Sotsu

Sotsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社創通 Kabushikigaisha Sōtsū) is a Japanese advertising company. It has a close relationship to Bandai Namco Holding

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 Yomiguri Giants as its main agency for the design and manufacture of the team's merchandise.[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 entered 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 many different television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask.[1]  The first anime series it produced was ''Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 with Sunrise, after which the company produced numerous others. In 1979, it and Sunrise produced Mobile Suit Gundam.[1] ''

Producers

 * Takehiko Aoki
 * Yoshihiko Akino
 * Hidenori Itabashi
 * Takashi Izuhara
 * Masayuki Kishida
 * Tatsuya Tamaki
 * Hiroyasu Tsuruoka
 * Yasutaka Hyūga
 * Nao Hori
 * Homare Mutō

Sunrise productions

 * Aura Battler Dunbine
 * Combat Mecha Xabungle
 * Gundam series
 * Haou Taikei Ryū Knight
 * Heavy Metal L-Gaim
 * Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
 * Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
 * Jū Senshi Gulkeeva
 * Metal Armor Dragonar
 * Outlaw Star
 * Saikyō Robo Daiōja
 * Shippu! Iron Leaguer
 * Trider G7

Nippon TV programs

 * Sore Ike! Anpanman
 * Thunder Mask

TV Asahi/ABC programs

 * Burst Angel
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
 * Glass no Kantai
 * SoltyRei
 * Speed Grapher

TV Tokyo programs

 * Battle Hawk (as Toyo Agency)
 * Cardfight Vanguard (formerly aired on TV Aichi for the first season)
 * Capeta
 * Dai-Guard
 * E's Otherwise
 * Earth Girl Arjuna
 * Eat-Man
 * Eden's Boy
 * Elemental Gelade
 * Glass no Kamen
 * Grander Musashi RV
 * Hare+Guu
 * Hyper Police
 * Kinkyū Hasshin Saver Kids
 * Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
 * Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru
 * Mister Keaton '99
 * Papuwa
 * Saber Marionette J
 * Kyatto Ninden Teyandee
 * School Rumble
 * Shadow Skill
 * Shiawa Sesō no Okojo-san
 * Shura no Toki
 * Silent Mobius
 * Simoun
 * Sorcerer Hunters
 * Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
 * Tekkaman Blade
 * Shin Tenchi Muyo!
 * Those Who Hunt Elves
 * Virus

UHF programs

 * Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
 * Play Ball
 * Shōnen Onmyōji

References[edit]

 * 1) https://[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsu]
 * 2) Jump up^ 作品一覧 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-05-03.