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Multimedia firm MAGICIANS. introduced on Friday that it’ll spin off its content-related companies – resembling MUSIC, LOVE&ART, music publishing and Daikanyama Studio – on November 1. AniTone Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SUPER STATE HOLDINGS Co., Ltd., would be the successor. MAGICIANS. acknowledged that this won’t have an effect on its present enterprise operations and that it’ll proceed to function its music publishing enterprise. The businesses hope to develop and develop joint companies.
AniTone, based in July, is engaged in animation manufacturing, music labeling, program manufacturing and publishing. It additionally invests in and promotes anime. SUPER STATE HOLDINGS is engaged in creator administration and video distribution companies.
The content material library of MAGICIANS. and its predecessors embrace the Scientific journey franchise (Chaos;HEAD, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Little one, Occultic; 9Nameless;Code)By acquisitions, the library additionally contains the Reminiscences from franchiseand has developed and printed video games associated to anime, mild novel and manga.
Chairman and Founder-Govt Director Chiyomaru Shikura stepped down from these roles in January 2023. He’ll stay as an government producer and give attention to growing authentic works and new video games.
The gamebiz service reported in December 2022 that MAGICIANS struggled with extreme debt. The corporate reported a closing lack of 613 million yen (about $4.6 million) for the fiscal yr ended September 2022, after a closing lack of 370 million yen (about $2.8 million) within the earlier fiscal yr.
Sport developer Colopl purchased all of the shares of MAGICIANS. from Shikura’s CHIYOMARU STUDIO in March 2020, which MAGICIANS. a completely owned subsidiary of Colopl.
CHIYOMARU STUDIO purchased all of the shares of MAGICIANS. by Dangoa subsidiary of Kadokawa and MAGE’s earlier mum or dad firm, in July 2019. MAGICIANS. be consolidated 5pb. model for video games and music in MAGICIANS.
Shikura’s 5pb. firm merged with quite a lot of firms beneath Kadokawa kinds MAGICIANS. in 2011. The corporate publishes video games and music beneath its personal title 5pb. Video games and 5pb. Data labels, and works with Kadokawa for anime and manga diversifications of his properties. Shikura arrange CHIYOMARU STUDIO from 2015.
Sources: MAGICIANS., Animation Enterprise Journal (Tadashi Sudo)
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Leisure (KWE), a completely owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Company, is almost all proprietor of Anime Information Community, LLC. A number of of the businesses talked about on this article are a part of the Kadokawa Group of Firms.
