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Established in 1964 by Ex Mom Productions (A studio mostly known for doing stop motion animation for [[Rankin Bass]]) stop motion animator Yutaka Fujioka after his 1st studio bombed (Tokyo Ningyo Cinema), [http://www.tms-e.com TMS Entertainment] (short for Tokyo Movie Shinsha, also credited as TMS-Kyokuchi on occasion) is one of the oldest and most well-known (both in Japan ''and'' overseas) producers of [[Anime]] in the world. Their most famous works are probably ''[[Lupin III]]'' and ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''. They have also done various other anime, such as ''[[Anpanman|Soreike! Anpanman]]'', ''[[Sonic X]]'', ''[[Detective Conan]]'', ''[[Lil Pri]]'', ''[[Ulysses 31]]'', ''[[Hamtaro]]'' and ''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'', and even some full length feature films, such as ''[[Akira]]'' and ''[[Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland]]''.
Outside of anime, they are also one of the best and most recognized overseas animation studios in the world. Their [[Animation Bump|high quality work]] first popped up in the early 80's, when they did animation for [[Filmation]]'s ''The New Adventures of Zorro'' (and, of course, knowing Filmation's reputation for [[Off-Model|cheap]] [[Limited Animation|animation]], it was a sight to see) as well as [[Di C]]'s cartoons back in the day. Soon enough, [[Disney]] and [[Warner Bros]] joined the list of clients, giving us glorious animation in shows such as ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' and ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' from Disney, and ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and, of course, ''[[Animaniacs]]'' from [[Warner Bros]], on the Japanese side of clients, we have Shogakukan with ''Detective Conan'' and ''Hamtaro'', and Shueisha with ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]''.
TMS started off as a independent studio when the studio was founded in 1964, but was sold of to [[Sega]]-Kyokuchi in 1992 when the studio's founder Yutaka Fujioka left TMS to retire (hence the name of their 1996 to 1999 productions as TMS-Kyokuchi, was renamed to '''TMS Entertainment''' in 2000) and again in 2005 during the SegaSammy merger.
In spite of their glory, their foreign workload has meet a sharp decline, thanks to factors such as rising prices (as well as their surprisingly [[Off-Model|disappointing]] work after TMS shipped off their own works to cheaper studios in Japan as well as in Korea and China, and the less said about most of the episodes (animation wise) of ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' or ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' the better, (however [http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=254 the later was a co production with Studio DEEN, which might explain the bad animation]). The 2011 earthquake on Japan hasn't helped matters either.
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* TMS Photo:Sometimes known as Toms Photo, founded in 1988 to do digital effects on ''AKIRA'', TMS Photo is TMS's digital effects and coloring unit.
* TMS Music
* Studio Sakimakura: A more recent studio, the studio was founded in March
* A-Productions:Founded in 1965 to help out TMS during Fujiko Pro's large work load, A-Pro split off from TMS in 1976 when TMS replaced them with Telecom, from then on A-Pro became Shin-Ei Doga.
* [[Koko Enterprises]]/Dong Yang: They're owned by TMS, but the studios run on their own.
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== executives and producers ==
* Yutaka Fujioka: Founder of TMS, he left to retire in 1992 (some say that he left in 1989 because of Little Nemo's bombing, however he was in a Tiny Toons staff photo, which was shot in 1990, which debunks that. [[media:
* Koji Takeuchi: Came to TMS in 1977 from A-Pro. He is the president of TMS's Telecom unit.
* Shunzo Kato
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* Atsuko Tanaka: Coming to TMS's Telecom unit from A-Pro in 1976, she's mostly known for doing key animation for ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'', ''[[Sonic X]]'', three episodes of ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'', ''[[Return of the Joker]]'', ''[[Galaxy High]]'' and several Ghibli movies like ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' and ''[[Spirited Away]]'' while stationed at Telecom.
** Not to be confused with other [[wikipedia:Atsuko Tanaka|Atsuko]] [[wikipedia:Atsuko Tanaka (artist)|Tanakas]] that are out there in the world.
** Also, as a side note, she was the animation director of several ''[[Animaniacs]]'' episodes including ''Taming Of The Screwy'',<ref>
* Shojiro Nishimi: Sometimes known as Shijiro Nishimi and Shoujirou Nishimi, he came to TMS in 1984, left in 2003 to work at [[Studio 4°C]], and came back to TMS in 2009, as the last thing he did at 4 °C was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1LuB1_3nyU some animated clips] to a movie that he did in 2008 but said movie did not came out until 2009.
** He also did Storyboards for [[Atlus]]'s [[Catherine]], whose chief animation studio is [[Studio 4°C]]. However, he did it along side Toshihiko Masuda and Sawako Miyamoto, who were doing key animation for it were all stationed at Telecom during its animation production.
* [[Osamu Dezaki]]: He came to TMS in 1968 from Mushi and died in 2011 from lung cancer.
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* ''[[Jarinko Chie]]'': Both shows as there were 2 of them (first series in 1981 and the second series in 1991), the movie as well.
* ''Donde Monpe''
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'': Most of season 1<ref>
* ''Ninjaman Ippei''
* ''[[Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats]]'': 1st season only; the 2nd season was done by [[KKC and D Asia]] and shipped to Korean and other Japanese studios under contract.
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* ''[[Robotan]]'': 2nd series, 1st series was done by another studio.
* ''2001 Ya Monogatari''
* ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'': Most of the 1st season. One episode ("Down and out in Duckburg") was done by a studio called Burbank Films; the rest of the show was done by [[Wang Film Productions]], and ''[[DuckTales (1987) the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]'' was done by Walt Disney Animation UK (One of the few things that the studio ever did, as it did not grow bigger like the units in Japan, and Australia)
* ''Starcom The U.S. Space Force'': Only the opening; The series is done by [[KKC and D Asia]].
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'': 10 Episodes, plus the pilot and bumpers prior to Season 4, most of the show was done by [[KKC and D Asia]], other episodes were done by (Among others) [[Toei Animation]], [[Hanho Heung Up]], [[Trans Arts]], [[Wang Film Productions]], [[Saerom]]/[[Plus One Animation]] and [[Sei Young]]/AC Pro.
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* ''[[Reporter Blues]]''
* ''Watashi To Watashi Futari No Lottie'': A adaptation of [[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]].
* ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'': 13 episodes, including the first episode and the "Ages Of Pan" 2 parter, the rest of the series is done by other studios.<ref>
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'': 5 episodes, plus the opening and the layouts for ''Harley And Ivy'', other episodes by Spectrum, [[Koko Enterprises|Koko/Dong Yang]], NOA Animation (whom did layouts for two Dong Yang and [[AKOM]] episodes each), [[Studio Junio]], [[Lapiz Azul]] (aka Blue Pencil), [[Jade Animation]], [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], AKOM and Mr. Big Cartoons (layout for one Dong Yang episode).
* ''[[Tetsujin 28 FX]]''
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== Other Projects TMS (or their subdivisions Telecom and TMS Photo) had a hand in
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh|The Tigger Movie]]'': Animation Cooperation for [[Walt Disney Animation Japan]] (through the Telecom unit).
** Animation (through Telecom) by: Nobuo Tomizawa, Kenji Hachizaki, Keiko Oyamada, Teiichi Takiguchi.
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