Sotsu

Sotsu Co., Ltd.
株式会社 創通
Type Business corporation
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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History

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]

Members

Producers

Former members

Productions

Sunrise productions

Nippon TV programs

TV Asahi/ABC programs

TV Tokyo programs

UHF programs

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