Toei Animation is 70, and the studio marked it the way only a catalog this deep can — a retrospective video that walks through its history decade by decade. Toei officially began operations on July 31, 1956, and released the anniversary video on the same date this year.
Quick answer
The Toei Animation 70th-anniversary special video dropped on July 31, 2026, tracing the studio’s output across seven decades. It touches the franchises that built modern anime’s global footprint — Dragon Ball, One Piece, Precure, Sailor Moon, Digimon, Saint Seiya, Gegege no Kitarō, Mazinger Z and Galaxy Express 999 — alongside a new anniversary site and a message from president Katsuhiro Takagi.
Here’s the video:
Why it lands
Few studios can compress this much of anime history into one reel. Toei’s catalog is a spine of the medium — the shonen template, the magical-girl template, and the long-running Sunday-morning juggernaut all trace back through its halls. On SenpaiRanks, Toei’s flagship One Piece holds a top-tier score, and the studio’s recent theatrical work shows the back catalog is still alive: see our Galaxy Express 999 new film guide and the One Piece Day worldwide stream rundown. For the theatrical picture more broadly, our best anime movies of 2026, ranked hub keeps the board current.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When did Toei Animation release its 70th-anniversary video?
A: July 31, 2026 — the same calendar date the studio began operations in 1956.
Q: What franchises does the video cover?
A: Dragon Ball, One Piece, Precure, Sailor Moon, Digimon, Saint Seiya, Gegege no Kitarō, Mazinger Z and Galaxy Express 999, among others, decade by decade.
Q: Is Toei Animation still producing anime?
A: Yes — it produces One Piece and recent theatrical films, and continues to launch new projects into 2026 and beyond.