOD With giant trees nurtured by rich water resources, the jungles of The rare sloth bear, almost never spotted in the wild, looks Borneo are home to a vast array of frog species. One, the black-spotted deceivingly cuddly. But it is fierce, feared for its long sharp claws. rock frog, can hop across water surfaces in a ninja-like manner. In Sri Lanka’s oldest national park, the cameras successfully Males also use the webbed toes of their hind legs to court females. capture the mysterious creature’s unique hunting habits as well as The cameras accompany a research team into this frog paradise. a mother raising her cubs. Blessed by Volcanoes: Surviving Deadly Slopes: The Marine Life of the Izu Islands, Japan The Japanese Serows of Mt. Hakusan 52 min. 2016 206642 VOD 52 min. 2016 206641 VOD Lying in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo, the Izu Islands were Designated by the Japanese government as a special natural born from undersea volcanoes that are still active today. Each monument, Japanese serows live solitary lives hidden in the forests of the five northern islands features distinct landscapes. This of rugged mountainous areas. Across four seasons on the steep episode highlights the lives of creatures that have adapted to this slopes of the Hakusan mountain range, the cameras capture a rare, extraordinary environment. in-depth look at the unique lives of serows in their harsh habitat. 02 A Family’s Tale: Acoustic Predators: Brown Bears Great Gray Owls 49 min. 2016 206383 VOD 49 min. 2016 206448 VOD Japan’s Shiretoko Peninsula is a stronghold for the brown bear, Of the 11 species of owl in Canada’s Manitoba province, the great the country’s largest land predator. Cameras follow one family gray owl is one of the largest. Equipped with highly sensitive ears, over a period of two years, discovering the shift in the mother-cub it hunts by detecting rodents through thick layers of snow. From relationship. The young must be willing even to fight with its own winter where temperatures drop to -40 degrees Celsius to spring mother in order to survive in this great wilderness. when chicks hatch, the episode features the gray owl and other graceful hunters. Leaping Lemurs of Madagascar: Survivors of the Plains: Indri Lions of Tsavo 49 min. 2016 206384 VOD 49 min. 2016 206385 VOD Among Madagascar’s 100 varieties of lemurs, the indri is the In Tsavo’s national park in Kenya live male lions that have lost largest. Despite being as tall as 1.4 meters standing upright, the much of their mane. These males participate in hunts and work for lemur has chosen to remain a tree-dweller. The cameras showcase their share, rather than swoop in to take the first bite after the the indri’s incredible agility in jumping 10 meters from tree to tree, lionesses do all the work, as usually happens. Tsavo’s harsh as well as document its unique female dominant family structure. environment holds the key to the mysterious change in the behaviors of its lions. http://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/ 03 Impressing the Troop: When the Sky Goes Dark: Toque Macaques The Megabats of Africa 49 min. 2016 206449 VOD 52 min. 2016 206281 VOD A main attraction for the ruins of Sri Lanka’s ancient city of For 2 months a year, 10 million megabats gather and descend on Polonnaruwa is its population of toque macaques. Living under a a small forest in Zambia. The mass is great enough to impact the strict social hierarchy, new males display extraordinary effort to win forest ecosystem, and also attracts hungry giant eagles and hawks. approval from the alpha male. From caring for injured babies to Why this many, and why here? Cameras focus on this recently scheming defection, the cameras focus on the eager social climbers. discovered spectacle. The Caiman Hunters: Desert Survivors: Jaguar, Brazilian Wetlands Arabian Wolf 52 min. 2016 205786 4K VOD 52 min. 2016 205787 4K VOD The program goes after the elusive jaguar, on the riverbank of the A unique presence in Israel’s Negev Desert, a place with no rain for Pantanal wetland in Brazil during its dry season. With numbers 6 months and temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius, is the recovering as result of conservation efforts, the cameras are able Arabian wolf, the smallest in the wolf family. They don’t hunt in packs, to capture a treasure trove of footage, including the carnivore’s nor do they follow prey over long distances. The cameras capture dramatic hunt, where it kills with one bite using its incredibly these extremely rare wolves raising pups and fighting hyenas. powerful jaws. 04 Evolutionary Mayhem: Ferocious Midnight Hunter: The Flightless Birds of the Galapagos The Brown-Marbled Grouper of Bali 52 min. 2016 206279 4K VOD 52 min. 2015 206280 VOD The Galapagos Islands are home to the endangered flightless In the waters off the coast of Bali, the brown-marbled grouper hunts cormorant, the world’s only flightless cormorant. While its small at night. Powerful enough to break coral and able to suck prey into wings make life on land a struggle, in water, it is the master of the its large mouth in one gulp, the monster fish teams up with the hunt. Cameras capture how these birds survive and raise young on deadly moray eel. The unique symbiotic relationship plays out around the barren island covered with lava rocks. a sunken ship in one of the world’s most popular diving spots. AWARD Realm of the Spiraled Egg: Modern Dinosaurs: Port Jackson Shark The Gharials of Chitwan National Park 49 min.