TMS Entertainment
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Native name | 株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Anime |
Predecessor | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Founded | October 22, 1946 January 1, 2000 (as TMS Entertainment) | (as Asahi Gloves)
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | Sega Corporation |
Number of employees | 256 (2018) |
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Subsidiaries |
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Website | www |
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TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie[a] division or TMS-Kyokuichi is a Japanese animation studio owned by Sega Corporation.
TMS is one of the oldest and most renowned animation studios in Japan, known for its numerous anime franchises such as Detective Conan, Lupin the Third, and Anpanman.[4]
TMS Entertainment is the animation business company of the Sega Group and a well-established animation studio with its origins in Tokyo Movie. It was formed when Kyokuichi Co., Ltd., which was originally a knitting and textile manufacturing company, merged with animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha to start an animation business and changed its name.[b][3][4] Tokyo Movie Shinsha was one of the five major studios in the early days of Japanese animation, producing and/or animating a string of popular works from the 1960s to the 1970s, including Obake no Q-Tarō, Star of the Giants, Moomin, Attack No. 1, Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the 3rd Part I, Aim for the Ace!, and Gamba no Bouken.[5]
TMS has studios 1 through 7 under its production headquarters, each with a nickname for the work they are involved in, such as V1 Studio, 3xCube, Trois Studios, Rogue Studio, and Double Eagle. Each studio has its own production and management staff, including producers and production assistants. As for animators, each studio contracts them on a work-by-work basis. However, head creators sometimes have exclusive contracts and are given their own desks within the company to work on.[3]
In addition to its own studios, TMS has group production companies such as Telecom Animation Film and TMS Jinni's.[4]
Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, TMS and its subsidiaries, Telecom Animation Film and South Korea-based Seoul Movie, animated for various companies, including DiC, Walt Disney Television Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Marvel Films Animation, Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Production I.G, Sunrise, Bones, ShoPro, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment among others,[6] Since the early 2000s, TMS itself has no longer supplied animation services to Western studios due to increasingly demanding costs,[6][7] although there have been a few exceptions such as Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) and Superman vs. The Elite (2012). While it still produces feature films, these films are primarily spinoffs from existing anime properties, which include the likes of Anpanman and Detective Conan.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Prehistory of TMS Entertainment (Kyokuichi)
[edit]In 1946, Asahi Glove Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (アサヒ手袋製造株式会社, Asahi Tebukuro Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha) was founded in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and the trade name was soon changed to Kyokuichi Knitting & Weaving Co., Ltd. (旭一編織株式会社, Kyokuichi Amiori Kabushiki-gaisha).[1] The company changed its name to Kyokuichi Co., Ltd. (株式会社キョクイチ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyokuichi) in 1947, and then to Kyokuichi Shine Industries Co., Ltd. (旭一シャイン工業株式会社, Kyokuichi Shain Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) in 1957, and was listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange. The company established Shine Mink Co., Ltd. in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1961, opened a mink breeding farm and began its fur business in 1962, and merged with Shine Mink in 1974 to form the Mink Division. In 1989, Kyokuichi Shine Industries was acquired by Watchman Group, a mass retail group of watches and home appliances, and changed its business format to entertainment business.
Prehistory of TMS Entertainment (Tokyo Movie and Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
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Native name | 株式会社東京ムービー |
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Company type | Private (1964-1976) Subsidiary (1976-1993) |
Industry | Anime Animated series |
Founded | 1964 |
Founder | Yutaka Fujioka |
Defunct | 1993 |
Fate | Absorbed into Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Successor | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Owner | Tokyo Movie Shinsha (1976-1993) |
Number of employees | 235 (2020) ![]() |
Subsidiaries | Telecom Animation Film |
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Native name | 株式会社東京ムービー新社 |
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Company type | Private (1976-1991) Subsidiary (1991-1995) |
Industry | Anime Animated series |
Founded | June 1976 |
Founder | Yutaka Fujioka |
Defunct | November 1, 1995 |
Fate | Merged with Kyokuichi |
Successor | Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie Division/TMS-Kyokuichi |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Owner | Sega (1991-1995) |
Number of employees | 235 (2020) ![]() |
Subsidiaries |
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In 1964, Yutaka Fujioka, a former staff of the puppet theater company Hitomi-za (人形劇団ひとみ座, Ningyō Gekidan Hitomi-za), established the animation studio Tokyo Movie Co., Ltd.[c] with investment from Tokyo Broadcasting System.[2][8][9] Inspired by the broadcast of the first domestically produced animated TV series Astro Boy on Fuji Television the previous year, TBS encouraged Fujioka, who was working at Tokyo Ningyo Cinema (東京人形シネマ, Tōkyō Ningyō Shinema), the film production division of Hitomi-za, which had produced puppet theater programs for the station, to establish a studio. The studio's first production was an animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Big X.[2] However, because all the staff came from puppet theater backgrounds and were unfamiliar with animation, the studio suffered a huge loss and fell into financial crisis. In order to restore management, the studio received capital participation from the TV production company Kokusai Hōei (formerly Shintoho). Fujioka, the founder of the company, was demoted to director and head of the production department, and Rokuzo Abe of Kokusai Hōei was appointed as the new president.
In 1965, Fujioka established A Production to rebuild the production system, and Tokyo Movie formed a business alliance with A Production as an actual animation production company. Fujioka approached Daikichirō Kusube, who had left Toei Doga and was working as a freelancer, and by making him the representative of A Production, he succeeded in inviting talented Toei creators such as Tsutomu Shibayama, Yoshio Kabashima, and Keisuke Morishita. Fujioka also welcomed Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Yasuo Ōtsuka, and Yōichi Kotabe, who had been forced out of Toei for overspending on The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun.[10][11][12]
Early directors, such as Tadao Nagahama and Masaaki Ōsumi, were all from puppet theater companies with no animation experience, but they produced a series of hits, including Obake no Q-Tarō, Star of the Giants, and Attack No. 1. Thanks to them, Tokyo Movie became independent from Kokusai Hōei in 1971, and Fujioka returned as president. The studio continued to produce a string of hits thereafter, including Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the 3rd Part I, Aim for the Ace!, and Gamba no Bouken.[5]
Fujioka invested in Madhouse when it was founded in 1972.[citation needed]
In 1975, Tokyo Movie established Telecom Animation Film to train animators who could draw full animations.[13][14] Feeling the limitations of the Japanese animation business, Fujioka dreamed of expanding to the United States and making full animation films that could compete with Disney. However, since limited animation, which had been adopted and developed by Osamu Tezuka, was the mainstream in Japan, he planned to establish a new animation studio that would handle full animation and use it as a base to produce joint Japanese-US animated films.[5][13][14] Fujioka chose the legendary American cartoon Little Nemo as the basis for his animated film, and began acquiring the film rights in 1977.[13][14] Telecom received over 1,000 applications for its employee recruitment, and Fujioka hired 43 people with no animation production experience. Rather than hiring animators with limited animation production experience, Fujioka chose to hire inexperienced amateurs and train them to become first-class animators who could draw full animations. Telecom invited Sadao Tsukioka, who was considered a genius, as a lecturer for the first year, and Yasuo Ōtsuka the following year.[5]
In June 1976, Tokyo Movie spun off its sales division to establish Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.,[d], and the original Tokyo Movie was absorbed into it. [2] Kusube and A Production terminated its business alliance with Tokyo Movie, changed its name to Shin-Ei Animation, and began its own path.
In the summer of 1978, Fujioka acquired the film rights to Little Nemo.[5][14] However, due to difficulties in raising funds and securing staff, production was slow to begin, so Telecom produced TV series and movies under Ōtsuka, including Lupin the 3rd Part II.[14] Ōtsuka approached Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, with Miyazaki directing the second Lupin the 3rd film, The Castle of Cagliostro, and Takahata directing Jarinko Chie.[5] Fujioka frequently invited Hollywood film professionals to screen The two films to promote the production capabilities of Telecom and Japanese animation industry, which at the time was underrated in the United States. These films attracted attention, especially among young animators, including John Lasseter.[14] The event also drew an unexpected response, with Telecom receiving requests to produce a TV series from countries outside the U.S., including Italy.[15] In the U.S., the studio took on subcontracting work for production companies such as Disney, Warner Bros., and Filmation, and became proficient in the art of full animation.[16]
In the early 1980s, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) began working on international co-productions by big-name directors with the goal of expanding overseas.[17] TMS partnered with the French (later American) company DiC as an overseas subcontractor to produce animation for the company in 1980.[e] Two Japanese-French co-productions, Ulysses 31[f] in 1981, directed by Tadao Nagahama, and Lupin VIII[g] in 1982, directed by Rintaro, were produced in cooperation with DIC. TMS began production of the Japanese-Italian co-production TV series Sherlock Hound in 1981 at the request of RAI, the Italian national public broadcasting company. The series was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Telecom Animation Film.[17][18] However, the collaboration was dissolved after six episodes were produced, and the remaining 20 episodes were subsequently financed by Japanese companies. Kyosuke Mikuriya took over as director, and with Telecom leaving to focus on the film Nemo, TMS outsourced the animation to the fledgling studio Gallop.[18] Osamu Dezaki directed the largest number of animated co-productions, including Mighty Orbots,[h] Bionic Six, and Sweet Sea.[i][17]
In the spring of 1981, Fujioka received an investment from Lake, a consumer finance company, and established Kineto TMS, a U.S. incorporated company, to begin full-scale production of the film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.[5][15] The initial production budget was reported to be about 3.6 billion yen (16 million dollars at the exchange rate in 1981).[19] Under Fujioka's grand order to produce a world-class animation film, creators from Japan and abroad were assembled. Many prominent figures were involved in the production, including Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Osamu Dezaki, Yasuo Ōtsuka, Ray Bradbury, Jean Giraud (Mobius), and Chris Columbus.[15][20][21] However, the production ran into difficulties due to various crosscurrents between Japan and the U.S. Miyazaki and Takahata, who were originally slated to direct the film, dropped out of the project, and the staff was replaced one by one in the following years.[13][19]
In 1982, Fujioka secured the cooperation of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston from Disney's Nine Old Men. In the summer of that year, at their invitation, Miyazaki, Takahata, Ōtsuka, and other Japanese staff members visited the U.S. under the guise of training. While the Japanese staff members were greatly inspired by the two during their training, when the two saw the sketches drawn by Miyazaki, they said there was nothing they could teach them.[5][22] Young American animators who had heard rumors of the Nemo production also came to Kineto MS to sell themselves, including John Lasseter and Brad Bird, who reportedly met Miyazaki there for the first time. Bird brought in his own film and unofficially drew several image boards.[19][22] Fujioka succeeded in meeting George Lucas and asked him to be the American producer, but he declined, saying he was busy with the new Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, and instead recommended Gary Kurtz, who was also a producer on Star Wars.[5][13] Fujioka from Japan was appointed line producer, and Kurtz from the United States was appointed film producer.[13][15] Kurtz recommended Ray Bradbury as the screenwriter, and the project got underway.[5][15] When the Japanese production team was handed the first draft of Bradbury's screenplay, they wondered if it was too philosophical to be entertaining.[15] Miyazaki presented various ideas for the script to Kurtz, but he never adopted them.[j][5][22] Kurtz was executive producing Return to Oz for Disney at this time and spent most of his time in London and New York, visiting the site of Nemo in Los Angeles only once a month, and then for just a couple of hours in the afternoon.[23] Due to conflicts with Kurtz, Miyazaki resigned from Telecom in November 1982, and Takahata in March 1983.[5][22] Kurtz's dictatorship continued, and the project went astray. The directors changed one after another, and the team went all to bits. The production budget of 4.5 billion yen (19 million dollars at the 1984 rate) ran out before the animation work began, and the project was suspended in August 1984.[5][13][22]
In June 1988, TMS dissolved its own production division, Tokyo Movie and absorbed it, Tokyo Movie would continue as a TMS subsidiary until 1993.[2]
Fujioka resumed production after securing an additional investment of 1 billion yen (6.9 million dollars at the 1987 rate) from Lake in 1987 and terminated his contract with Kurtz and took full responsibility for the film, becoming executive producer himself.[13][22] The film was completed in 1988 and released in Japan in July 1989, and although it was not poorly received, it ended up grossing around 900 million yen (7 million dollars at the 1988 rate) at the box office.[13] It was released in the United States in 1992 in 2,300 theaters and sold 4 million videos, but the production costs were not recouped.[19][22] The film took about seven years to complete (it took 10 years for the U.S. release), and production costs eventually rose to 5.5 billion yen (43.3 million dollars at the 1992 rate).[20][21] The main staff changed constantly, and later left behind a vast number of ideas, designs, and sketches submitted by various creators,[k] scenarios by Bradley, Columbus, most of which were never used, and others, and pilots in three versions: Sadao Tsukioka's version, Yoshifumi Kondō and Kazuhide Tomonaga's version, and Osamu Desaki's version.[5][21] It was an unprecedented project in the history of Japanese animation, but it ended in failure, and Fujioka took responsibility for it, relinquished all rights related to Tokyo Movie, and retired from the industry.[10][13] Although Fujioka's ambitions ended in failure, Nemo left a great legacy, laying the foundation for the subsequent expansion of Japanese animation into the American market and also pioneering exchanges between Japan and the US in animation, such as the relationship between Miyazaki and the Nine Old Men.[22] The composition of members at Telecom Animation Film for animated feature films directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata also served as a stepping stone for the transfer of Toei Animation's feature film production techniques to Studio Ghibli.[10]
History of TMS Entertainment
[edit]Kyokuichi Co., Ltd. opened its first amusement arcade in 1991, and joined the Sega Group in 1992 through a business alliance with Sega and Sega Toys.[24] In the same year, Tokyo Movie Shinsha became a subsidiary of Sega through a stock acquisition.
On November 1, 1995, Sega absorbed Tokyo Movie Shinsha into Kyokuichi, with Kyokuichi as the surviving company.[1][2] In conjunction with this merger, Kyokuichi made Telecom Animation Film and TMS Photo, which were subsidiaries of Tokyo Movie Shinsha, its own subsidiaries. Kyokuichi established a Tokyo branch office and launched its animation production division, Tokyo Movie Division. The name of the company was credited as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie in the anime works produced at that time, however international prints used the TMS-Kyokuichi name.
In 1996 the Los Angeles studio was established.[1]
On January 1, 2000, Kyokuichi changed its name to TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.[b][1][2] The name Tokyo Movie remained as the name of the animation production division and as the brand name for animation production.
In 2003, the company completely withdrew from the textile business.[citation needed] Since then, animation production and amusement arcade operations were the two mainstays of its business.
In 2003, American brokerage group Merrill Lynch became the second-largest shareholder in TMS Entertainment after acquiring a 7.54 percent stake in the studio. Merrill Lynch purchased the stake purely for investment purposes and had no intention of acquiring control of the firm's management.[25]
In 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings acquired a 50.2% stake in TMS Entertainment, making it a subsidiary.[26]
In 2006, the Tokyo branch was reorganized as the Tokyo headquarters and merged with the Head Office in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The headquarters then moved to Shinjuku, Tokyo.[1] The Los Angeles studio was reorganized as TMS ENTERTAINMENT, USA, INC.[1]
In February 2007, TMS Entertainment announced the completion of its fourth Tokyo studio (Building D) in Nakano, Tokyo. The company stated that Shinjuku would thereafter serve as the base for its corporate division and Nakano as the base for its production division.[27]
In 2008, the company withdrew from the amusement arcade business and concentrated its business on animation production.
In 2010, TMS Entertainment was delisted and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings through a share exchange.[28]
In 2011, the credits for Detective Conan and Anpanman were changed to TMS Entertainment, and animation production under the Tokyo Movie name ended.
In November 2012, TMS relocated its headquarters to Nakano, Tokyo.[1][2]
TMS Entertainment took a stake in Jinni's Animation Studio, a VFX and CG production company, in 2013 and made it a group company in 2015. With that, the company name was changed to TMS Jinni's.
In November 2013, a new studio was completed in Nakano, Tokyo.
In April 2015, the Sega Sammy Holdings was reorganized to form the new Sega Group. TMS Entertainment became a wholly owned subsidiary of the newly established Sega Holdings.[24][29]
Marza Animation Planet moved from being part of Sega Holdings to being part of TMS Entertainment in April 2017. TMS Entertainment transferred all of the digital content planning, development, and production business owned by its subsidiary TOCSIS to Marza Animation Planet in April 2019.[30]
In July 2021, TMS Entertainment announced the launch of the Unlimited Produce Project. The project is characterized by its focus on collaboration with outside studios to strengthen production operations such as planning, production, business, and promotion of works. The first project is Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, which was distributed worldwide on Netflix from July 8, 2012, and was produced in collaboration with CG studio Quebico.[4]
In April 2023, Marza Animation Planet moved from under TMS Entertainment to under its parent company, Sega.[30]
In 2024, TMS Entertainment transferred the 3DCG video production business of its subsidiary TMS Jinni's to its subsidiary Toms Photo through a company split.
Subsidiaries
[edit]The company has numerous animation subsidiaries collaborating in conjunction with the company. Those include:
- TMS Entertainment USA, Inc.: Established in 1996 as the Los Angeles studio division. In 2006, it was renamed to TMS Entertainment USA, Inc.
- TMS Entertainment Europe SAS: Established in 2001 as the Paris studio division.[1] In 2022, it was renamed to TMS Entertainment Europe SAS.
- TMSLab(トムスラボ): In 2022-04-26, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of TMS-Lab (原作工房TMS-Lab), where 'TMS' stands for 'Theme, Message, Story'. The associate web site went operational in 2022-04-21.[31] In 2022-12-22, it was renamed to TMSLab(トムスラボ), and the web site was relocated.[32]
- Tokyo Movie Online (東京ムービーONLINE): In 2005-10-19, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of Tokyo Movie Online video subscription platform.[33]
- Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー(トウキョウムービー)): In 2005-12-22, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the beginning of the Tokyo Movie service for EZweb users, effective on the same day.[34]
- TMS MUSIC UK LTD.: Established in 2007-01-15.[35]
- TMS MUSIC HK LTD.: In 2007-02-14, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of TMS MUSIC HK LTD., to be established in March 2007.[35]
- AG Bowl(エージーボウル): In 2008-04-21, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of AG Bowl bowing facility in Ishioka, Ibaraki, to be opened 5 days later.[36]
- Anpanman Digital LLP: In 2008-06-11, TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of Anpanman Digital LLP (アンパンマンデジタルLLP) with Nippon Television and Froebel-Kan Co., Ltd., with each founding member invested 100 million yen, to be established 5 days later.[37]
- Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社テレコム・アニメーションフィルム, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Terekomu Animēshon Firumu), a studio established on May 19, 1975. It first started as a subcontracting company for its parent, but has since become the leading animation studio behind the more recent Lupin the Third titles.[38][39] The studio has also produced series like Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas,[40] Orange,[41] and Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation.[42]
- Marza Animation Planet Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社マーザ・アニメーションプラネット, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Māza Animēshonpuranetto), a CG studio formerly a part of Sega and known for producing Space Pirate Captain Harlock,[43] Resident Evil: Vendetta,[44] and the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film.[45] In 2023, Marza moved back into the Sega fold.
- V1 Studio (Japanese: ヴィーワンスタジオ, Hepburn: Vīuwan Sutajio), a studio most known for co-producing the Detective Conan films since the 16th movie and the 2nd season (and OVAs) of Kamisama Kiss.[46]
- Double Eagle (Japanese: だぶるいーぐる, Hepburn: Daburuīguru), a studio most known for co-producing ReLIFE, Nana Maru San Batsu, and The Thousand Musketeers.[47]
- 8PAN (Japanese: エイトパヌ, Hepburn: Eito Panu), a studio best known for co-producing Bakuon!!, D.Gray-man Hallow, and Dr. Stone.[48]
- 3xCube (Japanese: スリーキューブ, Hepburn: Surīkyūbu), a studio known for producing The Pilot's Love Song, My Monster Secret, Sweetness and Lightning, and Megalobox.[49]
- Studio Sakimakura (Japanese: スタジオさきまくら, Hepburn: Sutajio Sakimakura), a studio founded in March 2011, and known for producing the second half of the first season of Cardfight!! Vanguard and Brave 10.
- Trois Studio (Japanese: トロワスタジオ, Hepburn: Torowa Sutajio), a studio that produced Lupin III: Goodbye Partner, the 27th film special for the Lupin the Third franchise.[50]
- Seoul Movie, a South Korean animation studio based in Seoul, established in 1990 and closed sometime in the late 2000s.[citation needed]
Productions
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[edit]1960s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Big X | TBS | August 3, 1964 – September 27, 1965 | 59 | Scifi, Action | Adapted from Osamu Tezuka's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Shonen Book from 1963 to 1966. |
Obake no Q-tarō | August 29, 1965 – June 28, 1967 | 96 | Comedy | Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1964 to 1966. | |
Perman | April 2, 1967 – April 14, 1968 | 54 | Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1967 to 1968. | ||
Kyojin no Hoshi | Yomiuri TV | March 30, 1968 – September 18, 1971 | 182 | Sports | Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1966 to 1971. |
Kaibutsu-kun | TBS | April 21, 1968 – March 23, 1969 | 49 | Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure | Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shonen Gahosha's Shonen Gaho from 1965 to 1969. |
Umeboshi Denka | April 1 – September 23, 1969 | 26 | Comedy | Original series | |
Roppō Yabure-kun | Nagoya Broadcasting Network | April 28 – September 26, 1969 | 110 | Slice of Life | Adapted from Saga Sen's story of the same name. |
Moomin | Fuji TV | October 5, 1969 – December 27, 1970 | 65 | Fantasy | Adapted from Tove Jansson's book of the same name. |
Attack No. 1 | December 7, 1969 – November 28, 1971 | 104 | Sports, Drama | Adapted from Chikako Urano's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Margaret manga magazine for female readers from 1968 to 1970. |
1970s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Chingō Muchabe | TBS | February 15 – March 22, 1971 | 51 | Adventure, Comedy | |
Shin Obake no Q-Tarō | September 1, 1971 – December 27, 1972 | 70 | Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural | Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Shogakukan Learning Magazine from 1971 to 1973. | |
Tensai Bakabon |
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September 25, 1971 – June 24, 1972 | 40 | Comedy, Slice of Life | Adaptation from Fujio Akatsuka's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine and Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday manga magazines for boys from 1967 to 1976. |
Lupin The Third Part I[51] | Nippon TV | October 24, 1971 – March 26, 1972 | 23 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Adapted from Monkey Punch's original manga, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action manga magazine for adult male readers from 1967 to 1969. |
Akado Suzunosuke | Fuji TV | April 5, 1972 – March 28, 1973 | 52 | Adventure | Adapted from Tsunayoshi Takeuchi's original manga, which was serialized in Shonen Gahosha's Shonen Gaho from 1954 to 1965. |
Dokonjō Gaeru | ABC | October 7, 1972 – September 28, 1974 | 103 | Comedy, Slice of Life | Adapted from Yasumi Yoshizawa's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine from 1970 to 1976. |
Jungle Kurobee | Mainichi Broadcasting System | March 2 – September 28, 1973 | 31 | Comedy | Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga. |
Kōya no Shōnen Isamu | Fuji TV | April 4, 1973 – March 27, 1974 | 52 | Action, Adventure | Adapted from the manga by Soji Yamakawa and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1971 to 1974. |
Karate Baka Ichidai | NET | October 3, 1973 – September 25, 1974 | 47 | Adventure, Sports | Adapted from Ikki Kajiwara's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1971 to 1977. |
Aim for the Ace! | Mainichi Broadcasting System | October 5, 1973 – March 29, 1974 | 26 | Drama, Romance, Sports | Adapted from Sumika Yamamoto's original manga in Shueisha's Margaret manga magazine for female readers from 1973 to 1980. Co-production with Madhouse. |
Samurai Giants | Yomiuri TV | October 7, 1973 – September 15, 1974 | 46 | Sports | Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Kou Inoue in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1971 to 1974. Co-production with Madhouse. |
Judo Sanka | Nippon TV | April 1 – September 30, 1974 | 27 | Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Hiroshi Kaizuka in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1972 to 1975. | |
First Human Giatrus | ABC | October 5, 1974 – March 27, 1976 | 77 | Comedy | Adapted from Shunji Sonoyama's manga which was serialized from 1965 to 1975 in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday, in 1966 alone in Gakken's Gakushuu Magazine, and Shogakukan's Gakunen Magazine in 1974. |
Gamba no Bouken[51] | Nippon TV | April 7 – September 29, 1975 | 26 | Adventure, Suspense | Co-production with Madhouse. |
Ganso Tensai Bakabon | October 6, 1975 – September 26, 1977 | 103 | Comedy, Slice of Life | Second adaptation of Tensai Bakabon. | |
Hana no Kakarichō | TV Asahi | October 3, 1976 – March 27, 1977 | 25 | ||
Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi |
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October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978 | 52 | Sports | Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1976 to 1979. |
Nobody's Boy: Remi | Nippon TV | October 2, 1977 – October 1, 1978 | 51 | Adventure, Drama | Adapted from the novel Sans Famille (1878) by Hector Malot co-production with Madhouse. |
Lupin III Part II[51] | October 3, 1977 – October 6, 1980 | 155 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Second installment of Lupin III, and the most prolific in the franchise's history. | |
Treasure Island | October 8, 1978 – April 1, 1979 | 26 | Adventure, Drama, Mystery | Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
co-production with Madhouse. | |
New Aim For the Ace | October 14, 1978 – March 31, 1979 | 25 | Drama, Romance, Sports | Continuation of Aim for the Ace! | |
Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi 2 |
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April 14 – September 29, 1979 | 23 | Sports | Second adaptation of Shin Kyojin no Hoshi. |
The Rose of Versailles | Nippon TV | October 10, 1979 – September 3, 1980 | 40 | Drama, Romance | Adapted from Riyoko Ikeda's original manga in Shueisha's Margaret from 1972 to 1973. |
1980s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Mū no Hakugei | Yomiuri TV | April 4 – September 26, 1980 | 26 | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Original series |
New Tetsujin-28[51] | Nippon TV | October 3, 1980 – September 25, 1981 | 51 | Action | Second adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga, which was serialized in Kobunsha's Shonen manga magazine from 1956 to 1966. Adapted into English as The New Adventures of Gigantor. |
Ashita no Joe 2 | October 13, 1980 – August 31, 1981 | 47 | Drama, Sports | Continuation of the second half of the events of Tetsuya Chiba's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1968 to 1973. | |
Ohayo! Spank | TV Asahi | March 7, 1981 – May 29, 1982 | 63 | Comedy, Slice of Life | Adapted from the original manga by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi, which was serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi manga magazine for girls from 1979 to 1982. |
Shin Dokonjō Gaeru | NTV | September 7, 1981 – March 29, 1982 | 30 | Second adaptation of Dokonjō Gaeru. | |
Ulysses 31[52] | France 3 (France) | October 3, 1981 – November 30, 1982 | 26 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | co-production with DIC Entertainment |
Six God Combination Godmars | Nippon TV | October 2, 1981 – December 24, 1982 | 64 | Action, Sci-Fi | Adapted from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga titled Mars, which was serialized in Shonen Captain from 1976 to 1977. |
Jarinko Chie | MBS | October 3, 1981 – March 25, 1983 | 65 | Comedy, Drama | Adapted from Etsumi Haruki's original manga, which was serialized in Manga Action from 1978 to 1997. |
Tonde Mon pe | ABC | June 5, 1982 – April 2, 1983 | 42 | Supernatural | |
Ninjaman Ippei | Nippon TV | October 4 – December 27, 1982 | 13 | Action, Comedy, Slice of Life | |
Space Cobra[51] | Fuji TV | October 7, 1982 – May 19, 1983 | 31 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Adapted from the manga, Space Adventure Cobra, by Buichi Terasawa, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1978 to 1984. |
Lady Georgie | TV Asahi | April 9, 1983 – February 25, 1984 | 45 | Drama, Romance | |
The Super Dimension Century Orguss[52] | MBS | July 3, 1983 – April 8, 1984 | 35 | Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi | Second installment of Big West's Super Dimension trilogy, the other two of which, Macross and The Southern Cross are produced by Studio Nue, in association with Tatsunoko Production.The only Super Dimension series which was not adapted into Robotech by Harmony Gold USA. |
Cat's Eye[51] | Nippon TV | July 11, 1983 – July 8, 1985 | 73 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Romance | Adapted from Tsukasa Hojo's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1981 to 1985. |
Lupin III Part III[51] | Yomiuri TV | March 3, 1984 – December 25, 1985 | 50 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | |
God Mazinger | Nippon TV | April 5 – October 23, 1984 | 23 | Action, Fantasy | |
Mighty Orbots | ABC Television Network | September 8 – December 15, 1984 | 13 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | co-production with MGM Television and Intermedia Entertainment |
Sherlock Hound |
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November 6, 1984 – May 21, 1985 | 26 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Co-production with the Italian public broadcasting corporation Rai |
Onegai! Samia Don | NHK | April 2, 1985 – February 4, 1986 | 39 | Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life | Adapted from the novel Five Children and It (1902) by E. Nesbit. |
Robotan | Yomiuri TV | January 6 – September 20, 1986 | 33 | Comedy | Second adaptation of Morita Kenji's original manga. |
Honey Bee in Toycomland (Bug-tte Honey) | Nippon TV | October 3, 1986 – September 25, 1987 | 51 | Adventure, Comedy | Based on the Adventure Island video game by Hudson Soft. |
Anpanman[53] | October 3, 1988 – present | Comedy, Fantasy |
1990s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's | Nippon TV | January 5 – November 2, 1991 | 26 | Comedy, Slice of Life | Adapted from St. Clare's books by Enid Blyton. |
Kinkyū Hasshin Saver Kids | TV Tokyo | February 19, 1991 – February 18, 1992 | 50 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Original series |
Reporter Blues | NHK | October 3 – November 8, 1991 | 52 | Comedy, Mystery | |
Chie-chan Funsenki: Jarinko Chie | MBS | October 19, 1991 – September 22, 1992 | 39 | Comedy, Drama | An adaptation of the first series, with different characters and an alternate setting. |
I and Myself: The Two Lottes | Nippon TV | November 9, 1991 – September 5, 1992 | 29 | Slice of Life | Adapted from the novel, Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner |
Tetsujin 28 FX[51] | April 5, 1992 – March 30, 1993 | 47 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Second adaptation of Tetsujin 28-gou. | |
Boku no Patrasche | October 10, 1992 – March 27, 1993 | 26 | Drama | Adapted from the novel A Dog of Flanders (1872) by Ouida. | |
Soccer Fever | NHK | April 4, 1994 – March 27, 1995 | 51 | Sports | Original series |
Red Baron[52] | Nippon TV | April 5, 1994 – March 28, 1995 | 49 | Sci-Fi, Sports | A remake of the 1973 live-action series Super Robot Red Baron. |
Magic Knight Rayearth[51] | Yomiuri TV | October 17, 1994 – March 13, 1995 | 20 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Adapted from the manga by Clamp, which was serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi manga magazine for female readers from 1993 to 1996. |
Magic Knight Rayearth II | April 10 – November 27, 1995 | 29 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Second season of Magic Knight Rayearth. | |
Virtua Fighter[51] (anime television series) | TV Tokyo | October 9, 1995 – June 27, 1996 | 35 | Action | Adapted from Sega's fighting video game series of the same name. |
Kaitō Saint Tail | TV Asahi | October 12, 1995 – September 12, 1996 | 43 | Adventure, Romance | Adapted from Megumi Tachikawa's original manga, which was serialized in Nakayoshi from 1994 to 1996. |
Case Closed/Detective Conan[51] |
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January 8, 1996 – present | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Adapted from the manga by Gosho Aoyama since 1994, has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday. | |
B't X[51] | TBS | April 6 – September 21, 1996 | 25 | Adventure, Sci-Fi | Adapted from Masami Kurumada's original manga, which was serialized in Kadokawa's Shōnen Ace from 1994 to 2000. |
Wankorobe | TV Tokyo | October 6, 1996 – March 30, 1997 | 26 | Comedy, Fantasy | Adapted from manga of the same name by Yuriko Abe, which was serialized in Nakayoshi from 1975.
Co-produced with Ajiado. |
Devil Lady[51] | MBS | October 10, 1998 – May 8, 1999 | 26 | Action, Drama, Horror, Suspense | Adapted from Go Nagai's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly morning from 1997 to 2000. |
Monster Farm: Enbanseki no Himitsu | TBS | April 17, 1999 – March 25, 2000 | 48 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Adapted from Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise. |
Cybersix | TV Tokyo | September 6 – November 29, 1999 | 13 | Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi | Adapted from Carlos Meglia's comic strip of the same name. |
Gozonji! Gekko Kamen-kun | October 3, 1999 – March 26, 2000 | 25 | Comedy, Sci-Fi | ||
Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri Sakon | October 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000 | 26 | Mystery, Suspense | Adapted from manga of the same name by Takeshi Obata and Masaru Miyazaki, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1996. | |
Shūkan Storyland | Nippon TV | October 14, 1999 – September 13, 2001 | 56 | Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life | Original series |
2000s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Monster Farm: Densetsu e no Michi | TBS | April 1 – September 30, 2000 | 25 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Adapted from Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise. |
Tottoko Hamtaro | TV Tokyo | July 7, 2000 – March 31, 2006 | 296 | Adventure, Comedy | Adapted from Ritsuko Kawai's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Ciao from 1997 to 2000. |
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children | October 7, 2000 – September 29, 2001 | 50 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Supernatural | Adapted from Atlus's Megami Tensei franchise | |
Project ARMS | TV Tokyo | April 7 – September 29, 2001 | 26 | Action | Adapted from the manga of the same name by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1997 to 2002. |
Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter | October 6, 2001 – March 30, 2002 | Action, Fantasy | The second chapter of Project ARMS. | ||
Secret of Cerulean Sand | WOWOW | January 5 – June 29, 2002 | Adventure, Sci-Fi | Co-production with Telecom Animation Film | |
Cheeky Angel | TV Tokyo | April 7, 2002 – March 30, 2003 | 50 | Comedy, Romance | Adapted from Hiroyuki Nishimori's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1999 to 2003. |
The Star of the Giants | October 23, 2002 – January 15, 2003 | 13 | Drama, Sports | Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1966 to 1971. | |
Sonic X | TV Tokyo | April 6, 2003 – March 28, 2004 | 78 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Adapted from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, particularly, the events of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, with additional characters not seen in the games. |
Umeyon Ekisu | May 2 – July 27, 2003 | 13 | Comedy | Original series | |
Rumic Theater | TV Tokyo | July 6 – September 28, 2003 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural | Adapted from Rumiko Takahashi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original from 1987. | |
Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari | CBC | October 4 – December 27, 2003 | Horror, Mystery, Supernatural | Adapted from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's short stories titled The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma. | |
Mermaid Forest | TV Tokyo | October 5 – December 21, 2003 | 11 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | Adapted from Rumiko Takahashi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Zōkan and Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1984 to 1994. |
PoPoLoCrois (2nd Series) | October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004 | 26 | Adventure, Fantasy | Adapted from Yohsuke Tamori's manga of the same name, which was serialized in The Asahi Shimbun Company's The Asahi Shimbun Student Newspaper from 1984. | |
Uninhabited Planet Survive! | NHK | October 16, 2003 – October 28, 2004 | 52 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life | Original series. Made by TMS's subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, and co-produced with Madhouse. |
Aishiteruze Baby | Animax | April 3 – October 9, 2004 | 26 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Adapted from Yōko Maki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Ribon from 2002 to 2005. |
Monkey Punch Manga Katsudō Daishashin | WOWOW | August 1, 2004 – June 25, 2005 | 12 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi | Adapted from various short stories that created by Monkey Punch. |
Gallery Fake | TV Tokyo | January 9 – September 25, 2005 | 37 | Mystery | Adapted from Fujihiko Hosono's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakuan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits (1992–2005, 2012, 2016) and Big Comic Zokan (2017–present) |
Buzzer Beater | WOWOW | February 5 – April 30, 2005 | 13 | Sci-Fi, Sports | Adapted from Takehiko Inoue's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1996 to 1998. |
Mushiking: King of the Beetles | TV Tokyo | April 6, 2005 – March 29, 2006 | 52 | Fantasy | Adapted from Sega's card game of the same name. |
Glass Mask | 51 | Drama, Romance | Adapted from Suzue Miuchi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1976. | ||
The Snow Queen | NHK | May 22, 2005 – February 12, 2006 | 36 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name. |
Angel Heart[51] | Nippon TV | October 4, 2005 – September 26, 2006 | 50 | Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance | Adapted from Tsukasa Hojo's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010. |
Fighting Beauty Wulong[51] | TV Tokyo | October 10, 2005 – March 26, 2006 | 25 | Action, Ecchi | Adapted from Yūgo Ishikawa's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2002 to 2007. |
Kakutou Bijin Wulong: Rebirth | April 2 – October 1, 2006 | Action, Comedy | Second season of Fighting Beauty Wulong. | ||
D.Gray-man |
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October 3, 2006 – September 30, 2008 | 103 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Adapted from Katsura Hoshino's manga of the same name, which has been serialized across Shueisha's Jump line of manga magazines for young boys, beginning with Weekly Shonen Jump from 2004 to 2009, and Jump SQ as of 2019. |
Pururun! Shizuku-Chan | TV Tokyo | October 7, 2006 – September 29, 2007 | 51 | Comedy | Adapted from Q-LiA's children's book series. |
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | October 8, 2006 – September 30, 2007 | 50 | Action, Comedy | Adapted from Syun Matsuena's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday manga magazine from 2002 to 2014. | |
Bakugan Battle Brawlers | April 5, 2007 – March 27, 2008 | 52 | Action, Fantasy | Original series. Co-production with Nelvana, Spin Master Entertainment and Sega Toys. | |
Kaze no Shōjo Emily | NHK | April 7 – September 29, 2007 | 26 | Drama | Adapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name. |
Buzzer Beater (Season 2) |
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July 4 – September 26, 2007 | 13 | Sci-Fi, Sports | Second season of Buzzer Beater. |
Mameushi-kun | Cartoon Network Japan | October 6, 2007 – September 27, 2008 | 52 | Comedy, Fantasy | |
Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha | AT-X | October 7, 2007 – September 28, 2008 | 51 | Comedy | Second season of Pururun! Shizuku-Chan |
Noramimi | Tokyo MX | January 9 – March 26, 2008 | 12 | Adapted from Kazuo Hara's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from 2002 to 2009. | |
Itazura na Kiss[53] | TBS | April 5 – September 25, 2008 | 25 | Comedy, Romance | Adapted from Kaoru Tada's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret from 1990 to 1999. |
Telepathy Shōjo Ran | NHK | June 21 – December 20, 2008 | 26 | Fantasy | Adapted from Atsuko Asano's novel of the same name. |
Scarecrowman | Animax | July 3 – December 25, 2008 | Original series | ||
Live On Cardliver Kakeru | TV Tokyo | October 5, 2008 – September 27, 2009 | 51 | ||
Mamegoma | Chiba TV | January 10 – December 26, 2009 | Based on San-X's series of seal characters. | ||
Examurai Sengoku | January 11 – June 25, 2009 | 24 | Action, Sci-Fi | ||
Genji Monogatari Sennenki | Fuji TV | January 16 – March 27, 2009 | 11 | Drama, Romance | Adapted from Waki Yamato's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Mimi from 1979 to 1993. Co-production with Tezuka Productions. |
Rose O'Neill Kewpie | WOWOW | December 2, 2009 – May 26, 2010 | 26 | Comedy |
2010s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia | TV Tokyo | March 2, 2010 – March 5, 2011 | 52 | Adventure, Fantasy | Sequel of Bakugan Battle Brawlers. |
Lilpri |
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April 4, 2010 – March 27, 2011 | 51 | Fantasy | Adapted from the Sega's arcade game of the same name. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard | January 8, 2011 – March 31, 2012 | 65 | Action | Original series. Spawn the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise in the later future. | |
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders | TV Tokyo | April 3, 2011 – January 22, 2012 | 39 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Sequel of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestoria. |
Battle Girls: Time Paradox |
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April 5 – June 28, 2011 | 13 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Adapted from the Heiwa's pachinko game series. |
Brave 10 | Animax | January 8 – March 25, 2012 | 12 | Action, Adventure | Adapted from Kairi Shimotsuki's manga of the same name. |
Zetman | Tokyo MX | April 3 – June 26, 2012 | 13 | Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Supernatural | Adapted from Masakazu Katsura's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 2002 to 2014. |
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine[51] | Nippon TV | April 5 – June 28, 2012 | Action, Adventure, Award Winning, Comedy, Ecchi | Adapted from Monkey Punch's original manga, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action manga magazine for adult male readers from 1967 to 1969. Co-production with Po10tial. | |
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit-hen | TV Tokyo | April 8, 2012 – January 2, 2013 | 39 | Action | Sequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard. |
Kamisama Kiss | October 2 – December 25, 2012 | 13 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Adapted from Julietta Suzuki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 2008 to 2016. | |
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman |
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January 8 – March 26, 2013 | 12 | Fantasy | Adapted from CR Ginroku Gijinden Roman pachinko game. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker-hen | TV Tokyo | January 13, 2013 – March 2, 2014 | 59 | Action | Sequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit. |
Anisava | August 26, 2013 – January 13, 2014 | 13 | Comedy, Romance | Co-production with DLE | |
Yowamushi Pedal |
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October 8, 2013 – July 1, 2014 | 38 | Sports | Adapted from Wataru Watanabe's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2008. |
The Pilot's Love Song |
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January 6 – March 31, 2014 | 13 | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Adapted from Koroku Inumura's light novel of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko from 2009 to 2011. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard Legion Mate | TV Tokyo | March 9 – October 19, 2014 | 33 | Action | Sequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker. |
Hero Bank | April 7, 2014 – March 30, 2015 | 51 | Tournament | Adapted from game of the same name by Sega. | |
Gugure! Kokkuri-san |
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October 6 – December 22, 2014 | 12 | Comedy, Supernatural | Adapted from Midori Endō's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker from 2011 to 2016. |
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road | TV Tokyo | October 7, 2014 – March 31, 2015 | 24 | Sports | Second season of Yowamushi Pedal. |
Sega Hard Girls |
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October 8 – December 24, 2014 | 13 | Comedy | Adapted from a collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard G |
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October 26, 2014 – October 4, 2015 | 48 | Action | Sequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate. |
Kamisama Kiss◎ | Animax | January 6 – March 31, 2015 | 12 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Second season of Kamisama Kiss. |
My Monster Secret | July 7 – September 29, 2015 | 13 | Adapted from Eiji Masuda's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2013 to 2017. | ||
Lupin the Third Part 4 | Nippon TV | October 2, 2015 – March 18, 2016 | 24 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Fifth installment of the Lupin III series created by Monkey Punch. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis-hen |
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October 11, 2015 – April 10, 2016 | 26 | Action | The first half of the second season of Cardfight!! Vanguard G series. |
Bakuon!! |
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April 5 – June 21, 2016 | 12 | Comedy | Adapted from Mimana Orimoto's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu from 2011. |
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-hen | TV Tokyo | April 17 – September 25, 2016 | 24 | Action | The second half of the second season of Cardfight!! Vanguard G series. |
Kamiwaza Wanda | TBS | April 23, 2016 – March 25, 2017 | 47 | Sci-Fi | Adapted from Maeda-kun's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Ichiban from 2016. |
ReLIFE[53] | July 2 – September 24, 2016 | 13 | Drama, Romance | Adapted from Sō Yayoi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's Comico Japan from 2013 to 2018. | |
Orange |
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July 4 – September 26, 2016 | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | Adapted from Ichigo Takano's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Action from 2012 to 2022. | |
Bananya | Sun TV | Slice of Life | Original series | ||
Sweetness and Lightning |
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July 5 – September 20, 2016 | 12 | Gourmet, Slice of Life | Adapted from Gido Amagakure's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Good! Afternoon from 2013 to 2018. |
D.Gray-man Hallow | TV Tokyo | July 5 – September 27, 2016 | 13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Sequel to D.Gray-man anime series |
Pittanko! Nekozakana | October 2, 2016 – September 17, 2017 | 50 | Comedy | Original series | |
Ohayou! Kokekkou-san | October 2 – September 17, 2016 | ||||
Kimoshiba | October 2 – December 25, 2016 | 13 | Comedy, Horror, Supernatural | ||
Trickster | October 4, 2016 – March 28, 2017 | 24 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Original series. Co-production with Shin-Ei Animation. | |
Nobunaga no Shinobi | 26 | Comedy | Adapted from Naoki Shigeno's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal from 2008. | ||
All Out!! | October 7, 2016 – March 31, 2017 | 25 | Sports | Co-production with Madhouse. | |
Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun | – | ||||
Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation | – | ||||
Nana Maru San Batsu | – | ||||
Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line | – | ||||
Megalobox | – | ||||
The Thousand Musketeers | – | ||||
Space Bug/The Journey Home | – | ||||
Between the Sky and Sea | – | ||||
Bakugan: Battle Planet | – | ||||
Meiji Tokyo Renka | – | ||||
Fruits Basket | – | ||||
Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine | – | ||||
Dr. Stone |
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July 5 – December 13, 2019 | 24 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi |
2020s
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Episodes | Genre | Note(s) |
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Bakugan: Armored Alliance | Amazon Prime Video | April 3, 2020 – March 26, 2021 | 52 | Action, Fantasy | Second season of Bakugan: Battle Planet. |
Fruits Basket 2nd Season | April 7 – September 22, 2020 | 25 | Drama, Romance, Supernatural | Second season of Fruits Basket (2019). | |
Rent-A-Girlfriend |
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July 11 – September 26, 2020 | 12 | Comedy, Romance | Adapted from Reiji Miyajima's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2017. |
Dr. Stone: Stone Wars |
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January 14 – March 25, 2021 | 11 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Adapted from chapters 60-84 of the Dr. Stone manga. |
Burning Kabaddi | – | ||||
Megalobox 2: Nomad | – | ||||
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles | – | ||||
Lupin the 3rd Part 6 | – | ||||
Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc | – | ||||
Insect Land | – | ||||
Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time | – | ||||
Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa | – | ||||
Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break | – | ||||
Dr. Stone: New World |
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April 6 – June 15, 2023 | 11 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Adapted from chapters 90-115 of the Dr. Stone manga. |
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too |
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April 7 – June 30, 2023 | 13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Animated by Millepensee. Adapted from Miku's light novel of the same name, which was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko from 2018. |
Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season | Crunchyroll | July 8 – September 30, 2023 | 12 | Comedy, Romance | The anime adapted chapters 104 through 167 of the Rental-a-Girlfriend manga. |
Undead Unluck |
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October 7, 2023 – March 23, 2024 | 24 | Action, Comedy, Fantasy | Animated by David Production. Adapted from Yoshifumi Tozuka's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2020. |
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse | TBS | October 8, 2023 – March 31, 2024 | 24 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | The sequel of The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2021. |
Dr. Stone: New World Part 2 |
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October 12 – December 21, 2023 | 11 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Adapted from chapters 116-142 of the Dr. Stone manga. |
High Card Season 2 | Crunchyroll | January 8 – March 25, 2024 | 12 | Action, Fantasy | Second season of High Card. |
Rinkai! |
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April 9, 2024 – present | 12 | Sports | |
Sakamoto Days | January 2025 – scheduled | Action, Comedy | Adapted from Yuto Suzuki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2020. |
Feature films
[edit]Title | Director(s) | Distributor | Year(s) | Note(s) |
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Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshōsen | July 26, 1969 | |||
Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyūma | December 20, 1969 | |||
Star of the Giants: Big League Ball | Tadao Nagahama | Toho | March 21, 1970 | Third feature film compilation of two episodes from Star of the Giants, respectively episode 70 "Hidari Mon no Yokoku Houmuran", and episode 77 "Hanagata Sutemi no Chousen". |
Attack No. 1: The Movie | Eiji Okabe | March 21, 1970 | ||
Attack No. 1: Revolution | August 1, 1970 | |||
Star of the Giants: The Fateful Showdown | Tadao Nagahama | August 1, 1970 | Fourth feature film compilation of two episodes from Star of the Giants, respectively episode 79 "Ourusutaa no Deki Goto", and episode 83 "Kizu Darake no Houmuin". | |
Attack No. 1: World Championship | Eiji Okabe | December 19, 1970 | ||
Attack No. 1: Immortal Bird | March 17, 1971 | |||
Panda! Go, Panda! | Isao Takahata | December 17, 1972 | featurette | |
Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy Day Circus | Isao Takahata | March 17, 1973 | featurette | |
Lupin III | Sōji Yoshikawa | December 16, 1978 | First animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise; later subtitled Lupin vs. the Clone in Japanese and The Mystery of Mamo in English. | |
Aim for the Ace! | Osamu Dezaki | September 8, 1979 | Feature film adaptation of Aim for the Ace!; acts as a complete alternate retelling of the events already established in the manga and anime. | |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! | Tsutomu Shibayama | Toho-Towa | November 10, 1979 | Adapted from the manga of the same series by Hisaichi Ishii, which was featured Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 1978 to 1979; followed by two more films based on the same manga. |
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Hayao Miyazaki | Toho | December 15, 1979 | Second animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise, as well as Hayao Miyazaki's theatrical directorial debut. |
Nobody's Boy: Remi | Osamu Dezaki, Yoshio Takeuchi | Toho | March 15, 1980 | Feature film compilation of the events of Nobody's Boy: Remi. |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant Race | Tsutomu Shibayama | Toho-Towa | May 3, 1980 | Second film based on the manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, by Hisaichi Ishii. |
Makoto-chan | Tsutomu Shibayama | Toho | July 26, 1980 | Adapted from the manga of the same name by Kazuo Umezu, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1976 to 1981. |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei | Tsutomu Shibayama | Toho-Towa | December 13, 1980 | Third film based on the manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, by Hisaichi Ishii. |
Chie the Brat | Isao Takahata | Toho | April 11, 1981 | Adapted from the manga of the same name by Etsumi Haruki, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action from 1978 to 1997. |
Ashita no Joe 2 | Osamu Dezaki | Toho | July 4, 1981 | Feature film compilation of the events of Ashita no Joe 2. |
Manga Hana no Kakarichō | Noboru Ishiguro, Minoru Okazaki | Shochiku | November 28, 1981 | |
Manzai Taikouki | Ryuji Sawada, Hideo Takayashiki | Shochiku | November 28, 1981 | |
Ohayō! Spank | Shigetsugu Yoshida | Toho-Towa | March 13, 1982 | Feature film adaptation of Ohayō! Spank. |
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie | Osamu Dezaki | Toho-Towa | July 3, 1982 | One-time feature film adaptation of Space Adventure Cobra; covers the events of the manga's first major story arc. |
Star of the Giants | Satoshi Dezaki, Tadao Nagahama | August 21, 1982 | Feature film adaptation of Star of the Giants; acts as a complete alternate retelling of the events already established in the manga and anime. | |
God Mars: The Movie | Tetsuo Imazawa | December 18, 1982 | Feature film compilation of the events of Six God Combination Godmars. | |
Pro Yakyū o 10-bai Tanoshiku Miru Hōhō | Kiyoshi Suzuki, Tsutomu Shibayama, Osamu Kobayashi | Toho-Towa | April 29, 1983 | Adapted from the book of the same name by Takenori Emoto, which was originally published by KK Bestsellers from 1982. |
Golgo 13: The Professional | Osamu Dezaki | Toho-Towa | May 28, 1983 | Adapted from the manga of the same name by Takao Saito, which, since 1968, has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic manga magazine for adult male readers. |
Boukenshatachi: Gamba to 7-biki no Naka Ma | Shinzo Azaki | March 4, 1984 | Feature film compilation of the events of Gamba no Bouken. | |
Meitantei Holmes: Aoi Ruby no Maki / Kaitei no Zaihō no Maki | Hayao Miyazaki | Toei Company | March 11, 1984 | First feature film compilation of two episodes from Sherlock Hound, respectively episode 5 "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", and episode 9 "Treasure Under the Sea". Released in Japanese cinemas alongside Topcraft's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, a film also directed by Miyazaki.[citation needed] |
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon | Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida | Toho | July 13, 1985 | Third animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise. |
Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken / Dover Kaikyō no Daikūchūsen! | Hayao Miyazaki | Toei Company | August 2, 1986 | Second feature film compilation of two episodes from Sherlock Hound, respectively episode 4 "Mrs. Hudson is Taken Hostage", and episode 10 "The White Cliffs of Dover". Released in Japanese cinemas alongside Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky, a film also directed by Miyazaki.[citation needed] |
Treasure Island | Yoshio Takeuchi, Osamu Dezaki | May 9, 1987 | Feature film compilation of the events of Treasure Island. | |
Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | Toho | July 16, 1988 | Adapted from the manga of the same name by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also serves as the film's director, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from 1982 to 1990. |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's Tear | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | March 11, 1989 | First animated feature film in the Anpanman franchise. |
Onegai! Samia-don | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | March 11, 1989 | Feature film adaptation of Onegai! Samia-don. | |
Robotan | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | March 11, 1989 | Feature film adaptation of Robotan. | |
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Masami Hata, William Hurtz | Toho-Towa (Japan), Hemdale Film Corporation (US, Canada) | July 15, 1989 (Japan), August 21, 1992 (US, Canada) | Japanese-American co-production. Adapted from the comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland by Windsor McCay which was serialized in The New York Herald from 1905 to 1913. |
Ojisan Kaizō Kōza | Tsutomu Shibayama | Nippon Herald Films | February 24, 1990 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 14, 1990 | |
The Adventures of Gamba and Otters | Shunji Ōga | Kyodo Film | July 20, 1991 | First feature film adaptation of Gamba no Bouken. |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 20, 1991 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Building Block Castle | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | March 14, 1992 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big Adventure | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 17, 1993 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Lyrical Magical Witch's School | Akinori Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Yano | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 16, 1994 | |
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus | Shunya Itō, Takeshi Shirato | Toho | April 22, 1995 | Fourth animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise. |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Let's Defeat the Haunted Ship!! | Hiroyuki Yano | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 29, 1995 | |
Lupin III: Dead or Alive | Monkey Punch | Toho | April 20, 1996 | Fifth animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise. |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Flying Picture Book and the Glass Shoes | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 13, 1996 | |
Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 19, 1997 | First animated feature film in the Detective Conan/Case Closed franchise. |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the Rainbow | Shunji Ōga | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 28, 1997 | |
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 18, 1998 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the Sun | Akinori Nagaoka | Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. | July 25, 1998 | |
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 17, 1999 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage Opens | Toshiya Shinohara | July 24, 1999 | ||
Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 21, 2000 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid Princess | Akinori Nagaoka | Media Box Tokyo Theatres |
July 29, 2000 | |
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 21, 2001 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Gomira's Star | July 14, 2001 | |||
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land | Osamu Dezaki | Toho | December 15, 2001 | |
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 20, 2002 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Roll and Roura's Floating Castle | July 13, 2002 | |||
Hamtaro: The Captive Princess | Osamu Dezaki | Toho | December 14, 2002 | |
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital | Kenji Kodama | Toho | April 19, 2003 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Ruby's Wish | July 12, 2003 | |||
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley | Osamu Dezaki | Toho | December 13, 2003 | |
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 17, 2004 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats | July 17, 2004 | |||
Hamtaro and the Demon of the Picture Book Tower | Osamu Dezaki | Toho | December 23, 2004 | |
Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 9, 2005 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Happy's Big Adventure | July 16, 2005 | |||
Mushiking: The Road to the Greatest Champion | Shunji Ōga | December 17, 2005 | ||
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 15, 2006 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dolly of the Star of Life | July 15, 2006 | |||
Mushiking Super Battle Movie: The Upgraded Armored Beetle of Darkness | Junpei Mizusaki | Shochiku | March 21, 2007 | |
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 21, 2007 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Purun of the Bubble Ball | Hiroyuki Yano | Media Box Tokyo Theatres |
July 14, 2007 | |
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 19, 2008 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rinrin the Fairy's Secret | Akinori Nagaoka | Media Box Tokyo Theatres |
July 12, 2008 | |
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 18, 2009 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars | Jun Kawagoe | July 4, 2009 | ||
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | Toho | April 17, 2010 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Blacknose and the Magical Song | Hiroyuki Yano | Media Box Tokyo Theatres |
July 10, 2010 | |
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence | Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 16, 2011 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | July 2, 2011 | |
The Princess and the Pilot | Jun Shishido | Tokyo Theatres | October 1, 2011 | co-production with Madhouse |
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 14, 2012 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana Island | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | July 7, 2012 | |
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 20, 2013 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | July 6, 2013 | |
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | Hajime Kamegaki | Toho | December 7, 2013 | |
Dimensional Sniper | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 19, 2014 | |
Lupin III: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone | Takeshi Koike | June 21, 2014 | ||
Let's Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and the Wishes For Everyone | Jun Kawagoe | Tokyo Theatres | July 5, 2014 | |
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 18, 2015 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Mija and the Magic Lamp | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | July 4, 2015 | |
Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 16, 2016 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nanda and Runda of the Toy Star | Jun Kawagoe | Tokyo Theatres | July 2, 2016 | |
Orange: Future | Naomi Nakayama, Hiroshi Hamasaki | November 18, 2016 | co-production with Telecom Animation Film | |
Lupin III: Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood | Takeshi Koike | February 4, 2017 | ||
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter | Kobun Shizuno | Toho | April 15, 2017 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Bulbul's Big Treasure Hunt | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | July 1, 2017 | |
Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer | Yuzuru Tachikawa | Toho | April 13, 2018 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Shine! Kurun and the Star of Life | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | June 30, 2018 | |
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | Chika Nagaoka | Toho | April 12, 2019 | |
Lupin III: Fujiko Mine's Lie | Takeshi Koike | May 31, 2019 | ||
Let's Go! Anpanman: Sparkle! Princess Vanilla of the Land of Ice Cream | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Theatres | June 28, 2019 | |
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet | Chika Nagaoka | Toho | April 16, 2021 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fluffy Fuwari and the Cloud Country | Jun Kawagoe | Tokyo Theatres | June 25, 2021 | |
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween | Susumu Mitsunaka | Toho | April 15, 2022 | |
To Me, the One Who Loved You | Ken'ichi Kasai | Toei Company | October 7, 2022 | |
Resident Evil: Death Island | Eiichirō Hasumi | Kadokawa Corporation | July 7, 2023 | co-production with Quebico |
Daisuke Jigen | Hajime Hashimoto | Prime Video | October 13, 2023 | co-production with Amazon MGM Studios |
Television films and specials
[edit]Original video animations
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) |
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2001 Nights | 1987 | |
Ace o Nerae! 2: Stage 1–6 | March 1988 | |
The Untold Legend | June 1988 | |
The Fuma Conspiracy | December 1987 | |
Return of the Magician | 2002 | |
Ace o Nerae!: Final Stage | 1989 | |
Tengai makyo: Jiraiya Oboro Hen | July 1990 | |
(Office Lady) Kaizō Kōza | November 1990 | |
Katsugeki Shōjo Tanteidan | December 1990 | |
Wizardry | February 1991 | |
Shizuka Narudon | April 1991 | |
Ozanari Dungeon | September 1991 | |
Christmas Da! Minna Atsumare! (annual Christmas releases) | 1992–present | |
Maps | 1994 | |
Otanjōbi Series | 1995 | |
Magic Knight Rayearth | July 1997 | |
B't X NEO | August 1997 | |
Glass Mask: Sen no Kamen o Motsu Shōjo | 1998 | |
Aoyama Gōshō Tanhenshū | 1999 | |
Karakuri no Kimi | 2000 | |
Let's Go! Anpanman: Song and Dance Fun | March 20, 2000 | |
Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu! | 2004 | |
Hamtaro Premium (4 OVAs) | 2002–2004 | |
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas | 2009–2011 |
Original net animations
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) | Notes |
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Susume! Gachimuchi Sankyoudai | June 2, 2010 | ||
Joshikousei Nobunaga-chan!! | August 12, 2010 – February 10, 2012 | ||
Detective Conan vs. Wooo | April 22 – June 23, 2011 | This web short is an advertisement for the Wooo line of televisions in Japan. | |
Kubbe Kort Animasjon | April 24, 2013 – March 30, 2014 | ||
Meitantei Conan: Toubousha Mouri Kogorou | April 30, 2014 | ||
Kubbe no Ongakukai | October 8, 2014 – March 5, 2019 | ||
Chichibu de Buchichi | March 30, 2018 | with 8PAN | |
Baki | Netflix | June 25 – December 17, 2018 | with Double Eagle |
#Compass | August 10, 2018 – September 13, 2019 | ||
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Mechtanium Surge | September 7, 2018 | ||
Bakugan: Battle Planet Short Anime | YouTube | April 18 – October 17, 2019 | |
Re:STARS | December 27, 2019 – March 20, 2020 | ||
Baki: The Great Raitai Tournament Saga | Netflix | June 4, 2020 | |
Bakugan: Geogan Rising | April 2, 2021 – March 18, 2022 | ||
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness | July 8, 2021 | With Quebico | |
Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre | September 30, 2021 | ||
Bakugan: Evolutions |
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February 6 – September 1, 2022 | |
Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2nd Season: Date Movie | May 25 – September 25, 2022 | Studio provided by AQUA ARIS | |
Lupin Zero | HIDIVE | December 16, 2022 – January 13, 2023 | |
Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye | Amazon Prime Video | January 27, 2023 | Crossover between Lupin The Third and Cat's Eye series. |
Bakugan: Legends |
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March 1, 2023 | Third and final season after Bakugan: Armored Alliance. |
Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre 2nd Season | Netflix | July 26 – August 24, 2023 | |
Hanma Baki vs. Kengan Ashura | June 9, 2024 | A crossover anime movie between Hanma Baki and Kengan Ashura. |
Video games
[edit]Title | Developer | Contribution | Year |
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Don Quixote: A Dream in Seven Crystals | Premier International Corp. | Animation | 1994 |
The Adventures of Batman & Robin | Clockwork Tortoise | Lost episode cutscenes | 1995 |
Astal | Sega | Cutscenes | |
Last Bronx | Sega AM3 | 1996 | |
Sakura Wars | Red Company Sega CS2 R&D | ||
Sonic Jam | Sonic Team | Man of the Year short | 1997 |
Grandia | Game Arts | CG animation (as Telecom Animation Film Company) | 1997 |
Burning Rangers | Sonic Team | Cutscenes | 1998 |
Lupin the 3rd: Sage of the Pyramid | Asmik Ace Entertainment | 1998 | |
Magic Knight Rayearth | Working Designs | Animation Production | 1998 |
Kingdom Hearts | Square | outside contractor: animation supervisor (as Telecom Animation Film Company) | 2002 |
PopoloCrois | G-artists Sony Computer Entertainment |
Animation | 2005 |
Return to PopoloCrois | epics Marvelous AQL |
2015 | |
Tokyo Afterschool Summoners | LifeWonders | Opening Animation | 2019 |
Foreign production history
[edit]TMS Entertainment/Telecom Animation Film
[edit]Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) |
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Mighty Orbots | ABC | September 8, 1984 – December 15, 1984 |
Sherlock Hound | TV Asahi, Rai 1 | 1984–1985 |
Sweet Sea | September 9, 1985[54] | |
The Blinkins | April 5, September 6, November 29, 1986[55][56][57] | |
Galaxy High[58][unreliable source] | CBS | September 13 – December 6, 1986 |
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | July 15, 1989 | |
Reporter Blues | Rai 1, NHK | 1991–1996 |
Soccer Fever | Rai 1 / NHK | April 4, 1994 – April 3, 1995 |
Cybersix (Japanese/Canadian co-production with NOA) | Teletoon, Kids Station, Telefe | September 6 – November 29, 1999 |
Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) |
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Ulysses 31 | FR3 / Nagoya Broadcasting Network | October 10, 1981 – April 3, 1982 |
Lupin VIII | unaired | 1982 (unaired) |
Inspector Gadget (Season 1) | Syndication | September 5, 1983 – November 13, 1985 |
The Littles | ABC | September 10, 1983 – November 2, 1985 |
Rainbow Brite | Syndication | June 27, 1984 – July 24, 1986 |
Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats | Syndication | September 3, 1984 – September 30, 1985 |
Here Come the Littles | May 24, 1985 | |
The Real Ghostbusters | ABC | September 13, 1986 – October 5, 1991 |
Dennis the Menace | Syndication | September 22, 1986 – March 26, 1988 |
Kissyfur | NBC | September 13, 1986 – August 25, 1990 |
Sylvanian Families | Syndication | September 18 – December 11, 1987 |
ALF: The Animated Series | NBC | September 26, 1987 – January 7, 1989 |
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | Syndication | September 6, 1993 – November 24, 1996 |
Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) |
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The Wuzzles | CBS | September 14 – December 7, 1985 |
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Season 1 to 4) | NBC ABC |
September 14, 1985 – February 22, 1991 |
Fluppy Dogs | ABC | November 27, 1986 |
DuckTales (Season 1) | Syndication | September 18, 1987 – November 28, 1990 |
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Season 1 and half of Season 2) | The Disney Channel ABC |
January 17, 1988 – October 26, 1991 |
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Season 1) | The Disney Channel Syndication |
August 27, 1988 – November 19, 1990 |
Gargoyles (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Japan, "Hunter's Moon, Part 2") | Syndication ABC |
October 24, 1994 – February 15, 1997 |
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Australia) | Direct to Video | November 9, 1999 |
The Tigger Movie (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Japan) | February 11, 2000 |
Title | Broadcast network(s) | Year(s) |
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Tiny Toon Adventures | Syndication / Fox Kids | September 14, 1990 – May 28, 1995 |
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation | March 11, 1992 | |
Batman: The Animated Series | Fox Kids | September 5, 1992 – September 15, 1995 |
Animaniacs | Fox Kids / The WB | September 13, 1993 – November 14, 1998 |
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas") | The WB | September 9, 1995 – November 14, 1998 |
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (First season) | September 9, 1995 – December 18, 2002 | |
Superman: The Animated Series | September 6, 1996 – February 12, 2000 | |
Waynehead (Opening) | October 19, 1996 – May 17, 1997 | |
The New Batman Adventures | The WB | September 13, 1997 – January 16, 1999 |
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | October 4, 1997 | |
Wakko's Wish | December 21, 1999 | |
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | December 12, 2000 | |
Green Lantern: First Flight | July 28, 2009 | |
Justice League: Doom | February 28, 2012 | |
Superman vs. The Elite | June 12, 2012 |
Other productions
[edit]Title | Production company(s) | Year(s) |
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The New Adventures of Zorro | Filmation | September 12 – December 5, 1981 |
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers | Gaylord Entertainment Company | September 14 – December 11, 1986 |
Bionic Six | MCA Television | April 6 − November 12, 1987 |
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light | Sunbow Productions | September 21 – December 14, 1987 |
Peter Pan and the Pirates | Fox Children's Productions Southern Star Productions |
September 8, 1990 – September 10, 1991 |
Spider-Man: The Animated Series | Marvel Films Animation | November 19, 1994 – January 31, 1998 |
An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Universal Cartoon Studios | November 16, 1998 |
Bakugan: Battle Planet | Nelvana, Spin Master Entertainment | December 31, 2018 – March 1, 2023 |
See also
[edit]- Studio Ghibli, an animation studio founded by former TMS animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
- Madhouse, an animation studio that was established with funding from TMS.
- Spectrum Animation, an animation studio founded by former TMS animators who helped animate several episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
- Brain's Base, an animation studio founded by former TMS animators
- Ufotable, an animation studio founded by former Telecom Animation Film animators, a subsidiary of TMS.
- Oh! Production animation studio founded by TMS Entertainment.
Notes
[edit]- ^ キョクイチ東京ムービー, Kyokuichi-Tōkyō Mūbī
- ^ a b Originally, TMS stood for Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
- ^ 株式会社東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī
- ^ 株式会社東京ムービー新社, Kabushiki gaisha Tōkyō Mūbī Shinsha, lit. 'Tokyo Movie New-company'
- ^ This partnership would last until 1986, when DiC opened its own Japan-based animation facility known as K.K. DIC Asia (later Creativity & Development Asia) in 1983, for animation production on its shows in order to bypass overseas animation subcontractors.[citation needed]
- ^ Nagahama died during production, making this his last work.
- ^ The story depicts the future of the world of Lupin III, and features the descendants of the Lupin family.
- ^ Mighty Orbots was the first time a Japanese animation studio had received an order directly from an American TV station without going through an American production company.
- ^ Initially, Space Cobra was reported in Japanese anime magazines as a Japanese-Italian co-production, but when production actually began, that story was dropped.
- ^ Miyazaki later reused them for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke.
- ^ There is an anecdote about an American staff member who later saw Miyazaki's sketch and sternly asked those involved why they did not adopt it.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "COMPANY OVERVIEW". TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "会社概要" [COMPANY OVERVIEW]. Toyo Keizai Online (in Japanese). TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c "トムス・エンタテインメント 鈴木義治社長"新たな事業領域に対応"" [TMS Entertainment President Yoshiharu Suzuki: "Adapting to new business areas"] (in Japanese). bunkatsushin.com. October 16, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "外部スタジオ制作作品をプロデュース、トムスが「UNLIMITED PRODUCE プロジェクト」スタート" [TMS started "UNLIMITED PRODUCE Project" to produce works produced by outside studios] (in Japanese). Animation Business Journal. July 1, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "宮崎駿も降板、壮大すぎたアニメ「NEMO/ニモ」映画より面白い制作過程!" [Director Hayao Miyazaki also quit the project. The production process of the overly grandiose animation "Nemo", more interesting than the film itself!]. Re:minder (in Japanese). November 22, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "About us | テレコム・アニメーションフィルム オフィシャルサイト". Telecom. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Cybersix: The Complete Series DVD Commentary
- ^ "思い出のキャラ図鑑". Ningyonoie.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "COMPANY INFORMATION". TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c "日本のアニメ100周年記念 「これからのアニメとこれまでのアニメ」" [Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Japanese anime: "Anime of the future and anime of the past"]. Anime NEXT_100 (in Japanese). The Association of Japanese Animations. March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ "Hayao Miyazaki //". Nausicaa.net. January 5, 1941. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Odell, Collin; le Blanc, Michelle (June 26, 2015). "Background". Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata (Second ed.). Kamera Books. ISBN 978-1843444893. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nishikawa, Akiyuki (September 22, 2019). "日本アニメ海外進出の先鞭をつけた野心作 NEMO ニモ(東宝東和)" [Nemo (Toho Towa), an ambitious work that pioneered the overseas expansion of Japanese animation.]. Magmix (in Japanese). Media Vague. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
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- ^ トムス・エンタテインメント制作部門、新スタジオ業務開始のお知らせ
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- ^ 持続可能な日本のアニメ産業の未来をつくるための新しい挑戦 - クリエイターと共に〈漫画、WEB動画〉を創って、届けて、育てていく場所 "原作工房TMS-Lab(ティー・エム・エス ラボ)"がスタート
- ^ クリエイターといっしょに創って、さまざまな場所から届けて、楽しんでくれるみんなで育ててく原作創出レーベル「TMSLab(トムスラボ)」 - 12/22(木)本始動!新連載&新番組スタート
- ^ トムス・エンタテインメントの新事業ブロードバンド動画配信のサービス内容決定!
- ^ トムス・エンタテインメントが名作アニメの動画を配信 EZweb公式サイトにて『東京ムービー』サービス開始
- ^ a b トムス・エンタテインメント100%子会社、トムス・ミュージック、イギリスおよび香港法人設立 音楽出版の現地法人を拠点にグローバルな楽曲管理・開発に新展開
- ^ トムス・エンタテインメント初のボウリング施設「AG BOWL」がオープン ~アミューズメント施設「AG SQUARE石岡店」隣に、バッティング等を併設した ボウリング施設「AG BOWL(エージーボウル)」が4月26日(土)にグランドオープン~
- ^ 「それいけ!アンパンマン」デジタルコンテンツ事業体 フレーベル館、 トムス・エンタテインメント、 日本テレビ放送網 3社共同出資によるアンパンマンデジタルLLP(有限責任事業組合)設立
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- ^ The Thousand Musketeers (in Japanese). Event occurs at opening credits. 制作 - TMS / だぶるいーぐる [Production - TMS Entertainment / Double Eagle]
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External links
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- Official website (for TMS Entertainment Anime)
- Official website (in Japanese) (for TMS Entertainment corporate)
- Official website (for TMS Entertainment corporate)
- Official website (in Japanese) (for Telecom Animation Film Company)