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Kadokawa

Kanji name: 株式会社KADOKAWA

Foundation date: 1945-11-10

Official website:

KADOKAWAオフィシャルサイト (Japanese)

Mailing address: 2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177 JAPAN

About:

The Japanese publishing giant and media conglomerate contains eight major subsidiaries (listed below) and dozens of daughter and shareholding companies, including but not limited to:

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Mangamura Pirate Site Owner Ordered to Pay 1.7 Billion Yen to Shueisha, Shogakukan, Kadokawa (Apr 18, 2024)

Kadokawa Launches Joint Venture Business With French Publisher Dupuis (Feb 3, 2024)

Kadokawa, Indonesian Publisher Gramedia Establish Joint Venture for Manga, Light Novel Publishing (Jan 10, 2024)

Kadokawa Acquires Thai Manga, Light Novel Publisher First Page Pro (Jan 10, 2024)

Kadokawa Aims to Establish More Wholly-Owned Anime Studios (Nov 5, 2023)

Kadokawa, Troyca, Director Ei Aoki to Announce TV Anime on January 20 (Jan 5, 2023)

Kadokawa Chair, Vice-Chair Resign After Alleged Olympic Sponsorship Bribery (Oct 5, 2022)

Kadokawa Chair Tsuguhiko Kadokawa to Resign Amid Indictment on Charges of Bribery (Oct 4, 2022)

Kadokawa Chair Tsuguhiko Kadokawa Arrested for Alleged Bribery for Olympic Sponsorship (Sep 14, 2022)

2 Former Kadokawa Senior Officials Arrested Due to Olympic Bribery Scandal (Sep 6, 2022)

Interest:

The Biggest Booth Displays at AnimeJapan 2023 (Apr 3, 2023)

Sammy Establishes NFT Service Company with Kadokawa, Good Smile, USP (Jun 30, 2022)

Kadokawa Anime Producers Want Isekai To Take Over the World (Nov 2, 2021)

Kadokawa President Apologizes for "Pro-Censorship" Remarks (Jul 28, 2021)

Kadokawa Culture Museum Claims to Have World's Largest Light Novel Library (Jul 9, 2021)

"Isekai Museum" Featuring Re:Zero, Overlord, Konosuba, Saga of Tanya the Evil Launches Free Online Exhibit (Jun 10, 2021)

Kadokawa Comments on Illegal Motorcycle Riding Depiction in Super Cub Anime (May 28, 2021)

Kadokawa to Open Interactive 'EJ Anime Hotel' in October (Aug 4, 2020)

Kadokawa Apologizes to Boogiepop and Others Artist for Anime Miscommunication (May 28, 2018)

Kadokawa Exec Brings Up Kemono Friends, Tanya the Evil at High School Entrance Ceremony (Apr 6, 2017)

Interview:

How Kadokawa is Redefining the Anime Market (Updated) (Aug 8, 2022)

Press Releases:

Kadokawa to Attend Anime Expo 2023 (Jun 2, 2023)

KADOKAWA Announces Acquisition of Anime News Network's Media Business (Nov 1, 2022)

J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker (Apr 29, 2021)

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Kadokawa Launches Official Goods Store for Overseas Fans (Feb 17, 2020)

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The ANN Aftershow - Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2?

Apr 24, 18:00

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anime

James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No. 8, & court intrigue in Yatagarasu! ― Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2? James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No 8, court intrigue in Yatagarasu, and a li...

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Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review

Apr 24, 12:00 manga

Some books are good. Some books read like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but you can't stop reading and enjoying them. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is one of those. ― Some books are good. Some books are not and read sort of like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but even though you recognize that they aren't objectively filled with literary merit, you can't stop rea...

interview

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Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!

Apr 24, 09:00

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anime

Hayashi and Tōchi play mentee/mentor in heart-warming golf anime series. ― Golf anime Tonbo! is one of the new anime premiering in the Spring 2024 season. At Anime Japan 2024, we sat down with lead voice actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi to talk about their characters, their experiences with golf, and the positives of country life in Japan. In her first voice acting role as a main character, Hayas...

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Japanese TV Special Ranks Top Anime Songs, as Chosen by Foreign Fans

Apr 23, 19:16

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music

What are non-Japanese anime fans' top choices? ― Fans have been debating the greatest anime songs as long as anime has been around. Japanese TV regularly raises the topic for domestic fans, but every so often, Japan also presents the international perspective. On April 21, TV Asahi hosted a nearly three-hour special ranking favorite anime songs by non-Japanese and non-domestic anime fans. In a March ...

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This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?

Apr 23, 13:30

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anime

The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. ― The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. Disclaimer: The views and opinions...

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Wonderful Precure! Episodes 1-12 Anime Review

Apr 23, 12:00

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anime

You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. Wonderful Precure! could move too slowly for some viewers. But these episodes are full of unmitigated joy. ― You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. While there are distinct similarities between all iterations of the long-running Magical Girl franchise, recent years have done their best to maintain the...

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation Manga Ends Due to Artist's Health

Apr 23, 09:09

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manga

Series launched in 2016 ― The official Twitter account for Micro Magazine's Comic Ride magazine announced on April 1 that Shō Okagiri's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation spinoff manga of Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series will end prematurely due to Okagiri's health. The company stated ther...

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 Anime Film Review

Apr 22, 12:00

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anime

Part District 9 meets O Maidens in Your Savage Season, part grimdark deconstruction of Doraemon. ― Many anime films are adapted from manga and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is no exception. Usually, a film will cover a single arc of the greater plot—giving the story on screen a solid beginning, middle, and end. However, this is not the case with the first Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destructi...

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Game Review

Apr 22, 00:30

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games

People might think of this game as a celebration of the energy and experimentation of RPGs past, a tribute to a time when archetypes and genre conventions hadn't yet calcified and anything was fair game. And for once, they'd be right. ― There's a point that Lady Perielle returns to often when people ask her why Nowa, a young warrior from a small village, is the leader of the resistance front against ...