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TMS Entertainment Limited (株式会社トムス　エンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento^?), formerly known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha (東京ムービー新社, Tōkyō Mūbī Shinsha^?) (TYO: 3585, a subsidiary of Sega Sammy), is a veteran animation studio located in Japan. It was founded in 1964 and has been a staple of anime studios for decades, as well as providing animation services for many animated series created and produced in France ("DIC Audiovisuel" aka DiC Entertainment), United States (Warner Bros. Animation, Saban) and other countries. The company currently uses "TMS Entertainment" as its corporate name, however the animation studio itself is referred to as Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī^?). They also have an affiliate called Telecom Animation Film which co-animates shows with TMS.

TMS has worked on the following anime (note that the following lists may not be complete):

Contents 1 TV Series 1.1 1960s 1.2 1970s 1.3 1980s 1.4 1990s 1.5 2000's 2 Theatrical Movies 3 TV Movies and Specials 4 OVAs 5 Foreign Productions 6 Notes 7 External links

• Big X (Aug.-Oct. 1964)
• Obake no Q-Taro (1965-1967)
• Pāman (1967-1968)
• Kyōjin no Hoshi (original) (Mar.1968-1971)
• Kaibutsu-kun (Apr.1968-1969)
• Umeboshi Denka (Apr.1st-Sept.23rd, 1969)
• Roppō Yabure-kun (Apr.28th-Sept.26th, 1969)
• Moomin (Oct.1969-1970)
• Attack No. 1 (Dec.1969-1971)
• Doraemon (first 27 episodes of 1969-1970s series only; 1979-2005 episodes were done by Shin'ei-Doga; now animated by Asatsu-DK.

• Chingō Mucha Hyōei (Feb.-Mar. 1971)
• Shin Obake no Q-Tarō (Sept.1st, 1971-Dec.1972)
• Tensai Bakabon (original) (Sept.25th, 1971-June.1972)
• Lupin III (original) (Oct.1971-Mar.1972)
• Akadō Suzunosuke (Apr.1972-1973)
• Dokonjō Gaeru (original) (Oct.1972-1974)
• Jungle Kurobe (Mar.-Sept.1973)
• Arano no Isamu (Apr.1973-Mar.27th, 1974)
• Karate Baka Ichidai (Oct.3rd, 1973-Sept.25th, 1974)
• Ace o Nerae! (original) (Oct.5th, 1973-March.29th, 1974)
• Samurai Giants (Oct.7th, 1973-Sept.15th, 1974)
• Judo Sanka (Apr.1974-Sept.30th 1974)
• Hajime Ningen Gyatruz (Oct.1974-1976)
• Ganba no Bōken (Apr.-Sept.1975)
• Gensō Tensai Bakabon (Oct.1975-1977)
• Hana no Kakarichō (1976-1977)
• Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi (Oct.1st, 1977-Sept.1978)
• Ie Naki Ko (based on the French book Sans Famille) (Oct.2nd, 1977-Oct.1978)
• Shin Lupin III (Oct.3rd, 1977-1980)
• Takarajima (Treasure Island) (Oct.8th, 1978-Apr.1979)
• Shin Ace o Nerae! (Oct.14th, 1978-Mar.1979)
• Shin Kyōjin no Hoshi 2 (Mar.-Sept.1979)
• Versailles no Bara (Oct.1979-1980)

• Mū no Hakubai (Apr.-Sept.1980)
• Tetsujin 28 (1980s series; known as "The New [Adventures of] Gigantor" in the U.S.) (Oct.3, 1980-Sept.1981)
• Ashita No Joe 2 (Oct.13th, 1980-Aug.1981)
• Ohayo! Spank (Mar.1981-May.1982)
• Shin Dokonjō Gaeru (Sept.1981-Mar.1982)
• (Uchū Densetsu) Ulysses 31 (French-Japanese co-production with DiC) (France: Sept.1981; USA: 1986; Japan: Feb.1988)
• Rokushin Gattai God Mars (Oct.2nd, 1981-Dec.1982)
• Jarinko Chie (Oct.3rd, 1981-1983)
• Donde Monpe (Jun.1982-Apr.1983)
• Ninjaman Ippei (Oct.4th, 1982-Dec.1982)
• Space Cobra (Oct.7th, 1982-May.1983)
• Lady Georgie (Apr.1983-Feb.1984)
• Chō Jikū Seiki Orguss (July.3, 1983-Apr.1984)
• Cat's Eye (1st series) (July.11, 1983-Mar.1984)
• Lupin III Part 3 (Mar.1984-Dec.1985)
• God Mazinger (Apr.-Sept.1984)
• Cat's Eye (Oct.1984-July.1985)
• Meitantei Holmes (Nov.1984-May.1985)
• Onegai! Samia Don (based on Five Children and It by E. Nesbit) (1985-1986)
• Robotan (Jan.-Sept.1986)
• Bug-tte Honey (sic) (1986-1987)
• Soreike! Anpanman (Oct.3rd, 1988-present)

• Ochame na Futago: Clare Gakuin Monogatari (based on the St. Clare's series by Enid Blyton (Jan.-Nov.1991)
• Kinkyū Hashin Saber Kids (Created by Lupin III author Monkey Punch) (Feb. or Mar.1991-Feb.1992)
• Jarinko Chie: Chie-chan Funsenki (Oct.1991-Oct.1992)
• Watashi to Watashi: Futari no Lottie (based on "Das Doppelte Lottchen", or "Lottie and Lisa", or The Parent Trap by Erich Kästner) (Nov.1991-Sept.1992)
• Tetsujin 28 FX (Apr.1992-Mar.30th, 1993)
• A Dog Of Flanders (Oct.1992-Mar.27th, 1993)
• Red Baron (Apr.1994-Mar.1995)
• Mahō Kishi Rayearth (2 series) (Oct.1994-Nov.1995)
• Virtua Fighter (TV anime) (Oct.9th, 1995-June.1996)
• Kaitō Saint Tail (Oct.12th 1995-Sept.1996)
• Detective Conan (Case Closed) (Jan.8th, 1996-present)
• B't X (Apr.-Sept.1996)
• Wankorobe (Oct.1996-1997)
• Devilman Lady (1998-1999)
• Monster Farm: Enban Ishi no Himitsu (Apr.1999-Mar.25th, 2000)
• Shūkan Storyland (Oct.14, 1999-Sept.2001)
• Gozonji! Gekko Kamen-kun (Oct.17, 1999-Mar.26, 2000)
• Karakuri Zōshi Ayatsuri Sakon (Nov.1999-Apr.2000)

• Monster Farm: Densetsu e no Michi (Apr.-Sept.2000)
• Tottoko Hamtaro (Jul.2000-2006)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (first series) (Oct.2000-Nov.2001)
• Project ARMS (Apr.2001-Mar.2002)
• Patapata Hikōsen no Bōken (with Telecom Animation Film, a division of TMS) (Jan.-Jun.2002)
• Tenshi Na Konamaiki (Jun.2002-Mar.2003)
• Kyōjin no Hoshi [Tokubetsu Hen]: Mōko Hanagata Mitsuru (Oct.2002; all episodes)
• Sonic X (Apr.2003-Mar.28th, 2004)
• Takahashi Rumiko Gekijō (Jul.-Sept.2003)
• Kyogoku Natsuhiko Kōsetu Hyaku Monogatari (Oct.3rd, 2003-Dec.26th, 2003)
• Ningyo no Mori (Oct.4th-Dec.20, 2003)
• PoPoLoCrois (2nd Series) (Oct.5th, 2003-Mar.28th, 2004)
• Aishiteruze Baby (Apr.-Oct.2004)
• Monkey Punch Manga Katsudō Daishashin ("Mankatsu") (Jul.2004-Jun.2005)
• Gallery Fake (Jan.-Sept.2005)
• Buzzer Beater (Feb.-Apr. 2005)
• Garasu no Kamen (Apr.2005-2006)
• The Snow Queen (May.2005-Feb.2006)
• D.Gray-man (Oct.3rd, 2006-present)
• Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi (Oct.2006-Sept.2007)
• Pururun! Shizuku-Chan (Oct.2006-Sept.2007)
• Bakugan Battle Brawlers (Apr.5th, 2007-present)
• Kaze no Shōjo Emily (Apr.-Sept.2007)
• Pururun! Shizuku-Chan: A-ha! (Oct.7th, 2007-present)

• Panda Ko-panda (1972)
• Panda Ko-panda: Ame Furi Circus (1973)
• Lupin III
  • Lupin tai Clone Ningen (1978)
  • Cagliostro no Shiro (1979)
  • Babylon no Ōgon no Densetsu (1985)
  • Kutabare! Nostradamus (1995)
  • Dead or Alive (1996)
• Ace o Nerae! (Sept.1979)
• Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun (Nov.1979)
• Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun: Gekitō Pennant Race (May.1980)
• Makoto-chan (Jul.1980)
• Gabanbare!! Tabuchi-kun: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei (Dec.1980)
• Jarinko Chie (Apr.1981)
• Manzai Taikōki (Nov.1981)
• Ohayo! Spank (Mar.1982)
• Space Adventure Cobra (Jul.1982)
• Rokushin Gattai God Mars (Dec.1982)
• (The Professional) Golgo 13 (1983)
• Bug-tte Honey: Megaromu Shojo Mai 4622 (1987)
• Akira (1988)
• Robotan and Onegai! Samia Don (part of an Anpanman double bill) (Mar.1989)
• Annual Anpanman movies (1989-present)
• Little Nemo (Jul.1989; U.S. release in 1992)
• Oji-san Kaizō Kōza (1990)
• Ganba to Kawaun no Bōken (1991)
• Kaiketsu Zorori: "Mahō Tsukai no Deshi" and "Dai Kaizoku no Takara Sagashi" (part of an Anpanman double bill) (1993)
• Annual Detective Conan movies (1997-present)

• Bōchan (Jun.1980)
• Nijū-yon (24) no Hitomi (Oct. 1980)
• Sugata Sanshirō (1981)
• Son Goku: Silk Road o Tobu!! (1982)
• Annual Lupin III TV movies (1989-present)
• Soreike! Anpanman
  • Minami no Umi o Sukae (1990)
  • Kieta Jam Oji-san (1993)
  • Keito no Shiro no Christmas (1995)
• Rayearth: Zokan go (1995)

(Note: neither of the two film lists above include compilation films)

• 2001 Nights (1987)
• Ace o Nerae! 2: Stage 1-6 (Mar.1988)
• Rokushin Gattai God Mars: Jū Nana (17) Sai no Densetsu (Jun.1988)
• Lupin III
  • Fuma Ichizoku no Inbō (Dec.1988)
  • Ikiteita Majustushi (2002)
• Ace o Nerae!: Final Stage (1989)
• Tengai Makyo: Jiraiya Oboro Hen (Jul.1990)
• OL (Office Lady) Kaizō Kōza (Nov.1990)
• Katsugeki Shōjo Tanteidan (Dec.1990)
• Wizardry (Feb.1991)
• Shizuka Narudon (Apr.1991)
• Ozanari Dungeon (Sept.1991)
• Soreike! Anpanman
  • Christmas Da! Minna Atsumare! (annual Christmas releases) (1992-present)
  • Otanjōbi Series (1995)
• MAPS (1994)
• Rayearth (Jul.1997)
• B't X NEO (Aug.1997)
• Glass no Kamen: Sen no Kamen o Motsu Shōjo (1998)
• Aoyama Gōshō Tanhenshū (1999)
• Karakuri no Kimi (2000)
• Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken (2006-present)

In addition, TMS has worked on the following non-Japanese animated series, specials, and films (productions listed are American unless otherwise noted). Also, some, though not all of these productions have had a Japanese dub produced by TMS.

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Quest of the Chaos Emeralds 4-Parter was done by Telecom Animation Film, the episode Super Robotnik was done by TMS; other episodes were done by various animation studios)
• An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
• Animaniacs (among other companies)
• Batman: The Animated Series (select episodes)
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (direct-to-video feature; TV series is done by Rough Draft Studios)
• Bionic Six
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
• Cybersix (Japanese/Canadian co-production by Telecom Animation Film)
• Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
• Dennis the Menace (in collaboration with other companies)
• DuckTales (a couple of episodes were also done by Telecom Animation Film)
• Futurama (occasionally)
• Galaxy High
• Galaxy Rangers
• Heathcliff
• Inspector Gadget (a handful of episodes were also animated by Cuckoo's Nest Studios)
• The Littles
• Mighty Orbots
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Peter Pan and the Pirates (13 episodes; other episodes were done by various South Korean studios.)
• Reporter Blues (Italian series)
• Pinky and the Brain (Pinky and the Brain Christmas)
• Real Ghostbusters
• Soccer Fever (Italian series)
• Spider-Man (1994 Fox series, animated together with Korean studios.)
• Superman: The Animated Series
• Sweet Sea
• The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (Season 1)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Tiny Toon Adventures (among other companies)
• The Transformers (1 episode, Call of the Primitives, only; other episodes by Japanese studio Toei and South Korean studio AKOM)
• Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
• Wuzzles
• Zorro: The Animated Series
• Rainbow Brite
• Super Mario World(TV Series) (Intro only)

• As of July 2006, TMS Entertainment has been removing AMVs from YouTube which use clips from the show Sonic X due to copyright infringement.^{[citation needed]}
• In Japan, the abbreviated name ("TMS") is pronounced and spelled "to-mu-su" (トムス).
• The company's most recent works have been crediting "Tokyo Movie" for animation production and "TMS Entertainment" for general production. It may be for the purpose of distinguishing from productions by the aforementioned Telecom Anime.
• Despite the name, Tokyo "Movie" Shinsha has never made live-action movies.
• The company's name literally translates as "New Tokyo Movie Company".

• TMS Entertainment
• Telecom Animation Film
• Tokyo Movie Shinsha at the Internet Movie Database