The streaming giant Netflixmade millionaire payments to the anime production company IG Port During the fiscal year 2024. This movement reveals the growing influence of the platform in the Japanese industry. Both fans and medium professionals have shown interest. These transmission and production rights agreements are changing the way of financing and distributing the most popular anime.
Netflix strengthens its role in the anime industry with millionaire payments
Netflix strengthened your participation in the anime industry when paying 24.3 million dollars To the production company IG Port During fiscal year 2024. This amount includes transmission licenses and video production for outstanding projects. Examples of these projects are Kaiju No. 8, Attack on Titan and Kimi or Todoke Season 3. This shows the interest of the platform for ensuring rights on popular titles. In addition, it seeks to collaborate closely with studies such as Production IG and Wit Studio.
Of the total payments, 10.4 million dollars They were registered as copyright income, corresponding to transmission licenses. Meanwhile, 13.9 million They were allocated to video production. These amounts reflect a different model from the traditional production committees. In these committees, studies transfer rights and financing more transparently. In the case of Netflix, The platform finances projects directly or acquires licenses. Thus, it exercises control over the work through less visible contracts.
Production committees usually bring together several investors to finance an anime, dividing the profits according to the participation of each one. In contrast, Netflix Many times it obtains distribution rights or directly finances production without appearing in authorship credits, as seen in titles such as Moonrise of Wit Studio, Leviathan De Orange and Rising Impact of Lay-Duce. This strategy allows you to ensure creative and financial control more discreetly.
Millionaire Budgets of Netflix and its effect on studies and animators
Sector experts indicate that, although Netflix assigns significantly higher budgets than average, This does not always translate into better salaries for animators and creative equipment. Much of the financing is used to cover operational deficits of studies or reserve as a profit margin, while intellectual property rights can be completely transferred to the platform. This reflects the complexities of the production system and the challenges faced by anime creators.
The report of IG Port indicates that Kimi or Todoke Season 3 It is an example where Netflix acquired only the transmission rights, leaving authorship and other profits to PRODUCTION IG In addition, the information confirms that Toho It also contributed to 7.1 million dollars, highlighting the diversity of sources of financing in the industry.
The presence of Netflix In the production and distribution of anime continues to grow, transforming the way in which studies finance and control their projects. The platform is consolidated as a key actor that It influences both the economy of the sector and the experience of fans.
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