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Tokyo Laboratory Shuts Down in November, Works to Return Film Originals
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The company added on Thursday that after the end of October, it will dispose of any unclaimed film originals still in its possession. Thus, the company is working toward returning all film originals to its clients. However, the company has been unable to some clients by phone, mail, or email. Tokyo Laboratory is urging any company or person who thinks they might have a film original in its possession to the company by email.
Tokyo Laboratory and its parent company Toho Studio, while its archiving businesses would transfer to a new archiving company that TOHO will establish within the studio.
Tokyo Laboratory was founded in April 1955. The company has worked on video editing, film development, and archiving on numerous anime. The company also has grading, conforming, data management systems, and an in-house VFX team, for video services such as digital cinema for theaters.
TOHO formed a business alliance with post-production company IMAGICA Lab. in September 2021 with a focus on moving toward digital video delivery as opposed to physical.
Source: Tokyo Laboratory (link 2) via @nappasan
