Fact Book 2019

Key insights

7 takeaways · ~3 min read

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The DRAGON BALL series was BANDAI NAMCO Group's top-performing IP in FY2019.3, generating ¥129.0 billion in groupwide sales, a significant increase from ¥97.9 billion in FY2018.3.See it on page 6
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The Mobile Suit Gundam series also showed strong growth, with groupwide sales increasing from ¥68.3 billion in FY2018.3 to ¥79.3 billion in FY2019.3.See it on page 6
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The Toys and Hobby Unit's sales of KAMEN RIDER series in Japan increased from ¥24.8 billion in FY2018.3 to ¥27.3 billion in FY2019.3, while the Super Sentai series saw a decrease from ¥9.1 billion to ¥6.0 billion in the same period.See it on page 6
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Cumulative worldwide shipments of the Tamagotchi (March 2004 to March 2019) reached 42.33 million units, following the first-generation Tamagotchi's 40.00 million units shipped between November 1996 and March 1999.See it on page 6
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The Real Entertainment Unit's amusement machine sales increased from ¥28.2 billion in FY2018.3 to ¥35.6 billion in FY2019.3, while amusement facilities sales slightly increased from ¥64.2 billion to ¥66.8 billion.See it on page 9
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BANDAI NAMCO Group was established in 2005 through the management integration of BANDAI and NAMCO, with key historical milestones including BANDAI's launch of Astroboy toys in 1963 and NAMCO's entry into video games in 1974.See it on page 13
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The Visual and Music Production Unit / IP Creation Unit reported total sales of ¥67.9 billion in FY2019.3, up from ¥56.0 billion in FY2018.3, with packaged products contributing ¥17.0 billion and productions, license, distribution, and events contributing ¥50.9 billion.See it on page 9

Summary

1 BANDAI NAMCO Group Outline 3 Related Market Data Group Organization Toys and Hobby 01 Overview of Group Organization 20 Toy Market Results of Operations Figure Market 02 Consolidated Business Performance Capsule Toy Market Management Indicators Card Product Market 03 Sales by Category 22 Candy Toy Market Children’s Lifestyle (Sundries) Market Products ...