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Overlap Holdings is an entertainment company that primarily creates original content intellectual property centered on light novels and manga, and increases their value through media mix strategies. The company discovers works that gain attention on posting sites and social media, edits and publishes them, and develops hit titles through adaptations into manga, anime, games, and other formats.

The company's main customers are general readers, bookstores, e-book platforms, and anime production committees, with the majority of revenue coming from light novel and manga sales. The company generates revenue through print and digital distribution sales, royalties from anime adaptations, distributions from production committees, and overseas licensing income.

The business encompasses light novels (Overlap Bunko, Overlap Novels, and others), manga (multiple labels centered on Comic Garde), anime-related original licensing and investments, as well as publishing of book adaptations of third-party works and soundtracks. The company prioritizes building long-term revenue foundations through series development, and aims for stable growth through the creation of new intellectual property and continued sales of existing titles.

Overlap Holdings positions content intellectual property (IP)—including light novels and manga created in-house—as the core driver of growth. The company expands revenue through media mix strategies that enhance work value. Specifically, it designates IP generating "annual sales exceeding 2.5 billion yen" as core IP and pursues growth by increasing the number of such titles. Core IP count has grown from 40 titles in 2021 to 57 titles in 2024, while core IP sales have increased from 4.327 billion yen in 2021 to 6.646 billion yen in 2025. Beyond operating profit and net income, the company prioritizes adjusted EBITDA—a measure of business cash generation (6.356 billion yen in 2024)—to build a stable and profitable business structure.

Priority investment areas include strengthening editorial capabilities and expanding genres. The company enhances its ability to discover new IP through hiring and developing editorial staff. Editors identify works gaining attention on submission platforms and social media, then increase per-title revenue through media adaptations such as manga and anime. The company also secures talent through a combination of mid-career and new graduate hiring, invests in on-the-job training and enhanced training programs, and differentiates itself by strengthening relationships with creators.

New market development focuses on expanding overseas licensing and strengthening digital distribution. While domestic print media shrinks, e-publishing expands (the 2024 e-publishing market grew 5.8% year-over-year to 566 billion yen). The company captures growth opportunities by embracing digital distribution. It also pursues expanded licensing with existing partners and new regional markets, and aims to increase overseas sales and secondary usage revenue through supplying original works to and investing in anime and games.

The company also advances technological innovation and operational infrastructure. It promotes digitalization through web submission platforms and social media for work discovery, and strengthens e-distribution infrastructure. Concurrently, it enhances internal management systems commensurate with business scale and risk, reviews risk management and compliance policies, and enriches internal training to improve operational efficiency and governance. The company seeks to balance growth investment with financial soundness.