Sotsu
Native name | 株式会社創通 |
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Business corporation | |
Traded as | JASDAQ: 3711 |
Industry | Advertising agency |
Founded | October 1, 1965 |
Headquarters | 5-12-5, Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo |
Key people |
Yūji Nasu (Representative Chairman) Akihiro Yuasa (Representative President) |
Revenue | ¥414,750,000 |
Number of employees | 25 (as of August 2006) |
Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
Website |
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Sotsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社創通 Kabushikigaisha Sōtsū) is a Japanese advertising agency. It is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.
History
It was founded in 1965 as Toyo Agency (東洋エージェンシー Tōyō Ējenshī),[1] with it being designated by baseball team Yomiuri Giants as its primary agency for the planning and distribution of the team's merchandising interests.[1] In 1977, it changed its name to Sotsu Agency (創通エージェンシー Sōtsū Ējenshī). The agency was first listed in the JASDAQ stock exchange in 2003.[1] On April 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Sotsu (創通 Sōtsū).[1]
It has been involved in the production and licensing of numerous television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask.[1] The first anime series it produced was Sunrise's Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, after which the company produced numerous others. In 1979, it produced Mobile Suit Gundam.[1]
Members
Producers
- Takehiko Aoki
- Yoshihiko Akino
- Hidenori Itabashi
- Takashi Izuhara
- Masayuki Kishida
- Tatsuya Tamaki
- Hiroyasu Tsuruoka
- Yasutaka Hyūga
- Nao Hori
- Homare Mutō
Former members
- Shinjirō Yokoyama (currently a member of Dentsu)
Productions
Sunrise productions
- Aura Battler Dunbine
- Combat Mecha Xabungle
- Gundam series
- Haou Taikei Ryū Knight
- Heavy Metal L-Gaim
- Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
- Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
- Jū Senshi Gulkeeva
- Metal Armor Dragonar
- Outlaw Star
- Saikyō Robo Daiōja
- Shippu! Iron Leaguer
- Trider G7
Nippon TV programs
- Sore Ike! Anpanman
- Thunder Mask
TV Asahi/ABC programs
TV Tokyo programs
- Battle Hawk (as Toyo Agency)
- Capeta
- Dai-Guard
- E's Otherwise
- Earth Girl Arjuna
- Eat-Man
- Eden's Boy
- Elemental Gelade
- Glass no Kamen
- Grander Musashi RV
- Hare+Guu
- Hyper Police
- Kinkyū Hasshin Saver Kids
- Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
- Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru
- Mister Keaton '99
- Papuwa
- Saber Marionette J
- Kyatto Ninden Teyandee
- School Rumble
- Shadow Skill
- Shiawa Sesō no Okojo-san
- Shura no Toki
- Silent Mobius
- Simoun
- Sorcerer Hunters
- Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
- Tekkaman Blade
- Shin Tenchi Muyo!
- Those Who Hunt Elves
- Virus
UHF programs
- Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
- Play Ball
- Shōnen Onmyōji
Source:[2]
References
External links
- Official website (Japanese)