Mobile gaming company Akatsuki Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of a U.S.-based entertainment production company aimed at developing feature films for a global audience based on popular Japanese content including manga, anime and novels.
Tokyo-based Akatsuki, established in 2010, has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Los Angeles headed by Annmarie Sairrino Bailey, formerly of All Nippon Entertainment Works, where she adapted Japanese creative properties to English-language film and television.
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