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Toei Animation Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMultimedia entertainment
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
North America, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Key people
Masayuki Endo
(President and CEO)[1]
ProductsAnime
ParentToei Animation Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.toei-animation-usa.com

Toei Animation Inc. (abbreviated as TAI, or sometimes just Toei Animation USA or Toei LATAM depending on the territory) is an American licensing and distributor based in Los Angeles. It is Toei Animation's American sister company. It holds partnerships with TV channels, DVD distributors, and streaming websites.

History

Due to Toei Animation's decision to start distributing the series directly since 2003 with the establishment of Toei Animation Europe based in Paris, Toei Animation Inc. based in Los Angeles was founded in 2004.

In 2005, the Toei Animation licenses that were distributed by Cloverway Inc. were transferred to Toei Animation Inc. for requirement, leaving Cloverway alone with the licenses of the other Japanese producers with which it intermediated. As a consequence of this, there has been a chain of irregularities, such as the loss of master tapes of many series, with the Latin American versions being the most affected for this change in distribution.

Anime

Master license

  • 1996's series (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
  • 2018's series
  • Saint Seiya franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
  • Sailor Moon franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005 and sub-distributed by Viz Media for U.S. since 2014)
  • Sailor Moon Crystal (distributed directly for Latin America since 2017 and sub-distributed by Viz Media for U.S.)
  • Slam Dunk (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
  • Toriko (distributed directly for Latin America since 2012 and sub-distributed by Funimation for U.S.)
  • World Trigger

Original productions

See also

References

  1. ^ "20th Anniversary Feature Film One Piece Stampede Gallops Into North American Theaters This Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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