10 Facts About Toei Animation

1.

Toei Animation is a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax with other anime studios and production companies, such as Sunrise, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems Inc The company is headquartered in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima, Tokyo.

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2.

Toei Animation produced anime versions of works from manga series by manga artists, including Go Nagai, 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).

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In October 2021, Toei Animation announced that they had signed a strategic partnership with the South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM.

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4.

Toei Animation is investigating the incident and stated that the hack will affect the broadcast schedules of several anime series, including One Piece.

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Animated productions by foreign studios dubbed in Japanese by Toei Animation are The Mystery of the Third Planet; Les Maitres du temps (1982 French-Hungarian film, dubbed in 2014), Alice's Birthday (2009 Russian film, dubbed in 2013) and Becca's Bunch (2018 television series, dubbed in 2021 to 2022).

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6.

Between 2008 and 2018, Toei Animation had copyright claimed TeamFourStar's parody series, DragonBall Z Abridged.

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7.

On December 7, 2021, Toei Animation copyright claimed over 150 videos by YouTuber Totally Not Mark, real name Mark Fitzpatrick.

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8.

Toei Animation uploaded a video addressing the issue, claiming that they were protected under fair use, and that nine of the videos do not include any Toei footage.

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9.

Toei Animation outlined the appeal process on YouTube, and estimated having the videos reinstated could take over 37 years.

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10.

Toei Animation had inappropriately referred to employees who identifies as X-gender.

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