Exclusive: Sony is in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring' (Kadokawa), sources say
Exclusive: Sony is in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring' (Kadokawa), sources say
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15350715
No! God please no!
If the market authorities authorize this, Sony will actually have a near monopoly on Japanese media.
Between all the BDs they would have control over through this, they already also own Crunchyroll. That would be a huge market share.
Yes, it's fucking insane they even think they stand a chance. Edit: as in, that the market is such, that they think they have the freedom to do this
Another aspect of this that I just realized is that the two most timely/thorough anime news sources I use for English language articles are:
- Anime News Network - Owned by Kadokawa
- Crunchyroll - Owned by Sony
I can imagine a scenario in which the news groups of these two companies are consolidated. There are other English news sources out there, but it doesn't sit well with me if these two big players combine.
Sorry 2nd comment, but Reuters' heavy focus on FromSoftware is very harmful imo, because it makes it seem way smaller than it actually is
I hope this shit gets blocked like hell, this would mean a defacto monopoly on Japanese media for Sony and that means nothing good.
Important to know, but is this really relevant to anime?
Yes. Kadokawa has several anime studio subsidiaries, and also publishes manga.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/1696/Kadokawa
Here is the list of anime that Kadokawa produced. I'm sure you would know many anime on the list.