とちゃき 06/24/2018 (Sun) 03:37:48 No.120890 del

>Fox spirits and demons: China's tech giants splash out in cartoon arms race
>China still lags behind the Japanese and American markets, but is catching up.
>Tencent has invested in more than a dozen comic and animation companies since last year, according to public records, while its film arm launched a “100 animations” project to support domestic productions.
>Baidu’s iQiyi (IQ.O), is also splashing out on domestic comics, planning to spend 200 million yuan to sign Chinese artists and develop local characters, which comes on top of an earlier investment in 10 animation projects, the company said in May.
>Alibaba and the news aggregator Toutiao have snapped up production companies and launched animation platforms on their own sites. NetEase signed a deal last year with Disney to create Marvel style superheroes, but with Chinese characteristics.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-animation/fox-spirits-and-demons-chinas-tech-giants-splash-out-in-cartoon-arms-race-idUSKBN1JJ16O