Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥13.181 billion (approximately $126 million) profit for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, compared to a ¥16.924 billion profit the same quarter last year.
Dragon Ball once again handily came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the quarter, pulling in ¥27.1 billion (though a drop from last year’s ¥28.4 billion in the same quarter); Dragon Ball beat out the number-two franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam, by ¥6.4 billion. The company is projecting ¥103 billion for fiscal year 2021.
In terms of general toys and hobby merchandise (non-video games), the franchise also fell from ¥5.3 billion in Q1 2020 to ¥3.0 billion this year’s first quarter, with a similarly-lowered-projection for the full year at ¥16.5 billion.