# Tokuma Shoten

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/tokuma-shoten
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/tokuma-shoten.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/tokuma-shoten/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://tokuma.jp
- **Slug:** tokuma-shoten
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Japanese publisher producing books, children's literature, comics, magazines, mooks, and video-related works.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Description:** Tokuma Shoten operates a publishing business spanning literary books, general nonfiction, paperbacks, children's books, comics, magazines, mooks, art and photography books, entertainment-related publications, and Studio Ghibli books. Its website also presents video-related works, advertising projects, custom publishing, and foreign rights inquiries.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

## Identity

- **Mission:** To help children encounter the best possible books by carefully delivering selected excellent books from around the world and ambitious works by domestic authors.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Website:** https://tokuma.jp
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Voice & tone:** Informational and promotional
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides readers and children with access to literary, educational, informational, entertainment, and visual content through books and related media.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Publishing literary and general nonfiction books
  - Publishing paperbacks and novels
  - Publishing children's literature and picture books
  - Publishing comics and manga
  - Publishing magazines and mooks
  - Publishing art, photography, talent, game, and Studio Ghibli-related books
  - Developing and presenting video-related works and adaptations
  - Offering advertising projects and custom publishing
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Literary books
  - General books and nonfiction
  - Tokuma Bunko and other paperback series
  - Children's books, children's literature, and picture books
  - Comics and manga, including Ryu Comics, CHARA Comics, Animage Comics, Ghibli Comics, and Tokuma Comics
  - Magazines and mooks
  - Art and photography books
  - Books related to Studio Ghibli
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Pricing:** Individual book prices are listed on product pages; no general pricing model is stated.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Publishing and media
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Customer base:** Readers, children and families, bookstores, and audiences for literary, informational, entertainment, children's, comic, and video-related content.
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Use cases:**
  - Children's reading and discovery of books
  - Reading literary fiction, nonfiction, paperbacks, comics, and magazines
  - Accessing educational, practical, historical, business, health, entertainment, and lifestyle content
  - Adapting published works into television, streaming, and animation productions
  - Custom publishing and advertising projects
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Children encounter selected excellent books and ambitious works by domestic authors
  - Readers can discover and purchase books across a wide range of genres and formats
  - Published works can reach audiences through television, streaming, and animation adaptations
Source: Brand's website (https://tokuma.jp) · 2026-11-06

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