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30-575: [REDACTED] Look up Tōei in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toei or Tōei may refer to: Tōei, Aichi , Japan Toei Company ( Tōei ), Japanese film and television production company Toei Animation , their animation subsidiary Toei ( 都営 ) , Japanese abbreviation meaning "operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government " Transportation lines operated by
60-559: A substitute teacher at Aoki Elementary School through the recommendation of his former teacher Kobayashi Naojirō. In 1902, he entered Tokyo Higher Normal School, what is now the University of Tsukuba . After graduating, he briefly worked as an English teacher at Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Commercial School in 1906. In 1907, he entered the law department of the Tokyo Imperial University . After graduating, he entered
90-526: A "Giraffe Zyuman" mask in reference to Zyuohger . Keita Goto (industrialist) Keita Gotō ( 五島 慶太 , Gotō Keita , 18 April 1882 – 14 August 1959) was a Japanese businessman, politician and educator, who built the Tokyu Group into one of the leading corporate groups in Japan. He briefly served as Minister of Transportation and Communications in 1944. Prior to his business career, he worked as
120-809: A government official in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Transport . He founded the Tōyoko Commercial Girls' School and the Gotō Ikueikai. Gotō was born as Keita Kobayashi on 18 April 1882, in the village of Tonoto in Chiisagata , Nagano Prefecture (present-day Tonoto, Aoki, Nagano Prefecture), the second son of Kobayashi Kikuemon and his wife Toshie. He attended Aoki Normal Elementary School and Urazato Upper Elementary School. After graduating from Matsumoto High School, he worked as
150-546: A handful of animated films such as Dragon Ball and Evangelion as well. Its dynamic image, as opposed to the mostly static logos of its competitors has helped make Toei's logo one of the most recognizable Japanese film company logo around the world. Toei started producing films in 1953. This list compiles the films by their original release date, their common English titles and Japanese titles. The Japanese titles are not necessarily direct translations of their English counterparts. For feature films, Toei established itself as
180-514: A producer of B-movies , that were made to fit into double bills and triple bills. It is predominantly known in the west for its series of action films and television series. Saburō Yatsude ( 八手 三郎 , Yatsude Saburō , alternatively read as Saburo Hatte ) is a collective pseudonym used by Toei Company television producers, and formerly Toei Animation producers, when contributing to their various anime and tokusatsu series; similar to Bandai Namco Filmworks ' Hajime Yatate . The use of
210-567: Is a Japanese entertainment company. Headquartered in Ginza , Chūō, Tokyo , it is involved in film and television production, distribution, video game development, publishing, and ownership of 34 movie theaters. Toei also owns and operates studios in Tokyo and Kyoto and holds shares in several television companies. The company is renowned for its production of anime and live-action dramas known as tokusatsu , which incorporate special visual effects. It
240-611: Is a pioneer in the use of "Henshin"/"character transformation" in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the Kamen Rider , Metal Hero and Super Sentai series; the genre currently continues with Kamen Rider and Super Sentai . Toei's predecessor, the Toyoko Eiga Company, Ltd. ( 東横映画 , Tō-Yoko Eiga , "Toyoko Films") , was incorporated in 1938. It was founded by Keita Goto , CEO of Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway [ ja ] ,
270-497: Is also known for producing period dramas. Toei is the majority shareholder of Toei Animation and is recognized for its franchises such as Kamen Rider and Super Sentai . Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ 日本映画製作者連盟), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios, alongside Kadokawa Daiei Studio , Shochiku and Toho . Toei
300-503: Is also used as a contributor to the soundtracks for the series. Toei Animation stopped using Saburo Yatsude in 1999, and they began to use Izumi Todo instead. The first anime that was created by Izumi Todo was Ojamajo Doremi . In the Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger series, Saburo Hatte is an actual person who is godlike within the fictional reality that the show takes place in. In fact, his hand appears at
330-696: The Nijūbashi Bridge . He became the heir to the Gotō family, a former samurai family of the Numata Domain related to the Kume family, at the request of her family, and subsequently assumed the family name Gotō. In 1920, Gotō was offered the post of Director of the Musashi Railway, a struggling company in need of capital to finance its expansion. He accepted and resigned from his post in the ministry
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#1732772287519360-543: The Tokyo Institute of Technology to relocate along his railway from its former campus, which had been damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake . Over the next 10 years, this was followed by relocation assistance to several other schools and universities, including the Nippon Medical School and the high school of Tokyo Gakugei University . Together with numerous new residential developments along
390-559: The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (TMBT) Toei Subway (都営地下鉄) Toei Bus (都営バス) Toei Jūtaku (都営住宅), public housing owned and managed by the Bureau of Urban Development, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Toei . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
420-552: The 50th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. Tezuka undertakes major structural reorganization in 2022 before passing in 2023, when Fumio Yoshimura became Toei's 7th president & chief executive officer. The characters that make up Toei ( 東映 , Tōei , "East Reflection") are the result of a portmanteau of Toei predecessor " To yoko Ei ga", and first seen in Toyoko Eiga's logo of a stylized triangle with
450-870: The Allied Powers). He founded the Tōyoko Commercial Girls' School in 1939, beginning his endeavors in the education business. He became chairman of the Tokyu Railway in 1952. He founded the educational institution Gotō Ikueikai in 1955. Gotō died on 14 August 1959, aged 77. By the time of his death, his strategy of aggressive acquisitions had built the Tokyu Group into one of Japan's largest corporate empires, with businesses ranging from railways and department stores to hospitals, schools, and leisure and entertainment companies. The Gotoh Educational Corporation which Gotō established and served as
480-540: The Kyoto studio from Daiei. In 1956, Toei establishes an animation division, Toei Animation Company, Limited at the former Tokyo-Ōizumi animation studio, purchasing the assets of Japan Animated Films ( 日本動画映画 , Nihon Dōga Eiga , often shortened to 日動映画 (Nichidō Eiga)) . Toei also bid on a license to start an education-focused TV station in 1956, which resulted in their part-ownership of Nippon Educational Television Co., now known as TV Asahi . Shigeru Okada becomes
510-402: The Ministry of Agriculture, beginning a career as a government official in 1911, at the relatively late age of 29. Three years later he transferred to the Ministry of Transport , where he was involved in supervising the national railway system . In 1912, while still working in the Ministry of Agriculture, he married Kume Machiyo, the eldest daughter of the engineer Kume Taminosuke who designed
540-561: The characters of 東 and 映 near the top. The logo was carried over by Toei following its merger of Toyoko and Ōizumi in 1951. A black & white version of Toei's now iconic Wild Waves and Rocks (荒磯に波) opening credit was first used in 1954 on the Utaemon Ichikawa classic, The Idle Vassal: House of the Mysterious Phantom . It would be first seen in color in 1961 and has since been reshot with several iterations of
570-422: The company purchased Ōizumi Films. The current iteration of Toei was established on April 1, 1951 with Hiroshi Okawa as the first president. Through the merger, they gained the combined talents and experience of actors Chiezō Kataoka , Utaemon Ichikawa , Ryunosuke Tsukigata , Ryūtarō Ōtomo , Kinnosuke Nakamura , Chiyonosuke Azuma , Shirunosuke Toshin, Hashizo Okawa , and Satomi Oka . In 1955, Toei purchases
600-779: The direct predecessor to the Tokyu Corporation . It had erected its facilities immediately east of the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line ; they managed the prewar Tōkyū Shibuya Yokohama studio system . From 1945 through the Toei merger, Tokyo-Yokohama Films leased from the Daiei Motion Picture Company a second studio in Kyoto. On October 1, 1950, the Tokyo Film Distribution Company was incorporated as a subsidiary of Toyoko Eiga; in 1951
630-479: The end of the first half of the series to cover the camera lens and end the show, later having the second half be made under Malseena's influence while in the hospital in the real world. In the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger spinoff, Super Animal War' s third episode, he is portrayed by Jun Hikasa. On April 3, 2016, an unknown Toei staff member going by Saburo Yatsude was interviewed while wearing
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#1732772287519660-426: The first Director-General continues his philanthropic legacy managing eight private educational schools including Tokyo City University . The Tokyo City University and affiliated schools currently serve the educational needs of over 12,000 students. In his later years, Gotō was a noted collector of Japanese and Asian art. His collection included several National Treasures , including calligraphy, ceramics, and one of
690-643: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toei&oldid=1178078904 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Toei Company Toei Company, Ltd. ( 東映株式会社 , Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha , an acronym for Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū ( 東京映画配給 ) lit. ' Tokyo Film Distribution ' ; / ˈ t oʊ . eɪ / | simply known as Toei Company or Toei )
720-577: The over-the-counter market of the Japan Securities Dealers Association . In 2011, Shigeru Okada, then chairperson emeritus, passes away, as Yusuke Okada and Noriyuki Tada become chairperson and president & chief executive officer of Toei in 2014. Osamu Tezuka (no relation to the animator of the same name who also directed films with Toei) became president and chief executive officer of Toei in 2020, as Noriyuki Tada succeeds Okada as chairperson and Toei celebrates
750-628: The pen name began with The Kagestar and has been used throughout the Super Sentai (in the adapted Power Rangers series starting with Ninja Storm , the credits list Saburo Hatte. Before this, the credits listed "Original Concepts by Saburo Yatsude") and Metal Hero Series as well as for Spider-Man , Choukou Senshi Changéríon , Video Warrior Laserion , Chōdenji Robo Combattler V , Chōdenji Machine Voltes V , Tōshō Daimos , Daltanious , Space Emperor God Sigma , Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV . The name
780-507: The president & chief executive officer of Toei in 1971 and oversaw the adoptions of Toei's new business venture distributing foreign films in Japan in 1972. In 1975, Toei opens the Toei Kyoto Studio Park . Toei Kyoto Studio's history reaches back to 1926 when Bando Tsumasaburo first developed a studio in what is now Uzumasa . Mitsuo Makino took over the property following the war in partnership with Toyoko Eiga and
810-583: The railways, this strategy brought steady passengers and increased the value of the company's real estate holdings. Gotō became president of the Tokyu Railways in 1942. In 1944, he was appointed Minister of Transportation and Communications, and stepped down from his position in the Tokyu Railway. After the end of the World War II , he was banned from public office by the GHQ (Supreme Commander for
840-453: The same rocks in the 70 years since it was first used. The image features the Toei logo superimposed over a scene from Cape Inubō in Chiba, of three rocks in the surf beyond the beach as waves crash over the rocks. It has been seen in front of most live-action film & television produced and distributed by Toei, such as Street Fighter , Battle Royale , and Power Rangers , as well as in
870-525: The same year. In 1922, he founded the Meguro Kamata Electric Railway, at the age of 40. By 1924, he had acquired a controlling interest in the Musashi Railway, using the profits from other railway ventures in the Tokyo area. This was the first of many acquisitions in which Gotō bought weak companies and transformed them into profitable members of a growing railway and real estate group. It was also around this time that he persuaded
900-586: Was absorbed along with Toyoko during Toei's merger. Shigeru Okada becames chairperson as Tan Takaiwa succeeds him as president & chief executive officer in 1993, establishing Toei Satellite TV Co., Ltd. and creates Toei Channel in 1998. Asahi National Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (currently TV Asahi Holdings Corporation) is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2000, as shares of Toei Animation Co., Ltd. are listed on
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