Zack Promotion Co. Ltd.

Zack Promotion Co. Ltd. (株式会社ザック・プロモーション) is a Japanese post-production company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Founded on August 15, 1975, by sound director Kan Mizumoto and colleagues who left Omnibus Promotion, the company is named after the British youth slang word "ZACK," meaning "fun" or "enjoyable." It is a member of the Japan Audio Producers Association (日本音声製作者連盟). The company's core business is sound production (音響制作) for anime series and dubbing (吹き替え) for foreign films and television shows. It has been involved in numerous anime productions, particularly those by Tatsunoko Production and Studio Pierrot, including the Time Bokan series, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, and the Pierrot Magical Girl series. Its dubbing work includes Japanese-language versions of many Hollywood films and TV dramas, often for television broadcast. Zack Promotion remains active in the industry, with recent credits including the 2022 anime "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War" and "Dosukoi Sushi Sumo." The current representative director is Katsunori Shimizu. The company's official website is zack-pro.com.

Zack Promotion Co. Ltd. was established on August 15, 1975, by sound director Kan Mizumoto and other staff who left Omnibus Promotion. The company name derives from the British youth slang "ZACK," which was popular at the time and meant "fun" or "enjoyable." The company joined the Japan Audio Producers Association. From its early years, Zack Promotion handled sound production for anime series, particularly those produced by Tatsunoko Production and Studio Pierrot. Notable early works include the Time Bokan series (starting with Time Bokan in 1975), Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II and F in the late 1970s, and the Pierrot Magical Girl series in the 1980s such as Magical Angel Creamy Mami and Magical Princess Minky Momo. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company expanded its anime sound production credits to include series like Touch (1985), Norakuro-kun (1987), Osomatsu-kun (1988), and Yu Yu Hakusho (1992). It also continued dubbing foreign films and TV shows for Japanese television, including versions of Emanuelle, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Seven, True Lies, and Leon. In the 2000s and 2010s, Zack Promotion worked on anime such as Bleach (2004), Elfen Lied (2004), Tegami Bachi (2009), and Uchū Senkan Yamato III (1980). More recent credits include BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022) and Dosukoi Sushi Sumo (2022). The company remains active under representative director Katsunori Shimizu.

• 2022

  Sound production for BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War and Dosukoi Sushi Sumo.

• 2004

  Sound production for Bleach and Elfen Lied.

• 1992

  Sound production for Yu Yu Hakusho.

• 1985

  Sound production for Touch.

• 1983

  Sound production for Magical Angel Creamy Mami.

• 1978

  Sound production for Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II.

• 1975

  Company founded on August 15 by Kan Mizumoto and colleagues from Omnibus Promotion.

• 1975

  Involved in sound production for the first Time Bokan series.

Specialized post-production house for anime sound and foreign-language dubbing, with long-standing relationships with major studios like Tatsunoko and Pierrot.

• Time Bokan series

• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman series

• Studio Pierrot Magical Girl series

• Touch

• Yu Yu Hakusho

• Bleach

• Elfen Lied

• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War

• Dosukoi Sushi Sumo

• Dubbing for numerous foreign films and TV dramas

1. 1ZACK PROMOTION.Inc official websitezack-pro.com
2. 2Zack Promotion Co. Ltd. on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3ザック・プロモーション - Wikipedia (Japanese)ja.wikipedia.org