Sony Becomes Largest Shareholder of Anime Powerhouse and FromSoftware Owner Kadokawa
News Source : Newsweek
News Summary
- Sony and Kadokawa have entered a "strategic partnership" The companies confirmed the deal this week, which comes into effect from January 7, 2025
- The deal won't have any "material impact" on Sony's consolidated financial reports for Q4 2024
- Sony already had a 14% stake in FromSoftware before this deal
Sony expressed its intent to acquire Kadokawa just over a month ago, a Japanese media powerhouse that also owns video game developers FromSoftware and Spike Chusoft. Sony and Kadokawa have now entere [+3723 chars]