Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥39.527 billion (approximately $347 million) profit for the first half of fiscal year 2022, compared to a ¥31.715 billion profit at this same point last year.
Dragon Ball remains the company’s best-performing franchise, pulling in ¥61.2 billion this half fiscal year (a slight drop from ¥63 billion at this point last year), though the company is projecting a full fiscal year total of ¥133.5 billion, up from last full fiscal year’s ¥127.4 billion.
In terms of general toys and hobby merchandise (non-video games), the franchise grew from ¥7.4 billion last fiscal half-year to ¥10.1 billion this half-year, with a projected full year jump from ¥15.4 billion last year to ¥17 billion this year.