‘Your Rights’ Company Established to Let Fans Invest in Anime Titles’ Rights, Revenue-Sharing – News

Animation planning company Blue Rights and blockchain-based venture Fungiblex co-founded Your Rights Company in May, with Blue Rights Makoto Kimura and Fungiblex’s Yūnumazaki leading the new company.

The new company aims to use blockchain technology to anime partially sold and own as well as stocks and issuing digital ownership certificates. The company claims that some of the sales rights will allow fans to invest directly in the anime title, a way to raise production funds. The company also noted that rights holders will be able to get a proportional share of revenue from the production of anime and vote in the direction of production itself.

Kimura joined Mappa in 2018. In addition to directing and producing, he has served as Director of Rights Management and is responsible for financing and licensing animation. He is for Chainsaw man Japanese cartoon. He also held an exhibition for Mappa Chainsaw manand Jujutsu Kaisen. Before Mappa, Kimura worked for the anime planning and production company Twin Engine, and he also produced anime for Fuji TV’s Noitamine late-night anime programming block, starting in 2007. Kimura left Mappa in March 2024 and Established His animation planning company Blue Rights was in April 2024. Kimura and comic creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro Established A new media production company was called Chimera Club earlier this month.

Fungiblex was established as X2Y2 Japan in October 2024 and manages NFT Marketplace Sonova. The company changed its name to Fungiblex earlier this month and plans to focus on expanding its blockchain technology to media efforts.

Source: Public relations time,,,,, Animation Business Magazine (tadashi sudo)