Cloverway Founder Yasuo Matsuo Launches New Global Studio IP Bay
IP Bay formalizes a direct pipeline between Japanese publishers and Hollywood production infrastructure, with Matsuo's decades of cross-border licensing experience backing the operation.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Yasuo Matsuo, founder of the former U.S. licensing agency Cloverway, has launched IP Bay, a new global production studio focused on adapting Japanese literature. The studio has offices in Japan and the U.S., is debuting at the Cannes Film Market, and aims to connect Japanese properties with international producers and studios.
Yasuo Matsuo, who built Cloverway into a key distributor of anime like Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z in Latin America, is starting over. His new company IP Bay opened at the Cannes Film Market this week with a focus on adapting Japanese literature for global audiences. The studio maintains offices in Hyogo, Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles, and its Japan-based staff works directly with publishers and authors while the Hollywood side handles packaging, financing, and production partnerships. Matsuo is chairman; his son Jun Matsuo is CEO. New York producer Frankie Seratch is co-founder and will lead U.S. operations. The company also opens Japan's 50 percent production cash rebate to its Hollywood partners.
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