Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film.

In March 1954, Tokuma was established as East-West Entertainment Publishing in Shimbashi 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo with a capital of 1,000,000 yen.

The company took over the publishing rights for Weekly Asahi Performing Arts, a publication which dated back from January 1951.

On April of the same year, My Neighbour Totoro was released, and in September 1988, the monthly publication GoodsPress was launched.

[3] In October 1985, Tokuma Shoten published Super Mario Bros: The Complete Strategy Guide, a game strategy guide book for Super Mario Bros.[6] It partly recycled content from Family Computer Magazine, in addition to new content written by Naoto Yamamoto, who received no royalties for his work.

Since then, all three afore-mentioned films by Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli that were previously dubbed by Streamline have been re-dubbed by Disney.

It would go on to break numerous records and became the most successful film during that era in Japanese history, grossing over $289 million worldwide.

In July 2015, the Comic Ryo TV animated series Monster Musume no daily life was broadcast.

In January 2017, Tokuma Bunko launched the drama Today is a good day by Maha Harada which was broadcast at WOWOW.

In March 2017, Tokuma Shoten became a subsidiary of Culture Convenience Club through an acquisition exchange of shares.

In April 2017, Comic Ruy's original TV animated series, Alice and Kura Six by Tetsuya Imai was broadcast.

Comic Ryu’s original TV animated series Centaur’s Trouble by Kei Murayama was broadcast.