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Commercial Planning/Production
A powerful and comprehensive production team delivering high-quality output through a coordinated process.
With the producer at its core, every stage of our production flow — from planning through editing — is carried out with consistency within our group of companies. Our understanding of all aspects of commercials production maximizes our creative impact. That is how we continuously deliver productions of the highest level. Our philosophy works, as evidenced by the numerous awards we have received both at home and abroad. Facing new challenges in utilizing the latest digital technologies and collaborating across industries, our mission is to become an even more powerful and comprehensive production team. The value we aim to bring to the economy and society, as well as people's daily lives, positions us as an essential and reliable partner to all our clients.
Promotion Planning/Production
A group of professionals supporting sales promotion in both the traditional and digital spaces.
We provide solutions to our clients' promotional challenges every step of the way from planning to producing to implementation. When working with us, a TFC producer will be your main contact, coordinating with our specialized staff members to develop communications brimming with creativity and entertainment. When it comes to event promotion, TFC leaves no stone unturned. We utilize visual, digital, graphic, merchandise and various other approaches to promotion. We have developed services new to the promotional ecosystem and unique to digital platforms such as the development, production and delivery of online videos; personalized user-interactive videos with auto-generate features; dramatic series utilizing social media, and experience-based content using MR/AR. In the realm of digital marketing, we constantly push ourselves to exceed the cutting edge.
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Content Production
Film and Television Production
Making a wide range of creativity-filled content that resonates and communicates.
Development & Production of TV Programming and Video Content
Focusing on television programs for broadcast on BS/CS and terrestrial networks, we also produce unrivaled web, corporate and event video content. TFC offers the entire spectrum of production and content creation under one roof.
Production of Theatrical Feature Films and Drama Series
We develop and produce feature films for theatrical release. "GARO", a VFX drama series for television, is also one of our productions.
Localization
Feature Films, Television Series, Animations and Games
With origins in dubbing and subtitling, today the premiere destination for multimedia localization in Japan.
The roots of our company lie in localization and versioning. For over 60 years, TFC has stood proudly at the forefront of the subtitling and dubbing industry. Across wide genres from dramas and animations to games in recent years, our work spans theatrical movies and videos to broadcast television and streaming. Holding the top market share in the industry, an entire division of highly skilled translators and creative talent is devoted to overseeing the localization process. Aligned with the technology of Omnibus Japan, we swiftly deliver work of the highest quality.
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Broadcasting, Streaming
Maximizing appeal through attractive programming of each thematic channel and its streaming service.
Supporting 24-hour broadcasting with reliable technology.
In 1986, we launched Japan’s first ever premium service Star Channel. We currently own and operate 6 channels under 4 brands in BS/CS broadcasting such as Star Channel, Super!drama TV, Family Gekijyo, and Igo & Shogi Channel. We deliver diverse content focused on a specific genre that resonates with each community of our subscribers. In the age of “a shift to digital,” while pursuing the highest possible visual quality, we offer to our subscribers streaming services such as “Fami geki Neo plus” and “Igo & Shogi Plus” to fulfill the needs of our subscribers.
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Building fan communities
With a focus on community-building, developing content and services aligned with specific themes and interests.
Under the concept of “enriching people’s lives through new services and experiences”, we plan and develop such content that resonates with fans and enthusiasts in respective communities.
Licensing & Merchandising
Presenting a wealth of content from Japan and abroad through a multifaceted approach.
Character Licensing
We license international characters such as “Thunderbirds”, “Shaun the Sheep” and “Teletubbies” as well as those from Japanese anime series including “Space Battleship Yamato”, “Otoppe” and our original series “Garo”. We also handle the likeness rights to such film icons as Audrey Hepburn and Toshiro Mifune. Our wide range of licensing activities does not stop with merchandising alone. We leverage the rights to those intellectual properties for the maximum impact through advertising and promotional use.
Production Planning, Acquisition, Sales & Theatrical Release of Video Content
We develop and produce theatrical feature films and anime, and also participate in co-productions and investments. In addition, we acquire and license domestic and foreign video content such as feature films and TV programs, and also handle theatrical releases under the banner of Star Channel Movies.
Overseas coordination
Supporting the globalizing entertainment business
We provide the latest information on the entertainment industry and filming technology, while strengthening relationships with our international partners. We provide support, from development through completion, for commercials and various content produced outside of Japan.
Digital Production
Inspired by the significance of visual media in people's lives, a creative group infusing new value through technology and skills.
Omnibus Japan
Not only as a post-production facility for commercials, TV programs and streaming content but also as a producer of OOH (out-of-home advertising) and large-scale VFX/CGI, Omnibus Japan handles over 4,000 projects annually and has won multiple domestic and international awards. We never rest on our laurels. We are aggressively pursuing research and development into the newly emerging technologies such as dome projection and media art as well as VR and AR.
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Product Sales
Retail shops and business development activities focusing on the demand for authenticity.
National Bussan
Our diversified business activities range from the sales of video equipment to the import of luxury fabrics for interiors.We respond to the needs of our customers who value quality, and deliver the satisfaction that accompanies authenticity.
Kimura Brewery
Since its founding in 1615, Kimura Brewery has been focused on making sake for 400 years in Yuzawa, Akita, home to some of the purest water in Japan. Kimura Brewery was started by an immediate family member of Shigenari Kimura, a retainer for the feudal lord Hideyori Toyotomi. The tradition of brewing sake during the coldest period of winter has been passed along through the generations and is honored at our brewery to this day. The unique characteristics of Akita sake create our signature mellow umami, carefully brewed century after century.
Nurturing Voice Actors/Screen translators
Nurturing the next generation to play key roles in visual culture.
A film school directly connected to the production site.
Visual Techno Academia
Established to mark TFC's 35th anniversary in 1995, we embarked on building a school which would contribute to the development of the visual media industry by nurturing the next generation of voice actors and screen translators. Utilizing the TFC Group's extensive network and body of expertise, we designed a curriculum that is directly linked to the production place. Our instructors are experts who are active in their respective fields, and our educational process revolves around practical hands-on experiences.
Management of Voice Actors and Translators
Beyond dubbing, the "voice" for all kinds of content.
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We manage some 90 unique voice actors, rich in individuality and working in all media and content, including the dubbing of foreign feature films and television dramas, animations and games, commercials narration, radio and live events. We are also renowned for our strengths in providing precise casting.
With eight experienced visual media translators on staff, we offer top-quality translations for dubbing, subtitling and voiceovers.
