VIDEOS

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Maximizing media mix between books and anime as the video business of a publishing company

In the video segment, we plan, produce, and distribute movies, grant the rights to distribute movies, sell package software, and more.
We also develop businesses to maximize media mix between books and anime as the video business of a publishing company.

Live-action
Anime
Movie Theater Business

Live-action

The parent organizations of the video business of KADOKAWA are Kadokawa Pictures, Daiei Film, and Nippon Herald Films. We produced major movies and dramas, including KU-KAI: Mystery of a Beautiful Queen, a Japanese-Chinese movie, and Fukushima 50, which won the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize in twelve different categories. We are developing a streamlined business, from planning to production, including creating plans, distributing advertisements, product distribution, video release, television adaptations, and more based on our own original works.

Anime

KADOKAWA Anime was founded with the following mission as the video department of a publisher: Adapting books of the publisher into animation and maximizing both businesses. It continues to produce cutting-edge hits.
In addition to TV series adapted from KADOKAWA books, KADOKAWA Anime presents many high-end original works and animation adapted from the original works of other companies. It continues to take on challenges to expand the fields related to intellectual property, including distribution, overseas operation, the creation of games based on animation, and the adaptation of popular TV series into theatrical animation.

©Tappei Nagatsuki, Published by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Re: ZERO –Starting Life in Another World– 2 Production Committee
©2020 "The Deer King" Film Partners
©Kugane Maruyama,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/OVERLORD4
©Syougo Kinugasa,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/YOUZITSU2 PARTNERS
© 2022 C2Architecture / KADOKAWA / KanColle2Sd

Movie Theater Business

We offer comfortable environments and services for films by operating the KADOKAWA Cinema Yurakucho, a theater screening quality movies centered on our in-house productions, and Mubichike, a service selling digital movie tickets that allow for seat selection online and can be used across Japan.

Group companies

ENGI Co.Ltd.

ENGI is a hybrid digital animation production studio that was created by three companies: KADOKAWA CORPORATION, which owns a wealth of content, primarily publications and videos, Sammy Inc., and ULTRA SUPER PICTURES. Taking advantage of the strong support of these three companies, ENGI will strive to create content using new video expressions that leverage cutting-edge technologies.
KADOKAWA Architecture Co., Ltd.

KADOKAWA Architecture is a joint venture that engages in new content services and business related to KanColle(Kantai Collection) with C2 Präparat Inc., which plans, develops, and operates KanColle. KADOKAWA Architecture is the KanColle license contact company.
KADOKAWA KPLUS CO., Ltd.

KADOKAWA K+ is a Korean Entertainment company specializing in Korean media contents distribution in Japan. The company has been actively creating synergies through Korean artist management, fan club operations, and events. KADOKAWA K+ supported by KADOKAWA group's Media Mix power, will grow as a contents powerhouse with further promotion and diversification of its business scope through expanding in Korean media IP rights and artist based contents.
KADOKAWA DAIEI STUDIO CO., LTD.

KADOKAWA DAIEI STUDIO is a studio that produces movies and TV dramas, shoots commercial films, and edits videos. In addition to providing “functions and human power” facilities and equipment, the studio provides human power that uses the functions to meet the needs of producers. That is the tradition and individuality of KADOKAWA DAIEI STUDIO.
Glovision Inc.

Glovision is a production company that engages in localization—dubbing and subtitling overseas movies and dramas—and sound production for animation and games. Glovision responds to all needs in media localization and sound production at the Kudan Studio, where cutting-edge technologies, including Dolby Atmos and 4K, are available. We are also working on a project to convert comics to TATESC COMICS.
Studio KADAN Co.Ltd.

Studio KADAN is a production studio led by Hiroyuki Seshita, one of Japan's most renowned 3DCG animation directors, having worked on the Knights of Sidonia series for TV and the animated film, BLAME!. In addition to producing full 3DCG cell shading CG animations, they produce a variety of digital entertainment, including XR using 3D modeling, projection mapping, and game-compatible images. They also produce visual effects for live-action movies and produce large-scale works of intellectual property for the global market.
MOVIE WALKER Co., Ltd.

MOVIE WALKER defines its mission as increasing movie goers and operates “Movieticket”, digital movie ticket service, and “MOVIE WALKER”, a site providing information on movies. It publishes Monthly Cinecon Walker, a magazine distributed at movie theaters, and DVD & Video Distribution Data magazine. In addition, it engages in advertisements related to movies and content production.
RagingBull Inc.

RagingBull is an animation production studio with a team of highly experienced staff, including director Tomoki Kyoda, who created the "Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven" series.
In addition to producing animations based on KADOKAWA Group's original works, we also work on creating new IP. We will also take on the challenge of developing advanced, world-class production methods with an emphasis on pre-production.
KADOKAWA QINGYU (SHANGHAI) CULTURE & CREATION CO., LTD.

Founded in Shanghai, China in 2018. A company with a new business model that creates drafts for games, anime, and more (stories, character design) and developing original domestically-produced intellectual property in China through collaboration between Chinese IP companies and the KADOKAWA Group, utilizing the ability to create intellectual property.