So I came across this article on a London-based investing site announcing that Ludorum PLC, the parent company of Gong (which airs dubbed anime online in a variety of locations including its own site), has sold its anime assets to Shinjuku Media Ltd., a new company formed by former Gong employees.

The article was a little bit confusing because it said that Ludorum sold the anime licenses to Shinjuku, but it read as though Gong was still a part of Ludorum. I sent off an e-mail to Ludorum asking what, if any, effect this will have on Gong and received a response from Benoit Runel, who is now a CEO of Shinjuku Media along with Andre de Semlyen.

In his e-mail he states that they founded Gong and have re-purchased all of Gong’s assets from Ludorum, and that Shinjuku Media will continue to operate Gong directly. The move is hopefully going to accelerate the company’s development. The full text of the e-mail is after the jump, if you’re interested. The short of it is that Gong will continue to exist more or less as it was, but better.

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