Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

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Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Rebel_Yeh » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:48 am

Who owns the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise?
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by GotenDaisuki » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:51 am

Toei owns the anime in Japan.
Shueisha owns the manga in Japan.
Viz licensed the manga in the U.S.
FUNimation licensed the anime in the U.S. and Mexico.
I think Manga Entertainment U.K. owns the distribution rights of the anime in the U.K.
Madman owns the distribution rights of the anime in Australia.
That's all I know.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Craddle » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:52 am

Edit: Ha! It depends on your question. You were not specific enough. See post above me.
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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:54 am

AB Groupe owns it in most/all of Europe, I believe.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by AgitoZ » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:14 am

GotenDaisuki wrote:Shueisha owns the manga in Japan.
Pretty sure they own the franchise in general. They make all the decisions about it and such (who to give certain rights to, etc).
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by SpacePie8 » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:34 am

"Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, and Akira Toriyama"
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by MCDaveG » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:15 am

As AgitoZ wrote, the owner of Dragon Ball as whole is Shueisha. They are also the ones behind the DB video games and new anime specials.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Ringworm128 » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:36 am

Would Namco Bandai own anything? Since they make the games? Also doesn't Columbia Entertainment own the rights to some of the BGM?
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:38 am

I think Bandai Namco is for the video-games what Toei is for the anime.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by MCDaveG » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:51 pm

I'm really curious how it actually works, as if Shueisha is the owner and mastermind behind everything (they are the ones commanding developers like Spike to develop a game and pay them).
I can imagine Bandai and TOEI having some kind of agreement that they own their own medium but have to pay some percents from sales or paying the rights constantly? Maybe both?
I can imagine TOEI paying rights and Bandai share of sales.
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Post by Wobbuffet » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:15 pm

Shueisha and Bird Studios (aka Akira Toriyama).
As you can see on manga volumes and the credits of Jump Ultimate Stars, the rights of every series is owned by Shueisha and its autor.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Attitudefan » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:51 pm

What about in Canada?
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:54 pm

Attitudefan wrote:What about in Canada?
I think that's AB Group also.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Attitudefan » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:11 pm

I don't know as FUNi has all their DVD's here but no TV deal at all.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by MCDaveG » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:48 am

Pokewhiz7 wrote:
Attitudefan wrote:What about in Canada?
I think that's AB Group also.
Yeah it is, at least I know that the first series definitely is AB. See the French intro with english lyrics, yuck!
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Super Sayian Prime » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:46 am

20th Century Fox owns the license to make live action Dragon Ball feature films!
Pokewhiz7 wrote:
Attitudefan wrote:What about in Canada?
I think that's AB Group also.
Despite what happened on TV, this territory is Funimation's.
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:I think Bandai Namco is for the video-games what Toei is for the anime.
Bandai Namco's rights extend to merchandise in general, from toys, to mostly anything.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Attitudefan » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:48 pm

That's the thing, who does own the rights in Canada? Funi kind of does but then again, not really.
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Re: Question about who owns rights to Dragon Ball franchise

Post by Super Sayian Prime » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:33 am

Attitudefan wrote:That's the thing, who does own the rights in Canada? Funi kind of does but then again, not really.
It's Funimation. The YTV television broadcast is a legal mess that no one in the public really knows.
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