Sony Eyes Japanese Anime in Effort to Fight Netflix

Financial Times: The stage is now set for Japanese animation to truly go global. A newly invigorated Sony is competing with Netflix and global streaming giants to uncover the still untapped trove of lucrative anime content. “We were forced to accelerate efforts on all three fronts of digitalization, global expansion and streaming services. It became now or never. We are on the brink of whether Japanese animation becomes big or remains minor.”