NTV would be largest shareholder of Ghibli with 42.3% share

The Nippon TV (NTV) television broadcasting company announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire 42.3% of the shares of world-famous animation studio Ghibli. This transaction, once completed, would make NTV the largest shareholder of the Ghibli, and turn the studio into a subsidiary of Nippon TV.

  • Chariotwheel@kbin.social
    501·
    10 months ago

    The studio did approach Miyazaki’s son Goro Miyazaki many times to become a successor to run the studio, but the younger Miyazaki has so far refused all offers, and Hayao Miyazaki also opposes his son becoming the studio’s head.

    Man, Goro’s relationship with his father is an interesting story on it’s own. For most part of your childhood your father is barely there, mostly producing movies for other children and when you’re grown up you try to catch up to your father in his industry and he thinks that you’re fucking worthless.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    223·
    10 months ago

    Could be worse, like it being assimilated into Disney and spread profit-maximisingly thin like Marvel/Star Wars, or Time Warner so that Zaslav can torch the archives out of sheer spite.

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Does he actually think he’s worthless? I can imagine various other reasons for him not wanting his son to take over. Being unfitting or not good enough doesn’t make him worthless for example.

  • ___qwertz___@feddit.de
    7·
    10 months ago

    Ghibli is done anyway with Miyazaki resigning. I assume that moving forward, ghibli will foremost be an IP holder making money off of licensing.