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CRUNCHYROLL PARTNERS WITH NBC UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN
To Co-Develop Anime Titles With International Appeal
Posted by ICv2 on July 17, 2017 @ 2:38 pm CT
Crunchyroll Inc. has announced a partnership agreement with NBC Universal Entertainment Japan to co-develop new anime titles with international appeal. The deal will include working to create new iterations of existing properties as well as the development of entirely new projects. As a leading international platform for anime and manga Crunchyroll has had a distribution agreement with NBC Universal Entertainment Japan (NUEJ), and has distributed some of NUEJ’s top productions such as Berserk and Drifters.
Last year Crunchyroll announced a major partnership deal with American anime powerhouse Funimation (see “Anime Market Re-Aligns as Crunchyroll and Funimation Partner”) as well as a strategic alliance with Kadokawa (see “ Kadokawa Buys Majority Stake in Yen Press”).
NBC Universal Entertainment Japan is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution company that has its headquarters in Akasaka, Minato (Tokyo). The company, which was formerly known a Pioneer LDC and then Geneon Entertainment merged with Universal Pictures Japan in 2009 becoming Geneon Universal Entertainment, which changed its name to NBC Universal Entertainment Japan in 2013.
CRUNCHYROLL PARTNERS WITH NBC UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN
To Co-Develop Anime Titles With International Appeal
Posted by ICv2 on July 17, 2017 @ 2:38 pm CT
Crunchyroll Inc. has announced a partnership agreement with NBC Universal Entertainment Japan to co-develop new anime titles with international appeal. The deal will include working to create new iterations of existing properties as well as the development of entirely new projects. As a leading international platform for anime and manga Crunchyroll has had a distribution agreement with NBC Universal Entertainment Japan (NUEJ), and has distributed some of NUEJ’s top productions such as Berserk and Drifters.
Last year Crunchyroll announced a major partnership deal with American anime powerhouse Funimation (see “Anime Market Re-Aligns as Crunchyroll and Funimation Partner”) as well as a strategic alliance with Kadokawa (see “ Kadokawa Buys Majority Stake in Yen Press”).
NBC Universal Entertainment Japan is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution company that has its headquarters in Akasaka, Minato (Tokyo). The company, which was formerly known a Pioneer LDC and then Geneon Entertainment merged with Universal Pictures Japan in 2009 becoming Geneon Universal Entertainment, which changed its name to NBC Universal Entertainment Japan in 2013.