{"id":100082,"date":"2024-10-15T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=100082"},"modified":"2024-10-15T19:58:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T02:58:08","slug":"toho-acquires-north-american-animation-distributor-gkids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/10\/15\/toho-acquires-north-american-animation-distributor-gkids\/","title":{"rendered":"Toho Acquires North American Animation Distributor GKIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/08\/29\/toho-reveals-north-american-poster-visual-of-my-hero-academia-youre-next-film\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% equity share of the North American animation producer and distributor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/07\/21\/gkids-unveils-limited-run-arcane-4k-uhd-blu-ray-steelbook-sets-more-home-video-releases\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Toho\u2019s acquisition of GKIDS comes as part of the former\u2019s \u201cTOHO VISION 2032 TOHO Group Management Corporate Strategy,\u201d which details the company\u2019s plans for \u201cgrowth and expansion outside of Japan\u201d and plans to connect its Japanese and international productions, creators, and studios \u201cmore directly and widely with creators and fans overseas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GKIDS founder and CEO <\/span><b>Eric Beckman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and president <\/span><b>Dave Jesteadt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provided a full statement on the acquisition on the company\u2019s official Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Eric Beckman, our Founder and CEO, and Dave Jesteadt, our President. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/onSyJkiqi8\">pic.twitter.com\/onSyJkiqi8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GKIDSfilms\/status\/1846280123512717666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toho <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/05\/23\/toho-acquires-science-saru\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">previously acquired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Japanese animation studio <\/span><b>Science SARU<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and also made an equity investment in Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Fifth Season, known for their work on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Severance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo Vice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toho and GKIDS have worked together for many years, bringing many anime films into North America such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weathering With You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promare<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spirited Away: Live on Stage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and many more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toho is also the Japanese domestic distributor for many of the same properties handled by GKIDS in North America, including the works of <\/span><b>Studio Ghibli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Mamoru Hosoda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Makoto Shinkai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gkids.com\/2024\/10\/15\/toho-to-acquire-award-winning-north-american-animation-distributor-gkids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">press release<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to follow our weekly chart updates and news? 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