{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:11:30.435Z","story":{"id":"r_b84bce7a51c94b9092b805b0","slug":"cloverway-founder-yasuo-matsuo-launches-new-global-studio-ip-bay","url":"https://yomimono.id/cloverway-founder-yasuo-matsuo-launches-new-global-studio-ip-bay","headline":"Cloverway Founder Yasuo Matsuo Launches New Global Studio IP Bay","summary":"Yasuo Matsuo, founder of the former U.S. licensing agency Cloverway, has launched IP Bay, a new global production studio focused on adapting Japanese literature. The studio has offices in Japan and the U.S., is debuting at the Cannes Film Market, and aims to connect Japanese properties with international producers and studios.","why_it_matters":"IP Bay formalizes a direct pipeline between Japanese publishers and Hollywood production infrastructure, with Matsuo's decades of cross-border licensing experience backing the operation.","published_at":"2026-05-18T22:15:50.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Anime News Network"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Cloverway Founder Yasuo Matsuo Launches New Global Production Studio IP Bay","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-18/cloverway-founder-yasuo-matsuo-launches-new-global-production-studio-ip-bay/.237498"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":["IP Bay"],"people":["Yasuo Matsuo"],"type":"announcement","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false}}}