One Piece and Dragon Ball Super Films Boost Toei Animation Earnings to Record High as of First Half of FY2023

Toei Animation witnessed its best performance to date since FY2012 as net sales recorded for the six month period (from April 1 to September 30) flew as high as 42,450 million yen (≈290 million USD), a 42.74% increase over the same period the year before while net income rose 41.47% to 11,521 million yen (≈78.79 Continue reading One Piece and Dragon Ball Super Films Boost Toei Animation Earnings to Record High as of First Half of FY2023

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

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

Toei Animation Q3 FY2022 Report: Looking Good for One Piece

This is a follow up report to: Toei Animation Q2 FY2022 Report: Record Sales from Asia as Overseas Film and Licensing Shine Toei Animation has recorded its best sales for the third quarter hitting 42,522 million yen (≈367.54 million USD) between April 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 mainly due to increasing sales of its Continue reading Toei Animation Q3 FY2022 Report: Looking Good for One Piece