'Your Rights' Company Established to Let Fans Invest in Anime Titles' Rights, Revenue-Sharing
The new company aims to use blockchain technology to make the rights for an anime partially available for sale and ownership, as with shares and issue digital ownership certificates. The company claims that this partial sale of rights will allow fans to invest directly into anime titles, serving as a way to raise funds for production. The company also states that rights owners will be able to receive a proportional share of revenue derived from the anime's production and also vote on the direction of the production itself.Kimura joined MAPPA in 2018. Beside directing and producing, he also served as a rights management director, in which he was responsible for financing and licensing anime. He was fundamental in the funding for the Chainsaw Man anime. He also produced exhibitions for MAPPA, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen. Prior to MAPPA, Kimura worked at anime planning and production company Twin Engine, and he also produced anime for Fuji TV's Noitamina late-night anime programming block starting in 2007. Kimura left MAPPA in March 2024, and established his anime planning company Blue Rights in April 2024. Kimura and manga creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro established the a new media production company named Chimera Club earlier this month.FungibleX was founded as the company X2Y2 Japan in October 2024, and it managed the NFT marketplace Sonova. The company changed its name to FungibleX earlier this month, and plans to focus on expanding its blockchain technology to media works.Sources: PR Times, Animation Business Journal (Tadashi Sudo)
