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
I hope this shit gets blocked like hell, this would mean a defacto monopoly on Japanese media for Sony and that means nothing good.
There’s no way this doesn’t get blocked right?
God I hope market authorities aren’t sleeping on this
Japan doesn’t have antitrust at all
Important to know, but is this really relevant to anime?
It would pretty much give Sony complete control of the industry through ownership of Aniplex and Kadokawa. BD prices would skyrocket…
Sony also owns Crunchyroll for digital distribution.
CR falls under the Aniplex umbrella I believe.
Correct
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.
Yes. Kadokawa has several anime studio subsidiaries, and also publishes manga.
