Toei

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Toei Company, Limited (東映株式会社,   Tōei Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese film production company and distributor. It is headquartered in Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo. It has produced two feature length kaiju films: Magic Serpent and Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds. However, it is most famous in the tokusatsu world for its long-running Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series, the latter serving as the basis for Power Rangers shows in the United States.

Selected productions

1960s-70s

• Terror Beneath the Sea (1966) [with Ram Films]
• Magic Serpent (1966)
• The King Kong Show (TV 1966-1967) [Toei Animation; with Videocraft]
• Captain Ultra (TV 1967) [with TBS]
• The Green Slime (1968) [with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]
• Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)

1990s

• Yugenjikko Sisters Chouchoutrian (TV 1993) [with Fuji TV and Yomiko Advertising; episode 40 produced in association with Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (1993) [with Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai Video]

2010s-20s

• Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019) [Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club]
• Kaiju Cleanup (2022) [pre-production; with Shochiku]
• Kaiju Decode (TBA) [Toei Animation; with Tsuburaya Productions]

Cancelled films

• Devil-Manta (1978)
• Kongorilla (1977-1978)

Selected distributions

• Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) [produced by Keukdong Entertainment; international distributor]

See also

• Nikkatsu
• Shochiku
• Toho
• Kadokawa (formerly Daiei)
• Shintoho

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