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is a large Japanese independent film
Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
 studio
Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, photography, graphic design, cinematography, animation, radio or television broadcasting or the making of music....
. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Chiyoda City. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 persons per km?, making it by far the least populated of the special wards....
, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group
Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group

is a Japanese keiretsu centered around Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, H2O Retailing and Toho. The keiretsu historically included Sanwa Bank, now part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and is still closely linked to MUFG....
. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many daikaiju
Kaiju

File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
 (monster) and tokusatsu
Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
 (special effects) movies, the Chouseishin tokusatsu superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 TV franchise
Media franchise

A media franchise is an intellectual property involving the fictional character, fictional universe, and trademarks of an original work of News media , such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game....
, the films of Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa

was a prominent Japanese people filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter and film editing. His first credited film as director, , was released in 1943, his last as director, , in 1993....
, and the anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 films of Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli

is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro....
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is a large Japanese independent film
Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
 studio
Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, photography, graphic design, cinematography, animation, radio or television broadcasting or the making of music....
. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Chiyoda City. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 persons per km?, making it by far the least populated of the special wards....
, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group
Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group

is a Japanese keiretsu centered around Hankyu Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, H2O Retailing and Toho. The keiretsu historically included Sanwa Bank, now part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and is still closely linked to MUFG....
. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many daikaiju
Kaiju

File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
 (monster) and tokusatsu
Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
 (special effects) movies, the Chouseishin tokusatsu superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 TV franchise
Media franchise

A media franchise is an intellectual property involving the fictional character, fictional universe, and trademarks of an original work of News media , such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game....
, the films of Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa

was a prominent Japanese people filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter and film editing. His first credited film as director, , was released in 1943, his last as director, , in 1993....
, and the anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 films of Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli

is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro....
. Its most famous and worldwide creation is Godzilla
Godzilla

is a kaiju from the Godzilla series of science fiction films. He was first seen in the 1954 in film film Godzilla and has appeared in 28 films to date, all of which were produced by Toho As one of the most iconic characters in film history, Godzilla has also appeared in numerous Godzilla , Godzilla video games, novels and Godzilla in popula...
, known as the King of the Monsters. It has also been involved in the production of numerous anime titles. Godzilla
Godzilla

is a kaiju from the Godzilla series of science fiction films. He was first seen in the 1954 in film film Godzilla and has appeared in 28 films to date, all of which were produced by Toho As one of the most iconic characters in film history, Godzilla has also appeared in numerous Godzilla , Godzilla video games, novels and Godzilla in popula...
, Mothra
Mothra

is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga. Since her film d?but in the 1961 film Mothra , she has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films....
, King Ghidorah
King Ghidorah

, sometimes spelled King Ghidrah, King Ghidra or King Ghidora, is a kaiju featured in several of Toho Godzilla films and in their Rebirth of Mothra trilogy....
, Mechagodzilla
Mechagodzilla

is a fictional character from various films in the Godzilla series, introduced in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla . It is Godzilla's mechanical doppelg?nger and one of the most popular Toho kaiju....
, and Rodan
Rodan

is a kaiju, introduced in Rodan , a 1956 release from Toho, the company responsible for the Godzilla series. Like Godzilla and Anguirus, it is designed after a type of prehistoric reptile ....
 are described as being Toho's Big Five due to the monsters' numerous appearances in all three eras of the franchise, as well as spin-offs. The company also Distributed the Gamera
Gamera

Gamera is a giant, flying turtle-like creature from a popular series of Kaiju eiga monster movies produced by Kadokawa Pictures in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the kaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right....
 trilogy. They have also handled the Japanese releases of the Pokémon anime
Pokémon (anime)

Pok?mon is an ongoing Japanese anime series, which has since been adapted for the North American and European television market. It is somewhat based on the Pok?mon and a part of the Pok?mon franchise....
 movies. Its subdivisions are Toho Pictures Incorporated, Toho International Company Limited, Toho E. B. Company Limited, Toho Music Corporation & Toho Costume Comapay Limited.

History

Tohoscope Logo
Toho was founded by the Hankyu Railway
Hankyu Railway

Hankyu Railway is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region. Its main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka....
 in 1932 as the . It managed much of the kabuki
Kabuki

is the highly stylised classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers....
 in Tokyo and, among other properties, the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater
Tokyo Takarazuka Theater

is another home for Takarazuka Revue at Tokyo.It served as the second round performing theater for the Revue's performing cycle. The original theater was built in 1934 and was destroyed in 1998....
 and the Imperial Garden Theater
Imperial Garden Theater

The is a Japanese Theater located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, operated by Toho. Opened in 1911 as the first Western-style theater in Japan, it stages a varied program of musicals and operas....
 in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
; Toho and Shochiku
Shochiku

is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its most famous directors include Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Keisuke Kinoshita,and Yoji Yamada....
 enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years.

After several successful film exports to the United States during the 1950s, Toho opened the La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 to show its own films without selling to a distributor. It was known as the Toho Theatre from the late 1960s until the 1970s. Toho also had a theater in San Francisco and opened a theater in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1963.

The Shintoho
Shintoho

was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the Big 6 film studios during the Cinema of Japan. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho. Known primarily for exploitation cinema, it declared bankruptcy in 1961, after its last production, Jigoku ....
 Company was named New Tőhő because it broke off from the original Tőhő Company.

The company has contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi

Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter.He is best known for directing the cult classic horror film The Evil Dead and the Blockbuster Spider-Man film series....
's A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan (film)

A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film based on the A Simple Plan by Scott Smith , who also wrote the screenplay of the movie.It was shot in Delano, Minnesota, Ashland, Wisconsin and Saxon, Wisconsin....
.

Major productions & distributions


Film


1930s

  • Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
  • Enoken's Ten Millions (1936)
  • Enoken's Ten Millions Sequel (1936)
  • Tokyo Rhapsody (1936)
  • Humanity and paper ballons (1937)
  • A Husband Chastity (1937)
  • Tojuro's Love (1938)
  • Enoken's Shrewd Period (1939)
  • Chushingura I (1939)
  • Chushingura II (1939)


1940s

  • Song of Kunya (1940)
  • Enoken Has His Hair Cropped (1940)
  • Songoku: Monkey Sun (1940)
  • Uma
    Uma

    UMA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings.Uma is also a name given for a girl, which refers to the Hinduism goddess of Power, Dakshayani as well as her incarnation Parvati after the former's death, both wives of god Shiva....
    (1941)
  • Shirasagi
    Shirasagi

    is a limited express train in Japan that runs between Nagoya Station and Toyama Station or between Maibara Station and Kanazawa Station. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company ....
    (1941)
  • The War at sea from Hawaii to Malay (1942)
  • Sanshiro Sugata
    Sanshiro Sugata

    was the directorial debut of the Academy Award-winning Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. It was first released in Japan on 25 March 1943 by Toho film studios, eventually being released in the United States on 28 April 1974 and is based on the novel of the same name by Tsuneo Tomita....
    (1943)
  • Drunken Angel
    Drunken Angel

    is a 1948 in film Cinema of Japan directed by Akira Kurosawa. It stars Takashi Shimura as an alcoholic doctor in postwar Japan who treats a young, small-time hood named Matsunaga , after a gunfight with a rival syndicate....
    (1948)
  • Stray Dog
    Stray dog

    Stray dog or stray dogs may refer to:Dogs:* Any sort of feral dog* Pariah dog, a certain type of feral dogMusic:*Stray Dogs , a 2003 album by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl...
    (1949)


1950s

  • Rashomon
    Rashomon (film)

    is a 1950 in film Cinema of Japan directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori and Minoru Chiaki....
    (1950)
  • Ikiru
    Ikiru

    is a 1952 in film Cinema of Japan written and Film director by the acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a Tokyo bureaucrat and his final quest for meaning....
    (1952)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Godzilla
    Godzilla (1954 film)

    is a successful landmark 1954 in film Japanese science fiction film directed and co-written by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, produced and distributed by Toho....
    (1954)
  • Toumei ningen (1954)
  • The Sound of the Mountain
    The Sound of the Mountain

    The Sound of the Mountain is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, serialized between 1949 and 1954. Its translation into English by Edward G....
     (1954)
  • Godzilla Raids Again
    Godzilla Raids Again

    , also known in the United States as Gigantis, the Fire Monster, is a 1955, black and white, Japanese cinema tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, Shigeaki Hidaka and Takeo Murata and produced by Toho....
     (1955)
  • Half-Human (1955)
  • Sazae-san
    Sazae-san

    is a Japanese comic strip created by Machiko Hasegawa.Sazae-san was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the wished to have Hasegawa draw the comic strip for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyushu to Tokyo as well....
    (1956)
  • Rodan
    Rodan (film)

    Rodan, released in Japan as , is a 1956 tokusatsu film produced by Toho. It was the studio's first Kaiju eiga filmed in color . It is one of a series of "giant monster" movies that found an audience outside Japan, especially in United States....
    (1956)
  • The Mysterians
    The Mysterians

    The Mysterians, released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho in 1957. It was directed by the "Golden Duo" of Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya ....
    (1957)
  • Throne of Blood
    Throne of Blood

    is a 1957 in film directed by Akira Kurosawa, which transposes the plot of William Shakespeare play Macbeth to feudal Japan. It is regarded as one of Kurosawa's best films, and by many critics as one of the best film adaptations of Macbeth, despite having almost none of the play's script....
    (1957)
  • Varan
    Varan the Unbelievable

    Varan the Unbelievable, released in Japan as , is a 1958 kaiju eiga directed by Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya , and their last black-and-white monster film....
    (1958)
  • The Hidden Fortress
    The Hidden Fortress

    File:The Hidden Fortress poster 2.jpgFile:The Hidden Fortress poster 3.jpg is a 1958 in film film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki....
    (1958)
  • Battle in Outer Space
    Battle in Outer Space

    is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho in Japan in 1959, and distributed world-wide in 1960 by Columbia Pictures under the title Battle in Outer Space....
    (1959)


1960s

  • Mothra
    Mothra

    is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga. Since her film d?but in the 1961 film Mothra , she has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films....
     (1961)
  • King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)
  • Gorath
    Gorath

    Gorath, released in Japan as , is a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu film produced by Toho in 1962. The story for Gorath was by Jojiro Okami, a former Japanese Air Force pilot who also gave the original ideas to the films The Mysterians, Battle in Outer Space, and Uchu Daikaiju Dogora....
     (1962)
  • Atragon
    Atragon

    Atragon, released in Japan as , is a 1963 in film Toho tokusatsu film based on a series of juvenile adventure novels under the banner Kaitei Gunkan by Shunro Oshikawa and the illustrated fiction Kaitei Okoku by illustrator Shigeru Komatsuzaki, serialized in a monthly magazine for boys....
     (1963)
  • Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, released in Japan as and originally released in the US as Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster, is a 1964 tokusatsu kaiju film, and is the 5th film in Toho's Godzilla series....
     (1964)
  • Dogora
    Dogora

    'Dogora' may refer to:* Uchu Daikaiju Dogora, a Japanese film, 1964* ...
     (1964)
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster
    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Invasion of Astro-Monster; known in Japan as ; Monster Zero and Godzilla vs. Monster Zero in the United States; and Invasion of the Astro-Monsters in the United Kingdom is a Toho kaiju film released in 1965 and direct sequel to Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster....
     (1965)
  • Frankenstein Conquers the World
    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World, released in Japan as and Toho's official English title is Frankenstein vs. Baragon, is a tokusatsu kaiju/horror film produced in 1965 by Toho....
     (1965)
  • Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
    Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

    Godzilla versus the Sea Monster , released in Japan as , is a 1966 tokusatsu film directed by Jun Fukuda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa. It was the seventh film to be released in the Godzilla franchise....
     (1966)
  • War of the Gargantuas
    War of the Gargantuas

    The War of the Gargantuas, released in Japan as , is a 1966 in film Kaiju eiga , and a sequel to Frankenstein Conquers the World.It introduces two giant, hairy humanoids called Gargantuas, which spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster from the previous film and are described as brothers....
     (1966)
  • Son of Godzilla
    Son of Godzilla

    Son of Godzilla, released in Japan as , is a 1967 in film film. The eighth part of the Toho studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Jun Fukuda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and Sadamasa Arikawa....
     (1967)
  • King Kong Escapes
    King Kong Escapes

    King Kong Escapes, released in Japan as , is a Japanese/United States tokusatsu film. A co-production from Toho and Rankin/Bass, it was released in Japan in 1967, and in the United States by Universal Studios the following year....
     (1967)
  • Destroy All Monsters
    Destroy All Monsters

    Destroy All Monsters, released in Japan as , is a 1968 in film Kaiju eiga . The ninth in Toho' Godzilla series, it was directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and Sadamasa Arikawa....
     (1968)
  • All Monsters Attack
    All Monsters Attack

    All Monsters Attack, released in Japan as , is a 1969 tokusatsu film, also known as Godzilla's Revenge. The 10th film in Toho Studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Ishiro Honda, who also directed the special effects, assisted by Teruyoshi Nakano....
     (1969)

1970s

  • Space Amoeba
    Space Amoeba

    Space Amoeba or Yog--Monster from Space, released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho in 1970....
    (1970)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah
    Godzilla vs. Hedorah

    , also known as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, is a 1971 film. The eleventh film in Toho Co. Ltd.'s Godzilla series, it was directed by Yoshimitsu Banno with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano....
    (1971)
  • Godzilla vs. Gigan
    Godzilla vs. Gigan

    Godzilla vs. Gigan, released in Japan as and also known as Godzilla on Monster Island when first released to U.S. theaters, is a 1972 tokusatsu film....
    (1972)
  • Godzilla vs. Megalon
    Godzilla vs. Megalon

    is a 1973 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed and co-written by Jun Fukuda with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. It was the thirteenth film to be released in the Godzilla franchise....
     (1973)
  • Submersion of Japan (1973)
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

    , originally known in the United States as Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster and subsequently Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster, is a 1974 tokusatsu kaiju film....
     (1974)
  • Evil of Dracula (1974)
  • Lupin III
    Lupin III

    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch". The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Ars?ne Lupin III, the grandson of Ars?ne Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels....
    (1974)
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla
    Terror of Mechagodzilla

    Terror of Mechagodzilla, released in Japan as , is a 1975 tokusatsu kaiju film. The film was titled The Terror of Godzilla in its original United States of America theatrical release....
    (1975)
  • Demon Spies (1975)
  • The War in Space
    The War in Space

    The War in Space, released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho in 1977 in film....
    (1977)
  • Zero Fighter (1976)


1980s

  • Belle and Sebastian
    Belle and Sebastian (TV series)

    is an anime adaption of a series of France novels called Belle et S?bastien by C?cile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 ? June 22, 1982....
  • Doraemon
    Doraemon

    is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and Asian Media franchise. The series is about a Robot named Doraemon, who time travel from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, ....
    and sequels (1980)
  • Kagemusha
    Kagemusha

    is a 1980 in film film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Sengoku period era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan....
    (1980)
  • The Wizard of Oz
    The Wizard of Oz (1982 film)

    is a 1982 Japanese anime feature film Film director by Fumihiko Takayama, from a screenplay by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, which is based on the 1900 children's novel by L....
     (1982)
  • The Return of Godzilla
    The Return of Godzilla

    The Return of Godzilla, released as in Japan and edited into Godzilla 1985 in America, is a 1984 in film Kaiju film. The sixteenth film in Toho's Godzilla series, it was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and directed by Koji Hashimoto with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano....
     (1984)
  • Ran
    Rán

    In Norse mythology, R?n is a Water deity. According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda book Sk?ldskaparm?l, in his retelling of the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, she is married to ?gir and they have daughters of ?gir together....
     (1985)
  • Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi Ni Kaeritai (1988)
  • My Neighbor Totoro
    My Neighbor Totoro

    , is a 1988 in film Cinema of Japan anime written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan....
     (1988, coproduction with Studio Ghibli
    Studio Ghibli

    is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro....
    )
  • Godzilla vs. Biollante
    Godzilla vs. Biollante

    is a 1989 Kaiju film written and directed by Kazuki Omori. It was the seventeenth film to be released in the Godzilla franchise and the second in terms of the franchise's Heisei period....
     (1989)


1990s

  • Devil Hunter Yohko
    Devil Hunter Yohko

    is an anime series created by Madhouse , produced by Toho, and published in North America by ADV Films. Devil Hunter Yohko was ADV Films' first VHS release....
     (1990)
  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    is the 18th installment in the Godzilla series of films. The movie was released theatrically in Japan on December 14, 1991. It was directed by Kazuki Omori and produced by Shogo Tomiyama with special effects provided by Koichi Kawakita....
     (1991)
  • Godzilla vs. Mothra
    Godzilla vs. Mothra

    , released as Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth in the U.S., is the 19th installment in the Godzilla series of films. The movie was released theatrically in Japan on December 12, 1992....
     (1992)
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, released in Japan as , is a 1993 film directed by Takao Okawara and written by Wataru Mimura. It was the twentieth film in Toho's Godzilla series....
     (1993)
  • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
    Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

    is a 1994 kaiju film directed by Kensho Yamashita and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara. It was the twenty-first film released in the Godzilla series as the film....
     (1994)
  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
    Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

    , also known as Godzilla vs. Destroyer, is a 1995 film directed by Takao Okawara and written by Kazuki Omori. The film's story focuses on Godzilla fighting Destoroyah, a monster that was created by the Oxygen Destroyer weapon that killed the original Godzilla in the Godzilla ....
     (1995)
  • Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    , is a 1995 kaiju reboot of the Gamera series. It is the ninth entry in the Gamera film series and first in Shusuke Kaneko's Heisei era . It features the monsters Gamera and Gyaos....
     (1995)
  • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

    , released in 1996, is the tenth movie in the Gamera film series and the sequel to Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. The featured monsters are Gamera and the Legion....
     (1996)
  • Rebirth of Mothra
    Rebirth of Mothra

    Rebirth of Mothra, released in Japan as , is the first in a trilogy of kaiju eiga films produced by Toho, in which Mothra's son saves the world from environment-threatening monsters....
     (1996)
  • Rebirth of Mothra II
    Rebirth of Mothra II

    Rebirth of Mothra II, released in Japan as , is a 1997 Kaiju eiga film, second in Toho's Mothra Trilogy, which began with Rebirth of Mothra in 1996....
     (1997)
  • Rebirth of Mothra III
    Rebirth of Mothra III

    Rebirth of Mothra III, released in Japan as , is a 1998 tokusatsu film. It is the third and final film in Toho's Mothra Trilogy, which began with Rebirth of Mothra in 1996....
     (1998)
  • Ring (film)
    Ring (film)

    is a Japanese films of 1998 Cinema of Japan J-horror mystery film film from film director Hideo Nakata, adapted from Ring by Koji Suzuki, which draws from the Japanese folk tale Bancho Sarayashiki....
     (1998)
  • Pocket Monsters The Counterattack of Mewtwo (1998)
  • Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
    Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys

    is a 1999 tokusatsu Kaiju eiga, the last of the Heisei era Gamera Trilogy, and the last to be released by Toho. It was directed by Shusuke Kaneko, the original musical score was by Kow Otani, with special effects by Shinji Higuchi....
     (1999)
  • Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
  • Pocket Monsters the Phantom Pokemon, Explosive Birth of Lugia (1999)


2000s

  • Pocket Monsters The Lord of the Crystal Tower Entei (2000)
  • Metropolis
  • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
    Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

    Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, originally released in Japan as is a 2000 kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura....
    (2000)
  • Spirited Away
    Spirited Away

    is a 2001 in film Japanese anime written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film sees a sullen ten-year-old girl in the middle of her family's move to the suburbs wander into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures....
    (2001), coproduction with Studio Ghibli
    Studio Ghibli

    is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro....
    )
  • Inuyasha
    InuYasha

    , full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008....
    movies (2001-2004), co-productions with Sunrise
    Sunrise (company)

    is a Japanese anime studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios....
  • Hamtaro
    Hamtaro

    is a children's storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai. The main character is a brave hamster named Hamtaro who goes on adventures and makes friends. The books include A Home for Hamtaro and Other Stories, Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, and Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories....
     Movie 1: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001) (distributor)
  • Pocket Monsters Celebi, the Meeting that Transversed Time
    Pokémon 4Ever

    is a 2001 Japanese animated cartoon film directed by Kunihiko Yutama and based on the anime television series Pok?mon. It is the fourth official List_of_Pok?mon_Anime_Films#Anime_films....
    (2001)
  • Hamtaro
    Hamtaro

    is a children's storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai. The main character is a brave hamster named Hamtaro who goes on adventures and makes friends. The books include A Home for Hamtaro and Other Stories, Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, and Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories....
     Movie 2: Princess of Vision (2002) (distributor)
  • Beyblade
    Beyblade

    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000-2002, the individual chapers were collected and published in 14 tankobon volume by Shogakukan....
     Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs Daichi (2002) (Producer)
  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    is a 2001 Kaiju film directed and co-written by Shusuke Kaneko. It was the twenty-fifth film to be released in the Godzilla film series. It is part of the Millennium series and is a direct sequel to the original Godzilla ....
     (2001)
  • Pocket Monsters The Guardian of the Water Capital Latias and Latios
    Pokémon Heroes

    is the fifth movie in the Pok?mon series, complimenting Pok?mon: Master Quest . The original Japanese version was released in theaters on July 13, 2002, and the English adaptation saw New York City and Los Angeles theatrical release on May 16, 2003, before making its way to video and DVD in January 2004....
     (2002)
  • Hamtaro
    Hamtaro

    is a children's storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai. The main character is a brave hamster named Hamtaro who goes on adventures and makes friends. The books include A Home for Hamtaro and Other Stories, Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, and Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories....
     Movie 3: Ham-Ham Grand Prix
    (2003) (distributor)
  • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
    Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

    Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, released in Japan as , is a 2002 Cinema of Japan directed by Masaaki Tezuka and written by Wataru Mimura. It is the 26th installment in the Godzilla series of films....
     (2002)
  • Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S
    Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

    Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., released in Japan as , is a 2003 tokusatsu film directed by Masaaki Tezuka. It is the sequel to 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla....
     (2003)
  • Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Wishing Star of the Seven Nights Jirachi
    Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker

    is the sixth film associated with the Pok?mon animated series, and is the first one featuring the characters from Advanced Generation; as such, this is the first movie to not feature Misty , as she wasn't a part of the Advanced Generation cast....
     (2003)
  • Howl's Moving Castle
    Howl's Moving Castle (film)

    is a 2004 Japanese anime fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli and based on Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. Mamoru Hosoda, director of two seasons and one movie from the Digimon series, was originally selected to direct but abruptly left the project, leaving the then retired Miyazaki to take up the dire...
     (2004), coproduction with Studio Ghibli
    Studio Ghibli

    is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro....
    )
  • Naruto the Movie (2004)
  • Godzilla: Final Wars
    Godzilla: Final Wars

    is the fiftieth anniversary film and the twenty-eighth film in the Godzilla .It was directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. As a 50th anniversary celebratory film, a large group of actors from previous Godzilla films, both classic and new, made appearances as main characters or cameo appearances....
     (2004)
  • Steamboy
    Steamboy

    is a 2004 in film Anime film, produced by Sunrise , and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira ....
     (2004)
  • Hamtaro
    Hamtaro

    is a children's storybook series by Ritsuko Kawai. The main character is a brave hamster named Hamtaro who goes on adventures and makes friends. The books include A Home for Hamtaro and Other Stories, Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, and Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories....
     Movie 4: Hamtaro and the Mysterious Ogre's Picture Book Tower
    (2004) (distributor)
  • Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Visitor from a Fissure in the Sky Deoxys
    Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys

    is the seventh film in the Pok?mon series, complementing the seventh season . It is the second film released under Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation in Japan....
     (2004)
  • Lolerei (2005)
  • Always san-chome no yuhi (2005)
  • Naruto the movie 2 (2005)
  • Densha Otoko
    Densha Otoko

    is a Japanese movie, television program, manga, novel, and other mass media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku who intervened when a drunk man was harassing several women on a train....
     (2005)
  • NANA
    Nana (2005 film)

    Nana is a 2005 Cinema of Japan adaption of Nana by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentar? ?tani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....
     (2005)
  • Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero Lucario
    Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

    is a 2005 film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the eighth film in the Pok?mon franchise. It was released in theaters in Japan on July 16, 2005, followed by the Japanese DVD release on December 22, 2005....
     (2005)
  • Bleach: Memories of Nobody
    Bleach: Memories of Nobody

    Bleach: Memories of Nobody is a animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach . Directed by Noriyuki Abe and written by Masashi Sogo, the film was first released in Japanese theaters on December 16, 2006....
     (2006)
  • NANA2 (2006)
  • Dobutsu no Mori (2006), co-production with O.L.M., Nintendo
    Nintendo

    is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
    , and Shogakukan
    Shogakukan

    is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha....
  • Touch Movie (2006)
  • Rough
    Rough

    Rough may refer to:* Roughness* Golf_course#Fairway_and_rough, the area outside the fairway in golf* Rough * Rough , gas storage in England...
     (2006)
  • Nada Sousou (2006)
  • Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea Manaphy (2006)
  • Always zoku san-chome no yuhi (2007)
  • Eiga De Tojo-Tamagotchi: Dokidoki! Uchuu no Maigotchi!?
    Eiga De Tojo-Tamagotchi: Dokidoki! Uchuu no Maigotchi!?

    Eiga de Tojo! Tamagotchi DokiDoki! Uchu no Maigotchi!? is the first Tamagotchi feature film. It was released in movie theaters by Toho on December 15 2007, and on DVD on July 23 2008 in Japan, and will debut in '09 outside Japan....
     (2007)
  • HERO
    Hero

    A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, the offspring of a mortal and a deity,their Greek hero cult being one of the most distinctive features of Religion in ancient Greece....
     (2007)
  • Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai (2007)
  • Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl Giratina and the Bouquet of the Sky: Shaymin
    Giratina to Sora no Hanataba: Sheimi

    is the United States title for the 11th Pok?mon and the second movie in the Diamond & Pearl trilogy. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda, it was released in Japanese theaters on July 19, 2008 and was released in Japan on DVD on December 19, 2008....
     (2008)
  • Hana Yori Dango FINAL
    Hana Yori Dango Final

    is a Japanese films of 2008 Cinema of Japan....
     (2008)
  • I Survived a Japanese Gameshow (2008)
  • Godzilla 3D to the MAX (TBA)


Television


Tokusatsu
  • Warrior Of Love: Rainbowman
    Rainbowman

    is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as . Created by Kohan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes....
     (1972)
  • Meteor Man Zone (1973)
  • Warrior Of Light: Diamond Eye (1973)
  • Flying Saucer War Bankid (1976)
  • Megaloman
    Megaloman

    is the name and titular superhero of a tokusatsu science fiction/superhero/kaiju TV series. Created by Tetsu Kariya, the show was produced by Toho, and aired on Fuji TV from May 7 to December 24, 1979, with a total of 31 half-hour episodes....
     (1979)
  • Electronic Brain Police Cybercop
    Dennou Keisatsu Cybercops

    Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series. First created in 1988 by Toho Enterprises, the show was an attempt to create a Tokusatsu series using the Super Sentai motif, but the idea was dropped after the unaired episode zero....
     (1989)
  • Seven Stars Fighting God Guyferd (1996)
  • Godzilla Island
    Godzilla Island

    was a television show spinoff of the Godzilla franchise. It premiered on October 6, 1997, and ran for a total of 256 three-minute episodes, finishing on September 30, 1998....
     (1997)
  • Chouseishin Gransazer
    Chouseishin Gransazer

    , translated into English language as Super Star God Gransazer, is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, produced by Toho, and Konami. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 2003 to September 25, 2004, with a total of 51 half-hour episodes....
     (2003)
  • Genseishin Justirisers (2004)
  • Chousei Kantai Sazer-X
    Chousei Kantai Sazer-X

    translated as Super Star Fleet Sazer-X is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. This series is the third in Toho's Chouseishin Series series....
     (2005)
  • Kawaii! Jenny (2007)


TV Anime
  • Belle & Sebastian
    Belle and Sebastian (TV series)

    is an anime adaption of a series of France novels called Belle et S?bastien by C?cile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 ? June 22, 1982....
     (1981)
  • Touch
    Touch (manga)

    is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly List of manga magazines Shonen Sunday from 1981?1986....
     (1985)
  • Midori Days
    Midori Days

    is a shonen manga fantasy manga by Kazurou Inoue. It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Shonen Sunday from September 2002 until October 2004 and collected in 8 tankobon volumes....
     (co-production) (2004)


In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games. One of their first video games was the 1990 NES
Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in . In most of Asia, including Japan , the Philippines, China, Vietnam and Singapore, it was released as the ....
 game titled Circus Caper
Circus Caper

Circus Caper is the title of a side-scrolling Nintendo Entertainment System game where you control a young boy on a quest to save his sister who has been kidnapped by the circus....
. Later, they followed with a series of games based on Godzilla and a 1992 game called Serizawa Nobuo no Birdy Try
Mecarobot Golf

is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game about golf which takes place in the future. A robot named Eagle is blocked from participating in the world's professional golfing tournaments due to ignorance....
. It also published games such as Super Aleste
Super Aleste

Super Aleste is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up, published by Toho and part of the Aleste series by Compile . In a traditional fashion, the player pilots a space ship through a variety of locales crawling with enemy squadrons to shoot down, though the story in the Japanese version is different from American and European ones....
.

See also

  • Big in Japan (format)
    Big in Japan (format)

    Big in Japan is a reality television/game show format by SmallWorld, where contestants compete in a Japanese game show at Toho Studios.The original production was I Survived A Japanese Game Show, broadcast in the United States....
  • TohoScope
    TohoScope

    Toho Scope is an anamorphic lens system developed in the late 1950s by Toho in response to the popularity of CinemaScope. Its technical specifications are identical to those of CinemaScope....


External links

  • (in Japanese)