The company also owns the subsidiary anime production companies A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks.
The latter only recently separated from A-1 Pictures as its subsidiary last October, and became a subsidiary directly under Aniplex in October.
The report noted that the Chinese animation market is projected to exceed 3 trillion yen (about US$26.88 billion) in 2019.
Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported on April 19 that Sony Music Entertainment’s Aniplex subsidiary has established a Shanghai-based subsidiary with the intent of starting on “full-scale” Chinese animation production, as well as sell merchandise.