Chapter 999: Discussions with Toei
Takashima raised his head.
"How many anime titles have Sega Galaxy exported to the United States over the past few years? Have you guys looked into how many offline peripheral videocassettes and VCDs sold when they partnered with Cartoon Network?"
Takashima shook his head.
Bandai and Sega Galaxy used to be separate companies, so they could never get access to those kinds of core commercial partnership details.
"Go downstairs to the Sega Galaxy office area," Nakayama Takuya issued his command. "Ask them for the list of North American audiovisual distributors. Get the contact information for every single local dubbing studio they partnered with. Sega is a unified entity now; internal resources aren't charged, so just take them and use them. You'll be dealing with Sega Galaxy more and more in your future work, and dropping by to communicate more often won't be a bad thing."
Takashima felt a fire burning in his chest.
Back at Bandai, wanting to cross departments for a bit of resource allocation could drag on for months just over red tape and buck-passing.
Now, with a single sentence from the president, Sega's entire North American resource library was wide open to him.
"Broadcast the most high-octane Dragon Ball Z on TV to draw traffic," Mitsui Chuta chimed in beside them, sorting out the entire business logic. "Sell HG Series gachapon toys in supermarkets to monetize. Once kids get hooked, fill the shelves at Blockbuster with videocassettes of the first Dragon Ball series. Execute this combination punch, and the influence of the Dragon Ball franchise in the United States can expand rapidly."
"Right, once that influence expands, merchandising sales will be our home turf." Nakayama Takuya nodded.
Takashima closed his notebook.
"I'll get right on it." Takashima stood up, holding the signed