Kadokawa
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- For the two Daiei film studios later acquired by Kadokawa, see Daiei and Daiei Film.
The Kadokawa Corporation (株式会社KADOKAWA is a Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa, stylized KADOKAWA CORPORATION)Japanese media conglomerate formed on October 1, 2014 through the merger of the original Kadokawa and Dwango Co., Ltd. It was preceded by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing (株式会社角川書店, a publishing company initially established as a bookstore by Kenyoshi Kadokawa in Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Shoten)1945 and later incorporated as a company on April 2, 1954. Kadokawa Shoten underwent various restructurings in the coming decades, eventually merging with one of its subsidiaries in 2013 and being renamed to the first "Kadokawa Corporation." Kadokawa and Dwango established the present-day Kadokawa Corporation under the name Kadokawa Dwango Corporation (株式会社KADOKAWA・DWANGO, with it receiving the Kadokawa Corporation name in July of Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Dowango)2019; consequently, the first Kadokawa Corporation became Kadokawa Future Publishing (株式会社KADOKAWA Future Publishing, Kadokawa's publishing arm. Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Fyūchā Paburisshingu)
Kadokawa Daiei Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川大映スタジオ is the current film production division of the Kadokawa Corporation. As its name implies, its roots trace back to film company Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Daiei Sutajio)Daiei, which declared bankruptcy in 1971. Daiei's assets were acquired by Tokuma Shoten, who established Daiei Film in its place in 1974; Daiei Film was itself acquired by Kadokawa in 2002, becoming Kadokawa Daiei Pictures, Inc. (角川大映映画株式会社 and later simply Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. Kadokawa Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha) (角川映画株式会社. Meanwhile, in Kadokawa Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha)2005, Kadokawa acquired the film company Nippon Herald Films, and merged it with Kadokawa Pictures in 2006 to form Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc. (角川ヘラルド映画株式会社. This incarnation of the company produced Kadokawa's first, and so far only, feature-length Kadokawa Herarudo Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha)Gamera film: Gamera the Brave. Kadokawa Herald Pictures, which was renamed back to Kadokawa Pictures in 2007, merged with another of Kadokawa's subsidiaries in 2009, and with another in 2011, dissolving Kadokawa Pictures for good.
Also of interest are Media Factory (メディアファクトリー and ASCII Media Works Media Fakutorī) (アスキー・メディアワークス, imprints of Kadokawa Future Publishing. Asukī Media Wākusu)
Selected productions
- Gunhed (1989) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing; with the Gunhed Production Committee]
- The Great Yokai War (2005) [Kadokawa Pictures; with the The Great Yokai War Production Committee]
- Gamera the Brave (2006) [Kadokawa Herald Pictures; with the Gamera the Brave Production Committee]
- Daimajin Kanon (TV 2010) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing and Kadokawa Pictures; with the Daimajin Kanon Production Committee]
- GAMERA (2015) [short film]
- The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) [with the The Great Yokai War: Guardians Production Committee]
Selected distributions
- The Invisible Man Appears (1949) [DVD]
- Warning from Space (1956) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) [DVD]
- The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) [DVD]
- Kujira Gami (1962) [DVD]
- Wind Velocity 75 Meters (1963) [DVD]
- Gamera (1965) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Daimajin (1966) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Return of Daimajin (1966) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Daimajin Strikes Again (1966) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera vs. Viras (1968) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) [DVD]
- Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1970) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- The Invisible Swordsman (1970) [DVD]
- Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera: Super Monster (1980) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [DVD and Blu-ray]
- GAMERA1999 (1999) [Media Factory; VHS]
- The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) [theatrical, with Toho]
Unmade films
- Godzilla vs. Gamera (~2002)
- Daimajin (2008, Takashi Miike)[1]
Selected publications
Kadokawa has published numerous kaiju- and tokusatsu-related books and manga through Kadokawa Shoten (three separate companies which bore the name) and its imprints.
- Godzilla vs. the Self-Defense Forces: Monster Interceptor Strategy Manual (1999)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (2003)
- Gamera 2006: Hard Link (2006)
- Cloverfield/KISHIN (2008)
- "Godzilla" Toho Special Effects Unpublished Material Archive: Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and His Era (2010)
- Daiei Tokusatsu Movie Chronicle (2010)
- Heisei Godzilla Perfection (2012)
- Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection (2014)
- Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters (2016)
- Shin Godzilla Walker: Perfect Form (2016)
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
- GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2018)
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
Gallery
See also
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References
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