Overview
- Chloé Zhao is named chief creative officer, with Nicolas Gonda serving as president and chief operations officer.
- The model centers on direct author–filmmaker collaborations to shape adaptations across genres.
- Kodansha will draw from a catalog of more than 4,000 titles that includes Akira, Attack on Titan, Tokyo Revengers and Blue Lock.
- The company has not announced a slate, partners, budgets or a release timeline.
- The launch comes as demand grows for live-action adaptations of manga following recent streaming successes alongside earlier misfires.