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Pony Canyon

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeSales Agent · Distribution · Television
LocationTokyo, Japan
Social
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

129 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
BAFTAs0of2nominations0%

130 wins from 470 nominations across all awards

Box office
$8m

Combined US gross, 10 of 198 titles

Mostly
animation, drama, comedy
Active
1987–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Best known for
A Silent Voice: The Movie

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 150 of 198 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
101317 seasons

1996–2026

Television rating
8.8IMDb

Their films average 8.9, so the television rates 0.1 lower.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX32
  • AT-X24
  • TBS13
  • TV Tokyo7
  • MBS7
  • TV Osaka3

Across 83 series matched to TMDB, 1,733 episodes. 10 still returning or in production.

Longest runningNura: Rise of the Yokai Clan · 201 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 665

99 films · 100 TV titles

Titles per year194 titles · busiest 2025 with 17

194 titles across 30 years, averaging 6.5 a year. The last five years average 13.6 a year, above their long-run rate. 3 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time127 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 7.6200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.9 across 17 titles. The 74 titles since 2017 average 7.4, 1.4 below their 8.9 overall. 3 of 127 rated titles sit above their 8.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Naoko Yamada3
  • Shunji Iwai3
  • Yukiko Mishima2
  • Tatsuya Ishihara2
  • Yasuhiro Takemoto2
Writers
  • Reiko Yoshida5
  • Ayano Takeda4
  • Gridman3
  • Shunji Iwai3
  • Kana Akatsuki2
Notable cast
  • Yui Ishikawa5
  • Nobunaga Shimazaki5
  • Saori Hayami5
  • Kana Hanazawa5
  • Akari Kitô4
Genres
  • Animation102 of 150
  • Drama75 of 150
  • Comedy59 of 150
  • Action36 of 150
  • Fantasy29 of 150

Names appearing on two or more of Pony Canyon’s produced titles, across the 150 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 Pony Canyon on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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