Kadokawa

Kadokawa Corporation Type Media conglomerate Status Active Led by Takeshi Natsuno Founded October 1, 2014 Head- quarters 2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda Tokyo, Japan 102-0071 Also known as Kadokawa Dwango Corporation (2014-2019) Subsidiary companies Kadokawa Future Publishing Kadokawa Shoten Media Factory ASCII Media Works Kadokawa Daiei Studio, etc. Preceded by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, Dwango Website https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/

This page includes the film company once known as Kadokawa Daiei Pictures. For the two film companies which preceded Kadokawa Daiei, see Daiei and Daiei Film.

The Kadokawa Corporation (株式会社KADOKAWA,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa, stylized KADOKAWA CORPORATION) is a 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,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Shoten), a publishing company initially established as a bookstore by Kenyoshi Kadokawa in 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,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Dowango), with it receiving the Kadokawa Corporation name in July of 2019; consequently, the first Kadokawa Corporation became Kadokawa Future Publishing (株式会社KADOKAWA Future Publishing,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Fyūchā Paburisshingu), Kadokawa's publishing arm.

Kadokawa Daiei Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川大映スタジオ,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kadokawa Daiei Sutajio) is currently the Kadokawa Corporation's only film studio. As its name implies, its roots trace back to former film company Daiei, specifically its Tokyo Studio. Declaring bankruptcy in 1971, Daiei's assets were acquired by Tokuma Shoten, who established Daiei Film in its place in 1974. This Daiei was itself acquired by Kadokawa in 2002, becoming Kadokawa Daiei Pictures, Inc. (角川大映映画株式会社,   Kadokawa Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha) and later simply Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. (角川映画株式会社,   Kadokawa Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha). Meanwhile, in 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,   Kadokawa Herarudo Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha). This incarnation of the company produced Kadokawa's first, and so far only, feature-length 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 finally with another in 2011, dissolving Kadokawa Pictures in the process.

Also of interest are Media Factory (メディアファクトリー,   Media Fakutorī) and ASCII Media Works (アスキー・メディアワークス,   Asukī Media Wākusu), imprints of Kadokawa Future Publishing.

Selected filmography

Production company

• The Great Yokai War (2005) [Kadokawa Pictures]
• Gamera the Brave (2006) [Kadokawa Herald Pictures]

Financier

• Super Atragon (OVA 1995) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing; with the Kaitei Gunkan Seisaku Iinkai]
• Super Atragon: Part II (OVA 1996) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing; with the Kaitei Gunkan Seisaku Iinkai]
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing; with the EVA Committee]
• The End of Evangelion (1997) [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing; with the EVA 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]
• The World Sinks Except Japan (2006) [Kadokawa Herald Pictures; with the The World Sinks Except Japan 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]
• GAMERA -Rebirth- (TV 2023) [with the Gamera Rebirth Production Committee]
• Bullbuster (TV 2023) [with the Namidome Industries Production Department]

Miscellaneous

• Gunhed (1989) - Production committee [Kadokawa Shoten Publishing]
• Nezura 1964 (2021) - Planning associate
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) - Distributor [with Toho]
• Bullbuster (TV 2023) - Music production

Selected home video releases

• The Invisible Man Appears (1949) [DVD]
• Warning from Space (1956) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) [DVD]
• The Ogre of Oeyama (1960) [DVD]
• Killer Whale (1962) [DVD]
• Wind Velocity 75 Meters (1963) [DVD]
• Gamera the Giant Monster (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]
• Wrath of Daimajin (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]
• Invisible Swordsman (1970) [DVD]
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• Gamera Super Monster (1980) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [DVD and Blu-ray]
• GAMERA1999 (1999) [Media Factory; VHS]

Unmade productions

• Godzilla vs. Gamera (~2002)
• Untitled Gamera film (2000s-2010s)
• Gamera (2006 anime, Yoshitomo Yonetani)
• Untitled Gamera cartoon (2007, Cartoon Network)
• Daimajin (2008, Takashi Miike)
• Gamera 3-D (2010-2012)

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: Comic Version (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

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  The Kadokawa Pictures logo

See also

• Daiei
• Daiei Film

External links

• Offcial Twitter page

References

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