Remow Co., Ltd. (REMOW株式会社) is a Japanese media company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company was founded in late 2021, and specializes in the global distribution, production, and intellectual property (IP) management of Japanese entertainment, particularly anime. REMOW operates as a strategic joint venture backed by major Japanese publishers, broadcasters, and conglomerates, including Shueisha, Sumitomo Corporation, Toei Animation, and TV Tokyo. Its primary mission is to establish a legitimate global distribution network for Japanese content to combat piracy and expand the market for Japanese IP.[1] Most of the anime licensed by Remow are usually seen on Remow's It's Anime YouTube channel and sometimes on Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, and in some cases on Crunchyroll.
History
REMOW was established on November 9, 2021, by Akira Ishii, who serves as the company's CEO. The company was founded during a period of rapid growth in the global anime market, which reached record highs in the early 2020s.
On May 2022, REMOW raised ¥1.28 billion in a seed funding round from nine major partners, including DeNA