Kadokawa Herald to become Kadokawa Herald Pictures Inc. and later Kadokawa Pictures. In 2007, it changed its name to Kadokawa Shoten Pictures, with Shinichiro Inoue as its president and CEO. After a merger with Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. in 2011, it became the studio division of its parent company, Kadokawa Group Holdings Ltd. and maintained its name, Kadokawa Pictures, focusing on mixed-media business. See also Toho Shintoho Tsuburaya Productions Daiei Film Nikkatsu Shochiku Toei Company References External links Kadokawa Anime Channel at YouTube Japanese film studios Anime companies Kadokawa Corporation subsidiaries Mass media in Tokyo Mass media companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Japan 2011 disestablishments in Japan Mass media companies disestablished in 2011