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Top 10 Anime Business News of 2011
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March 11 earthquake, Kadokawa's acquisition of Media Factory, MADHOUSE becoming NTV's subsidiary top list
The Japanese anime news website Anime Anime Biz posted a list of the top 10 anime business news stories of 2011. The list is as follows:
- The suspension of many events after the March 11 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster.
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Kadokawa Group Holdings' acquisition of manga publisher Media Factory.
- The anime studio MADHOUSE becoming a subsidiary of the Japanese broadcasting company NTV.
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TV Tokyo's launch of the simultaneous distribution of anime in China, including works such as Naruto Shippūden, Gintama, and Squid Girl.
- The success of original anime series.
- Navarre's sale of Funimation to a group of investors that included Gen Fukunaga, Funimation's CEO.
- IMA Group's investment in Studio DEEN.
- The establishment of Ultra Super Pictures as a joint holding company for the anime studios Sanzigen, Ordet, and Trigger.
- The success of the live distribution of both anime series and anime-related events.
- Warner Entertainment Japan becoming directly involved in the television anime production industry.
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