TMS Entertainment, Ltd.

This article is written from the Real World perspective

I see a page-one photo! This article would greatly benefit from the addition of one or more new images. Please upload pertinent images and place them here. Once finished, this notice may be removed.

TMS Entertainment, Ltd., also known as Tōkyō Movie Shinsha and TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios. World renowned for their attention to detail and slick animation, the work of TMS is highly regarded by fans and producers alike.

While producing the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, producers Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski assumed the studio would be working on the series consistently, due to their previous relationship while working on Tiny Toons. However, things didn't pan out as hoped. "TMS came in at the very beginning of the show and they walked." recalled Timm. "They didn't want to do the show. It was too difficult for them to do for the type of money we were offering and they only wanted to work with Spielberg. They decided they wanted to work on Animaniacs, which is the next Spielberg show. We were very upset."

During The New Batman Adventures and Superman: The Animated Series, Bruce Timm and his crew began using TMS as an outsourced pre-production unit as well as an animation unit, and they storyboarded and directed episodes themselves. TMS also did the digital black hole effects in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Absolute Power," although Koko and Dong Yang did the background and character animation. They also storyboarded almost half of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker in addition to doing the animation.

DCAU Filmography

Batman: The Animated Series

• "Fear of Victory"
• "Two-Face, Part I"
• "Feat of Clay, Part II"
• "Harley and Ivy" (layouts, with Dong Yang)
• "The Demon's Quest" (with Dong Yang)
• "Read My Lips" (with Dong Yang)

Video games

• The Adventures of Batman & Robin (cutscenes, Sega Mega CD version)

Superman: The Animated Series

• "Fun and Games"
• "A Little Piece of Home"
• "The Way of All Flesh"
• "My Girl"
• "Two's a Crowd"
• "The Prometheon"
• "Speed Demons"
• "Action Figures"
• "Solar Power"
• "Ghost in the Machine"
• "World's Finest"
• "Bizarro's World"
• "The Late Mr. Kent"
• "Absolute Power" (digital animation effects)

The New Batman Adventures

• "Never Fear"
• "Over the Edge"
• "Growing Pains"
• "Mean Seasons"
• "The Demon Within"

Batman Beyond

Feature films

• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

External links

• TMS Entertainment at Wikipedia