Production CompanyDistributionTelevision

Toho

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Distribution · Television
Founded1932Wikidata
Founded byIchizō KobayashiWikidata
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websitetoho.co.jp
Emailcustomer@toho.co.jp
Phone+81 3 3591 1221
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

120 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars1of9nominations11%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

470 wins from 1,469 nominations across all awards

Box office
$814m

Combined US gross, 45 of 188 titles

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End poster
Highest rated
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023
8.967,196 votes
Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets poster
Lowest rated
Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets
2015
4.3521 votes
Mostly
animation, action, adventure
Active
1952–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Best known for
Howl's Moving Castle

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 138 of 188 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
95339 seasons

1972–2026

Television rating
8.2IMDb

Their films average 7.7, so the television rates 0.5 higher.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX14
  • TV Tokyo8
  • TV Aichi8
  • Fuji TV8
  • Nippon TV7
  • TV Osaka7

Across 56 series matched to TMDB, 2,006 episodes. 12 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 2,064

95 films · 96 TV titles

Titles per year162 titles · busiest 2024 with 13

162 titles across 30 years, averaging 5.4 a year. The last five years average 10.0 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time111 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.6200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.9 across 20 titles. The 58 titles since 2017 average 7.4, 0.2 below their 7.7 overall. 35 of 111 rated titles sit above their 7.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Yasuichirô Yamamoto7
  • Akira Kurosawa6
  • Hayao Miyazaki4
  • Kenji Kodama4
  • Takashi Yamazaki3
Writers
  • Gôshô Aoyama12
  • Jun'ichi Iioka8
  • Kazunari Kouchi8
  • Hayao Miyazaki7
  • Hideo Oguni5
Notable cast
  • Minami Takayama14
  • Wakana Yamazaki11
  • Kappei Yamaguchi6
  • Rikiya Koyama5
  • Daiki Yamashita5
Genres
  • Animation99 of 140
  • Action68 of 140
  • Adventure61 of 140
  • Drama51 of 140
  • Comedy38 of 140

Names appearing on two or more of Toho’s produced titles, across the 140 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 Toho on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Same website and phone

These listings share this company’s domain and switchboard. Usually a group operating under several names, or a company that was renamed.

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