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|leader =Yoshishige Shimatani | |leader =Yoshishige Shimatani | ||
|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 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> | ||
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|aka =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943) | |aka =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943) | ||
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'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, officially stylized '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese 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|{{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}}, officially stylized '''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. | ||
The company's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was co-created by producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]. | The company's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was co-created by producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]. | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' || colspan="3"| Toho | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' || colspan="3"| Toho | ||
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|rowspan="3"| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' || colspan="2"| Toho, Takarazuka Eiga || Toho | |rowspan="3"| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' || colspan="2"| Toho, [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Eiga|Takarazuka Eiga]] || Toho | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' || colspan="3" rowspan="8"| Toho | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' || colspan="3" rowspan="8"| Toho | ||
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| [[1989]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gunhed]]'' || ''Gunhed'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Bandai Namco Filmworks|Sunrise]] | | [[1989]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gunhed]]'' || ''Gunhed'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Bandai Namco Filmworks|Sunrise]] | ||
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| [[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' || Toho, TBS || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] | | [[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' || Toho, [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] | ||
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| [[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' || Sazer-X Movie Project (Toho et al.) || General Entertainment, Dream Planet Japan | | [[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' || Sazer-X Movie Project (Toho et al.) || [[wikipedia:General Entertainment|General Entertainment]], Dream Planet Japan | ||
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| [[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' || ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || Sedic International | | [[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' || ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || Sedic International | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' | ||
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| [[2016]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' || rowspan="4"| Toho || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], Cine Bazar | | [[2016]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' || rowspan="4"| Toho || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Cine Bazar|Cine Bazar]] | ||
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| [[2017]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' || rowspan="3"| Polygon Pictures || rowspan="3"| Toho Visual Entertainment | | [[2017]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' || rowspan="3"| [[wikipedia:Polygon Pictures|Polygon Pictures]] || rowspan="3"| Toho Visual Entertainment | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[2018]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' | |rowspan="2"| [[2018]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' | ||
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| [[2020]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' || Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures, Toho || Constantin Film, AB{{sup|2}} Pictures || [[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]] | | [[2020]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' || [[wikipedia:Constantin Film|Constantin Film]], [[wikipedia:Tencent Pictures|Tencent Pictures]], Toho || Constantin Film, AB{{sup|2}} Pictures || [[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]] | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' || ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|OLM]] || Toho, [[Kadokawa]] | |rowspan="2"| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' || ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|OLM]] || Toho, [[Kadokawa]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' || Toho Visual Entertainment || Cine Bazar || rowspan="5"| Toho | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' || Toho Visual Entertainment || [[wikipedia:Cine Bazar|Cine Bazar]] || rowspan="5"| Toho | ||
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|rowspan="5"| [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' || ''Shin Ultraman'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios]], Cine Bazar | |rowspan="5"| [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' || ''Shin Ultraman'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios]], [[wikipedia:Cine Bazar|Cine Bazar]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[yokaipedia]]'' || "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]] | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[yokaipedia]]'' || "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[1995]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | |rowspan="2"| [[1995]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], [[wikipedia:Hakuhodo|Hakuhodo]] || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo, Fujitsu, Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | |rowspan="2"| [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], [[wikipedia:Hakuhodo|Hakuhodo]], [[wikipedia:Fujitsu|Fujitsu]], Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | ||
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| [[1997]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' | | [[1997]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[1998]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' || [[TriStar Pictures]], Fried Films, Independent Pictures || Centropolis Entertainment || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor. | |rowspan="2"| [[1998]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' || [[TriStar Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Robert N. Fried|Fried Films]], Independent Pictures || [[wikipedia:Centropolis Entertainment|Centropolis Entertainment]] || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor. | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] | ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[1999]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], Tokuma Shoten, [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | |rowspan="2"| [[1999]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[wikipedia:Tokuma Shoten|Tokuma Shoten]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], [[wikipedia:Hakuhodo|Hakuhodo]], Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] | ||
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| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' || rowspan="6" colspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] | | style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' || rowspan="6" colspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] | ||
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| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' | | [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' | ||
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| [[2023]] || style="text-align:left"| ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' || ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' Production Committee || Studio Trigger || style="text-align:left"| Distributed by Toho Visual Entertainment. | | [[2023]] || style="text-align:left"| ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' || ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' Production Committee || [[wikipedia:Studio Trigger|Studio Trigger]] || style="text-align:left"| Distributed by Toho Visual Entertainment. | ||
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| [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Origins]]'' (working title) || colspan="2"| [[Legendary Pictures]] || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/news/20221213/15/|title=東宝2023年のラインナップ発表 宮崎駿監督の新作、「キングダム3」、山田尚子監督のアニメーションなど|date=13 December 2022|work=Eiga.com}}</ref> | | [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Origins]]'' (working title) || colspan="2"| [[Legendary Pictures]] || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/news/20221213/15/|title=東宝2023年のラインナップ発表 宮崎駿監督の新作、「キングダム3」、山田尚子監督のアニメーションなど|date=13 December 2022|work=Eiga.com}}</ref> | ||
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! Year(s) !! Title !! Funded by !! Produced by !! Network | ! Year(s) !! Title !! Funded by !! Produced by !! Network | ||
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| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' || Toho, TBS || rowspan="4"| Toho || TBS | | [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' || Toho, [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] || rowspan="4"| Toho || [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] | ||
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| [[1972]]-[[1973]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' || rowspan="2"| NET, Toho || rowspan="2"| NET | | [[1972]]-[[1973]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|NET]], Toho || rowspan="2"| [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|NET]] | ||
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| [[1973]]-[[1974]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' | | [[1973]]-[[1974]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' | ||
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| [[1976]]-[[1977]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' || Toho, [[Nippon TV]] || [[Nippon TV]] | | [[1976]]-[[1977]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' || Toho, [[Nippon TV]] || [[Nippon TV]] | ||
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| [[1978]]-[[1979]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], Toho, [[UPA|Benedict Pictures]] || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] || NBC | | [[1978]]-[[1979]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], Toho, [[UPA|Benedict Pictures]] || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] || [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]] | ||
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| [[1979]]-[[1980]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' || Toho, Fuji TV || Toho, [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] || Fuji TV | | [[1979]]-[[1980]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' || Toho, [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]] || Toho, [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] || Fuji TV | ||
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| [[1985]]-[[1986]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' || Toho, TBS || rowspan="3"| Toho || TBS | | [[1985]]-[[1986]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' || Toho, [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] || rowspan="3"| Toho || [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] | ||
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| [[1992]]-[[1993]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' || rowspan="2"| Toho, TV Tokyo || rowspan="5"| TV Tokyo | | [[1992]]-[[1993]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' || rowspan="2"| Toho, [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] || rowspan="5"| TV Tokyo | ||
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| [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' | | [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' | ||
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| [[1999]]-[[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla TV]]'' | | [[1999]]-[[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla TV]]'' | ||
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| [[2000]]-[[2001]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Star Bows]]'' || TBS, Toho, Layup || Tsuburaya Eizo || BS-i | | [[2000]]-[[2001]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Star Bows]]'' || [[wikipedia:Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]], Toho, Layup || Tsuburaya Eizo || BS-i | ||
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| [[2003]]-[[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Gransazers]]'' || TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || General Entertainment || rowspan="4"| TV Tokyo | | [[2003]]-[[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Gransazers]]'' || TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || [[wikipedia:General Entertainment|General Entertainment]] || rowspan="4"| TV Tokyo | ||
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| [[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' || TV Tokyo, Toho || Office Crescendo | | [[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' || TV Tokyo, Toho || Office Crescendo | ||
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| [[2004]]-[[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Justirisers]]'' || rowspan="2"| TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || rowspan="2"| General Entertainment | | [[2004]]-[[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Justirisers]]'' || rowspan="2"| TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || rowspan="2"| [[wikipedia:General Entertainment|General Entertainment]] | ||
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| [[2005]]-[[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' | | [[2005]]-[[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' | ||
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| [[2007]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' || Toho, Takara Tomy || Dream Planet Japan || Chiba TV | | [[2007]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' || Toho, [[wikipedia:Takara Tomy|Takara Tomy]] || Dream Planet Japan || Chiba TV | ||
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| [[2008]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' || ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || DLE || TV Tokyo | | [[2008]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' || ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || DLE || TV Tokyo | ||
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| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' || Bones, Orange || Tokyo MX | | [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' || Bones, Orange || Tokyo MX | ||
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| [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' || [[Tsuburaya Productions]], Toho, khara || Cine Bazar || Tsuburaya Imagination | | [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' || [[Tsuburaya Productions]], Toho, [[wikipedia:Khara (studio)|khara]] || [[wikipedia:Cine Bazar|Cine Bazar]] || Tsuburaya Imagination | ||
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| [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' || Toho || Production I.G || Unknown | | [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' || Toho || Production I.G || Unknown |
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Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社, officially stylized TOHO, is a major Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha)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
Presentation/production and distribution
Distribution only
Cancelled films
- Main article: Category:Unmade Films.
Television
Selected staff
Producers
- Akira Kurosawa
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Jun Fukuda
- Shogo Tomiyama
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Yoshinari Shimatani
Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Ishiro Honda
- Jun Fukuda
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Masaaki Tezuka
- Nobuhiko Obayasaki
- Shinji Higuchi
- Shusuke Kaneko
- Takao Okawara
- Toshiro Mifune
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
- Akira Ifukube
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Ikuma Dan
- Isao Tomita
- Joe Hisaishi
- Kiyoko Ogino
- Kow Otani
- Kunio Miyauchi
- Masamichi Amano
- Masaru Sato
- Michiru Oshima
- Reijiro Koroku
- Riichiro Manabe
- Shiro Sagisu
- Takayuki Hattori
- Toru Takemitsu
- Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Yasuharu Takanashi
Special effects crew
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Ishiro Honda
- Kenji Suzuki
- Koichi Kawakita
- Masaaki Tezuka
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Shinji Higuchi
- Takao Okawara
- Teruyoshi Nakano
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
Toho building in Nagoya
See also
External links
- Official Toho homepage.
- Toho Official Library.
- Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).
- Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page
- Official Toho Animation Twitter page
- Offcial Toho Animation Store Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel.
- Official Toho Animation YouTube channel
- Toho on Tokupedia.
- Toho Kingdom (fan site).
Notes
- ↑ 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.
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