TMS Entertainment

トムス・エンタテインメント

TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd., previously known as Kyokuichi, is a Japanese animation studio owned by Sega Corporation.
TMS ranks among the oldest and most respected animation studios in Japan, recognized for its many anime franchises, including Detective Conan, Lupin the Third, and Anpanman.
TMS Entertainment serves as the animation division of the Sega Group and is a long-standing studio with roots in Tokyo Movie. Originally founded in 1946 as a textile manufacturer, the company moved into animation after merging with Tokyo Movie Shinsha to launch an animation production business, operating under the name Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie division, or TMS-Kyokuichi.