No! God please no!
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.
If the market authorities authorize this, Sony will actually have a near monopoly on Japanese media.
There’s no way this doesn’t get blocked right?
Japan doesn’t have antitrust at all
So we’re going back to zaibatsus?
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.
