What is Toei Company?
'''Toei Company, Ltd.''' (東映株式会社 ''Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha'' (pronounced ''toe ay'') is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across [[Japan]], studios at [[Tokyo]] and [[Kyoto]]; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for anime franchises such as ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', ''[[YoRo RoYo]]'', ''[[One Piece]]'' and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', live action dramas known as [[tokusatsu]], and [[Jidaigeki#:~:text=Jidaigeki (時代劇, lit.,history, from 1603 to 1868.|jidaigeki]] historical dramas. == History == '''Tokyo-Yokohama Films''' (東横映画 ''Tō-Yoko Eiga'', incorporated in 1938, had previously erected its facilities immediately east of the [[Tōkyū Tōyoko Line]], they managed the Tōkyū Shibuya Yokohama studio system prior to [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]]. From 1945 through the Toei merger, Tokyo-Yokohama Films leased from the [[Daiei Film|Daiei Motion Picture Company]] a second studio in Kyoto. Through the merger, they gained the combined talents and experience of different actors. On October 1, 1950, the '''Tokyo Film Distribution Company''' was incorporated; in 1951 the company purchased '''Ōizumi Films'''. In 1956, Toei established an animation division, [[Toei Animation]] at the former Tokyo-Ōizumi animation studio, purchasing the assets of '''Japan Animated Films''' (originally founded in 1948) Toei was a pioneer in the use of transformation in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the ''[https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Series Kamen Rider]'', ''[https://metalheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Metal_Hero_Series Metal Heroes]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series; The genre currently continues with ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai''. On April 6, 2020, Toei create their official [[YouTube|YouTube Channel]] and uploading some of the oldest tokusatsu series (from the 50s to 90s). == Other websites == * [http://www.toei.co.jp/ toei.co.jp] - Company webpage [[Category:Japanese a