TOHO Studios

TOHO Studios Co., Ltd. Type Film production company Status Active Led by Kazuhiko Seta Founded November 8, 1971 Head- quarters 1-4-1 Seijo, Setagaya Tokyo, Japan 157-8561 Also known as Toho Pictures, Toho Eiga Parent company Toho Preceded by Toho Pictures, Inc. (1971-2020) Toho Studios Service Co., Ltd. (2005-2020) Website https://www.tohostudio.jp/

TOHO Studios Co., Ltd. (TOHOスタジオ株式会社,   Tōhō Sutajio Kabushiki Gaisha) is a subsidiary company and film production arm of Toho Co., Ltd. that is headquartered at Toho Studios in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1971 as Toho Pictures, Inc. (株式会社東宝映画,   Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhō Eiga), an extension of Toho's existing production division. The company merged with Toho Studios Service Co., Ltd. (株式会社東宝スタジオサービス,   Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhō Sutajio Sābisu) to form TOHO Studios on December 1, 2020. All of the Japanese Godzilla films released from 1984 onward were produced by Toho Pictures, with its parent company Toho only providing distribution. The company was also responsible for a number of Toho's other horror and special effects offerings, some of which were co-produced with another of its subsidiaries, Toho Eizo. In 2016, Toho Pictures produced the first live action Japanese Godzilla film in over a decade—Shin Godzilla—alongside Cine Bazar, with financing handled by Toho itself. The renamed TOHO Studios reunited with Cine Bazar for Shin Ultraman in 2022, and also produced 2023's Godzilla Minus One with ROBOT.

Selected filmography

Production company

Submersion of Japan (1973) [with Toho Eizo] Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [with Toho Eizo] The War in Space (1977) [with Toho Eizo] Magnitude 7.9 (1980) Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) [with IO Corp.] The Return of Godzilla (1984) Nineteen (1987) [with Johnny & Associates] Princess from the Moon (1987) [with Fuji TV] Gunhed (1989) [with Sunrise] Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) Rebirth of Mothra (1996) Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) Pyrokinesis (2000) Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)

Godzilla Final Wars (2004) Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) [with Cine Bazar] "FORESTER: The Attack" (2014) [with AOI Pro.] As the Gods Will (2014) [with OLM] Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (TV 2015) Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015) I Am a Hero: The Day it Began (TV 2016) I Am a Hero (2016) Shin Godzilla (2016) [with Cine Bazar] Shin Ultraman (2022) [with Cine Bazar] Godzilla Minus One (2023) [with ROBOT] Human Vapor (TV TBA) [with WOW POINT]

Miscellaneous

• The Phoenix (1978) - Special thanks
• Gunhed (1989) - Production committee
• Godzilla TV (TV 1999-2000) - Supervisor [with Toho]
• The Gransazers (TV 2003) - Special thanks
• The Justirisers (TV 2004) - Special thanks
• Super Fleet Sazer-X (TV 2005) - Special thanks
• Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) - Special thanks
• Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) - Special thanks
• Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) - Special thanks

Gallery

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  The former Toho Pictures emblem, reading "Toho Eiga"

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  "A Toho Pictures production" logo, used for all of the Heisei Godzilla movies

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  Alternate Toho Pictures logo

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  Toho Pictures logo used for Rebirth of Mothra

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  Toho Pictures logo used for Rebirth of Mothra 3

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  Toho Pictures logo used during the late 1990s and 2000s

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  "A Toho Pictures production in commemoration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary" logo from Godzilla Final Wars

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  "A Toho Pictures, Inc. and Toho Eizo Co., Ltd. co-production" logo from Horror of the Wolf

See also

• Toho
• Toho Eizo Bijutsu
• Toho International
• Toho Planning
• Toho-Towa
• TOHO Visual Entertainment

External links

• Official TOHO Studios website
• The former Toho Pictures website (Japanese)
• The former Toho Pictures website (English)
• TOHO Studios on the Japanese Wikipedia

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