Company History

  1. 2001
  2. 2002
  3. 2003
  4. 2004
  5. 2005
  6. 2006
  7. 2007
  8. 2008
  9. 2009
  10. 2010
  11. 2011

2011

2011 Dec. Mobile social game"Yakyutomo!" with 2 million users,
on air as 2nd short animation

The recent and the best smart phone app "Chancellor Speaks For You",
released following "Yoshida Speaks For You"
2011 Nov. "Yoshida Speaks For You", the first smart phone application from AppNooDLES released
2011 Oct. DLE appointed as Honorary Advisor of SiPA
(Software Industry Promotion Agency), Thailand

"Dokan kun", a masterpiece series by Frogman,
starts new series on NHK E Tele.

DLE concludes 6 MOUs for content business in South East Asia,
and Middle East companies

DLE and Loopsessions start a smart phone app brand
"AppNooDLES" together

2011 Aug. "Eagle Talon"'s smart phone GPS game "Ayamaru Daisakusen" released
2011 July Popular character "Yoshida kun" from Eagle Talon,
accepts AD Manager of "Shimane Land of Gods"

DLE starts a new animation channel in USA, by corporation with SyncTV

"Eagle Talon" characters appear on JR train channel,
sponsored by Suntory Acerola drinks

"Work! Yoshida kun" video shown on JR train channel for the first time

2011 June 2nd series of "Manner Campaign" by JR West starts
using DLE character continuously
2011 May Short animation program "Kayochu" starts on air linked with Facebook
2011 April TV animation series "Chara Uta" is on aired on 3 TV stations of different groups

New animation TV show "Yuru Ani?" on air at NTV
2011 Jan. "Shimane Super Ambassador Yoshida kun" appears as
article on Nikkei newspaper

"Shimane Super Ambassador Yoshida kun" exhibit
shown at Nihonbashi Shimanekan

A free movie "Hybrid Cop (Undercover)" sponsored by
Toyota goes on screen

2010

2010 December "Haiyore! NyaruAni - Remember My Love-" on air at BS11 Digital
2010 Nov. "Giri Giri Airu Village" DVD released

"Keihin Family" by Frogman on air at BS11 Digital

Movies by Frogman shown at "Roppongi Anime Night"
held at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills
2010 Oct. DLE exhibits at TIFFCOM 2010
(Tokyo International Film Festival Contents Market)

"Eagle Talon" character "Yoshida kun" featured as
the Ad Manager for NEC at "joy-pc" website

Nivea For Men campaign website "Work! Yoshida kun
- Operation Exterminate Dry Skin" released

Speaking software for PC, "VOICEROID + Eagle Talon Yoshida kun" released
2010 Sept. SoftBank Creative announces "Haiyore! Nyaruko" to be animated by DLE

Capcom "Monster Hunter Portable 3rd" and "Eagle Talon" collaborates at Tokyo Game Show 2010

DLE opens special website for NEC as"joy-pc 2010 Autumn/Winter PC"

"Shimane Super Ambassador Yoshida kun" featured as the character of "Shimane UI-turn Fair"
2010 Aug. Official site of "DLE HOUR asianbeat presents KIRA KIRA ASIA",
opens at "Gekidomo" web video site in China

"DLE HOUR asianbeat presents KIRA KIRA ASIA"
on air at BS11 Digital TV station

"Panpaka Pants" on air at Bejing International Channel

Special event "Eagle Talon The Movie Night" held at Toho Cinemas Roppongi
2010 July DLE creates a animation of "Syoukosyuseikan" in Kagoshima, the beginning of the modern Japanese culture.

Variety TV show "Next Princess" on-air at Taiwan

Animation "Sugai And The Family Stone" collaborates with Blue Note Tokyo "Fight Tension Department" on air at BS11

Animation "Henshin!! Jaga Pote Kamen" on air at MBS(Mainichi Broadcasting System)

"Eagle Talon" colaborates with the movie "Space Battleship Yamato", short films shown at Toho Cinemas

Songs from "Chara Moni Project" released as cellphone ringertones on "Reco Choku"

DLE creates "Honda Auto Terrace" animation movies for the purpose of digital signage

2010 June DLE creates spin off animation of "MonsterHunter" from CAPCOM.

"RUN!!BEAR!! RUN" collaborates with the famous Japanese singer "Becky♪#".
2010 May Yoshida kun from "Eagle Talon" as official character of Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

Limited DVD Box edition of "Keihin Family" in stores.

"Eagle Talon" as the official character of the 58th Shizuoka AD festival by Japan Advertising Federation.
2010 Apr. "KIRA KIRA JAPON" starts on air at Japan and France.

Limited DVD Box edition of "Keihin Family" in stores.

DLE creates promotion movie "Denki De Ecoler", for The Federation of Electric Power Companies in Japan.

Yoshida kun from "Eagle Talon" spins off as an account executive in the animation for "Nivea For Men".

New TV program "DLE HOUR" starts on air at BS11/

"Eagle Talon" colaborates with the pro baseball team "Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS".
2010 Mar. Shiiki Ryuta accepts "Overseas Strategics Counselor" for the district of Fukuoka.

"Eagle Talon" as the official characters for the "Sawayaka Manner Campaign" of JR West (West Japan Railway Company).

DLE creates animation part for the educational TV program, "Basic 10" Season 2.
2010 Feb. “Peach High School Baseball Team”on air in 8 TV stations of Fuji TV Network group in Kiyushu district.
2010 Jan. “Eagle Talon The Movie 3 - http://takanotsume.jp is forever ”on screen at TOHO Cinemas.

Special TV program "DLE HOUR Premium" on air at new years eve and new years on BS 11.

"Panpaka Pants", a local character in Shizuoka marks 20th in the Oricon national DVD chart.

2009

2009 Dec. Office movement to Kojimachi 3-2-4, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan.

First DVD of the "Eagle Talon Countdown" and "Coffy the Tomb Tyke Campus Life" released.

Flash Animation "Burn! Buccal Cones" on air at weather forecast of MBS TV.
2009 Nov. Shiiki Ryuta, CEO of DLE joins the APEC(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).

2009 Oct. "Next Princess", a variety TV program for junior school girl students starts broadcast on TV Tokyo.

2009 Sept. "RUN!!BEAR RUN!!" project starts broadcast on TV Tokyo.

2009 Aug. "Oyasai Festa" event opens in Marui Shibuya.

Kaeruotokoshokai creates a Flash animation "Tonari No Tensai Bakabon" based on famous characters by Akatsuka Fujio.

"The Wall Of Game", a interview program with famous video game creators on aired at BS11, by the Bancho Japon project.
2009 July Capital increase up to 216,500,000 Yen.

The promotion song for "Min Min Daha" on air for cell phones and PC.

DLE creates Flash animation of "Acelora chan", the official Acelora drink character of Nichrei Foods.

"Oyasai Garden" a collaboration project with Dehara Noriyuki starst on "Design Garder", a custom T-shirt online shop by "Fuji Film".
2009 June Natsuno Takeshi assumes post as a Board Member of DLE.

All of the classic works of Kaeruotokoshokai on screen at "Yokohama Brillia Short Shorts Theater".
2009 May DLE creates "Utsurundesu", a original video animation based on the comics from Yoshida Senshya.

Special film of the "Keihin Family" on screen at the Short Short Film Festival.
2009 Apr. DLE on airs "Kira Kira Japon" in France, a program introducing Japanese culture.
2009 Mar. DLE starts local region support movies with support of Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry.

DLE on airs "Space Golf", a project with Toonz Animation India.
2009 Feb. The official DLE channel starts on Youtube.

"Bancho Japon", the creative talent scout website starts with Bantan Contents Tracks.
2009 Jan. The official cell phone site“Keihin Family”for 3 major Japanese carriers starts
the animation broadcast for cell phones.

2008

2008 Dec. The official cell phone site "Fightension☆Mobile" opens for NTT DoCoMo i-mode cell phones.

The official cell phone site "Kisekae☆DLE" opens for NTT DoCoMo i-mode cell phones.

"Why Why Christmas", the song project with Shizuoka Broadcasting System(SBS) on aired.
2008 Nov. "Sushi Boy Torotaro" as the official character for the "1st International Sushi Expo in Shizuoka"


The official credit card of "Eagle Talon" from Mitsui Sumitomo Card.

Frogman appears as a voice actor in "OSS117 - The Cafe-au-lait Who Loved Me", a DVD from Shochiku.
2008 Oct. The "Let's Sing! Character Songs" project with Shizuoka Broadcasting System(SBS) starts
broadcast for cellphones

2008 July The "Let's Sing! Character Songs" project with Shizuoka Broadcasting System(SBS) starts.
On air at SBS every Monday to Friday.

"Yoshida - Kun", character from "Eagle Talon" as the official character for the
"Min Min Daha" promotion campaign.
2008 May “Eagle Talon The Movie - The Oolong Tea Who Loved Me ”on screen at TOHO Cinemas


"Yoshida - Kun", character from "Eagle Talon" gets appointed as the Official Super Ambassador
of Shimame Prefecture.
2008 Apr. “Fightension☆TV”on-air at TV TOKYO every Saturday 7:00 AM
"Gama Oji" on-air at TV TOKYO every Monday 20:54 PM

2008 Feb. “Eagle Talon The Movie - The Chancellor Only Lives Twice -”earns the
Best International Animation Directors award and also the Best Animation award
at The New York International Independent Film And Video Festival.

"Sugai And The Family Stone The Movie" on screen at TOHO Cinemas.

2007

2007 Nov. “Fightension☆School” memorabilia sold in 105 Toys R Us stores nationwide.
Opening of first DLE Store (Rokuban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
Begins sales of FLASH Anime DVD “PIEW TO FUKU ! JAGUAR” ; (first-time investment into production of animation based upon scripts owned by outside companies)
2007 Oct. Beings airing of “Choco-Mimi”. (Tokyo Television; airing 17:00?).
Begins production of anime based on scripts owned by outside companies.
Company-own video-sharing site “do-dle TV” receives “2007 Good Design Award”.
2007 Sept. Headquarters relocated to Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
2007 July Begins airing of “Fightension☆School” (Tokyo Television; airing Saturdays 7:00)
2007 June Capital fund expanded to 210.5 Million Yen
2007 May Capital fund expanded to 179 Million Yen.
2007 March “The Eagle Talon Secret Society THE MOVIE ?The Chancellor Only Lives Twice?” released in TOHO Cinemas nationwide.
2007 Feb. Capital fund expanded to 137 Million Yen.
2007 Jan. Begins airing of “Fightension☆Dept. Store”. (Tokyo Television; airing Mondays 17:30?)
Headquarters relocated to Yonban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

2006

2006 Dec. Capital fund expanded to 117 Million Yen.
Begins airing of “The Eagle Talon Secret Society Manner Movie” at TOHO Cinemas nationwide.
2006 Aug. Duncan Billing (Chief Executive Marketing Operator of Hasbro,Inc.) assumes office of external board member.
2006 June Begins airing of “The Frogman Theater” on “NEWS23”
(TBS Television; airing Fridays 23:30?)
2006 April Begins airing of “THE FROGMAN SHOW”(Asahi Television; airing Wednesdays 26:40?)
2006 Jan. Headquarters relocated to Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

2005

2005 Oct. Capital fund expanded to 62 Million Yen. Business/capital alliance forged with Hasbro,Inc.
2005 Sept. Establishment of FLASH Anime Studio; Anime production capabilities incorporated into company.

2004

2004 Dec. Capital fund expanded to 20 Million Yen.
2004 July. Headquarters relocated to Rokuban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

2003

2003 Oct. Converted to a public company. Company name changed to D.L.E Co. Ltd.

2002

2002 Sept. Capital fund expanded to 10 Million Yen.

2001

2001 Dec. Establishment of [Pasania] Private Limited Company (HQ: Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Capital Fund: 3 Million Yen)

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