The Company Kadokawa published its earnings report for the fiscal year ending March this year. According to the report, the company reported record profits in the digital distribution market, with operating profit of 209.947 million yen and net income of 13.625 million yen (approximately $ 124 million).
In the area of the distribution of audiovisual productions, the report says: «Although there has been some impact on the production and distribution of live action projects, operating profits continue to grow year after year despite the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the distribution facilities and quality of content. The animation business in particular developed well and, in addition to the license revenues from overseas, projects such as Subject: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou, decadence, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Y. Sword art onlineDomestic licenses to use our intellectual property in video games also contributed to the profit».
The first season of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou Premiere during the Fall 2021 season (October-December) and had a total of twenty-four episodes, which upon completion confirms the production of a second season with the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu and should have its premiere next July. After all, the franchise is entirely based on a series of visual novels, the first episode of which was published in Japan in 2002.
Summary of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
On a warm summer day in 1983, transfer student Maebara Keiichi arrived in a peaceful rural town in Hinamizawa. There he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika and Satoko. Keiichi and the gang, who are recognized as official members of the "Club", practice various activities such as card and board games as well as hide and seek. But just as Keiichi was getting used to life in the country, he came across the dark story behind Hinamizawa. When Keiichi reveals this dark secret, he discovers that his new friends may not be what they appear to be.
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