{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7f73b34b0358bde559b64be7","clusterId":"c_c7e554c60473fcffbb2b66a1","slug":"producer-yusuke-onuki-says-overseas-streaming-minimum-guarantees-decide-anime-greenlights","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Producer Yusuke Onuki Says Overseas Streaming Minimum Guarantees Decide Anime Greenlights","summary":"Yusuke Onuki, president of Bushiroad Move and a producer on titles including 100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, says overseas streaming money now decides which anime get made. A 12- to 13-episode late-night series needs roughly 350 million yen, and production committees lean on Minimum Guarantee advance payments from Netflix, Disney+, and Crunchyroll to cover costs before broadcast.","whyItMatters":"Onuki's account puts the greenlight decision in the hands of overseas platforms' upfront payments, meaning a title's viability can rest on streaming terms rather than domestic popularity.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOnuki describes the Minimum Guarantee as the deciding factor: an upfront payment from a streaming platform, calculated against a fixed number of views, that production committees use to cover animator salaries, studio rentals, voice recording, post-production, and marketing before a series airs. If viewership passes the agreed metric, rights holders earn supplementary income through revenue sharing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also ties the size of those offers to exclusivity. A platform that gets a title exclusively tends to offer a higher MG, while a work simulcast across many platforms from the start sees that value drop, with terms shifting on the title\u0026#39;s name recognition and expectations.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Producer Yusuke Onuki says overseas streaming Minimum Guarantees decide anime greenlights. A 12-13 episode late-night show needs about 350 million yen, and committees lean on those upfront platform payments before broadcast.","twitterPost":"Yusuke Onuki says overseas streaming Minimum Guarantees now decide which anime get made. A 12-13 episode late-night series needs about 350 million yen, covered upfront by platform payments before it airs.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Yusuke Onuki, president of Bushiroad Move and a producer on 100 Girlfriends and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, says the greenlight for an anime adaptation turns on how much overseas streaming platforms will pay. A 12- to 13-episode late-night series runs about 350 million yen, and committees rely on Minimum Guarantee advances from Netflix, Disney+, and Crunchyroll to cover costs before broadcast. Exclusive deals tend to draw higher offers; wide simulcasts lower that value.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/overseas-streaming-money-now-decides-which-anime-get-made/\",\"title\":\"Overseas Streaming Money Now Decides Which Anime Get Made, Veteran Producer Reveals\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4581,"outputTokens":597,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789587861,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T19:38:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T19:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T19:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c7e554c60473fcffbb2b66a1","canonicalTitle":"Overseas Streaming Money Now Decides Which Anime Get Made, Veteran Producer Reveals","representativeArticleId":"a_c79585897a175442c64545ad","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Bushiroad Move\"],\"people\":[\"Yusuke Onuki\"],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T18:54:36.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T18:54:36.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T19:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/overseas-streaming-money-now-decides-which-anime-get-made/","title":"Overseas Streaming Money Now Decides Which Anime Get Made, Veteran Producer Reveals"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Bushiroad Move"],"people":["Yusuke Onuki"],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}