BANDAI NAMCO Holdings 1st Quarter Report: Mobile Suit Gundam Up, Dragon Ball Down (Fiscal Year March 2022)

The Mobile Suit Gundam series has noted a 13.75% jump in sales compared to the 1st quarter for the fiscal year ending March 2021 from 20.7 billion yen (~184 million USD) to 24 billion yen (~214 million USD) for the fiscal year ending March 2022. Sales of its merchandise accounts 50.83% of its total sales, Continue reading BANDAI NAMCO Holdings 1st Quarter Report: Mobile Suit Gundam Up, Dragon Ball Down (Fiscal Year March 2022)

Oricon Inc.’s Earnings are Looking Sharp in 2020

Net Income has risen to an all time high for Oricon Inc. despite fall in Ordinary Profit year-on-year to 860,089,000 yen (~$7,855,303). Although the positive outcome is most welcome, Oricon Inc. is cautious amid a surge of Corona infection cases globally, and the company expresses its concern with regards to the business’s outlook going forward Continue reading Oricon Inc.’s Earnings are Looking Sharp in 2020

Fall in Ordinary Profit Persists, Though Net Income Has Risen According to Oricon Inc.’s Latest 3rd Quarter 2021 Report

Oricon Inc. has reported yet another drop in ordinary profit between April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, though the business has held itself together after witnessing an increase in net income for the same period as a result of extraordinary gains. The business remains uncertain in its outlook as long as the pandemic does Continue reading Fall in Ordinary Profit Persists, Though Net Income Has Risen According to Oricon Inc.’s Latest 3rd Quarter 2021 Report

Oricon Inc.’s Net Income Grew From September 2019 to September 2020 Despite Fall in Ordinary Profit

As you probably have known for awhile now that this blog publishes data based on Oricon sales chart. Though, we are quite clear on a weekly basis, knowing how some of our favourite titles perform, how about Oricon? Is the company doing fine? Did it manage to power through 2020 as many companies were in Continue reading Oricon Inc.’s Net Income Grew From September 2019 to September 2020 Despite Fall in Ordinary Profit

Japanese Animation Market Hit an All-Time High in 2018, But Sales in the Overseas Market have Decelerated

The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released the Anime Industry Report 2019 back in December last year, but the English and Japanese summary of the report for the public to consume were not made available till later this year. The report summarizes the industry’s performance on a year-to-year basis taking into account several aspects such Continue reading Japanese Animation Market Hit an All-Time High in 2018, But Sales in the Overseas Market have Decelerated

Business Report: KADOKAWA DWANGO CORPORATION (Fiscal Year 2018)

KADOKAWA DWANGO CORPORATION (hereby referred to as Kadokawa Dwango or the “Company”) in their business report filing with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) saw positive growth for the fiscal year of 2018 which ended in March 31, 2019. The Company recorded a net sales of $1,923,338,100 for the fiscal year (up 0.9% y-o-y) with an Continue reading Business Report: KADOKAWA DWANGO CORPORATION (Fiscal Year 2018)