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studio in

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. The company was formerly known as Television Corporation of Japan or TCJ before changing its name in 1969 to establish Eiken. It is a wholly owned

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Asatsu-DK d/b/a ADK, formerly known as Asatsu-DK, is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in the Toranomon Hills building complex in Minato, Tokyo since June 2014 (previously in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo), the firm is Japan's third largest advertis ...

Works

TCJ era

* ''

Sennin Buraku is a manga series by Kō Kojima which ran in the adult magazine ''Weekly Asahi Geinō'', published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. It is the longest running comic with only one artist, being published weekly since October 1956, and the longest-r ...

'' (1963,

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...

) * ''

Tetsujin 28-go , known as simply ''Tetsujin 28'' in international releases, is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created ''Giant Robo''. The series centers on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who c ...

'' ("Gigantor" in North America) (1963, Fuji TV, planning by

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) * ''

8 Man or or is a manga and superhero anime created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. 8 Man is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, pre-dating '' Kamen Rider.'' The manga was published ...

'' ("The 8th Man" in North America) (1963, TBS) * ''

Super Jetter is a Japanese monochrome anime television series created by Fumio Hisamatsu, who also served as the series character designer. When the series was broadcast in other countries, some episodes were redone in color, and the Japanese rebroadcast ...

'' (1965) * ''

Space Boy Soran is a Japanese black and white anime television series created by Kazuya Fukumoto and Yoshikatsu Miyakoshi. The show aired in the United States in 1966 as ''Zoran, Space Boy''. The series was released on DVD in 2015. Plot Dr. Tachibana once ...

'' (1965, TBS) * ''

Prince Planet ''Prince Planet'' is the English-language title given to one of the earliest anime television series, , when it was transmitted on American television in the United States in the mid-1960s. It did run on "The Works" television network before ...

'' (''Yūsei Shōnen Papii'') (1965) * '' Yūsei Kamen'' (1966) * '' Bōken Gabotenjima'' (1967) * ''

Skyers 5 is a Japanese anime series by Tele-Cartoon Japan. It was originally created by Noboru Kawasaki is a Japanese manga artist. He is most famous for illustrating the series ''Star of the Giants''. He won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award in 19 ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Cricket on the Hearth ''The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home'' is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin H ...

'' (1967) * '' Sasuke'' (1968, TBS) * '' Ninpū Kamui Gaiden'' (1969, Fuji TV, planning by

Zuiyo Zuiyo (瑞鷹株式会社 ''ZUIYO Co., Ltd.'', or: ズイヨー ''Zuiyō'') is a Japanese animation company founded in 1969 and headquartered in Tokyo. The studio has produced in the past a variety of series based on Western literature such ...

) * ''

Sazae-san is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for thei ...

'' (1969–current, Fuji TV) * ''Kamui Gaiden'' (1969, film) * '' Dōbutsu-mura Monogatari'' (1970,

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) * '' Bakuhatsu Gorō'' (1970, TBS) * ''

Norakuro is a Japanese manga series created by Suihō Tagawa, originally published by Kodansha in '' Shōnen Kurabu'', and one of the first series' to be reprinted in tankōbon format. The titular protagonist, Norakuro, or Norakuro-'' kun'', i ...

'' (1970, Fuji TV) * '' Shin Skyers 5'' (1971, TBS) * '' Onbu Obake'' (1972,

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)

Eiken era

* '' Bōken Korobokkuru'' (1973, Yomiuri TV) * '' Jim Button'' (1974,

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) * '' Iruka to Shōnen'' (1975, TBS) * '' Hokahoka Kazoku'' (1976–1982, Fuji TV) * '' UFO Warrior Daiapolon'' (1976, TBS) ** ''UFO Senshi Daiapolon 2'' (1976, Tokyo 12ch) * ''

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'' (1980,

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; TV special) * ''

'' (1981, film) * '' Donbē Monogatari'' (1981, NTV) * ''

'' (1983, TV series) * ''

Glass Mask is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a liv ...

'' (1984, NTV) * '' Ginga Patrol PJ'' (1984, Fuji TV) * '' Dotanba no Manā'' (1984–1987, Fuji TV) * ''

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'' (1985–1986,

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, "shonen" version) * ''

'' (1986, "seishun" version) * '' Kotowaza House'' (1987–1994, Fuji TV) * '' Hai Akko Desu'' (1988–1992,

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) * '' Shīton Dōbutsuki'' (1989–1990, NTV) * ''

Kobo-chan ''Kobo, the Li'l Rascal'', also known as , is a manga created by Masashi Ueda. Kodansha published three volumes of the manga as a bilingual Japanese-English editions, and Kodansha America distributed the book in the United States. ''Kobo-cha ...

Special: Filled with Autumn'' (1990) * ''

Special: Filled with Dreams!!'' (1991) * '' Micro Patrol'' (1991, joint release in

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and

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

series released in Japan as well) * ''

'' (1992–1994, Yomiuri TV) * ''

Cooking Papa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' anthology magazine ''Morning'' since 1985. Kodansha has collected its into individual ''tankōbon'' volumes and it has a to ...

'' (1992–1995, Asahi TV with

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) * ''

Special: Filled with Festivals!'' (1994) * '' Oyako Club'' (1994-2013, Fuji TV) * '' Ijiwaru Bā-san'' (second series, 1996–1997, Fuji TV) * ''

Kiko-chan Smile is an anime and manga series about a kindergarten student who has many of the features of a child prodigy but at the same time displays many bizarre habits and an odd personality. Characters ;Kiko Ninomiya : :Kiko is a four-year-old (five ...

'' (1996–1997, TBS with Magic Bus) * '' Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasure na Kusa'' (1998, TBS with Magic Bus) * ''

Special: The Promised Magic Day'' (1998) * '' Suteki! Sakura Mama!'' (2000) * '' Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land'' (2001-2002, with Magic Bus) * '' Gokiburi-chan'' (2005) * '' Play Ball'' (2005, with Magic Bus) ** ''Play Ball 2nd'' (2006, with Magic Bus) * '' Tetsujin 28-go Gao!'' (2013-2016, Fuji TV) * ''

Bonobono is a yonkoma manga series by Mikio Igarashi. From March 1986 to March 1987, the series ran in the Takeshobo manga magazine ''Tensai Club'' before the magazine was replaced with ''Manga Club'', where it had been serialized from April 198 ...

'' (2016-current, Fuji TV) * '' 8-Man Infinity'' (in production)

Notes

References

External links

Official Eiken website
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