TV Asahi to Acquire Shin-ei Animation

Japanese television network TV Asahi has announced plans to acquire full ownership of the Shin-ei Animation production studio best known for animating Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan. TV Asahi acquired a 90% ownership of the animation studio in 2008. The network has now agreed upon a deal to purchase the remaining 10% of the company from Sankichiro Kusube, the younger brother of Daikichiro Kusube, who founded the production studio in 1976.

Source: Anime News Network