On February 1, Nippon Television , a major national television network in Japan, announced financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, recording an increase of 86.8 percent compared to the immediate previous year in the market. anime , achieving an impressive 5.04 billion yen in profits.
Although the figures are impressive and the increase is
almost double compared to the previous year, it turns out that the report
explains that the franchises “ Sousou no Frieren ( Frieren:
Beyond Journey's End )” and “ Kusuriya no
Hitorigoto ( The Apothecary Diaries )” were
key piece of this success by achieving large sales figures in distribution
services . In addition, Nippon Television points out that increasing
the number of anime productions, the distribution of old projects and
distribution abroad were important strategies to achieve these objectives.
While these franchises were key for 2023, Nippon Television hopes that projects like “ Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime )” and “ The Fable ” will become those that maintain this momentum in 2024.
However, the fact that important mention is made of “Sousou no Frieren” and “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” as the great hits that raised Nippon Television's profits to almost double, has been taken as a hope for fans. After all, how can we not continue with sequels for these projects being so successful?
- « I
understand the case of Sousou no Frieren, but why is Kusuriya no
Hitorigoto so popular abroad? ».
- « At
the end of the day and as in any business, the most important thing is
profits .»
- « Overseas
distribution has become a vital business for the anime industry .»
- « I
will never understand how money moves within the anime industry, weren't
anime products the ones that generated the profits? ».
- " As
always, Japan needs the rest of the world to carry out its business ."
- « If
I'm not mistaken, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- also increased Nippon
Television's profits, and look no further, it even changed to a better
studio for its upcoming second season .»
- " Of
course, both projects already have second seasons confirmed with this
information ."
- « I
see, so Rimuru-sama's story is also still extremely popular .»
- « The
fact that Sousou no Frieren has not lost momentum even when entering a new
story arc completely different from the first says a lot about the level
of the production .»
- " I
hope this does not lead to starting to use celebrities to lend their
voices in one of the two aforementioned series ."
- « If
Sousou no Frieren continues with another two-part second season, it could
reach one of the most spectacular arcs in the manga. The problem would be
how long we will have to wait to expect the same level of production .
Source: Yaraon!
