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Encyclopedia > Toei Company

Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社 Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha) TYO: 9605 is a major Japanese motion picture production company. Toei is best known outside of Japan for their animation division and their financing of Battle Royale. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Toei Company. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of a film or television program. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Toei Company. ... For related entries, see Battle Royale (disambiguation). ...


Among other things, Toei produces tokusatsu television and movie series which are generally categorized into basic henshin superhero programs as well as chapters of the Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes and Super Sentai franchises. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Henshin (変身) is the Japanese phrase for transformation. It is also a popular superhero genre prevalent in Japanese media, in both tokusatsu and anime. ... Kamen Rider is the overall name of a Japanese series of tokusatsu superhero productions that begins with the 1971 TV series Kamen Rider ). Owing to its popularity, the original show spawned many sequels and spin-offs that have since become part of its legacy. ... Space Sheriff Gavan, the first hero of the Metal Heroes franchise Metal Heroes is a series of tokusatsu superhero TV shows produced by Toei in Japan. ... The official logo of the Super Sentai Series introduced in 2000 during the run of Mirai Sentai Timeranger Super Sentai , Super Sentai Series) is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company Ltd. ...


See also

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Toei Company. ... Toei Superheroes are superhero shows produced by Toei Company Ltd. ...

External links

  • toei.co.jp - Company webpage
  • Toasting Toei - a Hollywood Reporter article detailing Toei's receiving MIPTV's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006


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International Cultural Exchange of Toei Company/Company Profile (510 words)
The company has produced many animated works(the site is in Japanese) such as Sailor Moon, Puss in the Boots, Mighty Morphine, Power Rangers, Dragon Ball, many of which were imported by other countries and localized.
TOEI was also the first to introduce the karaoke(the site is in Japanese) video to Japan and remains the leader in karaoke clipmaking industry.
Like most Japanese film companies TOEI has been forced to diversify and extend activities to film processing services and studio leasing, real estate, hotel chain(the site is in Japanese) and recreation facilities development.
Pelleas.net | AniPages Daily - Two pioneer women animators (3367 words)
Both were trained at Toei Doga working on the early features in the late 50s/early 60s, and went on to be among the first women in the industry to occupy a leading position as animators in their respective workplaces.
Toei Doga reflected much of Japanese society, and presumably the rest of the world at the time, in that women were paid less to do exactly the same work, and otherwise had to endure a sexist double standard that manifested itself in a variety of ways.
Under the impression that she was applying for a company that created picture books, she arrived at the company office only to be asked to "inbetween" drawings of a boy raising a mallet and striking a post.
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