

My company runs a card game in Europe, but we want to start including manga
and anime characters. How would we start going about obtaining licences?

We want Akira, Fist of the North Star, Ako, Tank Police, Appleseed, etc.

It's just one image character per card. Does anyone have any details on doing
this legally and respectfully, with links, etc?


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Who do I contact regarding rights licenses of specific manga/anime characters?


We can't really help you with the process licensing (since we have no
expertise on it, so it's off topic), but we can tell you who the primary IP
holder are for their respective media.

Akira, [Kodansha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodansha)

Fist of the North Star, [Shueisha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shueisha)

Project A-ko,
[Seishinsha](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=1609),
[A.P.P.P.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.P.P.P.)

Tank Police, [Hakusensha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakusensha)

Appleseed, [Kodansha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodansha)

Essentially you'll have to contact the IP holder directly to work things out.
You might be able to contact your local license holder to get the contact
information of the IP holder. Additionally, if you can reach out to the series
creators, they can better refer you to the right person.


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