The highest ever "ONE PIECE" is good succeedingly with the TOEI anime full-fiscal-year sales of 33 billion yen.

On May 14, the TOEI animation of domestic major anime companies made the announcement of financial statements of the term ended March, Heisei 24.  Although it was the company which has continued good performance till the 3rd quarter, for the first time in [ the good condition ] was conspicuous also for the full-term account settlement.  The earnings prospect of 3 times was corrected in settlement of the term ended March, Heisei 24 until now.  However, the final settlement-of-accounts number exceeded the prospect after the correction further.  Consolidated sales topped the 30 billion yen mark for the first time with 33,011 million yen and the increase of 24.0% compared with last year.  Moreover, as for current term net profit of operating profit, as for ordinary profit, all are the highest ever 3,154 million yen (increase of the 15.9%) 5,309 million yen (increase of the 16.2%) 4,962 million yen (increase of the 18.6%).

 The growth of sales and profits is supported on the big growth of the copyright enterprise, the commodity-sales enterprise, and the event enterprise.  It is a form where the company succeeded in expansion of the circumference enterprise derived from the anime work made elated.  Image manufacture / sales enterprises which are the business of the anime image itself are 30 or less percent of the whole sales.  "ONE PIECE" which high popularity follows towed the copyright enterprise succeedingly.  Goods deployment was good with broad goods, such as a figure, a toy, an apparel, a game, confectionery, and life miscellaneous goods.  The overseas section of the merchandising rights of "ONE PIECE" was also good in Asia.

Moreover, the game-ized right of the "DragonBall" series was firm in Europe, and it became large increase of income.  The sales of a copyright operating department are 11,397 million yen (increase of 28.5% compared with last year), and the price of a segment margin is 4,928 million yen (increase of the 25.2%).  The commodity-sales enterprise also had good "ONE PIECE" relation.  Sales are 9,231 million yen (increase of the 25.1%), and the price of a segment margin is 609 million yen (increase of the 49.5%).