The company was founded in 1955
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The Tokyo Laboratory (Tokyo Genzōsho, or Togen) announced on Wednesday that it will close after 68 years of operation at the end of November.
The company added on Thursday that after the end of October, it will dispose of any unclaimed film masters that remain in its possession. Therefore, the company is working to return all original film copies to its customers. However, the company may not be able to contact some customers by phone, mail or email. Tokyo Lab is urging any company or individual who believes they may own an original film to contact the company via email.
Tokyo Laboratory and parent company TOHO announced in November 2022 that Tokyo Laboratory had ended its processing business after 67 years. Companies decide that it will be difficult to continue due to changes in their business environment, including increasing shifts to distributing digital cinema packages (DCPs) or collecting digital files. digital for storing and transmitting digital cinema. Tokyo Lab announced at the time that it would close, but the digital image and video editing business would move to Toho Studio, while the hosting business would move to a separate company. new archive that TOHO will establish in the studio.
Tokyo Laboratory was founded in April 1955. This company worked on video editing, film development, and archived many animated films. The company also has an in-house classification, compliance, data management and VFX team for video services such as digital cinema support for cinemas.
TOHO has formed a business alliance with post-production company IMAGICA Lab. in September 2021 with a focus on shifting to digital video distribution over traditional distribution.
Source: Tokyo Laboratory (link 2) via @nappasan
