TMS Entertainment
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| Founded: 1946-10 | ||
| Merged with: Tokyo Movie Shinsha (1995) | ||
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TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント) is a Japanese animation studio. It is currently owned by Sega Sammy Holdings.
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History
The company which became TMS Entertainment was established in October 1946 as a textile manufacturer before expanding into other businesses such as animal breeding, fur and amusement centers. After a number of multiple company name changes, the company changed its name to Kyokuichi Corporation in 1991, and began an alliance with Sega Enterprises and Sega Toys in 1992. In 1995, Kyokuichi merged with animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, absorbed TMS and established the Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie division to continue doing work until 2000, when they renamed themselves to TMS Entertainment.
In 2005, Sega's parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, upped their shares of TMS Entertainment to 51%, formerly making the bussiness a subsidiary of the group. It has since been transferred to Sega Holdings (itself a subsidiary holding company of Sega Sammy). In 2008, in order to exit from the amusement center business, TMS transferred its amusement center division to a separate wholly-owned subsidiary known as AG Square as part of a planned sale of the division to GEO. The sale was ultimately called off that same year and said company would merge with Be Re-inc leading to TMS becoming a pure animation studio.
TMS Entertainment has worked on a wide variety of animation produced in Japan, such as Lupin the Third, Detective Conan, D.Gray-man, and many others. They also co-produced many foreign projects in countries like France and Italy, as well as doing outsourced work. Some of these include Inspector Gadget, Ulysses 31, CyberSix among others.
Being part of the same group of companies, TMS Entertainment is Sega's go-to animation studio whenever 2D animation is needed.
Filmography
- Virtua Fighter (1995)
- Burning Rangers (1998)
- Sonic X (2003)
- Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu (2005)
- Gekijou-ban Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi (2005)
- Love and Berry Dress Up and Dance!: Magic of Happiness (2007)
- Hero Bank (2014)
- Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls (2014)
- Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation (2016)
Softography
Master System
- Virtua Fighter Animation (1997) (as TMS-Kyokuichi)
Game Gear
- Kaitou Saint Tail (1996) (as Tokyo Movie)
- Virtua Fighter Animation (1996) (as TMS-Kyokuichi)
Pico
- Soreike! Anpanman no Medalympic World (1995) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Kaitou Saint Tail: Saint Tail to One, Two, Three! (1995) (as Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman no Minna de Kyousou Anpanman! (1997) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Denwa de Asobou! (1997) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Tanoshii Drive! (1998) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Kotoba Asobi (1999) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman no Medalympic World 2 (1999) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Suuji Asobi (2000)
- Hajimete Asobu Pico Soft: Anpanman no Iro-Kazu-Katachi (2001)
- Anpanman Pico: Waku Waku Pan Koujou (2001)
- Anpanman no Hajimete Mouse Pico: Anpanman to PC Renshuu! (2002)
- Anpanman to Chinou Up! (2002)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman no Chie no World (2003)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Anpanman no Hitori de Dekichatta! (2005)
Saturn
- Lupin the 3rd: The Master File (1996) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Sakura Taisen (1996) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie) (animation)
- Kaitou Saint Tail (1997) (as Tokyo Movie)
- Lupin the 3rd: Chronicles (1997) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
- Burning Rangers (1998) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie) (animation)
- Lupin the 3rd: Pyramid no Kenja (1998) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie)
NAOMI
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting (2001)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Typing (2002)
Dreamcast
- Sakura Taisen (2000) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie) (animation)
Advanced Pico Beena
- Soreike! Anpanman Hajimete Kaketa yo! Oboeta yo! Hiragana Katakana: Gojuuon Board Kinou-tsuki (2005)
- Shoku Iku Series 1 Soreike! Anpanman: Sukikirai Nai Ko Genki na Ko! (2005)
- Meitantei Conan: Kanzen Suiri! Kazu to Zukei no Nazo (2006)
- Soreike! Anpanman Card de Tanoshiku ABC (2006)
- Anpanman no Waku Waku Game Oekaki (2007)
- Soreike! Anpanman Doki Doki! Rescue Drive: Car Navi-tsuki (2008)
- Anpanman o Sagase! (2009)
- Soreike! Anpanman o-Mise ga Ippai! TV de o-Ryouri Tsukutchao (2009)
- Soreike! Anpanman Waku Waku Eigo Game! (2011)
Nintendo DS
Windows PC
- Sakura Taisen (1999) (as Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie) (animation)
Android
- Anpanman to Korenani? (2016)
iOS
- Anpanman to Korenani? (2016)