Launch of a New Blockchain Platform

「Cumulative circulation of these publications with NFT digital benefits has exceeded 2.4 million copies, and the number of content items distributed on FanTop and the number of FanTop members have steadily increased with cumulative circulation. In addition, beginning in December 2024, the company is pursuing the first attempt to sell products with NFT digital content through multifunction copiers installed at approximately 60,000 stores nationwide, including convenience stores.」

「As a result of continuing to strengthen its approach to high-circulation magazines, cumulative circulation exceeded 2.54 million copies as of the end of August 2024. In August 2024, the company also pursued initiatives for non-publication products, including the world's first attempt to provide special video content as digital event tickets, known as DCT (Digital Content Ticket).」

「As a result of continuing to strengthen its approach to high-circulation magazines, cumulative circulation exceeded 2.46 million copies by the end of May 2024, contributing to higher sales of the publications.」

「Cumulative circulation of publications with NFT digital benefits has exceeded 2.4 million copies, and the number of content items distributed on FanTop and the number of FanTop members have steadily increased as cumulative circulation has grown.」

「For the FanTop business, publications with NFT digital benefits launched in October 2021 had more than 150 titles, 60 participating publishers and cumulative circulation exceeding 2.3 million copies, with the number of projects steadily increasing. In particular, growth in cumulative circulation directly drives increases in the number of content items distributed on FanTop and the number of members. The company plans to accelerate the acquisition of content and members by increasing projects involving high-circulation media, including manga magazines.」

「Meanwhile, the company optimized investment in the FanTop business and steadily accumulated recurring revenue through a SaaS-based business model in its international business.」

「For publications with NFT digital benefits launched in October 2021, the company has worked with more than 70 companies on projects, bringing the number of titles close to 100 while steadily increasing the number of projects. It is also expanding the range of products handled as NFT digital content by enhancing the UI/UX functions of the FanTop app. Specifically, implementing DRM functions to prevent screen captures and screen recording of video content has enabled the company to protect video content and attach music and video to print books as NFT digital content. The addition of a dedicated viewer function also enabled the handling of text-based content. For 5 works from Hayakawa Shinsho, a new imprint launched by 株式会社早川書房 in June 2023, the company began attaching NFT e-books containing the same content as the print books, providing a new reading experience through print books.」

「For publications with NFT digital benefits launched in October 2021, the company has steadily increased the number of titles and diversified the media, while accumulating results showing that both the sales prices and sell-through rates of publications with NFT digital benefits (special editions) rose by more than 30% compared with standard editions.」

「For publications with NFT digital benefits launched in October 2021, the company steadily increased the number of titles and diversified the media during the cumulative second-quarter period, beginning with magazines. It has accumulated results showing that both the sales prices and sell-through rates of publications with NFT digital benefits (special editions) rose by more than 30% compared with standard editions.」

「For publications with NFT digital benefits launched in October 2021, the number of titles steadily increased during the cumulative first-quarter period, beginning with magazines, while the range of titles and media also expanded to include manga serialized in comic magazines and plush toys. In addition, sales prices for publications with NFT benefits were on average 20% higher than those of standard editions, while sell-through rates also remained strong, contributing in turn to an increase in FanTop members.」

「The company launched FanTop, its proprietary NFT platform, in October 2021 and began providing the service. An app with 3D, AR and VR functions and a secondary-market function allowing users to trade items with one another was also developed and launched in February 2022.」

「Under “Building a Legacy,” the company aims to build a system that will further expand the e-book market and is working to propose new ways of enjoying digital content through Digital Content Asset (DCA), a new distribution and asset model advocated by the group. More recently, the company launched FanTop, its proprietary NFT platform, and began providing the service. FanTop is a marketplace where fans of various content and IP can collect and view digital fan items, or collectibles for fans, and share, transfer and trade them with one another. It is an initiative to combine physical and digital formats so that the act of collecting fan items, traditionally centered on the physical world, can be enjoyed to a much greater extent digitally. In addition to 3D, AR and VR functions, the company is also developing an app with a secondary-market function that allows users to trade items with one another.」

「The company plans to launch in October 2021 a service that uses NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to provide digital benefits to readers who visit bookstores and purchase books. In parallel, it is demonstrating, in collaboration with 株式会社トーハン, a model under which e-books and digital content can be sold and purchased at physical bookstores in the same way as print books.」

「Specifically, as an entirely new approach, the company has begun working with 株式会社トーハン to demonstrate a service that uses NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to provide digital benefits to readers who visit bookstores and purchase books, as well as a model under which e-books and digital content can be sold and purchased at physical bookstores in the same way as print books.」

「The blockchain infrastructure developed in-house by the company offers high processing capacity and scalability and can be applied not only to e-books but also to the distribution of a wide range of digital content, including music and video, as well as to product development.」

「Under “Building a Legacy,” the company conducted research and development toward realizing a new distribution platform using blockchain technology, with the aim of further expanding the e-book market by providing a system that offers a sense of security and convenience while making use of the respective advantages of digital and print books. The company is currently improving performance and developing 5 products with a view to supporting markets beyond e-books, and is accelerating efforts toward practical implementation.」

「Under “Building a Legacy,” the company conducted research and development toward realizing a new distribution platform using blockchain technology, with the aim of further expanding the e-book market by providing a system that offers a sense of security and convenience while making use of the respective advantages of digital and print books. Five product development projects are under way with the aim of launching services during the current fiscal year.」

「Under “Building a Legacy,” the company conducted research and development toward realizing a new distribution platform using blockchain technology, with the aim of further expanding the e-book market by providing a system that offers a sense of security and convenience while making use of the respective advantages of digital and print books.」

「Under “Building a Legacy,” the company carried out development to build a new distribution platform using blockchain technology.」

「Under “Creating the Legacy,” the Company is developing a new platform using blockchain technology and is coordinating the development of the infrastructure and collaboration partners with the goal of launching the service from the third quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2021.」