TBS, Toei, TV Tokyo Back AniBiz

Published: 2026-10-28T01:08:53.287Z

Three Japanese giants are betting $6 million that a searchable licensing marketplace can replace cold email, while a split-rights manga deal shows the same unbundling logic reaching the catalog itself

Three Japanese giants back AniBiz's licensing marketplace. TBS, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo dropped US$6 million into AniBiz, the B2B licensing marketplace Nakama launched July 2. The pitch: a searchable database of thousands of series that connects rights ho Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-27/anibiz-anime-licensing-platform-receives-usd6-million-investment-from-tbs-toei-animation-tv-tokyo/.243261
Two publishers split Georgie's English rights Manga Mavericks Books and digital publisher Omoi are splitting English rights to Georgie, the Sho-Comi manga by Man Izawa and Yumiko Igarashi. Omoi streams it spring 2027; Manga Mavericks prints it th Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-27/manga-mavericks-books-omoi-license-georgie-manga-in-english/.243227
By the Numbers: releasing anime trending on AniList AniList's currently releasing anime snapshot on 2026-10-28 ranked The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life (#1), Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden (#2), ONE PIECE (#3). Source: An Source: https://anilist.co/search/anime/trending#releasing-2026-10-28

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