Production CompanyTelevision

Shûei-sha

Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationJapan

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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

129 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

288 wins from 933 nominations across all awards

Box office
$371m

Combined US gross, 23 of 186 titles

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Highest rated
Hunter x Hunter
2011
9.0178,768 votes
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Lowest rated
Terra Formars
2016
4.73,505 votes
Mostly
animation, action, adventure
Active
1982–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Best known for
Death Note

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 147 of 186 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
100363 seasons

1984–2026

Television rating
8.6IMDb

Their films average 7.5, so the television rates 1.1 higher.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX33
  • BS1116
  • TV Tokyo13
  • Gunma TV12
  • Tochigi TV11
  • TV Aichi10

Across 78 series matched to TMDB, 4,896 episodes. 25 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 295

95 films · 98 TV titles

Titles per year180 titles · busiest 2025 with 15

180 titles across 28 years, averaging 6.4 a year. The last five years average 12.6 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time128 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 8.3200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 16 titles. The 83 titles since 2016 average 8.0, 0.3 below their 8.3 overall. 13 of 128 rated titles sit above their 8.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Kenji Nagasaki3
  • Shinsuke Satô3
  • Haruo Sotozaki2
  • Tensai Okamura2
  • Tatsurô Kawano2
Writers
  • Eiichirô Oda6
  • Kôhei Horikoshi5
  • Tsutomu Kuroiwa5
  • Masashi Kishimoto5
  • Yôsuke Kuroda4
Notable cast
  • Nobuhiko Okamoto8
  • Kana Hanazawa5
  • Chiaki Kobayashi4
  • Yûki Kaji4
  • Kento Yamazaki4
Genres
  • Animation123 of 153
  • Action92 of 153
  • Adventure65 of 153
  • Comedy45 of 153
  • Drama41 of 153

Names appearing on two or more of Shûei-sha’s produced titles, across the 153 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.

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