![]() ![]() That was the year they started using ‘Wonderful hobby life for you!!’ as their slogan at several events, too.Ģ006 saw the creation of their famous Nendoroid series. In 2005 they started selling hobby related products and distributing them to hobby stores. Good Smile didn’t even start planning and producing toys and dolls until 2002, and their first branded figure (a ⅛ scale Nemu Asakura) went on sale in 2004, even though they had a cooperative agreement with Max Factory starting in 2001, a month after opening. Good Smile Company was founded in May 2001 in Shinmatsudo, Matsudo City as an event management and talent company. They are currently based in Tokyo, but also have locations in China and the USA. Good Smile Company is also sometimes known as Good Smile or GSC, and is stylized as Good Smile Company. ![]() The racing team isn’t bad – they took the driver’s championship in the GT300 class in 2011, 2014, and 2017, making them among the most successful teams in Super GT series history. ULTRA SUPER PICTURES produces and develops animated projects and also focuses on licensing other works along with training and managing new staff to create content aimed at the global community.Īlso, they have a subsidiary called Good Smile Racing (GSR) which owns a car racing team and produces model cars and related goods. More recently, they’ve helped to bring together four smaller animation companies ( Sanzigen, Trigger, Ordet, and LIDEN FILMS) to create ULTRA SUPER PICTURES. Other work for which they are less known, however, includes being part of the production committee for a lot of anime, including CANAAN, Black Rock Shooter, and One Punch Man. Primarily known as a manufacturer and distributor of figures, toys, accessories, and other hobby products, Good Smile is definitely good at getting the word out about ‘the hard work of creators.’ They’re most well known for the Nendoroid figure series, the fully articulated figma figure series, and scale figures. So let’s take a clear look now at who Good Smile Company is, where they come from, what they do, and how many fields they do it in. Having started off as an event management and talent company, and now having subsidiaries in areas as diverse as motorsports and anime production, Good Smile has truly worked all across entertainment. The company profile page of their website has a statement from the CEO, Takanori Aki, which says that they strive to ‘bring the hard work of creators to as many people as possible for as long as possible.’ When you think about a company coming from a place of service, Good Smile Company should be it. ![]()
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