Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社徳間書店, Kabushiki gaisha Tokuma Shoten; lit. 'Tokuma Bookstore') is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company's product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, manga and books. Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include Studio Ghibli, Daiei Film and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications. Following the bursting of the Japanese asset price bubble, the company accumulated enormous debts. After the death of the founder Yasuyoshi on September 20, 2000, an asset management occurred for a rehabilitation. Tokuma Shoten executed a corporate spin-off with Studio Ghibli, turning the company's anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to Daiichi Kosho in October 2001, and Daiei Films was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation in November 2002. The latter was consequently reformed as the Kadokawa Daiei Studio. 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 Culture Convenience Club. The deal was completed at the end of March.