Gakken

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. Type Publisher Status Active Led by Hiroaki Miyahara Founder(s) Hideto Furuoka Founded March 31, 1947 Head- quarters Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan Subsidiary companies Gakken Video Website http://www.gakken.co.jp/

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社学研ホールディングス,   Kabushiki-gaisha Gakken Hōrudingusu) is a Japanese publishing company founded by Hiroaki Miyahara in 1947 and headquartered in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward. Primarily focusing on the publication of educational materials, Gakken is best-known for producing educational toys and game consoles and publishing various educational magazines aimed at different demographics. Gakken collaborated with Toho in the 1990s to release educational or informative media based on the latter's Godzilla franchise. Gakken was responsible for publishing the Encyclopedia of Godzilla series of informational books, and produced all four Get Going! Godzilland original video animations under its Gakken Video subsidiary.

Selected productions

• Get Going! Godzilland (OVA 1994, 1996)

Selected publications

• Encyclopedia of Godzilla (1990)
• Encyclopedia of Godzilla (New King Ghidorah Edition) (1991)
• Encyclopedia of Godzilla (New Mothra Edition) (1992)
• Encyclopedia of Godzilla (Mechagodzilla Edition) (1993)
• Encyclopedia of Godzilla (SpaceGodzilla Edition) (1994)
• Our Beloved Monster Godzilla (1996)

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