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“#Kadokawa Aiming To Produce 40 Anime<\/a> Per Year Until 2023<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Kadokawa has plans to increase the amount of anime it produces to 40 titles a year until 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those plans were revealed in a financial report<\/a> (spotted by Crunchyroll<\/a>) in which the company reported an increase in profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, with sales up 2.6% from the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020 despite COVID-19. Several \u201cpriority measures\u201d were outlined, with the strengthening of Kadokawa\u2019s animation business being one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of this priority measure, Kadokawa plans to produce 40 titles a year until 2023, a period that falls within its mid-term plan. The report says that 33 titles were produced during the previous fiscal year, but a report by Animation Business Journal<\/a> noted that the period already saw Kadokawa investing in 40 titles, including 31 TV anime, five movies<\/a>, and four OVA\/event screenings.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are plans for more IP titles as well, with another priority measure listing plans to expand from 5,000 IPs a year to 6,000 IPs. The Kaku-Yomu and Maho-no-i-l websites are listed as targeted areas for the discovery of new talent, while ComicWalker is listed as a vehicle for expanding \u201crecognition of new titles.\u201d The report made note of three TV anime adaptations of titles that were published on Kaku-Yomu \u2013 HigeHiro<\/em>, Super Cub<\/em>, and Full Dive: This Ultimate Next Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real life<\/em>. All three are currently broadcasting as part of the Spring 2021 anime season.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the animation business-strengthening priority measure, Kadokawa is also considering the establishment of a \u201cworld-class\u201d 3DCG studio that would be composed of \u201cthe world\u2019s best\u201d creators. Kadokawa previously founded the 3DCG studio ENGI<\/a> in 2018. In 2019, it jointly-acquired 2D animation studio Kinema Citrus<\/a> with Bushiroad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, there are plans to expand license-based revenue and to expand net sales of anime-related game<\/a>s. Moving forward, Kadokawa intends to strengthen collaborations in this area with new partners CyberAgent and Sony Group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report noted that there was a year on year revenue growth of 165% from \u201canimation IP game royalties,\u201d with IPs like KonoSuba: God\u2019s Blessing on this <\/em>Wonderful World!<\/em>, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-<\/em>, and Overlord<\/em> credited with leading the growth in net sales of anime-related games. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the video side (which includes live-action titles), titles like Sword Art Online: Alicization \u2013 War of Underworld<\/em>, Re:Zero \u2212 Starting Life in Another World Season 2<\/em>, and the live-action A Family<\/em> were highlighted for their net sales contributions in the April 2020 to March 2021 period.\u00a0Upcoming anime movies like Belle<\/em> (Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime<\/em>), The Deer King<\/em> (Shika no Ou: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi<\/em>), and the 3DCG The Great Yokai War: Guardians\u00a0<\/em>are expected to contribute from April to September 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

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