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Direction inferred from the company’s description.Scale
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¥ million (year-on-year change in operating income/loss)Wording
Conditional
How definitive the wording is.Contents of this document
Financial results presentationSecond quarter (interim period) of the fiscal year ending February 202712 items taken from the company’s own explanation
Financial Results Figures (The key points of this material are explained below)
Net Sales¥2,285 million-1.4%
Operating profit¥218 million-26.8%
Ordinary income¥215 million-25.2%
Net income¥195 million-23.1%
Selling, general and administrative expenses¥1,130 million
Full-year earnings forecast
Net Sales
¥5,300 million
Operating profit (loss)
¥550 million
Ordinary profit or loss
¥540 million
Profit attributable to owners of the parent
¥500 million
Progress against full-year forecast 通期の予想に対して、いまどこまで進んだかの割合です。
Net Sales43.1%
Operating profit (loss)39.8%
Ordinary profit or loss39.9%
Interim net income attributable to owners of the parent39.0%
What the company explained in this material
Self-assessment against the planThe company's self-assessment against its own plan.
Profit substantially exceeded the first-half plan at the end of the periodBreakdown of Factors Affecting the ChangeReasons cited by the Company for the change in the figures.
Cost controls for online lotteries, an increase in licensing-out projects, the reactionary decline from the previous year's first-quarter performance, and front-loaded costs from the aggressive launch of Volume 1 in the publishing business
Assumptions Underlying the Business OutlookThe assumptions used by the company in preparing its forecast.
The earnings forecast is weighted toward the second half. The Chinese subsidiary was not reflected in the earnings forecast because its results remain uncertain throughout the year, and it will be treated as a non-consolidated subsidiary for the time beingNew initiatives
- Promotion of the anime business through investment in anime production committees
- Planned establishment of a Niigata office
- Launch of the women's light-novel imprint "Meltia Books"
- Licensing out of the company's own IP in Japan and overseas and expansion of overseas sales channels
Key KPIsA metric the company considers important as a management benchmark.
- Number of game titles5 Title
- Number of online lottery titles64 Title
- Number of light novel titles54 Works
- Number of comic titles83 Works
Segment results
IP
Percentage of revenue47%
Publishing Business
Percentage of revenue53%
Medium-term management plan targets
Advancing as a comprehensive entertainment company and accelerating cross-media development centered on games, comics, merchandise and anime. The plan sets a target of approximately ¥10 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ending February 2030Financial targets
Equity ratio: 57% (actual for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2027). Financial targets are Not disclosedMarket Size / Share
Character business market¥2.8492 trillion (2025 forecast)
Anime industry market¥3.8407 trillion (2024)
Number of stores and locations
A Niigata office is scheduled to be established in January 2027. The number of stores at the end of the period and the number of openings and closures during the period are Not disclosedAnnual Dividend
Annual dividend per share¥17 (planned)
End of period¥17 (planned)
Acquisition of treasury shares
¥200 million
PeriodMay 2026 to August 2026
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Document type | Financial results presentation |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Second quarter (interim period) of the fiscal year ending February 2027 |
| Net Sales | ¥2,285 million (YoY -1.4%) |
| Operating profit | ¥218 million (YoY -26.8%) |
| Ordinary income | ¥215 million (YoY -25.2%) |
| Net income | ¥195 million (YoY -23.1%) |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | ¥1,130 million |
| Full-year earnings forecast | Net Sales ¥5,300 million / Operating profit (loss) ¥550 million / Ordinary profit or loss ¥540 million / Profit attributable to owners of the parent ¥500 million |
| Progress against full-year forecast | Net Sales 43.1% / Operating profit (loss) 39.8% / Ordinary profit or loss 39.9% / Interim net income attributable to owners of the parent 39.0% |
| Self-assessment against the plan | Profit substantially exceeded the first-half plan at the end of the period |
| Segment results | IP Percentage of revenue 47% / Net Sales Not disclosed / Profit Not disclosed / Publishing Business Percentage of revenue 53% / Net Sales Not disclosed / Profit Not disclosed |
| Breakdown of Factors Affecting the Change | Cost controls for online lotteries, an increase in licensing-out projects, the reactionary decline from the previous year's first-quarter performance, and front-loaded costs from the aggressive launch of Volume 1 in the publishing business |
| Key KPIs | Indicator Number of game titles / Value 5 Title / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator Number of online lottery titles / Value 64 Title / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator Number of light novel titles / Value 54 Works / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed, Indicator Number of comic titles / Value 83 Works / Year on year against the same period last year Not disclosed |
| Number of stores and locations | A Niigata office is scheduled to be established in January 2027. The number of stores at the end of the period and the number of openings and closures during the period are Not disclosed |
| Assumptions Underlying the Business Outlook | The earnings forecast is weighted toward the second half. The Chinese subsidiary was not reflected in the earnings forecast because its results remain uncertain throughout the year, and it will be treated as a non-consolidated subsidiary for the time being |
| Medium-term management plan targets | Advancing as a comprehensive entertainment company and accelerating cross-media development centered on games, comics, merchandise and anime. The plan sets a target of approximately ¥10 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ending February 2030 |
| Financial targets | Equity ratio: 57% (actual for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2027). Financial targets are Not disclosed |
| Annual Dividend | Annual dividend per share ¥17 (planned) / Interim Not disclosed / End of period ¥17 (planned) |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | Amount ¥200 million / Number of Shares Not disclosed / Period May 2026 to August 2026 |
| Market Size / Share | Character business market ¥2.8492 trillion (2025 forecast) / Anime industry market ¥3.8407 trillion (2024) / Online lottery market share Not disclosed |
| New initiatives | Promotion of the anime business through investment in anime production committees, Planned establishment of a Niigata office, Launch of the women's light-novel imprint "Meltia Books", Licensing out of the company's own IP in Japan and overseas and expansion of overseas sales channels |
Items this document does not state (10)
Gross Profit MarginOperating profit marginResults for the three months of the current quarterUnit price and quantity metricsNumber of employeesRisk amount incorporated into the outlookPayout ratioCapital expendituresOrders received and order backlogKey points of the Q&A
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Although net sales declined as a reaction to the previous year's first-quarter performance, they remained broadly in line with the prior year. On the profit side, margins improved as a result of cost controls for online lotteries in the IP business and an increase in licensing-out projects. The full-year forecast was left unchanged pending a closer review of trends in the second half.
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