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|type            =Film/theater company
|type            =Film/theater company
|status          =Active
|status          =Active
|leader          =Yoshishige Shimatani, [[Hiro Matsuoka]]
|leader          ={{bl|[[Yoshishige Shimatani]] (chairman)|[[Hiro Matsuoka]] (president)}}
|founder        =Ichizo Kobayashi
|founder        =Ichizo Kobayashi
|founded        =August 12, [[1932]]<ref group="note">While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, [[1932]], this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Revue|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company]] was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, [[1937]] through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, [[1943]].</ref>
|founded        =August 12, [[1932]]<ref group="note">While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, [[1932]], this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Revue|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company]] was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, [[1937]] through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, [[1943]].</ref>
|hq              =1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 100-8415
|hq              =1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 100-8415
|aka            =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
|aka            =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
|subsidiary      ={{bl|[[TOHO Studios|TOHO Studios Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho Planning|Toho Planning Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho-Towa|Toho-Towa Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]]|etc.}}
|subsidiary      ={{bl|[[TOHO Studios]]|[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]|[[Toho Planning]]|[[Toho-Towa]]}}
:*[[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]]
*[[Toho International]], etc.
|preceded        ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}}
|preceded        ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}}
|website        =https://www.toho.co.jp/
}}
}}
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, also stylized as '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, [[Tokyo]], and is one of the core companies of [[wikipedia:Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group|the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]]. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many [[kaiju]] and [[tokusatsu|{{tt|tokusatsu|special effects}}]] movies, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, as well as the ''[[Pokémon]]'' movies.
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, also stylized as '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, [[Tokyo]], and is one of the core companies of [[wikipedia:Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group|the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]]. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many [[kaiju]] and [[tokusatsu|{{tt|tokusatsu|special effects}}]] movies, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, as well as the ''[[Pokémon]]'' movies.
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*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref group="note" name="Benedict">Co-financed by [[UPA|Benedict Pictures Corporation]].</ref>
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref group="note" name="Benedict">Co-financed by [[Benedict Pictures Corporation]].</ref>
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
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{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-begin}}
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*''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' (2000) [with [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]]
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005) [with [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]], Kansai TV, King Records]
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005) [with [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]], Kansai TV, King Records]
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) [with Sazer-X Movie Project]
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) [with Sazer-X Movie Project]
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006) [with the ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee]
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006) [with the ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee]
*''[[Go! Godman]]'' (DVD 2008)
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (DVD 2008)
*''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' (2008) [with the ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee]
*''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' (2008) [with the ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
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{{col-3}}
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
*''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017)
*''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017)
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018)
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018)
*''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018)
*''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018)
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [with Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros.]
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures]
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures]
*''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' (2021) [with the ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee]
*''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' (2021) [with the ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee]
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*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.DYNAZENON|SSSS.DYNAZENON]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.DYNAZENON|SSSS.DYNAZENON]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:GRIDMAN UNIVERSE|GRIDMAN UNIVERSE]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:GRIDMAN UNIVERSE|GRIDMAN UNIVERSE]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (2023) [working title]
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon (short film)|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (2023)
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{{col-end}}
====Distributor only====
====Distributor only====
{{See also|TOHO Visual Entertainment}}
{{See also|TOHO Visual Entertainment}}
Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Products & Licensing Department]], with the exception of ''[[Ramayana]]''.
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*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
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*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'' (2024) [Japan only]
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'' (2024) [Japan only]
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*''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [with NET]
*''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [with NET]
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [with Nippon TV]
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [with Nippon TV]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) [with Fuji TV]
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) [with Fuji TV]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' (TV 1985-1986) [with TBS]
*''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' (TV 1985-1986) [with TBS]
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993) [with [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]]
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993) [with [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]]
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997)
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997)
*''[[Godzilla TV]]'' (TV 1999-2000)
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}
====Financier only====
====Financier only====
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{{col-2}}
*''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) [with [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[UPA|Benedict Pictures]]]
*''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) [with [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[Benedict Pictures Corporation|Benedict Pictures]]]
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Star Bows]]'' (TV 2000-2001) [with TBS, Layup]
*''[[Star Bows]]'' (TV 2000-2001) [with TBS, Layup]
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*''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' (web 2022) [with Tsuburaya Productions, khara]
*''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' (web 2022) [with Tsuburaya Productions, khara]
*''[[Chibi Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (TV 2023)
*''[[Chibi Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (TV 2023)
*''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' (TV 2024)
*''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' (TV 2023-2024) [with Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures]<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/apple-tv-godzilla-legendary-monsterverse-1234916545/|title=Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary’s Monsterverse|author=Kroll, Justin|date=20 January 2022|work=Deadline}}</ref><!--
*''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' (TV TBA) [with Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures]<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/apple-tv-godzilla-legendary-monsterverse-1234916545/|title=Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary’s Monsterverse|author=Kroll, Justin|date=20 January 2022|work=Deadline}}</ref>
*''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' (TV 2024)-->
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===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Godzilla TV]]'' (TV 1999-2000) - Supervisor [with [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]]
==Selected staff==
==Selected staff==
====Producers====
====Producers====
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
TohoScope logo.jpg|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
File:TohoScope logo.jpg|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
Toho_logo.jpg|The current Toho logo
File:Toho logo.jpg|The current Toho logo
Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo
File:Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo
Toho_Studios_Godzilla_Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014
File:Toho Studios Godzilla Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014
Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
File:Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]]
File:Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]]
TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed  
File:TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed
File:Toho Studios Godzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Shin Godzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Minilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Mothra Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios King Ghidorah Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Mechagodzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Kiryu Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios King Caesar Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Jet Jaguar Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Baragon Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Hedorah Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Ebirah Room Door.png
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[TOHO Studios]]
*[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]
*[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[TOHO Studios]]
*[[Toho International]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.]
*[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.]
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*[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Toho|Toho]] on Tokupedia.
*[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Toho|Toho]] on Tokupedia.
*[http://www.tohokingdom.com Toho Kingdom (fan site).]
*[http://www.tohokingdom.com Toho Kingdom (fan site).]
==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
{{Notelist}}

Latest revision as of 18:24, 3 April 2024

Toho Company, Limited
The Japanese Toho logo

Type Film/theater company
Status Active
Led by
Founder(s) Ichizo Kobayashi
Founded August 12, 1932[note 1]
Head-
quarters 		1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda
Tokyo, Japan 100-8415
Also known as Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
Subsidiary companies
Preceded by
  • Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company
  • Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • JO Studio
  • Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
Website https://www.toho.co.jp/

Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha), also stylized as TOHO, is a major Japanese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many kaiju and tokusatsu movies, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, as well as the Pokémon movies.

The company's most famous creation, Godzilla, was co-created by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka.

History

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Toho was founded by the Hankyu Railway in 1932 as the Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company. It managed much of the kabuki in Tokyo and, among other properties, the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater and the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo; Toho and Shochiku enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years.

After several successful film exports to the United States during the 1950s, Toho opened the La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles to show its own films without selling to a distributor. It was known as the Toho Theatre from the late 1960s until the 1970s.[1] Toho also had a theater in San Francisco and opened a theater in New York in 1963.[2]

An offshoot of Toho called Shintoho was established in 1947 due to labor turmoil at Toho. The studio went on to produce a slew of films during its short lifespan before it declared bankruptcy in 1961.[3]

Toho has contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi's film A Simple Plan (1998).

Selected filmography

Films

Production company

See also: TOHO Studios, Toho Eizo Bijutsu.

Financier

Distributor only

See also: TOHO Visual Entertainment.

Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its Products & Licensing Department, with the exception of Ramayana.

Cancelled films

Main article: Category:Unmade Films.

Series

Production company

Financier only

Miscellaneous

Selected staff

Producers

Directors

Writers

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Ikuma Dam
  • Ishiro Honda
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Kinji Fukasaku
  • Masaaki Tezuka
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi
  • Seishi Yokomizo
  • Shogo Tomiyama
  • Shusuke Kaneko
  • Takao Okawara
  • Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Wataru Mimura

Composers

Special effects crew

Musical artists

  • Asami Abe
  • Masatoh Eve
  • U-Ya Asaoka

Editors

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cinematographers

Sound department

  • Ichiro Minawa
  • Sadamasa Nishimoto
  • Hideyo Sasaki
  • Yuji Tan
  • Hiromi Ogawa
  • Akihiko Okase
  • Naoko Asari
  • Tatsuhiko Sasaki
  • Yoichi Nishimura
  • Kimiko Asakura
  • Haru Yamada
  • Toru Noguchi
  • Satoshi Motoyama

Gallery

  • The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's Godzilla Final Wars

    The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's Godzilla Final Wars

  • The current Toho logo

    The current Toho logo

  • Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo

    Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo

  • Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014

    Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014

  • Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard

    Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard

  • Toho building in Nagoya

    Toho building in Nagoya

  • The original Toho logo being filmed

    The original Toho logo being filmed

  • Toho Studios Godzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Shin Godzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Minilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Mothra Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios King Ghidorah Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Mechagodzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Kiryu Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios King Caesar Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Jet Jaguar Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Baragon Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Hedorah Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Ebirah Room Door.png

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, 1932, this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, 1937 through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, 1943.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Co-financed by Benedict Pictures Corporation.

References

This is a list of references for Toho. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ "Toho La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Toho" Far East Film News December 25, 1963.
  3. ↑ "Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Cinema of Shintoho". The Cinematheque. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Kroll, Justin (20 January 2022). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline.

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