Fuji TV introduced on Thursday its plan to broaden its world enterprise in all instructions, from manufacturing and media tie-ups to infrastructure improvement.
The community made the announcement at an occasion as a part of TIFFCOM, the biggest broadcasting and video worldwide occasion in Asia. Representatives from Skybound Entertainment (U.S.), bilibili (China) and Kakao Entertainment (South Korea) attended the occasion.
Toru Ota, government vp of Fuji TV, mentioned the community and Kakao Entertainment will produce secondary works, comparable to joint productions of the IP of the 2 firms within the type of Webtoons and movies. The two firms will work collectively to create works that will probably be developed globally from Japan and South Korea, turning Fuji TV’s authentic IP into Webtoons and net novels, and turning Kakao Entertainer’s Webtoon and Web novel IP into movies.
As their first collaborative venture, they are going to coproduce a Japanese model of “Aqua Man,” a Korean blockbuster drama that obtained about 200 million views on Kakao Page and Kakao Webtoon. Details of the broadcasting/streaming schedule and the drama’s forged will probably be introduced at a later date.
In one other venture, Fuji will co-produce the graphic novel sequence, “Heart Attack” by Skybound Entertainment, remaking it as a Japanese drama. In addition, the 2 firms will give attention to increasing their IP, comparable to by coproducing Fuji TV’s drama IP into American variations.
In cooperation with bilibili, Fuji TV has established a brand new anime time slot referred to as, “B8station,” occurring air late at night time. It will broadcast the Japanese dubbed model of the favored anime “Link Click” which has reached 160 million complete views simply 4 months after it was launched. The two firms plan to coproduce “Link Click” as a Japanese drama, and they’ll additionally coproduce Fuji TV’s drama IP as Chinese anime.
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