Sotsu

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Sotsu Co., Ltd. 株式会社創通
Type	Business corporation (JASDAQ: 3711)
Founded	October 1, 1965
Headquarters	5-12-5, Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo
Key people	Yūji Nasu (Representative Chairman) Akihiro Yuasa (Representative President)
Industry	Advertising agency
Revenue	¥414,750,000
Employees	25 (as of August, 2006)
Parent	Namco Bandai Holdings
Website	http://www.sotsu-co.jp/

Sotsu (創通, Sōtsū^?) is a Japanese advertising agency. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.

1 History
2 Members
- 2.1 Producers
- 2.2 Former members
3 Productions
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

It was founded in 1965 as Toyo Agency (東洋エージェンシー, Tōyō Ējenshī^?)^[1]^[2], with it being designated by baseball team Yomiuri Giants as its primary agency for the planning and distribution of the team's merchandising interests.^[1] In 1977, it changed its name to Sotsu Agency (創通エージェンシー, Sōtsū Ējenshī^?). The agency was first listed in the JASDAQ stock exchange in 2003.^[1] On April 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Sotsu (創通, Sōtsū^?). ^[1]

It has been involved in the production and licensing of numerous television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask.^[1] The first anime series it produced was Sunrise's Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, after which the company produced numerous others.^[2] In 1979, it produced Mobile Suit Gundam.^[2]^[1]