Kadokawa, Dwango invest in each other to expand the tie

The mainstream Japanese company Kadokawa Group Holdings and the company's online services Dwango announced Thursday that they are investing in each other to expand the Alliance formed last October.

The two companies had already agreed to distribute eBooks of Kadokawa, movies, anime and other forms of content for media on Dwango services. Kadokawa Group Holdings is the parent company of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten, ASCII Media Works, Fujimi Shobo and Enterbrain; Kadokawa Pictures is also the parent company of the company. DWANGO is the corporate home of Niwango, the company that runs the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing site.

As part of its expanded partnership, Dwango acquired 730,000 actions or 2.68% of shares of the Kadokawa group by 1,716,960,000 yen (about US $ 21,114,000). In return, Kadokawa Group Holdings acquired 16,800 actions or 8.48% of Dwango by 3,017,280,000 yen (US $ 37,104,000).

Kadokawa agreed to allow part of the content of its new e-book "Book Walker" service to be readable in the "Nico Nico Viewer" downloads of eBooks.

Sources: animeanime.biz
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Full moon, other 4 Home Tanemura Manga in Margarita

Edition this year 11 of Margaret Shueisha magazine announced on Monday that five new manga series will join his training on the following issues five, including a series of Arina Tanemura (full moon O Sagashite, Alliance cross of Knights of the)(, Sakura Hime: the legend of Princess Sakura, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, I.O.N, strange Kyoko time).

Mika Yamamori did not begin his Hirunaka Ryusei (day Falling Star) with a 34-page chapter and the illustration of the cover in the 12th Edition on May 20. In history, a 15-year-old girl called Suzume lived a life carefree in a city in the field, so she has to go to Tokyo by herself. Flower of laughter will also begin his Sayonara, Mata ne series in the same issue.

Rhine Mamiya launch a monthly series at number 13 on June 4. Megumi Hazuki (Ojosama wa Oyomesama.) is printed a new story Shot at number 14 on June 20. Miyoshi Tomori (Akuma to Love Song) will begin his new series in the 15th edition of July 5.

Finally, Tanemura will launch its new series in the 16th edition July 20. The same issue also run a story Shot by Mimi Tajima (Bakuman no Ojikan) and an extended 80-page chapter of the manga of Lily's liar by Ayumi Komura (mixed vegetables, Joo-sama no Tamago, Berry hybrid).

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Man sentenced for insider trading Gonzo station, other companies

The Tokyo District Court had sentenced Takeshi Matsubara, 50 former Aozora Bank employee, inside information on GDH (the former parent company of the Gonzo anime Studio) and other four companies on Tuesday. Matsubara, the Court, led by judge Yukihiko Imasaki, sentenced to 30 months in prison, suspended for four years, fine of 2 million yen (about us $24,300) and an additional 58 million yen (US $ 705,000) fine. The prosecution had requested the same fines, but they called for a prison sentence of three years with no suspension under the financial instruments and exchange law.

Among other activities, Matsubara was arrested in April past to buy shares at low prices before GDH association with well-Net Entertainment Corporation was made public and then selling the shares at high prices, once the Alliance was announced in 2007. He won nearly 14 million yen (US $170,000) in the benefits of these activities while he was in charge of the financing in Aozora Bank from 2006 to 2009.

If Matsubara is not convicted of another crime in the next four years, you won't have to serve the prison sentence.

GDH has absorbed its subsidiary of anime Studio and adopted the name Gonzo himself in April 2009.

Source: Nikkei via Japanimate

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