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Sony buys a stake in Bandai Namco.
It’s only taking 2.5 percent, but that’ll set Sony back JPY68 billion (around $464 million).
They’re calling it a “strategic business alliance,” focused on “expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga.” Sounds like it’ll be as much about Sony’s anime streaming service Crunchyroll as it will be about the two companies’ gaming pedigree.
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