Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

Studio logo since 2000

TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha during the original run of Animaniacs, also formerly known as Tokyo Movie and TMS-Kyokuichi) is an animation studio in Japan.

Former studio logo used from 1983 to 2000

Founded on October 22nd, 1946, TMS is one of the oldest and most famous animation studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as Lupin the Third, The Gutsy Frog, The Rose of Versailles, Anpanman, Detective Conan, Monster Rancher, Hamtaro, Sonic X, D.Gray-man, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Magic Knight Rayearth, Obake no Q-Taro (until 1972), and Bakugan Battle Brawlers and feature-length films Golgo 13: The Professional, Akira and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, alongside animation works for Western animation such as Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Rainbow Brite, DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, and Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Since 2010, TMS Entertainment has been a subsidiary of SEGA Sammy Holdings.

Animaniacs History

TMS has provided work for many cartoons on the original Animaniacs, especially in Season 1 and in one episode of Season 4. Some examples of their work include the main opening, the end credit stingers, the Wheel of Morality segments, the Mime Time shorts, all the tower escapes and chase endings, the Buttons and Mindy intro, the second version of the Pinky and the Brain intro, the second version of the Slappy Squirrel intro, the entirety of Episode 84 (including the famous cold-ending), the Rita and Runt intro, the Goodfeathers intro, and all versions of Newsreel of the Stars. In addition, the studio also animated the Pinky and the Brain spin-off special "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" and the Wakko's Wish feature film.

While the studio was not involved with the reboot series (due to the studio no longer supplying outsourced animation amid rising costs since the 2000s), the updated designs of Yakko, Wakko and Dot took inspiration from TMS’s depiction of the characters in the original series. In addition, their work from the original intro is emulated in portions of the show's intro.

Animaniacs Productions

Animaniacs (Original Series)

The Warners as animated by TMS, as seen in the "Wheel of Morality" segments.

Episodes animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. typically feature flexible models and very fluid animation. Their work is regarded by many fans and crew as being very high quality, expressive, innovative, and consistent.

• All variations of "Newsreel of the Stars"
• Main Title (Except "We pay tons of income tax!", "Say hi to Hello Nurse.", and certain variable verses from seasons 3-5; which feature material done by Wang)
• All Wheel of Morality segments
• All Tower Escapes, Chases, and Returns segments
• All Ending Credits stingers
• All Mime Time segments
• "Very Special Opening" (Used in episodes 35, 49, 65, 83, and 99)
• Pinky and the Brain Theme (Second Version) ("Where Rodents Dare", "Battle for the Planet", "Bubba Bo Bob Brain", "Spell-Bound", "The World Can Wait", "When Mice Ruled the Earth", "Yes, Always", "The Helpinki Formula", and "Meet John Brain")
• Buttons & Mindy opening
• Slappy Squirrel Theme (Second Version) ("Little Old Slappy From Pasadena" and "Smell Ya Later")
• Goodfeathers Theme
• Rita and Runt Theme
• "The Monkey Song" (Episode 1)
• "Yakko's World" (Episode 2)
• "Cookies for Einstein" (Episode 2)
• "H.M.S. Yakko" (Episode 3)
• "Yakko's Universe" (Episodes 3 and Episode 50)
• "Hooked on a Ceiling" (Episode 4)
• "Taming of the Screwy" (Episode 5)
• "Flipper Parody" (Episode 6)
• "Temporary Insanity" (Episode 6)
• "Piano Rag" (Episode 7)
• "Les Miseranimals" (Episode 11)
• "Garage Sale of the Century" (Episode 12)
• "Hello Nice Warners" (Episode 13)
• "La La Law" (Episode 14)
• "The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music" (Episode 16)
• "Roll Over, Beethoven" (Episode 17)
• "Pavlov's Mice" (Episode 18)
• "Hitchcock Opening" (Episode 20)
• "The Flame" (Episode 21)
• "Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump Dump Dump" (Episode 23)
• "Home on De-Nile" (Episode 25)
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Episode 25)
• "Babblin' Bijou" (Episode 26)
• "Potty Emergency" (Episode 26)
• "Sir Yaksalot" (Episode 26)
• "Draculee, Draculaa" (Episode 29)
• "Phranken-Runt" (Episode 29)
• "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled" (Episode 30)
• "The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert" (Episode 31)
• "Clown and Out" (Episode 34)
• "Animaniacs Stew" (Episode 35)
• "In the Garden of Mindy" (Episode 35)
• "Pinky and the Cat" (Episode 35)
• "We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts" (Episode 35)
• "No Place Like Homeless" (Episode 35)
• "We Found This Old Computer" (Episode 35)
• "Dottie the Squirrel" (Episode 35)
• "Baghdad Cafe" (Episode 35)
• "The Three Muska-Warners" (Episode 36)
• "Alas, Poor Skullhead" (Episode 39)
• "Casablanca Opening" (Episode 40)
• "Fair Game" (Episode 40)
• "The Senses Song" (Episode 44)
• "Mary Tyler Dot" (Episode 45)
• "Turkey Jerky" (Episode 46)
• "Wild Blue Yonder" (Episode 46)
• "When Mice Ruled the Earth" (Episode 47)
• "The Goodbye Song" (Episode 47)
• "Lake Titicaca" (Episode 48)
• "A Christmas Plotz" (Episode 49)
• "Little Drummer Warners" (Episode 49)
• "Slippin' on the Ice" (Episode 50)
• "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" (Episode 50)
• "The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert" (Episode 50)
• "The Warners and the Beanstalk" (Episode 51)
• "Ups and Downs" (Episode 52)
• "The Brave Little Trailer" (Episode 52)
• "Drive-Insane" (Episode 53
• "I'm Cute" (Episode 53)
• "Brain Meets Brawn" (Episode 54)
• "Schnitzelbank" (Episode 56)
• "Smell Ya Later" (Episode 58)
• "Woodstock Slappy" (Episode 59)
• "No Face Like Home" (Episode 64)
• "My Father the Tuna" (Episode 65)
• "The Warners 65th Anniversary Special" (Episode 65)
• "Cutie and the Beast" (Episode 84)
• "Boo Happens" (Episode 84)
• "Noel" (Episode 84)
• "Cold Ending" (Episode 84)
• "Transition: Very Special Opening" (Episode 99, with rarer animation originally intended for episode 35)

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain animated by TMS, as seen in "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas."

• Various pieces of Animaniacs archival footage used in the show's intro
• "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" (Episode 8)
• Select archival footage in the episodes "Schpiel-borg 2000" (Episode 48) and "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special" (Episode 63)

Film

• Wakko's Wish