Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社徳間書店, <a href="/facts/Kabushiki_gaisha/78XeozCF">Kabushiki gaisha</a> Tokuma Shoten, lit. 'Tokuma Bookstore') is a publisher in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, headquartered in <a href="/facts/Shinagawa/ERhCVL79">Shinagawa</a>, <a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a>. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in <a href="/facts/Minato,_Tokyo/jX8My6AY">Minato, Tokyo</a>. The company's product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a>, magazines, <a href="/facts/Manga/DPkkyHos">manga</a> and books.
Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include <a href="/facts/Studio_Ghibli/4nzIrvp2">Studio Ghibli</a>, <a href="/facts/Daiei_Film/kgAJy5Y1">Daiei Film</a> and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications. After the founder of the company, Yasuyoshi Tokuma died on September 20, 2000, an <a href="/facts/Asset_management/LR50A8E0">asset management</a> occurred. Tokuma Shoten executed a <a href="/facts/Corporate_spin-off/AAdmMr3u">corporate spin-off</a> with Studio Ghibli, turning the company's anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to <a href="/facts/Daiichi_Kosho_Company/ekMFTD89">Daiichi Kosho</a> in October 2001, and Daiei Films was purchased by <a href="/facts/Kadokawa_Corporation/zLPau1yW">Kadokawa Corporation</a> in November 2002.
Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film. On 17 March 2017, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/Culture_Convenience_Club/Jcq7JxaP">Culture Convenience Club</a>. The deal was completed at the end of March.

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Tokuma Shoten