Madman’s Sly Ip, product manager at the company for well over a decade now, posted about the acquisition.
The news hit yesterday that Sony subsidiary Aniplex (not Aniplex USA) has acquired the anime division of Madman Media for $35 million AUD. Madman had previously been a minority investor in the company has taken over completely for this division now.
That, naturally, has lead to a lot of wild speculation from some vocal corners about how they’ll be pricing everything Aniplex USA style.
As I said yesterday, the initial idea of panicking over pricing as seen in the US is pretty nonsensical.