TBS Sparkle explained

TBS Sparkle, Inc. (Stylized as all caps), is a Japanese media production company and a subsidiary of TBS Television. Recently, the company produced shows such as Takeshi's Castle (2023 edition), Extremely Inappropriate!, Let's Get Divorced, and Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?, and films such as Last Mile and Grand Maison Paris.^[1] It won a Silver at the 2024 ContentAsia Awards for Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle.^[2]

History

TBS Sparkle has its roots in Tokyo Terebi Eiga (Tokyo TV Film Company), founded in 1955. The company changed names several times through the course of its history,^[3] and in 2018, it merged with 10 other TBS subsidiaries to become TBS Sparkle.^[4]

Recent Works

Dramas

References:^[5]

Ms. Saionji doesn't do Housework
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Extremely Inappropriate!
Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle
Trillion Game (TV drama adaptation)
Let's Get Divorced
Dearest (Japanese TV drama)
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Films

Grand Maison Paris
Last Mile
My Home Hero the Movie
As Long as We Both Shall Live (Japanese film)
The Forbidden Play
Fragments of the Last Will
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Homestay (Amazon movie)

Documentaries / Other Programs

Isamu Noguchi's Unfinished A-Bomb Cenotaph^[6]
A Long Search for a Little Girl - An Old Report Card Unveils an Untold History
Takeshi's Castle (2023 edition)
The World Heritage
A Monk Who Wears Heels^[7]
Getting to Know Beautiful Japan
Tokyo Nostalgic Ramen
Prime Japan

Anime

Notes and References

Web site: TBS SPARKLE . 2024-11-11 . TBS SPARKLE . en.
Web site: 2024-07-14 . Winners 2024 . 2024-11-11 . ContentAsia Awards . en.
Web site: 日本の企業がわかる事典2014-2015 . TBSビジョン(ティービーエスビジョン)とは？意味や使い方 . 2024-11-11 . コトバンク . ja.
https://www.tbsholdings.co.jp/pdf/news/201901041500.pdf
Web site: TBS SPARKLE . 2024-11-11 . TBS SPARKLE . en.
Web site: Isamu Noguchi's Unfinished A-Bomb Cenotaph NHK WORLD-JAPAN . 2024-11-11 . NHK WORLD . en.
Web site: A Monk Who Wears Heels NHK WORLD-JAPAN . 2024-11-11 . NHK WORLD . en.