Toei Animation Inc.

Toei Animation Inc. (abbreviated as TAI, or sometimes just Toei Animation USA or Toei LATAM depending on the territory) is an American licensing and distribution company that operates as an international distribution arm of the Japanese animation studio Toei Animation. Originally founded in 2004 and based in Los Angeles, the company is responsible for licensing the studio's library across North America, South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[3] It holds partnerships with TV channels, DVD distributors, and streaming websites.

History

Due to Toei Animation's decision to start distributing the series directly since 2003 with the establishment of Toei Animation Europe based in Paris, Toei Animation Inc. based in Los Angeles was founded in 2004.[3]

In November 2004, Toei had signed a deal with Geneon USA to distribute three titles, Air Master, Interlude and Slam Dunk

Anime

Distributor

Air Gear (sub-distributed by Funimation (later Crunchyroll) for U.S.)
Dragon Ball franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005 and sub-distributed by Funimation (later Crunchyroll) for U.S.)
Digimon franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005, and U.S. since 2018 originally distributed by Saban Entertainment, BVS Entertainment and Saban Brands. The first two seasons of the franchise and the first three movies are currently sub-distributed by Discotek Media in the U.S.)
Dr. Slump (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
GeGeGe no Kitaro franchise
1996's series (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
2018's series
Magical DoReMi franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005, and U.S. since 2025)
Mazinger Z (distributed directly for Latin America since 2012)
Ghost Sweeper Mikami (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
Hell Teacher Nūbē (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
Ashita no Nadja (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
One Piece (4Kids version, distributed directly for Latin America and sub-distributed by Funimation (later Crunchyroll) for U.S.)
Pretty Cure franchise
Futari wa Pretty Cure (distributed directly for Latin America since 2008)
Glitter Force (distributed directly for Latin America and U.S. since 2017)
Glitter Force Doki Doki (sub-distributed by Saban Brands (later Hasbro Entertainment) for U.S. and Latin America)
Saint Seiya franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
Sailor Moon franchise (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005 and sub-distributed by Viz Media for U.S. since 2014)
Sailor Moon Crystal (distributed directly for Latin America since 2017 and sub-distributed by Viz Media for U.S.)
Slam Dunk (distributed directly for Latin America since 2005)
Toriko (distributed directly for Latin America since 2012 and sub-distributed by Funimation (later Crunchyroll) for U.S.)
World Trigger (sub-distributed by Sentai Filmworks in partnership with Crunchyroll for home video rights in U.S.)

Original productions

Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya (2019–2024)

type	Subsidiary
foundation	March 2004
location	2029 Century Park East, Suite 422, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (mid-2000s)‡R1R‡ Los Angeles, California, U.S.
area served	North America, South America, Oceania and South Africa
key people	Masayuki Endo (president and CEO)‡R2R‡
industry	Multimedia entertainment
products	Anime
parent	Toei Animation
homepage	toei-animation-usa.com (USA website) toei-animation-la.com (LATAM website)