Toei Animation | |
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Toei Animation (東映アニメーション株式会社) | |
Key People | Hayao Miyazaki |
Services Provided | Animation Studio
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Toei Animation Co., Ltd. (東映アニメーション株式会社, Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese animation studio owned by Toei Co., Ltd. (which also does live action Tokusatsu and media distribution) The studio was founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films (日本動画映画, Nihon Dōga Eiga, often shortened to 日動映画 Nichidō Eiga). In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name. Over the years, the studio has created a large number of TV series, movies, and adapted many Japanese comics by renowned authors to animated series, many popular worldwide. Their logo is the characters Puss in Boots, taken from their movie adaption of the fairy tale.
Along with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, Toei Animation is one of the co-founding and shareholding studios for the TV network Animax along with co-founders and shareholders including and the noted animation studios Sunrise, TMS Entertainment, and NAS.
Works[]
- One Piece (TV)
- Hols Prince of the Sun (Movie)
- Mazinger Z (TV)
- Babel II (TV)
- Getter Robo (TV)
- Fist of the North Star (TV)
- Sailor Moon (TV)
- Digimon (TV)
- Transformers Zone (OVA)
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official website (in English)
- Other info
- News
- Anime News Network - Former Toei Producer Muneyuki Kii Establishes K2Pictures by Joanna Cayanan 2023-08-08 14:30 EDT
- Cunchyroll News - Toei President and CEO Osamu Tezuka Passes Away by Joseph Luster February 14, 2023 11:38am PST