Toei Animation Marks 70th Anniversary With Retrospective Video
The anniversary retrospective and president's message frame the studio's 70-year catalog, from The White Snake to Star Detective Precure!, as groundwork for its next 30 years.
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Toei Animation turned 70 on July 31 and released a special video celebrating its history, decade by decade. The studio also opened a 70th anniversary website with a production history and a message from president Katsuhiro Takagi, who thanked fans and staff and framed the milestone as a step toward the studio's 100th anniversary.
Toei Animation turned 70 on July 31, and the studio marked the date with a retrospective video that walks through its productions decade by decade. The anniversary website carries a full history of the studio's output alongside a message from president Katsuhiro Takagi.
Takagi thanked the studio's staff, fans, and stakeholders, and said the milestone should serve as a steppingstone toward the 100th anniversary. The studio's first feature-length work was The White Snake in 1958, followed by Magic Boy in 1959, and its first TV production was 1963's Okami Shonen Ken. Its catalog since then includes the Dragon Ball, One Piece, Precure, Sailor Moon, and Digimon franchises, among others. The most recent production is this year's Star Detective Precure! series.
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