Bungeishunju’s Weekly Bunshun Digital magazine reported last Friday that animation studio ufotable allegedly owes 400 million yen (about US$3.57 million) in taxes, citing a source from the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau.
According to the report, Kondo was allegedly directly receiving some of the revenue accrued from the studio’s merchandise sales.
The studio has also made anime adaptations of Type-Moon’s The Garden of Sinners, and the Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu television anime. ufotable premiered the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba television anime on April 6.
The Bureau conducted searches in the company’s cafes in KÅenji and Tokushima, as well as the animation studio in Shimoigusa, in Tokyo’s Suginami ward.