Haoliners Animation was founded in 2013 by Haoling Li, who directed the series
To Be Hero and co-directed the feature
Flavors of Youth. As well as these works, the company is also behind
Fox Spirit Matchmaker and
The Silver Guardian. The Tokyo-based Emon, which was founded in 2015, has provided animation on several Haoliners projects, among them
To Be Hero, Flavors of Youth, Spiritpact, and
A Centaur’s Life (image at top). Its other credits include
Attack on Titan.
Bilibili started out in 2009 as an online community focused on anime, comics, and games. It has grown to encompass user-generated content, licensed and original shows, live broadcasting, and mobile games across a range of genres. At the last count, in Q3 2020, it reported 197.2 million average monthly active users.
The company
bilibili was founded in 2009, and it is China s largest streaming platform for Japanese animation, above TencentVideo and
iQIYI. The company streams anime titles and also invests in anime productions. The website also includes Chinese animation and user-uploaded content. The service collects both advertising revenue and pay-per-view subscription charges.
American anime publisher
bilibili jointly announced a partnership to acquire anime licenses in March 2019. For the partnership, both companies are jointly acquiring licenses over the next few years, including IP rights for broadcast television, video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, home entertainment, gaming, and merchandise in the United States and China.
Last year,