Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥84.444 billion (approximately $636 million) profit for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2023, compared to a ¥61.703 billion profit at this same point last year.
Dragon Ball remains the company’s best-performing franchise, pulling in ¥102.2 billion these first three quarters of the fiscal year (a jump from ¥91.3 billion at this point last year), and the company is projecting a full fiscal year total of ¥139 billion, up from last full fiscal year’s ¥127.6 billion.
In terms of general toys and hobby merchandise (non-video games), the franchise grew from ¥16 billion the first three quarters last year to ¥17.9 billion the same period this year, with a projected full year jump from ¥19.7 billion last year to ¥22 billion this year.