TOHO's Profit Plunge Signals Cost Crisis

Published: 2026-07-17T06:06:49.384Z

TOHO's Q1 revenue rose 4.6% but operating profit fell 28.3%, suggesting rising content costs are squeezing margins even as the studio giant's slate dominates U.S. manga charts with Jujutsu Kaisen and

TOHO: Financial Reports for FY ending 2027-02-01 TOHO's Q1 revenue hit ¥88.7 billion, up 4.6%, but operating profit cratered 28.3% to ¥13.9 billion. The profit slide is across the board: ordinary profit down 27.4%, net profit down 29.1%. Revenue gro Source: https://www.toho.co.jp/files/715cd68d3eaedee8b16e87926bc107c1bc15a5aa9aa2828ae95c998d504eb04d
By the Numbers: releasing anime trending on AniList AniList's currently releasing anime snapshot on 2026-07-17 ranked The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (#1), From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage Source: https://anilist.co/search/anime/trending#releasing-2026-07-17
By the Numbers: manga on the U.S. sales charts On Circana BookScan's U.S. adult graphic-novel chart for June 2026, Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 30 ranked #1, with Chainsaw Man Vol. 21 (#2), Gachiakuta Vol. 1 (#6), The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1 (#8), Witch Source: https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/62863/june-2026-circana-bookscan-top-20-adult-graphic-novels

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