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company_type = [[Kabushiki gaisha|Business corporation]]<br>({{Jasdaq|4816}}) |
company_type = [[Kabushiki gaisha|Business corporation]]<br>({{Jasdaq|4816}}) |
foundation = January 23, 1948 {{flagicon|Japan}}<br>June 12, 2000 {{flagicon|USA}} |
foundation = January 23, 1948 {{flagicon|Japan}}<br>June 12, 2000 {{flagicon|USA}} |
location = <span class="wikiEditor-tab"></span>2-10-5 Higashi Ohizumi, [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]], [[Tokyo]] 178-8567, [[Japan]] |
location = <span class="wikiEditor-tab"></span>2-10-5 Higashi Ohizumi, [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]], [[Tokyo]] , [[Japan]] |
num_employees = |
num_employees = |
operating income = {{increase}} US$ 29.911 million<ref name="Toei Outline">''[http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/outline/ Toei official website - corporate profile]'' {{jp icon}}</ref> |
operating income = {{increase}} US$ 29.911 million<ref name="Toei Outline">''[http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/outline/ Toei official website - corporate profile]'' {{jp icon}}</ref> |
key_people = Tsutomu Tomari, Chairman<br>[[Hiroshi Takahashi]], President|
key_people = Tsutomu Tomari, Chairman<br>[[Hiroshi Takahashi]], President|
| parent = [[Paramount Motion Pictures Group]]<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]]
owner = [[Toei Company|Toei Company, Ltd.]] (32%)<br>[[TV Asahi|TV Asahi Corporation]] (14.29%)<br>[[Fuji Television|Fuji Television Network, Inc.]] (7.14%)
owner = [[Toei Company|Toei Company, Ltd.]] (32%)<br>[[TV Asahi|TV Asahi Corporation]] (14.29%)<br>[[Fuji Television|Fuji Television Network, Inc.]] (7.14%)
| industry = Animation studio and production
| industry = Animation studio and production
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| homepage = [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ www.toei-anim.co.jp]
| homepage = [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ www.toei-anim.co.jp]
}}
}}
'''Toei Animation Co., Ltd.''' (東映アニメーション株式会社 ''Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha'') ({{jasdaq|4816}}) is a [[anime|Japanese animation]] [[studio]] owned by [[Toei Company|Toei Co., Ltd]]. 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. [[Hayao Miyazaki]], [[Isao Takahata]], [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and [[Yoichi Kotabe]] have all worked with the company in the past. Toei is a shareholder in the Japanese anime [[satellite television]] network, [[Animax]], along with other noted anime studios and production enterprises such as [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS Entertainment]] and [[Nihon Ad Systems|Nihon Ad Systems Inc]].<ref name="Animax-JACP">''[http://www.animax.co.jp/about/company.html Animax official website - corporate profile]'' {{jp icon}}</ref><ref name="Toei-profile-jp">''[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/corporate/prof/history.html Toei Animation official website - history section]'', Toei Animation official website. {{jp icon}}</ref><ref name="Toei profile-en">''[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/history/history.html Toei Animation - official website - English section - History]'' Toei Animation official website.</ref> The company headquarters are located in the Ohizumi Studio in [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>"[http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/outline/ Outline]." Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.</ref>
'''Toei Animation Co., Ltd.''' (東映アニメーション株式会社 ''Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha'') ({{jasdaq|4816}}) is a [[anime|Japanese animation]] [[studio]] owned by [[Toei Company|Toei Co., Ltd]] and parentship [[Paramount Motion Pictures Group]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]].. 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. [[Hayao Miyazaki]], [[Isao Takahata]], [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and [[Yoichi Kotabe]] have all worked with the company in the past. Toei is a shareholder in the Japanese anime [[satellite television]] network, [[Animax]], along with other noted anime studios and production enterprises such as [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] for [[The Jim Henson Company]], [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS Entertainment]] for [[Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group]] and [[Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] and [[Nihon Ad Systems|Nihon Ad Systems Inc]] by [[New Line Cinema]].<ref name="Animax-JACP">''[http://www.animax.co.jp/about/company.html Animax official website - corporate profile]'' {{jp icon}}</ref><ref name="Toei-profile-jp">''[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/corporate/prof/history.html Toei Animation official website - history section]'', Toei Animation official website. {{jp icon}}</ref><ref name="Toei profile-en">''[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/english/history/history.html Toei Animation - official website - English section - History]'' Toei Animation official website.</ref> The company headquarters are located in the Ohizumi Studio in [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>"[http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/outline/ Outline]." Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.</ref>


Until 1998, the company was known as {{nihongo|'''Toei Doga'''|東映動画株式会社|Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha}} (although even at that time the company’s formal English name was indeed “Toei Animation Co. Ltd.”), with “dōga” being the native Japanese word for “animation” which was widely used until the 1970s. Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's [[Puss in Boots (1969 film)|1969 film adaptation]] of [[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss in Boots]].
Until 1998, the company was known as {{nihongo|'''Toei Doga'''|東映動画株式会社|Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha}} (although even at that time the company’s formal English name was indeed “Toei Animation Co. Ltd.”), with “dōga” being the native Japanese word for “animation” which was widely used until the 1970s. Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's [[Puss in Boots (1969 film)|1969 film adaptation]] of [[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss in Boots]].
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Anime created by Toei Animation that have won the [[Animage]] Anime Grand Prix award have been ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]'' in 1981, ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' in 1987, and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' in 1992.
Anime created by Toei Animation that have won the [[Animage]] Anime Grand Prix award have been ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]'' in 1981, ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' in 1987, and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' in 1992.


In addition to producing anime for domestic release in Japan, in the 1980s, Toei Animation also provided animation work for several American animated series for US companies.
In addition to producing anime for domestic release in Japan, in the 1980s, Toei Animation also provided films work for several American box office movies for US companies.


==Work list from [[CBS Television Studios]] and [[MGM Television]]==
==Work list==
====1960s====
====1960s====


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* ''Marie and Gali 2.0'' (Mar. 2010–present)
* ''Marie and Gali 2.0'' (Mar. 2010–present)


===Films list===
===Films list from [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]===
(This is only partially done)
(This is only partially done was [[MGM/UA Entertainment Co.]] in 1983 to 1987 and reverted back to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1987)


* ''[[Panda and the Magic Serpent]]'' / ''The White Snake Enchantress'' (''Hakuja den'') (1958)
* ''[[Panda and the Magic Serpent]]'' / ''The White Snake Enchantress'' (''Hakuja den'') (1958)
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** ''[[Wrath of the Dragon]]'' (''Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Won't Do It, Who Will?'') (1995)
** ''[[Wrath of the Dragon]]'' (''Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Won't Do It, Who Will?'') (1995)
* ''[[Sailor Moon|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon]]''
* ''[[Sailor Moon|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon]]''
** ''[[Sailor Moon R movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R: The Movie]]'' (1993)
** ''[[Sailor Moon R movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R: The Movie]]'' (1993),
** ''[[Sailor Moon S movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: The Movie]]'' (1994)
** ''[[Sailor Moon S movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: The Movie]]'' (1994)
** ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (The 9 Sailor Soldiers Get Together! Miracle in the Black Dream Hole)]]'' (1995)
** ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS movie|Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (The 9 Sailor Soldiers Get Together! Miracle in the Black Dream Hole)]]'' (1995)
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* ''Odd One Out'' (as part of [[Halo Legends]]) (2010)
* ''Odd One Out'' (as part of [[Halo Legends]]) (2010)


==Outsourced production work==
==Outsourced production work from [[Paramount Motion Pictures Group]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]]==


* ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' (1978) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends]]'' (1981-1983) (Season 2 + other episodes)
* ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'' (1980) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
*''[[The Charmkins]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Friday the 13th (1980 film)|Friday the 13th]]'' (1980) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' (1983–1986) (The [[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989 TV series)|G.I. Joe 1989 TV series]] by [[DIC Entertainment]] was not produced by Toei).
* ''[[He Knows You're Alone]]'' (1980) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
**''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Friday the 13th Part 2]]'' (1981) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' (1983–1985)
* ''[[Friday the 13th Part III]]'' (1982) (Co-produced with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'' (1984–1986) (animated Season 1, most of Season 2, some episodes in Season 3 and developed the [[Transformers: Scramble City|Scramble City]] OVA for Japan. Other episodes animated by [[AKOM]] and [[TMS Entertainment]]).
* ''[[Grease 2]]'' (1982) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
**''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (1986)
** ''[[Poltergeist (film)|Poltergeist]]'' (1982) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
**''[[Transformers: The Headmasters]]'' (1987) (1st exclusive Japanese series)
* ''[[Pink Floyd The Wall (film)|Pink Floyd The Wall]]'' (1982) (co-productin wth [[Paramount Pictures]])
**''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]'' (1988) (2nd exclusive Japanese series)
**''[[Transformers: Victory]]'' (1989) (3rd exclusive Japanese series)
* ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
** ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' (1984) (co-production with [[MGM/UA Entertainment Co.]])
**''[[Transformers: Zone]]'' (1990) (Japanese OVA)
* ''[[Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter]]'' (1984) (co-production with [[MGM/UA Entertainment Co.]])
*''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Babies]]'' (1984–1987) (Seasons 1-3)
** ''[[Friday the 13th: A New Beginning]]'' (1985) (co-production with [[MGM/UA Entertainment Co.]])
**''[[Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives]]'' (1986) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[My Little Pony (TV series)|My Little Pony]]'' (1984–1985)
**''[[My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (1986–1987)
* ''[[Poltergeist II: The Other Side]]'' (1986)
**''[[My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' (1986) (Animation production shared with AKOM)
** ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986) (co-produced with [[MGM]])
** ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'' (1987) (Co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Jem (TV series)|Jem]]'' (1985–1988)
* ''[[Moonstruck]]'' (1987) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
*''[[Robotix]]'' (1985)
** ''[[Coming to America]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Inhumanoids]]'' (1985)
** ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
*''[[Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines]]'' (1985)
** ''[[Crocodile Dundee II]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Defenders of the Earth]]'' (1986–1987)
** ''[[My Life as a Dog]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[The Adventures of the American Rabbit]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Poltergeist III]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
*''[[The Smurfs]]'' (1986–1988) (Seasons 6-8)
* ''[[Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood]]'' (1988) (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (1987) (Season 1 which is the 5 part pilot and 1st intro sequence, as well as some later episodes)
* ''[[Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan]]'' (1989) (co production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
*''[[Sky Commanders]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' (1988) (Season 3)
* ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]]'' (2002) (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])
*''[[Superman (TV series)|Superman]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Die Another Day]]'' (2002)
*''[[X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men]]'' (1989) (Pilot for an X-Men 1989 series that was never produced, but the pilot was aired).
* ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde]]'' (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]])


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
==External links==
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer subsidiaries]]
{{Portal box|Tokyo|Companies|Anime and Manga}}
*[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ Toei Animation official website]
*[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ Toei Animation official website]
*[http://www.toei-anim.com/ Toei Animation English official website]
*[http://www.toei-anim.com/ Toei Animation English official website]

Revision as of 10:31, 15 September 2010

Toei Animation Co., Ltd
東映アニメーション株式会社
Company typeBusiness corporation
(JASDAQ: 4816)
IndustryAnimation studio and production
FoundedJanuary 23, 1948 Japan
June 12, 2000 United States
Headquarters2-10-5 Higashi Ohizumi, Nerima, Tokyo , Japan
Key people
Tsutomu Tomari, Chairman
Hiroshi Takahashi, President
ParentParamount Motion Pictures Group
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures owner = Toei Company, Ltd. (32%)
TV Asahi Corporation (14.29%)
Fuji Television Network, Inc. (7.14%)
SubsidiariesTavac Co., Ltd.
Toei Animation Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.toei-anim.co.jp

Toei Animation Co., Ltd. (東映アニメーション株式会社 Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) (JASDAQ: 4816) is a Japanese animation studio owned by Toei Co., Ltd and parentship Paramount Motion Pictures Group and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.. 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. Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Leiji Matsumoto and Yoichi Kotabe have all worked with the company in the past. Toei is a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, along with other noted anime studios and production enterprises such as Sunrise for The Jim Henson Company, TMS Entertainment for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group and Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group and Nihon Ad Systems Inc by New Line Cinema.[2][3][4] The company headquarters are located in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima, Tokyo.[5]

Until 1998, the company was known as Toei Doga (東映動画株式会社, Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha) (although even at that time the company’s formal English name was indeed “Toei Animation Co. Ltd.”), with “dōga” being the native Japanese word for “animation” which was widely used until the 1970s. Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's 1969 film adaptation of Puss in Boots.

Toei Animation produced the anime versions of works by many legendary manga artists, including Go Nagai, Shotaro Ishinomori, Masami Kurumada, Akira Toriyama and Naoko Takeuchi. In addition, the studio helped propel the popularity of the magical girl and Super Robot genres of anime; among Toei's most legendary and trend-setting TV series include the first magical-girl anime series, Mahoutsukai Sally the anime adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of the same name, and Go Nagai's Mazinger Z, animated adaptation of his manga, which set the standard for Super Robot anime for years to come.

Anime created by Toei Animation that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Galaxy Express 999 in 1981, Saint Seiya in 1987, and Sailor Moon in 1992.

In addition to producing anime for domestic release in Japan, in the 1980s, Toei Animation also provided films work for several American box office movies for US companies.

Work list from CBS Television Studios and MGM Television

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

  • Marie and Gali 2.0 (Mar. 2010–present)

Films list from Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

(This is only partially done was MGM/UA Entertainment Co. in 1983 to 1987 and reverted back to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1987)

Outsourced production work from Paramount Motion Pictures Group and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

Notes and references

  1. ^ Toei official website - corporate profile Template:Jp icon
  2. ^ Animax official website - corporate profile Template:Jp icon
  3. ^ Toei Animation official website - history section, Toei Animation official website. Template:Jp icon
  4. ^ Toei Animation - official website - English section - History Toei Animation official website.
  5. ^ "Outline." Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.
  6. ^ Animax Award official site, Animax official website. Template:Jp icon
  7. ^ http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/english/press/2008/09/asataro_the_onion_samurai_star.html

External links

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