Toho Studios Explained

is a Japanese film production company that is a subsidiary of Toho Co., Ltd. One of the most successful films produced by Toho Studio is the live-action film Godzilla Minus One (2023) which generated more than $100 million at the global box office.^[2]

History

Founded in November 8, 1971 as, the company originally served as a spin-off of Toho's original production department,^[3] and produced over 160 films.^[4] In December 2020, Toho Pictures merged with, to create TOHO Studios, which is headquartered in Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo.^[5]

Works

Toho Pictures

See also: List of Toho films.

• Here Comes Golden Bat (1972)^[6]
• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)^[7]
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Chōshōjo Reiko (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Yatsuhaka-mura (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
• (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• (2001)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• (2003)
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
• Spring Snow (2005)
• As the Gods Will (2014)^[8]
• Attack on Titan (2015)^[9]
• Shin Godzilla (2016) [with [[Cine Bazar]]]^[10]
• Rage (2016)
• Murder at Shijinso (2019)^[11]
• Last Letter (2020)
• Love Me, Love Me Not (2020)

TOHO Studios

• Brave: Gunjō Senki (2021)
• Shin Ultraman (2022) [with Cine Bazar]^[12]
• Godzilla Minus One (2023) [with [[Robot Communications]]]^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 東宝スタジオ . August 15, 2022 . Toho Studios.
2. Web site: 2023-12-11 . Japan's 'Godzilla' studio Toho broke box office records. Now its Hollywood footprint is expanding . 2024-05-10 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
3. Book: Nakamura . Tetsu . Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection . Shiraishi . Masahiko . Aita . Tetsuo . Tomoi . Taketo . Shimazaki . Jun . Maruyama . Takeshi . Shimizu . Toshifumi . Hayakawa . Masaru . Kadokawa/ASCII Media Works . 2014 . 978-4048669993 . 125 . Japanese.
4. Web site: official homepage/Greetings . August 15, 2022 . Toho Pictures, Inc..
5. Web site: 東宝オフィシャルサイト . August 15, 2022 . 東宝オフィシャルサイト . ja.
6. Book: Takaki . Junzo . The Godzilla Chronicles . Matsunomoto . Kazuhiro . Nakamura . Satoshi . Motoyama . Sho . Tsuchiya . Rieko . . 1999 . 4-8124-0581-5 . 3rd . 169 . Japanese.
7. Web site: さよならジュピター . 2022-08-16 . 31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com.
8. Web site: Weissberg . Jay . 2015-01-22 . Film Review: 'As the Gods Will' . 2022-08-24 . Variety . en-US.
9. Web site: Attack on Titan (live-action movie) - Anime News Network . 2022-08-16 . www.animenewsnetwork.com.
10. Web site: Shin Godzilla (live-action movie) - Anime News Network . 2022-08-16 . www.animenewsnetwork.com.
11. Web site: 屍人荘の殺人 - 映画・映像｜東宝WEB SITE . 2022-08-16 . www.toho.co.jp.
12. Web site: Shin Ultraman (live-action movie) - Anime News Network . 2022-08-16 . www.animenewsnetwork.com.
13. Web site: November 3, 2022 . 「ゴジラ」最新作が2023年11月3日に公開、監督は山崎貴 . The latest Godzilla work will be released on November 3, 2023, directed by Takashi Yamazaki . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121021427/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/499956 . November 21, 2022 . November 20, 2022 . . Japanese.
14. Web site: ゴジラ最新作 2023年11月3日公開！監督は山崎貴！ . The latest Godzilla work will be released on November 3, 2023! Directed by Takashi Yamazaki! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121021618/https://otocoto.jp/news/godzilla1104/ . November 21, 2022 . November 20, 2022 . otocoto . Japanese.