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International Disruptors: Manga Productions CEO Essam Bukhary Talks Creating Saudi Anime Firm From Scratch, Japanese Ties & Next Steps — Annecy

International Disruptors: Manga Productions CEO Essam Bukhary On Next Steps For Saudi Anime Firm With Strong Japanese Ties - Annecy

Today we’re talking to Essam Bukhary, CEO of Saudi Arabian animation company Manga Productions, who makes his first trip to the Annecy International Film Festival in France this week. When Deadline catches up with Essam Bukhary, CEO of Riyadh-based animation company Manga Productions, ahead of Annecy over Zoom from London, he is a distant figure at the far end of a long boardroom table in an office in Tokyo. In another milestone, Manga sealed a strategic partnership in 2022 for popular anime series Grendizer about a super-hero robot, with Tokyo-based Dynamic Planning, the licensing company of its creator Go Nagai.

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