Bandai Namco Holdings 1st Quarter FY2023 Performance: Mobile Suit Gundam Overtakes Dragon Ball to Be the Best Performing IP Groupwide

The Mobile Suit Gundam Series Leads Sales Groupwide Bandai Namco Holdings first quarter report for FY2023 sees the Mobile Suit Gundam series overtaking the Dragon Ball series to be the best performing title groupwide for the quarter that took place between April 1 and June 30 this year. It was not always that Dragon Ball Continue reading Bandai Namco Holdings 1st Quarter FY2023 Performance: Mobile Suit Gundam Overtakes Dragon Ball to Be the Best Performing IP Groupwide

Toei Animation Quarter 1 FY2023 Results: Record Sales Hit for the Group, Dragon Ball at Its Highest Sales Since FY2018

Toei Animation has reported record sales for the 1st quarter of FY2023 with net sales up by 36.96% to 18,061 million yen (≈133.81 million USD) derived from strong performance of sales related to the One Piece Film: Red and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero theatrical releases. Note that the period considered for the first quarter Continue reading Toei Animation Quarter 1 FY2023 Results: Record Sales Hit for the Group, Dragon Ball at Its Highest Sales Since FY2018

Record Sales for IG Port, but It Slips into the Red for the Fiscal Year 2022, Kaizoku Oujo and the Koukaku Kidoutai Series are its Best-Performing Titles

IG Port operates a number of businesses through its group of companies with sales mainly driven by four segments: Video Production Business, Publishing Business, Copyright or Licensing Business and its Other Business (drawing illustration for magazines, character products etc.). The followings are the breakdown of its performance for the fiscal year 2022 from June 1, Continue reading Record Sales for IG Port, but It Slips into the Red for the Fiscal Year 2022, Kaizoku Oujo and the Koukaku Kidoutai Series are its Best-Performing Titles

Major Improvement to ABC Animation and SILVER LINK.’s Sales for the Fiscal Year 2022

The financial results for Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation revealed some updates as to the performances of ABC Animation and SILVER LINK., both are wholly owned subsidiaries of the group. According to the report, ABC Animation has recorded its best sales performance to date at 1,839 million yen (≈13.74 million USD), up by 20.17% year-on-year Continue reading Major Improvement to ABC Animation and SILVER LINK.’s Sales for the Fiscal Year 2022

Toei Animation Full Year Result for the Fiscal Year 2022: One Piece Impresses, Hit Record Sales of 12 Billion Yen

Toei Animation Co., Ltd. finally released their full 2022 fiscal year result (that occurred between April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022) to reveal its best performance to date amid its expanded overseas business which saw sales of video distribution rights increasing significantly in the overseas market. Toei Animation also reported that sales of video Continue reading Toei Animation Full Year Result for the Fiscal Year 2022: One Piece Impresses, Hit Record Sales of 12 Billion Yen

The Dragon Ball Series is Still Bandai Namco’s Biggest IP as of Fiscal Year 2022

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. released its full fiscal year result ending March 31, 2022, revealing that the Dragon Ball series is yet again its biggest IP with a small growth recorded at 0.16% from the fiscal year before to 127.6 billion yen (≈984.03 million USD) in sales. This is unfortunately not its best in recent Continue reading The Dragon Ball Series is Still Bandai Namco’s Biggest IP as of Fiscal Year 2022

IG Port’s Best 3rd Quarter Performance to Date, but Video Production Is Still Struggling

IG Port, Inc. the parent company of which it wholly owns Production I.G., Inc., Mag Garden Corporation, SIGNAL.MD, Inc. has reported its best ever third quarter sales and profit to date. For the fiscal year 2022, it witnessed a 19.39% jump in sales to 8,552,550,000 yen (≈66.67 million USD) from 6,894,398 yen (≈53.74 million USD) Continue reading IG Port’s Best 3rd Quarter Performance to Date, but Video Production Is Still Struggling