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Foundation date 23 january 1948
Toei Animation Co., Ltd. (東映アニメーション株式会社, Tōei Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese animation studio in which Toei Company, Ltd. is the biggest shareholder. The studio was founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films (日本動画映画, Nihon Dōga Eiga, often shortened to 日動映画 (Nichidō Eiga)). In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name. Over the years, the studio has created a large number of TV series, movies, and adapted many Japanese comics by renowned authors to animated series, many popular worldwide. Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Leiji Matsumoto and Yoichi Kotabe have all worked with the company in the past. Toei is a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network, Animax, along with other noted anime studios and production enterprises such as Sunrise, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems Inc. The company headquarters are located in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima, Tokyo.
Until 1998, the company was known as Toei Doga (東映動画株式会社, Tōei Dōga Kabushiki-gaisha) (although even at that time the company's formal English name was "Toei Animation Co., Ltd."), with "dōga" being the native Japanese word for "animation" which was widely used until the 1970s. Their mascot is the cat Pero, from the company's 1969 film adaptation of Puss in Boots.
Toei Animation produced the anime versions of works by many legendary manga artists, including Go Nagai (Mazinger Z), Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Shotaro Ishinomori (Cyborg 009), Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko), Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (Sally the Witch), Masami Kurumada (Saint Seiya), Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump), Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999), and Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon). In addition, the studio helped propel the popularity of the magical girl and Super Robot genres of anime; among Toei's most legendary and trend-setting TV series include the first magical-girl anime series, Mahoutsukai Sally the anime adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of the same name, and Go Nagai's Mazinger Z, animated adaptation of his manga, which set the standard for Super Robot anime for years to come.
Although Toei Company usually lets Toei Animation handle its official animation works, on occasion they may hire other companies to provide animation on their behalf, such as the Robot Romance Trilogy in which Toei Company handled the overall production, but the animation work went to Sunrise (then known as Nippon Sunrise) instead.
Anime created by Toei Animation that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Galaxy Express 999 in 1981, Saint Seiya in 1987, and Sailor Moon in 1992.
In addition to producing anime for domestic release in Japan, Toei Animation also provided animation work for several American box office motion pictures and television series for US companies, dating back as far as the 1960s, but they mostly provided outsourced production work during the 1980s.
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, 45minutesGenres Fantasy, Action, Animation
Actors Keiko Han, Ryō Horikawa, Tōru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Toshiko Fujita, Ryūsei Nakao
The film is independent from the canon and chronology established by Kurumada in his manga. In the movie plot, Seiya already has awakened to the Seven Senses, thus the movie can be situated after the Twelve Temples arc in the chronology.
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Jeu, Films about horses, Musical films, Films about toys, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Tony Randall, Charles Adler
At their home, Dream Castle, the ponies are running and playing through flowery meadows and grassy green fields with their animal friends. Elsewhere, Baby Lickety-Split is practicing a new dance step, as Spike, a baby dragon, accompanies her rehearsal on the piano. Meanwhile, at the Volcano of Gloom, a wicked witch named Hydia is planning to ruin the ponies' festival, but her two incompetent daughters, Reeka and Draggle, are not up to her family's standards of wickedness, and she laments about it, before sending them off to ruin the festival. During the baby ponies' dance performance, Baby Lickety-Split attempts to add her own dance and ruins the whole performance. She is told off by everyone and runs away, followed by Spike, only to end up falling down a waterfall and trapped in a valley. Meanwhile, Reeka and Draggle try to ruin the ponies' festival by flooding the area, but thanks to the Sea Ponies, end up getting washed away in an overflowing waterfall.
, 50minutesDirected by Daisuke Nishio
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Tomiko Suzuki, Shūichirō Moriyama, Hiromi Tsuru, Tōru Furuya, Masako Nozawa, Naoko Watanabe
Curse of the Blood Rubies is a modified adaptation of the initial story arc in the Dragon Ball manga, with the original character King Gurumes substituting Emperor Pilaf's role as the main antagonist. Like in the manga, Curse of the Blood Rubies depicts how Goku meets up with Bulma. During their travel Goku meets Oolong, Yamcha, Puar and finally Master Roshi during his first search for the Dragon Balls.
Fist of the North Star (1986)
, 1h50Directed by Toyoo Ashida
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Animation, Martial arts
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ōtsuka, Toshio Furukawa, Kaneto Shiozawa
After a global-scale nuclear war, the majority of earth's surface has become a wasteland, with most of the world's survivors fighting over the few uncontaminated food and water supplies. Kenshiro, the master of the deadly martial art Hokuto Shinken, is traveling with his fiancee Yuria (Julia in English version) when they are confronted by Ken's former friend Shin of the Nanto Seiken. After defeating Ken in combat, Shin engraves seven wounds on Ken's chest and leaves him for dead, taking Yuria with him. Ken's eldest brother Raoh, having witnessed the fight without intervening, returns to his dojo and challenges his Master Ryuken's decision to choose Ken as his successor over him. Raoh kills Ryuken and proclaims he will become the ruler of the new world.
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
, 1h24Directed by Nelson Shin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Jeu, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about toys, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Eric Idle, Norman Alden, Judd Nelson, Jack Angel, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Bell
In 2005, Unicron, a roaming artificial planet, devours robot planet Lithone. Elsewhere, the evil Decepticons control the Transformers' homeworld, Cybertron. The heroic Autobots are using two of Cybertron's moons as staging areas, preparing to strike against the Decepticons. In need of energon cubes, an Autobot shuttle is readied for launch to Autobot City on Earth. The Decepticons ambush the shuttle, killing Brawn, Prowl, Ratchet and Ironhide, intending to use the ship to infiltrate Autobot City.
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
, 2h20Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, Toshio Masuda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Animation
Actors Gorō Naya, Tesshō Genda, Toshio Furukawa, Keiko Han, Norio Wakamoto, Hideyuki Hori
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
, 53minutesOrigin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Susan Blu, Wally Burr, Peter Cullen, Pat Fraley, Jerry Houser, Christopher Collins
The story is about five people who run a public monster truck show led by Yank Justice, driver of Bigfoot. The other members of the show include Red & Redder (twin sisters who drive Black Gold), Professor Dee (driver of the Orange Blossom Special), and Close McCall (driver of War Lord). A young woman named Jennifer McGraw steals an ancient map that leads to the Fountain of Youth in Florida by a group of terrorists led by an elderly billionaire named Adrian Ravenscroft (a.k.a. "Mr. Big"), and they are attempting to retrieve the map from her. Ravenscroft hires a couple of workers who helped him try to get the map back named Ernie Slye and Ravenscroft's limousine chauffeur. This band of criminals chases Yank Justice and his friends across the United States and try to kill them.
My Little Pony (1984)
, 22minutesOrigin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Actors Sandy Duncan, Tony Randall, Charles Adler, Fran Brill, Laura Dean, Gerrianne Raphael
The story begins as the peaceful ponies of Dream Valley are attacked by monsters, led by Scorpan, who kidnap several ponies and take them away to Midnight Castle. Enraged, Firefly, a Pegasus pony, takes to the skies to try to find someone who can help them defeat Tirek, a centaur-like demon whose plan is to use these ponies to pull his chariot of darkness. On her way, she crashes into 12-year-old Megan's well and asks her for her help. Megan is at first reluctant to go but after being confronted by the monsters, she sets out with the ponies to rescue them.
, 2hOrigin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Aviation films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Yujiro Ishihara, Makio Inoue, Kei Tomiyama, Takeshi Aono, Shūichi Ikeda, Tarō Ishida
"At the end of their lives, all men look back and think that their youth was arcadia." — Goethe
Queen Millennia (1982)
, 2h1Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Actors Keiko Han, Keiko Toda, Taeko Nakanishi, Mami Koyama, Tōru Furuya, Shigeru Chiba
1999. La fin du règne de la princesse Millenium approche. Les habitants humanoïdes de la planète la Métal se réveillent de leur long sommeil et leur planète quitte son orbite pour se diriger sur la Terre. La princesse Millenium vit sur Terre sous l'identité de Sanae, une jeune institutrice. Sa mission : rentrer en contact avec les humains les plus intelligents pour en faire des esclaves de la Métal. Mais Sanae a passé pratiquement mille ans au contact des terriens et elle s’y est attachée. Elle ne peut se résoudre à faire son devoir de princesse Millenium. Elle tente de trouver le moyen de coexister entre humains et habitants de la Métal. Mais ces derniers décident d’attaquer la Terre.
, 23minutesDirected by Fred Wolf
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Russi Taylor, Robert Ridgely, Romeo Muller, Julie McWhirter, Joan Gerber
Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade chronicles Strawberryland's "Second Annual Grand Old Petable Pet Show and Pet Parade." Strawberry Shortcake and her cat, Custard, are the judges of the pet show, but the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes plan to enter their own pets into the show and frame Strawberry for cheating.
, 1h5Directed by Ardwight Chamberlain
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Christopher Atkins, Kristy McNichol, John Carradine, June Lockhart
Aladin est un jeune adolescent fougueux, il fait partie d'une petite bande de copains qui s'amusent à dérober de la nourriture pour la partager avec les enfants nécessiteux du quartier. Le soir, il rentre chez sa mère qui tente tant bien que mal de survivre avec son maigre salaire. Un jour, un étrange personnage remarque l'habileté et l'intelligence d'Aladin. Cet homme décide alors de lui proposer une tâche pour laquelle il sera très bien payé, mais ce travail en vaut-il vraiment la peine...
Future War 198X (1982)
, 2h5Directed by Toshio Masuda
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Action, Animation
Actors Masashi Amenomori, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Masako Natsume, Keiichi Noda, Hidekatsu Shibata, Osamu Kobayashi
The film tells of the events leading up to World War III and the characters it most closely affects. Burt, an American scientist and a specialist in Star Wars orbital antimissile lasers, invents a Missile Defense System, making it so the USA no longer feels threatened by nuclear war. The world looks on as his test is successful. His sister and best friend, Laura and Wataru, soon find out that he has been kidnapped by Soviet spies. Burt is kept on a Russian submarine on its way to Vladivostok. To prevent leakage of information, the U.S. use nuclear torpedoes to sink the ship.
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
, 2h10Directed by Rintarō
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Masako Nozawa, Ikuko Tani, Banjō Ginga, Hitoshi Takagi, Masako Ikeda, Kōji Totani
Tetsurô est rentré sur Terre qui est aux mains des soldats de la reine Prométhium. Maetel lui demande de le rejoindre afin de retrouver le Galaxy Express 999 et d'y faire un nouveau voyage. Il devra combattre Faust aidé du capitaine Harlock.
Swan Lake (1981)
, 1h15Directed by Kimio Yabuki
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Romance
Actors Christopher Atkins, Keiko Takeshita, Asao Koike, Pam Dawber, Yōko Asagami, Kay Lenz
The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he sees a swan with a crown on its head swimming on a lake. One of his friends, Adolf, tries to shoot the swan, but just before his arrow flies, Adolf is turned to stone. Siegfried's other friend accuses the swan of practicing witchcraft, neither of them pondering the presence of a owl just behind them. Siegfried is unable to stop thinking about the swan, and decides to follow it as it swims away from its spot on the lake. Siegfried soon finds himself at a castle.