ツインエンジン will enter into a capital and business alliance with ヨアケ and make a full-scale entry into the live-action film and video business. As its first project, the company plans to jointly distribute Death Valley ’95, directed by and starring Suda Masaki (菅田将暉), while strengthening an IP development structure spanning both anime and live-action productions.
ツインエンジン and ヨアケ have entered into a capital and business alliance and announced plans for ツインエンジン to make a full-scale entry into the live-action film and video business by bringing ヨアケ into the ツインエンジン group. The companies will draw on their expertise in planning, production, promotion and distribution to strengthen an IP development structure spanning both anime and live-action productions.
The purpose of the alliance is to expand the options for adapting works to the screen according to their individual characteristics and to pursue a long-term IP strategy covering everything from developing original works through the diverse business opportunities that follow their adaptation. ツインエンジン operates multiple studios within its group and aims to expand its options for screen adaptations. The first project will be Death Valley ’95, a feature-length film based on an original work by Aoyama Shinji (青山真治), directed by and starring Suda Masaki (菅田将暉), which the companies will jointly distribute.