Kadokawa Responds to Sony Acquisition Rumors (& It’s Not a Done Deal Yet)

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Kadokawa has shared an official statement following reports of its potential acquisition by Sony

, and they have revealed that it’s far from a done deal as of the time of this publication. Anime fans had been questioning the state of the anime industry ever since it was first reported byin talks with Kadokawa for a potential acquisition. While that initial report highlighted the fact that Sony was already working closely with the game development studio FromSoftware, Kadokawa has major stakes in the anime, light novel, and foreign licensing processes.

The initial report might have focused on FromSoftware’s role in the gaming industry, but Kadokawa is far bigger than just that one company they work with. They have stakes in gaming, manga, light novels, anime, and all sorts of production and distribution facets in Japan and in international territories.

With Sony already overseeing a great deal of the anime industry with production studios such as A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks, a full acquisition of Kadokawa would then put even more studios under this single umbrella. This includes notable standouts like the recently acquired by Kadokawa, Doga Kobo (which has made a name for itself with, and many more. But Kadokawa goes far beyond its TV or film anime productions.

Kadokawa also has a great deal of investments within the manga, light novel, and licensing industries. It would net Sony an unprecedented level of oversight across the entire anime industry production pipeline. They’d have a stake in what gets published, what gets licensed, what gets an anime adaptation, where it will be streaming outside of Japan, and more.

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