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Dentsu

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, we have a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of our global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Founded1901company website
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websitedentsu.com
Emailhello.marketing@dentsu.com | matt.cross@dentsu.com | sayako.fujimura@dentsu.com
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Phone+81 3 62 17 15 60
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.9IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

153 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars2of5nominations40%
BAFTAs0of2nominations0%

530 wins from 1,580 nominations across all awards

Box office
$856m

Combined US gross, 36 of 200 titles

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War poster
Highest rated
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
2022
9.068,587 votes
Ice Cream Man poster
Lowest rated
Ice Cream Man
2026
3.81,832 votes
Mostly
animation, action, adventure
Active
1997–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Best known for
Spirited Away

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 165 of 200 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
101167 seasons

1994–2026

Television rating
8.6IMDb

Their films average 7.6, so the television rates 1.1 higher.

Networks
  • Fuji TV27
  • TV Tokyo18
  • MBS14
  • CBC13
  • TV Aichi11
  • TVQ10

Across 79 series matched to TMDB, 3,893 episodes. 15 still returning or in production.

Longest runningBleach · 17 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 589

100 films · 100 TV titles

Titles per year200 titles · busiest 2016 with 14

200 titles across 30 years, averaging 6.7 a year. The last five years average 9.4 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time154 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.9200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.0 across 79 titles. The 58 titles since 2017 average 7.6, 0.4 below their 8.0 overall. 34 of 154 rated titles sit above their 8.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Takashi Yamazaki5
  • Takashi Miike5
  • Naoyoshi Shiotani4
  • Hayao Miyazaki4
  • Kenji Nagasaki3
Writers
  • Shirow Masamune6
  • Hayao Miyazaki6
  • Kôhei Horikoshi5
  • Gen Urobuchi5
  • Takashi Yamazaki5
Notable cast
  • Yûki Kaji6
  • Jun Fukuyama6
  • Ai Hashimoto5
  • Shôta Sometani5
  • Nobuhiko Okamoto5
Genres
  • Animation131 of 165
  • Action91 of 165
  • Adventure76 of 165
  • Drama59 of 165
  • Comedy40 of 165

Names appearing on two or more of Dentsu’s produced titles, across the 165 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Dentsu on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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