Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥21.786 billion profit for the first quarter of fiscal year of 2024, down from a ¥37.019 billion profit this same timeframe last year.
Dragon Ball came in as the company’s second-best-performing franchise for the quarter, pulling in ¥28.7 billion (behind the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise at ¥36.9 billion). This marks a slight increase for Dragon Ball over Q1 2023’s ¥27.5 billion. The company is projecting a full fiscal year total of ¥130 billion, which would be down from last full fiscal year’s ¥144.5 billion.
In terms of general toys and hobby merchandise (non-video games) for Japan, the franchise came in third — behind Mobile Suit Gundam and One Piece, respectively — at ¥6.5 billion, an increase from Q1 2023’s ¥5.6 billion. The company is projecting a drop, however, from ¥22.5 billion last fiscal year to ¥20 billion this fiscal year.