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Imagica Robot To Acquire Pokemon Anime Studio OLM

Written By Samantha Ferreira December 23, 2015

Right now, Imagica Robot has Pokémon fever! Gotta catch ’em all!

Yesterday, video content company Imagica Robot Holdings (also known as Imagica Robot HD) announced that they will acquire anime studio Oriental Light and Magic (OLM, henceforth). Imagica Robot HD will purchase a controlling 51.33% stake in OLM, making the studio a subsidiary of Imagica Robot HD.

The acquisition is set to take place on April 4, 2016. It’s currently valued at 2.858 billion yen ($23,613,492.24 USD).

Oriental Light and Magic was first founded in 1994. The studio has worked on numerous prominent titles, including Wedding Peach, Utawarerumono, and Berserk. They’ve produced numerous Pokémon TV shows, films, and other related works, as well as the Yo-Kai Watch TV series. The company’s annual report showed an earnings of 7.912 billion yen ($65,372,761.90 USD), with an operating profit of 1.092 billion yen ($9,022,891.87 USD).

Imagica Robot Holdings is a post-production company, which was first founded in 1935. The company aids in media production and authoring, in addition to running several specialty TV networks. Earlier this year, the company joined with Sumitomo Corporation to acquire SDI Media.

Source: Anime! Anime!

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): imagica robot hd, oriental light and magic, pokemon, yo-kai watch

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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