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Yutaka Fujioka was born on 19 June 1927 in Wakayama, Japan. Yutaka was a producer and writer, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) and Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978). Yutaka died on 30 March 1996.
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Yutaka Fujioka (藤岡豊 Fujioka Yutaka, born June 19, 1927 - died March 30th, 1996) is the founder of TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd., also known as Tokyo Movie or TMS-Kyokuichi, a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
Getting Into Animation
In 1964, Fujioka had the company start working in the animation industry as Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī) after the failure of Fujioka's previous studio, Tokyo Ningyo Cinema (東京人形シネマ, Tōkyō Ningyō Shinema). The studio's first production was an animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Big X. In 1977, Fujioka reformatted Tokyo Movie into Tokyo Movie Shinsha. A subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, was founded in 1975, but didn't start production until after Tokyo Movie was restructured. In 1989, TMS released Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland in Japan, followed by a United States in 1993. The movie was infamous for being in development hell with figures such as George Lucas, Chuck Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, and Gary Kurtz being involved with the movie before dropping out. The film receiving mixed to positive reviews from publications including The Washington Post, Variety, the New York Post, the Boston Globe, and The New York Times, and became a box-office bomb. In response to this, founder Fujioka decided to retire from the animation business.
His Legacy After Retiring
On July 1, 1991, Tokyo Movie Shinsha's holding company changed their name to Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi. In 1995, Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi merged with Tokyo Movie Shinsha. In 1996, the Los Angeles studio division was established for overseas TMS animation and in 2000, the company was re-branded as TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Death
Yutaka Fujioka died on March 30th, 1996.
Producer & Executive Producer
•Big X (1964) •Lupin the 3rd Part 1 (1971) •Lupin the 3rd Part 2 (1977) •The Mystery of Mamo (1978) •The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) •Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie (1982) •Lupin the 3rd Part III (1984) •Sherlock Hound (1984) •The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)
Yutaka Fujioka is the founder of TMS Entertainment, formally known as Tokyo Movie and Tokyo Movie Shinsha. He was involved as executive producer on Lupin the 3rd (Parts 1, 2, and 3), Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie, Golgo 13: The Professional, Sherlock Hound, and many other notable series.
Mar 30, 1996 · Date of birth: 1927-06-19. Date of death: 1996-03-30. Other article: You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register. Staff in:
Jan 10, 2020 · In 1969, Gisaburō Sugii and Yutaka Fujioka of Tokyo Movie (now known as TMS Entertainment) came up with the idea of adapting Kazuhiko Katō's (Monkey Punch’s) popular manga series Lupin III into an animated feature for the big screen.
Yutaka Fujioka (藤岡豊 Fujioka Yutaka, born June 19, 1927 - died March 30th, 1996) is the founder of TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd., also known as Tokyo Movie or TMS-Kyokuichi, a Japanese animation ...
Yutaka FUJIOKA is best known for producing Ojisan Kaizou Kouza, Ulysses 31, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, and Golgo 13: The Professional.
