Takara Tomy’s US arm held a licence from The Pokémon Company International for Pokémon toys outside Asia from 1 February 2012 to 30 June 2018

How it’s built

1. Listed among material contracts in Takara Tomy’s annual securities report for the year to March 2017.

What we assumed

• The new end date is read as a six-month extension.The previous year’s report gave an end of 31 December 2017 with an option to extend to end-2018; the fixed 30 June 2018 end sits between.

Sanity check

The filing names the licensor and territory but gives no money terms, so it shows who was paid, not how much.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

平成24年２月１日から平成30年６月30日まで

In English

Term 1 Feb 2012 to 30 Jun 2018

Where it’s used

• Deep dive · The Pokémon CompanyThe thin years, 1998–2015
• ProfilePokémon IP (characters, copyrights, trademarks)
• ProfileThe Pokémon Company International (TPCi)
• ProfileTakara Tomy (incl. TOMY International)
• ProfileLicensee filings (Funko, Mattel, JAKKS, Takara Tomy, Build-A-Bear, Crocs…)

Related figures

The same measure, other periods

• FiledYear to March 2018