TMS Entertainment

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TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.,[a] also known as Tokyo Movie[b] or Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie,[c] is a Japanese animation studio.

TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント
Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento
FormerlyKyokuichi line
  • Asahi Gloves Manufacturing
  • Kyokuichi Knitting & Weaving
  • Kyokuichi
  • Kyokuichi Shine Industries

Tokyo Movie line
  • Tokyo Movie (1964–1976)
  • Tokyo Movie Shinsha (1976–1991)

TMS line
  • Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie (1991–1999)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAnime
Predecessor
  • Kyokuichi
  • Tokyo Movie
FoundedOctober 22, 1946; 77 years ago (1946-10-22) (as Kabushiki)
1964; 60 years ago (1964) (as Tokyo Movie)
1995; 29 years ago (1995) (as TMS)
Founder
  • ? (Kyokuichi)
  • Yutaka Fujioka (Tokyo Movie)
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
Number of employees
256 (2018)
ParentSega
Divisions
  • 3xCube
  • 8PAN
  • Double Eagle
  • V1 Studio
  • Trois Studio
Subsidiaries
  • Telecom Animation Film
  • Toon Additional Pictures
  • Toon Harbor Works
  • TOMS Photo
  • TMS Music
  • TMS Jinni's
  • Studio Sakimakura
  • Seoul Movie
Websitewww.tms-e.co.jp/global/
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

TMS is one of the oldest and most renowned animation studios in Japan, known for its numerous anime franchises such as Detective Conan, Lupin the Third, and Anpanman.[4]

TMS Entertainment is the animation business company of the Sega Group and a well-established animation studio with its origins in Tokyo Movie. It was formed when Kyokuichi Co., Ltd., which was originally a knitting and textile manufacturing company, merged with animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha to start an animation business and changed its name.[d][3][4]Tokyo Movie was one of the five major studios in the early days of Japanese animation, producing a string of popular works from the 1960s to the 1970s, including Obake no Q-Tarō, Star of the Giants, Moomin, Attack No. 1, Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the 3rd Part I, Aim for the Ace!, and Gamba no Bouken.[5]

TMS has studios 1 through 7 under its production headquarters, each with a nickname for the work they are involved in, such as V1 Studio, 3xCube, Trois Studios, Rogue Studio, and Double Eagle. Each studio has its own production and management staff, including producers and production assistants. As for animators, each studio contracts them on a work-by-work basis. However, head creators sometimes have exclusive contracts and are given their own desks within the company to work on.[3]

In addition to its own studios, TMS has group production companies such as Telecom Animation Film, Marza Animation Planet, and TMS Jinni's.[4]

By becoming part of the Sega Group, which is involved in many entertainment businesses, TMS has become involved in media franchises in the animation and entertainment business. The group's policy is to expand a single work from animation to toys, video games, live-action and pachinko/pachislot machines, and to do so on a global basis.[3]The animation business is undergoing rapid changes in terms of growth and diversification in the 2020s. The market size of the animation industry has doubled over the past decade to 2.742 trillion yen by 2021. The nature of animation-related companies is also changing, with major companies acquiring well-known animation studios, and Japanese manufacturers that had previously been engaged in the production and sale of toys and other related products and video software transforming themselves into general animation companies. Among these changes, major animation studios, including TMS, are also on their way to becoming integrated companies.[4][6]In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, TMS's final profit, which in previous years was around 1 billion yen, jumped to 1.9 billion yen. Sales remained unchanged, and the sharp increase in profit was largely due to an increase in the ratio of sales outside of animation production.[6]TMS had previously produced anime after receiving work for TV series through sales activities with TV stations and advertising agencies, but this was not profitable.[6]Frustrated by the situation in which production companies could not make a profit no matter how many works they produced and delivered, while production committees were making huge profits, TMS had been looking for ways to strengthen its investment as a video sales rights holder overseas in the anime projects that it produced.[6]Since the 2010s, packaged products such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs, which used to be profitable, are no longer selling well, while the growing presence of global video streaming platforms such as Netflix. More than half of Japanese animation production companies' revenue in the 2020s comes from overseas video sales.[6]TMS therefore reorganized its own overseas sales team and began negotiating with the companies that made up the production committee, such as television stations, publishers, film companies, video software manufacturers, and advertising agencies, to allow them to act as the overseas sales contact point.[6]However, there was no way that the managing companies would simply accept this, and TMS had no choice but to shift its focus from the animation production company to the investor and become the managing company itself.[6]Of course, no production committee would let them invest so easily. They said they felt a sense of crisis when they were given merchandising rights to animated works for a three-month broadcast period, which is difficult to generate revenue, and used as convenient investors.[7]

Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, TMS and its subsidiaries, Telecom Animation Film and South Korea-based Seoul Movie, animated for various companies, including DiC, Walt Disney Television Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Marvel Films Animation, Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Production I.G, Sunrise, Bones, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment,[8] Since the early 2000s, TMS itself has no longer supplied animation services to western studios due to increasingly demanding costs,[8][9] although there have been a few exceptions such as Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) and Superman vs. The Elite (2012). While it still produces feature films, these films are primarily spinoffs from existing anime properties, which include the likes of Anpanman and Detective Conan.[citation needed]

History edit

Prehistory of TMS Entertainment (Kyokuichi) edit

In 1946, Asahi Glove Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (アサヒ手袋製造株式会社, Asahi Tebukuro Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha) was founded in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and the trade name was soon changed to Kyokuichi Knitting & Weaving Co., Ltd. (旭一編織株式会社, Kyokuichi Amiori Kabushiki-gaisha).[1]The company changed its name to Kyokuichi Co., Ltd. (株式会社キョクイチ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyokuichi) in 1947, and then to Kyokuichi Shine Industries Co., Ltd. (旭一シャイン工業株式会社, Kyokuichi Shain Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) in 1957, and was listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange. The company established Shine Mink Co., Ltd. in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1961, opened a mink breeding farm and began its fur business in 1962, and merged with Shine Mink in 1974 to form the Mink Division.In 1989, Kyokuichi Shine Industries was acquired by Watchman Group, a mass retail group of watches and home appliances, and changed its business format to entertainment business.

Prehistory of TMS Entertainment (Tokyo Movie) edit

Former Tokyo Movie Shinsha logo

In 1964, Yutaka Fujioka, a former staff of the puppet theater company Hitomi-za (人形劇団ひとみ座, Ningyō Gekidan Hitomi-za), established the animation studio Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī) with investment from TBS.[2][10][11]Inspired by the broadcast of the first domestically produced animated TV series Astro Boy on Fuji Television the previous year, TBS encouraged Fujioka, who was working at Tokyo Ningyo Cinema (東京人形シネマ, Tōkyō Ningyō Shinema), the film production division of Hitomi-za, which had produced puppet theater programs for the station, to establish a studio.The studio's first production was an animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Big X.[2]However, because all the staff came from puppet theater backgrounds and were unfamiliar with animation, the studio suffered a huge loss and fell into financial crisis.In order to restore management, the studio received capital participation from the TV production company Kokusai Hōei (formerly Shintoho). Fujioka, the founder of the company, was demoted to director and head of the production department, and Rokuzo Abe of Kokusai Hōei was appointed as the new president.

In 1965, Fujioka established A Production to rebuild the production system, and Tokyo Movie formed a business alliance with A Production as an actual animation production company. Fujioka approached Daikichirō Kusube, who had left Toei Doga and was working as a freelancer, and by making him the representative of A Production, he succeeded in inviting talented Toei creators such as Tsutomu Shibayama, Yoshio Kabashima, and Keisuke Morishita. Fujioka also welcomed Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Yasuo Ōtsuka, and Yōichi Kotabe, who had been forced out of Toei for overspending on The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun.[12][13][14]

Early directors, such as Tadao Nagahama and Masaaki Ōsumi, were all from puppet theater companies with no animation experience, but they produced a series of hits, including Obake no Q-Tarō, Star of the Giants, and Attack No. 1. Thanks to them, Tokyo Movie became independent from Kokusai Hōei in 1971, and Fujioka returned as president. The studio continued to produce a string of hits thereafter, including Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the 3rd Part I, Aim for the Ace!, and Gamba no Bouken.[5]

Fujioka invested in Madhouse when it was founded in 1972.[citation needed]

In 1975, Tokyo Movie established Telecom Animation Film to train animators who could draw full animations.[15][16]Feeling the limitations of the Japanese animation business, Fujioka dreamed of expanding to the United States and making full animation films that could compete with Disney. However, since limited animation, which had been adopted and developed by Osamu Tezuka, was the mainstream in Japan, he planned to establish a new animation studio that would handle full animation and use it as a base to produce joint Japanese-US animated films.[5][15][16]Fujioka chose the legendary American cartoon Little Nemo as the basis for his animated film, and began acquiring the film rights in 1977.[15][16]Telecom received over 1,000 applications for its employee recruitment, and Fujioka hired 43 people with no animation production experience. Rather than hiring animators with limited animation production experience, Fujioka chose to hire inexperienced amateurs and train them to become first-class animators who could draw full animations. Telecom invited Sadao Tsukioka, who was considered a genius, as a lecturer for the first year, and Yasuo Ōtsuka the following year.[5]

In June 1976, Tokyo Movie spun off its sales division to establish Tokyo Movie Shinsha (東京ムービー新社, Tōkyō Mūbī Shinsha, lit.'Tokyo Movie New-company'), and the original Tokyo Movie became its production division.[2] A Production terminated its business alliance with Tokyo Movie, changed its name to Shin-Ei Animation, and began its own path.

In the summer of 1978, Fujioka acquired the film rights to Little Nemo.[5][16]However, due to difficulties in raising funds and securing staff, production was slow to begin, so Telecom produced TV series and movies under Ōtsuka, including Lupin the 3rd Part II.[16]Ōtsuka approached Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, with Miyazaki directing the second Lupin the 3rd film, The Castle of Cagliostro, and Takahata directing Jarinko Chie.[5]Fujioka frequently invited Hollywood film professionals to screen The two films to promote the production capabilities of Telecom and Japanese animation industry, which at the time was underrated in the United States. These films attracted attention, especially among young animators, including John Lasseter.[16]The event also drew an unexpected response, with Telecom receiving requests to produce a TV series from countries outside the U.S., including Italy.[17]In the U.S., the studio took on subcontracting work for production companies such as Disney, Warner Bros., and Filmation, and became proficient in the art of full animation.[18]

In the early 1980s, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) began working on international co-productions by big-name directors with the goal of expanding overseas.[19]TMS partnered with the French (later American) company DiC as an overseas subcontractor to produce animation for the company in 1980.[e] Two Japanese-French co-productions, Ulysses 31[f] in 1981, directed by Tadao Nagahama, and Lupin VIII[g] in 1982, directed by Rintaro, were produced in cooperation with DIC. TMS began production of the Japanese-Italian co-production TV series Sherlock Hound in 1981 at the request of RAI, the Italian national public broadcasting company. The series was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Telecom Animation Film.[19][20]However, the collaboration was dissolved after six episodes were produced, and the remaining 20 episodes were subsequently financed by Japanese companies.Kyosuke Mikuriya took over as director, and with Telecom leaving to focus on the film Nemo, TMS outsourced the animation to the fledgling studio Gallop.[20]Osamu Dezaki directed the largest number of animated co-productions, including Mighty Orbots,[h] Bionic Six, and Sweet Sea.[i][19]

In the spring of 1981, Fujioka received an investment from Lake, a consumer finance company, and established Kineto TMS, a U.S. incorporated company, to begin full-scale production of the film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.[5][17]The initial production budget was reported to be about 3.6 billion yen (16 million dollars at the exchange rate in 1981).[21]Under Fujioka's grand order to produce a world-class animation film, creators from Japan and abroad were assembled. Many prominent figures were involved in the production, including Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Osamu Dezaki, Yasuo Ōtsuka, Ray Bradbury, Jean Giraud (Mobius), and Chris Columbus.[17][22][23]However, the production ran into difficulties due to various crosscurrents between Japan and the U.S. Miyazaki and Takahata, who were originally slated to direct the film, dropped out of the project, and the staff was replaced one by one in the following years.[15][21]

In 1982, Fujioka secured the cooperation of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston from Disney's Nine Old Men. In the summer of that year, at their invitation, Miyazaki, Takahata, Ōtsuka, and other Japanese staff members visited the U.S. under the guise of training. While the Japanese staff members were greatly inspired by the two during their training, when the two saw the sketches drawn by Miyazaki, they said there was nothing they could teach them.[5][24]Young American animators who had heard rumors of the Nemo production also came to Kineto MS to sell themselves, including John Lasseter and Brad Bird, who reportedly met Miyazaki there for the first time. Bird brought in his own film and unofficially drew several image boards.[21][24]Fujioka succeeded in meeting George Lucas and asked him to be the American producer, but he declined, saying he was busy with the new Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, and instead recommended Gary Kurtz, who was also a producer on Star Wars.[5][15]Fujioka from Japan was appointed line producer, and Kurtz from the United States was appointed film producer.[15][17]Kurtz recommended Ray Bradbury as the screenwriter, and the project got underway.[5][17]When the Japanese production team was handed the first draft of Bradbury's screenplay, they wondered if it was too philosophical to be entertaining.[17]Miyazaki presented various ideas for the script to Kurtz, but he never adopted them.[j][5][24]Kurtz was executive producing Return to Oz for Disney at this time and spent most of his time in London and New York, visiting the site of Nemo in Los Angeles only once a month, and then for just a couple of hours in the afternoon.[25]Due to conflicts with Kurtz, Miyazaki resigned from Telecom in November 1982, and Takahata in March 1983.[5][24]Kurtz's dictatorship continued, and the project went astray. The directors changed one after another, and the team went all to bits. The production budget of 4.5 billion yen (19 million dollars at the 1984 rate) ran out before the animation work began, and the project was suspended in August 1984.[5][15][24]

In June 1988, TMS dissolved its own production division, Tokyo Movie and absorbed it.[2]

Fujioka resumed production after securing an additional investment of 1 billion yen (6.9 million dollars at the 1987 rate) from Lake in 1987 and terminated his contract with Kurtz and took full responsibility for the film, becoming executive producer himself.[15][24]The film was completed in 1988 and released in Japan in July 1989, and although it was not poorly received, it ended up grossing around 900 million yen (7 million dollars at the 1988 rate) at the box office.[15]It was released in the United States in 1992 in 2,300 theaters and sold 4 million videos, but the production costs were not recouped.[21][24]The film took about seven years to complete (it took 10 years for the U.S. release), and production costs eventually rose to 5.5 billion yen (43.3 million dollars at the 1992 rate).[22][23]The main staff changed constantly, and later left behind a vast number of ideas, designs, and sketches submitted by various creators,[k] scenarios by Bradley, Columbus, most of which were never used, and others, and pilots in three versions: Sadao Tsukioka's version, Yoshifumi Kondō and Kazuhide Tomonaga's version, and Osamu Desaki's version.[5][23]It was an unprecedented project in the history of Japanese animation, but it ended in failure, and Fujioka took responsibility for it, relinquished all rights related to Tokyo Movie, and retired from the industry.[12][15]Although Fujioka's ambitions ended in failure, Nemo left a great legacy, laying the foundation for the subsequent expansion of Japanese animation into the American market and also pioneering exchanges between Japan and the US in animation, such as the relationship between Miyazaki and the Nine Old Men.[24]The composition of members at Telecom Animation Film for animated feature films directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata also served as a stepping stone for the transfer of Toei Doga's feature film production techniques to Studio Ghibli.[12]

History of TMS Entertainment edit

Kyokuichi Co., Ltd. opened its amusement arcade in 1991, and joined the Sega Group in 1992 through a business alliance with Sega Enterprises and Sega Toys.[26]In the same year, Tokyo Movie Shinsha became a subsidiary of Sega Enterprises through a stock acquisition.

On November 1, 1995, the Sega Group absorbed Tokyo Movie Shinsha into Kyokuichi, with Kyokuichi as the surviving company.[1][2] In conjunction with this merger, Kyokuichi made Telecom Animation Film and TMS Photo, which were subsidiaries of Tokyo Movie Shinsha, its own subsidiaries. Kyokuichi established a Tokyo branch office and launched its animation production division, Tokyo Movie Division. The name of the company was credited as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie in the anime works produced at that time.

In 1996 the Los Angeles studio was established.[1]

On January 1, 2000, Kyokuichi changed its name to TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.[d][1][2] The name Tokyo Movie remained as the name of the animation production division and as the brand name for animation production.

In 2003, the company completely withdrew from the textile business.[citation needed] Since then, animation production and amusement arcade operations were the two mainstays of its business.

In 2003, American brokerage group Merrill Lynch became the second-largest shareholder in TMS Entertainment after acquiring a 7.54 percent stake in the studio. Merrill Lynch purchased the stake purely for investment purposes and had no intention of acquiring control of the firm's management.[27]

In 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings acquired a 50.2% stake in TMS Entertainment, making it a subsidiary.[28]

In 2006, the Tokyo branch was reorganized as the Tokyo headquarters and merged with the Head Office in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The headquarters then moved to Shinjuku, Tokyo.[1]The Los Angeles studio was reorganized as TMS ENTERTAINMENT, USA, INC.[1]

In February 2007, TMS Entertainment announced the completion of its fourth Tokyo studio (Building D) in Nakano, Tokyo. The company stated that Shinjuku would thereafter serve as the base for its corporate division and Nakano as the base for its production division.[29]

In 2008, the company withdrew from the amusement arcade business and concentrated its business on animation production.

In 2010, TMS Entertainment was delisted and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings through a share exchange.[30]

In 2011, the credits for Detective Conan and Anpanman were changed to TMS Entertainment, and animation production under the Tokyo Movie name ended.

In November 2012, TMS relocated its headquarters to Nakano, Tokyo.[1][2]

TMS Entertainment took a stake in Jinni's Animation Studio, a VFX and CG production company, in 2013 and made it a group company in 2015. With that, the company name was changed to TMS Jinni's.

In November 2013, a new studio was completed in Nakano, Tokyo.

In April 2015, the Sega Sammy Holdings was reorganized to form the new Sega Group. TMS Entertainment became a wholly owned subsidiary of the newly established Sega Holdings.[26][31]

Marza Animation Planet moved from being part of Sega Holdings to being part of TMS Entertainment in April 2017. TMS Entertainment transferred all of the digital content planning, development, and production business owned by its subsidiary TOCSIS to Marza Animation Planet in April 2019.[32]

In July 2021, TMS Entertainment announced the launch of the Unlimited Produce Project. The project is characterized by its focus on collaboration with outside studios to strengthen production operations such as planning, production, business, and promotion of works. The first project is Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, which was distributed worldwide on Netflix from July 8, 2012, and was produced in collaboration with CG studio Quebico.[4]

In April 2023, Marza Animation Planet moved from under TMS Entertainment to under its parent company, Sega.[32]

In 2024, TMS Entertainment transferred the 3DCG video production business of its subsidiary TMS Jinni's to its subsidiary TMS Photo through a company split.

Subsidiaries edit

The company has numerous animation subsidiaries collaborating in conjunction with the company. Those include:

Productions edit

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Television series edit

1960s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Big XTBSAugust 3, 1964September 27, 196559Scifi, ActionAdapted from Osamu Tezuka's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Shonen Book from 1963 to 1966.
Obake no Q-tarōAugust 29, 1965June 28, 196796ComedyAdapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1964 to 1966.
PermanApril 2, 1967April 14, 196854Adapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1967 to 1968.
Kyojin no HoshiYomiuri TVMarch 30, 1968September 18, 1971182SportsAdapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1966 to 1971.
Kaibutsu-kunTBSApril 21, 1968March 23, 196949Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, AdventureAdapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shonen Gahosha's Shonen Gaho from 1965 to 1969.
Umeboshi DenkaApril 1September 23, 196926ComedyOriginal series
Roppō Yabure-kunNagoya Broadcasting NetworkApril 28September 26, 1969110Slice of LifeAdapted from Saga Sen's story of the same name.
MoominFuji TVOctober 5, 1969December 27, 197065FantasyAdapted from Tove Jansson's book of the same name.
Attack No. 1December 7, 1969November 28, 1971104Sports, DramaAdapted from Chikako Urano's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Margaret manga magazine for female readers from 1968 to 1970.

1970s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Chingō MuchabeTBSFebruary 15March 22, 197151Adventure, Comedy
Shin Obake no Q-TarōSeptember 1, 1971December 27, 197270Comedy, Slice of Life, SupernaturalAdapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Shogakukan Learning Magazine from 1971 to 1973.
Tensai Bakabon
  • Nagoya Broadcasting Network
  • Nippon TV
September 25, 1971June 24, 197240Comedy, Slice of LifeAdaptation from Fujio Akatsuka's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine and Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday manga magazines for boys from 1967 to 1976.
Lupin The Third Part I[53]Nippon TVOctober 24, 1971March 26, 197223Action, Adventure, Comedy, MysteryAdapted from Monkey Punch's original manga, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action manga magazine for adult male readers from 1967 to 1969.
Akado SuzunosukeFuji TVApril 5, 1972March 28, 197352AdventureAdapted from Tsunayoshi Takeuchi's original manga, which was serialized in Shonen Gahosha's Shonen Gaho from 1954 to 1965.
Dokonjō GaeruABCOctober 7, 1972September 28, 1974103Comedy, Slice of LifeAdapted from Yasumi Yoshizawa's original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine from 1970 to 1976.
Jungle KurobeeMainichi Broadcasting SystemMarch 2September 28, 197331ComedyAdapted from Fujiko Fujio's original manga.
Kōya no Shōnen IsamuFuji TVApril 4, 1973March 27, 197452Action, AdventureAdapted from the manga by Soji Yamakawa and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1971 to 1974.
Karate Baka IchidaiNETOctober 3, 1973September 25, 197447Adventure, SportsAdapted from Ikki Kajiwara's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1971 to 1977.
Aim for the Ace!Mainichi Broadcasting SystemOctober 5, 1973March 29, 197426Drama, Romance, SportsAdapted from Sumika Yamamoto's original manga in Shueisha's Margaret manga magazine for female readers from 1973 to 1980. Co-production with Madhouse.
Samurai GiantsYomiuri TVOctober 7, 1973September 15, 197446SportsAdapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Kou Inoue in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1971 to 1974. Co-production with Madhouse.
Judo SankaNippon TVApril 1September 30, 197427Adapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Hiroshi Kaizuka in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1972 to 1975.
First Human GiatrusABCOctober 5, 1974March 27, 197677ComedyAdapted from Shunji Sonoyama's manga which was serialized from 1965 to 1975 in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday, in 1966 alone in Gakken's Gakushuu Magazine, and Shogakukan's Gakunen Magazine in 1974.
Gamba no Bouken[53]Nippon TVApril 7September 29, 197526Adventure, SuspenseCo-production with Madhouse.
Ganso Tensai BakabonOctober 6, 1975September 26, 1977103Comedy, Slice of LifeSecond adaptation of Tensai Bakabon.
Hana no KakarichōTV AsahiOctober 3, 1976March 27, 197725
Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi
  • Yomiuri TV
  • Nippon TV
October 1, 1977September 30, 197852SportsAdapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1976 to 1979.
Nobody's Boy: RemiNippon TVOctober 2, 1977October 1, 197851Adventure, DramaAdapted from the novel Sans Famille (1878) by Hector Malot
co-production with Madhouse.
Lupin III Part II[53]October 3, 1977October 6, 1980155Action, Adventure, Comedy, MysterySecond installment of Lupin III, and the most prolific in the franchise's history.
Treasure IslandOctober 8, 1978April 1, 197926Adventure, Drama, MysteryAdapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

co-production with Madhouse.

New Aim For the AceOctober 14, 1978March 31, 197925Drama, Romance, SportsContinuation of Aim for the Ace!
Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi 2
  • Yomiuri TV
  • Nippon TV
April 14September 29, 197923SportsSecond adaptation of Shin Kyojin no Hoshi.
The Rose of VersaillesNippon TVOctober 10, 1979September 3, 198040Drama, RomanceAdapted from Riyoko Ikeda's original manga in Shueisha's Margaret from 1972 to 1973.

1980s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Mū no HakugeiYomiuri TVApril 4September 26, 198026Action, Fantasy, Sci-FiOriginal series
New Tetsujin-28[53]Nippon TVOctober 3, 1980September 25, 198151ActionSecond adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga, which was serialized in Kobunsha's Shonen manga magazine from 1956 to 1966. Adapted into English as The New Adventures of Gigantor.
Ashita no Joe 2October 13, 1980August 31, 198147Drama, SportsContinuation of the second half of the events of Tetsuya Chiba's original manga, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1968 to 1973.
Ohayo! SpankTV AsahiMarch 7, 1981May 29, 198263Comedy, Slice of LifeAdapted from the original manga by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi, which was serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi manga magazine for girls from 1979 to 1982.
Shin Dokonjō GaeruNTVSeptember 7, 1981March 29, 198230Second adaptation of Dokonjō Gaeru.
Ulysses 31[54]France 3 (France)October 3, 1981November 30, 198226Action, Adventure, Sci-Fico-production with DIC Entertainment
Six God Combination GodmarsNippon TVOctober 2, 1981December 24, 198264Action, Sci-FiAdapted from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga titled Mars, which was serialized in Shonen Captain from 1976 to 1977.
Jarinko ChieMBSOctober 3, 1981March 25, 198365Comedy, DramaAdapted from Etsumi Haruki's original manga, which was serialized in Manga Action from 1978 to 1997.
Tonde Mon peABCJune 5, 1982April 2, 198342Supernatural
Ninjaman IppeiNippon TVOctober 4December 27, 198213Action, Comedy, Slice of Life
Space Cobra[53]Fuji TVOctober 7, 1982May 19, 198331Action, Adventure, Sci-FiAdapted from the manga, Space Adventure Cobra, by Buichi Terasawa, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1978 to 1984.
Lady GeorgieTV AsahiApril 9, 1983February 25, 198445Drama, Romance
The Super Dimension Century Orguss[54]MBSJuly 3, 1983April 8, 198435Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-FiSecond installment of Big West's Super Dimension trilogy, the other two of which, Macross and The Southern Cross are produced by Studio Nue, in association with Tatsunoko Production.The only Super Dimension series which was not adapted into Robotech by Harmony Gold USA.
Cat's Eye[53]Nippon TVJuly 11, 1983July 8, 198573Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, RomanceAdapted from Tsukasa Hojo's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1981 to 1985.
Lupin III Part III[53]Yomiuri TVMarch 3, 1984December 25, 198550Action, Adventure, Comedy
God MazingerNippon TVApril 5October 23, 198423Action, Fantasy
Mighty OrbotsABC Television NetworkSeptember 8December 15, 198413Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fico-production with MGM Television and Intermedia Entertainment
Sherlock HoundNovember 6, 1984May 21, 198526Action, Adventure, Comedy, MysteryCo-production with the Italian public broadcasting corporation Rai
Onegai! Samia DonNHKApril 2, 1985February 4, 198639Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of LifeAdapted from the novel Five Children and It (1902) by E. Nesbit.
RobotanYomiuri TVJanuary 6September 20, 198633ComedySecond adaptation of Morita Kenji's original manga.
Honey Bee in Toycomland (Bug-tte Honey)Nippon TVOctober 3, 1986September 25, 198751Adventure, ComedyBased on the Adventure Island video game by Hudson Soft.
Anpanman[55]October 3, 1988 – presentComedy, Fantasy

1990s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare'sNippon TVJanuary 5November 2, 199126Comedy, Slice of LifeAdapted from St. Clare's books by Enid Blyton.
Kinkyū Hasshin Saver KidsTV TokyoFebruary 19, 1991February 18, 199250Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiOriginal series
Reporter BluesNHKOctober 3November 8, 199152Comedy, Mystery
Chie-chan Funsenki: Jarinko ChieMBSOctober 19, 1991September 22, 199239Comedy, DramaAn adaptation of the first series, with different characters and an alternate setting.
I and Myself: The Two LottesNippon TVNovember 9, 1991September 5, 199229Slice of LifeAdapted from the novel, Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner
Tetsujin 28 FX[53]April 5, 1992March 30, 199347Action, Adventure, Sci-FiSecond adaptation of Tetsujin 28-gou.
Boku no PatrascheOctober 10, 1992March 27, 199326DramaAdapted from the novel A Dog of Flanders (1872) by Ouida.
Soccer FeverNHKApril 4, 1994March 27, 199551SportsOriginal series
Red Baron[54]Nippon TVApril 5, 1994March 28, 199549Sci-Fi, SportsA remake of the 1973 live-action series Super Robot Red Baron.
Magic Knight Rayearth[53]Yomiuri TVOctober 17, 1994March 13, 199520Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, FantasyAdapted from the manga by Clamp, which was serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi manga magazine for female readers from 1993 to 1996.
Magic Knight Rayearth IIApril 10November 27, 199529Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceSecond season of Magic Knight Rayearth.
Virtua Fighter[53] (anime television series)TV TokyoOctober 9, 1995June 27, 199635ActionAdapted from Sega's fighting video game series of the same name.
Kaitō Saint TailTV AsahiOctober 12, 1995September 12, 199643Adventure, RomanceAdapted from Megumi Tachikawa's original manga, which was serialized in Nakayoshi from 1994 to 1996.
Case Closed/Detective Conan[53]
  • Nippon TV
  • Yomiuri TV
January 8, 1996 – presentAdventure, Comedy, MysteryAdapted from the manga by Gosho Aoyama since 1994, has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday.
B't X[53]TBSApril 6September 21, 199625Adventure, Sci-FiAdapted from Masami Kurumada's original manga, which was serialized in Kadokawa's Shōnen Ace from 1994 to 2000.
WankorobeTV TokyoOctober 6, 1996March 30, 199726Comedy, FantasyAdapted from manga of the same name by Yuriko Abe, which was serialized in Nakayoshi from 1975.

Co-produced with Ajiado.

Devil Lady[53]MBSOctober 10, 1998May 8, 199926Action, Drama, Horror, SuspenseAdapted from Go Nagai's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly morning from 1997 to 2000.
Monster Farm: Enbanseki no HimitsuTBSApril 17, 1999March 25, 200048Action, Adventure, Comedy, FantasyAdapted from Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise.
CybersixTV TokyoSeptember 6November 29, 199913Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-FiAdapted from Carlos Meglia's comic strip of the same name.
Gozonji! Gekko Kamen-kunOctober 3, 1999March 26, 200025Comedy, Sci-Fi
Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri SakonOctober 8, 1999March 31, 200026Mystery, SuspenseAdapted from manga of the same name by Takeshi Obata and Masaru Miyazaki, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1996.
Shūkan StorylandNippon TVOctober 14, 1999September 13, 200156Comedy, Drama, Slice of LifeOriginal series

2000s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Monster Farm: Densetsu e no MichiTBSApril 1September 30, 200025Action, Adventure, Comedy, FantasyAdapted from Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise.
Tottoko HamtaroTV TokyoJuly 7, 2000March 31, 2006296Adventure, ComedyAdapted from Ritsuko Kawai's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Ciao from 1997 to 2000.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil ChildrenOctober 7, 2000September 29, 200150Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, SupernaturalAdapted from Atlus's Megami Tensei franchise
Project ARMSTV TokyoApril 7September 29, 200126ActionAdapted from the manga of the same name by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1997 to 2002.
Project ARMS: The 2nd ChapterOctober 6, 2001March 30, 2002Action, FantasyThe second chapter of Project ARMS.
Secret of Cerulean SandWOWOWJanuary 5June 29, 2002Adventure, Sci-FiCo-production with Telecom Animation Film
Cheeky AngelTV TokyoApril 7, 2002March 30, 200350Comedy, RomanceAdapted from Hiroyuki Nishimori's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1999 to 2003.
The Star of the GiantsOctober 23, 2002January 15, 200313Drama, SportsAdapted from the manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Noboru Kawasaki, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1966 to 1971.
Sonic XTV TokyoApril 6, 2003March 28, 200478Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiAdapted from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, particularly, the events of Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, with additional characters not seen in the games.
Umeyon EkisuMay 2July 27, 200313ComedyOriginal series
Rumic TheaterTV TokyoJuly 6September 28, 2003Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, SupernaturalAdapted from Rumiko Takahashi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original from 1987.
Kousetsu Hyaku MonogatariCBCOctober 4December 27, 2003Horror, Mystery, SupernaturalAdapted from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's short stories titled The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma.
Mermaid ForestTV TokyoOctober 5December 21, 200311Drama, Fantasy, Horror, MysteryAdapted from Rumiko Takahashi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Zōkan and Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1984 to 1994.
PoPoLoCrois (2nd Series)October 5, 2003March 28, 200426Adventure, FantasyAdapted from Yohsuke Tamori's manga of the same name, which was serialized in The Asahi Shimbun Company's The Asahi Shimbun Student Newspaper from 1984.
Uninhabited Planet Survive!NHKOctober 16, 2003October 28, 200452Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Slice of LifeOriginal series. Made by TMS's subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, and co-produced with Madhouse.
Aishiteruze BabyAnimaxApril 3October 9, 200426Comedy, Drama, RomanceAdapted from Yōko Maki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Ribon from 2002 to 2005.
Monkey Punch Manga Katsudō DaishashinWOWOWAugust 1, 2004June 25, 200512Action, Adventure, Comedy, EcchiAdapted from various short stories that created by Monkey Punch.
Gallery FakeTV TokyoJanuary 9September 25, 200537MysteryAdapted from Fujihiko Hosono's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakuan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits (1992–2005, 2012, 2016) and Big Comic Zokan (2017–present)
Buzzer BeaterWOWOWFebruary 5April 30, 200513Sci-Fi, SportsAdapted from Takehiko Inoue's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1996 to 1998.
Mushiking: King of the BeetlesTV TokyoApril 6, 2005March 29, 200652FantasyAdapted from Sega's card game of the same name.
Glass Mask51Drama, RomanceAdapted from Suzue Miuchi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1976.
The Snow QueenNHKMay 22, 2005February 12, 200636Adventure, Drama, FantasyAdapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name.
Angel Heart[53]Nippon TVOctober 4, 2005September 26, 200650Action, Drama, Mystery, RomanceAdapted from Tsukasa Hojo's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010.
Fighting Beauty Wulong[53]TV TokyoOctober 10, 2005March 26, 200625Action, EcchiAdapted from Yūgo Ishikawa's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2002 to 2007.
Kakutou Bijin Wulong: RebirthApril 2October 1, 2006Action, ComedySecond season of Fighting Beauty Wulong.
D.Gray-man
  • Animax
  • TV Tokyo
October 3, 2006September 30, 2008103Action, Adventure, FantasyAdapted from Katsura Hoshino's manga of the same name, which has been serialized across Shueisha's Jump line of manga magazines for young boys, beginning with Weekly Shonen Jump from 2004 to 2009, and Jump SQ as of 2019.
Pururun! Shizuku-ChanTV TokyoOctober 7, 2006September 29, 200751ComedyAdapted from Q-LiA's children's book series.
Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleOctober 8, 2006September 30, 200750Action, ComedyAdapted from Syun Matsuena's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday manga magazine from 2002 to 2014.
Bakugan Battle BrawlersApril 5, 2007March 27, 200852Action, FantasyOriginal series. Co-production with Nelvana, Spin Master Entertainment and Sega Toys.
Kaze no Shōjo EmilyNHKApril 7September 29, 200726DramaAdapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name.
Buzzer Beater (Season 2)
  • Nippon TV
  • Yomiuri TV
July 4September 26, 200713Sci-Fi, SportsSecond season of Buzzer Beater.
Mameushi-kunCartoon Network JapanOctober 6, 2007September 27, 200852Comedy, Fantasy
Pururun! Shizuku-chan AhaAT-XOctober 7, 2007September 28, 200851ComedySecond season of Pururun! Shizuku-Chan
NoramimiTokyo MXJanuary 9March 26, 200812Adapted from Kazuo Hara's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki from 2002 to 2009.
Itazura na Kiss[55]TBSApril 5September 25, 200825Comedy, RomanceAdapted from Kaoru Tada's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret from 1990 to 1999.
Telepathy Shōjo RanNHKJune 21December 20, 200826FantasyAdapted from Atsuko Asano's novel of the same name.
ScarecrowmanAnimaxJuly 3December 25, 2008Original series
Live On Cardliver KakeruTV TokyoOctober 5, 2008September 27, 200951
MamegomaChiba TVJanuary 10December 26, 2009Based on San-X's series of seal characters.
Examurai SengokuJanuary 11June 25, 200924Action, Sci-Fi
Genji Monogatari SennenkiFuji TVJanuary 16March 27, 200911Drama, RomanceAdapted from Waki Yamato's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Mimi from 1979 to 1993. Co-production with Tezuka Productions.
Rose O'Neill KewpieWOWOWDecember 2, 2009May 26, 201026Comedy

2010s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New VestroiaTV TokyoMarch 2, 2010March 5, 201152Adventure, FantasySequel of Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
Lilpri
  • TV Asahi
  • AT-X
  • TV Tokyo
April 4, 2010March 27, 201151FantasyAdapted from the Sega's arcade game of the same name.
Cardfight!! VanguardJanuary 8, 2011March 31, 201265ActionOriginal series. Spawn the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise in the later future.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian InvadersTV TokyoApril 3, 2011January 22, 201239Action, Adventure, FantasySequel of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestoria.
Battle Girls: Time Paradox
  • AT-X
  • TV Tokyo
April 5June 28, 201113Action, Comedy, Sci-FiAdapted from the Heiwa's pachinko game series.
Brave 10AnimaxJanuary 8March 25, 201212Action, AdventureAdapted from Kairi Shimotsuki's manga of the same name.
ZetmanTokyo MXApril 3June 26, 201213Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, SupernaturalAdapted from Masakazu Katsura's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 2002 to 2014.
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine[53]Nippon TVApril 5June 28, 2012Action, Adventure, Award Winning, Comedy, EcchiAdapted from Monkey Punch's original manga, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action manga magazine for adult male readers from 1967 to 1969. Co-production with Po10tial.
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit-henTV TokyoApril 8, 2012January 2, 201339ActionSequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard.
Kamisama KissOctober 2December 25, 201213Comedy, Fantasy, RomanceAdapted from Julietta Suzuki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 2008 to 2016.
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman
  • AT-X
  • TV Tokyo
January 8March 26, 201312FantasyAdapted from CR Ginroku Gijinden Roman pachinko game.
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker-henTV TokyoJanuary 13, 2013March 2, 201459ActionSequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit.
AnisavaAugust 26, 2013January 13, 201413Comedy, RomanceCo-production with DLE
Yowamushi Pedal
  • AT-X
  • TV Tokyo
October 8, 2013July 1, 201438SportsAdapted from Wataru Watanabe's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2008.
The Pilot's Love Song
  • AT-X
  • Tokyo MX
January 6March 31, 201413Adventure, Drama, RomanceAdapted from Koroku Inumura's light novel of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko from 2009 to 2011.
Cardfight!! Vanguard Legion MateTV TokyoMarch 9October 19, 201433ActionSequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker.
Hero BankApril 7, 2014March 30, 201551TournamentAdapted from game of the same name by Sega.
Gugure! Kokkuri-san
  • AT-X
  • TV Tokyo
October 6December 22, 201412Comedy, SupernaturalAdapted from Midori Endō's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker from 2011 to 2016.
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande RoadTV TokyoOctober 7, 2014March 31, 201524SportsSecond season of Yowamushi Pedal.
Sega Hard GirlsOctober 8December 24, 201413ComedyAdapted from a collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega.
Cardfight!! Vanguard G
  • BS Japan
  • TV Tokyo
October 26, 2014October 4, 201548ActionSequel of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate.
Kamisama Kiss◎AnimaxJanuary 6March 31, 201512Comedy, Fantasy, RomanceSecond season of Kamisama Kiss.
My Monster SecretJuly 7September 29, 201513Adapted from Eiji Masuda's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2013 to 2017.
Lupin the Third Part 4Nippon TVOctober 2, 2015March 18, 201624Action, Adventure, Comedy, MysteryFifth installment of the Lupin III series created by Monkey Punch.
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis-henOctober 11, 2015April 10, 201626ActionThe first half of the second season of Cardfight!! Vanguard G series.
Bakuon!!April 5June 21, 201612ComedyAdapted from Mimana Orimoto's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu from 2011.
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-henTV TokyoApril 17September 25, 201624ActionThe second half of the second season of Cardfight!! Vanguard G series.
Kamiwaza WandaTBSApril 23, 2016March 25, 201747Sci-FiAdapted from Maeda-kun's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Ichiban from 2016.
ReLIFE[55]July 2September 24, 201613Drama, RomanceAdapted from Sō Yayoi's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's Comico Japan from 2013 to 2018.
Orange
  • Tokyo MX
  • AT-X
  • BS11
  • TVA
  • ABC
  • TSB
July 4September 26, 2016Drama, Romance, Sci-FiAdapted from Ichigo Takano's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Action from 2012 to 2022.
BananyaSun TVSlice of LifeOriginal series
Sweetness and Lightning
  • Tokyo MX
  • Yoimuri TV
  • BS11
July 5September 20, 201612Gourmet, Slice of LifeAdapted from Gido Amagakure's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Good! Afternoon from 2013 to 2018.
D.Gray-man HallowTV TokyoJuly 5September 27, 201613Action, Adventure, FantasySequel to D.Gray-man anime series
Pittanko! NekozakanaOctober 2, 2016September 17, 201750ComedyOriginal series
Ohayou! Kokekkou-sanOctober 2September 17, 2016
KimoshibaOctober 2December 25, 201613Comedy, Horror, Supernatural
TricksterOctober 4, 2016March 28, 201724Drama, Mystery, Sci-FiOriginal series. Co-production with Shin-Ei Animation.
Nobunaga no Shinobi26ComedyAdapted from Naoki Shigeno's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal from 2008.
All Out!!October 7, 2016March 31, 201725SportsCo-production with Madhouse.
Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun
Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation
Nana Maru San Batsu
Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line
Megalobox
The Thousand Musketeers
Space Bug/The Journey Home
Between the Sky and Sea
Bakugan: Battle Planet
Meiji Tokyo Renka
Fruits Basket
Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine
Dr. Stone
  • Tokyo MX
  • KBS
  • SUN
  • BS11
  • TVh
  • TBC
  • TVA
  • TVQ
July 5December 13, 201924Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

2020s edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)EpisodesGenreNote(s)
Bakugan: Armored AllianceAmazon Prime VideoApril 3, 2020March 26, 202152Action, FantasySecond season of Bakugan: Battle Planet.
Fruits Basket 2nd SeasonApril 7September 22, 202025Drama, Romance, SupernaturalSecond season of Fruits Basket (2019).
Rent-A-Girlfriend
  • MBS
  • TBS
July 11September 26, 202012Comedy, RomanceAdapted from Reiji Miyajima's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2017.
Dr. Stone: Stone Wars
  • Tokyo MX
  • KBS
  • SUN
  • BS11
  • TVh
  • TBC
  • TVA
  • TVQ
January 14March 25, 202111Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiAdapted from chapters 60-84 of the Dr. Stone manga.
Burning Kabaddi
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Lupin the 3rd Part 6
Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc
Insect Land
Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time
Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa
Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break
Dr. Stone: New World
  • Tokyo MX
  • KBS
  • SUN
  • BS11
  • TVh
  • TBC
  • TVA
  • TVQ
April 6June 15, 202311Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiAdapted from chapters 90-115 of the Dr. Stone manga.
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, TooApril 7June 30, 202313Action, Adventure, FantasyAnimated by Millepensee. Adapted from Miku's light novel of the same name, which was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko from 2018.
Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd SeasonCrunchyrollJuly 8September 30, 202312Comedy, RomanceThe anime adapted chapters 104 through 167 of the Rental-a-Girlfriend manga.
Undead Unluck
  • MBS
  • TBS
October 7, 2023March 23, 202424Action, Comedy, FantasyAnimated by David Production. Adapted from Yoshifumi Tozuka's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2020.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the ApocalypseTBSOctober 8, 2023March 31, 202424Action, Adventure, FantasyThe sequel of The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki which was serialized in Kondansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2021.
Dr. Stone: New World Part 2
  • Tokyo MX
  • KBS
  • SUN
  • BS11
  • TVA
October 12December 21, 202311Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiAdapted from chapters 116-142 of the Dr. Stone manga.
High Card Season 2CrunchyrollJanuary 8March 25, 202412Action, FantasySecond season of High Card.
Rinkai!April 9, 2024 – present12Sports
Sakamoto DaysJanuary 2025 – scheduledAction, ComedyAdapted from Yuto Suzuki's manga of the same name, which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2020.

Feature films edit

TitleDirector(s)DistributorYear(s)Note(s)
Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no KesshōsenJuly 26, 1969
Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike HyūmaDecember 20, 1969
Star of the Giants: Big League BallTadao NagahamaTohoMarch 21, 1970Third feature film compilation of two episodes from Star of the Giants, respectively episode 70 "Hidari Mon no Yokoku Houmuran", and episode 77 "Hanagata Sutemi no Chousen".
Attack No. 1: The MovieEiji OkabeMarch 21, 1970
Attack No. 1: RevolutionAugust 1, 1970
Star of the Giants: The Fateful ShowdownTadao NagahamaAugust 1, 1970Fourth feature film compilation of two episodes from Star of the Giants, respectively episode 79 "Ourusutaa no Deki Goto", and episode 83 "Kizu Darake no Houmuin".
Attack No. 1: World ChampionshipEiji OkabeDecember 19, 1970
Attack No. 1: Immortal BirdMarch 17, 1971
Panda! Go, Panda!Isao TakahataDecember 17, 1972featurette
Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy Day CircusIsao TakahataMarch 17, 1973featurette
Lupin IIISōji YoshikawaDecember 16, 1978First animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise; later subtitled Lupin vs. the Clone in Japanese and The Mystery of Mamo in English.
Aim for the Ace!Osamu DezakiSeptember 8, 1979Feature film adaptation of Aim for the Ace!; acts as a complete alternate retelling of the events already established in the manga and anime.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!Tsutomu ShibayamaToho-TowaNovember 10, 1979Adapted from the manga of the same series by Hisaichi Ishii, which was featured Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 1978 to 1979; followed by two more films based on the same manga.
Lupin III: The Castle of CagliostroHayao MiyazakiTohoDecember 15, 1979Second animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise, as well as Hayao Miyazaki's theatrical directorial debut.
Nobody's Boy: RemiOsamu Dezaki, Yoshio TakeuchiTohoMarch 15, 1980Feature film compilation of the events of Nobody's Boy: Remi.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant RaceTsutomu ShibayamaToho-TowaMay 3, 1980Second film based on the manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, by Hisaichi Ishii.
Makoto-chanTsutomu ShibayamaTohoJuly 26, 1980Adapted from the manga of the same name by Kazuo Umezu, which was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1976 to 1981.
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari JinseiTsutomu ShibayamaToho-TowaDecember 13, 1980Third film based on the manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, by Hisaichi Ishii.
Chie the BratIsao TakahataTohoApril 11, 1981Adapted from the manga of the same name by Etsumi Haruki, which was serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action from 1978 to 1997.
Ashita no Joe 2Osamu DezakiTohoJuly 4, 1981Feature film compilation of the events of Ashita no Joe 2.
Manga Hana no KakarichōNoboru Ishiguro, Minoru OkazakiShochikuNovember 28, 1981
Manzai TaikoukiRyuji Sawada, Hideo TakayashikiShochikuNovember 28, 1981
Ohayō! SpankShigetsugu YoshidaToho-TowaMarch 13, 1982Feature film adaptation of Ohayō! Spank.
Space Adventure Cobra: The MovieOsamu DezakiToho-TowaJuly 3, 1982One-time feature film adaptation of Space Adventure Cobra; covers the events of the manga's first major story arc.
Star of the GiantsSatoshi Dezaki, Tadao NagahamaAugust 21, 1982Feature film adaptation of Star of the Giants; acts as a complete alternate retelling of the events already established in the manga and anime.
God Mars: The MovieTetsuo ImazawaDecember 18, 1982Feature film compilation of the events of Six God Combination Godmars.
Pro Yakyū o 10-bai Tanoshiku Miru HōhōKiyoshi Suzuki, Tsutomu Shibayama, Osamu KobayashiToho-TowaApril 29, 1983Adapted from the book of the same name by Takenori Emoto, which was originally published by KK Bestsellers from 1982.
Golgo 13: The ProfessionalOsamu DezakiToho-TowaMay 28, 1983Adapted from the manga of the same name by Takao Saito, which, since 1968, has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic manga magazine for adult male readers.
Boukenshatachi: Gamba to 7-biki no Naka MaShinzo AzakiMarch 4, 1984Feature film compilation of the events of Gamba no Bouken.
Meitantei Holmes: Aoi Ruby no Maki / Kaitei no Zaihō no MakiHayao MiyazakiToei CompanyMarch 11, 1984First feature film compilation of two episodes from Sherlock Hound, respectively episode 5 "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", and episode 9 "Treasure Under the Sea". Released in Japanese cinemas alongside Topcraft's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, a film also directed by Miyazaki.[citation needed]
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of BabylonSeijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu YoshidaTohoJuly 13, 1985Third animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise.
Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken / Dover Kaikyō no Daikūchūsen!Hayao MiyazakiToei CompanyAugust 2, 1986Second feature film compilation of two episodes from Sherlock Hound, respectively episode 4 "Mrs. Hudson is Taken Hostage", and episode 10 "The White Cliffs of Dover". Released in Japanese cinemas alongside Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky, a film also directed by Miyazaki.[citation needed]
Treasure IslandYoshio Takeuchi, Osamu DezakiMay 9, 1987Feature film compilation of the events of Treasure Island.
AkiraKatsuhiro OtomoTohoJuly 16, 1988Adapted from the manga of the same name by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also serves as the film's director, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from 1982 to 1990.
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's TearAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.March 11, 1989First animated feature film in the Anpanman franchise.
Onegai! Samia-donShochiku-Fuji Ltd.March 11, 1989Feature film adaptation of Onegai! Samia-don.
RobotanShochiku-Fuji Ltd.March 11, 1989Feature film adaptation of Robotan.
Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandMasami Hata, William HurtzToho-Towa (Japan), Hemdale Film Corporation (US, Canada)July 15, 1989 (Japan), August 21, 1992 (US, Canada)Japanese-American co-production. Adapted from the comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland by Windsor McCay which was serialized in The New York Herald from 1905 to 1913.
Ojisan Kaizō KōzaTsutomu ShibayamaNippon Herald FilmsFebruary 24, 1990
Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's CounterattackAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 14, 1990
The Adventures of Gamba and OttersShunji ŌgaKyodo FilmJuly 20, 1991First feature film adaptation of Gamba no Bouken.
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! ChibigonAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 20, 1991
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Building Block CastleAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.March 14, 1992
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big AdventureAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 17, 1993
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Lyrical Magical Witch's SchoolAkinori Nagaoka, Hiroyuki YanoShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 16, 1994
Lupin III: Farewell to NostradamusShunya Itō, Takeshi ShiratoTohoApril 22, 1995Fourth animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise.
Let's Go! Anpanman: Let's Defeat the Haunted Ship!!Hiroyuki YanoShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 29, 1995
Lupin III: Dead or AliveMonkey PunchTohoApril 20, 1996Fifth animated feature film in Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise.
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Flying Picture Book and the Glass ShoesAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 13, 1996
Case Closed: The Time Bombed SkyscraperKenji KodamaTohoApril 19, 1997First animated feature film in the Detective Conan/Case Closed franchise.
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the RainbowShunji ŌgaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 28, 1997
Case Closed: The Fourteenth TargetKenji KodamaTohoApril 18, 1998
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the SunAkinori NagaokaShochiku-Fuji Ltd.July 25, 1998
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the CenturyKenji KodamaTohoApril 17, 1999
Let's Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage OpensToshiya ShinoharaJuly 24, 1999
Case Closed: Captured in Her EyesKenji KodamaTohoApril 21, 2000
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid PrincessAkinori NagaokaMedia Box
Tokyo Theatres
July 29, 2000
Case Closed: Countdown to HeavenKenji KodamaTohoApril 21, 2001
Let's Go! Anpanman: Gomira's StarJuly 14, 2001
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham LandOsamu DezakiTohoDecember 15, 2001
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker StreetKenji KodamaTohoApril 20, 2002
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Roll and Roura's Floating CastleJuly 13, 2002
Hamtaro: The Captive PrincessOsamu DezakiTohoDecember 14, 2002
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalKenji KodamaTohoApril 19, 2003
Let's Go! Anpanman: Ruby's WishJuly 12, 2003
Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora ValleyOsamu DezakiTohoDecember 13, 2003
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver SkyYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 17, 2004
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream CatsJuly 17, 2004
Hamtaro and the Demon of the Picture Book TowerOsamu DezakiTohoDecember 23, 2004
Detective Conan: Strategy Above the DepthsYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 9, 2005
Let's Go! Anpanman: Happy's Big AdventureJuly 16, 2005
Mushiking: The Road to the Greatest ChampionShunji ŌgaDecember 17, 2005
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' RequiemYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 15, 2006
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dolly of the Star of LifeJuly 15, 2006
Mushiking Super Battle Movie: The Upgraded Armored Beetle of DarknessJunpei MizusakiShochikuMarch 21, 2007
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep AzureYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 21, 2007
Let's Go! Anpanman: Purun of the Bubble BallHiroyuki YanoMedia Box
Tokyo Theatres
July 14, 2007
Detective Conan: Full Score of FearYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 19, 2008
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rinrin the Fairy's SecretAkinori NagaokaMedia Box
Tokyo Theatres
July 12, 2008
Detective Conan: The Raven ChaserYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 18, 2009
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin StarsJun KawagoeJuly 4, 2009
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the SkyYasuichiro YamamotoTohoApril 17, 2010
Let's Go! Anpanman: Blacknose and the Magical SongHiroyuki YanoMedia Box
Tokyo Theatres
July 10, 2010
Detective Conan: Quarter of SilenceYasuichiro Yamamoto, Kobun ShizunoTohoApril 16, 2011
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of MiraclesHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJuly 2, 2011
The Princess and the PilotJun ShishidoTokyo TheatresOctober 1, 2011co-production with Madhouse
Detective Conan: The Eleventh StrikerKobun ShizunoTohoApril 14, 2012
Let's Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana IslandHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJuly 7, 2012
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant SeaKobun ShizunoTohoApril 20, 2013
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of HopeHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJuly 6, 2013
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The MovieHajime KamegakiTohoDecember 7, 2013
Dimensional SniperKobun ShizunoTohoApril 19, 2014
Lupin III: Daisuke Jigen's GravestoneTakeshi KoikeJune 21, 2014
Let's Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and the Wishes For EveryoneJun KawagoeTokyo TheatresJuly 5, 2014
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of InfernoKobun ShizunoTohoApril 18, 2015
Let's Go! Anpanman: Mija and the Magic LampHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJuly 4, 2015
Case Closed: The Darkest NightmareKobun ShizunoTohoApril 16, 2016
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nanda and Runda of the Toy StarJun KawagoeTokyo TheatresJuly 2, 2016
Orange: FutureNaomi Nakayama, Hiroshi HamasakiNovember 18, 2016co-production with Telecom Animation Film
Lupin III: Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of BloodTakeshi KoikeFebruary 4, 2017
Case Closed: The Crimson Love LetterKobun ShizunoTohoApril 15, 2017
Let's Go! Anpanman: Bulbul's Big Treasure HuntHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJuly 1, 2017
Case Closed: Zero the EnforcerYuzuru TachikawaTohoApril 13, 2018
Let's Go! Anpanman: Shine! Kurun and the Star of LifeHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJune 30, 2018
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue SapphireChika NagaokaTohoApril 12, 2019
Lupin III: Fujiko Mine's LieTakeshi KoikeMay 31, 2019
Let's Go! Anpanman: Sparkle! Princess Vanilla of the Land of Ice CreamHiroyuki YanoTokyo TheatresJune 28, 2019
Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletChika NagaokaTohoApril 16, 2021
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fluffy Fuwari and the Cloud CountryJun KawagoeTokyo TheatresJune 25, 2021
Detective Conan: The Bride of HalloweenSusumu MitsunakaTohoApril 15, 2022
To Me, the One Who Loved YouKen'ichi KasaiToei CompanyOctober 7, 2022
Resident Evil: Death IslandEiichirō HasumiKadokawa CorporationJuly 7, 2023co-production with Quebico
Daisuke JigenHajime HashimotoPrime VideoOctober 13, 2023co-production with Amazon MGM Studios

Television films and specials edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
Astro Boy vs. the GiantsNippon TVJune 9, 1969
BōchanFuji TVJune 13, 1980
Nijū-yon no HitomiOctober 10, 1980
Sugata SanshirōJune 8, 1981
Son Goku: Silk Road o Tobu!!June 17, 1982
Let's Go! Anpanman: Santa Claus DisappearsNippon TVDecember 19, 1988
Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady LibertyApril 1, 1989
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and the Christmas ValleyDecember 25, 1989
Lupin III: The Hemingway PapersJuly 20, 1990
Let's Go! Anpanman: Scoop the South Sea!August 26, 1990
Let's Go! Anpanman: Shine! Our Christmas TreeDecember 24, 1990
Lupin III: Napoleon's DictionaryAugust 9, 1991
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Mysterious JingleDecember 23, 1991
Lupin III: From Russia with LoveJuly 24, 1992
Let's Go! Anpanman: Delivered! Our ChristmasDecember 21, 1992
Lupin III: Voyage to DangerJuly 23, 1993
Let's Go! Anpanman: The South Island's White ChristmasDecember 20, 1993
Lupin III: Dragon of DoomJuly 29, 1994
Let's Go! Anpanman: The 2 Panna's ChristmasDecember 19, 1994
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's TreasureAugust 4, 1995
Magic Knight Rayearth: Zokan goDecember 16, 1995
Let's Go! Anpanman: White Keito's ChristmasDecember 25, 1995
Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight GeminiAugust 2, 1996
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and the Black ChristmasDecember 13, 1996
Lupin III: Island of AssassinsAugust 1, 1997
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Meringue Sisters' ChristmasDecember 25, 1997
Lupin III: Tokyo CrisisJuly 24, 1998
Let's Go! Anpanman: Our Christmas ConcertDecember 24, 1998
Lupin III: Da Capo of Love: Fujiko's Unlucky DaysJuly 30, 1999
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and Your Merry ChristmasDecember 23, 1999
Let's Go! Anpanman: Uncle Jam Has DisappearedFebruary 21, 2000
Lupin III: Missed by a DollarJuly 28, 2000
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman's Christmas ShowDecember 21, 2000
Lupin III: Alcatraz ConnectionAugust 3, 2001
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and Small Santa's ChristmasDecember 20, 2001
Lupin III: Episode 0: The First ContactJuly 26, 2002
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Flame of Courage and ChristmasDecember 19, 2002
Lupin III: Operation Return the TreasureAugust 1, 2003
Let's Go! Anpanman: Black Santa and the Nice PresentDecember 25, 2003
Lupin III: Stolen Lupin ~The Copy Cat is a Midsummer's Butterfly~July 30, 2004
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and the Star of ChristmasDecember 24, 2004
Lupin III: An Angel's Tactics – Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of MurderJuly 22, 2005
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman's Jin-Jin-Jingle BellsDecember 23, 2005
Lupin III: Seven Days RhapsodySeptember 8, 2006
Let's Go! Anpanman: Sing! Dance! Everybody's ChristmasDecember 22, 2006
Lupin III: Elusiveness of the FogJuly 27, 2007
Let's Go! Anpanman: Kokin-chan and the Christmas of TearsDecember 21, 2007
Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night ~Magic Lamp's Nightmare Premonition~July 25, 2008
Let's Go! Anpanman: Franken-Robo-kun's Surprised ChristmasDecember 19, 2008
Lupin III vs. Detective ConanMarch 27, 2009
Let's Go! Anpanman: Do Your Best Creampanda! The Christmas AdventureDecember 25, 2009
Lupin III: The Last JobFebruary 12, 2010
Magic KaitoNNS (ytv)April 17, 2010 – December 29, 2012
Let's Go! Anpanman: Red-Nosed Chappy - The Christmas of CourageNippon TVDecember 24, 2010
Lupin III: Blood Seal - Eternal MermaidDecember 2, 2011
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and Gomira's Christmas CastleDecember 23, 2011
Lupin III: Record of Observations of the EastNovember 2, 2012
Let's Go! Anpanman: Doremifa Island's ChristmasDecember 21, 2012
Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze - Hidden City in the SkyNovember 15, 2013
Let's Go! Anpanman: Shine! Tin Kid's Christmas TreeDecember 20, 2013
Let's Go! Anpanman: Anpanman and the Letter to SantaDecember 19, 2014
The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in HistoryDecember 26, 2014
Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman and the Lovely Christmas PresentDecember 18, 2015
Lupin III: Italian GameJanuary 8, 2016
Case Closed Episode One: The Great Detective Turned SmallDecember 9, 2016
Let's Go! Anpanman: Poppo's Christmas TwinkleDecember 23, 2016
Lupin III: Goodbye PartnerJanuary 25, 2019
Lupin III: Prison of the PastNovember 29, 2019

Original video animations edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
2001 Nights1987
Ace o Nerae! 2: Stage 1–6March 1988
The Untold LegendJune 1988
The Fuma ConspiracyDecember 1987
Return of the Magician2002
Ace o Nerae!: Final Stage1989
Tengai makyo: Jiraiya Oboro HenJuly 1990
(Office Lady) Kaizō KōzaNovember 1990
Katsugeki Shōjo TanteidanDecember 1990
WizardryFebruary 1991
Shizuka NarudonApril 1991
Ozanari DungeonSeptember 1991
Christmas Da! Minna Atsumare! (annual Christmas releases)1992–present
Maps1994
Otanjōbi Series1995
Magic Knight RayearthJuly 1997
B't X NEOAugust 1997
Glass Mask: Sen no Kamen o Motsu Shōjo1998
Aoyama Gōshō Tanhenshū1999
Karakuri no Kimi2000
Let's Go! Anpanman: Song and Dance FunMarch 20, 2000
Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!2004
Hamtaro Premium (4 OVAs)2002–2004
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas2009–2011

Original net animations edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)Notes
Susume! Gachimuchi SankyoudaiJune 2, 2010
Joshikousei Nobunaga-chan!!August 12, 2010February 10, 2012
Detective Conan vs. WoooApril 22June 23, 2011This web short is an advertisement for the Wooo line of televisions in Japan.
Kubbe Kort AnimasjonApril 24, 2013March 30, 2014
Meitantei Conan: Toubousha Mouri KogorouApril 30, 2014
Kubbe no OngakukaiOctober 8, 2014March 5, 2019
Chichibu de BuchichiMarch 30, 2018with 8PAN
BakiNetflixJune 25December 17, 2018with Double Eagle
#CompassAugust 10, 2018September 13, 2019
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Mechtanium SurgeSeptember 7, 2018
Bakugan: Battle Planet Short AnimeYouTubeApril 18October 17, 2019
Re:STARSDecember 27, 2019March 20, 2020
Baki: The Great Raitai Tournament SagaNetflixJune 4, 2020
Bakugan: Geogan RisingApril 2, 2021March 18, 2022
Resident Evil: Infinite DarknessJuly 8, 2021With Quebico
Hanma Baki: Son of OgreSeptember 30, 2021
Bakugan: Evolutions
  • YouTube
  • Netflix
February 6September 1, 2022
Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2nd Season: Date MovieMay 25September 25, 2022Studio provided by AQUA ARIS
Lupin ZeroHIDIVEDecember 16, 2022January 13, 2023
Lupin III vs. Cat's EyeAmazon Prime VideoJanuary 27, 2023Crossover between Lupin The Third and Cat's Eye series.
Bakugan: Legends
  • YouTube
  • Netflix
March 1, 2023Third and final season after Bakugan: Armored Alliance.
Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre 2nd SeasonNetflixJuly 26August 24, 2023
Hanma Baki vs. Kengan AshuraJune 9, 2024A crossover anime movie between Hanma Baki and Kengan Ashura.

Video games edit

TitleDeveloperContributionYear
Don Quixote: A Dream in Seven CrystalsPremier International Corp.Animation1994
The Adventures of Batman & RobinClockwork TortoiseLost episode cutscenes1995
AstalSegaCutscenes
Last BronxSega AM31996
Sakura WarsRed Company
Sega CS2 R&D
Sonic JamSonic TeamMan of the Year short1997
GrandiaGame ArtsCG animation (as Telecom Animation Film Company)1997
Burning RangersSonic TeamCutscenes1998
Lupin the 3rd: Sage of the PyramidAsmik Ace Entertainment1998
Magic Knight RayearthWorking DesignsAnimation Production1998
Kingdom HeartsSquareoutside contractor: animation supervisor (as Telecom Animation Film Company)2002
PopoloCroisG-artists
Sony Computer Entertainment
Animation2005
Return to PopoloCroisepics
Marvelous AQL
2015
Tokyo Afterschool SummonersLifeWondersOpening Animation2019

Foreign production history edit

TMS Entertainment/Telecom Animation Film edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
Mighty OrbotsABCSeptember 8, 1984 – December 15, 1984
Sherlock HoundTV Asahi, Rai 11984–1985
Sweet SeaSeptember 9, 1985[56]
The BlinkinsApril 5, September 6, November 29, 1986[57][58][59]
Galaxy High[60][unreliable source]CBSSeptember 13 – December 6, 1986
Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandJuly 15, 1989
Reporter BluesRai 1, NHK1991–1996
Soccer FeverRai 1 / NHKApril 4, 1994 – April 3, 1995
Cybersix (Japanese/Canadian co-production with NOA)Teletoon, Kids Station, TelefeSeptember 6 – November 29, 1999

DIC Entertainment edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
Ulysses 31FR3 / Nagoya Broadcasting NetworkOctober 10, 1981 – April 3, 1982
Lupin VIIIunaired1982 (unaired)
Inspector Gadget (Season 1)SyndicationSeptember 5, 1983 – November 13, 1985
The LittlesABCSeptember 10, 1983 – November 2, 1985
Rainbow BriteSyndicationJune 27, 1984 – July 24, 1986
Heathcliff and the Catillac CatsSyndicationSeptember 3, 1984 – September 30, 1985
Here Come the LittlesMay 24, 1985
The Real GhostbustersABCSeptember 13, 1986 – October 5, 1991
Dennis the MenaceSyndicationSeptember 22, 1986 – March 26, 1988
KissyfurNBCSeptember 13, 1986 – August 25, 1990
Sylvanian FamiliesSyndicationSeptember 18 – December 11, 1987
ALF: The Animated SeriesNBCSeptember 26, 1987 – January 7, 1989
Adventures of Sonic the HedgehogSyndicationSeptember 6, 1993 – November 24, 1996

Disney Television Animation edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
The WuzzlesCBSSeptember 14 – December 7, 1985
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Season 1 to 4)NBC
ABC
September 14, 1985 – February 22, 1991
Fluppy DogsABCNovember 27, 1986
DuckTales (Season 1)SyndicationSeptember 18, 1987 – November 28, 1990
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Season 1 and half of Season 2)The Disney Channel
ABC
January 17, 1988 – October 26, 1991
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Season 1)The Disney Channel
Syndication
August 27, 1988 – November 19, 1990
Gargoyles (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Japan, "Hunter's Moon, Part 2")Syndication
ABC
October 24, 1994 – February 15, 1997
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Australia)Direct to VideoNovember 9, 1999
The Tigger Movie (Assistance for Walt Disney Animation Japan)February 11, 2000

Warner Bros. Animation edit

TitleBroadcast network(s)Year(s)
Tiny Toon AdventuresSyndication / Fox KidsSeptember 14, 1990 – May 28, 1995
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My VacationMarch 11, 1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesFox KidsSeptember 5, 1992 – September 15, 1995
AnimaniacsFox Kids / The WBSeptember 13, 1993 – November 14, 1998
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas")The WBSeptember 9, 1995 – November 14, 1998
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (First season)September 9, 1995 – December 18, 2002
Superman: The Animated SeriesSeptember 6, 1996 – February 12, 2000
Waynehead (Opening)October 19, 1996 – May 17, 1997
The New Batman AdventuresThe WBSeptember 13, 1997 – January 16, 1999
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's FinestOctober 4, 1997
Wakko's WishDecember 21, 1999
Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerDecember 12, 2000
Green Lantern: First FlightJuly 28, 2009
Justice League: DoomFebruary 28, 2012
Superman vs. The EliteJune 12, 2012

Other productions edit

TitleProduction company(s)Year(s)
The New Adventures of ZorroFilmationSeptember 12 – December 5, 1981
The Adventures of the Galaxy RangersGaylord Entertainment CompanySeptember 14 – December 11, 1986
Bionic SixMCA TelevisionApril 6 − November 12, 1987
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical LightSunbow ProductionsSeptember 21 – December 14, 1987
Peter Pan and the PiratesFox Children's Productions
Southern Star Productions
September 8, 1990 – September 10, 1991
Spider-Man: The Animated SeriesMarvel Films AnimationNovember 19, 1994 – January 31, 1998
An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan IslandUniversal Cartoon StudiosNovember 16, 1998
Bakugan: Battle PlanetNelvana, Spin Master EntertainmentDecember 31, 2018 – March 1, 2023

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 株式会社東京ムービー新社, Kabushiki gaisha Tōkyō Mūbī Shinsha
  2. ^ 株式会社東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī
  3. ^ キョクイチ東京ムービー, Kyokuichi-Tōkyō Mūbī
  4. ^ a b Originally, TMS stood for Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
  5. ^ This partnership would last until 1986, when DiC opened its own Japan-based animation facility known as K.K. DIC Asia (later Creativity & Development Asia) in 1983, for animation production on its shows in order to bypass overseas animation subcontractors.[citation needed]
  6. ^ Nagahama died during production, making this his last work.
  7. ^ The story depicts the future of the world of Lupin III, and features the descendants of the Lupin family.
  8. ^ Mighty Orbots was the first time a Japanese animation studio had received an order directly from an American TV station without going through an American production company.
  9. ^ Initially, Space Cobra was reported in Japanese anime magazines as a Japanese-Italian co-production, but when production actually began, that story was dropped.
  10. ^ Miyazaki later reused them for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke.
  11. ^ There is an anecdote about an American staff member who later saw Miyazaki's sketch and sternly asked those involved why they did not adopt it.

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