‘Totoro’ Anime Maker Studio Ghibli to Become Subsidiary of Yomiuri Shimbun Affiliated Network Nippon TV (Update 1)
16:11 JST, September 21, 2023 (updated at 17:45 JST)
Studio Ghibli Inc., the major animation production company behind global hits from “My Neighbor Totoro” to “Spirited Away,” will become a subsidiary of Nippon TV, Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. announced Thursday.
Nippon Television Network Corp., an affiliate of The Yomiuri Shimbun, will acquire shares that will give Nippon TV a 42.3% stake of the voting rights in Studio Ghibli on Oct. 6.
“Supporting this world-class studio will contribute to enhancing the corporate value of the Nippon TV group as a whole,” the holding company said in a statement.
Nippon TV has a long history of broadcasting Ghibli productions, including the first television broadcast of “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” in 1985.
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