Kadokawa Launches Joint Venture Business With French Publisher Dupuis

The joint venture business will publish Japanese and Korean comics, light novels, and other content for the global French language markets under the Vega-Dupuis imprint.

Kadokawa announced on January 25 that is partnering with European publishing-based entertainment group Média-Participations Paris and its subsidiary Éditions Dupuis to launch a joint venture business named Vega SAS with Dupuis’ existing Vega-Dupuis imprint.

Kadokawa will acquire 51% of the Vega-Dupuis imprint business, and Dupuis will own the other 49%.