HISTORY
| 1965 |
10 Founded at Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo as “Toyo Agency.” Designated by the popular Japanese baseball team Yomiuri Giants as their exclusive agency for planning and sales of goods, and started a licensing business and carried out other management on their behalf.
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| 1972 |
10 Broadcast of “Thunder Mask,” the first TV program produced by the company. Simultaneously started character licensing business.
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| 1977 |
8Company name changed to “SOTSU AGENCY CO., LTD.”
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10The company’s first TV animation program “SUPER MACHINE ZANBOT 3” broadcast. Animation character rights acquired, and the business expanded.
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| 1979 |
4 TV animation “MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM” broadcast.
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| 1984 |
10Expansion of the business means that the company main office moved to 5-9-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
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| 1985/th> |
3 “SOTSU FILMS CO., LTD.” established, for planning and production of animations.
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| 1988 |
10TV animation “ANPANMAN” broadcast.
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| 1997 |
10Capital provided for “J-BROAD CO., LTD.”, which provides a job hunting information service.
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| 2003 |
4 Listed on the JASDAQ Stock Exchange.
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8 Expansion of the business means that the company main office moved to 5-12-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
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| 2004/th> |
12Cancelled registration from the Japan Securities Dealers Association, and listed stock on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Inc.。
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| 2007 |
4 Trade name changed to “SOTSU Co., Ltd.”
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| 2010 |
4 Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange following the merger of JASDAQ Securities Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
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| 2012 |
7 Expansion of the business means that the company main office moved to 2-4-1, Hamatatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
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| 2013 |
7 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a JASDAQ Standard Index following the market integration of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
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| 2019 |
12Became a subsidiary of BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. through a takeover bid.
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| 2020 |
2 Delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a JASDAQ Standard Index.
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3 Became a wholly owned subsidiary of BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.
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| 2021 |
4 SOTSU CO.,LTD and SOTSU ENTERTAINMENT CO.,LTD merged, with SOTSU as the surviving company and SOTSU ENTERTAINMENT as the expiring company.
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| 2024 |
4Expansion of the business means that the company main office moved to 4-30-16, Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo.
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| 2026 |
4As part of the reorganization of our video and music division, we have completed Absorption-type Split into Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
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