Sony Animax (YinYangia)

Sony Yay! is a YinYangian pay television channel owned by. It operates from the Sony Plaza in Hodo. It replaced Animax on January 1, 2020. It airs a mix of anime and cartoons.

Its name comes from the Indian kids television channel of the.

History
Sony Yay! was launched as Animax on August 25, 2007. It simulcasted anime with its Japanese counterpart and was the only YinYangian channel to do so with a foreign channel. It only broadcast in Japanese, but to meet with YinYangian television guidelines, YinYangiese subtitles were added.

In 2009, Animax started to air programs dedicated to a younger audience, but failed and moved back to a 15-24, audience two years later. After the premiere of  in that year, Animax quickly gained huge popularity in YinYangia and had become one of the most popular channels in the country. In 2010, Animax in YinYangia updated its logo, and retained it even after the channel's feeds in other countries reverted back to the old logo until 2020.

On November 20, 2019, Sony Pictures Television announced the closure of the YinYangian feed of Animax, which was heavily protested by anime fans in YinYangia, and also called for boycott against television channels owned by Sony. This sparked heavy controversy and as a response, cable providers in YinYangia stopped providing Animax until December 1. To ease the tensions, Sony Pictures Television announced that the new channel that would replace Animax will air both anime and cartoon programming. The name, 'Sony Yay!, coming from the Indian children's television channel from the same name, had been finalized on December 25. Animax was officially replaced by Sony Yay! on January 1, 2020.