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Kôdansha

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Services · Television
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websitekodansha.com
Emaileizounit-liveaction@kodansha.co.jp
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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

133 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

137 wins from 500 nominations across all awards

Box office
$8m

Combined US gross, 13 of 189 titles

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Highest rated
Vinland Saga
2019
8.8130,901 votes
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog. poster
Lowest rated
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog.
2023
4.3648 votes
Mostly
animation, action, drama
Active
1974–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Best known for
Akira

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 146 of 189 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
96118 seasons

1974–2026

Television rating
8.7IMDb

Their films average 7.7, so the television rates 1.0 higher.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX26
  • MBS21
  • TBS20
  • HBC12
  • CBC12
  • Tulip Television11

Across 72 series matched to TMDB, 2,200 episodes. 17 still returning or in production.

Longest runningRent-a-Girlfriend · 5 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 374

99 films · 95 TV titles

Titles per year189 titles · busiest 2025 with 17

189 titles across 29 years, averaging 6.5 a year. The last five years average 14.0 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time134 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.8200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 54 titles. The 76 titles since 2017 average 7.8, 0.6 below their 8.4 overall. 4 of 134 rated titles sit above their 8.4 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Takashi Yamazaki4
  • Kazuchika Kise4
  • Tôya Satô3
  • Takashi Miike3
  • Ei Aoki3
Writers
  • Shirow Masamune8
  • Kinoko Nasu8
  • Masaki Hiramatsu6
  • Tow Ubukata4
  • Hiro Mashima3
Notable cast
  • Maaya Sakamoto12
  • Takako Honda8
  • Ken'ichi Suzumura7
  • Yuma Uchida5
  • Mackenyu5
Genres
  • Animation104 of 151
  • Action72 of 151
  • Drama66 of 151
  • Comedy47 of 151
  • Adventure43 of 151

Names appearing on two or more of Kôdansha’s produced titles, across the 151 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 Kôdansha on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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