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

 * 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 40% to a public investment float.
 * 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

 * Konno Ino
 * 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.
 * Nakagawa Kyoumi
 * Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Comet Holdings, oversees day to day business and revenue.
 * Yoshihama Misaki
 * Senior Vice President of Animated Content, oversees Comet Animation Group and greenlights media.
 * 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
 * Rei Takita
 * President and CEO of Studio Acesky and ToonIn, previously was the president and director for AnimeCore from 2014 to 2021.
 * Hanazawa Rikyu
 * President and CEO of Comet Entertainment.

Other leaders

 * Sera Runa
 * President and Director of AnimeCore, the 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.

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.

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