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Takara Co. Takara is a Village in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic. , Ltd. was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This article is about playthings For other uses of the term see Toy (disambiguation. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Takara merged with another prominent Japanese toy company, Tomy Co. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy , Ltd. , on March 1, 2006. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

While Japanese commercial law allows wide latitude in translating Japanese corporate names into official English names, the merged company took the unusual step of adopting the one-sided TOMY Company, Ltd. name in official English, while taking the combined name K. K. Takara-Tomy (株式会社タカラトミー ) TYO: 7867 in official Japanese. The, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest Stock exchange market in the world by market value second only to the New York Stock Additionally, international subsidiaries of Takara were merged into those of TOMY; therefore, while the "Takara" brand is still in use for some products, officially in English, Takara as a corporate entity no longer exists. Confusingly, the Japanese company's corporate logo is a simple amalgamation of the former Takara and Tomy English logos. The logo, along with the tendency for direct translations of Japanese information into English and an ardent international fan base for some famous toys originating at Takara, have all caused much of the press and the general English-speaking public to call the merged company "Takara-Tomy" even in English.

Takara is perhaps best known for producing the transforming Diaclone and Micro Change toylines which were collectively re-branded as Transformers for the western market by Hasbro in 1984. Diaclone was a toyline by Takara Toys launched in 1980 It consisted of transforming vehicles and robots piloted by miniature magnet-shoed figures spun off from the prior Takara Toys ' 1982 Micro Change series of toys were part of the 1980 New Microman toy line and were small household objects that could transform The Transformers is a line of toys produced by the toy companies Takara and Hasbro. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Takara is also the originator of the hit toylines Battle Beasts (BeastFormers in Japan), E-kara karaoke microphone, Battle B-Daman and Beyblade (toy), all of which Hasbro also sold or distributed internationally. Battle Beasts is a line of small 2" tall action figure Toys in the form of an Anthropomorphised animal with body armor and a unique is a marble shooting Toy produced in Japan by Takara. In 2005 Hasbro licensed the " Battle B-Daman " configuration Beyblade (ベイブレード Beiburedo) is a Spinning top developed and manufactured by Takara starting in 1999 Takara continues to sell Microman - the basis for the popular toyline "Micronauts" - first sold internationally by the now-defunct Mego in the 1970s, and Choro-Q, a mini pullback car, which has been running since 1978 and has often been marketed in Western countries as Penny Racers. Microman is a line of Toys manufactured by Takara (known as TOMY in English and K Micronauts is the North American name for the Microman toy line created by Japanese toy company Takara (later absorbed by TOMY) is a series of Japanese 3-4 cm long pullback toy cars first made by Takara in 1978 and sold extensively in Western markets as Penny Racers.

Takara was also a video game developer and publisher, well-known during the early 1990s for porting some of SNK's Neo-Geo-based arcade games - especially the Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown series - to less powerful home consoles such as the Sega Genesis and the SNES but also for the Game Boy (Fatal Fury 2, Samurai Shodown, World Heroes 2 Jet, The King of Fighters '95 and '96). A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The Neo Geo is a cartridge -based arcade and home Video game system released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK. is a Fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo Geo system Samurai Shodown ( Samurai Spirits in Japan) is the name of a Fighting game series by SNK. The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. is a 1992 Fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms This article is specifically about the original Samurai Shodown game World Heroes (ワールドヒーローズ is a fighting game series created by ADK for the Neo-Geo, though some of the games in the series The King of Fighters (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ Za Kingu obu Faitāzu officially abbreviated KOF, is a series of Fighting games The King of Fighters '95 is the second game in the King of Fighters series The King of Fighters '96 is the third game in The King of Fighters series by SNK. It published its own 3-D fighting game series, Battle Arena Toshinden, although it was developed by Tamsoft. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer is a Weapons based fighting game for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC. Tamsoft Corporation (株式会社タムソフト is a Japanese Video game developer founded in 1992. Takara also published other Japan-only games based on semi-popular franchises on that region. The extent of Takara's actual involvement in videogame development is largely unknown, however, since many of the company's games were developed by smaller companies not credited on the packaging or title screen, such as Tamsoft, BHE, E-game and KID corp, and therefore are often mistakenly credited to Takara. KID, whose name is an Acronym of Kindle Imagine Develop, was a Japan -based company specializing in porting and developing Bishōjo games

Takara purchased a controlling stake in publicly traded software publisher Atlus in 2003, and for several years the licenses of some Takara properties were licensed to and published under that name. is a Japanese Computer and video game developer and publisher. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. After the merger with Tomy in 2006, the ownership stake in Atlus was sold to Index Holdings (the merged company's lead shareholder) and Takara branded licenses such as Licca-chan, Jinsei Game (The Game of Life) and Choro-Q were brought back in-house to the merged company's consumer software division, alongside the on-going Zoids and Naruto series'. full name, is a very popular dress-up Doll series introduced in Japan on 1967-07-04 by Takara, enjoying the same kind of popularity in Japan as the LIFE, also known as The Game of Life, is a Board game originally created in 1861 by Milton Bradley, as The Checkered is a series of Japanese 3-4 cm long pullback toy cars first made by Takara in 1978 and sold extensively in Western markets as Penny Racers. Zoids (ゾイド short for Zoic Androids is a franchise based around a series of plastic toy models designed and produced by Japanese is an ongoing Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto with an Anime adaptation

Takara has manufactured several unusual gadgets that it calls "life entertainment products," including BowLingual, which is claimed to "translate" the "barks, whines and yelps of more than 80 breeds of dog into human language". or "Bow-Lingual" as the North American version is spelled is a computer-based Dog -to-human language Translation device developed by Japanese toy company Takara ² The BowLingual was named one of the best inventions of 2002 by Time magazine. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and ¹ See also Yumemi Kobo "dream generator". Yumemi Kōbō (夢見 工房 is a device sold by the Japanese company Takara Toys that is claimed to be able to induce lucid dreams.

In 2005 another Takara product, Walkie bits was honored as a Time magazine best invention, this time in the robot category. Walkie Bits are little plastic toy Turtles that sing dance and walk (they can walk in the rhythm at which you tap on their shell Walkie bits are colorful, multi-function miniature robotic turtles. Walkie Bits are little plastic toy Turtles that sing dance and walk (they can walk in the rhythm at which you tap on their shell Though relatively simple in functionality, at 5cm long and less than 15g each, at their introduction they were said to be among the smallest ever mass produced programmable robots.

In the 80s the company received criticism for its original mascot, which was a golliwog-like character named Dakko-Chan. The " Golliwogg " (later " Golliwog " is a Rag doll -like children's literary character created by Florence Kate Upton in the late Takara later replaced it with a fantastical character called "21st Century Colorful Dakko-Chan", which bears enough similarity to connote the original symbol, while divesting the traits which brought criticism. Besides the design, the new Dakko-Chan may be any color, rather than the constant black of the original.

The company motto was 「遊びは文化」(asobi wa bunka) which means "playing is culture. "

Takara and Tomy announced their merger on May 13, 2005, to become effective March 1, 2006. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In English the legal name of the company is TOMY Co. Ltd. while in Japanese the legal company name is the combined name, K. K. Takara-Tomy (株式会社タカラトミー ). TYO: 7867. The, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest Stock exchange market in the world by market value second only to the New York Stock The decision to use the Tomy name in English and the Takara-Tomy name in Japanese was made for pragmatic reasons. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy Tomy has built considerable brand recognition internationally, particularly in the area of infant and preschool products, where brand trust is very important. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy On the other hand, most of Takara's international hit products (Microman, Transformers, Battle Beasts, Beyblade, B-Daman, et al) have been sold and branded by other companies, most notably, Hasbro. Microman is a line of Toys manufactured by Takara (known as TOMY in English and K The Transformers is a line of toys produced by the toy companies Takara and Hasbro. Battle Beasts is a line of small 2" tall action figure Toys in the form of an Anthropomorphised animal with body armor and a unique is an Anime and Manga series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful Spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Therefore, going through the costly process of registering and or changing the company name in all the countries where Tomy does business would have been expensive and unproductive. Thus, with the merged company's international subsidiaries continuing to use the Tomy name, it seemed appropriate to keep a domestic English name which matched that of the international subsidiaries. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy

Takara-Tomy continue to use the former names as brand names domestically on toy lines which originated in each company, but most new toy lines or stand-alone products carry the new Takara-Tomy brand and logo. Staple toy lines such as Transformers, Choro-Q and Licca-chan are continuing, in many cases gaining synergy from the cross-marketing with Tomy's brands.

It should be noted that editorial policy of many Western (English language) business publications is to ignore "merger" declarations and declare one company to be bought by another, often by splitting hairs over the number of board members, etc. Therefore, in much of the English media the Takara-Tomy merger was characterized as a "take-over" of Takara by Tomy. This assumption was made easier by the adoption of only the Tomy name in English. It is true that several years of losses had put Takara in a financially weakened state at the time of the merger. On the other hand, Takara did in fact have significantly higher sales than Tomy for three years preceding the merger. However, it is common knowledge that over the years Takara and Tomy, which were located less than a kilometer apart in Tokyo and had admired and competed with each other as they grew side-by-side into world-class toy companies, had discussed merging several times, including times when Takara appeared stronger. Thus, ultimately, philosophically, culturally and legally under Japanese corporate law, the companies agreed to merge on an equal basis.

There has been much post-merger speculation on the control of brands such as Transformers now being with Tomy vs. Takara. Much of this arises due to the new use of the English "TOMY" copyright on all packaging, including former Takara brands shipped by Hasbro. This is simply the natural result of the practical decision to use only the Tomy name in English. In fact, internally, where 99% of the employees are Japanese and speak mainly Japanese, there is only one company, known in Japanese as "Takara-Tomy," and most all internal departments have a healthy mix of management from both former companies. The fact that the English name is Tomy bears little relevance for most employees.

Both Takara and pre-merger Tomy have had strong relationships with Hasbro, which has distributed Takara's hit products such as Transformers, Beyblade, e-Kara and Battle B-Daman and Tomy's Zoids brands internationally. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. is an Anime and Manga series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful Spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical is an Anime and Manga series by Eiji Inuki that first aired in January 2004 in Japan, replacing Beyblade in its timeslot Although the merged company has stated that the Transformers business with Hasbro and the OEM business in general is not as profitable as direct distribution, the relationship with Hasbro on Transformers is low risk since Hasbro assumes the inventory risk internationally. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. This long-term relationship will certainly continue, as both Takara and Tomy have also long held the licenses to localize and distribute many Hasbro products in Japan, including The Game of Life, Blythe dolls, and Magic: The Gathering and Duel Masters trading card games by Takara and Monopoly, Furby, Super Soaker and Play-Doh by Tomy. Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. Blythe (blaɪθ is a Doll created in 1972 by designer Allison Katzman with the now-defunct U This article is somewhat over-complete Please do not add significant new content without first discussing it on the talk page is a franchise based on a Manga, Anime and a Trading card game. In Economics, a monopoly (from Greek monos, alone or single + polein, to sell exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient A Furby (plural Furbys or Furbies, according to Tiger Co is an electronic toy more specifically a Robot, made by Tiger Electronics Super Soaker is a brand of recreational Water gun, first sold in 1989 by Larami. Play-Doh (british Plasticine) is a Non-toxic modeling clay compound similar in texture to Bread Dough that has been sold as a children's toy Tomy Co Ltd is the legal English name for the Japanese toy children’s merchandise and entertainment company created on March 1 2006 by the merger of "former" Tomy Hasbro has also previously distributed Tomy's Pokémon toys in the US, though eventually started selling their own versions. If you came here to express your personal opinion about Pokémon please go somewhere else

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