Comet Holdings

Comet Holdings is a Japanese-American multinational entertainment conglomerate founded by Oba Rosanjin. It is a total restructuring of RaGE Media Group and would take up to a year and a half to fully restructure.

The company officially launched on February 1, 2021.

Senior chairpersons

 * Konno Ino
 * Current Chairwoman of Comet Holdings. Was the President and CEO of the precursor, RaGE Media Group from 2017-2021, and then the President and CEO of Comet Holdings from 2021-2023. Now is the Chairwomen of the company, and is considered one of the top executives at the company.
 * Junuchi Masada
 * Vice-chairman of Comet Holdings, was a writer and director for Take Five Anime during it's early years. Is one of the main producers of the Drift King franchise, and oversees it while overseeing other duties for Comet. Masada will also leave and retire from the business in 2024.
 * Leighton Shannon
 * Vice chairwoman of Comet Holdings, officially joined the Chair Board in 2021 after a restructuring. Currently oversees the North American division of Comet Holdings.
 * Soini Seppälä
 * Vice chairman of Comet Holdings, officially joined the Chair Board in 2021 after a restructuring. Currently oversees the European division of Comet Holdings.

Top Level Executives

 * Yoshihama Misaki
 * Current President and CEO of Comet Holdings, oversees all day to day operations from broadcasting, production and distribution, licensing, and other values of the company. Misaki was the president of Studio Acesky from 2015-2021, and then the SVP of Animated Content and overseer of Comet Animation Gruoup from 2021 to 2023. Was hand chosen by Konno Ino to become the next President and CEO of the company.
 * Nakagawa Kyoumi
 * Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Comet Holdings, oversees day to day business and revenue.
 * Hanazawa Rikyu
 * Senior Vice President of Animated Content, oversees Comet Animation Group and greenlights media. Rikyu was the President and COO of CS&E before being promoted to oversee all of animated content after the promotion of Yoshihama Misaki.
 * Shiraki Ryushi
 * Senior Vice President of Live Action Content, oversees Comet Entertainment, a new division that greenlights programs and movies for an upcoming general entertainment cable/satelite/streaming hybrid channel in Japan.

Division Leaders

 * Arima Hajime
 * President and CEO of AnimeCore Group. Hajime replaced Konuma Yuna, who co-ran the group from 2014 to 2021. Yuna now works at AnimeSpark, a channel owned by Venga Animation Team.
 * Riley Abbott
 * Vice President and CFO of AnimeCore Group. Abbott is a newcomer to the restructured AnimeCore Group, and acts as the international (non-East Asia) overseer of channels
 * Kirishima Zeshin
 * President and COO of Studio Acesky and ToonIn, was a producer on various anime shows and films from 2015-2023.
 * Jessica Jin-Hee
 * President and COO of 1Shift.
 * Hosoo Naosuke
 * President and COO of Comet Sports & Entertainment.

Other leaders

 * Sera Runa
 * President and Director of AnimeCore, the flagship channel of the group.
 * Rei Takita
 * President and Director of AnimeCore Cinema, the next flagship channel of the group.
 * Yuri Takita
 * President and Director of an upcoming general entertainment cable/satelite/streaming hybrid channel. Takita was previously the president and director of AnimeCore from the channel launch in 2003 to 2014. Yuri returns to the company after a long hiatus and wanting to spend more time with her growing family.

Former executives

 * Oba Rosanjin
 * Previously the founder of RaGE Media Group, is a top executive of the network and is the most senior chairman as of 2021. He plans to fully retire from the anime business in 2023. His last production that he fully committed on was Formula. Sold 20% of his share of Take Five Holdings to Masada, and 30% to a public investment float. Officially left Comet Holdings on February 1, 2023.

AnimeCore Group
The AnimeCore Group is one of the main focuses of Comet Holdings. It oversees all global and domestic operations of Comet's anime channels. It is overseen by Arima Hajime and Riley Abbott, while Sera Runa is the current President and Director of the flagship AnimeCore channel in Japan.

Comet Animation Group
The Comet Animation Group is the holding company for the various animation companies under Comet. Studio Acesky, ToonIn, Firebasket Asian Animation Studios, Beta Cartoon Animation, Ravenworks Studios and Firebasket Animation are put under here.

Comet Sports & Entertainment
Comet Sports & Entertainment is the sports and live action entertainment division of Comet Holdings. The Japanese branch of the division is focusing on launching a network later in 2022. Comet S&E is also the new home for the Goodwill Games revival.

Firebasket Sports & Entertainment is folded into the division and is now represented as the North American division of Comet S&E.

Firebasket Entertainment Group
Firebasket Entertainment Group is the North American operations of Comet Holdings.

Ravenworks Studios
Ravenworks Studios is the European operations of Comet Holdings.

Franchises and Brands

 * Xelphos franchise
 * Xelphos Adventures, Xelphos Chronicles, Xelphos III, Kalos: A Xelphos III Side Story, Xelphos IV: The Next Adventure, and the upcoming Xelphos V series.
 * Drift King franchise