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Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company
posted on by Egan Loo
Kadokawa Production. These subsidiaries will be combined into one company, simply named "Kadokawa."
Kadokawa Shoten publishes many manga series and magazines, including Monthly Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko and Kadokawa Beans Bunko.
ASCII Media Works prints many publications in the Dengeki family, including Media Works Bunko.
Media Factory publishes Comic Beam, B's Log, Arcadia, and light novels under the Famitsu Bunko imprint.
Fujimi Shobo publishes publishing learning guides that use anime and manga as teaching tools.
The strategic change is subject to approval at the regular shareholders meeting on June 22. The company explained that the new structure will improve profitability, strengthen the Kadokawa brand, and develop new business opportunities. The subsidiaries' names will still be retained as brand companies, except for Kadokawa Production. Kadokawa Group Holdings already merged ASCII and Media Works to form ASCII Media Works in 2007.
Source: ITmedia News via 0takomu
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