COMISMA and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Plan Anime Production Fund
COMISMA, the parent company of manga app GANMA! and anime studio Qzil.la, signed a memorandum of understanding with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank on Wednesday to establish an anime production fund. COMISMA's announcement did not state the fund's size.
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Why it matters
The fund is aimed at companies that want into anime production but cannot get in, at a moment when COMISMA says major studios are booked to capacity years ahead.
Key Facts
- COMISMA signed a memorandum of understanding with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank on Wednesday to establish an anime production fund.
- COMISMA is the parent company of the manga app GANMA! and the anime studio Qzil.la.
- Nikkei reported the fund is aiming for an operating scale of 10 billion yen (about US$63.5 million) by the end of fiscal year 2027.
- COMISMA stated production capacity has not kept pace with demand, with many established and major studios booked to capacity years in advance.
- The Association of Japanese Animations put the overseas anime market in 2025 at 2.54 trillion yen (about US$16.1 billion).
The financial newspaper Nikkei reported the same day the fund is aiming for an operating scale of 10 billion yen (about US$63.5 million) by the end of fiscal year 2027.
The two parties will jointly establish and operate the fund. COMISMA's stated purpose is to pair its and Qzil.la's ability to acquire popular IPs and produce anime with the bank's investor network, and to offer investment opportunities to companies that have found the anime production business hard to access.
COMISMA framed the fund against a capacity problem: production has not kept pace with demand, and many established and major studios are booked years in advance. The announcement also referenced the Japanese government's goal of roughly tripling the anime industry's overseas market to 6 trillion yen (about US$37 billion) by 2033, against the 2.54 trillion yen (about US$16.1 billion) the Association of Japanese Animations put the overseas market at in 2025.
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Sources
- Anime News Network Comisma, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Establish Anime Production Fund