At Anime Expo 2013, Sentai Filmworks announced a deal to license and release some of Tatsunoko's titles, including Gatchaman and Casshan. Talent agency Horipro announced on Februthat it had acquired a 13.5 percent stake in Tatsunoko. Production I.G president Mitsuhisa Ishikawa became a part-time director of the studio. IG Port announced on Jthat its subsidiary, Production I.G, had purchased an 11.2 percent stake in Tatsunoko. In 2009, Tatsunoko announced that it would collaborate with Marvel Comics on a joint television project and other ventures.
Tatsunoko, a branch for the production of Zillion led by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. Production I.G was established in 1987 as I.G. Takara acquired Tatsunoko on Jafter purchasing an 88 percent stake and made the company a subsidiary. The company later licensed Macross to Harmony Gold, who then produced Robotech. Sasagawa is notable for bringing his fondness for comedy animation to the forefront in Tatsunoko series such as the Time Bokan (1975) franchise. Since then many figures in the anime industry have worked with Tatsunoko, including Mizuho Nishikubo, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Koichi Mashimo, Katsuhisa Yamada, Hideaki Anno (Tatsunoko provided animation work on the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series), and Kazuo Yamazaki. The studio's first production was the 1965 TV series Space Ace. The studio was founded in October 1962 by mangaka and anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida and his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu (better known by his pen name " Ippei Kuri"). Tatsunoko's headquarters are in Musashino, Tokyo.
The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. ( 株式会社タツノコプロ, Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Puro) and often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro ( タツノコプロ, Tatsunoko Puro), is a Japanese animation company.
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