Gaga’s Tom Yoda will retain a stake in the company.
Japanese distributor and producer Gaga Corporation has sold a majority stake to Genda Inc, an entertainment business known for operating amusement arcades.
Genda will acquire a 78.05% stake in Gaga from T.Y. Limited, the firm owned by Gaga president and CEO Tom Yoda, on November 30. Yoda will retain the remaining 21.95% and will be the representative director and chairman of the board. Financial terms have not been revealed.
A new management structure will see Genda director and Cco Yuzo Sato appointed representative director and president/CEO. Nao Kataoka, founder and...
Japanese distributor and producer Gaga Corporation has sold a majority stake to Genda Inc, an entertainment business known for operating amusement arcades.
Genda will acquire a 78.05% stake in Gaga from T.Y. Limited, the firm owned by Gaga president and CEO Tom Yoda, on November 30. Yoda will retain the remaining 21.95% and will be the representative director and chairman of the board. Financial terms have not been revealed.
A new management structure will see Genda director and Cco Yuzo Sato appointed representative director and president/CEO. Nao Kataoka, founder and...
- 11/20/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Japanese gaming firm Genda Inc is acquiring a 78.05% stake in leading Tokyo-based buyer and producer Gaga Corp.
Genda is acquiring the shares from Gaga president and CEO Tom Yoda’s own company T.Y. Limited, with the deal scheduled to go through on November 30, 2023.
Yoda will retain the remaining 21.95% stake as well as the position of Gaga chairman. All other Gaga executive appointments remain unchanged.
Genda chairman Nao Kataoka and Cco Yuzo Sato will have seats on the Gaga board, with the latter executive serving as Gaga president and CEO.
Gaga was founded in 1986 and Yoda’s T.Y. Limited took a majority stake in 2009. Under his management, the company has emerged as one of the world’s leading indie film distributors, handling a wide range of international titles, and has also expanded its local production slate.
The company has distributed seven Oscar Best Picture winners, including Coda and Everything Everywhere All At Once,...
Genda is acquiring the shares from Gaga president and CEO Tom Yoda’s own company T.Y. Limited, with the deal scheduled to go through on November 30, 2023.
Yoda will retain the remaining 21.95% stake as well as the position of Gaga chairman. All other Gaga executive appointments remain unchanged.
Genda chairman Nao Kataoka and Cco Yuzo Sato will have seats on the Gaga board, with the latter executive serving as Gaga president and CEO.
Gaga was founded in 1986 and Yoda’s T.Y. Limited took a majority stake in 2009. Under his management, the company has emerged as one of the world’s leading indie film distributors, handling a wide range of international titles, and has also expanded its local production slate.
The company has distributed seven Oscar Best Picture winners, including Coda and Everything Everywhere All At Once,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Leading Japanese indie film company Gaga Corporation has seen a controlling share stake sold to Genda Inc., a fast-moving entertainment conglomerate with its roots in arcade gaming.
Genda is buying the 78% share holding owned by Gaga chairman Tom Yoda’s T.Y. Limited company. Yoda will retain the outstanding 22% in his own name and stay on as Gaga’s chairman and representative director. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
While a new management structure will see Sato Yuzo, director, Cco of Genda, become the representative director and president/CEO, and Kataoka Nao, founder and representative director and chairman of the board at Genda, will become director of the board at Gaga, Gaga’s other senior management remain unchanged in their posts.
Gaga was founded in 1986, with T.Y. Limited coming on board in 2009 as majority owner. Today it operates as producer, distributor and sales agent.
In the 15 years...
Genda is buying the 78% share holding owned by Gaga chairman Tom Yoda’s T.Y. Limited company. Yoda will retain the outstanding 22% in his own name and stay on as Gaga’s chairman and representative director. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
While a new management structure will see Sato Yuzo, director, Cco of Genda, become the representative director and president/CEO, and Kataoka Nao, founder and representative director and chairman of the board at Genda, will become director of the board at Gaga, Gaga’s other senior management remain unchanged in their posts.
Gaga was founded in 1986, with T.Y. Limited coming on board in 2009 as majority owner. Today it operates as producer, distributor and sales agent.
In the 15 years...
- 11/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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In the far future, humanity has been driven from Earth and forced to move its population to another galaxy. Members of a scouting team are sent to search for a planet suitable for terraforming. The crew is created through a biological 3D printer, but a system malfunction causes one of the crew members, Lewis, to emerge in a deformed state. As Lewis turns on his fellow crew members Nina, Mack, Patty, and Oscar, a countdown to the end of the mission begins in the frightening darkness of the ship.
The Netflix Series “Exception” starts streaming on October 13, 2022, only on Netflix!
An all-star staff including writer Hirotaka Adachi (aka Otsuichi), character designer Yoshitaka Amano, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, and director Yuzo Sato presents an entirely original space horror sci-fi story!
In the far future, humanity has been driven from Earth and forced to move its population to another galaxy. Members of a scouting team are sent to search for a planet suitable for terraforming. The crew is created through a biological 3D printer, but a system malfunction causes one of the crew members, Lewis, to emerge in a deformed state. As Lewis turns on his fellow crew members Nina, Mack, Patty, and Oscar, a countdown to the end of the mission begins in the frightening darkness of the ship.
The Netflix Series “Exception” starts streaming on October 13, 2022, only on Netflix!
- 9/16/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Following previous announcements of their film lineup, the Fantasia International Film Festival has released their full lineup of movies to be shown at the 18th Annual festival, starting July 17.
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
A while back I did reviews for two of Marvel’s anime titles, “Blade and X-Men,” stating they were the better of the four. I’ve recently gotten a chance to rewatch all four anime, and I still stand by my statement, but I’ve gotten to appreciate the first two titles a little more. With “Iron Man 3” just hitting theatres and “The Wolverine” on the way, I thought now would be the perfect time to do reviews of the “Iron Man” and “Wolverine” animes. Like the other two shows Madhouse took the reins for this endeavor, Marvel gave them a decent amount of freedom to interpret things as they saw fit, and so for “Iron Man” we get some influence from the feature films, some classic comic nods, and also some pretty interesting re-imaginings. Based on a story written by Warren Ellis, and directed by Yuzo Sato, “Iron Man...
- 5/9/2013
- by Dedpool
- Beyond Hollywood
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