| Type | Business corporation |
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| Traded as | JASDAQ: 3711 |
| Industry | Advertising agency |
| Founded | October 1, 1965 |
| Headquarters | 5-12-5, Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo |
| Key people | Yūji Nasu (Representative Chairman) Akihiro Yuasa (Representative President) |
| Revenue | ¥414,750,000 |
| Employees | 25 (as of August, 2006) |
| Parent | Namco Bandai Holdings |
| Website | http://www.sotsu-co.jp/ |
Sotsu (創通 Sōtsū) is a Japanese advertising agency. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.
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It was founded in 1965 as Toyo Agency (東洋エージェンシー Tōyō Ējenshī),[1] with it being designated by baseball team Yomiuri Giants as its primary agency for the planning and distribution of the team's merchandising interests.[1] In 1977, it changed its name to Sotsu Agency (創通エージェンシー Sōtsū Ējenshī). The agency was first listed in the JASDAQ stock exchange in 2003.[1] On April 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Sotsu (創通 Sōtsū).[1]
It has been involved in the production and licensing of numerous television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask.[1] The first anime series it produced was Sunrise's Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, after which the company produced numerous others. In 1979, it produced Mobile Suit Gundam.[1]
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